Seeing that the horse thieves began to disperse, Song Jie and others urged the horses to kill in the village and joined Bai Liyan and others, Song Jie was taken aback. I saw Bai Liyan holding a spear, covered in blood, obviously rushing to kill in battle.

"Wei Langzhong, what's the situation?"

"The horse thieves have fled, and there are many casualties in the village, how can Brother Song turn back halfway."

"Fang De and I and the others saw that the horse thieves were not coming at us, and they saw a fire in the village, so they thought that the horse thieves must have robbed the deserted village, so they turned back and killed them. I don't want Wei Langzhong to be a wise and brave person, but in a short period of time, hundreds of people gathered, and the horse thief was in Yicaotang. Fortunately, it was timely to get back, and it didn't allow such a horse thief to succeed. ”

At the beginning of the construction of Yicaotang, there was a wooden fence, and there were ravines, streams, and ponds on the periphery, which was already convenient, and if the infantry attacked, I am afraid that it would not be so lucky tonight. Fortunately, it was a sneak attack by horse thieves, and under the unfamiliar terrain conditions in the dark, it was difficult to spread the formation when rushing in, and it was not conducive to maneuvering. Defending a few passes will contain the horse thieves' onslaught.

Not long after the horse thieves dispersed, Bai Liyan did not dare to take it lightly, and in order to prevent the horse thieves from killing a horse pistol, he armed the villagers with the weapons scattered by the horse thieves on the spot to consolidate the defense of Yicaotang. At the same time, he led fifty strong men with Song Jie, Fang De and others to search for horse thieves hiding in the village.

By dawn, a total of seven people were captured, 38 corpses of horse thieves, and 46 horses, of which 25 were injured to varying degrees. Based on this calculation, the number of horse thieves killed and injured was more than 60 at the latest.

Although the death toll in Tun village was small, the injured accounted for the majority. A total of 16 people were killed and 71 wounded, 12 of whom were seriously disabled.

After interrogation, it was learned that this group of horse thieves had been burning and looting in Dingyang, Guangxin, and Lincheng for seven or eight years, with more than 500 people, half of whom were cavalrymen, and the person who led the sneak attack last night was Huo Xing, the leader of the horse thieves.

Horse thieves made a living by plundering passing merchants, and in famine years, they also robbed villages and plundered grain and women. Last night's raid on the deserted village, it was the horse thief Huo Xing who received the employer's business, and at the price of 300 inches of silver, he wanted to take Bailiyan's head.

Three hundred inches of silver is not a small amount, far from being comparable to three hundred copper coins. In the famine year, the price of grain skyrocketed, and three copper coins could not buy a stone of rice, but three inches of silver could easily buy one stone of polished rice, and three hundred inches of silver was one hundred stones of polished rice.

"These horse thieves are all pawns, and they can't ask anything more, so let's bet on them first."

Ordered Liu Zao's father and son to escort people away, and the evil qi in Bailiyan's chest surged and fell. At this time, Song Jie returned to the deserted village with Fang De and the others, and brought back two war horses in his hands.

"Wei Langzhong, these horses are all grassland war horses, and these horse thieves are by no means ordinary mountain bandits."

"Brother Song also saw it?"

Bai Liyan said, turned over the horse's hooves with his hand, and the horse's hooves nailed the horse iron made of fine iron, although there was no iron hoof flower, but the shoes made of fine iron were by no means available to ordinary horse thieves.

Nowadays, most of the horseshoes are soft bronze and miscellaneous iron, and after the popularization of iron tools, the cavalry of the Central Plains has successively replaced the fine iron horseshoe, but it is not extravagant to the point that horse thieves can be equipped with fine iron horse hooves.

And the military horseshoe has many iron flowers, depending on the difference, even if the horse thief snatches the war horse, he should not have the ability to replace all the horse iron, and there is no need for this.

The only explanation is that there are people behind this horse thief, and this time the goal is so clear, directly towards Baili Yan's head, which shows that this horse thief is a group of people who are being manipulated.

"Brother Song, the deserted village suffered heavy losses, and it also affected everyone to put themselves in danger, Wei really didn't want to go."

"Eh, this kind of robbery should help each other, but this kind of horse thief is entrenched here, and he failed to murder Wei Langzhong last night, he will definitely intensify it one day, if he doesn't cut the grass and eradicate the roots, he will be in trouble for a long time.

At present, the injuries of the Tang Zhao brothers are difficult to heal for half a month, and Song is willing to help Wei Langzhong to level this horse thief, so as to return the deserted village to peace and quiet, I don't know what Wei Langzhong likes. ”

Hearing the news that Song Jie intended to exterminate this horse thief, Bai Liyan was overjoyed:

"If Brother Song is reluctant to make it difficult, there is no need to cause trouble in this matter, and he has his own way to deal with it."

"If these thieves are not eliminated, how can we and other royal guests have the face to stand in the rivers and lakes. Wei Langzhong didn't want to say anything about this matter, within a month, the whole army of horse thieves would be wiped out. ”

Song Jie vowed to destroy this gang of horse thieves within a month, and Bai Liyan did not doubt Song Jie's ability.

Song Jie, Fang De and others are all royal guests, and it is the creed of the royal guest to draw a sword to help each other when they see injustice, not to mention that burning and looting in front of the royal guest is tantamount to slapping the royal guest in the face. If Song Jie and the others ignore it and spread it, they will no longer have the face to stand on the rivers and lakes.

But to exterminate four or five hundred horse thieves is definitely not something that four or five people can do, Song Jie randomly sent Ma Sen, Ma Lin, Gu Shan and other people to Guangxin, Dingyang and other places to issue a royal guest summoning order, summoning the royal guests scattered nearby to immediately come to the deserted village to assemble and conspire against the horse thieves.

The summoning order is the main means for the royal guest to summon the same door in the area, and where the summoning order goes, each royal guest freely decides to go to the assembly place according to their own situation. Because it is more convenient to issue a convocation order for royal guests, but any royal guest can issue a convening order, so it is not allowed to issue a convener without authorization unless there is a special situation, and violators can be sentenced to heavy fines or even cut off their hands.

Sixteen people were killed in the deserted village last night, and the families and the deceased are in urgent need of bereavement, which will be a considerable expense. Song Jie proposed to exterminate the horse thief Huo Xing, but Bai Liyan wanted to make a windfall with it.

For seven or eight years, the horse thieves and Ho Xing have been in trouble for seven or eight years, and they have always been separated from the hills and forests between Lincheng, Dingyang, and Guangxin, and the officials and troops have never been able to exterminate them. Looking at it now, there must be someone who secretly conspired with money to help him abuse and use Huo Xing to achieve his own selfishness. It is not even ruled out that Song Jie, Tang Zhao and others were robbed and killed before, and Huo Xing and others were hired to do it.

Around midmorning, in an inconspicuous house in the east of Guangxin City, Jiang Min and Qin Han were sitting in the small courtyard, with a pot of chiseled ice cubes and a few sauces on the table between the two, and a plate of cut sashimi was neatly stacked on the inside of the copper basin, even if they didn't eat it, it added a bit of comfort and coolness to their eyes.

"Brother Qin is tired of saddle horses on the road, but there is any latest news." Jiang Min asked, took a piece of yusheng with chopsticks, dipped it in soy sauce imported by Liang Guo, and put it in his mouth to chew it carefully.

"Most of them are rumors about the New Deal, and inferior goods have appeared in various parts of the country, and most of the buyers are ordinary people and tenants, and there are many sellers, many of whom are powerful and noble. Now Guangxin is also unable to escape, I am planning to import goods from Zhiguo and Sun Guo to offset inferior goods, I don't know if Jiang Gong can make it convenient. ”

"It's convenient, but if you can really bring in foreign goods, it's a good thing. It's just that the Jin State set up the navy at Guangxin Wharf, and the inventory of incoming and outgoing cargo ships is very strict, and it is difficult to smuggle. As for the inland, there are few border walks, and it is difficult to solve the urgent need. ”

All the land tax burden of Guangxin City belongs to Jiang Min, except for the customs and coastal defense are not under Jiang Min's control. Previously, it was still possible to use bribery to control customs, and most goods imported through overseas trade could be exempted from taxation.

Now 10,000 Jin naval troops are stationed at Guangxin Wharf, and there is no omission in checking the merchant ships every day, which makes it difficult for Jiang Min to import duty-free foreign products from the sea on a large scale.

If you cross the border by land to bypass border tariff supervision, the volume of goods is too small, the route is more variable, and the price is not cost-effective.

"Brother Qin, Wei Xian, the doorman of my house, offered a plan, but I don't know what Brother Qin wants."

"Him?" Qin Han frowned and asked, "Jiang Gong didn't mention it, I forgot about it." Jiang Gong knew that Wei Xian had dealings with several royal guests yesterday. ”

"Yuke? What are a few royal guests worth making a fuss about Brother Qin. ”

Jiang Min didn't think so, Qin Han looked at Jiang Min quietly, didn't notice anything unusual, and turned back to the previous topic:

"I just think that Wei Xian is acting perversely, which is confusing. Jiang Gong just said that he had a clever plan, but I don't know what a trick. ”

"That's ......"

Jiang Min explained the plan of "banning the market rationing" proposed by Baili Yan yesterday, and after Qin Han flashed a little horror on his face, he categorically rejected this plan:

"The ban on the market is categorically impossible. Once the whole city is banned, how can Guangxin's thousands of merchants continue, this matter must not listen to Wei Xian's words. ”

"But this can protect the people from inferior goods, and at the same time, the people's tax burden can be collected into the government treasury in advance, and the public government will secretly compensate for the losses of merchants as appropriate, so that it can also temporarily solve the urgent need."

"No, this move is very harmful, and the government will pay for the food and clothing for a year, and the merchants will not drink the northwest wind within a year."

Jiang Min didn't expect Qin Han's reaction to be so intense, so he had to take a step back and say:

"Then what does Brother Qin think?"

"As long as you get enough goods and sell them at a price lower than that of inferior goods, not only will you not lose money, but you can also let inferior goods fall into the hands of Guo, Zhang, Chen and others, this is the only way to go, and there is no other way."

The result of the market ban is to cut off all capital chains, strangle capital at the stage of primary production, prevent the normal circulation of capital and commodities, and then adopt a planned economy instead of market operation. Qin Han, as the richest merchant in Guangxin City, has a trade network all over Beihai, Wei Xian directly cut off Guangxin's capital hub, and the first one to go bankrupt was Qin Han, of course Qin Han would not agree.

On the contrary, Qin Han wants to import goods from abroad at the moment when prices are seriously deformed and distorted, and seek high profits from the quality of goods, even if it is the same price, the high-quality ones are more popular with consumers, even if the price exceeds the degree that the people are difficult to accept, but as long as there is consumption and necessary demand, the people still have to take out real money to buy the necessary materials for life.