After the group was seated, Yin Quan first reported to Li Yi on the deployment of troops and army construction at Pingyang Pass, as well as the recent business travel through Pingyang checkpoint and the situation of assisting the transshipment department in levying tariffs.

Then, Liu Kun, the inspector of Binh Duong tax administration, said: "Marshal Qi, although our Binh Duong tax administration has just been established, the tariff collection has a decreasing trend. You must know that the previous tax inspection posts could also collect tens of thousands of tariffs every year, but in the last month, only a few hundred tains. ”

"Although the new tax policy in Yunnan has reduced the amount of taxation, the decline is still suspicious, so the lower officials feel that there must be something strange in this, so while reporting to the transfer envoy Zheng, General Yin and General Wei jointly investigated, and found that there are at least three mountain trails in some of the dense mountains on both sides of Pingyang Pass."

"Although it is difficult to travel and difficult to climb, there are still a considerable number of border residents of the two countries who cross the border from these places, carry out small quantities of goods trafficking, and evade a large number of customs duties. Although it is not easy for large quantities of goods to pass through these places, if this situation continues, the Binh Duong tax administration will exist in name only. ”

"Oh! Is there such a thing? Li Yi turned his gaze to Yin Quan and asked in surprise: "After the two generals found out about this situation, how did they verify?" ”

Yin Quan's eyes froze for a moment, and he hurriedly replied: "After the last general was informed by Liu Tax's envoy, General Wei has been arranged to conduct a detailed investigation, and three mountain paths have been discovered, which have become smuggling channels between the two countries. Dozens of smugglers have also been seized and are under intense interrogation. The specific situation will be reported to you by General Wei! ”

Seeing Li Yi nodding his head, Wei Jing hurriedly said: "Qiqi Marshal, the last general has walked along the Songyang Mountain Range in the past few days, and has found three newly dug trails. In the past few days, a total of 31 smugglers have been arrested, and most of them are foot merchants of the Great Righteous Ning Kingdom. ”

"Since our merchants are taxed on a per-time basis for the goods they sell out of the customs, and the taxes and fees are very low, there are only two smugglers, and the other 29 people are all from the Great Righteous Ningguo."

"After our initial interrogation, no one knows how these roads came to be, and it is unclear if there are other roads. I can be sure that these trails are newly carved out of the inaccessible areas of the mountains, based on the terrain of the mountains. Because when I first came to Pingyang Pass, I had already investigated in detail, and except for this official road, there was no road that could cross Songyang Mountain. ”

"Although it is possible that the merchants dug it privately to evade customs duties, it cannot be ruled out that the spies on the side of the Great Ngino Kingdom were built for military purposes and for the convenience of travel between the two countries. Therefore, the last general felt that we should destroy these paths, or send them to the checkpoints to guard against them, so as not to be taken advantage of by the enemy. ”

After listening to everyone's reports, although Li Yi was a little shocked at first, according to the analysis of various signs, Dayi Ningguo had already extended his hand to Yunnan, and it was impossible to stay out of the matter.

Among the three largest local forces, Yunnan is undoubtedly the weakest, and since the Great Yi Ning State has been able to defeat Tonghai several times, it means that Yunnan is simply not its opponent.

The persimmon picks up the soft pinch, and Dayi Ningguo's recent actions show that Yang Huaiying has been greatly dissatisfied with Yunnan's performance, and does not rule out the possibility of fighting each other.

Although the Pingyang Pass has been completed, forming a solid screen between the two countries, the country of Dayining is still relatively strong, and his 5,000 iron cavalry alone is daunting, and it is not impossible to annex Yunnan.

However, since he is not benevolent, and I am not righteous, although the Great Righteous Ning Kingdom is much stronger than ours, but in order to prepare for the war with Tonghai, it has continued to levy harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes to the people in recent years, and has overdrawn its huge national strength. The people also complained because of this.

In this situation, as long as the last straw is pressed on it, I believe that Dayi Ningguo will not be able to support it. There is no need to fight against it face-to-face, as long as you use the rich copper resources in Yunnan, you can bring down the Dayi Ning Kingdom.

You know, in this era, copper is a real hard currency! Although we don't have a lot of money in our hands, there is a lot of copper that has been smelted. Dongchuan's Tangdan Copper Mine has high-grade copper ore resources, and a little smelting is high-quality copper.

So far, Tangdan copper mine has smelted more than 70,000 catties of high-grade brass, if you take it to Dayining to buy grain, even if you buy grain at the highest purchase price of five catties of copper to buy one stone of grain, you can also buy more than 10,000 stone of grain. Although the purchasing power is not strong, as long as more spies are sent to spread rumors in Dayi Ningguo, it will surely make the common people panic, and in this society based on agriculture, agriculture is the lifeblood of the country, and once the frenzy of rushing to buy grain sweeps the whole country, the Yang regime will be in danger.

This is not humane, but it cannot be too merciful to a vicious enemy. What's more, the fate of Dayi Ningguo has been set, and no matter how much you toss, it won't last long.

After going back, I have to discuss with Lin Yi and others as soon as possible, and carry out this work as soon as possible, so as to give Dayi Ningguo a heavy blow.

Li Yi, Lin Yi, Yin Quan, Wei Jing, Liu Kun and others analyzed the current situation and put forward targeted measures to strictly guard the mountain trails in the form of sabotage and garrisons, first, to put an end to the loss of tariffs, and more importantly, to prevent the spies of the Great Yi Ningguo from infiltrating and sabotage and spying on the military situation.

In addition, Li Yi deliberately hid the identity of Yang Caiying, the princess of Dayi Ningguo, and infiltrated Xihua Temple to spy on the Tibetan Cave, told Yin, Wei and others, and instructed them to strengthen defense, spread eyeliner, strengthen the protection of important facilities, and carefully check the suspects to prevent the enemy from sabotaging Pingyang Pass.

After inspecting the fortresses and passes at Pingyang Pass, and after greeting the officers and soldiers guarding the border passes, our group of more than 20 people hurried back to Ningzhou.

After all, there are still two or three days before the New Year, and this is also the first New Year that Li Yi has spent in this era, and the feeling is of course different from that of later generations.

In order to make them feel warm and happy, and to integrate them into Yunnan as soon as possible, Li Yi plans to choose several resettlement sites to visit, so that they will be more inclined to be a big Han people.