Three days later, ten miles outside the city of Mizhou.

On a high platform made of hardwood, the heads of dozens of wealthy families and clans in Mizhou sat on the high platform, all a little restless.

Chen Shande, the patriarch of the Chen clan, turned his head and asked Li Yan, the owner of Lijiazhuang in Anqiu County, and asked, "Li Daguan, do you know what Shi Jin wants to do at this banquet?" ”

Li Yan smiled bitterly and shook his head and said, "How do I know this?" ”

Hearing the discussion, Wang Tianfeng, the owner of Wangjiazhuang, lowered his head and whispered: "Could it be that our tandem matter has been leaked, and this Shi Jin wants to catch us all?" ”

"Probably not, if Shi Jin dares to do this, he can't imagine that he can sit firmly in this Mizhou!" Although Li Yan said this, his tone was not sure.

"I also think that Shi Jin should not be such an unwise person. He has always cherished his reputation, and if he dares to take us all down at this time, who will dare to believe him in the future! Chen Shande nodded and said.

Wang Tianfeng said suspiciously: "If not, what does he want to do when he invites us?" ”

Chen Shande thought for a while and said, "It won't be that you want to be soft, you want us not to make trouble for him!" ”

Li Yan heard it and sneered and said, "If that's the case, I don't care how sympathetic he is to the people and how he collects taxes from those mud legs. As long as he is willing to restore our taxes to what they were before, we won't risk rebelling against him! ”

Chen Shande nodded again and again and said: "That's it, how can we reduce those mud legs at the same time, but it is to increase our taxes!" This is a hole that clearly wants to use our money to subsidize his Shi Jin. How can this work? ”

Wang Tianfeng also agreed: "He Shi Jin wants to be a good person and raise fame, I don't object, but he can't treat us like this!" We are not demanding too much, and as long as he restores the previous taxes, we will not risk opposing him! ”

Several patriarchs around the village nodded in tacit agreement when they heard it.

When the new law was not promulgated, it was the people who did not cooperate with the payment of taxes, but most of the wealthy clans were willing to cooperate.

But since the promulgation of the new law, the situation has been completely reversed, the people are willing to cooperate with the tax, and the wealthy clans are unwilling to cooperate.

The officials of the prefecture and county were all appointed by the imperial court, and these people were all people whose families were in other places, and if the imperial court knew that they had betrayed the enemy, their families would be implicated.

Therefore, if it were not for the officials who were greedy for life and afraid of death, they would not easily surrender to Shi Jin unless they had to.

As for those small officials, they are basically locals, and they have close ties with those wealthy families, and even many of them are arranged by these wealthy clans to hold positions.

Under the orders of the wealthy clans, the officials in the state and county governments immediately adopted a non-violent and non-cooperative attitude, perfunctory Zhu Wu, and paralyzed the government affairs of Mizhou.

It was to force Shi Jin to reduce the taxes on their wealthy clans to the low taxes before the new law.

While these people were discussing how to persuade Shi Jin to reduce taxes at that time, Shi Jin took Zhu Wu, Lu Fang, and Guo Sheng to the high platform.

Shi Jin said to these patriarchs and owners: "Everyone, Shi Jin has no good wine and good food to entertain, so he is lazy. Expiation! Atonement! ”

When the people present saw Shi Jin walking on the high platform, they also quickly stood up and saluted in return and said, "Where is it, the master of Shi Zhai is polite!" ”

These people looked at each other for a moment, and then Chen Shande stepped forward and arched his hand and said, "Master Shizhai, I don't know why you invited us to come today?" ”

Shi Jin walked forward with a smile and pulled Chen Shande and said, "Don't worry about Elder Chen, today will not be a Hongmen banquet, everyone can rest assured!"

Wang Tianfeng also smiled and said: "Yes, if the master of Shi Zhai doesn't make it clear, I'm afraid that it will be difficult for us to sit down!" ”

Shi Jin heard it and said: "Since this is the case, I, Shi Jin, will not hide it." Today, Shi Jin just wants to invite you to watch a military exercise! ”

Chen Shande and Wang Tianfeng were stunned for a moment when they heard this, and immediately scolded wildly in their hearts. You invited us here with so much fanfare just to see this rough guy's performance?

What about taxes? Isn't it time to talk about taxes?

You wouldn't be naïve enough to think that just a few military exercises would make us change our minds.

Wang Tianfeng shouted unkindly: "Master Shizhai, we have a lot of things, and we really don't have the leisure to come and see your military exercise." I'm leaving! ”

Shi Jin straddled and blocked in front of Wang Tianfeng, and said with a smile: "Master Wang, it's all here, and it's not bad for this moment." It's better to read it before leaving! ”

When Wang Tianfeng just wanted to refuse, Shi Jin stretched out his hand and pulled Wang Tianfeng towards the seat on the high platform.

Shi Jin's hand was so strong that Wang Tianfeng couldn't shake it off at all, and the pain in his hand almost made Wang Tianfeng cry out.

"I can see the master of Shi Zhai, don't pull it anymore, your hands are almost over. Please don't hold my hand again! ”

His hand was hard-pulled by Shi Jin, and Wang Tianfeng couldn't refuse at all, so he was forcibly pulled to his seat.

Forcibly pressing Wang Tianfeng to sit on the chair, Shi Jin smiled and said, "I'm sorry, Master Wang." People who practice martial arts have a bit of a strong hand.

Wang Tianfeng looked at Shi Jin's cold eyes and sneering face, and shuddered in his heart. Wang Tianfeng dared to be angry but didn't dare to speak, so he could only snort and sulk.

Shi Jin didn't care about Wang Tianfeng, turned his head to the others and said, "Come, come, sit down and watch slowly." Don't stand, sit down! ”

Chen Shande and the others watched the wooden ladder of the high platform being guarded by Liang Shanjun, so they could only sit down and watch Shi Jin's tricks anxiously.

Shi Jin also sat in the main seat and nodded to Zhu Wu with a smile.

As Shi Jin nodded, Zhu Wu immediately waved the order flag in his hand.

With the order flag in Zhu Wu's hand, the dozens of big drums under the high platform suddenly rumbled.

Hearing the sound of drums, a group of people rushed out of the gate of Mizhou City.

The leader is the cavalry battalion with Luan Yanyu as the main general and Yuan Lang as the deputy general.

Fifteen hundred horsemen roared and galloped, rolling up a cloud of dust.

Looking at the cavalry that was rushing wildly and imposing like a rainbow, Chen Shande and Wang Tianfeng on the high platform had never seen the army, especially the scene of the cavalry running.

Now they were suddenly startled when they saw the cavalry galloping wildly. Many people were so frightened that they quickly stood up and tried to escape.

Li Yan's face turned pale, and he stood up tremblingly and shouted at Shi Jin: "Master Shi Zhai, tell your subordinates to stop, they are about to collide!" ”

Shi Jin turned his head to Li Yan and smiled and said, "Don't worry, Old Li, it's okay!" ”

I saw that the light cavalry was about to hit the high platform, when suddenly the horse's head turned, ran to the right, and roared past the high platform.

The cavalry rushed in front of the platform, stepping on the ground so much that the whole platform trembled.

Seeing the cavalry go away, the frightened and ugly leaders of the wealthy clans got up from behind their chairs, straightened their clothes, and sat down again with an embarrassed expression.

Waiting for them to calm the fear and anger in their hearts.

Immediately after the light cavalry, there were 800 heavy cavalry led by Qin Ming as the main general and Huang Xin as the deputy general.

Although the speed of the heavy cavalry was not as fast as that of the light cavalry, the high platform shook under the rumbling sound of horses' hooves, as if the whole world was trembling and trembling.

This time, the heads of these wealthy clans also knew that this cavalry would not attack the high platform, but they were still deeply shocked by the charge of this heavy cavalry. ()

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