Originally, I didn't want to deal with the king of Shu, but the grain in Yueqiao County was still in short supply, and I could only transport grain from the hinterland of Feihong, which was bound to pass through Shangducheng, a fief directly under the king of Shu.

However, the weather has been bad recently, and the heavy rain has caused landslides, and my grain transportation team has suffered a lot of losses along the way, so I have to hit the king of Shu with the idea, and I have to borrow some grain and grass from the local emperor.

Another point, Yueqiao County is remote and dangerous, the officials of the DPRK and China are basically reluctant to send people here, and the four cities of Jinghong that I have newly recovered have not yet been guarded by the imperial court, and they are also the fiefdom of the King of Shu, so I will ask him to guard them by the way.

So in the end, Ji Wuling and I rushed to the Shu Wangfu with a hundred prisoner army, Qi Wei and Li Qinglan cooperated to defend Qingyao City and Jinghong City, and the main force defending the city was the prisoner army, plus 2,000 Miao soldiers and guards. Zhuo Qingluo is responsible for guarding Li Qinglan.

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I am the first marquis of Zhenguo, and the prince of Shu was carried out to greet him, and he wanted to salute me.

"The prince is not in good health, please cherish yourself, and send someone to spread the word to the old prince, Su Yipin came to visit!" Naturally, I also brought a gift, although it is not valuable, it was also carefully selected by Li Qinglan, the fief of the King of Shu is fat, and he is actually not bad for money.

The King of Shu had a ruddy face, he must have been a handsome guy when he was young, but the years were a pig-killing knife, and the once handsome guy now has a big belly, and he is many years older than the current Emperor Chongning.

"Su Yipin has seen the prince!" I saluted the King of Shu, and Ji Wuling also saluted.

Now the King of Shu doesn't dare to be disrespectful to me, and he doesn't dare to accept my big gifts, but the King of Shu is a little excited: "Yipin Hou Ye, Ji Hou Ye, please be exempt!" I heard that you have recently recovered the land of the five cities including Qingyao City, and driven the capital into the mountains again, okay, good! ”

"Lord Wang, the land of these five cities was originally your fiefdom, and now I am in Qingyao City, Jinghong City and other four cities still lack the county master book, if it is convenient for you, send me some people!" I say.

"Master Yipin, I also attacked Jinghong City earlier, but I was counterattacked by Duzhang, and now I send someone to receive it, will I be killed by them again immediately? There aren't many talented people in my domain! "The King of Shu is obviously still a little afraid.

"Don't worry, the prince is in trouble, I will definitely calm down and leave! Now they can't afford to make waves, Jinghongcheng I plan to use the local Yuliang Prefecture as the magistrate, as long as there is a master book and a county lieutenant, the other three cities also ask the prince to send people to guard the land! "I made a promise.

"What are the special things about the people who are sent down?" The King of Shu got my promise, and immediately relaxed, Su Yipin crisscrossed the white tiger and beat the fire phoenix, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is the contemporary Feihong God of War, and Su Yipin has always been a trustworthy guy.

"Your Majesty has exempted Yueqiao County from paying taxes for five years, but I have arranged some gangs in the five cities to collect taxes, temporarily giving them thirty percent for their own use, thirty percent for protecting merchants, and the government keeping forty percent for themselves!" I say.

"What's in it for the king?" The King of Shu is a profit-seeking person, which is also normal.

He was named the prince has achieved the ultimate in human ministers, anyway, the emperor can't take his turn, and he can't beat the princes of Zhenguo, the pursuit at this time is either to seek immortal immortality or to be greedy for money and lustful, of course, this may also be just a cover, he wants to show a surrendering attitude to the emperor of the current dynasty.

"It depends on whether the prince wants to make quick profits or far profits!" I laughed.

"How's it going?" King Shu Road.

"Near-profit is naturally the prince sent someone to take over the city, ban the tax collection gang, and get ten percent of his own, such a short-term profiteering, but there is a huge disaster, presumably the prince should be impressed when Jinghong City was lost and recovered, right?" I laughed.

If the king of Shu was greedy for money and banned the four major gangs, it would also offend the displaced people in Yueqiao County, who instigated the troubles and the government would not be able to eat and walk around, and the merchants would not dare to enter the country to do business.

And other people who are taxed will also be exploited by others, and eventually lead to civil revolt! This is also the reason for the previous failure of the King of Shu.

"This king has indeed lost Jinghong City because of this, and I was not defeated in the hands of the Duzhang barbarians, but in the heads of those people who damn rebellion and collaborate with the enemy! What about Yuanli? "The king of Shu knows about the war, and it makes no sense to pretend to be garlic in front of this Zhenguo Bowang Marquis.

"The prince will send someone to take over the city first, and the city's tax revenue will remain the same for the time being, you will take twenty percent, and leave twenty percent for the government to deal with emergencies, and then Xu Tuzhi!" I laughed.

"How Xu Tu?" The king of Shu is still very good, and the subtext of this is that he plans to make a fortune.

"This is very simple, after I eliminate the Duzhang barbarian separatist forces and the prince controls the entire territory of Yueqiao County, he will begin to gradually reduce the income of the gang's tax collection, from three percent to two percent, and then to one percent, and the gang will also slowly retreat from the original many, and finally only one or two will be left!" I say.

"When the time comes, the overall situation has been decided, and it is true that this can be done, but there are also a large number of homeless people after these gangs, and if I completely cut off their livelihood, won't I repeat the story of rebellion?" The king of Shu is very transparent.

"First of all, there is no such separatist force as Duzhangman, even if they really make trouble, there is no foreign aid, and it is a big deal to kill them all!" I said a few words, but the air smelled of blood.

The King of Shu couldn't help but shudder, he was still deeply impressed by the fact that Su Yipin outside the city ordered the slaughter of Du Zhangman.

"Master Yipin, this king has always been benevolent, and he doesn't want to kill them all! Besides, kill them, this is a border county, and there will be outlaws pouring in! "The King of Shu's worries are not unreasonable.

"So don't cut the cost of the prince too protecting the caravan, just drop it from thirty percent to two percent, these gangs were originally disgraceful, you let them protect the caravan for legitimate gains, and I think many prodigal sons will also turn back! What's more, these people can also act as your eyeliner and monitor the dynamics of the enemy country! ”

I say.

"Master Yipin, they all say that you are the god of the world, can you tell this king the limit of reduction?" The King of Shu obviously knew that Su Yipin was indeed not a mouthful, and he had thought of the arrangements afterwards.

"It's good that the tax finally leaves them with half of the benefits, after all, after the pacification of Yueqiao County, your tax collectors are also complete, which is mainly to give the gang an official recognition in disguise, and they can also collect taxes, proving that the government still favors them! It is best to protect the merchants to cut to two to two and a half. I said.

"Master Yipin, I'll let the prince accompany you to pick someone!" The King of Shu was very excited, he didn't have to do it to fight, Su Yipin had all the benefits after the battle, and he took advantage of the advantages of the world.

"Lord Wang, let's pick talents slowly, but in the past few days of heavy rain, my prisoner army and Miao Bingwei army food have been cut off, since the prince wants to make a long-term profit, can you eliminate the near worries for me?" That's when I told me what I really wanted to do.