Takayanagi, Taishoufu.

"Recently, this horse city has been very lively." Guo Cheng threw the bamboo board that had just been sent from Macheng in his hand directly to the ground, and snorted coldly: "That Chu family kid really has some means, not only did he take Ma Cheng without blood, but he also slaughtered Lian Aguli by the way, and the entire tribe has now become a vassal of the Ye family, that Aguli is really a waste, Qiu Chi is even more a waste, and now he has fallen to the Ye family!" ”

In his hand, it was a middle-aged scribe with a haggard face, leaning over to pick up the bamboo board from the ground, his face was a little haggard, but at the moment he was a little red, and his eyes were even more undisguised hatred, looking at the bamboo board, he took a deep breath and said: "What this son is best at is this kind of deviation!" Brother Gui Nian, as far as I know, the lifeblood of this Ma City, all depends on commerce and trade, I think that you can set up checkpoints in the counties to go to Ma City, raise taxes, so, within March, will make that Ma City wither, at that time, how to clean up the Ye family, is not a matter of Brother Gui Nian's words? ”

"Brother Shuli, I know that you hate the Ye family in your heart for ruining your career, but don't be blinded by this hatred, then the Ye family has made a great contribution to the outnumbered people this time, and there is Cai Weng in the court to open his eyes, and this son is also quite good at being a man, when reporting to the court, this battle, and I have a credit, if I raise taxes at this time and cut off its lifeline, won't I fall into the name of revenge?"

Looking at the middle-aged scribe, Guo Cheng sat up, shook his head and said: "Besides, do you know how many prominent families there are among the merchants who come and go to Macheng, if I really do this, before the Macheng withers, I will first become the target of the public, attracting public anger, my brother arranged me here, but a lot of effort has been wasted, if the public anger is committed at this time, even if the elder brother comes forward, it will not be able to calm the public anger." Guo Cheng shook his head.

"That's it?" The middle-aged scribe was a little unwilling.

"Brother Shuli, the Wei family is a Hedong Wang clan, and the ancestors are even more prominent, the reason why Guo was taken in by you at this time is not because of you, but because I respect the Wei family, Brother Shuli should be clear, you are here to take refuge, don't make more trouble, no matter how powerful the Ye family is, it is just a mayor of Ma Cheng, after this matter is over, I can ask my brother to help, unite the momentum of the Wei family, and help you regain a position of Taishou, but if you let the Ye family know that you are here, the matter will be stabbed to the court through Cai Weng, You should know what kind of guilt you are carrying now, and at that time, even the Wei family will not be able to protect you. Guo Cheng frowned.

"If this son is not eliminated as soon as possible, he will become a confidant one day!" The middle-aged scribe stood up and suppressed his anger.

"The official has his own plans." Guo Cheng shook his head, in fact, as early as this morning, someone from Macheng sent a lot of money in the starry night, which was a tax from Macheng.

Ma Cheng tax exemption for three years, Guo Cheng already knew that Ye Zhao is not a nobody now, not only has a relationship with Cai Yong, but also has a good relationship with Wang Fen, the assassin of Jizhou, now that the matter of Ma Cheng has become a foregone conclusion, plus Ye Zhao is so sensible, he doesn't want to completely break with Ye Zhao because of a Qiu Chi, as for the person in front of him, he is just a lost dog, although the Wei family is prominent, but he can't control this Youzhou.

"Alas!" The middle-aged man sighed, did not salute, turned around and walked away in a negative mood.

"Master, after all, he is a member of the Wei family, why bother?" The housekeeper of the Guo Mansion bowed down and said.

"Wei Xian, this person, only see the present, not the overall situation, the Wei family pushed this person out, it is the biggest mistake." Glancing at the back of the middle-aged man leaving, Guo Cheng sneered disdainfully.

The middle-aged scribe is Wei Xian, Ye Zhao passed the promotion that day, and handed over the evidence about Wei Xian to Wang Fen and Cai Yong respectively, the matter of the Taiping Sect, as Ye Zhao expected, was pressed down, but this Wei Xian became the top sheep, the collusion of officials and bandits, and the self-respect of thieves, this is something that the court cannot tolerate, even if the son ignores the government today, but he also hates this kind of thing, therefore, Wei Xian, the Taishou, was naturally taken down.

But after all, he is a more important figure in the Wei family, and he has his own connections in the officialdom, before the people who arrested Wei Xian arrived in Hanoi, Wei Xian had been arranged by the Wei family to leave, as for the future, he could only wait for the court to grant amnesty to the world, and then do something that could boost his fame and find a way to restore Wei Xian's official position.

In fact, according to the Wei family's plan, they wanted Wei Xian to go to Jiangdong or Shuzhong to take refuge, and wait for the rumors to pass before they came out, but Wei Xian hated Ye Zhao deeply and insisted on coming north to find Ye Zhao's bad luck, and the Wei family also had some friendship with the Guo family, so they were sheltered by Guo Cheng and temporarily became a subordinate of the family, which is also the norm between the families, mutual protection, after all, no one can guarantee that when their own family is in trouble, their own family is not easy to cover, so they can only take refuge under other families.

The housekeeper nodded and didn't speak, in fact, he knew very well in his heart that after knowing Qiu Chi's defection, his own master family was actually as eager to kill Ye Zhao as Wei Xian, but since Ye Zhao handed over the 'tax' this morning, his attitude as a master has changed.

It's just that these things, even if you see through them, you can't break them, you can only laugh and echo them.

"By the way, what's going on in Horse City lately?" Guo asked as a guide.

"In the recruitment of displaced people, Qiu Chi is busy posting lists to various counties to recruit displaced people, in addition, he is also recruiting some warriors and craftsmen, and he is also buying grain." The butler hurriedly smiled.

"It seems...... This Ye family wants to make some political achievements. Guo Cheng shook his head disappreciably and smiled: "Don't worry about him." ”

"Master, since Qiu Chi has already voted for the Ye family, then the master ordered someone to plot against him before......" The housekeeper reminded carefully.

"It's okay, now it seems that this Ye family is quite sensible, since he is a disciple of Cai Weng, maybe he will ask him in the future, just give him a favor, if this kid is not interested, a small Pony City, this official and I can make him have no political achievements, don't care." Guo Cheng smiled indifferently, Macheng is located at the border, with a population of only 3,000 households, if there is no food support from the mainland, it is even impossible to support itself, such a city, in Guo Cheng's opinion, is like an ant, which can be strangled at any time.

"Whoa!" When the butler heard this, he didn't say anything more, and bowed to the side.

……

"Mr. Qiu's strategy really works." Macheng, among the county offices, for three consecutive days, the Taishou Mansion was calm, which also made Ye Zhao breathe a sigh of relief.

Guo Quan's greed for money was told to him by Qiu Chi, so Ye Zhao was ruthless and sent Ma Cheng's two months' income as a 'tax', even he didn't expect that Guo Quan, a dignified guard, would be so greedy for money.

"It still depends on the Lord's decision, so that Guo Taishou can expose this matter so easily." Qiu Chi hurriedly bowed down and said with a smile.

"If it weren't for Mr. Qiu's familiarity with Guo Cheng's character, we wouldn't have been able to do it, but the matter of collecting grain needs to be done as soon as possible, and this official doesn't want to pay him taxes next month." Ye Zhao waved his hand and said with a smile, the little money he brought from the Ye family was sent out at one time this time, and he still had to use the property in Macheng to turn around and maximize the benefits, but there was no more property to add to Guo Cheng's bottomless pit.

"I have tried my best to do it, and within a month, a large amount of grain and grass from the Zhongshan Zhen family, the Qinghe Cui family and the Gongsun family should be able to arrive, but the lord still needs to be able to talk to that Guo Cheng and the snake, if it can be delayed for a little longer, it will be a little more confident for my Ma Cheng." Qiu Chi bowed and said.

"Well, but don't expect too much, the sooner the better." Ye Zhao nodded, it was naturally a good thing to be able to delay a little longer, but he didn't have the idea of pinning his hopes on the enemy.

"Whoa!" Qiu Chi arched his hand.

"Are there any homeless people coming over these days?" After talking about Guo Cheng's matter, Ye Zhao asked again.

What he was most worried about was whether there would be displaced people willing to come to this village, even if it was a low tax, but after all, it was close to the border and could face foreign invasions at any time.

However, Ye Zhao obviously underestimated the people's desire for low taxes nowadays, Qiu Chi bowed down and said: "Back to the lord, within three days, about more than 100 families have moved into my Macheng, and according to the lord's orders, Qingzhuang has been organized to start cultivating fields in the south of Macheng. ”

"Why only in the south of the city? Wouldn't it be better to be in the north of the city? Ye Zhaoqi said.

There are three rivers converging in the north of Macheng, and the water and soil are abundant, which is suitable for cultivating fertile land, and he does not need such a good place, but goes to the south of the city to reclaim, which makes him puzzled.

"Lord, the north of the city is already the junction of Hu and Han, although it has now made contact with many tribes in the grassland, but these Hu people are full of wolf nature, and they may turn their faces and kill people at any time, so it is safer to be in the south of the city." Qiu Chi smiled bitterly.

"It doesn't matter, the north of the city should also be cultivated, so what is the reason for not using the good fields? As for those Hu people, don't pay attention to them, wolf nature? Even if they are really wolves, they have to put away their minions for me in my horse city! Ye Zhao snorted coldly and said, for the strategy of the Hu people, Ye Zhao already has some drafts, not to mention in the future, in the past three years, he will not only make this horse city prosperous, but also beat his prestige.

"My subordinates know what to do." Qiu Chi nodded and said, "The subordinates retired." ”

"Go ahead." Ye Zhao nodded: "Go and recruit all the masons and carpenters in the city." ”

"Whoa!" Qiu Chi agreed, bowed and retreated.