As soon as Su Yi's words fell, many squires showed bitter faces, attacking Yongji Canal, the slightest carelessness would make them suffer heavy losses, although they wanted to show favor to Su Yi, but when they thought that they were about to lose a lot, they felt a pain in their flesh.

Su Yi and Ma Bin watched coldly, most of the squires and Haoqiang had bitter faces, of course they didn't want Su Yi to attack Yongji Canal so quickly, which meant that they had to immediately send troops to assist Su Yi in attacking the Hu people, these squires and Haoqiang couldn't wait for Su Yi to get out of the way, and forget about attacking Yongji Canal.

Of course, there were also a few people with happy faces, and Ma Bin carefully watched these people on the side, and found that several of them seemed to be very interested in Su Yi's battle plan.

One of the slightly chubby members stepped forward with a smile and said, "I don't know what Master Su's plan is, notify me in advance, so that we can prepare early." ”

Several squires beside this fat man all looked at him with disdain, and secretly scolded this person for being a sycophant, but this fat man didn't care, and still looked at Su Yi with a smile, but there was a trace of weirdness hidden in this smile.

Su Yi glanced at the fat man lightly and asked, "What is Your Excellency's name?" ”

The fat man's eyes flashed, and a trace of vigilance flashed in his eyes, but he heard Su Yi continue: "I think everyone seems to be a little afraid of war, you should learn from this fat man, like him, who is dedicated to the country and the people." ”

Speaking of this, Su Yi arched his hand to the fat man and said: "Your Excellency is well aware of righteousness, not afraid of war, not afraid of Hu people, so help the court, this official will play the court truthfully, and after the Yongji Canal is laid, this official will also ask the court for you!" ”

The fat man pretended to be overjoyed and said: "Villain Niu Quan, thank you Lord Su for your love, this is what the villain should do." ”

The many squires and heroes around all looked at the fat man with unkind expressions, and Niu Quan saw this. The fat flesh on his face couldn't help but tremble, and at the same time, he smiled bitterly in his heart, knowing that he had provoked the anger of the public.

Niu Quan pretended to be sincerely frightened on his face, but he was very disappreciative in his heart.

Taking advantage of Su Yi's inattention, he raised his head and glanced at Su Yi and Ma Bin coldly, and a strange arc floated at the corner of his mouth.

Soon. Su Yi asked these squires and Haoqiang to go back to prepare for the dispatch of troops, and at the same time asked them to remove the body of the assassin at the gate of the county government, saying that the matter was left to Ma Bin to be fully responsible.

When Niu Quan passed by the gate of the county government, his eyes inadvertently swept over the corpses, and when his gaze swept over the last corpse, his expression was relieved, obviously relieved. Niu Quan looked back at the county government again, sneered, and strode out.

In all fairness. Niu Quan did not think that the soldiers and horses of Shangjun County would be able to capture Yongji Canal smoothly.

Nowadays, the contradictions between the Hu people and the Han people in Youzhou have intensified, and there are constant disputes between them, almost no contact with each other, but there are also some businessmen who will cooperate with the Hu people, they only know the interests and ignore the national righteousness, for them, they can cooperate with the Hu people, there is one more business channel. The eight chambers of commerce are such representatives.

Except, of course, for the eight chambers of commerce. Many other small and medium-sized chambers of commerce also have this idea.

This Niu Quan is one of them, the Niu family was originally a family of merchants, Niu Quan has dozens of acres of fertile land outside the county, hundreds of tenants, and countless long-term and short-term workers in the family, but compared to his business in various places. These fields are almost negligible.

Although the Niu family is not as good as the Zheng family in Shangjun County, it is also the family of businessmen on the rich side.

The reason why the Hu people of Yongjiqu were able to gain a firm foothold was because of Liu Yu's policy inclination, and on the other hand, it was with the help of these businessmen that they were able to occupy the fertile land of Yongjiqu. Sheep and cattle are herded, and horses are kept in captivity.

After the outbreak of the red-clothed rebellion in Youzhou, the business of the Niu family plummeted, and the branches in various places were closed, and Niu Quan's business was all in Youzhou, and it did not develop to all parts of the country.

The branch in Nanyang was either occupied by the Five Doumi Sect, or it was independent and out of Niu Quan's control.

At this time, in order to keep the last industry and the last trace of interests at hand, Niu Quan took the initiative to hug Hu Ren's thigh. Liu Yu's army was forced to retreat to Dongyang by the red-clothed thieves, and the Wudou Mi Sect occupied the hinterland of Youzhou.

In this place of Shangjun County, the only people who can really rely on Shang are the Hu people.

So, without thinking about it, Niu Quan handed an olive branch to several Hu tribes in Yongjiqu, and at the same time secretly contacted Yuwentai in Shangrao County. It's just that Niu Quan's financial resources are not worth mentioning at all in Yuwentai's opinion.

Because of this, although Niu Quan contacted several Hu tribes in Yongjiqu, he never met with Yuwentai.

At present, Su Yi wants to attack Yongji Canal, this is a golden opportunity for him, in Niu Quan's opinion, Su Yi is simply beyond his strength, and he has also seen the soldiers and horses that Su Yi brought to Shangjun County. Su Yi's subordinates are indeed elite, but no matter how elite they are, there are only more than 15,000 people, how many Hu people are there in the entire Yongji Canal? How many soldiers and horses does Yuwentai have? Niu Quan didn't think Su Yi would be able to win.

Although Niu Quan is a businessman, he also has his ambitions.

The reason why merchants could not enter the government was because the imperial court strictly stipulated that all disciples of the merchant family were not allowed to participate in the imperial examination, nor could they be elected as officials. If there is chaos today, if he can send Shangjun County to Yuwentai, he may be able to get a real power in the city.

Shangjun County has a peculiar geographical location, and it is the last line of defense to guard the vertical and horizontal mountain ranges, as long as Shangjun County is held, it means that many bandits in the mountain range are contained.

Although Chen Hu was arrogant and domineering, he did have some ability, and during his tenure as acting county commander, he was able to have an idea of building strong fortifications in Shangjun County, and at the same time building castles and city walls outside Shangjun County, and building a barrier on the edge of the vertical and horizontal mountains.

With this barrier, no matter how fierce the bandits in the mountain range are, they will not be able to cross the mountain range and attack the territory of Youzhou.

The many bandits in the mountains are indeed fierce, but they lack the heavy weapons to attack the city, as long as the fortifications of Shangjun County are well built, these fierce bandits can only drink under the city walls.

It's a pity that before Chen Hu could implement this plan, he was eliminated by many forces in Shangjun County and outsiders.

Strictly speaking, Su Yi was also lucky, fortunately he got rid of Chen Hu in time, otherwise once Chen Hu built a large number of fortifications in Shangjun County, it would be more difficult for Su Yi's forces to cross the vertical and horizontal mountains and enter the territory of Youzhou. (To be continued.) )