Caozhou in Yanzhou was originally an ordinary state county, but because of the stationing of the chief military officer Liu Zeqing, it suddenly became important, and in the areas near the city and outside the city, in line with the principle that rabbits do not eat the grass by the nest, this place is still peaceful.

Therefore, Liu Zeqing has always been known as a strict military discipline, but in his four years in Caozhou, the big families with more than a thousand gold have either gone bankrupt or moved, which also shows some essential problems, Caozhou City relies on nothing more than the output of the fields, because the houses and city walls are still simple.

But Liu Zeqing's general military mansion is different, almost half of the city is occupied, luxurious and magnificent, extravagant is very extravagant, and he can't run away from it, but in this place he is the emperor of the soil, and the neighboring Henan is very chaotic, and the prefect of Yanzhou and the prefect of Caozhou are still counting on him to protect the territory and the people, how can they talk more.

What's more, Liu Zeqing is also a ruthless person, the governor of Caozhou, who was in Chongzhen's seventh year, accused Liu Zeqing of being lawless and encroaching on the gentry's fields. But everyone knows what is going on, and who dares to care.

In the main room, Liu Zeqing sat in the middle in casual clothes, listening to the singing of two female actors standing not far away, babbling, very soft and moving.

The appearance of these two female actors is very delicate and gratifying, and the tone is changed thousands of times, accompanied by Liu Zeqing A few big-bellied businessmen, a group of people are quite fascinated by what they hear.

Liu Zeqing, who was sitting in the middle, was tall and majestic, looking at this appearance was really a general, after listening to a few words, he couldn't help but smile:

"Sure enough, it's a Jiangnan woman, and she has a soft and charming taste, not bad, not bad!"

A businessman next to Liu Zeqing said with a smile:

"Lord Du helped the villain and others to uphold justice, so that justice could be served, and the two gentry let out a bad breath. It's really blue! ”

Hearing these words, Liu Zeqing laughed. thought that he could be called Qingtian, and at the same time scolded in his heart: If it weren't for you people who gave up half of the money and property, Lao Tzu would have sent troops to help you, and sooner or later Lao Tzu would have brought the other half over. However, looking at the two women sent by the other party, it was good, and they also put a smile on their faces and said:

"It's already the twenty-seventh day of the lunar month, and it's time for a few people to go back to Nanzhili for the New Year, right? The road is not safe, how about sending troops to escort it? ”

The merchants sitting on either side of the table quickly stood up and thanked him, and replied for the man:

"It will take some time for Yanzhou and Dongchang to reorganize, and a few of us have sent gifts for this New Year's Day to the Governor. Just stay in Jining. ”

Liu Zeqing nodded. He didn't pay attention to it anymore, and listened attentively to the singing of the two actors in front of him, and the two Huai salt merchants found him a few days ago through a staff member of the Yanzhou prefect, and promised him to make fifty percent of the profits from the private salt in the future, and asked him to send troops to drive away the salt outlets in the interior of Yanzhou and Dongchang.

Liu Zeqing has always relied on extorting local and court salaries, and he doesn't know much about this salt profit, and when he heard what the other party said, he was shocked, and he didn't know when. There are already armed forces of outsiders infiltrating their jurisdictions, and they are making so much money from trafficking in illicit salt. Liu Zeqing has always attached great importance to his hometown, believing that this is the foundation of his own life and cannot be touched by other forces, not to mention that there are such great benefits.

It was really a hit with the two Huai salt merchants. Mobilize his subordinates and start driving. And the result was unusually smooth, after driving the other party out of the two mansions. Not even a single reaction. This is also expected by Liu Zeqing, the other party is just a small capital, how dare he be more serious with himself, the chief soldier.

Relying on Liu Zeqing's protection, the two Huai salt merchants who were about to be driven out of Shandong reappeared in Shandong, and such a big tree naturally had to be climbed well.

Suzhou, Songjiang silk, Jiangxi porcelain, Yangzhou girls, as well as gold and silver are the contents of the gifts, which are really rich, and they have calculated a lot of money.

Although Liu Zeqing is a military general, he is very fond of money and beauty, and the gifts of these businessmen are really his appetite, and his attitude is also rare and kind.

When the guest and host were happy, suddenly someone outside rushed in in a hurry, and the singing of the two female actors was suddenly interrupted, Liu Zeqing's brows suddenly wrinkled, and he was about to do it, but he saw that the person was the leader of his own personal soldiers, this is to suppress his anger, the leader of the personal soldiers glanced at the people in the house, and hurriedly ran to Liu Zeqing with a letter in his hand.

The leader of the pro-soldiers doesn't know how to read, and Liu Zeqing doesn't know how to read, but presumably there are staff members who have long understood the meaning.

Since the other party did not shy away from it, several salt merchants were not ready to leave, they all pricked up their ears to listen to the report over there, and before they could hear it clearly, they saw Liu Zeqing jump up from the chair suddenly, grabbed the letter paper in the hands of the leader of the pro-soldiers, tore it to smash it a few times, and scolded suddenly:

"It's really a bastard, Jiaozhou actually dared to reverse black and white, saying that this seat is rampant and robbing places!"

Seeing Liu Zeqing's face pale, several businessmen sat or left, the leader of the pro-soldiers glanced at them, this was an embarrassing farewell and left, and the two little actors knelt on the ground and didn't dare to make a sound.

To say that what Li Mengdi said is not false, black is black, white is white, but for Liu Zeqing, who has been rampant for several years, this is the first time that someone in Shandong has come to touch the tiger**.

Since the governor informed Li Meng of Liu Zeqing's writings, he would not offend Liu Zeqing, and he also handled them according to the cat's and tiger's actions, and turned the reprimands down.

Liu Zeqing was used to being arrogant, and when he saw this proclamation, he was immediately furious, but then he noticed a problem, two months ago, Li Meng was still the capital of Jiaozhou, how could he become a general in Laizhou in a blink of an eye, and this official position was promoted too quickly, and there must be someone behind him to support it.

Originally, after receiving the proclamation, Liu Zeqing's first reaction was to send troops to fight, a big fish to eat a small fish, and simply annexed the opponent's soldiers and horses.

Let the two little dramas step down and call the master, in short, list some charges to refute them, and stabilize this public opinion first.

In his heart, Li Meng is a small capital, even if he eats less that day, it is only 13 or 400 people, plus Yanding, it is about 2,000 people, and now he is suddenly promoted to a general, even if his subordinates want to expand the army, it will take time, a group of two or three thousand people who have just formed an army are nothing compared to their more than 20,000 soldiers.

It's not too late to take care of it after the year, first fight a text lawsuit, if Li Meng has a relationship background, the other party must be inferior to his own family, for fear that things will be stiff, Li Meng will be damaged, these people will definitely come forward and say that they will also go down the slope of the donkey, and it is not a bad thing to be able to promote a capital division to the background of a general, and sell face.

If you really want to turn your face against each other, how can 20,000 people still not be able to eat each other's strength. When the time comes, if the above reprimands it, just make up a reason to prevaricate.

Liu Zeqing has already known in the past few years that although he is noble and martial, the imperial court does not dare to persecute generals with soldiers and strength too harshly, and tolerates them everywhere.

Fifteen miles away from Mengjin County, it is already the twenty-ninth day of the lunar month, and those who can go home for the New Year are going back, and there should be no people on the low mountain bag.

Zhang Shoucai is the largest landlord in Mengjin County, when the people were in turmoil, because he was the same clan as Zhang Chengye, and he spent some silver, and he was unharmed in the city.

After Li Meng led the army to quell the rebellion, Zhang Liang took over the area, and according to the selection criteria of the private salt network, he found this Shoucai, but Zhang Shoucai always felt that these Jiaodong people were not authentic, and if they did it themselves, they would definitely earn more.

On the same day, Liu Zeqing's soldiers and horses attacked the salt Ding in Mengjin City, this Shoucai also made some effort, I thought that these local soldiers and horses in the hometown were in town, it was a good life for themselves, who thought that the sale of private salt must be handed over, and the two ends of the three days were beaten by the Qian Zong who was stationed in Mengjin.

Today it is said that you colluded with thieves, and tomorrow you will say that you are trafficking in illicit salt, and it is not okay to pay filial piety without taking out money, it has only been half a month, and that Qian always is eyeing his daughter again, saying that it is "love at first sight", and it is really miserable to marry as a wife.

The ox cart that Zhang Shoucai was sitting in turned a corner when he walked to the side of the low mountain bag, if he was seen, he said that it was convenient, and besides, how could anyone walk on the official road these days.

After walking a few steps, I saw a tall and thin man standing there looking, this Shoucai walked a few steps quickly to the front, and said excitedly:

"Chengye, but I can look forward to you, and when I receive your news, I will hurry up and go out."

This man is the so-called "Nanshan thief" Zhang Chengye, looking at Zhang Shoucai, who was full of courtesy and flattery, he also said with a smile:

"Uncle, you abandon the darkness and turn to the light, but the adults of my family appreciate it tightly, and said that in the future, you can get more than half of the profit from the private salt here."

Hearing this, Zhang Shoucai nodded gratefully, thinking that he didn't want this money, as long as he drove Liu Zeqing's soldiers and horses away, it was really a crime. Over there, Zhang Chengye led the way in front with a smile, and walked towards the sheltered mountain nest in front, and soon saw a few people dressed as salt ding guarding there.

Letting Zhang Shoucai stay there, Zhang Chengye trotted all the way to the sentry, bent down and said with a smile:

"A few military masters, please tell Master Li that the little one has brought people here."