"From now on, from Lanzhou Jincheng in the east to Jimo County in the west, wherever my Great Sui Iron Cavalry goes, where the military flag goes, all the thieves immediately lay down their weapons and go to the local government to surrender, and they are not to blame for the past. If there is the slightest disobedience, after three days, the army will be dusty. The Protector of the Western Regions"

An order was distributed from Lanzhou Jincheng to all parts of the Western Regions in an instant, which instantly caused a sensation, this was the first order issued by Li Xin after arriving in Lanzhou, and it was also an order that everyone expected. After all, the place is restless, and Li Xin has no conditions for doing anything. Only by purging the bandits in the territory can we guarantee economic development.

The whole paper was murderous, and at first everyone thought it was just a superficial article, because after every local official came to power, he would also express it like this, but soon, everyone in the entire Western Regions knew that Li Xin was not doing superficial articles, he really sacrificed the butcher's knife and shed the blood of the entire Western Regions.

"The bandits of Xinglong Mountain were killed the day before yesterday, tsk, there are only more than 100 people left who have been killed by the bandits of a thousand people, Su Killing Star is really powerful!" In the Xue Ju hall, a middle-aged man shook his head and sighed, but with a look of schadenfreude in his eyes, he looked at He Zhi, who did not speak.

"Not only Xinglong Mountain, but also the bandits on Baita Mountain and Pig Mountain, aren't they all killed cleanly?" There were also people in the crowd who sighed: "The fierce generals under the command of the Metropolitan Governor are really powerful, Su Dingfang travels five hundred miles a day, just like a heavenly soldier and a heavenly general, before he appears in the cottage, before dawn, he attacked the village, and the other party who killed him turned on his horse, and he didn't even have a chance to resist, so he was killed by Su Dingfang." ”

Xue Ju's face was gloomy when he listened to it, he knew that these people were talking about Su Dingfang on the surface, but they were actually talking about themselves, because Xue Ju also participated in these anti-bandit operations, and even he knew that these guys were actually complaining about themselves, thinking that they were the ones who revealed the bandits' traces to Li Xin. God is pitiful, he is with some personal soldiers, no matter what is under the supervision of Su Dingfang, he only informed himself of the battle plan on the day of the march, he is still an eagle general on the surface, but in fact, he is just a small chess piece, a chess piece used by Li Xin.

"General Xue is General Xue, and soon after, he will be General Huyalang." Suddenly, an abrupt voice came from the crowd, the voice was very stiff, and I saw a middle-aged man with blond hair and blue eyes looking at Xue Ju and saying.

"Salha!" Xue Ju's face was gloomy, this merchant was from the Western Regions, Sogdian, wearing Sogdian clothes, white narrow-sleeved tight-fitting beard, his blue eyes were flashing with strange lights, and there was a string of crimson agate beads on his wrist, which was shining with light.

Xue Ju just snorted coldly in his heart, others don't know the details of Salha, but Xue Ju knows that on the surface, this Salha is a serious businessman, but in fact, he is the biggest horse bandit leader in the Western Regions, burning, killing and looting in the Western Regions, doing all kinds of evil.

"General Xue, how long do you think the Metropolitan Governor's order to suppress bandits will last?" He Zhi said with some worry: "If it goes on like this, the merchants of the entire Western Regions will not dare to walk the Silk Road, and no one knows when those warriors will be killed as horse bandits, and the goods brought will become the things of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion." ”

"How do I know?" Xue Ju glanced at He Zhi, his voice was very calm, and said: "But I know that the Metropolitan Governor is about to issue an order, that is, all cities from Yumen Pass, Yangguan to Jincheng will cancel the city gate tax, and all goods will only be taxed once in the territory. As for the amount of taxes, the Metropolitan Governor is prepared to flatten the tax rate, and will not give other people or localities the opportunity to enrich themselves privately. ”

"Ahh Everyone was stunned when they heard this. Entering the city to levy income city tax, this is the practice of any city, but also an important part of the city's income, now Li Xin has canceled the city tax, in the future the tax of each city will be greatly reduced, not to mention, all goods are only levied once tax and fee.

"Why, isn't that good news? From now on, the number of business trips passing through my Lanzhou will increase, and there will be so many less taxes and fees, and your expenses will be much less, and you will no longer have to pay taxes in every city. Isn't that great? Xue Jupi said with a smile. He has no soldiers and horses in his hands now, and he is misunderstood by everyone, so he simply stands on Li Xin's side for the time being, waiting for opportunities in the future.

"Yes, yes." Some of the crowd nodded their heads as well.

"Okay, everyone, the Metropolitan Governor is wise and martial, come to my Western Regions, that's the luck I waited, go back! If you don't have anything to do in the future, don't come to me. Xue Ju waved his hand very calmly, and picked up the fragrant tea next to him, but he was sending off guests. Seeing this, the merchants also stood up and took their leave. Only He Zhi and Salha remained in the hall.

After these people left, Xue Ju slammed the porcelain cup in his hand on the ground and said loudly: "It's really too much to deceive people, too much to deceive people, this is to force me to death." ”

"Brother Xue, now we are waiting for the fish, he is a sword, there is no way!" He Zhi glanced at Salha and said: "Salha, don't be complacent, now his eyes are locked on Jincheng, and in the near future, the direction of the army will definitely be aimed at the entire Western Regions, and your Jimo County will not be able to escape, unless you don't want to live in the territory of my Great Sui." ”

"The two of them are too timid, what can Li Xin do even if he exterminates the bandits in Jincheng, Jincheng is a place with a vast area, the people are not happy, the people are bandits, and the bandits are the people. Today, a group of bandits were killed, and a group of bandits were born, and it is almost impossible for Li Xin to exterminate these bandits, but I heard that Li Xin is here, and all the leaders of the Qiang tribe have not gone to see him, and the thirty-six countries of the Western Regions have not sent envoys to come so far. Hehe, Li Xin has a lot of things to face? If you want to really rule the Western Regions, I don't think Li Xin can do it. ”

"I don't know if Li Xin is good or not, but I think Li Xin acts differently from other Central Plains officials, didn't Brother Xue be fooled?" He Zhi sighed and said: "I have already transferred all my money and property, otherwise, don't wake up one day, the money that has been painstakingly managed for decades has become Li Xin's bag." ”

"Look! He wouldn't have it so easily. Xue Ju said in a low voice: "The Western Regions is a big dye vat, whoever comes in, don't think about going back." ”

Salha showed a cunning look in his eyes, and said: "I will persuade the people of the thirty-six countries of the Western Regions that they will not support the military order of the Grand Governor and cancel the city gate tax, what will those countries eat?" Li Xin's move could only be set up to offend the 36 countries. It will not be supported by them. ”