smiled and nodded but didn't make a sound, which means that the side is not all right, but Ji Xiang's words reminded others, Liu Yong groaned and said: "Guide Mansion is next to Kaifeng Mansion, this road is open, our things can be sold to Kaifeng, and the two sides can trade directly?" ”

"Xiao Yong is right, take the Guide Mansion, the road to Kaifeng Mansion will be opened, our wine, our salt, and even the various specialties of Nanzhili can be sold by land, the Yellow River waterway is indeed important, but from Nanzhili to Henan is a countercurrent, land transportation is not a loss, less in the middle of the obstacle exploitation, directly sold to Kaifeng, directly with all aspects of Kaifeng Mansion, the situation is opened." Zhao Jin said with a smile.

Wang Zhaojing nodded and reminded: "Big brother, don't forget that not far from the Guide Mansion, that is, in the territory of Beizhili, if you catch the Guide Mansion, Xuzhou will not be a corner, but a hub thoroughfare, and if you take the Guide Mansion, the situation will indeed be opened." ”

Kaifeng Mansion is one of the top five mansions in the world, and it is not inferior to the capital yamen of Shuntianfu and Yingtianfu, and Kaifeng City is the fourth largest city after Jingshi, Nanjing and Suzhou, and the population inside and outside the city has exceeded one million.

Whether it is private salt or soju, there is a huge demand here, and after opening this road, Zhao Ziying's business is naturally more prosperous, Ji Xiang knows a lot about these because his family is involved in the operation of Zhao Ziying, and wants to understand this matter, and he is a little worried for a while, worried that Zhao Ziying's wine shop will not be supplied.

But Ji Xiang and Liu Yong were a little confused, and Ji Xiang asked directly: "Big brother, third brother, you all said that the situation has been opened, does this mean that business is booming?" Little brother doesn't sound like that! ”

Zhao Jin smiled, glanced at Wang Zhaojing, dipped his fingers in the teacup, and drew a circle on the table.

"This is our Xuzhou, they all say that Xuzhou is a place that extends in all directions, but we are in Xuzhou, in fact, it is blocked in all directions, the north is the poor land of Shandong, there are sects over there, and there are many horse poles, the south is Fengyang Mansion, where the central capital is located, the government and the people are self-contained, the east is Huai'an Mansion, we have fought several times, only to have a territory in the north of Huai'an Mansion, and the east is this Guide Mansion, you think about it, are we being encircled in these places, no matter the south and the north, the east and the west, we have to pass through other people's territory, If you don't do it, if you don't spend money, you can't get through it smoothly? Zhao Jin drew a few circles on the table.

Ji Xiang led the personal guards, Liu Yong led the internal guards, and the two of them were very clear about the surrounding terrain and terrain Zhao Jin said, they could already think clearly.

"In Xuzhou, cramped on all sides, to move, to expand, to fight, and these four places are also staring at our Zhao Ziying, if the Zhao Ziying moves, all aspects of trouble will be invited, to this point now, it will definitely involve the government, then again, to move, you can also move to the east, gain a firm foothold in Huai'an Mansion, and then expand to the south, but Huai'an Mansion Qingjiangpu area, the entire Yangzhou Mansion, I don't know how much interest is involved, and how many high-ranking officials and magnates are involved, we do it ruthlessly, If you don't get it right, you will be charged with rebellion, and the army will suppress it, and it will be a big disaster! ”

Zhao Jin said solemnly, and others did not think it was an exaggeration, Qingjiangpu is the center of Caoyun, the grain merchants gathered, Yangzhou is the hub of the salt industry, two-thirds of the world's wealth comes from it, and the world does not know how many people have made a fortune in it, and if Zhao Ziying expands in the past, it will definitely cause conflicts.

Now everyone knows that the use of regiments to train private soldiers or Jianghu people is not the opponent of Zhao Ziying's opponent at all, it is really urgent, and there are few people who will use officers and soldiers to encircle and suppress on a large scale, with the identity of those high-ranking officials and magnates, it is not impossible to do so, and the righteousness can be vague in the past, involving selfish interests, and that is really endless.

"After taking the Guide Mansion, we have at least three directions to move, the west is Kaifeng Mansion, the south is Runing Mansion, and there are two options in the north, either Shandong, or North Zhili, these places have nothing to watch out for us, we advance and retreat calmly, this is the situation is wide open."

Ji Xiang and Liu Yong thought about it carefully, their faces showed joy, but Liu Yong asked with some worry: "Big brother, this side is not as good as our Xuzhou, the gentry on the ground may not know how powerful we are, and it will be a little troublesome." ”

"What's the trouble? Since we are not locals of Guide, we don't have so much affection to talk about, and if we are disobedient, try our swords and guns! Zhao Jin said categorically.

Everyone has nothing to say, use force, Zhao Ziying has this confidence.

In fact, after the agreement to take over the grain, the situation immediately changed, no matter how closed the big landlords were, they also knew what Zhao Ziying was like, Guide Mansion and Xuzhou were so close to each other, and no one cared about the provincial border at this time.

In addition, in Guide Mansion, you can also use the method of Xuzhou, the banner of Zhao Ziying was erected, and the benefits were promised, and immediately countless people came to run, riding horses with knives, and there was a ruthless outlaw, there were a lot of them, and these people got together, and there were hundreds of nearly a thousand people.

If it is placed in normal times, even if this group of people gathers together, it is a plate of loose sand, because no one supports it, no one punishes it, and no one is responsible, and now there is Zhao Ziying doing this for them, and a plate of loose sand immediately becomes like a wolf and a tiger.

Hundreds of nearly a thousand people, gnawed down on anything, really can't move, and Zhao Ziying is waiting behind him to do it, if he causes trouble, he drills into the ground in Xuzhou, no matter whether the government is private, who can go over and take people?

Having said that, no matter how powerful the Guide Mansion is, there will be no more than 1,000 people in its hands, and no one will be stupid if they really tear their faces and fight for dozens or hundreds of lives.

However, there are some exceptions in Suizhou, there is no shortage of young people on Suiyangwei's side, and there are even a hundred and ten skilled martial arts, let's get together, and they can also come up with a very good team, but Suiyangwei is too lazy to pay attention to these things, they are the second to come to the door, asking if they can underwrite a part of the private salt, they are close to Kaifeng Mansion, and they have the most advantageous location.

Zhao Jin did not stay in Guide Mansion for too long, he left Ji Xiang and two companies here, as well as fifty riders, he led the brigade back to Xuzhou, before leaving, he explained that everything was assigned by Ji Xiang, if there is anything you don't understand, you can go to Xuzhou to ask, anyway, everyone is so close, the fast horse is less than two days away.

Ji Xiang led a team of nearly 300 people to garrison Ma Muji, and the warriors gathered in Guide Mansion had almost 300 horses, of course, thirty percent of people rode donkeys or mules, don't look at Guide Mansion is much bigger than Xuzhou, when it comes to martial arts, riding horses with knives, there are few places like Xuzhou in the world.

These more than 300 horsemen and nearly 600 men who dare to fight and dare to rush constitute the grain collection team in Guide Mansion, although the day of paying the autumn tax has passed, but now everyone has to collect a debt, and the scribes of the Yamen of Guide Mansion have already made a list.

Before collecting the arrears, what these nearly 1,000 people have to do is to "protect the territory and the people", and a few poles in the territory of Guide have not come to the door to burn incense and kowtow, so first take them to open the knife and sacrifice the flag, and by the way, integrate the team, and then kill the chickens and monkeys.

A total of six poles, the largest group is enough for 400 people, all of them are rampant in the local area, and they were swept away by a day, which is different from having a heart and not having a heart, on the one hand, they have to perform in front of Zhao Ziying, and secondly, they feel that there is someone behind them to support them, and they really fight forward, and the pole still wants to fight a tough battle, but it was directly crushed by the horse team, and then completely wiped out.

The most powerful one was killed, and the rest were either scattered on the spot, or surrendered in fear, and some wanted to hide out, a group of smugglers in Luyi County wanted to hide in Fengyang Mansion, but they didn't expect to be caught up by the Zhao Ziying horse team that was rushing and pursuing, and it was only more than fifty horses, but they killed the smugglers of more than 100 people on the flat ground.

Things have come to this point, and all parts of Guide Mansion know where to go, and those big families are self-ahutuded, but when it comes to life and death, they also understand how to make trade-offs, and it is better to lose some money than to be uprooted, so the money and grain are ready to be paid, and then the children of the family are sent to Xuzhou to take care of the affairs and the like.

It's one thing to go to Zhao Ziying's side to greet him, the grain has to be exchanged for silver to pay taxes, it is said that Zhao Ziying buys it, and he has to negotiate a reasonable price no matter what, otherwise if he lowers the purchase price, everyone will have no place to cry.

But after that, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, this Zhao Jin was really the same as the rumors, he spoke and did things fairly, he didn't take the opportunity to collect grain at a low price, and he just gave a little lower than the market price, but the bulk of the transaction should be like this.

People are so strange, when paying the imperial grain and national tax, they are unwilling to pay a penny, even if the scribe is collected according to the rules, they feel that it is a deep hatred, but the great disaster is coming, and when they encounter a little fair treatment, they are grateful inexplicably, you must know that this is more than what was paid that day.

But everyone is grateful inexplicably, and all parts of the Guide Mansion are still praising the Lord for doing things fairly, and in the future, we will return to the head of the German Mansion, and everyone is blessed.

From the appearance of the Zhao battalion to the withdrawal of the brigade, the Zhao battalion spent less than 20 days in Guide Mansion, and in this short period of time, the overall situation of Guide Mansion was decided, and the next step was to finish.

It's just that the time required for this end is far more than pacifying, Zhao Ziying relied on strength and killing to quickly subdue all parts of Guide Mansion, which does not mean that it can be controlled stably next, if you want to control the same as Xuzhou, you have to send your own people, and at the same time, the force that was quickly organized in Guide Mansion cannot be given up, and it must be grasped in hand.

At this time, it was really complicated, Zhao Jin withdrew the Xuzhou warriors who were placed on the side of the homeless village, and at the same time transferred 400 young people from the backbone of the homeless village, and let them go to the side of Guide Mansion, and at the same time split the salt patrol team into three teams, one of which was dedicated to the territory of Guide Province, and then let the counties and states of Guide Province jointly protect each family, and the powerful people ranged from ten to twenty people per family, and then placed them elsewhere with the rules that they were not allowed to do things in their hometowns.