Although there is the rescue of the Lord's Mansion, coupled with the active self-help of the people of Yangcheng, Yangcheng has regained its former style again in the past few years, and even because it is a transit station between the new city and the Lord's Mansion, it is the transportation artery of Qin Wuling, and even the capital Tsing Yi City is staring at it, after receiving Ye Qing's official letter to inspect, Wang Yang summoned officials and repeatedly confirmed that there is nothing in Yangcheng that can make Yangcheng find out the problem, and only after extinguishing all the possible signs can he put his mind at ease.

Wang Yang thinks that he has done a very good job in Yangcheng, not only the officials are clear and clear, and the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the tax and silver paid to the lord's mansion every year Yangcheng is also the highest in the territory, although so, he is still very worried, because he is not the descendant of the lord, but he took refuge halfway, and the last personnel adjustment did not involve himself, but Wang Yang believes that in such a good place, if Ye Qing finds out what is wrong with him, he will definitely be very happy to put himself aside and replace him with his own henchmen.

This time, Ye Qing returned to the territory from Xuancheng, and the first stop of the inspection place was to choose Yangcheng, which exacerbated his worries, what is Ye Qing doing here? . Wang Yang fetched water in such fifteen buckets, seven up and eight down, waiting for Ye Qing's arrival with a mood of gain and loss.

Someone galloped in the distance, Wang Yang was excited, it was the next person who went to investigate, it seemed that Ye Qing's car was not far from here.

Sure enough, the man jumped off the horse, trotted all the way to him back and forth, and arched his hand: "My lord, Master Hou's team will arrive soon." ”

When the people heard this, they came out from under the shade of the trees, straightened their clothes, and stood with their hands tied, and then a large number of cavalry appeared in their eyes, splashing clouds of smoke and dust, and coming straight to this side.

The weather was too hot, Ye Qing only wore a plain clothes and walked on a horse, and behind him, Yang Fan, the captain of the guards, and the accompanying guards were all dressed neatly and had to wear armor.

"Wang Yang, the lord of Yangcheng, led the officials of Yangcheng to greet the Hou Ye. Wang Yang bowed deeply, and everyone behind him also saluted.

Ye Qing laughed and jumped off the horse, and casually pulled Wang Yang up, "Don't be polite to the city lord and everyone, this ghost weather is so hot that it makes people panic, and you are still waiting for me under the sun, isn't this looking for guilt?"

Wang Yang said: "Hou Ye came to Yangcheng, it is an honor for Yangcheng, not to mention that it is just a little sun now, it is a knife, and the big guy has to come to greet Hou Ye!"

Ye Qing said with a smile: "Wang City Lord, along the way, the people of Yangcheng live and work in peace and contentment, and they are rich, it can be seen that you are indeed a capable official, but I didn't expect that your kung fu is not bad, looking at your taro, it seems that you have just been fished out of the water." ”

Wang Yang smiled and said: "It's also a great honor to be able to shoot Hou Ye's fart, some people want to shoot, but they can't find a way!"

This sentence made everyone laugh, and even Yang Fan, who was not smiling, burst out laughing. Ye Qing glanced at Wang Yang with some surprise, this person is not simple, not only can he do things, but he is also a first-class shrewd, after three or two sentences, he not only made himself feel good about him, but also made everyone present relaxed.

"Xia Guan has prepared wine and food in the city to wash the dust for Hou Ye. Wang Yang said.

"Okay, let's go, it's too hot, standing on the side of the road, the big guys are all guilty, so let's hurry into the city, find a shady place, drink iced tea, and fan to cool off." Ye Qing laughed and jumped on the horse, Wang Yang and the others also hurriedly got on the sedan chair, got on the carriage, led the way in front, and the group ran towards Yangcheng.

Ye Qing's visit to Yangcheng this time is indeed a pretense, his real destination is Xincheng, and his visit to Yangcheng is just to cover everyone's eyes, and Li Xin and other generals are already waiting for him in Xincheng, preparing to deal with the barbarians.

Ye Qing did not live in the city lord's mansion that Wang Yang had cleaned, but lived in the home of Cui Yicheng, a wealthy businessman in Yangcheng, which made the soldiers in Yangcheng very hot for Cui Yicheng, looking at this style, Cui Yicheng has long been in contact with Ye Qing, otherwise at today's reception banquet, Ye Qing would not be polite to him, and even toasted him with a glass of wine, it seems that he will have to make friends with this Cui Yicheng in the future, with Ye Qing's big backer, he will not go sideways in Qin Wuling in the future.

Wang Yang was puzzled, this Cui Yicheng was purchased by Ye Qing in Yangcheng after the unification of Qin Wuling, and as far as he knew, this Cui Yicheng was a wealthy businessman in Xuancheng, and he also had a lot of energy in Xuancheng, so it was not surprising to contact Ye Qing, but as a businessman, why did he have such a big backer in Qin Wuling, but he had never informed himself in the past few months? As long as he made a noise, he would give him some face in his own way.

Ye Qing ignored everyone's incomprehension, and after eating the reception banquet and listening to Wang Yang's report, he hurriedly lived in Cui Yicheng's mansion, which made Wang Yang understand that Ye Qing came to Yangcheng for another purpose. As for what it was for, since Ye Qing didn't tell him, he wouldn't be stupid enough to ask for clarification. As long as Ye Qing didn't come to him, "No matter what you do, it has nothing to do with him, just do your part."

When he arrived at Cui Yicheng's mansion, after some washing, Ye Qing, who was already refreshed, was sitting in the room, and opposite him, sitting was a thousand commanders of Jinyiwei, and Ye Qing was looking through the stack of cases he handed over to him.

After reading it carefully, Ye Qing handed the information to which commander and said, "Have you inquired about the specific strength of the Barbarian Blood Eagle Tribe, and is your plan to pretend to be a slave and infiltrate the Barbarian Clan feasible, has it been decided?"

The commander said: "Master Hou, I naturally made up my mind, otherwise I would not have invited Master Hou to come to Yangcheng, but I still need Lord Hou to give support!"

Ye Qing nodded and said, "I understand that I want to do my best to ensure your safety and provide convenience for you." ”

The commander said: "When I saw Master Hou meeting me in Cui Yicheng's mansion, I knew that Master Hou was already confident. ”

"Well, Cui Yicheng is a wealthy businessman in Xuancheng, you know this, although I am not allowed to have fornication with barbarians in my territory, but this Xuanyi City is one of the largest smugglers in Xuanguo, and he has always been in contact with the barbarians, and our territory has the materials he needs, so he naturally has to work hard. ”

"Since ancient times, smuggling is profiteering, there are so many smugglers in Xuanguo, but the Hou Ye gave him all the smuggling in the territory, can he not try to please him? I'm afraid this house is also in your name, right?"

Ye Qing smiled: "Then you guessed wrong." ”

While speaking, Ye Qing sent someone to summon Cui Yicheng, looking at the two people in the room, Cui Yicheng looked humble, although he was rich and rivaled the country, but in the eyes of a powerful person like Ye Qing, it was nothing, a word could make him go to heaven, and a word could also let him go to hell, Qin Wuling was unified, he saw the opportunity quickly, and soon found the way of Jinyiwei, and the return was naturally amazing, all the people who originally smuggled to Qin Wuling were all banned, and only he got the exclusive monopoly, all he paid was to provide Qin Wuling with some information about the barbarians on time.

However, Fu Bo put him on the roster in Jinyiwei and gave him a nominal title of 100 households, which made him a little apprehensive. Although it has always been the dream of these businessmen to be officials, what kind of department is Jinyiwei" He is also clear, how deep the water is here, he can't explore it at all, but the businessman's idea of profit-seeking still prevails, thinking that it is not a big deal to become a person of Jinyiwei, maybe he can really wear this tiger skin in the future and make a bigger career.

So when he came in, he treated the commander as a subordinate courtesy. This made Ye Qing very surprised. Only then did I understand that Cui Yicheng had already boarded Jinyiwei's ship.

"Let's talk about the barbarians," Ye Qing asked him to sit down and said.

"Yes" Cui Yicheng owes his body and said: "The leader of the Blood Eagle tribe, Blood Eagle, is a relative of the barbarian royal court, he is the family of the queen of the royal court today, it is precisely because of this relationship that he has become the leader of the tribe, he is not capable, and he is extremely greedy for money, we smugglers have suffered from him." ”

Ye Qing smiled and said, "Let's talk about the point."

"The barbarians don't produce salt, so they are very short of salt, and the salt itself is extremely profitable, but because it is a control material, in addition to plundering, the barbarians rely more on smuggling. It can be said that half of the salt consumption of the barbarians is obtained by smuggling. ”

Ye Qing smiled and said: "Cui Baihu, it seems that you don't make a lot of money in our Qin Wuling, but what I gave you is an official price."

Cui Yicheng shuddered, but Ye Qing said: "Well, you must have paid a lot of generations to get these private salts, it's understandable, you smuggled like this, didn't the lord of the country notice it?"

"How can that be? The lord of the country still knows about the smuggling of salt, but he has not cracked down too much, and even encourages smuggling in private, after all, a large part of the reason for the barbarian invasion of food is for the sake of salt, and the smuggling of salt can properly control the intensity of the barbarian invasion. ”

Ye Qing shook his head, it turned out to be like this, I really don't know what the human race thinks, and he actually smuggled control materials towards his mortal enemy, although for the barbarians who are successful in martial arts, salt is dispensable, but for ordinary barbarians, salt is an indispensable living material in life.

"Not only that, in the past, the smuggled materials were limited to salt, but now they have begun to expand to other materials, after all, many things are not able to be produced by the barbarians, but they need to live but they can't do without these things, so there is a smuggling market. “