Chapter 374: The Arrogant Grain Collector
Su Qi'an's order made Wu Yong quite excited, and in this year's time, the development of the entire county has been earth-shaking, and it can be said that it is in full swing.
But being cut off from all contact with the outside world is not a pleasant feeling, and they can develop to this point in a year, all by their own hard work, little by little.
Li Kang and the others, except for suppression, did not give any help.
After a year of hard work, he finally waited for a bumper harvest, and Li Kang sent someone to maliciously collect grain, which was completely naked harm.
Today, their overall strength is not stronger than Li Kang, but they are definitely not allowed to be maliciously bullied by Li Kang.
The order given by Su Qi'an this time was undoubtedly a signal for them to fight back.
After enduring it for a year, I finally made them wait, how not to make Wu Yong excited.
Just as Wu Yong turned around and left, and began to actively prepare for the battle, Su Qi'an's voice sounded again.
"Wu Yong, be restrained, now is not the time for a big war, even if we want to fight, it is not that we take the initiative to provoke a war."
"What does that mean?" Wu turned his gaze.
"This year's patience can be regarded as tempering our will, it is not yet the time for a big war, but it is also fast, then we have to wait for a suitable opportunity, isn't Li Kang suppressing us, then this time we will take the grain levy officer to open the knife, let Li Kang see, who has the final say in this Qingcheng County."
"Come if you want, just go, in Qingcheng County, there is no such good thing."
Wu Yong is a smart person, he understood what Su Qi'an meant, and after a year of confrontation with Li Kang, they were suppressed, but they must not take the initiative to provoke a war.
If they take the initiative to fight back, they will definitely fall into Li Kang's trap, and the battle cannot be provoked, but they can charge interest appropriately.
Qingcheng County is one of the six counties in Jiaozhou, but don't forget, the more powerful person is Su Qi'an, if Qingcheng County is the former Qingcheng County Guard and the three priests, you can be bullied and suppressed at will, and you will suffer after all.
This time, the interest starts with the grain collector.
Wu Yong understood Su Qi'an's intentions and turned to leave.
At this time, in the middle square of the county town, two grain collectors with about 500 state soldiers entered the county seat.
Looking at the truckload full of grain in front of him, the eyes of the two grain collectors were called golden light.
The political grain of the six counties, except for Yangliu County, which is a large grain-producing county, where have the other five counties seen such a bumper harvest scene.
And when they came this time, as soon as they opened their mouths, they had no bottom in their hearts, and in Qingcheng County's grain collection over the years, the highest one was only 50,000 stones.
This time, it has more than doubled, and with their level, they can't be the master at all.
In order to prevent the grain requisition from going smoothly, Li Kang specially approved 500 state soldiers to come together.
If Su Qi'an refused to hand over the grain, the five hundred state soldiers would not be polite, and with these five hundred or so people, they were naturally not the opponents of the Dongshan Army of more than 10,000 people.
But once Su Qi'an dares to send troops to counterattack, within half a day, tens of thousands of state soldiers will definitely send troops to Qingcheng County.
This is the confidence that they dare to come to Qingcheng County and collect grain so openly.
Last year, the grain collection in the county town did not go well, and they heard about it, but this time with Li Kang behind his back, Su Qi'an dared not to pay it, that is, he openly opposed the state pastor.
When the time comes, tens of thousands of state soldiers will come out and set foot on a small Qingcheng County, but they will be captured.
Thinking of this, the two of them, who were still a little nervous just now, immediately calmed down, and even a trace of arrogance appeared on their faces.
They didn't wait long, Wu Yong led a group of officials to the two of them, and there was no dispute, not even a quarrel.
Directly handed over the grain book of 100,000 stones, waved his hand, and a large number of people, pushing grain trucks and cars, rushed here.
Flipping through the grain book in his hand and looking at Wu Yong's obedience, this scene made the grain collector a little surprised.
But thinking that there was Li Kang and tens of thousands of state soldiers behind him, they didn't dare to make a mistake openly.
The two of them looked indifferent, put the grain book aside, and watched
Wu Yong said, "Well, this time it's your acquaintance, after all, Jiaozhou boundary, who has the final say, you know, if you can know each other like this, I'll wait when I go back this time."
"Remember, I hope you can cooperate so much in the future, maybe I can wait back and say a few kind words for you in front of the state pastor."
Wu Yong hurriedly arched his hand, looking respectful, "This official is here, thank you two colleagues."
"Well, by the way, why didn't you see Su Hou this time? For such a big matter, he didn't come forward, isn't it a little unreasonable." One of them asked suddenly.
That tone, I don't know what kind of big guy I thought he was.
"Because of this period of time, Su Hou has been busy for days, a little tired, and is cultivating, and he really can't show up today, please understand the two colleagues."
"Okay, since that's the case, let's have a good life, this time the food is raised, it's important to go back and hurry, so I won't stay here, and next time if I have the opportunity, I will visit Suhou."
"Let's go."
The other nodded, reined in the horse rope, turned and left, and then a large number of people, escorted by state soldiers, slowly left the county seat.
Wu Yong stood in place, watching the conscripts leave, and not long after they left, the few people standing behind Wu Yong said coldly.
"Hmph, it's just a little grain collector, and he really thinks of himself as some big shot, a group of foxes and fake tigers."
"That's right, a grain collector also dares to talk about Mr., if it weren't for Mr.'s order, let alone them, none of these five hundred state soldiers would be able to leave the county town."
It was none other than Song Biao and Er Meng who spoke, because it was the autumn harvest season, they led the team to send the grain from the subordinate counties to the county seat according to the plan.
happened to be with Wu Yong and ran into this scene.
These people from the state city are really too arrogant, not to mention Su Qi'an, even Wu Yong didn't look at them.
If you really want to follow the grade, Wu Yongzai is also a county guard, and the size is also a fourth- or fifth-grade official, and what is a grain collector? It's just a group of petty officials of seven or eight grades.
In terms of rights, it is not even as good as a county order, that is, in Qingcheng County, dare to be so arrogant, look at other counties, and each has to be honest.
They dared to be so crazy, it was nothing more than deliberately targeting and forcing them to make a move, which just allowed Li Kang to take this opportunity and have a reason to send troops.
Wu Yong can see it more clearly than Song Biao and Er Meng, and he has been able to serve as a county magistrate in the local area for many years, and Wu Yong has never seen anyone.
After being helped to the county guard position by Su Qi'an, he handled government affairs for more than a year, which made him more or less comfortable.
Listening to the complaints of the two behind him, Wu Yong was much calmer, and he said softly, "Don't worry, Mr. is not a person who suffers, wait for it, how much grain they eat from Qingcheng County, when the time comes, they will spit out all the money with interest."
Although the two of them are martial artists, they can still realize that Wu Yong's words are in their words, and they nodded, so wait and see.
The grain collection team that left the county town walked all the way on the official road, led by the two grain collectors, walked all the way, while looking towards the rear.
It seemed to be waiting for something, but there was nothing in the rear except for a huge team of people transporting grain.
One of them said, "I thought that the person surnamed Su would not be able to swallow this breath and send someone to ambush him, but now it seems that I am too worried."
"Hmph, you think too much about this, and you don't want to think about it, who we represent, Qingcheng County is controlled by Su Qi'an, but so what, how can a county be compared to a state, with a state pastor, Su Qi'an can still turn the sky upside down?"
"Just look at this year's suppression, Su Qi'an didn't take any action, what does this mean, isn't it that he was afraid of Lord Zhoumu, so he directly admitted it, and he still gave 100,000 yuan of grain this time."
"I think, even if it costs 120,000 or 150,000, Su Qi'an will never dare to let out a fart, and I don't know how this Su Qi'an got to this point."
"What calmly defeated the big and small priests, occupied the county town without much effort, fought fiercely with 50,000 native troops, and captured the two elders from among the ten thousand, now it seems that these rumors are mixed with a lot of water, such a person is also worthy of the marquis, tsk, I think it's just a fluke."
The more the grain collector who answered the question became, the more outrageous it became, and the face of the grain collector who had just spoken changed slightly, and he tried several times to stop his companion from being so arrogant.
This time the grain requisition went smoothly, and he didn't see Su Qi'an, he was a little contemptuous, but it was definitely not to the point of being so contemptuous.
He doesn't know Su Qi'an very well, but since he can become the controller of a county, he must have something special.
He is a little better than his companions, and he will never go to such arrogance in despising anyone.
You must always be clear about your identity, sometimes it is often the mouth of the mouth.
For his kind words and reminders, this arrogant grain collector didn't care at all, and was still there to make nonsense.
"Hmph, Lao Huang, I think you are too weak, afraid of that, what is there to be afraid of, we have the support of the state pastor behind us, not to mention one Su Qi'an, even if there are ten more, we can crush him to powder."
"This time it's the good luck of the surname Su, if he appears in front of me, believe it or not, he will definitely be taught a lesson as a grandson, it is estimated that he also knows that he can't afford to offend the state pastor, this time he deliberately pretended to be sick and hid, it's a pity."
Just as the man continued, suddenly, a sound of breaking wind sounded behind him, and before he could react, bang!
A small pebble smashed the back of his head, and his body staggered, but fortunately he reacted in time and stabilized his body, otherwise he might have fallen.
But the back of his head was dripping with blood, the corners of the grain collector's mouth were grinning, his face was pale, he turned around sharply, and shouted to everyone behind.
"Who! is so bold that he dares to attack his own official, and he can't find death! Someone's coming..."
Before the voice fell, the next moment, Tie Qing's face instantly froze, because behind him, five hundred state soldiers, I don't know when they were all controlled, and the one who controlled them was precisely the huge people they looked down on the most.
At this time, this group of people, holding various farm tools, was looking at the two grain collectors with a cold face.
The grain collector surnamed Huang flashed his eyes, and he could see at a glance that the group of people in front of him was definitely not lowly people, judging from the aura they exuded, they must have been soldiers, maybe they were a group of soldiers.