In the big tent of the military camp in Liangzhou City, as King Huai's voice fell, the originally silent atmosphere was broken, and many people began to discuss in a whisper.

The envoys from various states who came to Liangzhou City this time were to probe King Huai's attitude.

In order to reach an alliance and jointly deal with the imperial court's policy of reducing feudal domains.

The strongest of the six border states is King Huai in front of him, and if he forms an alliance, his opinion is very important.

As everyone in the hall began to discuss, some of King Huai's staff also participated.

These envoys found out the attitude of King Huai, and the next step was to discuss how to put pressure on the imperial court and launch a military admonition.

The most important thing after the army is raised is to make a big move, if you can't attack the city with the momentum of destroying the withering and decaying, then the coalition army that is blocked in the six border states does not need the imperial court to fight, and it will collapse because of the lack of food and grass.

Seeing that the envoys from various states were undecided, King Huai decided to give them a reassuring pill.

"Since you have come to my Liangzhou, you are all dissatisfied with the new policy of the imperial court, instead of arguing endlessly, please move outside the account to take a look."

After saying that, he didn't care about the others, and walked straight out of the tent.

At this time, the tent was already full of Liangzhou soldiers, especially a cavalry full of clothes and draped clothes was particularly eye-catching.

In addition to the marching phalanx, hundreds of boxes of blades and armor were sent forward, and it was roughly estimated that there were 10,000 sets.

"Fellow envoys, please go back and tell your generals that King Huai is well prepared, and there is no shortage of determination to fight to the death."

After that, people from various states couldn't help but gasp when they looked at the magnificent soldiers and sufficient military resources.

"I'm afraid that this King Huai has been planning for a long time, so he can only use this opportunity."

Thinking like this in his heart, he planned to report what he had seen and heard in Liangzhou to his lord as soon as possible.

Waiting for the envoys to leave Liangzhou City one after another, King Huai stood outside the tent, looking in the direction of Kyoto with a slightly chilly spring breeze.

"Lord Wang, the envoy of the Rong clan has arrived, do you want to see him now?"

A staff member dressed as a literati stepped forward to salute King Huai and said slowly.

King Huai did not reply, but walked towards another military tent and gave him the answer with his actions.

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In Lingshui County, a middle-aged man dressed in a Qingzhou official uniform lived in the largest Wanzhen restaurant in the city with a soldier.

"Liu County Order, this official is here to collect grain, I hope to make some preparations as soon as possible."

When this sentence came out of the man's mouth lightly, Liu Hong, the county magistrate, felt a chuckle in his heart.

"Lord Yu, didn't the county just levy a grain tax before, this time?"

Before he could say the rest of the words, he saw Lord Yu's face change and said, "Why, Lord Liu can't disobey Governor Lu's military order?" ”

When Liu Xianling heard this, he immediately began to confess to the person in front of him in fear.

Although he was aggrieved in his heart, this Lord Yu was a six-grade official in Qingzhou Mansion, and his position was several steps higher than his own.

Thinking of the burden of tax collection that he was about to face, Liu Hong suddenly looked embarrassed.

Although he is a county magistrate in Lingshui County, he can be regarded as a number of people in Lingshui County, but any official in the state and county can handle him.

The grain tax has just been levied, and before the peasants can sow seeds, they will have to collect another military tax.

He knew that after the new emperor ascended the throne, all forces were surging undercurrents, but he really didn't have the ability to complete the heavy task of collecting taxes.

Just when Liu Hong's face was embarrassed, Lord Yu seemed to see his concerns and said slowly.

"Lord Liu, don't be embarrassed, I heard that Lingshui County is famous for its wines, and the caravans have gone out of Qingzhou to do business."

"If there is no food, it will not be difficult for you to collect the business taxes of a few rich households."

When Liu Xianling heard this, the expression on his face became even more gloomy.

On weekdays, it is just a group of "bandits" who are entrenched in their noses, and now they have to extort their money.

It's really a bit of a tiger's butt.

"Lord Liu is worried about that Xiao Jiu?"

Hearing Lord Yu's question, Liu Hong came back to his senses from his thoughts and nodded slowly.

"Lord Liu, don't worry, I have already greeted Wenjun Shou this time for the grain collection, and he will definitely give the money and grain honestly."

When Liu Hong heard this, his depressed mood was a little relieved.

But I can't stop scolding in my heart, you have already received Wen Jie's tacit approval, and you have to be this bad guy yourself.

The officials and universities crushed people to death, and they still had to do it honestly, but they didn't dare to guarantee whether they could harvest the grain.

After that, it was arranged for people to serve a banquet, and a group of people began to eat seafood in front of all kinds of delicacies from the mountains and seas.

The conversation in the private room was listened to by the servant who served the food in the restaurant and told his shopkeeper.

"Levy military rations?"

Li Gui listened to the fragmentary report of the junior two in the running hall, and already understood seven or eight points in his heart, and immediately asked his eldest son Li Fu to go to Hare Mountain to report the news.

He can have his current net worth all thanks to Xiao Jiu, and when he learns the news at this time, he must want to inform Xiao Jiu as soon as possible.

Li Fu, who was riding a horse, rushed to Hare Mountain in less than three hours and saw Xiao Jiu, who had been living in the camp.

"Lord Yu?"

Almost instantly, Xiao Jiu understood the purpose of this Yu Daren who he had never seen before.

When Wang Meng led the army to Kyoto before, he noticed a trace of unusual taste, and at this time, the government must have made some big moves to collect grain.

The tax had just been levied before, and the crops in the field had not yet grown, and those "poor ghosts" could no longer scrape a little oil and water.

Naturally, they set their sights on those wealthy landlords and merchants.

Li Fu said before that this Lord Yu had greeted Wen Jie, which proved that he had been acquiesced by Wen Jie.

Although he accepted Zhao'an, he took off the hat of the mountain bandit.

But now it seems that these high-ranking old men seem to regard themselves as their money bags.

With the first time, there will be a second time, if he has been honest and obedient, what will only be ushered in is intensification.

So Xiao Jiu decided to resist taxes this time, and it was a big deal to pat his ass and go up the mountain to be a bandit.

In the past, when the cottages were old, weak, sick and disabled, the county government had nothing to do with themselves, and now it is the time when the soldiers are strong and strong.

"It's time to be tough."

Xiao Jiu thought so, so he asked Li Fu to return to the city, and when he left, he specially told him to arrange his family after he went back.

Let them go to the countryside to avoid the limelight during this time.

so as not to have the situation that the whole family was in prison before.

After sending Li Fu away, Xiao Jiu found the big and small leaders in the cottage headed by Zhang Ben and Jin Zi and held an emergency meeting.

When Xiao Jiu narrated the incident as it was, everyone was more or less angry when they heard it.

Their good days had only been a few days, and those officials and old men began to extort money again.

So when Xiao Jiu said that he wanted to resist taxes, these people all said they had no opinion.

Although they have now taken off their identity as mountain bandits, they can live in Lingshui County as a good citizen.

But they knew that all this was given by Xiao Jiu, and they still trusted Xiao Jiu's judgment of form.

When everyone was dissatisfied with the imperial court's taxation, only a young face in the corner showed a deep worry in his eyes.