These black-clothed people wanted to repeat their old tricks, turned around and ran into the alley, thinking that they would take off the black clothes after a distance from them, but the people behind them chased very closely.

These people didn't have a chance, and fled to the street in a panic.

Yan Du saw that the generals of the five cities had already come to the street, and they obviously knew something, so when those people came over, they only made a show and did not stop them.

Yan Du narrowed his eyes, jumped forward, intercepted a man in black, and when the knife fell, the man in black fell to the ground and died. Then the second, the third, a total of five men in black, none of whom escaped.

When several generals saw this scene, they were shocked but didn't dare to say anything.

Yan Du walked up to the five generals with a bloody knife and smiled coldly, "The imperial court treats the five generals well, right?" ”

The bearded one frowned and asked puzzledly, "What does this mean, Lord Wang?" ”

Yan Du tilted his head and glanced at him, "How many people are short of the imperial court?" Do you have a family member who is kind to you? How many people have been wronged? ”

The white-faced general said with a smile: "The imperial court with a lowly rank is naturally extremely heavy. The lowly rank also thanked the court for its kindness. ”

"The reduction of military strength is bound to be implemented, and a few people have done their best to stabilize Xizhou, and the imperial court will only treat it more favorably than before. But if this matter is not resolved tonight, and the court investigates it, then I am afraid that you will also be cut. ”

"Lord Wang, are you threatening us with this?" A bad-tempered general frowned.

Yan Dui's eyes sank, "There are some things that this king has not broken, but he is giving you a chance." If you have to stab it, you also have to think about the consequences, and the rope that King Suping hanged himself is still there, right? ”

This is the threat, but several generals dare not pierce it.

They can ignite the war in Xizhou, but King Suping knows that this battle cannot be won, and he apologizes, can they win? In particular, the Xizhou army was unstable, and they didn't have that kind of ambition.

"The prince is angry, I'll wait until I go to catch the thief!"

The white-faced general said, and hurriedly dispersed with several other generals to catch the thieves.

When they all dispersed, Yan Dui told the deputy general of Zhenbei to give him an order to go down, only protect the people, and leave the matter of arresting the thieves to the Xizhou army.

Later that night, the thieves faded like a tide. And Yan Du knew that this was just the beginning.

The next day, the generals of the five cities each went back to prepare to cut down the soldiers' booklets, and reported to Yan Dusk ten days later. As soon as the names of the people who are cut come out, there will be chaos at that time.

And after this night, the life of the people of Hukou City has become more and more difficult.

Yan Du was busy with military affairs, and Liu Yunxiang led the soldiers to help the people whose houses were burned down last night.

Most of the people who were robbed last night were doing business in the city, and their families were quite wealthy. It's just that after this experience, many people can't bear it.

Liu Yunxiang followed a soldier to an alley and saw that many people had been fed outside.

"While we were cleaning up the rubble, the hostess suddenly went crazy and ran into the house that was about to collapse, and before we could save people, the house collapsed." The soldier sighed.

Liu Yunxiang took a deep breath, and when he got closer, he listened to the people talk about his family.

It is said that the man had an accident in his early years and became lame, and the woman had to take care of him and pull three children, as well as support the family. After suffering a lot over the years, I finally saved some money and opened a shop selling cloth. But last night, not only was the house robbed and burned, but the shop was also robbed, and the woman couldn't stand the blow, so she rushed into the ruins.

Zijin asked the people to get out of the way, and Liu Yunxiang walked over and saw the soldiers digging the woman out of the ruins. She was covered in black, and she didn't seem to be hurt.

Her husband stepped forward on crutches and persuaded her to think about it. The three children, the eldest in his teens and the youngest in five or six years old, were all frightened and cried, and surrounded the woman to tell her not to leave them.

The woman is not tall and thin, and it is hard to imagine how much she has suffered to support this family by herself. She still couldn't slow down, and she kept crying.

"How to live, how to live in the future!"

Liu Yunxiang stepped forward and comforted the woman, "If there is anything you need help with, you can tell me." ”

The woman looked at Liu Yunxiang and was stunned for a moment.

Zijin whispered something to the woman, and the woman was shocked and hurriedly got up to salute.

Liu Yunxiang pressed her shoulder, "No need to be polite." ”

The woman slowed down, then shook her head, "I don't dare to bother you." ”

"I only have you who must have encountered greater difficulties, otherwise I wouldn't have done such a stupid thing."

has survived so hard before, it can be seen how strong her mind is, although the incident of last night hit her hard, it is not for her to find a short-term view.

"Folk women...... Not ......"

"Say, I should be able to help you."

The woman hesitated for a moment, but still spoke: "I bought a batch of silk from Jiangnan, and the goods are about to arrive in the next two days, and I have prepared the payment, but ...... But it was robbed last night. ”

"How much?"

"One hundred taels." Saying that, the woman hammered her chest in pain, "It's not easy to do business in Hukou City, and I borrowed thirty taels of this hundred taels to make it up." I wanted to learn from others to take this batch of silk to Xiyue Dongguan to trade, and I could earn three times as much as I could make back and forth, but I never expected this to happen. My savings for many years are gone, and I owe money to others, and they have sent silk and silk from thousands of miles, and if I don't want it, how can I spare it. ”

The more she talked, the more excited she became, and the more tears flowed.

"I see."

Liu Yunxiang looked at this woman again, she seemed to be soft and weak, but she was capable. She has guts, drive, and wisdom, but she is not very lucky.

"I'll pay you this one hundred taels first, and then pay me back when you earn money."

Hearing this, the woman's eyes widened, "You...... Do you want to borrow me? ”

Liu Yunxiang nodded, "But can I go to your cloth shop and have a look?" ”

"Of course!"

The woman washed up a little, let her husband watch the three children, and then took Liu Yunxiang to her cloth shop on the street. The store was also looted, and the two guys were cleaning up.

Looking at the cloth scattered on the ground, the woman shook her head in pain.

"You guys clean up and take stock and see how much is missing." The woman commanded the man.

After a group of people answered, he asked again: "The owner, Boss Liu from the sheep soup restaurant came over, and when he saw that you were not there, he didn't say anything." ”

The woman sighed, turned her head to Liu Yunxiang and said, "What I borrowed is this Boss Liu's money, knowing what happened to me here, he must have panicked in his heart, afraid that I won't be able to do it, but he is soft-hearted and didn't go directly to me." ”

Liu Yunxiang took out a hundred taels of silver tickets from his arms and slapped them in the woman's hand, "You take it first." ”

The woman thanked her for her kindness, carefully collected the silver ticket, and promised to pay her back for a month at most.

"It is said that it is a mutual market, but why do we only trade in Xiyue Dongguan, but not in our Darong, such as Hukou City. If it is here, the flow of caravans and the prosperity of trade will definitely lead to the development of the local area. ”

"You don't know?" The woman asked.

Liu Yunxiang shook his head, "I don't know." ”

"The tax to be paid for transactions in the territory of Xizhou is 30% of the transaction amount, but in Dongguan it is 10%. In this way, everyone is naturally willing to go to Dongguan to trade. ”

Liu Yunxiang thought for a while, "Then if we cut taxes, it should be possible." ”