Chapter 153: Yu Xing's suspicions

Yu Xing did not meet Huang Dagen and his party at the official office, but in the back garden of his beautiful private house, which seemed to him to make no difference - after all, the entire Jiading Mansion was his own. He was drinking and laughing with his concubine, and after glancing at Huang Dagen and the others, a few people stood by themselves, and took a sip of wine unhurriedly, and then asked Huang Dagen slowly and methodically what was the matter. When he learned that he had sent the artilleryman instead of the finished firearm he had expected, his already dark face turned even blacker. He first angrily reprimanded the Thunderbolt Army for not sending finished artillery as required, and then scolded Ouyang Xuan for not understanding the rules and delaying to visit his boss, and even claimed to severely punish the relevant people if he was in a hurry.

Huang Dagen has dealt with Yu Xing a lot of times, and he knows his urine nature, so he does this just to ask for more money. It's just that Ouyang Xuan, who was standing beside him, was really surprised, this Yu Xing was so vulgar in an important position, and he couldn't help frowning slightly. didn't want this subtle action, but it fell into Yu Xing's eyes, and he immediately asked who Fang Xiaoxiao was, daring to squeeze his eyebrows in front of him. Seeing that the situation was not good, Huang Dagen hurriedly said that it was his personal bodyguard - because he insisted on exercising Ouyang Xuan was extremely strong, and his body looked very tough. Yu Xingzhi also had a bit of vision, only feeling that the person in front of him was extraordinary, and there was a faint momentum of a superior between his eyebrows, and he would be suspicious of Huang Dagen's statement. It's just that suspicion is suspicion, he didn't expect that the person in this guard costume would be a high-ranking member of the Thunderbolt Army, let alone Ouyang Xuan. Huang Dagen saw the suspicion in Yu Xing's eyes, and hurriedly ordered someone to carry the gold and silver silk things offered. This Yu Xing was really extremely greedy for money, and when he saw the wealth, his eyes lit up, and even if he turned it over despite the presence of someone, he also rewarded the concubine with a piece of superb Shu embroidery on the spot.

Seeing Yu Xing looking at the belongings with a smile, Huang Dagen and the others who were standing aside were slightly embarrassed, so they took the opportunity to leave. This Yu Xing didn't even bother to say polite words, and didn't pay attention to the departure of several people. It was noon when they left Yu Xing's private house, and several people were hungry, so they found a restaurant to eat. This Jiading Mansion is backed by mountains and water, and the city defense facilities are extremely strong, and the Mongol army has plundered Sichuan since 1236, and has attacked several times but has retreated. Just after Liu Heima occupied Chengdu last year, he also sent Yelu Maizhu to attack Jiading, but he also returned in vain. Due to the relatively small degree of economic damage to the people's livelihood, there are still many commercial and trade industries in Jiading City, but they are far less than before the Mongol invasion.

Halfway through the meal, a vendor-like man suddenly walked up to the table and whispered, "Firefox tells me, please leave quickly." Firefox is the code name of Su San'er's intelligence network, and there must have been a major change in their adventure. Ouyang Xuan and the others immediately left the restaurant and hurriedly walked towards the dock. As soon as he stepped onto the boat, he saw a group of soldiers running towards the pier from a distance, shouting something as they ran. Huang Dagen hurriedly ordered the sail to set sail, and the group of soldiers ran to the dock and seized the boat to chase after them. It's just that the ships on Ouyang Xuan's trip are all fast boats, and the sailors are all people who are proficient in boat management, and they run fast down the water, where can the ships behind catch up.

Later, it was learned that this group of people who were chasing was sent by Yu Xing. When Ouyang Xuan and the others went out, they passed by a small official from the Jiading Mansion. This little official had arrived at Chongqing Mansion because of the belonging of Baizhang City, and had seen Ouyang Xuan, but he didn't recognize it for a while today, but he just felt familiar. When a few people walked away, they were surprised to realize that one of the guards was dressed as Ouyang Xuan, so they hurriedly went to report this to Yu Xing that this was really an abnormal situation. It's just that Yu Xing was quite interested in getting money, and he was feeding each other wine with his concubine, and he couldn't intervene for a while. Seeing that time was passing little by little, this little official had to walk to Yu Xing's side hard, and before he could open his mouth to speak, he was unsurprisingly punched and kicked a few times. The little official was beaten so painfully that he had to shout: "The guard who went out just now is Ouyang Xuan of the Thunderbolt Army." These words made Yu Xing shocked, and he pushed away the concubine in his arms, and hurriedly ordered someone to chase him.

Yu Xing sent people to chase after him, not to harm Ouyang Xuan as the Thunderbolt Army high-level guessed, in fact, he was more like a profiteer, wanting to control Ouyang Xuan in order to extort a steady stream of money. In Yu Xing's opinion, although it is not a big deal to find an excuse to kill Ouyang Xuan, it will definitely have the same relationship with the Thunderbolt Army. At present, Meng Ke Khan personally led a large army to conquer Sichuan, and the forward has joined forces with Wang Dechen's department in Lizhou, and after Niu Ling defeated the Xuzhou army and captured Zhang Shi, he was going down the river, breaking through Pu Zezhi's heavy resistance, and approaching Chongqing. The Thunderbolt Army is an important force in the Mongolian army, and although Ouyang Xuan's position as the commander of Yongkang County is low, he is an official of the imperial court after all, so it is obviously a good idea to kill him at this moment. The former prefect of Jiading, Wang Kui, did a lot of evil, and the people were very resentful, and Yu Jue, who had many allies in the DPRK and China, and his reputation was also in the ascendant, also caused an uproar in the DPRK and was controversial after he booby-trapped him. Later, Yu Jue was dismissed from his post and imprisoned, and one of the crimes he was listed was the murder of a court official. In Yu Xing's eyes, the Thunderbolt Army is like a hen that lays golden eggs, and if he controls Ouyang Xuan, he controls this golden hen.

Yu Xing used the arbitration of the ownership of Baizhang City some time ago, not only collected a large amount of money from Yazhou and the Thunderbolt Army, but also obtained a large amount of commercial taxes. Baizhang City is now an important pass to defend the hinterland of the Thunderbolt Army, and Ouyang Xuan will definitely not let it out. In fact, the spies sent by Dong Hu have learned that Cao Zhizhou is biting the ownership of Baizhang City and does not let go, not because Baizhang's economy is gradually recovering, but because he saw that the Mongolian army was strong, and he sent a secret envoy to the Mongolian army. Niu Ling's condition for replying to him was that only when he got the Baizhang Pass could Cao Zhizhou keep Yazhou and even become the prefect of Jiading. It's just that the situation is stronger than the people, and Yazhou's troops will definitely not be able to take the Baizhang Pass, and Yu Xing, who is the deputy envoy of Sichuan and the deputy envoy of Chengdu pacification, although he has the power of arbitration, is "eating the plaintiff and eating the defendant", and the money he receives is only two sides and mud. In desperation, Cao Zhizhou had to pinch his nose and agree to Yu Xing's plan, that is, Baizhang Pass was still controlled by the Thunderbolt Army, but the tax revenue was divided into three points by Jiading Mansion, Yazhou, and Thunderbolt Army at a ratio of 3:3:4.

The biggest beneficiary of this plan is Jiading Mansion, which gets 30% of the tax revenue, which has aroused strong opposition from the top of the Perak Army, especially Yang Xiucai, Zhu Zhuozi and others, but it was pressed by Ouyang Xuan. He said to the crowd, "This is the only city, not the next one." In Ouyang Xuan's view, it is still worth giving up sixty percent of the tax revenue for the security of the western part of the Perak Army's jurisdiction, and Yu Xing is still the top boss of the Perak Army; Although the Yazhou side is not satisfied, it is better to have 30% of the tax than nothing, and the 30% of the tax managed by the Thunderbolt Army is about to catch up with the tax paid by Baizhang County before. More importantly, in order to supervise the taxation, Yazhou also sent tax collectors to Baizhang, which could prove to the Mongols that they had jurisdiction; For Yu Xing, it must be a good thing to get 30% of the tax revenue for nothing. The thirty percent tax was collected by Jiading Mansion on the surface, but it actually went into his pocket. To Yu Xing's surprise, this thirty percent of the tax revenue was comparable to that of Pengshan City, which was occupied by the Mongols.

The windfall made Yu Xing's heart bloom, and he secretly decided in his heart that he would use means to take over the area under the jurisdiction of the Perak Army in the future, even if he could not completely control it, he would send tax collectors to all corners of the area under the jurisdiction of the Perak Army. Thinking of those fertile fields that are crisscrossing Qianmo, and those mines that constantly spit out copper, iron, coal, and lead, Yu Xing is so hungry that his mouth waters. Although Yu Xing has been in charge of Jiading for many years, he is like a soil emperor, and he will do whatever it takes to make money, but after deducting expenses and real estate, the money and things he has accumulated are far from Yu Xing's goal. This is not only because his goal of accumulating money is too high, but also because the expenses are too large. Compared with the cost of keeping his current position and buying an official, his extravagant and lascivious living expenses are really nothing.