Looking at the plank that preached the Thunderbolt Army's punishment of traitors, Yu Xing became more and more annoyed. These propaganda planks that went down the river were fished up by his subordinates and presented to Yu Xing. Yu Xing was annoyed not only that the above merits did not mention his correct leadership, but also because the Thunderbolt Army did not inform him of this at all, and clearly did not take him seriously. In a fit of rage, he ordered people to intercept and salvage all the propaganda boards and burn them, but there were many of them, and where could they be fished. Many of them drifted downstream.

Yu Xing had learned that Ouyang Xuan had returned to Chongqing Mansion, which made him even more furious. This Ouyang Xuan first pretended to be Huang Dagen's guard to peep at him, but he didn't know it. Later, when he returned from Chongqing, he did not enter Jiading City to meet him, and he did not take his boss seriously. Now not only does it not compensate for the damage caused by the bombing of the artillery, but it also dares to seize its own messenger. This messenger was the brother of one of his beloved concubines. This little concubine cried and cried in front of him every day, asking him to send troops to bring his eldest brother back, which made Yu Xing even more upset.

If he could use force against the Thunderbolt army, Yu Xing would have already dispatched a large army. Not to mention the Pengshan City occupied by the Mongols between Jiading Mansion and the Thunderbolt Army, even if the Mongols watched the fire from the other side, the tired army that had already traveled a long way would probably not be able to bargain in the face of the Thunderbolt Army's fortified fortress. Some time ago, his son Yu Dazhong attacked Pengshan and broke a lot of men and ships, and now the strength of Jiading Mansion is not to mention attacking, even the defense of the palace and the two most important fortresses under his rule, Lingyun City and Three Turtles and Nine Peaks City, are overstretched. Moreover, it costs a lot of money to send troops, which makes Yu Xing, who regards Jiading Mansion as his private property, willing to do this loss-making business. It is said that Yu Xing knocked Ouyang Xuan just to make more money, and he would not meet Bing Ge until he had to. As for the crying concubine, a slap can make her shut up. Yu Xing has more than a dozen concubines, and he doesn't care about that cheap brother-in-law.

Holding back the anger in his heart, Yu Xing sent another low-level staff member to Chongqing Mansion to find out the truth, and the staff member was so surprised that he almost fainted, only to say that a pie fell from the sky for no reason. Yu Xing is extremely greedy, and his subordinates also follow suit. The messengers he sent to his subordinate states and counties acted as his spokesmen, often arrogant and deliberately provocative. The subordinate prefectures and counties often avoided them from slandering in front of Yu Xing, so they had to pinch their noses and spend money to eliminate the disaster. However, when the newly sent messenger appeared at the Thunderbolt headquarters with pride, he was met with a cold reception. Not only did he not have the expected delicacies and wines, but there were also no beautiful women to comfort the wind and dust all the way, which made him resentful. Just as he was sharply questioning the Thunderbolt Army's daring to snub the envoy, a haggard-looking man walked in outside the door.

The person who came was Yu Xing's cheap brother-in-law. Nearly a month of house arrest has worn away his arrogance. In the first few days of house arrest, he jumped wildly and threatened, but no one paid attention to it at all—except for scolding Ouyang Xuan angrily. The soldiers of the guard battalion who took care of him, where could they endure Brother Xuan'er being insulted? As long as he scolds Ouyang Xuan, he will be deducted from food. On one occasion, when he encountered a guard standing guard with a violent temper, he also forcibly held him down and stuffed horse manure into his mouth - of course, the guard was also punished. After experiencing this, he realized that his identity as Yu Xing's cheap brother-in-law was not taken seriously by the Thunderbolt Army at all. When he learned to be obedient, he no longer talked nonsense, but begged him to be let go. Just now, a Thunderbolt army staff officer released him with Ouyang Xuan's warrant and asked him to go back with the messenger sent by Yu Xingxin. Seeing that the new messenger was still chattering, the cheap brother-in-law tried to extort some money and goods, slapped him in the face, and pulled him towards the docks.

Ouyang Xuan wrote a letter and asked Yu Xing's cheap brother-in-law to bring it back. In the letter, Ouyang Xuan first talked about his trip to Chongqing Mansion, met with Lord Pu Zezhi, and asked the imperial court how to reward the Thunderbolt army for their exploits. He also said that if the quality of the cast cannons in Jiading Mansion is not good, the Thunderbolt Army can provide them at a preferential price. He also said that in the future, the tax revenue of Baizhang City will be divided, and the Thunderbolt Army can give another 20% to Jiading Mansion. At the end of the letter, Ouyang Xuan asked Yu Xing to send back the Thunderbolt Army artillery casting technicians at a convenient time. In this way, I actually told Yu Xing a few meanings, one is that I already know about your Yu Xing's exploits in leading the Thunderbolt Army, and the matter of finding ballast will be stopped, if you force people to be anxious, you will not give up; The second is that the problem of casting cannons is not the fault of the Thunderbolt army, but your incompetence. If you want it, you have to exchange it for money and food; the third is to give Yu Xing a little sweetness, the tax of Baizhang Pass seems to be for Jiading Mansion, but in fact, Yu Xing will be greedy for ink into his own pocket; Fourth, when discussing the transfer of military technology in the future, we must first send back the artillery casting technicians of the Perak Army.

Ouyang Xuan has only been to Diaoyu City, Hezhou Zhishuo, has not entered Chongqing Fucheng, and of course he has not seen Pu Zezhi, the reason why he dared to deceive Yu Xing is because of the asymmetry of information transmission. He was willing to sell artillery to the Jiading army because although Yu Xing was greedy, he was not ambiguous in fighting against the Mongolian army. And if there is no exchange of interests, Yu Xing will definitely cut off the trade route of the Thunderbolt army south to Xuzhou and Luzhou. The sale of arms not only strengthened the anti-Mongolian strength, but also allowed the Jiading army to form a technological dependence, so that Yu Xing would not easily turn his face.

Ouyang Xuan was not afraid of Yu Xing, but he really didn't want to do anything about his brother Ni Wall. The outbreak of conflict between the two sides is definitely "the enemy is happy and the relatives are painful", and only the Mongols benefited. It is said that the production of Meizhou Jiading is similar to that of the Perak Army, but because the two places were less damaged by the war, the grain output was much larger than that under the rule of the Perak Army. If Yu Xing wants to buy firearms, he has to exchange them for food and other materials. Although there is no shortage of food for the Thunderbolts at present, and production will continue to increase in the future, the more hard currency the better.

After reading the letter, Yu Xing breathed a sigh of relief. As an old fritter in officialdom, how could he not understand what Ouyang Xuan meant. If you want to say that this is a matter of taking the lead in war, it abounds in the officialdom of the Southern Song Dynasty. It's just that the great achievement of the Thunderbolt Army to recapture the land of Sanzhou (Fu) was swallowed by him Yu Xing alone, and he didn't leave soup for the master after eating the meat, and his heart was really ruthless. A few days ago, a courier from Hezhou went to Jiading Mansion with an official letter, requesting that someone be sent to Chongqing Mansion to escort him. Yu Xing claimed that the Mongolian army blocked the road and could be sent to Chongqing Mansion on his behalf. After sending off the Hezhou messenger, he opened the letter. This letter was written by Zhang Jue, the deputy general of Diaoyu City, to Ouyang Xuan, saying that he had sent the people of the Perak Army to Fuzhou safely, and the things had also been sent to Lu Wende, and now he had gone to Jinghu to find Jia Rudao. Now it seems that this Ouyang Xuan is also someone in the court. Yu Xing's exploits are a foregone conclusion and he is not afraid of turning the tables, but he is also afraid that someone in the DPRK will be looking for trouble. In this way, it will cost a lot of money to settle things, and spending money is absolutely reluctant for Yu Xing.

What satisfied Yu Xing was the 20% tax revenue of Baizhang City, which was not a small amount. When he thought of this money, his heart was full of joy. As for Ouyang Xuan's proposal that he could buy firearms, Yu Xing was not interested. These firearms are expensive to build and use, and they are not cost-effective. He has been fighting with the Mongols for many years, and without firearms, he has won more and lost less. The reason why the Thunderbolt Army was forced to send firearms in the early stage was that his son Yu Dazhong was quite enthusiastic, and on the other hand, Yu Xing thought that he could get them for free. As for Ouyang Xuan's request to send back the cannon casting technicians, it was a trivial matter. It's just that when he asked Yu Dazhong to send people back, he saw that his eyes were flashing and his words were squeaking. Under questioning, I learned that the cannon casting technicians had been abducted by the Mongols. After scolding Yu Dazhong for relieving his anger, Yu Xing didn't take the matter to heart. After all, in his eyes, these are just a few lowly craftsmen, and they are really not enough to worry about.

Full of joy brought by the 20% tax revenue of Baizhang City, Yu Xing personally wrote back to Ouyang Xuan. In the letter, he changed the arrogance and majesty of the condescending in the past, and praised Ouyang Xuan in an almost amiable tone, who was young and heroic, eloquent, and knowledgeable, and took the overall situation into account.......