As soon as Zan Wanshou left on the front foot, Yu Xing's messenger arrived on the back foot. This envoy used to be a small official of the Sichuan Preparation Division, who was sleek and extremely good at sycophancy, and became his confidant and promoted several levels after Yu Xing's arrival. When Ouyang Xuan went to Banzhou to get married, he stopped at Chongqing Mansion and gave gifts to the officials and staff of the Sichuan Preparation and Establishment Division, and the envoys of the officials at that time also received gifts. Seeing Ouyang Xuan at this moment, he no longer concealed the intention of Yu Xing to send him - although the Thunderbolt army had captured the states of Mei and Ya from the Mongols, they had to pay the corresponding money to hold it in their hands.

The envoy brought two letters, the first of which was an official letter from the Sichuan Preparation Division, in which Yu Xing told Ouyang Xuan that the Thunderbolt army had sent troops to help Jiading Province extinguish the rebellion of Liu Daer and Cao Zhizhou, and helped Zan Wanshou to hold the city of Jiading, and the Mongol army had to withdraw under the thunderous pressure of the Sichuan system. At present, there is a shortage of officials in Meizhou and Yazhou, and he has asked the imperial court to send officials to govern. In view of the economic decline and the difficulties of the people's livelihood in western Sichuan, he asked the imperial court to restore the salt and iron prison in western Sichuan and the tea and horse yamen in Sichuan. The Western Sichuan Salt and Iron Supervisor was originally located in Pujiang County and was responsible for collecting salt and iron taxes on Chengdu Fulu, while the Sichuan Tea Horse Yamen was located in Yazhou and was responsible for trade with the Yibo region. Before the invasion of the Mongol army, these two yamen were subordinate to the Imperial Court Transit Department, and the taxes they paid were also handed over to Lin'an. After the invasion of the Mongol army, it was not re-established due to repeated destruction, but transferred its functions to the Jiading Mansion under Yu Xing's rule.

When Yu Xing was in charge of Jiading, of course, he was reluctant to reset these two yamen, because once he set them up, he would get a lot less oil and water. At present, he has left Jiading to take charge of the Sichuan Preparation and Construction Division, but he wants to re-set up these two yamen, making it clear that he wants to get oil and water from them again. I have to say that Yu Xing's move hit the seven inches of the Thunderbolt Army. At present, the Thunderbolt army does not levy grain tax, and all the grain it needs is purchased from the cantonment points at a parity price, and the finance and taxes required depend on the industrial and commercial tax, of which the salt and iron tax accounts for a large proportion. As for the tea and horse trade, it is even more related to the life and death of the Perak army, if it is allowed to be controlled by Yu Xing, not only will the income be greatly reduced, but the price of strategic materials such as war horses and fire and ammunition will also rise a lot, which will seriously weaken the combat effectiveness of the Perak army.

Ouyang Xuan handed the letter to Yang Bangxian beside him, and continued to read the second letter with the anger in his heart. The second letter was a personal letter written by Yu Xing to Ouyang Xuan, in which Yu Xing first said that the re-establishment of the salt prison and the tea and horse yamen was a regulation, and he also knew the difficulties of the Thunderbolt army, but he really couldn't withstand the pressure even if the crowd in the court was turbulent. At the end, he asked about the harvest of summer grain in Pengshan City this year, and asked about the commercial tax of Mingshan City. It took Ouyang Xuan a long time to reflect, and it turned out that Yu Xing was still thinking about the grain harvest on the land deed given to him and the share of the tax revenue of the famous mountain. Those thousands of acres of land are remote, no one wants to plant them at all, and it is still a barren grass, as for the tax share of the famous mountain, it is the official income of Jiading Mansion. This Yu Xing has always been greedy for ink, and after a long time, he thinks that it is his hardcore crop.

After reading the letter, Ouyang Xuan's anger surged again. This Yu Xing has to fight the Thunderbolt army and squeeze bribes, which is really shameless. Just as he was about to get angry, Yang Bangxian spoke. "At present, there are Mongolian troops attacking and harassing outside, and bandits are rampant inside, and the imperial court has set up these two yamen, how can the safety be guaranteed?" The messenger saw that it was a half-sized man who spoke, so he looked at Ouyang Xuan. Ouyang Xuan's face turned blue and said, "This is my brother-in-law, but it doesn't hurt to say it." The messenger also knew about his marriage to the Banzhou Yang family, so he pretended to be surprised and said, "It turned out to be Lord Banzhou Yang." The villain has long heard that Lord Yang is a young hero, and he is fortunate to meet him today, and Lord Yang is really extraordinary, and he is slightly the same as what Lord Yu has seen", followed by a compliment and an explanation.

Ouyang Xuan heard what he said, so he ordered someone to send a box of jewelry. This jewelry was confiscated from a concubine of Liu Da'er. The messenger received the benefit, and simply made it clear. It turned out that what Yu Xing said in the official document was not false, but there were frequent wars in Sichuan, whether it was the re-dispatch of officials to Meiya and other prefectures, or the restoration of the salt and iron prison in western Sichuan and the tea and horse yamen in Sichuan, the Sichuan Establishment Division had a great right to speak. Who will be in charge of the new Meiya and other governors? When to come? How to set up the two yamen? When is it set? It is not uncommon for the war to drag on for a year and a half, and it is even possible to hang for two or three years, and the progress of things depends on Yu Xing's intentions. Ouyang Xuan had already understood at this time that Yu Xing was taking the opportunity to extort money again. In order to prevent Ouyang Xuan from refusing to comply, he used the imperial court regulations to put a tight spell on the Thunderbolt Army.

Knowing what Yu Xing wanted, things would be easy to do. It's just that Yu Xing has a great appetite, he not only wants 20% of the salt and iron tax of the Perak Army, but also the title deed of 10,000 acres of land in western Sichuan, and whether this 10,000 mu of land is cultivated or not, the Perak Army must pay the land rent. The envoy said this asking price and directly frightened Yang Bangxian to stay in place, he assisted Ouyang Xuan in handling daily affairs, so he naturally knew what this asking price meant. As one of the main sources of income for the Thunderbolt Army, the salt and iron tax in Qiongzhou alone is equivalent to more than one million taels of silver every year, and 20% is 200,000 taels of silver. High-quality cultivated land is calculated at a cost of 50 catties of grain per mu, and 10,000 mu is 500,000 catties. This Yu Xing is really insatiable.

With such a large amount, Ouyang Xuan didn't dare to agree, so he had to find the high-level of the Thunderbolt Army to discuss, and everyone was naturally indignant when they heard it, and the anxious Cao Ergou even shouted to fight with Yu Xing. Ouyang Xuan was really unwilling to be blackmailed like this, so he simply sent Cao Ergou to negotiate with Yu Xing's envoy. At the same time, he wrote a personal letter to Li Kaipeng of the Liuqiu Company, ordering him to intensify his operation in Lin'an, and to prevent the imperial court from sending the governors of Meiya and other prefectures again, and it was best to appoint himself as the envoy of the western Sichuan town. As a semi-independent official, the pacification envoy not only had the right to recommend the main officials of the territory, but also had complete financial and taxation powers, so he naturally no longer worried about the right to salt, iron and trade affairs to be taken away. Of course, the top management of the Thunderbolt Army also reached a consensus, if Yu Xing wants to deliberately make it difficult, he is not afraid to tear his face. Without the nod of the Thunderbolt Army, no one would want to enter the states of Mei and Ya.

Yu Xing's envoy negotiated with Cao Ergou, obviously "Xiucai meets soldiers, and it is unclear whether it is reasonable", Cao Ergou has a posture of meeting each other if he can't talk well, his attitude is very tough, and he also took the envoy to the martial arts arena to watch, which is really a naked threat. After a few days like this, the envoy really couldn't stand Cao Ergou's mental torture, so he came to Ouyang Xuan with a sad face. Ouyang Xuan didn't keep him, but just told him that since the Thunderbolt Army became an army, the imperial court had not given him a single amount of money except for giving him the title of empty head. Although the family has a big business now, but the hole is also big, and it takes money and grain to fight the Mongolian army, money and grain to resettle displaced people, and money and grain to develop production, so there is really no extra money and food.

Although this envoy is an official oilman, his conscience has not been completely extinguished, and he was a little moved after listening to Ouyang Xuan's words, plus these days he also knows that the Thunderbolt Army is a collective decision, and in the case of many high-level opposition, it is difficult for Ouyang Xuan to agree to Yu Xing's conditions, otherwise he will not be able to explain to the soldiers who fought bloodily and the people who worked hard. Therefore, after receiving the property from Ouyang Xuan, he promised to do his best in front of Yu Xing. In order not to let the envoy return empty-handed and cause Yu Xingling to completely turn his face, Ouyang Xuan used a box of jewelry and jade seized as a tax share and tenant fee for the famous mountain city, and asked the envoy to bring it to Yu Xing.