As soon as the Kusang Dao people saw Jiang Xiaozhu, they were immediately proud: "Little pig, I have finished the bet with the old man, and I have blocked the gate of the Lishui Imperial Law Division for three days, and we will come again." ”

Jiang Xiaozhu was a little embarrassed, hehe laughed twice, and was dragged out by the Kusang Dao people: "Let's go, let's go play again." ”

The six elders stared at Jiang Xiaozhu with unkind eyes, but Gu Zuo and the other "outsiders" were there, and they also had to maintain the majesty of the Kusang Daoist as the helper, and they all endured their unhappiness and drove the Kusang Dao people away.

Kusang Daoist didn't forget the business, and turned around and said, "You can tell the old man the result after you have discussed it, it's all right!"

Gu Zuoqiang entered the house with a smile and took the original Dao Chief, Liu Xuanji, and the six elders of the Tonghai Gang to discuss the charter.

Gu Zuo threw out two frames, and let the six elders choose.

First, the Tonghai Edict followed the example of the Montenegrin Edict, and signed the agreement with the Montenegrin Edict in terms of taxes, prisons, and war preparedness, with a slight difference, in view of the current situation, the amount of spirit stones paid to the Huaixian Pavilion every year can be reduced to 20,000, and if the spirit stones are not enough, they can be paid with other cultivation resources according to the market price.

Second, the Tonghai Edict followed the Yongchang Edict and was fully incorporated into Nanwu Prefecture, and the Tonghai Gang was merged into the Huaixian Pavilion, as a branch of the Huaixian Pavilion, and its status was the same as that of Pingtai Mountain Villa and the incense burner door.

For these two schemes, the six elders are inclined to the first, with relatively large autonomy, and at the same time, they can ensure that the hard-built edict still exists. But the difficulty is very big, and the main problem is the spirit stone.

If you put it in the past, it is really not difficult to have only 20,000 spirit stones, 20,000 yuan, just go to various auction houses to bid for it, you know, their previous quota was 40,000 spirit stones. But now the situation is different, 20,000 spirit stones are worth more than 100,000 guan, and they may even be worth 200,000 guan in the future, plus the 100,000 guan tax of the imperial court, a total of more than 300,000 yuan a year will be paid, how can this be afforded?

In fact, it doesn't matter how much tax they pay to the Huaixian Pavilion, the important thing is that they are about to be unable to buy spirit stones.

Tonghai Zhao has a reserve of spirit stones, and there are still a lot of them, and there are more than 40,000 at the beginning of the year, but the consumption of hundreds of brothers every day is a lot, and in the past six months, more than 15,000 have been directly consumed, but the amount that can be purchased is only more than 2,000, and it is becoming more and more difficult to buy.

If it goes on like this, it won't take more than a year, and everyone will have to sit and eat. The shortage of spirit stones is like a rope around the neck, which is gradually tightening, getting tighter and tighter, and making people breathless.

Now the only hope is the Huaixian Pavilion, but if you choose the first plan that is relatively independent, why should the Huaixian Pavilion give you spirit stones?

The more Zuo Lingcheng and the other six elders argued and thought about it, the more they could understand why Yongchang would make the decision to merge into the Lishui faction as a whole, there was really no way!

But to choose the second option, it is difficult to give up, after all, this is the world that everyone has worked hard for, and it is the home where brothers rely on each other.

In the end, the attitude of the six elders has become more and more inclined to follow the Yongchang Society and become a branch of the Huaixian Pavilion, but the last bit of attachment to the Tonghai edict makes everyone reluctant to break this last layer of window paper.

At the last time of the discussion, Gu Zuo talked about his thoughts: "Your reluctance is actually nostalgia for the past, and nostalgia for the old shows that you are all good men who value affection and righteousness, and Gu feels deeply honored and more relieved to have you join." Gu can promise that if the Tonghai Gang is merged into the Huaixian Pavilion, the Tonghai Edict will not be revoked and will still be retained, the Kusang Daoist is still the lord of the country, you are still the master of the Tonghai Edict, and the Huaixian Pavilion will not interfere. ”

Zuo Lingcheng and the others glanced at each other, nodded slowly, and said to Gu Zuo: "If you can leave this thought for me and others, even if it is just a name, the brothers are deeply grateful." ”

Gu Zuo smiled and continued: "In the future, the Tonghai edict will not be just a name, I can promise that the Tonghai county town and the surrounding land will be given to all the four hundred and twenty-six brothers of the Tonghai Gang, as your private property, you can continue to establish your edict here." ”

The six elders couldn't believe it, and asked one after another, "Is what the hall master said true?"

Gu Zuo stretched out a finger: "There is a condition, in the future, the Tonghai Zhao will pay taxes to the Huaixian Pavilion every year, 50,000 guan a year, and you also know that the Tonghai edict will pay 100,000 guan to the imperial court every year, and I can help you pay half of this money." ”

The six elders all nodded in approval, and Gu Zuo said: "Within the Zhao Kingdom, you are in charge, as before, the Governor of Nanwu will not interfere, and the Huaixian Pavilion will not interfere. ”

Someone asked, "How far is a stone's throw away?"

Gu Zuo said with a smile: "You can come up with a person, no matter who it is, pick a bow at will, stand on the head of Tonghai County and shoot an arrow outward, as far as you can shoot." ”

Zuo Lingcheng and the others immediately cheered, and began to promote the shooter on the spot, the shooter is naturally none other than the Kusang Dao people, and how big the Tonghai edict will be in the future depends on the Kusang Dao people.

The elders of the Tonghai Gang were happy, and Gu Zuo was also very relieved, this big stone fell to the ground, and the territory controlled by the Huaixian Pavilion was initially integrated.

The merger of Tonghai Zhao has two benefits, first of all, a Yuan Ying and six Jin Dan joined the Huaixian Pavilion - especially the addition of the Yuan Baby, which made the Huaixian Pavilion stronger to a higher level, and finally had high-end combat power. At present, judging from the temperament of Kusang Dao and Zuo Lingcheng and others, there is no need to worry about the following offenses and internal injustice for the time being.

At present, the Huaixian Pavilion, the integration of all parties relies on spirit stones, which is the trend of the times, and not a few people with ill intentions can flip it. In the future, when the Huaixian Pavilion continues to grow, this problem will gradually not be a problem.

There is also an advantage, that is, it provides a ready-made solution for the further integration of the Black Mountain Edict, Gu Zuo believes that the day when the Montenegrin Edict will follow the Yongchang Edict and the Tonghai Edict will not be far away, everything is waiting for the retreat of Duan Yinsheng, the head of the country, to come out of the customs, no matter whether Duan Yinsheng succeeds in attacking Yuanying or not, the four departments of Montenegro must face this problem.

After all, the spirit stones put by the Chongxuan Department in the Spring and Autumn Pawnshop are not enough to support an edict, and like the Spring and Autumn Pawnshop, relying on small means to intercept the spirit stones put by the Chongxuan Department is also risky, and it is not a long-term solution.

Next, Gu Zuo has to prepare for the taxes to be handed over to the imperial court at the end of the year. Among them, the 300,000 guan of the Black Mountain edict was paid by themselves, and Gu Zuo needed to prepare 40,000 guan for half of the Yongchang edict, 10,000 guan for Nanwu Prefecture, and 100,000 guan for the Tonghai edict, a full 150,000 guan.

This money is not a big deal for Gu Zuo, it has been prepared for a long time, the only problem is that the tax exemption procedures for the first three years have not been completed until now.

The spring and autumn endowments of the Southern Six Edicts were collected by the Jiannan Jiedu Mansion and then transferred to the Ministry of Households, and the Imperial Hall exempted the Tianxia Prefecture and County Taxes from the edict, there was no mention of the Southern Six Edicts, according to the usual practice, the Southern Six Edicts were implemented with reference to the Jiannan Jiedu Mansion, and the Jiedu Mansion also issued an official letter in March, requiring the edicts to report the losses in the beast tide, which is the preliminary procedure for tax exemption.

But half a year has passed, the approval procedures of the Jiedu Mansion have not been implemented, and without the procedures, this matter is not over, and the previous taxes have not been completed, and the taxes for the new year will naturally not be paid, so this matter still needs to be asked again.

So Gu Zuo brought the original Taoist over again and discussed with him the matter of this year's spring and autumn endowments.