After a few days, Sun Heng walked out of the secret room and saw Qu Ying like an ant on a hot pot, going back and forth in the open space in front of the secret room.

"What's wrong?"

"Hall Master, you've finally come out!"

Seeing the stone door open and Sun Heng walked out of the secret room, Qu Ying hurriedly greeted him, and said in a hurried voice: "Three days ago, the helper was looking for you in an emergency, but I saw that you couldn't come out of retreat, and I didn't dare to disturb you." ”

"In a hurry?"

Sun Heng shook off the dust on his body and said unhurriedly: "What's the urgency?"

"There's going to be a war!"

Qu Ying's face was bitter and said, "With Da Liang!"

............

On the streets of the county town, pedestrians are all in a hurry, and the clouds are gloomy and bleak.

Although Dayong and Da Liang have been fighting for many years, this time, it is obviously different.

Forced conscription, soaring taxes!

Even Chen County, which is located in a remote place, has received strict orders, and the lives of the people have suddenly become tense.

The helmsman of the Three Rivers Gang.

By the time Sun Heng arrived, the middle and high-level members of the gang had already sat on both sides of the hall, and everyone had solemn faces and frowns.

"Helper!"

Sun Heng stepped into the main hall and bowed his hand to the burly young man on the main seat in the center.

"Hall Master Sun is here. ”

Seeing Sun Heng, Yu Tianxiong grinned, and took the initiative to get up and greet him: "Sit down, please sit!"

"Thank you. ”

Yu Tianxiong was so enthusiastic, but Sun Heng was a little helpless.

As the leader of a gang, it seems a little unreal to be so enthusiastic about his subordinates, even a little flattering, and so deliberate.

At that moment, he arched his hand towards Guo Yuan, who was sitting on the left, and Sun Heng didn't say much, and sat on the right side of the main hall.

"Hall Master Sun, you haven't been here for the past few days, but you should have heard the news, right?"

Guo Yuan stroked his beard lightly and sighed softly: "The imperial court is ready to go all out to conquer the Liang Kingdom, and wants us to contribute money." ”

Sun Heng nodded and asked, "How much?"

"Three thousand strong men, five hundred thousand taels of silver. ”

Yu Tianxiong sat on the main seat and smiled bitterly: "If you only pay silver, it will cost 800,000 taels!"

"It's too much. ”

Sun Heng's face sank.

Although the Three Rivers Gang is the largest force in Chen County except for the imperial court, and the income is amazing, there are many people and miscellaneous people, and the expenses are also large!

Last year, the net income of the Three Rivers Gang for a year was only 200,000 taels of silver.

800,000 taels!

This is equivalent to four years of work for nothing by the Three Rivers Gang!

Moreover, in addition to handing over to the imperial court, the Three Rivers Gang also has to make offerings to Ouyang Xian's Mansion every year, which is not a small amount.

Sun Heng looked up, Yu Tianxiong understood what he meant, and immediately spoke: "Ouyang Immortal Mansion wants 200,000 taels this year. ”

Double the amount from last year!

In the main hall, there was an instant silence.

Neither of these two requests can be refused!

"Helper. ”

The silence was broken by the hall master of Beihe Road first: "Sending people and money, that is an errand assigned by the imperial court, we don't have to completely resist it, we should also let the people below the gang pay for it!"

"That's right!"

The hall master of the Internal Affairs Hall nodded and agreed: "Let those who have money contribute, and those who don't have money contribute, it's a big deal for us to help from the side." ”

"That's not good, is it?"

Someone hesitated and said, "They will help our Sanhe Gang to buy their lives, and if they don't ask at this time, I'm afraid they will complain." ”

"We can't even take care of ourselves, how can we have the energy to care about them?"

"Moreover, this expedition, I heard that it will not end in three years and five years!

"No, no. ”

“............”

The bustling sound immediately rose in the main hall.

"Enough!"

In the midst of the commotion, a muffled shout suddenly sounded.

But Yu Tianxiong, who was pale, was distraught, slapped the armrest, shouted, and stood upright from his seat.

There was silence in the field!

He gasped, calmed down, and looked sideways at Sun Heng: "Hall Master Sun, what do you think of this matter?"

"I don't know anything about it. ”

Sun Heng shook his head expressionlessly: "However, can you discuss the matter of silver with Lord County Shou?"

"It's a good thing to try. ”

Guo Yuan nodded lightly on the other side: "800,000 taels of silver, I guess it is also the lion of the imperial court who opened his mouth, let's discuss it, it should not be a problem to reduce 108,000 yuan." If you use other things to offset it, it is estimated that you will be able to survive this year. ”

"As for Ouyang Immortal Mansion......"

He turned his head to look at Yu Tianxiong: "This Dongyang Mansion gathering, the gang leader will go in person, and it is best to give a quota." ”

"Hmm. ”

Yu Tianxiong nodded when he heard this, and said, "This time I will go to Fucheng, I will meet Young Master Ouyang, and I may be able to inquire about some recent situations in the imperial court." ”

After a pause, his face was slightly gloomy, and he continued: "If it is really as rumored that this campaign will last three and five years, we will have to think of other methods!"

"Yes, yes!"

"That's what the helper said. ”

"Helper!"

Sun Heng suddenly turned around at this time and looked towards Yu Tianxiong: "Go to Dongyang Mansion this time, and your subordinates will go with you." ”

"Oh?"

Yu Tianxiong's eyes moved slightly, and then he nodded slowly, and said, "Hall Master Sun is willing to follow, naturally it is better, and it is much safer along the way." ”

"Well, Immortal Master Ding has already taken the Immortal Crane the day before yesterday and walked first, and when the time comes, we will meet in Fucheng. ”

"Hall Master Sun. ”

The Sikong Hall Master of the Law Enforcement Hall spoke on the side and said, "The trip to Fucheng has already been prepared, and we will leave in these two days, I didn't know in advance that you were going to go, can Hall Master Sun clean up the things in hand in these two days?"

"No problem!"

Sun Heng nodded without hesitation.

............

A few days later, a convoy of up to 100 people, with more than 20 carriages full of goods, set off from the Sanhe Gang station, traveled through the official road, and went straight to the capital city of Dongyang Prefecture.

And in the convoy, Sun Heng's carriage was impressive.

In the past few years, he has had the idea of going to Fucheng many times.

Gain, as his cultivation deepened, the Three Rivers Gang's help to him became smaller and smaller.

Most of the pills in the gang no longer work for him.

The exercises in the gang are becoming less and less interesting to Sun Heng.

In order to enter the realm and broaden his horizons in the future, he wanted to go to the more prosperous Fucheng to have a look.

Moreover, Dongyang Mansion has Ouyang Xian Mansion.

There are people who have cultivated the Fa entrenched all around, and there are many innate masters, and having more contact with them can also make Sun Heng more confident about the advanced innate skills.

Whether it is advancing to the innate or seeking the path after the innate is striking, the Fucheng is far stronger than the barren Chen County of the martial arts.

The reason why he hasn't left all these years is just that the Three Rivers Gang is still a lot of help to him.

Now, this help is getting weaker and weaker.

Even if there is no errand in the gang, it won't be long before Sun Heng himself will come to Fucheng.

From Chenjun to Dongyang Fufucheng, even if the fast horse gallops, day and night, it takes seven days.

And the horse team is moving slowly, and this trip down, I'm afraid it will take more than a month!

In the meantime, Sun Heng did not delay.

During his retreat, he asked Ding Jing and Meng Qiushui of the Nanling Chamber of Commerce to help him collect evil qi.

It's a pity that the evil qi must be refined only by cultivating the Fa above the fifth level of qi, and it is extremely rare around Chen County.

It can also be seen from this that Chen County, which is remote in the region, has become an obstacle to Sun Heng's cultivation.

Ding Jing only found one for him again, and then said goodbye and left.

However, Meng Qiushui, with the help of the relationship of the Nanling Chamber of Commerce, brought three copies to Sun Heng.

When the four evil qi were used up, the power of the evil body was increased even more, and the convoy also traveled to the boundary of Dongyang Mansion.

In the distance, a few horses of thousands of miles have brought the smoke and dust of the debut, and they are straight to usher.