Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

Guo Ye chuckled lightly and said, "This benefit is naturally closely related to you, and it has a better future than the excessive taxation in the Slender West Lake area!"

Then, he asked Guanshi Yu in a low voice what time it is now, and Guanshi Yu replied that it was still early before the auspicious time for the funeral, about half an hour away.

Seeing that there was still enough time, he said to Hawkeye Lao Qi: "Didn't the Twelve Links of Jiangdu have twelve entrances on the canal river, specializing in selling private salt, tea, iron ore, and rice grains?" Make a living?"

Although Eagle-eyed Seventh didn't know why Guo Ye asked this question, he still nodded and said, "So what?"

Guo Ye said: "You will know in a while."

Afterwards, he looked at Ma Qianli again and asked: "The reason why your Zhenjiang dirty clothes gang is so down and out, and the reason why some disciples can't bear the hardships of life and defect to the Jingyi gang, isn't it because all the disciples in your gang rely on begging?" For a living, don’t you have a dedicated livelihood for yourselves?”

Old Ma Qianli blushed, scratched his head and muttered, "Grass, who would want to be bald if he has hair? If it wasn't for my unwillingness to obey the government's recruitment, and unwillingness to be an eagle dog of the imperial court, how could that shriveled boy Qiu Wanchi be proud?"

"it is good!"

Guo Ye rushed to Ma Qianli and asked straightforwardly: "If we join hands to defeat the Yangzhou Zhangjia and Suqian caravans, and snatch their horse market, you will make a living as a horse dealer. In the future, will your dirty clothes gang Holding a golden rice bowl, do you still need to beg everywhere for a living and be looked down upon by others?"

"Hey." Ma Qianli scratched his chest with his dirty hands, and said with a smile, "It's a good relationship, but our Stained Clothes Gang are just a bunch of poor beggars. Where do you buy horses to sell? Besides, we don’t have any sources of horses, do we?”

Guo Ye smiled and said: "This is easy to handle! I have my own horse farm in the Xichuan Duhu Mansion, and I also have a way to get a small amount of war horses from Tubo. Isn't this a ready-made source of goods? I can provide you with a steady stream of dirty clothes. I don’t need you to pay in cash, you can sell the horses and then settle the bill with me, and I will send someone to follow up with you. Now the horse gang leader must have a bottom line, right?”

As soon as these words came out, not to mention Ma Qianli's brows were filled with joy, even Eagle Eye Lao Qi and Guanshi Yu couldn't help being surprised for a while.

You must know that war horses are scarce in the Tang Dynasty, so the imperial court has always listed them as war supplies, and the control is extremely strict.

This has also led to the popularity of war horses among the people, and they have always been in short supply, which is completely a seller's market.

And Guo Ye actually held Ma Yuan in his hands, and from what he meant, there were not a few Ma Yuan in his hands.

The few people present are all smart people who understand the market. If this business is done well, it will indeed have a better future than sticking to Slender West Lake and paying taxes.

However, after Ma Qianli was excited, he couldn't help feeling a little bit worried, and said softly: "But the imperial court has stricter control over the resources of war horses. Although we Jianghu people have never dealt with the government, we will not confront the imperial court. What if the imperial court If we, the Stained Clothes Gang, sell war horses and lead an army to prosecute, then, what..."

"Scared?"

The corner of Guo Ye's mouth raised, and he woke up and said: "The leader of the horse gang is a bit of a misnomer. But don't you see that the Suqian horse gang has always been doing well? And it makes a lot of money, isn't it? You have to understand a truth, if you If you make a small fuss, the government will definitely investigate you, because your arms will never be able to hold your thighs. But if you monopolize the horse resources in Huaiyang and Jiangnan, do you think the government will punish you? At that time, you will become Xiangbobo, maybe the government will come forward to buy war horses with you. The Suqian caravan is in the front, and now not only is it safe, but it is also a duck to water. Hehe, caravan master, you worry too much. If you enlarge the situation a little bit, you will take a step forward Bigger!"

"Uh……"

Ma Qianli was silent for a while, as if he was weighing the pros and cons, and finally slapped himself hard on the chest, making up his mind and said: "Grandma, the timid ones who starve to death, the bold ones who die of starvation, the Suqian caravan can do it, and our dirty clothes gang can do it too." I can do it! Governor Guo..."

Ma Qianli bit his lip, looked up at Guo Ye resolutely, and shouted loudly: "Guo Inspector, thanks to your praise, then everything is up to you!"

Ma Qianli's statement made Guanshi Yu heaved a sigh of relief, and he looked at Guo Ye with more and more admiration.

And the Eagle-eyed Seventh, who secretly envied Ma Qianli's good life, couldn't calm down anymore, and asked Guo Ye urgently: "Guo Governor, you can't treat one more favorably than another. What the Dirty Clothes Gang can do, our Twelve Serial Wu Do it too, don't you?"

Guo Ye was secretly amused, you, a guy with a lot of eyes, is ready to move?

Immediately, he said to Hawkeye Lao Qi: "Your Twelve Lianhuanwu has always been making a living on the canal and river, and the iron ore and salt in your hands are all materials controlled by the imperial court. The more the imperial court controls things, it means The more in short supply. Have you ever thought about selling these in short supply iron ore and private salt into the inland of central Sichuan? When transported to the inland of central Sichuan for sale, the price is often doubled and doubled. This is the reason why you The boss should understand, right?"

Eagle-eyed Lao Qi was a little disappointed when he heard Guo Ye said this benefit, and said sullenly: "How can I not understand what you said? But it is not easy to sell into the mainland of Sichuan? Guo Shishi is an official People who don’t understand some ways in the rivers and lakes. Hey, each has its own territory and territory. For example, the Yangzhou Salt Gang, they never step on the boundary, and their private salt has been sold in the Yangzhou boundary. , will definitely not come to our Jiangdu border.

Therefore, there are rivers and lakes in the middle of Shu, and we can't just step over the boundary.Hehe, you don't know, the Cao Gang that dominates the entire water area in Central Sichuan is the most popular now, grandma, I heard that there are more than [-] disciples in the Gang alone.Although our [-]th Lianhuanwu dominates Jiangdu, if we really want to step over the boundary and violate other people's taboos, we may really be able to get in but not get out! "

Guo Ye couldn't help but smile secretly, and asked with a smile: "Then do you want to sell iron ore and private salt into Sichuan? Do you want to earn three to five times the profit?"

"Aren't you talking nonsense? Who doesn't want white money?"

Eagle-eyed Lao Qi saw that Guo Ye couldn't open any pot, and said depressedly: "But we can't step over the boundary, hehe, those Shuzhong melons from the Cao Gang are really not easy to mess with. I heard that last year Someone brought several boats of salt and iron into Shuzhong, and the people from the Cao Gang smashed the boat through without even saying hello. So far, those boats are still feeding fish at the bottom of the Minjiang River. But they have some morals, Send the owner of the ship out of Sichuan with all his arms and legs."

Guo Ye squinted his eyes and asked suddenly: "Then if I can get you through the checkpoints of the Cao Gang, and all the salt and iron from your Twelve Chain Docks can be sold in Shuzhong in the future, what do you think? Is it better than being thin?" Nesting on the site of West Lake, how about doing dirty things like paying tribute?"

"Nonsense, of course it's fine!"

Hawkeye Lao Qi blurted out, and immediately questioned again: "But Governor Guo, do you have the ability?"

Guo Ye pursed his lips and said contemptuously: "It's so strange, isn't it? You forgot where my ancestral home is? Since you know the Cao Gang, haven't you heard that the birthplace of the Cao Gang is in Longxi, Yizhou? Don't think I am People in the imperial court don’t understand the affairs of the Jianghu. Hehe, I will tell you that Sun Mingyan, the chief helmsman of the Cao Gang, was working under my hand before he made a fortune? I will tell you, was it me who created the Cao Gang? ?I will tell you, do the [-] disciples of the Cao Gang regard me as the founder of the mountain? I will tell you, can I be the master of everything in the Cao Gang? Hehe...

How can the word Longxi Guoye be called casually? "

"Uh……"

Eagle-eyed Lao Qi had completely lost his previous scheming and city management, walked up to Guo Ye, bowed at [-] degrees and bowed sincerely: "Guo Ci Shi, we have really learned a lot today. Yu, let shit and urine blind your eyes, don't blame it!"

Guo Ye waved his hand very generously, and asked with a smile: "Those who don't know are not guilty, now I will ask you again, Mr. Boss, are you willing to join hands with me to deal with the Zhang family in Yangzhou and help Fengleitang survive this disaster?" Let hall master Lei go out at an auspicious time and be buried in peace?"

Eagle-eyed Seventh lowered his head in embarrassment, and said in embarrassment: "Guo Cishi, don't be so arrogant. Compared with you, we are just a fart!"

"Extremely, extremely." Ma Qianli also recovered from the shock just now, and said loyally, "Guo Cishi, you are so confiding in the two of us, and you are so flattering to us, how can we not take advantage of it? If you do it, you'll do it with Governor Guo, if the Zhang family has made a fool of yourself today, let's fuck it!"

Bang bang bang ~!

A flurry of knocking on the door interrupted the harmonious atmosphere in the side hall, and a disciple of Fenglei Hall yelled outside: "Is Guan Yu in? It's outside the gate of our Fenglei Manor. It is said that they want to ask the teacher to ask the crime, so that our Hall Master Lei can go away in peace!"

Steward Yu shouted in surprise: "What? The Zhang family's bastards really came to kill them?"

Guo Ye stretched out his hand to hold down the old steward who was about to run away, and said: "Don't worry, the old steward. What happened in Fenglei Village today is my Guo Ye's business. I will take care of everything."

Seeing this, Yingyan Laoqi and Ma Qianli knew that it was time to contribute, and they rolled up their sleeves and shouted: "Come on, come on, kill this group of bastards, and add chaos to the trivial matters, are you still talking about the rules? "

"That's right, the dead are the greatest, so let's call up our brothers and fight with them first!"

Guo Ye immediately stopped the two of them, and hurriedly said: "You two, please be safe and don't be impatient. Now it's just Zhang Yuanxin who is making troubles. The Suqian caravan and Jinling Jingyi gang haven't responded yet, so it's not time for you to contribute. Now go outside first. Let me deal with it, wait for my order, and it's not too late for you to do it!"

As he said that, Guo Ye patted the old steward's shoulder lightly, and comforted him: "Don't worry, I'll let Zhang Jiujin and Wang Bajin go to the government office to summon all the officials. No matter what happens today, let's talk about breaking the sky." I will let Hall Master Lei go to the funeral at an auspicious time, let him go to the ground first, and go to the blissful life in peace!"

After saying that, he turned around suddenly, pushed open the door of the side hall and walked towards the gate of Fengleizhuang.

Chapter 796 In the name of the government, a forced funeral

Fengleizhuang, outside the gate.

Zhang Yuanxin aggressively led hundreds of slaves from the Zhang family, and blocked the door tightly. A few villainous slaves even stepped forward and kicked down the wreath, tearing the couplets to the ground.

Soon, the disciples of Fenglei Hall who were maintaining order outside the village scuffled with the servants of the Zhang Mansion.

Seeing this, the various gang forces camped out of the village naturally began to make noise while watching the excitement. For a moment, the scene was chaotic.

Guo Ye came to the door from the village, found Zhang Yuanxin's figure in the noisy scene, and shouted: "Zhang Yuanxin, you old bastard! Tell your slaves to stop."

Zhang Yuanxin was surrounded and protected by several house slaves in the crowd. When someone called his name, he looked in the direction of the voice...

"Guo Inspector, why are you here?"

Zhang Yuanxin exclaimed, obviously also surprised why Guo Ye appeared on Fenglei Village, he couldn't help but frowned and shouted: "Guo Cishi, today's personal grievances between our Zhang family and Fenglei Hall have nothing to do with you, I hope you don't meddle in other's business Interfering indiscriminately."

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