Caozhou in Yanzhou Prefecture was originally an ordinary prefecture, but because of the stationing of General Liu Zeqing, the general, suddenly became important. In the area inside and outside the city, based on the principle that rabbits do not eat grass beside their nests, this place is still peaceful.

Therefore, Liu Zeqing has always claimed to be strict in military discipline to the outside world. However, when he was stationed in Caozhou for four years, the wealthy families with a wealth of more than a thousand gold either went bankrupt or moved, which also showed some essential problems. Caozhou City relied on nothing more than the output from the fields, because the houses and city walls were still simple.

But Liu Zeqing's general's mansion was different. He occupied almost half of the city. It was luxurious and magnificent, and it was extremely luxurious. It could not escape from the system. But in this place he was the local emperor, and the nearby Henan was very chaotic. The prefect of Yanzhou and the prefect of Caozhou were still counting on him to protect the country and safeguard the people. How could he talk more?

What's more, Liu Zeqing was also a cruel and ruthless person. In the seventh year of Chongzhen, the governor of Caozhou, accused Liu Zeqing of committing illegal acts and occupying the land of gentry. One day, when he returned from the yamen, he suddenly fell off his horse and died. Yanzhou Prefecture sent someone to investigate, but it ended in vain. But everyone knew what was going on, and who would dare to care.

In the main room, Liu Zeqing sat in the middle in casual clothes, listening to the accompaniment of two female actors standing not far away, babbling, very gentle and charming.

The two female actors looked very cute and appetizing, and they were full of twists and turns. They were accompanied by Liu Zeqing with a few big-bellied businessmen, and a group of people looked quite fascinated by them.

Liu Zeqing, sitting in the middle, was tall and powerful. Seeing that she looked like a general, she couldn't help but smile:

"It turns out that it's a Jiangnan woman, she has a soft and charming taste, good, good!"

A businessman next to Liu Zeqing said with a smile:

"The Governor helped the villains and others to uphold justice, so that justice can be maintained, and the gentry of the two Huai Rivers can breathe a sigh of anger. It's really blue sky!"

Liu Zeqing laughed loudly, thinking that he could be called Qingtian, and at the same time, he cursed in his heart: If you hadn't given up half of your money from private salt, I would have sent troops to help you. Sooner or later, I would have brought all my other half. However, seeing the two women sent by the other party were good, I would have smiled on my face and said:

"It's the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month. It's time for you to go back to Nanzhili for the New Year? It's not safe on the road. How about the escorts in this place?"

The businessmen sitting on both sides quickly stood up and thanked him, and the person in charge spoke and replied:

"It will take some time to reorganize the two prefectures in Yanzhou and Dongchang. After we gave the gifts of this New Year to the Governor, we stayed in Jining."

Liu Zeqing nodded, and ignored it. He listened attentively to the accompaniment of the two actors in front of him. The salt merchants of Lianghuai came to him a few days ago through an aide of the Yanzhou prefect, promising him to make 50% more profitable in the future, and asked him to send troops to drive away the salt outlets in Yanzhou and Dongchang.

Liu Zeqing has always relied on extortion of local governments and courts to pay salaries, and he didn't know much about the salt profit. When he heard the other party's statement, he was shocked. It turned out that there was no idea when outsiders' armed forces had already penetrated into his jurisdiction, and he earned so much money by trafficking in private salt. Liu Zeqing has always taken the local area seriously, believing that this is the foundation of his own position and that other forces cannot be interfered with, let alone such great benefits.

He hit it off with the salt merchants in Lianghuai and mobilized his subordinates to start driving away. The result was unusually smooth. After driving the other party out of the two palaces, he didn't even react. This was as expected by Liu Zeqing. The other party was just a small Dusi, how could he dare to argue with his general?

Relying on Liu Zeqing's protection, Lianghuai salt merchants who were about to be driven out of Shandong appeared again in Shandong. Such big trees naturally need to be well followed. As the end of the year approaches, these salt merchants come here to take gifts and make friends.

Suzhou, Songjiang silk, Jiangxi porcelain, Yangzhou girls, and gold and silver are all gift contents. It is so rich that it counts a lot of money.

Although Liu Zeqing was a military general, he was very fond of wealth, goods and beauty. The gifts from these merchants really tasted his appetite and his attitude was rare and kind.

When the guest and the host were having fun, someone rushed in outside quickly. The accompaniment of the two female actors was interrupted. Liu Zeqing's brows frowned. Just as he was about to ejaculate, he saw that the man was his own personal soldier leader. This was to suppress his anger. The personal soldier leader glanced around the people in the room and hurriedly ran to Liu Zeqing with a letter in his hand.

The personal soldiers' leaders did not know how to read, and Liu Zeqing did not know how to read, but I guess there were men and staff who had already understood the meaning.

Since the other party was not shy, several salt merchants were not going to leave. They all raised their ears to listen to the report there. Before they could hear clearly, they saw Liu Zeqing jumping up from the chair, grabbed the letter paper in the hands of the leader of the personal soldiers, and shattered it a few times, and slapped it and cursed:

"It's really a bastard. The killer in Jiaozhou actually dared to turn the black and white, saying that I was rampant and robbed the place!"

Seeing Liu Zeqing's face turned pale, several businessmen sat down, and the leader of the personal soldiers winked at them, which was an embarrassing farewell, and the two little operas knelt on the ground and did not dare to speak.

It is nothing fake to say about Li Meng's writing. Black is black and white is white. But for Liu Zeqing, who has been rampant for several years, this is the first time that someone has come to touch a tiger's butt in Shandong.

Since the governor informed Li Meng of Liu Zeqing's writings, he would not offend Liu Zeqing. He also followed the instructions of the rebuke and transferred them down.

Liu Zeqing was used to being arrogant. When he saw this announcement, he was immediately furious. However, he immediately noticed a problem. Two months ago, Li Meng was still in the Jiaozhou Dusi, but why did he become a general in charge of Laizhou in a blink of an eye? This position was promoted too quickly, and there must be someone behind him.

After receiving the notice, Liu Zeqing's first reaction was to send troops to fight. A big fish came to eat the small fish, so he simply annexed the other party's troops. After seeing the speed of the promotion of the official position, he immediately changed his mind.

He asked the two little dramas to retreat and called the master. In short, he listed some charges and rejected them, and stabilized the public opinion first.

In his heart, Li Meng was a small Dusi. Even if he had a small amount of vacancies that day, he had only 1,300 and 400 people. With salt din, there were only about 2,000 people. Now he was suddenly promoted to a general. Even if his subordinates wanted to expand their army, it would take time. A group of two or three thousand troops who had just formed an army were nothing compared to his more than 20,000 soldiers.

It's not too late to handle it after the New Year. Let's start a lawsuit first. If Li Meng has a relationship with him, the other party will definitely be worse than his own. In order to be afraid that things will go wrong and Li Meng will be harmed, these people will definitely come forward to say that they can go along with the rules. It's not a bad thing to be able to promote a Dusi to the background of a general.

If you really want to turn against each other, why can't the other party's strength be eaten? If the superiors ask questions, just make up some excuses.

Liu Zeqing has known in recent years that although the civil and military officials are inferior, the court does not dare to force generals with military strength, and is tolerant of them everywhere.

The Aoshan is 15 miles away from Mengjin County. It is already the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month. Those who can go home for the New Year have gone back, and there should be no people on the Aoshan is hiding.

Zhang Shoucai, the largest landlord near Mengjin County, took several servants and said he was going out of the city to see his relatives and took a carriage out of the city gate. Zhang Shoucai was the largest landlord in Mengjin County. When the people were in chaos, he spent some money on the same clan as Zhang Chengye and was safe in the city.

After Li Meng led his army to quell the rebellion, Zhang Liang took over the area and found Zhang Shoucai according to the selection criteria of the private salt network. However, Zhang Shoucai always felt that these Jiaodong people were not authentic, and if they did it themselves, they would definitely make more money.

On that day, Liu Zeqing's troops attacked Yan Ding in Mengjin City. Zhang Shoucai also put some effort into it. He thought that the local soldiers in his hometown would be his own good life. Who would have thought that he would have to hand over all the private salt transactions, and he was beaten by the Qianmao who was stationed in Mengjin every few days.

Today I say you collude with thieves, tomorrow I say you are trafficking in private salt and not taking out the money to respect you. It is only half a month later, Mr. Qian has set his sights on his daughter again, saying that he is "love at first sight" and wants to marry him as a wife. It is really painful.

The ox cart that Zhang Shoucai was riding on, walked to the side of the Aishanbao and turned a corner. If someone saw it, it would be more convenient. Besides, how could anyone walk on the official road on this day?

After walking a few steps, he saw a tall and thin man standing there looking around. Zhang Shoucai walked a few steps forward and said excitedly:

"Chengye, I'll come out quickly when I hear your news."

This man was the so-called "Nanshan bandit" Zhang Chengye. Looking at Zhang Shoucai with a diligent look on his face, he also said with a smile:

"Uncle, you abandon the darkness and turn to the light. My master admires it very much. He said that in the future, you can get half a percent of the profits."

Hearing this, Zhang Shoucai nodded in gratitude and thought, it was okay if he didn't want this money, just drive Liu Zeqing's troops away. It was really a disaster. Zhang Chengye smiled and led the way in front, walking towards the mountain nest that sheltered the wind. Soon, he saw several people dressed in salt gushing there to watch.

Let Zhang Shoucai stay there, Zhang Chengye trotted all the way to the sentry, bent down and said with a smile:
Chapter completed!