Chapter 526 Tit-for-tat

Jiang Qingyue sneered: "It's very easy to get us to withdraw. We have to pay back the money we owed us first!"

It’s not that simple to pay off the debt. The Qingzhou Prefecture officials borrowed not much rice and grain from Longkou, but the common people in Qingzhou Prefecture have owed more than 100,000 stones of debt. Jiang Qingyue has to bear joint and several liability regardless of who owes the money.

Liu Peng pointed out the intention of Qingzhou Prefecture incisively: "They are jealous. They see that we have made a lot of money by transporting rice and beans to Qingzhou Prefecture, so they want to drive us out before the summer harvest and finally make another profit!"

In the past, the Heng Palace monopolized the rice industry in Dengzhou, and these monsters and monsters did not dare to speak, for fear of offending the Heng Palace and not burying the place. But now that Longkou has turned the Heng Palace, they feel that Liu Peng is unfamiliar with the place and can be bullied, so they all jumped out to take advantage of Longkou before talking.

Just to win the grain market in Qingzhou Prefecture, what an amazing price Longkou paid, Yao Yulan simply responded to Jiang Qingyue: "Miss Qingyue said very well. If Qingzhou Prefecture does not pay off the debt completely, don't let the patrol team withdraw from Qingzhou Prefecture."

"We must fight for every inch of land, and we will not fight for any matter!" Gu Mengyu, who was holding the abacus to count the accounts, was still tougher. She said without hesitation: "How much has we spent to get the rice market in Qingzhou Prefecture? How can we give it up casually?"

But Liu Peng shook his head and said, "Sister Meng Yu, don't say that. Although we have made a lot of popularity and money this time, there are too many people who are jealous and too many people staring at us. We have to be careful. You may not know. County Magistrate Tao of Fushan County is leaving next!"

When Jiang Qingyue heard that County Magistrate Tao was leaving, he was shocked: "Will it become inconvenient for us to do business in Fushan County in the future?"

County Chief Tao is not the real core general of the Longkou Gang. He is just too deficit, and Lei Chuyang's historical relationship is very close to Longkou. However, he was unable to go down after he got on Liu Peng's pirate ship. He could only give Longkou unprecedented support. Longkou's work in Fushan is almost the same as Huang County, so Fushan County can also be said to be completely included in the Longkou system.

However, when County Magistrate Tao left, it was definitely not as convenient as it is now. However, Yao Yulan understood: "It seems that someone is interested to take the opportunity to hit us. We just had a position as a county magistrate, but they took another county magistrate from us!"

Liu Peng immediately said, "It's fine for Fushan. We have been operating there for a long time and are far away from Huang County. No matter who comes to be the county magistrate or the county magistrate, we can't escape our palms. But the real problem now is Laiyang County. I heard that some people are particularly concerned about Laiyang County, so we have to make a little concession in Dengzhou Prefecture and Laizhou Prefecture."

Laiyang County seems to be just a county, but in the East Three Prefectures it is a super big county, almost half a Dengzhou Prefecture area. Therefore, in the Qing Dynasty, Haiyang County was divided into three parts, and Qingshan Township was divided into Ninghai Prefecture. Even though this two-part Laiyang County was still a super big county, and Laixi County was later re-divided.

From the numbers in the Lishe Society, we can see the importance of Laiyang County in the Longkou system. Most of the prefectures and counties in Shandong in the Ming Dynasty were only forty or fifty miles, while Xianghuang County was only fifty miles under the jurisdiction of Laiyang, but there were as many as one hundred and forty miles. During the Hongwu period of the early Ming Dynasty, there were 25,000 households with a population of 230,000.

After more than two hundred years of development, no one knows how many people there are in Laiyang. Although the population of the registered population has changed from 25,000 households in the early Ming Dynasty to only more than 230,000, people know that this number is unreliable. After all, after several natural disasters and massacres caused by the Qing army's entry into the pass, the population of Laiyang during the Shunzhi period increased to 50,000. In other words, Laiyang had at least 160,000 or 170,000 during the Shunzhi period. From this number, Laiyang in the late Ming Dynasty had at least 50,000 and 600,000.

Therefore, Longkou paid special attention to the gains and losses of Laiyang County. Liu Peng even sent Jiang Qingyue to take charge of Laiyang himself, and promised to make great profits. Finally, Beihai Money House got the power to act as a proxy for Laiyang County database, allowing the Longkou forces to infiltrate Laiyang County.

However, Laiyang is different from other prefectures and counties in the Longkou system. Longkou is far from fully controlling Laiyang County, and there is still a lot of meticulous work to be done. Now, some people in the provincial government want to hit Longkou, naturally got the idea of ​​Laiyang as soon as possible.

However, Yao Yulan was very unwilling to find a rattan chair and sat down and said, "The territory we finally took down is not easy, just give it up like this?"

Liu Peng immediately replied: "You need to make appropriate concessions, but you have to be able to give in. Some things must not be given up. Who dares to stretch out your hands? I chopped up his legs."

Gu Mengyu is very concerned about this question: "What are we going to make?"

Liu Peng immediately replied: "First of all, we can withdraw the patrol team, but we can only withdraw it after Xiashou. Who dares to force us to withdraw the patrol team? That is our irreconcilable enemy, and we will fight to the death with him."

The reason why the patrol team was withdrawn after the summer harvest was naturally that they monopolized the grain market of Qingzhou Prefecture before the summer harvest, and could occupy the most profit. Gu Mengyu agreed with Liu Peng's view: "Yes, if the patrol team withdraws, our previous hard work will be in vain. However, if the patrol team withdraws, how can we recover the debts we released in Qingzhou Prefecture?"

The reason why the four major banks, Beihai Money House, Donglai Money House, Longjiang Money House and Fukang Money House dares to lend money to the outside world is that they have the military support of the patrol team. Who dares not not pay back the money can come to the door at any time?

Liu Peng continued: "I just withdraw the patrol team. The escort is still in Qingzhou Prefecture, and the escort has the power to act freely. Whoever dares to oppose the escort's free action in Qingzhou Prefecture, I will not even withdraw the patrol team!"

Although the guard team is different from the patrol team, it is not the real core force of Longkou, but between nuclear force and periphery. Many dirty and tiring work that the patrol team cannot do is handed over to the guard team, Longkou believes that the guard team has freedom of movement in any area, and the patrol team can withdraw, but the guard team must not withdraw, otherwise the vested interests of Longkou in Qingzhou Prefecture will not be guaranteed.

The figures of the Beihai Money House, Donglai Money House, Beihai Money House and Fukang Money House in Qingzhou Prefecture can be described as amazing. If even the guards do not have the freedom to move in Qingzhou Prefecture, at least one-third of the money will be lost in vain.

In addition to the freedom of movement of the defense team, Liu Peng also has corresponding additional conditions: "And I have another condition: We can give in Rizhao and Yishui, but Juzhou must not give in."

This time, Longkou's biggest gain in Qingzhou Prefecture was to acquire the territory of Juzhou, but Juzhou is also a standard prefecture. In addition to Juzhou itself, there are two counties under Yishui and Rizhao. Now Liu Peng believes that he can consider giving up Yishui and Rizhao's two prefectures under the jurisdiction of the county, but Juzhou cannot be given up.

After all, the gentry of Juzhou, including the Dazhuang Manor, has completely turned to Longkou. Longkou has the most money to lend money in Juzhou and the most profits. Yao Yulan can be said to be clear: "Then Gaomi County cannot give up!"

Yao Yulan did not mention Zhucheng County, which connects Gaomi County and Juzhou, but anyone can understand Liu Peng's meaning. Since he cannot give up Juzhou or Gaomi County, he must not give up Zhucheng County in the middle.

Liu Peng had already planned: "Yes, Qingzhou Prefecture will never give up Juzhou, Zhucheng, and Laizhou Prefecture will never give up Gaomi. We have many good friends and old friends there. How can we give up them? If we withdraw, how can we explain to our friends then?"

As for Zhuqiao Town, which had already been in Longkou and set up a patrol team, Changyi County could not give up. Zhang Yuchan happily interjected: "As long as you don't give up Zhucheng!"

This time she brought people back to Zhucheng and suffered a lot of hardships. However, since the patrol team won a great victory, Zhang Yuchan naturally got a happy ending.

Liu Peng didn't say anything, but Yao Yulan was the first to come out to beat Zhang Yuchan: "I think Liu Peng's younger brother will let Yang Guangwen go over and take charge of Zhucheng as soon as possible!"

Speaking of Yang Guangwen, Jiang Qingyue immediately reminded Liu Peng: "Brother Liu Peng, has Yang Guangwen's position not yet run away?"

According to the agreement between Liu Peng and Yang Guangwen, we naturally want to find a good location for Yang Guangwen within the scope of Zhucheng and Gaomi County, preferably a real shortage of the eighth rank: "I am still running. The reason why this matter has not been completed is not because it is difficult, but because someone deliberately makes things difficult for us."

After all, Zhang Yuchan is the daughter of the Zhang family in Zhucheng. She immediately asked: "If Yang Yicheng's real shortcomings cannot be solved, what should we do?"

"At most, we will take office directly!" Liu Peng replied: "In other matters, we can be kind and righteous, and reasonable, but Juzhou, Zhucheng, and Gaomi are fundamental. We must fight for inch of land, and we cannot give up in a single inch of land."

Liu Peng has been operating in Zhucheng and Gaomi counties for a long time, but he has not publicly promoted the banner in the past. Because of this drought, the gentry of Zhucheng also surrendered in time.

According to Jiang Qingyue, it is "people's hearts are available". Whether it is gentry, local tyrants, citizens and farmers, even most officials and some officials, they all stand on the position of Longkou and can be used by Longkou. Moreover, Longkou's vested interests in this prefecture and two counties cannot be given up.
Chapter completed!