Yu Xing did not meet Huang Dagen and his entourage at the government office, but in the back garden of his beautiful private residence. In his opinion, there was no difference - after all, the entire Jiading Mansion belonged to him. He was drinking and teasing with his concubine. After glancing at Huang Dagen and others, he let the others stand alone and took a leisurely sip of wine before slowly asking Huang Dagen what he was doing here. When he learned that the cannon craftsman was sent instead of the finished firearm as expected, his originally dark complexion turned even darker. He first angrily scolded the Pili Army for not delivering finished artillery as required, and then scolded Ouyang Xuan for not understanding the rules and delaying coming to see his superiors. He got so angry that he even claimed to severely punish the relevant people.
Huang Dagen had dealt with Yu Xing many times and knew his urine properties. He just did this to get more money. But Ouyang Xuan, who was standing next to him, was really surprised that Yu Xing, who was in an important position, was so vulgar, and he couldn't help but frown slightly. Unexpectedly, this subtle movement caught Yu Xing's eyes, and he immediately asked who Fang Xiaoxiao was, daring to wink in front of him. When Huang Dagen saw that something was not going well, he hurriedly claimed that he was his personal bodyguard - Ouyang Xuan was extremely strong due to his persistence in training, and his figure looked very strong. Yu Xingdao also had some discernment. He only felt that the man in front of him was very heroic and mighty, and there was a faint aura of a superior person between his brows. He was doubtful about Huang Dagen's statement. It was just suspicion. He never thought that the person in guard uniform would be a senior member of the Thunderbolt Army, let alone Ouyang Xuan. Seeing the suspicion in Yu Xing's eyes, Huang Dagen hurriedly ordered people to carry the gold, silver and silk items offered. As expected, Yu Xing was extremely greedy for money. His eyes lit up when he saw the property. He even started to look through it regardless of anyone present, and even rewarded his concubine with a piece of top-quality Shu embroidery on the spot.
Seeing Yu Xing playing with his belongings with a smile on his face, Huang Dagen and others standing aside felt a little embarrassed, so they took the opportunity to say goodbye and left. This Yu Xing didn't even bother to say polite words and ignored the departure of several people. It was already noon when they left Yu Xing's private residence. They were hungry, so they found a restaurant to eat. Jiading Prefecture is backed by mountains and water, and the city defense facilities are extremely strong. The Mongolian army began to plunder Sichuan in 1236, but they all retreated after several attacks. Just last year, after Liu Heima occupied Chengdu, he also sent Yelu Maizhu to attack Jiading, but returned without success. Since the damage to people's livelihood and economy is relatively small, there are still many commercial and trade industries in Jiading City, but they are far less than before the Mongolian invasion.
In the middle of eating, a person who looked like a vendor suddenly walked up to a table with several people and whispered: "Firefox, please leave quickly." Firefox is the codename of Su Saner's intelligence network. There must have been a major incident when they took the risk. Ouyang Xuan and others immediately left the restaurant and hurriedly walked towards the pier. As soon as they boarded the ship, they saw a group of military men running towards the dock from a distance, shouting something as they ran. Huang Dagen urgently ordered the sails to be set off, and the group of soldiers ran to the dock and seized the ships and chased them. It's just that the ships Ouyang Xuan traveled on this trip were all fast boats, and the sailors were all skilled in boat handling. They could run down the water so fast that the ships behind them could not catch up.
It was later learned that the group of people chasing after him were sent by Yu Xing. When Ouyang Xuan and others went out, they passed by a clerk from the Jiading government office. This young official had been to Chongqing Mansion because of the ownership of Baizhang City, and had met Ouyang Xuan before. Today, he didn't recognize him for a moment, but he just felt familiar. When they were far away, they were surprised to realize that one of the people dressed as guards was Ouyang Xuan, so they hurried to report to Yu Xing that this was an abnormal situation. It's just that Yu Xing was very interested in getting the property. He was feeding each other wine with his concubine, and for a while he couldn't interrupt. Seeing that time was passing by, the little official had no choice but to walk to Yu Xing's side. Before he could speak, he was punched and kicked several times as expected. The little official was beaten so hard that he had to shout: "The guard who went out just now is Ouyang Xuan of the Thunderbolt Army." Yu Xing was shocked by these words. He pushed the concubine away from his arms and ordered people to chase her.
Yu Xing sent people to chase him, not because he wanted to harm Ouyang Xuan as the top brass of the Perak Army had guessed. In fact, he was more like a profiteer who wanted to control Ouyang Xuan in order to extort a steady stream of money. In Yu Xing's view, although it was not a big deal to find an excuse to kill Ouyang Xuan, doing so would definitely put the relationship with the Pili Army on the same level. Meng Ge Khan is currently leading an army to conquer Sichuan, and the vanguard has joined forces with Wang Dechen's troops in Lizhou. After Niulin defeated the Xuzhou army and captured Zhang Shi alive, he was heading down the river, defeating Pu Zezhi's numerous obstructions, and heading towards Chongqing. . The Pili Army was an important force in containing the Mongolian army in Chengdu. In addition, although Ouyang Xuan's position as Yongkang County Magistrate was low, he was still an official of the imperial court. It was obviously a bad idea to kill him at this moment. The former prefect of Jiading, Wang Kui, had committed many evil deeds and caused great public dissatisfaction. Yu Jie, who had many allies in the DPRK and was at the peak of his reputation, also caused an uproar in the DPRK and was controversial after luring him to death. Later, Yu Jie was dismissed from his post and imprisoned. One of the crimes listed was killing court officials without permission. In Yu Xing's eyes, the Pili Army is like a hen that can lay golden eggs. If he controls Ouyang Xuan, he will control the golden hen.
Yu Xing used the arbitration to arbitrate the ownership of Baizhang City some time ago, and not only collected a large amount of money from Yazhou and Pili Army, but also obtained a large amount of commercial taxes. Baizhang City is now an important pass to defend the hinterland of the Pili Army, and Ouyang Xuan will definitely not let it out. In fact, the spies sent by Dong Hu had learned that Cao Zhizhou was insisting on the ownership of Baizhang City, not because Baizhang's economy was gradually recovering, but because he saw the strength of the Mongolian army and sent a secret envoy to the Mongolian army. Niulin's condition for replying to him was that only by obtaining Baizhang Pass could Cao Zhizhou be able to retain Yazhou and even become the prefect of Jiading. It's just that the situation is stronger than the people. Yazhou's military strength will definitely not be able to take Baizhang Pass. As the deputy envoy of Sichuan and the deputy envoy of Chengdu, Yu Xing, although he has the power of arbitration, "eats the plaintiff and eats the defendant" and accepts Money is just two sides and mud. In desperation, Cao Zhizhou had to hold his nose and agreed to Yu Xing's plan, that is, Baizhang Pass would still be controlled by the Pili Army, but the tax revenue would be divided between Jiading Prefecture, Yazhou, and the Pili Army in a ratio of 3:3:4.
The biggest beneficiary of this plan was Jiading Prefecture, which received 30% of the tax revenue. This aroused strong opposition from the top brass of the Perak Army, especially Yang Xiucai, Zhu Tiaozi and others, but was suppressed by Ouyang Xuan. He said to everyone, "This is just a city, and it will not be the same in the future." In Ouyang Xuan's view, it is still worthwhile to give up 60% of the tax revenue in exchange for the security of the western part of the Pili Army's jurisdiction. Moreover, Yu Xing is also the immediate superior of the Pili Army. Although Yazhou is not satisfied, 30% of the tax revenue is better than nothing. , Moreover, the 30% of the tax revenue managed by the Pili Army has almost caught up with the tax revenue paid by Baizhang County before. More importantly, in order to supervise taxation, Yazhou also sent tax collectors to Baizhang, which could prove to the Mongols that it had jurisdiction; for Yu Xing, getting 30% of the tax revenue for nothing was definitely a good thing. This 30% of the tax was ostensibly collected by Jiading Prefecture, but in fact it went into his pocket. To Yu Xing's surprise, the 30% tax revenue was equivalent to Pengshan City occupied by the Mongols.
The unexpected windfall made Yu Xing happy. He secretly decided that he would use some means to seize the area under the jurisdiction of the Perak Army. Even if he could not completely control it, he would send tax collectors to every corner of the area under the jurisdiction of the Perak Army. . Yu Xing's mouth watered when he thought about those fertile fields and the mines that constantly spit out copper, iron, coal, and lead. Although Yu Xing had been in charge of Jiading for many years, he was like a local emperor and used all means to make money. However, after deducting expenses and real estate, the money and goods accumulated were still far from Yu Xing's goal. This is not only because his goal of making money is too high, but also because the expenses are too high. Compared with the cost of keeping his current position and buying an official position, the cost of his extravagant and luxurious life is really nothing.
