Soon, several soldiers came running over carrying several bags of salt.
Yang Xun took the sword from Qianhu's hand, opened one of the bags, and said to Ma Youzhong with a smile: "Master Ma, this is the refined salt that I brought from Beiyan. You haven't eaten it yet, right? Today Let you have a taste!”
Although Yang Xun was smiling, in Ma Youzhong's opinion, this face was even more terrifying than the devil. He had already anticipated what Yang Xun was going to do.
At this time, he didn't look as ferocious as before, his whole body was shaking like chaff, and he almost peed with fear.
"Prince...Prince, please kill me, I beg you, ah——"
Before Ma Youzhong finished speaking, Yang Xun directly grabbed a handful of salt and pressed it on Ma Youzhong's broken leg. Ma Youzhong instantly let out a heart-piercing scream, and his whole body began to twitch with pain.
There is no mercy in Yang Xun's eyes. What he hates most is betrayal, so he will not show any mercy!
Soon Ma Youzhong couldn't bear it anymore and fainted from the pain.
Yang Xun stood up, wiped his hands, and said calmly: "Whoever comes, kill him."
When several Xuanjia soldiers came forward, they drew out their sabers from their waists and slashed at the fainting Ma Youzhong.
After the Xuanjia Army stopped, Ma Youzhong no longer had a human form.
This scene fell in the eyes of those merchants, and everyone was so frightened that their faces turned pale. Only then did they realize what kind of person they had offended. No, this was not a human, but a demon!
At this moment, Yang Xun suddenly looked at the group of merchants: "I almost forgot about you. You guys have hoarded so much salt. You must like salt very much. Come on, feed the bosses some salt!"
The merchants were immediately startled, and Wang Bo shouted desperately: "Your Majesty, I don't like salt, I really don't..."
But before he could finish speaking, Xuan Jiajun grabbed his chin, and the next second a handful of salt was stuffed into his mouth.
Wang Bo was so stunned that he wanted to vomit, but was held down by Xuan Jiajun, so he had to swallow the salt into his stomach. But what he didn't know was that people who take in a lot of salt at once will die.
The Xuanjia soldiers kept pouring salt into the merchants' mouths, and soon some of them couldn't stand it anymore, and there was no movement.
There was the sound of horse hooves outside the city gate. Xue Rengui, who was covered in blood, rode up and threw the tied Jia Dagui to the ground. Then he knelt on one knee and said, "My lord, all the five thousand private soldiers in the Jia family manor have been slaughtered." , 300,000 guan of silver, 100,000 dan of grain, and bills from major banks across the country were found from the Jia family, totaling 3.72 million guan!"
As soon as these words came out, even Yang Xun's eyes widened. Four million yuan was the entire Beiyan's tax revenue for a year!
A Jia family actually has four million silver coins. How rich are the families of those wealthy merchants in Jiangnan?
Suddenly, a bold idea came to Yang Xun's mind.
Suddenly, Yang Xun noticed the blood stains on Xue Rengui's body. His heart skipped a beat and he quickly asked, "Rengui, are you injured?"
Seeing the unpretentious concern in Yang Xun's eyes, Xue Rengui was moved in his heart: "Thank you for your concern, my lord, this blood belongs to the enemy."
Hearing this, Yang Xun breathed a sigh of relief, but there were probably not many people in this world who could hurt Xue Rengui.
"That's good. You have worked hard this time. Take one million from the four million as a reward to the brothers. Both the Qingzhou Army and the Xuanjia Army will share."
"Thank you, Lord!" Everyone looked happy. In total, everyone could get about five guan as a reward, which was also a considerable amount of income.
"Urgent report from Beiyan!"
At this moment, a messenger riding a fast horse with a red feather on his helmet came in a hurry.
"Prince, please hurry up for 800 miles. Smoke is billowing from the northeast of Beiyan. It seems that a foreign race is attacking Liaozhou!"
Yang Xun was startled and asked quickly: "What's wrong with Beiyan?"
"Back to the prince, there is nothing going on in Beiyan. Lord Liu Zheng asked the prince whether he wants to send troops to Liaozhou?"
Yang Xun was relieved when he heard that Beiyan was fine. He was really worried that the Xiongnu would rebel while he was away.
But what Yang Xun didn't expect was that someone was actually attacking Liaozhou. You must know that Liaozhou was very poor, and there would be little profit even if it were defeated.
Suddenly, Yang Xun was startled, as if he thought of something.
Those who attacked Liaozhou must be those small countries to the north of Liaozhou.
Although there is no oil and water in Liaozhou, Beiyan and Huaizhou do. They can't reach Beiyan and Huaizhou, so they attack Liaozhou first. As long as Liaozhou falls into their hands, even if the door to Daqian is completely opened, they will We can use Liaozhou as a stepping stone to march into Beiyan or Huaizhou.
This is because they know that there is internal turmoil in Daqian and plan to take advantage of it!
Originally, Yang Xun only had to face the Xiongnu, a foreign tribe. However, if Liaozhou fell, several countries would threaten Yang Xun. The Xiongnu might also rebel, and then the good situation would be gone and he would go south. The fight against thieves will become even more elusive.
Liaozhou must be saved!
"Have Jiang Wei and Changsun Wuji come to see me at the government office immediately. Rengui, follow me!"
Shortly after Yang Xun and Xue Rengui returned to the Yamen of the Prefecture, Changsun Wuji and Jiang Wei also arrived.
"Lord, did something happen that summoned us here so urgently?" Changsun Wuji asked.
Yang Xun nodded and immediately told the story about Liaozhou being invaded by foreign tribes. Changsun Wuji and Jiang Wei both frowned after hearing this.
"My lord, it seems that the aliens are planning for Liaozhou, but in fact they are plotting our land of Beiyan and Huaizhou. If Liaozhou is lost, we will be restrained by those small countries in the north. Not only will it consume a lot of national power and troops, but also Falling into a situation of being besieged on all sides, I still ask my lord to send troops to rescue Liaozhou." Jiang Wei cupped his hands.
As expected of Jiang Boyue, he could see the key at a glance.
Yang Xun glanced at Jiang Wei appreciatively, nodded and said: "Yes, this is what I think. Liaozhou must be saved, but Xiangzhou must also be captured, Jiang Wei!"
"The general is here!"
"Your mission remains unchanged. You still lead the Huaizhou Army and Qingzhou Army to attack Xiangzhou. You must capture it in the shortest possible time!"
"The last general takes command!"
"Changsun Wuji!"
"My subordinate is here!" Changsun Wuji stepped forward.
"I now appoint you as the governor of Huaizhou, responsible for directing all affairs in Huaizhou. Now that Jia Dagui is dead, the overall situation of Huaizhou has been decided. Don't let me down."
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, my subordinates will do their best to die." Changsun Wuji said quickly.
Yang Xun seemed to have thought of something again and ordered: "By the way, all the money found from the homes of Jia Dagui and other merchants will be sent to the North Prince's Mansion in Beiyan Town. Their bodies will be hung on the tower and their crimes will be written down." , notify the entire Huaizhou!"
"Xue Rengui!"
"The general is here!"
"You immediately rectify the Xuanjia Army and set off in three hours to accompany my king to rescue Liaozhou!"
