Chapter 612 Bigger Trouble
At this time, Lu Songli said slowly, "I want to see him."
Kong Huai came to Pingzhou to see her. If he still avoided her, wouldn't he be criticized? If she were Xie Zhan, she would at least be labeled a coward.
"Kong Huai's move is equivalent to defeating the governor. If we meet him, it will be dangerous. If we don't meet him, the impact will not be good either." Dong Jichuan slowly pointed out Lu Songli's current situation.
"Yes, send a message to Kong Huai later. I will meet him, but not right now." Lu Songli smiled meaningfully. "Since he wants to fish, he must have used heavy bait. Let's see if we can eat the bait and return the hook."
"You must believe that our guards can protect me well."
Xue Xu wanted to say something, but Guo Chong just shook his head at him.
Xue Xu thought about it, and when he thought of the Sixth Master who was currently stationed in Jizhou, his eyes suddenly lit up.
So, in the next few days, there was a tall and heroic female guard beside Lu Songli.
The strongest armed forces in Pingzhou are all here. One force can defeat ten skills. It would be best if Kong Huai has no bad intentions, otherwise don't blame Pingzhou for being rude.
Pingzhou sent a stubborn official to reply to Kong Huai. This official's name was Jiang Shaoyan, and he was a newly promoted official in Pingzhou.
Kong Huai was arrogant. "Dedicating the city is such a big deal. I have to meet Governor Lu."
Jiang Shaoyan: "Okay, but you have to be sincere."
Kong Huai frowned. If he wanted to surrender the city, he had to show sincerity. He couldn't help but ask what he was thinking.
"right."
"For example?"
"For example, you could transport the silver from the Zhuozhou treasury here first?"
"Is Liu Guanlin the same?" Kong Huai was skeptical.
"Yes. Otherwise, what if you open your mouth and lie? Our governor is very busy." Jiang Shaoyan said confidently, "Besides, you are planning to surrender the city. What's the harm in giving up part of it first?"
"Or is your surrender of the city fake?" When Jiang Shaoyan said this, his eyes became suspicious when he looked at him.
Kong Huai's heart sank. He had finally learned how difficult it was to deal with Pingzhou officials. It seemed that if he didn't use some lucrative bait, he wouldn't be able to see Lü Songli again.
"Okay, I'll do as you say! I'll take the silver from the Zhuozhou treasury and go see Governor Lu."
Without further ado, after Kong Huai got the opportunity to meet Lu Songli, he ordered people to pack up all the gold and silver in the Zhuozhou government warehouse and planned to transport it to Pingzhou.
He knew that if his plan succeeded, the gold and silver would be well spent.
Kong Huai didn't know that they were being monitored as soon as they set foot in Pingzhou.
"There are two people in Kong Huai's team who have very different auras and walk in a strange way. They must be assassins or killers."
"Humph, this person really has evil intentions."
"Let's go back and report to our superiors!"
Kong Huai didn't know that his fate was sealed the moment he set foot in Pingzhou.
At this moment, he was preparing to hand over the gold and silver he was carrying to Pingzhou, otherwise it would be too troublesome to carry them all the way to Changli.
After the people of Pingzhou took over the gold and silver, he led his team to Changli with light equipment.
Unfortunately, when he met Lu Songli, he never found an opportunity to get close to him. In the end, he could only find a relatively good opportunity, send out a signal, and assassinate Lu Songli.
Lu Songli was immediately grabbed by the waist and carried away from danger by the tall and heroic female guard beside her.
At this time, Alice, Xian Feng and Luo Tieniu were fighting with two assassins in the conference room.
Qin Sheng was guarding Lu Songli closely and did not join the battle.
This is their territory, and it is only a matter of time before these two assassins are dealt with.
Qin Sheng was right, because not long after, another person suddenly rushed out from the diagonal direction and tried to kill Lu Songli, but was dealt with by Qin Sheng.
Kong Huai's face was pale at this time. He had realized that Pingzhou had been on guard against him for a long time.
His strategy wasn't brilliant, its only advantage being the ability to catch the enemy off guard. However, against Pingzhou, this advantage was completely unused.
After the three assassins were all killed and their bodies were dragged away, Lu Songli began to question Kong Huai, "Kong Huai, what do you mean?"
"Governor Lu, I don't know." Kong Huai's eyes flashed. He was sure that Lu Songli would not dare to kill him.
The people in the meeting room either looked at him angrily or coldly, as if they were looking at a corpse.
"You said before that you would offer Zhuozhou to me. Are you still going to do that?" Lu Songli asked indifferently.
"I will offer it, I will offer it." Kong Huai nodded repeatedly. When he returned to Zhuozhou, he would leave Zhuozhou under the escort of people arranged by the emperor. Whether Lu Songli could get Zhuozhou or not had nothing to do with him. This was the emperor's promise to him.
"Okay. Without further ado, I'll send someone back with you to take over Zhuozhou."
"Okay." Kong Huai breathed a sigh of relief.
In the end, Kong Huai and his subordinates died at the junction of Pingzhou and Zhuozhou at the hands of bandits, and their bodies were never found.
"Boss, how did Master Liu kill this guy so quickly?"
"Yes, we can follow him to take over Zhuozhou and then kill him."
"You're dreaming. Let me tell you, before we set out, the governor instructed us not to enter Zhuozhou. He said that Zhuozhou might have been taken over by the imperial court. If we go in, we might be caught in a trap."
Oh yeah.
When the news of Kong Huai's death reached Chang'an, Song Mo was very disappointed.
Xie Zhan just glanced at it indifferently and put the matter aside.
As the saying goes, "Winning before defeating is a battle." Following his suggestion, the emperor sent people to Zhuozhou. Zhuozhou was safe at this time, but the imperial court was in big trouble.
As Pingzhou's dumping plan progressed, for half a month, the daily sales of Dali's official salt became less and less, and finally it could not be sold at all!
When the people below reported the situation to the court, a major problem was discovered after an investigation.
By the time they reacted and took effective action, the situation had already become serious.
However, the imperial court still decided to spend a lot of manpower to crack down on illegal salt dealers.
Unfortunately, when the crackdown on illegal salt was launched, the people helped to cover up for it, but not all of them did, and they were extremely uncooperative. In short, the results of the crackdown on illegal salt were not ideal.
This was entirely to be expected. For the common people of Dali today, helping the imperial court was not in their best interest. Protecting the salt merchants was in their best interest.
"The imperial court is so cruel." Many ordinary people think so.
The facts are before us. The best official salt in Pingzhou can be sold at a price of 150 coins per catty, but the imperial court requires 300 coins to sell them a catty of salt. In order to make money, the imperial court ignores the lives of the people!
Even though a small number of ordinary people were forced to reveal information about the salt merchants for various reasons, the court still could not catch them.
Pingzhou's operation was very swift, and all parties benefited. The transactions at all stages were completed quickly. The salt merchants had long since disappeared.
In a word, after this incident, the Dali court has finished collecting salt tax for this year!
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