Then Zhang Pang devoted himself wholeheartedly to the business of repurchasing various ships.

Since the rules of the mission were abolished, the thirteen patrols on Huainan Road and Henan Road, plus the seven patrols from Heyin to Chang'an have returned to the court, Gao Yue issued another proof, saying that Fangzhenzhou County along the way of the canal transport will no longer be assigned to the poor people. The original "fiber households" were either equipped with land by the county, or hired by the court patrols. As long as they support, pull boats, and transport them, they can get money.

But obstacles emerged soon.

In other words, this kind of obstacle was originally what Gao Yue expected.

The thirteen patrols are actually not all along the canal transport line. They are not a linear configuration, but a network configuration. Many patrols are placed on the transportation hubs radiating from the canal transport.

Among them, the Runan Tour Court is located at the military palace in Huaixi Town, and is now under the jurisdiction of Wu Shaocheng.

The Yanyun Patrol is also located in the territory of the Lu Army in Pinglu, Ziqing.

The patrol itself has the responsibility to arrest private salt, and the two towns of Huaixi and Ziqing have always had frequent private salt and horse trade: the Lu army in Ziqing Ping bought war horses from the Bohai Sea with its former garrison in Yingzhou, Liaodong (now Liaoyang, Liaoning). The local area produced a large amount of salt, and the remaining ones were sold from the small water and land routes to Wu Shaocheng in Huaixi.

Wu Shaocheng placed his horse in Yunmengzeli, south of Fang Town, and shepherded and refining. As for the small part of the salt to keep it to raise horses (Huaixi does not produce salt itself), most of them were trafficked to Eyue, Jingnan and other places to the west. This is one of the few "legitimate business" in Huaixi Town. Wu Shaocheng also asked Shen Guangcai's robbers to carefully escort along the way, and it is necessary to ensure that the salt ships in Huaixi can be comprehensive, and they can make 200,000 chunks of profit per year, which is Shaocheng's sharp money.

Now the imperial court is actually going to set up patrols in Runan and Yanyun. Isn’t this blocking the door of our house and slapping the face?

By then, the former governor of Pinglu, Ziqing, the procurator-in-chief, Li Na, had died of illness, and the emperor stopped court and mourned him for the funeral, and asked Li Na's son Li Shigu to inherit the imperial court.

So Li Shigu and Wu Shaocheng sent a press officer to the court to "resist Chen" from the emperor and demanded not to enter the patrol.

In the guest hall, the fifth envoy of Xuanhui, the fifth envoy of Shouyi, and the envoy of the Palm Fan, sent by the emperor, deliberately asked the two governors why they protested against the establishment of the patrol. "After the establishment of this patrol, all the thieves who were robbed of the river. The whistling mountains and forests were only good for the two towns."

Linghu Zao, the official sent by Li Shigu, said it tactfully: "At the festival, my son's money to help the emperor in the army is 300,000 yuan every year. The emperor does not ask about where he is, and there is no suspicion between the emperor and his ministers. Isn't it beautiful? If a patrol is set up, it will only cause trouble to the people of more than ten prefectures in Ziboqing. It will be difficult to collect the army's money at that time."

Linghu Zao is pretty correct. Since Li Zhengji and Li Na and his son's separatist, they have always been light taxes and taxes to the country, and people are quite in tune with each other. Now that Li Shigu succeeds, he also promises to give the emperor 300,000 yuan in military support to the Great Qiong Forest every year, so he hopes that the court will no longer want to collect two taxes and set up a patrol in the Pinglu Army territory.

Fifth Shouyi and Meng Guangcheng nodded and said that we will tell everyone about this matter. Then they turned their eyes to Yang Yuanqing, the Huaixi official, and asked why Huaixi did not agree to set up a patrol?

Yang Yuanqing's answer became much more straightforward: "Although the thieves in the five prefectures of Shenguang, Cai Yuxian, the Jiang thieves are fierce, most of the children of our Huaining Army were recruited from them. If the court set up a patrol in Caizhou City to arrest him, wouldn't it hurt the harmony between the minister and them?"

Such a shameless reply made both the officials stunned and had not reacted for a long time.

After the reaction was completed, the two officials went to the Golden Palace to ask for the emperor's disposal opinions.

"What is the governor of Huaixi? He is simply a bandit or a thief!" The emperor was furious, but he also discussed with Gao Yue in advance and sold it to Huaixi and Ziqing on this ground, so that they were satisfied with not setting up patrols in this town and not having too many ideas about the canal transportation itself.

So the fifth Shouyi and Meng Guangcheng brought the emperor's opinions back to the guest province:

I don’t know the loyalty of Li Shigu, the governor of Pinglu Army, so I would not set up a patrol in Yanyun (I will remember to send 300,000 guan a year on time);

I also understand the difficulties of Wu Shaocheng, the governor of Huaining Army, but...

"Everyone's opinion, as long as Caizhou gives the court 100,000 yuan in military support every year, that's all." The fifth Shouyi, Meng Guangcheng quietly reminded Yang Yuanqing.

But Yang Yuanqing said: My family’s leader Wu Shaocheng has never set up a permanent account book in the three prefectures of Shenguang and Cai.

"Then where does your military mansion cost?" The fifth Shouyi and Meng Guangcheng were amused and crying.

"If the military government needs it, we will discuss with the generals of the army temporarily and then share the collection." Yang Yuanqing replied, so if the Huaixi generals do not agree to the 100,000 yuan in military assistance, the brothers Wu Shaocheng and Wu Shaoyang will be helpless.

After all, all the generals of the Huaixi Army were local tyrants and were also powerful representatives of public opinion. The position of the Wu brothers was entirely based on their support.

In this way, the two middle-aged officials could only go to the Golden Palace again to seek the emperor's opinions.

"Being a monkey and being crowned." The emperor was also surprised by the operation model of Huaixi Town. It was like monkeys in the mountains holding flags and seals. Should the soldiers be bandits or bandits be soldiers?

In the end, the court and Huaixi reached a compromise: Wu Shaocheng presented Chen Xu's Shence Zhongwu Army's governor Qu Huan to 300 war horses every year to serve as a bonus for military support.

After Linghu Zao and Yang Yuanqing returned to the town, it was not necessary to say that Wu Shaocheng from Caizhou City recruited Li Yuanping, a confidant counselor, and the two of them were happy in the side hall and danced with joy. Li Yuanping made a calculation for Wu: "It's just three hundred horses, I bought it from Ziqing, but only forty guan per horse, and the total amount was only 12,000 guan."

Wu Shaocheng's abacus was more refined: "Wait a minute, the horses in Ziqing are all good horses from the north. In my opinion, it is better to use the Huaixi Fanji to make up the number. The capital of a horse is only twenty stalemates, which can save half of it."

The two of them were indeed happier.

The emperor originally asked us for 100,000 guan of military money, but now we are playing with it, but in fact we only give only 6,000 guan. The emperor may not lose, but we make a lot of money!

After being excited, Li Yuanping still smelled a dangerous breath. He said to Wu Shaocheng seriously: "When the festival is, how can it be a time to be content with your heart?"

Wu Shaocheng did not laugh. After drinking a glass of wine, "That's right, the court now regards Gao Yue as the Minister of the Secretariat. After defeating Dangxiang and Xifan, he is afraid that he will be determined to flatten us. How can he be happy if he doesn't set up a patrol here? I'm afraid that the court will accumulate wealth in the southeast of the Yangtze River and Huai River to deal with our military expenditure... I regret not that I didn't listen to your advice and took advantage of the attack on the main force of the court in the west."
Chapter completed!