Chapter 15 Closing
The room was in a strange silence, and the bedroom door had been kicked to pieces, but seeing Meng Hu's burly body blocking the door, staring at him fiercely like an angry tiger, she said in a stern manner: "Meng Hu's surname is here. If you have the ability, you can get it now."
"Brother Zhao Xian, what's the point?" Qiu Chi's expression changed drastically, and he subconsciously took two steps back, turned his head to look at Ye Zhao.
But Ye Zhao seemed to be kneeling on the mat, and smiled and sipped the tea ceremony: "This tea soup is indeed not ordinary and unpalatable."
"Zhao Ye, you dare to plot against me!" Qiu Chi looked at Ye Zhao and said sternly.
"Calculation? Be sure." Ye Zhao nodded.
"This is my inn! You can't get out!" Qiu Chi said sternly.
"I know this is your inn, but based on those in your inn... man, I really don't know where your confidence comes from?" Ye Zhao looked at Qiu Chi, shook his head and sneered.
"Come!" Qiu Chi's expression changed and he said sternly.
The main door of the room was opened. When he saw the inn shopkeeper following Gao Sheng in, he glanced at Qiu Chi with some fear, and finally bowed to Ye Zhaoyi and said, "Sir, the inn has been controlled."
"Luo Jing, you are so brave!" Qiu Chi's eyes turned red. His people were turned against him, and he was not aware of anything.
"I have lived in this inn for half a month. You don't think I just have too much money to spend, right?" Ye Zhao stood up, patted Qiu Chi's shoulder and said, "In comparison, I still prefer the resources you have in your hands. Ma Cheng's wealth is 90% sucked by Guo Shi for so many years, so it's time to change people."
"Since I know that I am the prefect, I should know that even if you catch me, you will not be able to take away those things. Besides, I still have six hundred gangs and eight hundred Wuwan people under my command. I am afraid that the two hundred rabble people who have just gathered in your hands are probably..." Qiu Chi said gritting his teeth.
"No, I can take it away. As for those under your command, Brother Qiu thinks, are those people thirty miles away from the city elite?" Ye Zhao smiled and said, "If you unexpectedly, how much chance do you think will be of victory?"
"You... collude with Ye Zhao!?" Qiu Chi looked at Ye Zhao in shock and couldn't speak, as if confirming Ye Zhao's words. There were already bursts of chaos of fighting outside.
"Don't worry, the ones I'll deal with first are those Wuhuan people. Eight hundred Wuhuans are not a small number. These people should be removed first. As for your group of mobs..." Ye Zhao turned his head and looked at Meng Hu: "What else do you have to say now?"
"Meng Hu, see your lord!" Meng Hu took a deep breath and knelt down to Ye Zhao and bowed.
"Master...Master?" Qiu Chi frowned and looked at Ye Zhao.
"My lord is the imperial court appointed as the magistrate of Macheng County and serves as the cavalry commander. Ye Zhao of Hanoi!" Gao Sheng pressed Qiu Chi to the ground and sneered: "You are so funny. How can my lord collude with yourself?"
"Ye Zhao, Zhao Ye..." Qiu Chi was stunned when he heard this. He looked at Ye Zhao, with a bitter smile on his face. He shook his head and said in dismay: "I should have thought of it long ago, but County Magistrate Ye did not hesitate to go deep into the tiger's den. Qiu admired this courage."
"You look at yourself too high, tiger den?" Ye Zhao shook his head, ignored him, turned his head and looked at Meng Hu and said, "With your people, cooperate with Guan Hai, subdue the forces of Qiu Chi, and send people to block the city gate. Before the chaos in the city is calmed down, no one is allowed to enter and exit."
"Here!" Meng Hu nodded, glanced at Qiu Chi coldly, turned around and left.
Qiu Chi sat down powerlessly. He knew that the forces he had managed in this city over the years were completely over. With Meng Hu's help, his subordinates did not take charge of themselves. How to resist? Qiu Chi had no doubt that most of his subordinates would surrender without hesitation. As for loyalty... Qiu Chi never thought that those people were just gathered together because of money. As long as Ye Zhao was willing to let them continue to live and give them more sweetness, those people would betray them without hesitation.
"It seems you are prepared." Looking at Ye Zhao, Qiu Chi could feel the horror of this person at this moment. They had quietly formed such a large force in this Ma City without knowing it. Now that Meng Hu surrenders, the people under his command will be subdued soon after they lose themselves. As for the Wuwan people... Qiu Chi doesn't really like it.
"I don't fight a war that I can't be sure of." Ye Zhao smiled and said, "If you want to blame, you blame yourself for underestimating the enemy too much. Starting from the time when Guo Li in Gaoliu City was impatient to drive me to Macheng, I knew that this Macheng might not be so easy to enter. Later, after my subordinates were attacked, Guo Li repeatedly urged me to take office as soon as possible. Even if I want my life, it would be a little too urgent."
"So that's it." Qiu Chi smiled bitterly: "Why don't you know what the adults are going to deal with me?"
"I am missing some civil servants now. If you want, you can stay." Ye Zhao stretched his legs and knelt down, which was really not very comfortable.
"Sir, aren't you afraid that I will betray you?" Qiu Chi looked up and looked at Ye Zhao.
"Why do you want to betray?" Ye Zhao looked at Qiu Chi curiously: "In terms of family background and connections, my official position is no worse than Guo Chi. In terms of power, although he is the prefect, the court has already allowed me to have the right to be independent in this Macheng, and there is also a school with military power in hand. In terms of talent, haha, I have to underestimate him. Mr. Qiu thinks that Guo Chi is worthy of being an enemy of me?"
Qiu Chi didn't say anything and frowned at Ye Zhao.
"Think about the position of county magistrate, think about it carefully. I will not pursue the family resources you have accumulated over the years. I will serve me well in the future. Ye will not treat his own people badly. What Guo Jian gave you, but some wealth I can give you, but he will never be able to give you." Ye Zhao patted his shoulder and stood up and said.
"Ch... Thank you lord." Qiu Chi heard this, kneeled on the ground with a wry smile and kowtowed to Ye Zhao, "Don't be too arrogant to the position of county magistrate, but Qiu Chi has served under Guo Xuan for many years, but he is still a vendor. Even the minor officials have never asked him to do it. Wealth is sometimes really not as important as status. Qiu Chi knows very well that Ye Zhao has no one available at hand now, so he will be the county magistrate. Once he misses this opportunity, after Ye Zhao has completely established a foothold in this Macheng, there are many poor children in this county who are willing to use for Ye Zhao.
"I like to deal with smart people." Ye Zhao looked at Qiu Chi with satisfaction. Although he was not loyal, he was the most unlikely person to betray him until there was no sufficient benefit.
"I wonder what the lord wants to deal with Aguli?" Qiu Chi asked.
"What do you think?" Ye Zhao did not answer, but asked back.
"Go back to the lord, my subordinates think that this person should not be moved lightly." Qiu Chi bowed and said.
Ye Zhao nodded without saying a word, Qiu Chi bowed and said, "Trading war horses is one of the main interests of our horse city to help. If this person is driven away, it will be difficult for us to find a tribe like the Aguli tribe that can be sold to us in large quantities. As for population trade..."
Qiu Chi looked up at Ye Zhao, a little uncertain about what Ye Zhao meant. After all, according to the Han law, population trading was explicitly prohibited.
"Population transactions continue, but the transaction method needs to be changed." Ye Zhao thought silently.
"Please make a clear statement by lord." Qiu Chi hurriedly bowed.
"First, we want the Han people on the grassland, no matter how many they have, no matter how many, of course, the price cannot be determined by them." Ye Zhao stretched out two fingers and said, "Second, on the grassland, no matter which tribe, women, children who are only three feet tall, as long as he dares to sell, we dare to collect them."
Qiu Chi waited for a while, and after seeing that Ye Zhao had not replenished, he nodded slowly and said, "Those people from Wuhuan..."
"Continue to fight." Ye Zhao turned his head and looked at Qiu Chi: "In a horse city, there are more than a thousand Wuhuan soldiers. Don't Mr. Qiu think there are too many?"
"I understand." Qiu Chi felt cold in his heart. Although he didn't like the Wuwan people very much before, he had only one sentence, hundreds or thousands of heads fell to the ground. His new lord's methods were really ruthless.
Seeing that Ye Zhao had no other instructions, Qiu Chi bowed and took his leave.
Last night, Ding Li and his men quietly entered the city under the support of Gao Sheng and Guan Hai. Only an empty camp was left outside the city. The next day, as soon as he received Ye Zhao's order, he immediately rushed into the Wuwan people's place with his elite troops. The Wuwan people who were caught off guard were killed and fled in a hurry. When he wanted to leave the city, the city had been blocked by Meng Hu and his men. After an hour of melee, the eight hundred Wuhuan people were wiped out. When Aguli got the news, his body had been dragged out of the city and buried.
The forces under Qiu Chi were also successfully accepted by Ye Zhao. Since he took office here, he naturally did not allow any forces outside his control to appear. Qiu Chi was appointed as the county magistrate by Ye Zhao, and Meng Hu was also appointed as the warehouse clerk by Ye Zhao. As for the men under the command of the two, Ye Zhao selected some to join the army, and the others were sent to all walks of life in Macheng. As for some other small gangs in the city, they were all dismissed by Ye Zhao.
"Lord, Aguli and his people were asking for a visit outside the door." The next day, Ye Zhao officially moved into the county government. Before he could finish it, Qiu Chi hurriedly ran in and said to Ye Zhao.
"Oh?" Ye Zhao was not surprised when he heard this. One day yesterday, in order to rectify the city's forces, Aguli was willing to rescue him. However, a group of Wuhuan cavalry, even if the city walls of Macheng were dilapidated, it was difficult to attack. Unexpectedly, as soon as the city gate was opened, the other party came in impatiently.
"Take him in, Guan Hai, follow him. If his people dare to do anything, Aguli doesn't need to kill him, but whoever moves his subordinates will kill him." Ye Zhao said coldly in his eyes.
Chapter completed!