After dark, the fleet was docking on the shore near Jining. The Jinyiwei landed and marched towards Qufu overnight. It was a bright and sparse night, with high visibility. The Jinyiwei marched overnight without any pressure.

It is about fifty miles from Qufu on the shore of Jining Lake. Zhao Peng asked to march overnight and arrive near Qufu before dawn. Although the visibility is good, marching fifty miles at night is not an easy task. According to Zhao Peng's request, walking twenty miles in one hour, so that you can reach Qufu in two and a half hours.

It is two minutes from Xu, that is, around 8 o'clock in the evening. At this marching speed, you can reach Qufu at about Yin, that is, three o'clock in the morning. In this way, just find a remote and uninhabited forest to rest, the Falcon Operations team members who are responsible for reconnaissance during the day on the second day can also get two hours of rest.

The Jinyiwei advanced almost lightly. The physical training in the past few months has not been in vain, and the marching speed is faster than the scheduled one. At about three o'clock, the Jinyiwei arrived near Qufu half an hour in advance.

"There is a small forest in front of us, let's go in and repair it." Zhao Peng had a good eye and found a jujube forest three hundred steps away from a distance, so he ordered the Jinyiwei to enter the jujube forest to repair it.

The Jinyiwei entered the jujube forest. After being tired for half a night, everyone lie down with their clothes, lying on the ground and resting.

Wang Quan walked to Qingzhu and saw her lying on the ground to rest. So he took off his clothes and gently draped them on her, and said with concern: "Miss Qingzhu, it's late autumn and it's a little cold. You put on my clothes."

Qingzhu did not refuse, wrapped the clothes Zhao Peng gave him tightly, chopped him up with gratitude, and said softly: "Thank you."

Wang Quan walked to a tree not far from Qingzhu, sat down and leaned against the tree. Yuhan's coat was given to Qingzhu, and only a thin piece of clothing and a close-fitting chain mail were left on him. A night wind blew, and Wang Quan was trembling with cold. He hurriedly hugged himself tightly with both hands and trembled in the wind.

Although it was very cold and difficult, Wang Quan could not stop his strong sleepiness and finally fell asleep in a drowsy manner. When he opened his eyes, it was already bright. He felt a fragrance penetrated his heart, and there seemed to be something on his body, and he felt someone leaning on him. He quickly turned around and saw that Qingzhu was leaning beside him, and he put half of the clothes he had covered with Qingzhu, and there was a blanket on his body that he had come from somewhere.

"Are you awake?" Qingzhu woke up and found that Wang Quan beside her had woken up. She said strangely, "Where did this blanket come from?"

"I thought it was yours." Wang Quan smiled awkwardly.

"It's mine," Zhao Peng walked over to the two of them and took back the blanket. "I was afraid that it would be cold outside to stay overnight. I brought an extra blanket. I didn't expect that I didn't use it myself, but instead gave it to you."

"Brother!" The two of them were moved and quickly knelt down and bowed.

"How many times have you said it? You are not allowed to salute when you are acting secretly outside!" Zhao Peng said, "Get up, it's already dawn. I'll arrange for people to keep watch first. Let's go into the city to inquire."

"Yes!" the two responded.

Zhao Peng, who was wearing a wealthy businessman and a shopkeeper, took Chen Xinyuan, who looked like a young man, Wang Quan and Qingzhu, who were dressed as a couple, and six young men, one was dressed as an old farmer, and two falcon players who were dressed as a firewood chef who came to the city to sell woodcutters, walked to Qufu City five miles away. Around the grove, Zhao Peng arranged more than a dozen falcon players who were dressed as farmers to keep watch around, while the ordinary Jinyiwei stayed in the woods to continue to rest so that shifts would change later.

Zhao Peng walked towards Qufu City with his teammates who were disguised as commoners. When he was about to reach the door, he saw two guys wearing white red tassels and warm hats, wearing number clothes, and wearing Qing soldiers standing at the door to collect city gate tax. As long as the merchants who entered the city to sell goods and farmers who went to the market in the city, they had to pay the city gate tax. The farmers who came to the city to sell vegetables collected one to five pieces of copper plates, and they saw what they were selling. The least one sold vegetables was, one piece of copper plates; two pieces of copper plates selling eggs; and five pieces of copper plates that brought chickens and ducks into the city. As for the merchants who came to the city to sell goods, the tax was much higher, and tax was collected depending on the value of the goods.

Gu Yan

These two guys dressed in the green camp Qing soldiers were not real Qing soldiers, but private soldiers of Yansheng Gong's Mansion. In the Qufu area, the soldiers guarding the city were Yansheng Gong's private soldiers and the like. The magistrate of Qufu County was also from the Kong family. The yamen runners in the yamen were all from the Kong family. Anyway, this was the territory of the Kong family, from the government to the soldiers, the soldiers, the yamen runners, and the yamen runners were all from the Kong family. Even if the Qing Dynasty ruled here, the Qing government did not care about the Kong family's affairs.

The Kong family inherited the Qufu County Magistrate, or the Qufu County Magistrate was recommended by Yansheng Gong and then reported to the court for appointment, so the Yansheng Gong's words here are the law.

As for the land in Qufu, they all belong to the Kong family. Although the imperial sacrifice fields were theoretically given by the imperial family, if they really included those they occupied in various ways, it can be said that the fertile land in Qufu was basically theirs, and they also had the right to collect taxes in the market in the city. In a sense, the people in Qufu were all slaves of the Kong family.

A mere 2,000 hectares of land was tens of thousands of tenants. However, at this time, the Kong family had already seized more than 2,000 hectares of land. They even took various measures and extended their hands outside Qufu. There were many fertile land near Jining and the Kong family. Even near Yanzhou Prefecture, where King Lu was originally located, there were many Kong family land.

King Zhu Yihai of Lu was exiled, and Yan Shenggong did not even let go of the land that originally belonged to King Lu, and was embezzled by their Kong family.

Yan Shenggong's hand even reached Mount Tai, Jinan! Even Jinan has land for Yan Shenggong! You can imagine how much silver there was in Yan Shenggong's family. No one knows. Anyway, who knows how much silver it has accumulated from generation to generation since the Northern Song Dynasty.

However, Yan Shenggong, who was so kind to the court, was actually a slave of five surnames. In the Northern Song Dynasty, they were Yan Shenggong of the Northern Song Dynasty. When the Jin Kingdom controlled this place, they were Yan Shenggong of the Great Jin Dynasty. When the Mongol Yuan controlled this place, they became Yan Shenggong of the Mongol Yuan. When the Ming Dynasty expelled the Tartars and restored China, they became Yan Shenggong of the Ming Dynasty. Now that the Qing Dynasty is here, they are Yan Shenggong of the Qing Dynasty.

Zhao Peng approached the city gate, took the Lu Zhi out of his sleeve, and handed it to the two Yansheng Gong servants at the door.

The road guides of Jinyiwei are naturally fake, but because they are fake, ordinary soldiers and even small officials cannot tell the truth. The road guides used by Zhao Peng were still the road guides of Lianghuai salt merchants, which were the road guides of the Ming Dynasty. However, the Qing Dynasty did not ban the road guides of Lianghuai salt merchants. After all, the Qing Dynasty still had to use salt and also needed merchants to do business, so the road guides of the Ming Dynasty salt merchants could be unobstructed on the territory of the Qing Dynasty.

Seeing the Yan Shang Road, the two servants emitted a greedy green light in their eyes, and they saw a money tree standing in front of them.

"The city gate tax is fifty taels, and even a single copper coin cannot be lost!" The servant snorted coldly.

"Two soldiers, our goods are still behind. Isn't fifty taels too much?" Zhao Peng begged pretending to behave.

"Hmph, who doesn't know that you two Huai salt merchants are as rich as a country? Fifty taels are just a drizzle for you." The servant sneered.

"June, we are just here to discuss business. Today, it will cost fifty taels to enter the city with empty hands? Isn't it more if I bring goods into the city another day?" Zhao Peng said with a frown.

"Hahaha!" the servant laughed, "That's natural. If you bring goods into the city, you will have to charge an additional 100 taels of city gate tax!"

"Oh, now in the chaotic times, business is not easy to do. Go to the city with 50 taels with empty hands. I will give you another 100 taels next time. Is there any profit in this business? It's just a loss-making deal." Zhao Peng pretended to sigh.
Chapter completed!