ps: Thanks to the book friend Mi Shui's reward of 18,000 starting coins, the entire Nanzhi County is in ruins, Fang Zhenhai has not made any contribution to the development of Nanzhi County during the period of time that Fang Zhenhai has controlled Nanzhi County, and even plundered a lot of things.And now that Gu Cheng is the acting commander, he can't do anything either.It's not that Gu Cheng is incompetent, but it's difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice.Now Gu Cheng's subordinates are all soldiers of the chaotic army, and there are only three people including Mengshan Daoren who have reached the sixth rank, and there are only four Gu Cheng who are barely counted.And there are more than ten state capitals in the entire Nanzhi County, and half of them can be taken care of, so he really doesn't have the energy to do anything else.Therefore, Gu Cheng can only take the safest way for the time being, he himself sits in Guangling City, and let Mengshan Dao and Lan Caidie sit in the surrounding state capitals, Huang Laojiao is a naval army and moves extremely fast on the Qulan River, so he can take care of the three state capitals close to the Qulan River alone.As for the outermost state capitals, Gu Cheng could only send some people over to keep an eye on some, so as not to have problems.After arranging these things, Gu Cheng originally planned to retreat for a period of time.Before, he saw Song Zhenqing and Qiu Erniang join forces to fight against Fang Zhenhai, and the battle between these three grandmaster-level existences gave Gu Cheng some insights, and he wanted to find time to digest it.However, before Gu Cheng could start his retreat, the Mengshan Dao people came to Gu Cheng, for the simple reason that they had no money now.Gu Cheng frowned and said, "Didn't Fang Zhenhai forcibly collect the tax of a big sect before, it was thirty percent, how long has it been gone?"
”Mengshan Daoren smiled bitterly and said: "Master Gu, you don't know that wealth, rice, oil, and salt are expensive, do you have to forget how many battles the rebellious army fought after collecting the taxes of those sects?"
All the troops went out to attack Zhang Xian, advancing by land and water, and the consumption of rewards, casualties and various resources was extremely great.Later, the rebel army fought infighting, and Fang Zhenhai took out a large sum of silver in order to stabilize people's hearts.Then the rebel alliance was held, although there was no war, but that kind of pomp and circumstance was also very costly, so now we don't have any silver on our books, and we can't even pay next month's monthly salary.We don't really need silver, but those ordinary soldiers under our command, they didn't lack silver when they followed Fang Zhenhai, and now they have changed from thieves to officials and soldiers, but they are going hungry, I'm afraid they will make trouble. ”When he said this, Mengshan Daoren also looked at Gu Cheng with strange eyes.Whether it is the attack on Zhang Xian or the civil strife of the rebel army, or the alliance of the rebel army in the back, these are all made by you Gu Cheng.Although the mess you made made killed Fang Zhenhai, but in the end, this trouble returned to your own hands, and I don't know what Gu Cheng thinks now, will there be a sense of heavenly cycle and retribution.In fact, Gu Cheng didn't think about it that much, he just felt a little headache.I haven't even managed a state capital, but now I suddenly skip a level to manage a county, which is a lot of trouble."
Okay, I know about this, I'll figure it out by next month."
After sending away the Mengshan Dao people, Gu Cheng thought about it for a while, and could only hit the idea to the martial arts sect in Nanzhi County."
Come on, help me make an appointment with the Wang family and the people of the Four Extremes Sect."
Gu Cheng wrote two posts and threw them to Jiang Yuandong, asking him to hand them to the Four Extremes Sect and the Wang family.Five days later, in the General's Mansion, Gu Cheng personally feasted the two brothers Wang Yuan and Wang Lin, as well as Xiao Binggong, the deacon elder of the Four Extremes Sect.In the past, as long as the people of the Wang family and the Four Extremes Sect sat together, it was certain that they would be hostile to each other, but at this time, they only cared about looking at Gu Cheng, and there was no time for them to be hostile to each other.Originally, one of the Eight King Kongs under Fang Zhenhai's command, the most important henchman of this Chaotic Martial Heavenly King, became a member of the imperial court in one day, and became the commander of the Jingye Division of Guangling City, and this change made them unable to react.Wang Yuan was quite good, after all, he had already been in contact with Gu Cheng before, and he was already mentally prepared, but the Four Extremes Sect was still a little uncomfortable.Seeing the appearance of these two people, Gu Cheng couldn't help but smile and said, "Why are you two looking at me like this?"
”Wang Yuan smiled and said, "Of course, I want to take a closer look at Lord Gu who overturned Fang Zhenhai."
My father told me before that Master Gu is not an ordinary person, but now it seems that we still underestimate you, Lord Gu. ”Wang Lin interjected on the side: "That's it, can someone who has the same preference as me, can he be an ordinary person?"
”"Shut up!"
Wang Yuan glared at Wang Lin fiercely, regretting that he had brought the other party this time.If only Gu Cheng was there, it would be fine, after all, the other party knew what kind of virtue Wang Lin was.But there are still people from the Four Extremes Sect here, and Wang Yuan doesn't want to lose face in front of the old opponent of the Four Extremes Sect.Xiao Binggong, the deacon elder of the Four Extremes Sect, also sighed and said, "Lord Gu has become a member of the imperial court, but he has deceived us so hard, why is Lord Gu looking for us today?"
Is the imperial court ready to settle accounts after the autumn?
”Gu Cheng shook his head and said: "The promise of the imperial court is very valuable, and when it was said that only the evil head would be punished, only the evil head would be killed.Besides, to put it mildly, the Nanzhi County Imperial Court can't hold it by itself, and of course it won't force you to stand on the side of the Imperial Court.I'm here today to discuss with you about the future development of Nanling County.Fang Zhenhai is dead, the court is still there, I am still here, in fact, everything has not changed, and it will even become better than before.For example, Fang Zhenhai forcibly collected 30% of the tax of Wulin in Nanzhi County before, which felt very unreasonable. ”Although this matter was brought up by Gu Cheng, only the Eight King Kongs knew about it.Now that the Eight Great King Kongs are dead, and the people are falling, Gu Cheng pushed the black cauldron directly on Fang Zhenhai's head, and no one knows.Knocking on the table, Gu Cheng said in a deep voice: "So I decided to reduce this tax from thirty percent to one percent." ”As soon as these words came out, Wang Yuan suddenly frowned.Xiao Binggong said directly: "Lord Gu, with all due respect, even if it is one percent, it is impossible, there has never been such a rule in the martial arts of Nanzhi County, and three percent and one percent are the same for us." ”Gu Cheng waved his hand and said, "Elder Xiao, please don't be impatient, my words haven't been finished yet."
This Cheng is aimed at other martial arts sects in Nanzhi County, and the Wang family and the Four Extremes Sect don't even have to pay this one, and when the time comes, it will be enough for my people to go to the Wang family and the Four Extremes Sect to go through the motions.Moreover, the Wang family and the Four Extremes Sect each have their own businesses selling pill materials, and they also have their own caravans.Out of Nanzhi County, especially far away from the South Nine Counties, the reputation of the Four Extremes Sect and the Wang family is not very good, but I can use the name of the Jingye Division to open an official letter to the caravan of your two families, and if you are in trouble, you can ask the local Jingye Division for help. ”Wang Yuan and Xiao Binggong glanced at each other, and Jing Yesi took the initiative to help them, this is something that has not happened for many years, it is very strange.Xiao Binggong said in a deep voice: "Master Gu, you promised us these conditions, so what do you want?"
To explain in advance, if you want my Four Extremes Sect to help you persuade other martial arts sects in Nanling County to agree to this condition, it is absolutely impossible.Although the reputation of my Four Extremes Sect in Nanzhi County is not very good, if I do this, I am afraid that I will become the martial arts public enemy of the entire Nanzhi County. ”Wang Yuan coughed and said: "My Wang family is the same, although my Wang family is a little thin in Nanling County, but this matter is equivalent to selling the martial arts forces of the entire Nanling County, and this thin noodles are not enough." ”Gu Cheng picked up the wine glass and smiled: "The two of you are too worried, everyone is friends, how could I do something to harm my friends?"
I'm just asking you two for a little favor.In a month, I will invite the martial arts forces of the entire Nanling County to discuss the matter again, and then the two of you only need to do one thing.That is, silence. ”Wang Yuan and Xiao Binggong glanced at each other, and immediately understood what Gu Cheng meant.The snake has no head, and the martial arts forces in Nanzhi County are not united, and the Wang family and the Four Extremes Sect are the ones who lead.It was as if when facing Fang Zhenhai, only when the Wang family and the Four Extremes Sect spoke up against Fang Zhenhai first, did the other sects dare to make a move.A month later, when Gu Cheng was deliberating, if the two of them didn't speak, the martial arts forces in Nanling County would be a mess of scattered sand, and they wouldn't be able to make a big deal, Gu Cheng only needed to get them done.Wang Yuan and Xiao Binggong did not resist this kind of thing, anyway, they didn't pay anything, they just pretended to be deaf and dumb to get benefits.As for whether this matter can be accomplished, it depends on his Gu Cheng's means.However, these two people did not agree to come down at the first time, but said that after returning to the Wang family and the Four Extremes Sect, the head of the Ming family and the sect master would be able to make a decision.Gu Cheng smiled and arched his hand and said, "Then I'll wait for the good news of the two of you." ”He believed that with such a simple condition and such an obvious benefit, the Wang family and the Four Extremes Sect would not refuse.And in fact, it was similar to what he had guessed.After Wang Kaizhi knew Gu Cheng's plan, he agreed without thinking about it.Their Wang family befriended Gu Cheng when he was still Fang Zhenhai's henchman, for their Wang family, they invested in Gu Cheng, as long as Gu Cheng still has influence in Nanzhi County, regardless of whether he is Fang Zhenhai's subordinate or a member of the imperial court, it is always right to maintain a certain friendly relationship with him.Moreover, they will also be able to gain certain benefits from this incident.And the Sect Master of the Four Extremes Sect, Su Xuanji, also sighed after knowing the news and nodded in response.The Four Extremes Sect stood on Fang Zhenhai before, but before he could really get the benefits, Fang Zhenhai was destroyed by the imperial court.Therefore, now the Four Extremes Sect is also worried that the imperial court will settle accounts in the future.Although there is no action on the side of the imperial court at the moment, they can't trust the imperial court.Now that Gu Cheng is in charge of Nanling County, this can be regarded as an acquaintance, and if he can, the Four Extremes Sect is willing to give Gu Cheng this face.After receiving the replies from these two families, Gu Cheng already had a grasp in his heart, and immediately began to contact the martial arts sect in Nanzhi County to discuss the matter.