Chapter 881

Since changing the commander, the Yuheng City army has not rushed into Longchuan to suppress bandits, but has swept wildly on the Xiji trade route, turning on the mode of at all costs. Under this situation, it is becoming more and more difficult for the water bandits to rob outside. There are more casualties among the gang members, and the pension paid by the gang is frighteningly high. Just as He Lingchuan said, sometimes the money and goods robbed by the gang are not enough to distribute the pension; but if they don't pay, who will be willing to follow them with knives in the future? This gang will have to disperse immediately.

This is no longer a business without capital, this has high costs.

Even worse, their channels for selling stolen goods near Yuheng City have also been pinched by He Lingchuan.

On one hand, the goods robbed are becoming more and more difficult to cash in, and on the other hand, the cost of looting is becoming higher and higher, and Xu Zeshou sometimes even has to pay out of his own pocket to subsidize.

Doing robbery can be done to lose money, he doesn't know how long he can persist.

By the way, there is also the Xiji puppet army that is always at odds with them.

These broken things, thinking about it makes the heart block.

Tao Lin replied with a gloomy and strange sentence: "Isn't this all thanks to Commander He?"

If it weren't for this He who appeared out of nowhere, their current days would still be moist.

He Lingchuan smiled: "This is called the butt deciding the brain. I sit in this position, so I have to fight with the bandit gang. If you have gone ashore, cough, I mean gone ashore, you don't have to fight or pay pensions in the future, just hang the official waist token and sit and collect money."

"Stable happiness, what's wrong with that?"

Listening like this, it seems there is nothing wrong. Buying road money sounds like not much, but it wins in being continuous, and it is stable and considerable over time.

But can the official side be so kind? Eight out of ten times there are some harmful means hidden in it.

Xu Zeshou raised his chin: "My gang has more than five hundred people, how to settle them?"

The Qiuhua Gang only had three hundred people last year, but now small bandit gangs are dead or scattered, and the gang members have been absorbed by big gangs.

He Lingchuan smiled with a knowing face: "Gang Leader Xu, you have three hundred and seventy people in total, or even counting the boatmen who tie rafts, there are no more than five hundred."

Xu Zeshou was exposed and secretly startled.

Originally there were, but the new leader of the Xiji puppet army looked for his trouble and led people to ambush the Qiuhua Gang. Later, the two gangs fought and both had losses, the Qiuhua Gang suffered a bigger loss, sixty or seventy died, and forty ran away.

The most annoying thing is that there are twenty or thirty people who saw the opposite side was stronger and turned to the Xiji puppet army!

Why did the Xiji puppet army stare at him and find trouble? It was because this He killed Chen Hao, the confidant of Fushan Lie, and slandered the Qiuhua Gang for reporting to him!

Fushan Lie didn't listen to Xu Zeshou's explanation at all. After the blood feud was settled, Xu Zeshou was too lazy to explain. Anyway, he also understood that Fushan Lie swallowed so many small bandit gangs and began to have thoughts about the Qiuhua Gang. What Chen Hao's death, what reporting, was just an excuse for Fushan Lie to provoke the war.

Thinking of this, although Xu Zeshou was angry and hateful, the thought that had been circling in his mind when he came, such as "take the opportunity to chop down the He surname," had already flown away.

He Lingchuan shouted the real number of the Qiuhua Gang in one breath, which was to beat him on the spot: the official side knew the family background of the Qiuhua Gang like the back of their hand.

When a tiger doesn't show its power, you can't treat it as a sick cat.

Of course, his purpose today was not to tear his face with the bandit gang, so he changed the subject: "These three hundred and seventy people, you lead them yourself. Gang Leader Tao is the same, lead your own people."

Even Tao Lin was very surprised: "You don't recruit?"

The first step of recruitment, isn't it to dismantle the bandit gang and break up these desperate people to settle them? This move is called cutting off its wings and reducing the threat.

Yuheng City actually didn't intend to dismantle the bandit gang, not afraid that they would gather together to become bigger in the future and bully the master? "Recruit what?" He Lingchuan spread his hands, "The Yuheng City army is already full."

"However, the money you collect from the trade route in the future must be handed over to Yuheng City by 20%. After paying this money, you are contributors and good people, and you don't have to worry about official extermination; and, as long as your jurisdiction is peaceful, I can also apply for a reward from Yuheng City, not only transferring this 20% of the money, but also adding a 10% subsidy. And this extra 30% will be distributed to gang members with outstanding contributions in the form of dividends. After all, everyone works for the official side, so it is natural to receive some performance from the official side, right?"

While putting the road tax into the sleeve, can you also receive a salary? There is such a good thing in the world!

Xu Zeshou didn't quite understand what "dividend" was, it sounded like a subsidy, but he was too embarrassed to ask for the time being.

Tao Lin couldn't help but say: "What is the benefit to Yuheng City like this?"

The Longchuan trade route is so busy, Yuheng City actually handed over the road tax to the bandit gang! Managing the trade route in Yuheng City has costs, this is not working for nothing, this is paying out of pocket.

What kind of selfless fool spirit is this?

It's too good to be true.

In the adult world, pies won't fall from the sky, only bait will fall. Facing such generous conditions, the two bandit leaders were vigilant instead.

"There are three benefits." He Lingchuan raised a finger, "First, the trade route is peaceful, the safety of travelers is guaranteed, and the Yuheng City army and Longchuan gang members don't have to die, which can be called a triple win."

This point, indeed.

Spending a little money to buy peace and buy lives, it seems worth it? "Second, Panlongcheng has never taken a fancy to this little road tax, but the long-term stability of the Longchuan trade route. As long as the trade is prosperous and both officials and people benefit, it doesn't matter if Yuheng City doesn't earn this little road tax."

Zhong Shengquan attaches such importance to the Longchuan trade route, not to collect some tax money, but to maintain the connection between the Panlong Wasteland and the outside world! Beijia and Jin Tao secretly support the water bandits to make trouble, nothing more than to cut off Panlongcheng's efforts to extend outward.

Only when the Longchuan trade route is always smooth can the Panlong Wasteland not fall into the isolated and helpless state like the subsequent development of history.

Just grasp the main contradiction, as for those few tax money, He Lingchuan doesn't care, and he believes Panlongcheng doesn't care either.

As long as the Longchuan trade route is busy, Panlongcheng's trade will naturally be easy to do.

Money, can't be earned enough.

In this regard, Yuheng City inevitably has to make some sacrifices.

"Third!" He Lingchuan's face sank, "My goal is the Xiji puppet army, not you!"

Tao and Xu looked at each other, both saying it's coming, this is the point.

"The Xiji puppet army harms the trade route on one hand and harms Longchuan on the other. Since it invaded the Longchuan water park, how many gangs have disbanded because of it? How many balances have been broken because of it?" He Lingchuan's eyes were bright, "Who is behind this puppet army, I believe the two know better than me. Without eliminating the puppet army and cutting off the black hand, Longchuan will never have peace!"

Xu Zeshou hesitated before saying: "Supporting the Xiji puppet army is not just Jin Tao."

(End of chapter)