Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 677 Kill the chicken to warn the monkey
At dusk, in the hall of Xia City, Li Shanduan was sitting on a wicker chair, smiling and looking at the respectful local tribal leaders below. After arriving in Dai County for a year, these are the people I deal with the most. I am grateful to them, but at the same time I am tired of them .

The families of these people are not as prominent as those of aristocratic families, and they have little influence in the court or in Hedong Road.

Therefore, Li Shan and them hit it off almost immediately. The cooperation between the two parties can't be said to be very good, but it has continued in the end. Li Shan used these people to form Xia City, open up business routes, and even a large number of people who moved from Shuozhou and Yunzhou had to rely on it. them.

And these powerful families have also grown in strength because of this, and have extended their hands into large and small government offices with the help of Li Shan... But at the same time, these families' desire for profit has also been exposed without reservation.

"The battle in Nao County required your help to expel the Turks." Li Shan's voice was not loud, but everyone could hear clearly, "The battle in Guji Town resulted in heavy casualties, and I was heartbroken..."

He Lou Shanzhu stood up leaning on his crutches, "Your Highness is serious, let's not say anything else, guarding the hometown, the things that are assigned, from His Highness to Dai, there is no danger of horseshoes, who in Hezhou does not appreciate His Highness's kindness."

Li Shan nodded slowly, "Everyone has made arrangements for that day?"

The reason why they decided to cooperate with Li Shan, who was still acting as the county magistrate, was that Li Shan was their current manager after all, and on the other hand, Li Shan had promised to guide their children to become officials.

For example, Li Sanlang of the Li family and He Lou Xingshu, the grandson of He Lou Shanzhu, all became officials because of this. In the battle of Guji Town, the children of powerful families who served as personal guards suffered extremely heavy casualties, and only 22 people returned to their hometown alive.

Therefore, Li Shan gave them ten places and promised to become an official... Although the official rank is definitely not high, and it may not be a lucrative position, but after all, it is recommended by a serious person to be an official, and Li Shan still has certainty.

As for how to divide among them, Li Shancai would not be the master, and let He Lou Shanzhu do it. The old man took out a list from his sleeve and handed it over.

Li Shan didn't even look at it and handed it over to Su Dingfang who was beside him, and said with a smile: "Brother Dingfang will be promoted when he returns to Beijing this time, so he will be assigned to your subordinate for the time being...or the third sister can also be placed there."

After a pause, Li Shan looked at He Lou Shanzhu, "I will step down as the chief historian in a few days. The four continents are all under the jurisdiction of Yongkang County, and the Dai County is under the jurisdiction of Sanyuan County Hou Demou. You should obey orders. , not to violate the law.”

He Lou Shanzhu nodded again and again, and resisted turning his head to look at the Zhou family's hapless ghost... They are all locals and well-informed. He already knew that the Zhou family's caravan was searched and found iron artifacts at Yanmen Pass.

Li Shan sighed, he didn't expect the Zhou family to be so bold... But after someone asked Li Kai, Li Shan soon discovered that Li Jing's methods were very similar to his own.

The same retreat, occupying the moral high ground and leaning over to ask for accountability... The difference is that Li Shan has always solved it by himself, but Li Jing, the bastard, threw the blame on Li Shan.

Maybe it's because these powerful clans have a deep relationship with Li Shan, and it's also because Li Shan recommended his sons to become officials. Maybe it's because these powerful clans are so respectful to Li Jing these days, almost as an ancestor... Li Jing is really not good start.

In fact, when the entire Daizhou was rejecting Li Jing, only these powerful families were kind to the governor of Daizhou. Even after the First World War in Nao County, Li Shan’s life and death were unknown. Li Jing's thick legs.

It is human nature to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and no one can blame it, and Li Shan doesn't care, but Li Jing... Li Shan feels uncomfortable after thinking about it. According to the facts, I finally put the matter in my own hands.

To put it simply, Li Jing set up a trick, and some fools really got in... Li Shan didn't care about solving these troubles. If there was a big trouble in the future, he might be implicated. , Opening up business routes is something that I have made public and can't put it on the surface. What if a few more powerful families carry iron weapons out of the fortress next time?

Trading with tribes on the prairie brought huge profits, among which tea, salt, and jade pot spring were the most profitable, but ironware was the most profitable... This is something that neither Li Shan nor Li Jing would allow.

A few days ago, Li Shan assigned Qi Laosan and Zhou Zhoulang to accompany Li Jing to the mine for a special trip. There was a small-scale iron workshop there, which specialized in making horseshoes.

There is no need to say more about the significance of horseshoes to war horses, and it is not troublesome to craft. There must be many people on the grasslands who know about them, but the crux of the problem lies in the lack of iron materials in the grasslands.

Just now, after Li Shan figured it out, his head hurts. You Li Yaoshi wants to kill chickens and monkeys, but you want me to carry the guillotine?

Shaking his teeth secretly, Li Shan glanced sideways at Zhou Yi, the head of the Zhou family who was already sweating profusely, "I heard that Zhou Yi and Du Shiyuan were close friends?"

He Lou Shanzhu was stunned, and Zhou Yi even jumped up from his seat... It's a pity that Su Dingfang, who had been prepared for a long time, pushed him down, and Wang Junhao took a piece of cloth to wipe the table and stuffed it into the guy's mouth inside.

There was a slight commotion in the hall, and He Lou Shanzhu replied tremblingly after a while, "I seem to have heard what your Highness said."

"Oh..." Li Shan drew a long tone, "No wonder Brother Demou invited all the families to go south to help each other that day, but the Zhou family turned a blind eye. That's why!"

"Woooooo..." Zhou Yi twisted his body crazily, and even Su Dingfang almost let go.

Zhou Yi couldn't help being frightened. Even if he sold iron materials and went out of the customs, he was just the nephew who led the caravan to prison alone. The other guys in the caravan were probably fine, but if he was involved with Du Shiyuan who rebelled against the Tang Dynasty, the entire Zhou Dynasty Every home is at risk of collapse.

All the people present held their breaths and focused, everyone knew what was going on, but who had the guts to tell the truth?
Resent the King of Handan?
Don't be kidding, the King of Handan is about to return to court, why bother to play this game?
What's more, the children of Zhu's family will rely on the support and protection of the King of Handan in Chang'an in the future.

Even He Lou Shanzhu is grateful to Li Shan... If the crime is really brought out of customs in the name of privately carrying iron materials, the entire Daixian clan group may be held accountable. How could Li Jing let go of this person who can firmly control the trade route? Chance?

And He Lou Shanzhu also wanted to understand that this matter was most likely set up by Li Yaoshi... If you want to resent, you can only secretly resent Li Yaoshi.

We have given so many benefits, respectful and respectful, but you have to set up a trick, trying to put us all in!

"Send it to the Dai county government office, let brother Demou deal with it... colluding with the rebels, this is a felony." Li Shan waved his hand and asked Su Dingfang to personally escort Zhou Yi to the county seat, "Everyone, do it yourself."

After everyone kowtowed and retreated, Li Shan turned his head and asked, "Where is Qu Silang?"

"The little guy is here."

"The whole family asks, are you satisfied?"

Qu Silang knelt on the ground without saying a word.

Li Shancai didn't bother to ask the other party what kind of deep hatred he had with Zhou Yi, so he simply ordered, "Twenty rolls with a stick."

Qu Silang buried his head deeply, "Thank you, Mr. Lang."

(End of this chapter)