In the local official system of the Song Dynasty, the prefecture was the core level. The roads at the upper level of the prefecture were false, the officials at the upper level were incomplete, and the officials at the upper level of the prefecture were mostly just responsibilities and were chores to do practical things. At the county level below, due to the small territory and insufficient financial strength, most institutions were reduced and saved, which was also chores. Only the prefecture, the higher level of the prefecture, could be kings, princes, generals, and lower level were small officials, but if they sat in this position, they would be the Muslim guard.

Xu Ping's real official is still the magistrate of Qinzhou. He holds a part-time position in various other positions. His most important official system comes from the state yamen. Only Qinzhou yamen has complete institutions and complete officials, and can complete various tasks.

Now is the time for autumn, and the war has not begun. Xu Ping's energy is mostly focused on civil affairs.

On that day, Xu Ping came back from Qingshui County to see the wheat planting. After returning to the yamen to change his public uniform, Tan Hu hurriedly came to look for him. He performed the manners and Tan Hu said, "Protector, a few days ago, you asked me to secretly find someone to collect the hoofs of the thieves and big livestock. I have arranged it."

"Oh, who did you find to do this? Is it reliable? This matter is not worth telling outsiders, so you must not let go of the news."

Tan Hu smiled and said, "Does the Protector remember that the thieves sent people to bring fake money into the country to make trouble a few days ago? One of the little leaders, Kang Gougou, had visited Kaifeng Mansion and had seen some worldly affairs. This man was extremely lazy and shameless, and had a vicious mind and despicable means. After being arrested, I taught him a few days and gave him the capital to return to the country to do this."

Xu Ping looked at Tan Hu and saw that he looked strange, and knew that he had to spend a lot of effort to teach this Kang Gougo. He didn't ask too much, but said, "This is a bad thing, so it's a matter of course to find evil people. But you should be more concerned, especially at the beginning, don't be deceived by a villain but don't do anything for us, which is ridiculous."

Tan Hu said, "I am so worried, so at the beginning, only Dog Kang suffered a little, and then showed him a lot of money, and asked him to exchange horses, mules and camels' hooves after returning to the territory. It was just a thought of luck, but he didn't expect that the guy returned to the territory and brought enough hooves back in less than ten days and exchanged them. I secretly asked in and said that this guy was a genius in doing these stealing things. He took the goods back and pulled a lot of people up. What I was worried about now was not that he leaked the news, but that it made too much noise."

Xu Ping was stunned for a moment before saying, "Is it that powerful? He is a big deal, and it is a good thing for us."

"It's a good thing. I'm afraid this guy is bold and unwilling to startle the Hao thief. He thinks it's too troublesome to get hooves from the nomadic Fanluo clan tent and can't make a lot of money. Now he's just going to the Xishou Military Supervisor, and many of them are military horses."

"What?" Xu Ping was shocked, "Is this guy so capable? The military horses in the thieves have a plate of books, and they have imprints on them. If there are any mistakes, they must report to the officials. Do he think he didn't die fast enough?"

Tan Hu couldn't help but shook his head: "As the saying goes, snakes have snakes, rats have rats. If this guy didn't really do it, I wouldn't dare to attack the thieves' military horses. He was a small official from the thieves, and he had made a variety of people and had a wide connection. He had spent a lot of money to scatter a lot of military horses. Moreover, in Huizhou, the horse collectors also said that he had received a lot of military horses recently, and they were usually injured in the legs of the horse and were killed and sold by the thieves."

Xu Ping looked at Tan Hu and accepted the news for a while. Dangxiang had been fighting for years and was very strict in the management of military and horses. Each horse was numbered and managed by a dedicated person. Xu Ping didn't dare to think about getting Dangxiang's military and horses back. Unexpectedly, an inconspicuous little man was so bold that he dared to reach out his vicious hand there.

This really underestimated Kang Gougou. Of course, he couldn't do serious things, but this kind of thing was his expertise. Tan Hu spent more than ten days to completely defeat him, but it also aroused his fierceness. After returning to Dangxiang, he was lawless and did not consider the consequences at all. Now he was afraid of Tan Hu in his heart, and at the same time he also regarded Tan Hu as his backer and did nothing else.

After that time, he stole the first batch of hooves in the surrounding Fanluo, and exchanged them for shortage supplies such as wine. After returning, he immediately bribed a group of people who helped with the work. Dangxiang is a relatively backward area, and the law can only be said to be cool and has nothing to do with the strictness. There are loopholes everywhere in local governance. From the army to the local area, they were originally tribal management, mainly relying on independent management under the pressure of the tribe. In fact, there are very few people who can actually manage it. Kang Gou Gou completely ignored this trick, and he had no tribes to surrender, so he had no worries. He used money to open the way like a fish in water. And now the backlash of Zhang Yuan's crazy printing of money has begun. Everyone has had a very difficult time this autumn, which gave Kang Gou Gou a broad place to use it.

Of course, Kang Gougou was extremely cruel and suspicious. Tan Hu's way of dealing with him inspired him. No matter what evidence or anything, as long as he became suspicious of someone, he would kill him. Such a person who had no bottom line, regardless of what would happen in the future, got a lot of financial support from Tan Hu, and even Tan Hu was afraid of the noise caused.

Others think that Kang Gou Gou is bold and reckless in his opinion. He doesn't take advantage of the opportunity to make more money and what will happen if he looks forward to it? Although there are many horses in this area, he can't compare with the most concentrated ones when talking about it. Moreover, the military horses are obedient and the easiest to start. Only when it comes to military horses will Kang Gou Gou finds it strange.

Xu Ping felt it was incredible when he heard Tan Hu talking about Kang Gou Dog. To tell the truth, many of the methods Kang Gou Dog used made Xu Ping feel a little scared. This guy has no bottom line at all. Fortunately, Kang Gou only makes trouble in Dangxiang. If there was such a person in Qinzhou, Xu Ping would definitely ignore everything and directly send someone to take his life.

Finally, Xu Ping sighed and said to Tan Hu: "You should keep a close eye on this person, so that he can only do evil in the foreign realm, dare to come to Qinzhou to cause trouble, and immediately take his life."

Tan Hu said: "Fortunately, at least I can't see that he is against my order now. Besides, now he is keeping a close eye on the Xishou Military Supervisory Office, where a large number of military horses are all money. Last time he went to Yuzhong County, he also said that he had recently found the way to the south courtyard of Tiandu Mountain and wanted to start there. What I was afraid of was that when he reached there, Haozi quickly discovered it."

"Let him go. Now it's the time when the autumn is clear and the weather is cool. The war will start in a short time. Let him make a fuss on Tiandu Mountain and cause some trouble for the thieves. So what if the thief finds out about this kind of person? Even if he takes him and kills him, it will have no effect on us. Once the war begins, these minor details will be meaningless."

Now that the autumn grain has been harvested, it is time to plant wheat on arable land. When the wheat is planted, it will gather to fight. As long as there is a source of intelligence, Dangxiang’s military operations are not a secret. When to gather, how many people, how much food is enlisted, wherever there is a connection. Even where the war begins and how large it will be, you can roughly estimate it.

War has its own objective laws. When you break away from subjective guesses such as a plan and concentrate on studying the laws of the war itself, everything will become clear. According to Yuan Hao's recent actions, Xu Ping can conclude that in the following winter, Yuan Hao's strategy is to concentrate on attacking Huanqing Road and Jingyuan Road, especially Huanqing Road, and take a defensive position against Qin Road. This does not require guessing Yuan Hao's thoughts. As long as you master the movements of the Xishou Military Supervisory Office and know the assembly situation in the Tiandu Mountain area, everything is in front of you. The only question is how the court should deal with it.
Chapter completed!