"We will work together to get back what belongs to you?" Fan Tianjiao repeated the other party's statement in confusion, obviously not very understanding of the truth.

"I will explain the details of this to you later. What I want to tell Gang Fan now is that as long as things are done, you will not only get millions of taels of silver, but also completely replace the Cao Gang, making the Dajiang Gang truly the largest gang in Jiangnan!" The man looked at him with a confident look on his face.

Fan Tianjiao was immediately moved. He put the fish basket in his hand on the ground. The man quickly stepped forward and came to the other party's table, staring at him: "Are you telling the truth? Can you achieve your promise?"

"Think about it, you believed me before, and we can defeat the Cao Gang headquarters through cooperation and make you angry. This time, as long as you still believe me, my promise will still be fulfilled."

Fan Tianjiao's eyes flashed again, obviously weighing the pros and cons: "So that's the point. Only if I promise you will you tell me who the goal is and the whole plan?"

"Yes, let's join forces and each one will get what you need. I think the wisdom of the leader Fan will not refuse such a good thing, right?"

"Aren't you afraid that I will regret it after I agree?"

"We don't even take the Cao Gang seriously, let alone your Dajiang Gang. If you regret it, what is waiting for you will be a catastrophe!"

"You..." Feeling the threat and contempt from the other party, Fan Tianjiao suddenly changed color, as if he was about to attack. But then, thinking of the terrible means of the Cao Gang that time, he lost confidence again. After a little bit of confusion flashed in his eyes, he finally gritted his teeth, "I promise you to cooperate with you again!" He could not let this opportunity to lead the Dajiang Gang to rise slip away from his fingertips like this.

The man smiled: "A wise decision. You may not know that those Cao Gang figures who missed the net have gathered again. If you don't cooperate with me, you are afraid that the Dajiang Gang will suffer within this year." As the other party's face changed again, he smiled again, "But as long as you and I work together to get this done, in the future, there will be only your Dajiang Gang, and there will be no more Cao Gang's foothold."

After pausing, he turned his face again: "Okay, let me tell you about the goals and overall plans this time..."

...

After gaining the recognition of Lu Xie’s two families and the money they sent, Li Ling, the prefect finally settled down and put down his worries.

He did not dare to delay any further, so he arranged personnel to pack all the silver obtained from the auction, and then escorted it to Jinling by Xiao Dingbo of the Sichuan camp. As long as this batch of tax silver is delivered to Jinling safely, he would have completed the task assigned to him by Wen Ming, so that he could no longer make things difficult for himself because of the previous incident.

At the same time, Li Ling also fulfilled another duty as the prefect of Yangzhou and formally intervened in the chaos in several subordinate counties. With his political orders conveyed, and a group of newly gathered official troops were sent to various counties to suppress them, the problems in Gaoyou and Taixing counties were solved in just half a month.

After all, the biggest problem with these subordinate counties is that the people cannot survive due to natural disasters and man-made disasters, and the conflicts between ordinary people and the officials class that accompanies them. Now, Li Ling suppresses the officials who should be scolded and scolds the people who should be scolded, and dismisses the people who should be removed, and sends enough money and grain, naturally, the conflicts in these places will be eliminated soon.

When the results of the improvement of the county towns were fed back one by one, the officials in the government office breathed a sigh of relief and quickly asked someone to write a notice on related matters and posted them in various parts of Yangzhou to boost the reputation of the government among the people. In this way, the prefect Li was regarded as a blue sky by all the people of Yangzhou. Everyone praised him as a rare good official in the past century, so they just wanted to build a sacred temple for him, or engrave a tablet of immortality, and worship him every day to express his gratitude.

When he learned that the people had this tendency, Li Ling was frightened and quickly came forward, summoned many elders in the city, and negotiated with them sincerely, so that they could not really turn themselves into idols and worship them. Li Ling was just an official in the court, so how could he dare to be worshipped by everyone like this?

Yue'er then learned about this and laughed uncontrollably: "Hehe, brother, you are so amazing. Everyone should treat you as a god."

"Don't talk nonsense, you little girl, do you think this is a good thing? This is a praising and killing. No matter how good it is to the people, all the people will not treat me as a god. It will only put me on the fire, and there will be no benefit except for a false reputation." Li Ling glared at her angrily, which made her sister no longer entangled in this.

Then, he looked around again: "Where is Qingxiao? It's almost dark this day. Has she not come back yet?" In the past few days, Yang Qingxiao has gone out, obviously thinking about contacting the Cao Gang people, but Li Ling did not ask more questions.

"Sister-in-law said she might come back later today." Yue'er replied quickly.

“How to say it?”

"She mentioned yesterday that she had contacted a brother from the Cao Gang, but that person was not in Yangzhou City..."

"This is the case." Li Ling frowned hard, and he faintly realized that this was abnormal. A few days ago, he was busy with the tax and silver affairs, so he did not pay much attention to the matter of the Cao Gang, but now he still felt strange after hearing this.

The Cao Gang is not a shameful gang. On the contrary, as the largest gang on the ground in Jiangnan, they have a considerable reputation in the government and among the people. Even if they encounter sudden changes and suffer heavy casualties, they should not disappear in such a way. Even Yang Qingxiao can't find them.

She won't be in trouble... Li Ling had this idea and was quickly suppressed by him. With Yang Qingxiao's skills, she might not be able to be rampant, but it is not difficult to protect herself from the ground in Jiangnan.

However, he thought that the Cao Gang was so embarrassed that it was probably because it was still attacked continuously by Dajiang Gang or other forces after the incident, and even after he took office, such things continued. It was just because there was a natural barrier between the martial arts world and the officialdom that he had never heard of the news.

It seems that it is time to turn your attention to the world, and the Xie family should be the best entry channel.

Li Ling planned to go to the Xie family again in the next two days to inquire about related matters. As a result, before he set off, the Xie family sent someone to come to the door first. Xie Cheng, a manager of the Xie family, and Lu Deshou, the manager of the Lu family.

"The two great housekeepers suddenly came to see me. I wonder what to do?" Li Ling saw these two guests in the side hall of the second hall of the government office. He thought it was about Zongheng Bookstore, so he thought to persuade them to wait for a while and wait until the situation improves next year before finding a place to build a bookstore in the city.

As a result, it was not because of this. After looking at each other, Xie Cheng said: "The reason why the two young people came is because my two masters have some concerns and want to remind you."

"You said." Li Ling quickly corrected his face.

"It's about taxation. We heard that the Lord has escorted the silver to Jinling, but the tax and food are not enough, right?"

"Well, I have thought about this, so I plan to discuss it with the governor. It would be better to use silver to discount... By the way, hasn't my court always had the practice of using silver to pay taxes such as grain, cloth, etc."

"What the adults said is, but that was ordinary." Lu Deshou smiled. "Especially, I, Jiangnan, have a lot of food. If I can pay the silver, then the superiors will use the silver to collect cheap food and still have to make money. But this year's situation is different. Adults should also know that there is a shortage of food in Jiangnan now. Not to mention the governments in various places have exchanged grain for silver, it is difficult for them to receive a lot of food taxes."

Li Ling was stunned for a moment. This time, he was really secret. During this period, he was only busy with the tax and silver issue, and thought that if he had silver, he could solve everything. He really ignored the key points of the current shortage of food in Jiangnan. So it would be extremely difficult to pay the discounted grain tax in Jinling.

With Wen Ming's perception of himself, it is probably even more difficult to have a good result. This made him take a deep breath and work hard to hand over the money. This would make a mistake in the food, but it was not worth it.

He was a little anxious and frowned and pondered, but there was no proper solution for a moment. It was not until the two of them coughed gently in front of him that Li Ling suddenly woke up: "Two, no, it should be that your two families have the means to help me?"

"Sir, just a few days ago, the head of the family realized that there might be insufficient food, so he sent someone to Huguang, which produces a lot of food, to buy grain..."

"Yes, Huguang, there is more food there than I am in Jiangnan. As long as you can afford to pay, you can solve the current problems!" Li Ling was inspired, "The two heads of the family are thoughtful, and I can't compare." As he spoke, he also understood the other party's intention. This was a buy. They wanted to use this method to prove to themselves that the Lu and Xie families did not only have identity and financial resources, but also had considerable wisdom and could play a key role in cooperation with themselves.

Thinking about this, Li Ling immediately stood up and sincerely clasped his fists to thank him: "Thank you for coming to remind me, Li Ling is very grateful..."

Seeing that the governor Li bent down to salute, the two managers quickly stood up and returned the salute: "I dare not. Actually, there is another thing I have to tell you when I come here, that is, the food will be transported from Huguang, and the fastest time will be available in the middle and late winter months, so it may not be able to catch up with the deadline set by the governor. It is difficult for us to come forward, and we need the governor to tell you personally."

Li Ling thought for a while and agreed with this statement: "It's right, it's just that I'm going to report on tax-related matters, so I just handed over the job in person and took a few more days to grace for the grain tax."
Chapter completed!