In the Jianye government office, Zhou Yu was asking for a lit point. The more he pointed the money and grain in his qi, the more he frowned, because the entire government office had less than 20,000 gold in money and grain. What's the 20,000 gold, what's enough? A battle on the Yangtze River caused 70,000 troops to lose, and even one person could not afford to give a pension of a thousand yuan. What's more, Zhou Yu wanted to draw extra money and grain from the treasury to form a new army.

"Mr. Zhang Zhao, this soldier gave a hundred coins, what do you think?" Zhou Yu asked Zhang Zhao next to him. Zhang Zhao should have been the accountant in Jianye, but Zhang Zhao couldn't handle this bad debt, so Zhou Yu came.

"Grandmaster, a hundred coins? This is a bit too little!" Zhang Zhao was a little embarrassed. A life of a human being, and it was faked that you sacrificed in Jiangdong. You should give a hundred coins. Now, because the trade routes in Jingzhou have been cut off and the transactions of grain and grass are gone, so the grain has become a hundred coins. Is it possible that a life of a human being can only increase the grain?

"I know too, but this treasury is really in it, alas!" Zhou Yu suddenly put down the bamboo slips in his hand. It was really a good cook. Although Jiangdong was not rich in the past, he had never lost so much in the battle with Jingzhou. He could get spoils every time. Even if he lost two games, he would not lose much. He had always been fighting with war. Now, on the battlefield in Jiangnan, Jiangdong's military advisors lost consecutively. The biggest shortcomings of the Jiangdong army were exposed at once, that is, his inner foundation was insufficient. Unlike Liu Biao in Jingzhou, even if Liu Biao lost half of the country, he could make a comeback. Why? That's because Liu Biao is rich.

However, Jiangdong freed up all his money and hoped to win the war. Once there was a big failure, the entire organization would immediately be in trouble.

"Mr. Zhang Zhao, I don't know if I can borrow some from Mr. Zhang? Don't worry, I will pay back my money immediately after I get taxes next year!" Zhou Yu said to Zhang Zhao next door. Borrowing money from Zhou Yu and Zhang Zhao is equivalent to borrowing money from the gentry in Jiangdong, just because Zhang Zhao represents the gentry in Jiangdong.

Don't worry? What Zhang Zhao is most worried about is that the taxes in Jiangdong are now. Not to mention that the autumn harvest is still half a year. If Jiangdong is finished after the money is sent out, then who will he ask for money? Even after the autumn harvest, the taxes in Jiangdong will probably only be enough for his own military service. How can he still afford money?

So Zhang Zhao immediately cried and said, "Grandmaster, it's not that Zhang Zhao won't lend it to you, but that there is no surplus grain in the landlord's family. In the Battle of Wancheng, our Jiangdong gentry fought with the lord, and a total of 100,000 troops were sent. But in the end, only a few of them were able to come back, and these were all private servants of the clan. Not only did they suffer huge losses when they died in the battle, but they also had to pay mercy to them."

Zhou Yu's face was a little cold when he heard Zhang Zhao crying. To put it nicely, the Jiangdong gentry was with the lord Gongsun Ce to fight against foreign thieves. But in fact, the Jiangdong gentry saw that the original local snakes were cleaned up by Liu Mang in Lujiang. It can be said that it was a vacuum period of power. They all wanted to get the cake of Lujiang, so they sent troops to go there without any hesitation.

But Zhou Yu had no choice. Indeed, all the gentry tribes in Jiangdong were injured in that battle, and later they redeemed the money from the children of the gentry. That time, it could be said to be a loss-making business.

"Grandmaster, that's not all. The last time the second young master went to war, the Jiangdong gentry paid and paid for food and grass, didn't the Grandmaster remember? Under these two supply, there was no extra money!" Zhang Zhao complained again.

That time, Sun Ce did knock a lot of money out of money, which made the Jiangdong gentry very distressed, but in the end Sun Quan still lost.

"Oh, these two young masters." Zhou Yu also stomped his feet hard. He had long spoken to his lord. The best thing for this second young master was to keep him in captivity, or simply send him to Xu Du as a hostage, so that it would be better than staying in Jiangdong. This second young master was not capable, but the more capable he was, the more he was, the more he was worried that he would not be able to withstand the two tigers in a mountain.

"Can't you really help your lord? Now when I am in Jiangdong, Mr. Zhang Zhao, you and I are all for Jiangdong for your lord." Zhou Yu said to Zhang Zhao with great sincerity.

"If this is the case, my Zhang family is willing to take out five hundred gold." Zhang Zhao said to Zhou Yu.

"Haha," Seeing Zhang Zhao taking the money, Zhou Yu not only did not have a happy mood, but was angry. "Mr. Zhang Zhao, do you really think that I am a beggar in Jiangdong." Zhou Yu snorted coldly. Five hundred gold seemed to be a lot, but for the Zhang family, the great scholar of Jiangdong, five hundred gold was nothing at all.

"Since Mr. Zhang Zhao is like this, I will say it clearly that the Wu family and even my Zhou family have given me two thousand golds, and the rest are like the Wang family and the Hao family, and each family has given out one thousand golds and five hundred golds. There are also some small gentry, eight hundred golds!"

"Grandmaster, where are there so many?" Zhang Zhao was also bitter. The Zhang family's investment this year was not worth two thousand gold.

"I don't know why you took it out, but if you can't, then I, Zhou Yu, sent someone to take it out in person." Zhou Yu was also angry. In the past, he was afraid of offending the gentry, but now he is not afraid. If the lack of money comes to pay for the soldiers who died in battle, and if there is no money to use it to re-form a new army, then Jiangdong is almost done.

"Old minister, the old minister can only bring words!" Zhang Zhao sighed and knew that Zhou Yu had no choice.

"Then Mr. Zhang Zhao, please be as early as possible." Zhou Yu seemed to be seeing off the guests.

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Zhang Zhao is a representative figure of the Jiangdong gentry, just like the Kuai family for Jingzhou, so Zhang Zhao went there for a while and naturally asked the heads of the Jiangdong gentry to come to discuss it. He brought Zhou Yu's words to him.

As soon as the words fell, they immediately exploded.

"How can this work? Eight hundred golds, how can it be taken out?" The head of a Jiangdong gentry stood up and spoke.

Although there is not much 800 gold, you should know that so far, there is basically no harvest or benefit in Jiangdong this year. All of them are being paid in reverse. Last time in the Battle of Wancheng, the head of the He family took out two thousand servants with good armor and thought to make a good fortune in Lujiang, but who would have thought that one of them was wiped out at that stop, and all his two thousand servants were finished. Not only did they not make any money, but they were also cultivated. Two or three thousand golds were spent.

Later, when the second young master came to the hospital, he still took out money, although he didn't have much money and had about two thousand gold, but he still had a business that was stable and unprofitable. If this continues, it would be five thousand gold, which would have been a disaster for such a small family. Now he has to pay out eight hundred gold. Isn't this a fatal thing?

"He family, you're only 800 gold, but I'm 1,500 gold, almost twice yours. Why does my Hao family have it? I can only sell the property." The head of the Hao family also said with a sad face.

"No, we can't afford so much money. We must ask the lord, is this going to force us to death?" Someone was dissatisfied and shouted loudly.

"Your Majesty, you know the relationship between the lord and the Grand Governor," Zhang Zhao sneered. Zhou Yu and Sun Ce were brothers who worshipped the enemy. "Now, the lord has put the full power of Jiangdong in charge. Can you still sue the Grand Governor?" Zhou Yu's words basically represent Sun Ce.

"That's how it's done!" The group of people were also panicked. After paying the money, they were basically considered to be very dying. Some of them had a foundation and could still be slow. Some of them could not be replaced directly, which would be miserable. Moreover, if they gave the money, they were basically a waste of money. Therefore, most people didn't want to give it, but it would be impossible not to give it. Zhou Yu, the Grand Governor, said that he would come in person if he didn't give it. At that time, both people and money would be gone.

"Anyway, Jiangdong is almost done, so we might as well join us and don't forget it. I don't believe it. Zhou Yu really did what he did to us!"

"What if the Grand Governor really dares to take action?"

"If that's the case, then we will go to the north of the Yangtze River." The head of the Jiangdong gentry family was a little arrogant. No wonder, this person was a little inconsistent with Sun Ce and was closer to the Xu family at the time. Although Sun Ce did not cause trouble for him, he had no good influence on Sun Ce.

"The north bank of the Yangtze River, when you say this, all the people present are all human spirits, why don't you know what it means? The north bank of the Yangtze River is Liu Mang in Yangzhou."

"Are you crazy? If someone discovers such a chaotic speech, it will be a disaster!" Some heads of the family were timid and scolded the person who proposed to go to the north bank of the Yangtze River. If Zhou Yu and others heard this, none of these people would be able to escape.

"What are you afraid of! There are no outsiders here, so I'm just talking about it. Could it be that Zhou Yu can kill us all because of this? Who will give him money if we kill us?"

Zhang Zhao waved his hand to stop the two of them from fighting. It was indeed his Zhang family's territory, so safety was naturally guaranteed, but Zhang Zhao still shook his head, "This Jiangbei cannot be gone."

"Why can't this Jiangbei go?"

"Do you know this Liu Mang and Liu Hanyang from Jiangbei?"

"I don't understand!"

"If you go to Jiangbei, what if you want to wait for money? Besides, what can you bring to Liu Mang and Liu Hanyang in Jiangbei? Have you forgotten that in the Battle of Wancheng, you almost killed Liu Mang and Liu Hanyang!"

Indeed, if Liu Mang hadn't been lucky in the Battle of Wancheng, he might have died at the hands of these people, so it would be unreliable to surrender to it.

"Is there no other way to choose?" Someone questioned.

"Yes!" Zhang Zhao seemed to know something and said to everyone, "If I change a master in Jiangdong, who do you want?"

"Second Young Master!" the aristocrats on the spot said in unison.

"Empty. Just watch the changes!" Zhang Zhao said to everyone, "If you don't change your master, then we will pay the money as usual. If you return it! Haha!"

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After Zhang Zhao left, Zhou Yu was busy with more things. Since Zhou Yu dared to speak to Zhang Zhao, he knew that Zhang Zhao would definitely bring so much money. If he lacked one, Zhang Zhao would not dare to leave it alone.

Zhou Yu had a plan and found that the money was about 50,000 yuan. With that money, the one who gave the pension to the soldiers who died in battle could still form a new army of 10,000 people. In this way, Jiangdong would not have the power to fight.

Just when Zhou Yu seemed a little relaxed, several soldiers suddenly ran in there.

"Huh?" Zhou Yu couldn't help frowning when he saw these soldiers, because these soldiers were the people under him, Zhou Yu, who were in charge of information. Once they appeared in person, it would mean that something urgent happened.

Sure enough, the black-clad soldier fell to Zhou Yu's face and said, "Report to the Grand Governor, the young birds sent information."

"Take it up." Zhou Yu blocked his left and right and left to take his men to a secret room. He took the information from the black armored soldier. After seeing it, he realized that something really happened.

"Xu Gong?" Zhou Yu thought to himself, "Isn't he dead?"

Many people know this person in Jiangdong, because he served as the chief magistrate and prefect of Wu County. Later, after Sun Ce entered Jiangdong, other counties in Jiangdong were all surrendered. Only Xu Gong was inconsistent with Sun Ce and was rebellious and wanted to send a secret letter to Cao Cao, asking Cao Cao to pay attention to Sun Ce, but Sun Ce discovered it and took ruthless action, uprooting the Xu Gong clan.

When Xu Gong's family was killed, Zhou Yu was still there.

"It's true. The young bird said he was not wrong. It was Xu Gong!" The black-clad soldier said to Zhou Yu.

Xu Gong is not dead? This fun is a bit too much. Whether Sun Ce killed Xu Gong's family or Xu Gong betrayed first, the hatred of Xu Gong and the lord Gongsun Ce cannot be resolved.

"Where has this person gone?" Since Xu Gong was not dead, he had to be eliminated.

"This Xu Gong led a team of soldiers out of the city."

"Out of the city? Which direction??"

"West." The black-clad man said to Zhou Yu.

"West?" Zhou Yu widened his eyes and wanted to stand up, but sat down again. "Go and help me find out where the second young master is. Let the second young master come to see me."

The black-clad man next to him didn't know why Zhou Yu wanted to investigate the second son, but he still took the order and left.

"Xu Gong, Xu Gong was not dead? Was it the second young master's dereliction of duty? Or did he run away at the beginning?" Zhou Yu was thinking in his heart. He wanted to ask Sun Quan whether Xu Gong had been killed at the beginning, because the main person in charge of killing Xu Gong's family was Sun Quan, so Zhou Yu needed to find the person involved.

Soon the black-clad soldier came back, "Where is the second young master?"

"Report to the Grand Governor, the second young master is not in the mansion!"

"What! The second young master is not in the mansion. Have you ever asked his housekeeper where the second young master has gone?"

"I heard from the butler that the second young master seemed to have left the city too!"

"Huo!" Zhou Yu suddenly stood up, and the lord went out of the city to hunt from the west gate, Xu Gong also went out of the west gate, and the second young master who was directly related to Xu Gong also left the city.

"Not good!" Zhou Yu was such a smart person. He immediately discovered something strange. Xu Gong was not dead, which was inseparable from the second son Sun Quan. If Xu Gong escaped, he should not appear in Jiangdong, but to run as far as possible. Now that Xu Gong has left the city, Sun Ce has also gone out, and Sun Quan has followed him. Zhou Yu has already seen the relationship between this.

"Hurry up and follow me." Zhou Yu stood up. He wanted the armor on the ship, but the armor was too troublesome. He picked up the long sword next to him and "prepare the horse to leave the city."

"What's wrong with the Grand Governor?"

"Lord is in danger!" Zhou Yu replied and immediately ran away, followed by the soldiers in black. (To be continued...)

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Chapter completed!