After a few days, Sun Heng walked out of the secret room and saw Qu Ying spinning back and forth in the open space before the secret room like an ant on a hot pan.

"What's wrong?"

"Master, you finally figured it out!"

Seeing the stone door open, Sun Heng walked out of the secret room, Qu Ying hurriedly came up and said in a hurry: "Three days ago, the gang leader had something urgent to come to you. I see that you can't go out of seclusion and dare not disturb me."

"An urgent matter?"

Sun Heng shook off the dust on his body and said slowly: "What urgent matter?"

"It's going to fight!"

Qu Ying said with bitter face, "With Daliang!"

…………

On the streets of the county town, the pedestrians were walking in a hurry and were sad and miserable.

Although Dayong and Daliang have been fighting for many years, this time it is obviously different.

Forced conscription, taxes soared!

Even Chen County, located in a remote place, received strict orders and the people's lives became nervous all of a sudden.

Sanhe Gang Headquarters.

When Sun Heng arrived, the middle and senior management of the gang had already sat on both sides of the hall, and everyone looked solemn and frowned.

"Gangmaster!"

Sun Heng stepped into the hall and bowed to the burly young man in the center of the main seat.

"Lord Sun is here."

Seeing Sun Heng, Yu Tianxiong grinned and stood up to greet him: "Sit down, please sit down!"

"Thank you, Gang Master."

Yu Tianxiong showed such enthusiasm, but Sun Heng was a little helpless.

As a leader of a gang, he is so enthusiastic and even a bit complimentary to his subordinates. He is so deliberate that he seems a little unreal.

He immediately bowed to Guo Yuan, who was sitting on the left, but Sun Heng did not say much, and sat directly on the right side of the hall.

"Master Sun, you haven't come these days, but you should have heard the news, right?"

Guo Yuan stroked his beard lightly and sighed softly: "The court is ready to fight Liang Kingdom with all his might, and we will pay for it."

Sun Heng nodded and asked, "How much does it take?"

"Three thousand strong men, five hundred thousand taels of silver."

Yu Tianxiong sat in the main seat and smiled bitterly: "If you only pay the silver, it will cost 800,000 taels!"

“Too many.”

Sun Heng's face darkened.

Although the Sanhe Gang is the largest force in Chen County except the imperial court, the profits are amazing, but the population is numerous and the expenses are also huge!

Last year, the net income of Sanhe Gang for one year was only 200,000 taels of silver.

Eight hundred thousand taels!

This is equivalent to working for the Sanhe Gang for four years!

Moreover, in addition to handing over to the court, the Sanhe Gang also offered sacrifices to Ouyang Xian Mansion every year, which is not a small number.

Sun Heng looked up and Yu Tianxiong understood what he meant, and immediately spoke: "Ouyang Xianfu needs 200,000 taels this year."

Doubled from last year!

In the hall, I fell into silence instantly.

They cannot refuse the requests of these two companies!

"Gangmaster."

The silence was first broken by the lord of Beihedao: "Publicate people and pay money, that is an errand assigned by the court. We don't have to resist completely, and we should also let the people in the gang pay money and give talents!"

"That's right!"

The master of the Interior Hall nodded and agreed: "Let them pay money and those who don't have money contribute, at worst, let's help from the side."

"Isn't that good?"

Someone hesitated and said, "They will work hard to buy our Sanhe Gang to live. If you don't care about it at this time, you may complain."

"We don't even care about ourselves, so how can we keep our energy?"

"And, I heard that this conquest will not be over within three or five years! How can we fight for such a long time?"

"No, no."

“…………”

The bustling sound immediately rose in the hall.

"Enough!"

Amid the noise, a muffled shout suddenly rang out.

However, Yu Tianxiong, who had a gray complexion, was upset and slapped the handrail, shouted loudly, and stood upright from the seat.

There is a silence in the field!

He gasped, calmed down his breath, and looked at Sun Heng with his head in his arms: "Master Sun, what do you think about this?"

"I know nothing about this."

Sun Heng shook his head expressionlessly: "However, can you discuss the matter of money for the county magistrate?"

"This can be a try."

Guo Yuan nodded slightly from the opposite side: "800,000 taels of silver, I guess the court lion was talking big. Let's discuss it. It should be no big problem to reduce a hundred thousand or eighty thousand. If you use other things to offset it, you will probably be able to survive this year."

"As for Ouyang Xian Mansion..."

He turned to look at Yu Tianxiong: "This time the Dongyang Mansion gathering, the main person will go there in person, so it's better to give a certain quota."

"Um."

Yu Tianxiong nodded after hearing this and said, "This time I went to the capital city and met Young Master Ouyang. Maybe I can find out some recent situations of the imperial court."

After a pause, his face slightly darkened and continued, "If it is really as rumored, this battle will take three or five years, so we have to think of other ways!"

“Yes, yes!”

"What the gang leader said."

"Gangmaster!"

Sun Heng suddenly turned around and looked at Yu Tianxiong: "This time I went to Dongyang Mansion, my subordinates should go with me."

"oh?"

Yu Tianxiong's eyes moved slightly, then he nodded slowly and said, "It is naturally better to have a better time to follow him, and it is much safer along the way."

"Well, Master Ding has already taken a step forward on the crane the day before yesterday. Then we will meet in the city."

"Master Sun."

The Sikong Hall owner of the Law Enforcement Hall spoke aside and said, "The trip to the city has been prepared for a long time. We will set out in the next two days. I don't know you are going to go in advance. Can the Lord Sun clean up the matter in the past two days?"

"no problem!"

Sun Heng nodded without hesitation.

…………

A few days later, a convoy of up to 100 people, carrying more than 20 carriages loaded with cargoes, set off from the Sanhe Gang headquarters, walked through the official road, and headed straight to the Dongyang Prefecture City.

And in the convoy, Sun Heng's carriage was in sight.

In recent years, he has thought of going to the city many times.

As his cultivation level deepened, the Sanhe Gang's help to him became smaller and smaller.

Most of the pills in the gang have no effect on him.

The martial arts in the gang can make Sun Heng interested less and less.

In order to make progress in the future and broaden his horizons, he naturally wanted to go to a more prosperous city to take a look.

Moreover, Dongyang Prefecture has Ouyang Xian Mansion.

There are people who practice Dharma entrenched around, and there are many innate masters. If you have more contact with them, Sun Heng will be more confident in advancing the innate.

Whether it is to advance to the innate or seek the path after the innate, the city of the palace is much stronger than Chen Jun, who is poor in warriors.

The reason why he has never set out over the years is that the Sanhe Gang has helped him a lot.

Now, this help is getting weaker and weaker.
To be continued...