The Maojin knife from the late Jin Dynasty

Chapter 109 Integration within Qingzhou
The harvest in May is also the deadline given by Liu Tai to Xu Fu, Liu Xuan, Ju Peng, Su Jun and other local officials, nobles and nobles.

To be honest, Liu Tai was patiently waiting for their final answer.

After all, he had issued a recruitment order in Qingzhou, but they had no intention of coming over to serve him.

According to the normal rules, recruitment orders have been issued for time travellers. Local celebrities and aristocratic families must at least send someone who can support the scene to enter the Qingzhou governor's mansion. But the problem is that there are really no talented people looking for Liu Tai. !
Since the local Qingzhou aristocratic families have shown their attitude, they are still devoted to the Jin court, or they look down on Liu Tai, so Liu Tai naturally followed the trend and enacted the system of land transfer and slave taxation, just to see what these Qingzhou nobles had planned.

To be honest, most of them did not believe Liu Tai's announcement of land transfer and slave taxation.

After all, there has been no reason for nobles to pay taxes since ancient times. You have already become a noble family. You actually dare to come here to cultivate the fields and ask us to pay taxes for your slaves. What do you mean? Do you want to go against the nobles in the world?
Even if Liu Xiu didn't dare to do something at the beginning, you actually dare to risk the disapproval of the world and do it. What do you want to do!
Xu Fu, the governor of Qi County, fired the first shot of resistance, but Liu Tai did not go in person.

Because Liu Tai understands very well that it is safest to sit in Qingzhou alone. Otherwise, he will be like a fire captain, running around, but he will be exhausted.

Therefore, Liu Tai chose to sit in Linzi himself and asked Zhou Ping to lead [-] soldiers to Qijun to attack the city. In just one month, Qijun was defeated by Zhou Ping and Xu Fu was captured.

It was at this time that Liu Tai directly ordered the killing of all three lines of the Xu family, including both men and women.

Liu Tai knew very well that he wanted to take over the land and pay taxes from the servants of the nobles. This was not a joke, but it really affected their interests. Unless they were willing to accept it, he would have to physically eliminate him, otherwise there would be no chance at all. No room for compromise.

And since Xu Fu jumped out, he naturally wanted to shock Qingzhou with the power of thunder and serve as a warning to the monkeys.

Therefore, Xu Fu's entire family was not only confiscated, but also all three lines were killed to show Liu Tai's absolute will.

Liu Tai's order indeed frightened a large part of the local gentry.

Liu Xuan, who had been quite critical at first, didn't say anything. He surrendered to Zhou Ping on his own initiative. He reported all his family's farmland and dismissed many of his servants. The remaining ones even took the initiative to file taxes and became the governor of Qi County again. .

After he became the prefect, he had a certain number of tax-free slaves. If the number exceeded, he still had to pay taxes.

All in all, compared to dying directly, Liu Xuan chose to surrender first when faced with Zhou Ping's Huo Huo Blade.

As Liu Tai killed Xu Fu with the power of thunder and fire, forcing Liu Xuan to complete his land transfer, the Qingzhou family was still greatly shocked.

However, some aristocratic families, represented by Ju Peng, chose to escape south at this time.

Many people fled with Ju Peng, and Zhao An led the cavalry to chase them quickly. Ju Peng was honestly desperate when he saw this scene.

But Zhao An stood up and said, "The governor has an order. If the Qingzhou nobles want to leave Qingzhou, please do it yourself. But if the Qingzhou people are taken away from Qingzhou, they will be killed!"
Ju Peng, you take your people and leave. Everyone has their own ambitions, and Governor Liu will not pursue them.

But if you want to coerce the people of Qingzhou to flee, I will let you die under my long bow! "

"Liu... Inspector Liu let us go?!" Ju Peng was a little unbelievable.

"Liu Governor just wanted to save the land and enforce slave taxation. He never thought about taking the lives of the Qingzhou nobles!"

Zhao An said proudly, "Even if you want to flee south to the south of the Yangtze River, Governor Liu doesn't want to kill you all.

But you cannot take away the population belonging to Qingzhou, otherwise you will fight to the death with us! "

Ju Peng looked at Zhao An actually reasoning with him, but he vaguely felt that his decision might be wrong.

But they have already come to this step, especially Zhao An, who is chasing after him with his troops and horses. If the other party hadn't been concerned about the lives of the people, they would have attacked long ago.

Just like this, Ju Peng saluted Zhao An and fled Qingzhou with about a hundred tribesmen and Xinruan.

Zhao An kept his promise and did not pursue, but just brought these Ju Peng's slaves back to Qingzhou.

Ju Peng, who escaped with his life, was still in shock, but when he arrived near Langya County, army soldiers appeared behind him. He secretly cursed Liu Tai for not keeping his word, and he thought that my life was at risk.

However, he saw the word "gou" written on the banner of this group of people. Only then did Ju Peng see that it was his old leader Gou Xi, and he quickly came up to pay his respects.

"I've met General Gou!" Ju Peng said happily, "Have you escaped from Liu Tai's dog thief?"

"We have escaped!" Gou Xi sighed, "Let's go south to Langya Guangling with me first!"

When Liu Tai smoothly solved Qingzhou's internal problems, he released Gou Xi as agreed.

They also gathered the captured soldiers of Gou Xi who did not want to stay in Qingzhou and handed them back to Gou Xi, about 3000 of them.

Although they didn't want to stay in Qingzhou, Liu Tai didn't think they could maintain high morale when they faced him again.

After all, they all knew the treatment for being defeated. They would only have to work for a year at most, but they did not deprive them of food during this year. They paid more attention to discipline and did not let the soldiers be beaten and scolded at will.

Under such circumstances, if they fight with themselves again, they will naturally know that being captured by them may not be a bad thing.

As long as Gou Xi doesn't replace all of this group of people, he will definitely lose the next time he faces him.

But if he were to replace them all, Liu Tai would like to know whether Gou Xi's own foundation would be shaken.

Therefore, Liu Tai is confident that if Gou Xi serves as the barrier between him and Sima Rui, there will be no problems at least in the short term.

As the troublemakers were dealt with one by one, Liu Tai turned his attention to Su Jun at the end.

As Liu Tai continued to collect information about Su Jun, Liu Tai discovered that Qingzhou Sujia had actually mastered offshore navigation technology and was the best shipbuilding force in Qingzhou. This made Liu Tai believe it was an accident.

After all, although Liu Tai plans to develop the shipbuilding industry in Qingzhou, the first thing Liu Tai needs to solve after arriving in Qingzhou is the problem of food.

Liu Tai didn't dare to do anything before he saw this wave of grain harvested. After all, he didn't have enough grain in his hands. Even if Liu Tai wanted to integrate the shipbuilding industry, he couldn't do it.

As for the shipping industry, in order to make a sneak attack on Youzhou in the future, Liu Tai asked Tian Tian to go directly to Buqi County where Jiaozhou Bay is located. It was relatively hidden and unobtrusive, thinking that he would have to start everything from scratch.

But now with the collection of information, especially Su Jun's construction of a fortress, the momentum of mass uprising has become more and more obvious, and Liu Taicai noticed Su Jun's arrival.

Naturally, Liu Tai didn't know that in history, in order to escape Cao Yi's crusade, Su Jun led his disciples, hundreds of family groups, across the sea and moved southward, and did not stop until they reached Guangling County.This distance is probably Laizhou City in modern Laizhou Bay, all the way to the sea south of today's Yangzhou City (due to sedimentation, the actual location has now become land).

It can be said that the Su family where Su Jun belonged to during the Jin Dynasty had basically mastered offshore navigation technology, but it was not all re-development as Liu Tai called it.

Because of this, Liu Tai personally led an army of [-] to press forward to Yexian this time, and deliberately spread the news that he had successively eliminated Xu Fu, surrendered Liu Xuan, and expelled Ju Peng. Now only Su Jun was left to resist stubbornly.

Therefore, Liu Tai sent an envoy to bring Xu Fu's head to the outside of Yexian Castle to announce.

Before he led his army to Ye County, he only wanted Su Jun to come over and apologize to him.

Otherwise, all the people who conspired with Su Jun in Ye County will be guilty of the same crime as Xu Fu's execution of Sanmai, and then Ye County will be leveled, and even the ant nests will be poured with boiling water.

As for how to choose, let Su Jun decide for himself!
Liu Tai obviously intends to show off his villainous BOSS style to the fullest and use morality to push Su Jun to the extreme.

For Liu Tai, it doesn't matter whether Su Jun lives or dies. What's important is that he can't run away, and the Su family he represents can't run away.

He needs their offshore shipping technology. With this technology and some slight improvements, he might be able to attack Youzhou by surprise next year. However, he cannot reveal his intentions, so he must let Su Jun come over to see him.

Only in this way can the Su family be stabilized. Even if the Su family wanted to run away, the wealthy families who gathered around Su Jun with different ideas would not let Su Jun run away.

Although Su Jun promoted kingship and buried the ownerless bones, people near and far were grateful for his kindness and elected Su Jun as the leader.

But in essence, he is not leading an army with orders and prohibitions, but a group of wealthy people with different ideas just like Xu Gong back then.

When Su Jun needs to make sacrifices and he can survive, it becomes inevitable for them to betray Su Jun, or even the entire Su family.

If Liu Tai keeps his promise, they will take the initiative to praise Su Jun's kindness and raise Su Jun's children. If Liu Tai does not keep his promise, they will fight to the death with Liu Tai.

Of course, even without these wealthy families, the Su family is actually very likely to stay.

Because what Liu Tai meant when he said this was that if you dare to leave, you will dig up your family's ancestral graves in Ye County.

Even if it was to prevent his ancestors' ancestral graves from being shocked, Su Jun had to come.

Since Su Jun's reputation for benevolence and kindness spreads in the countryside, he naturally needs to come here because of his kindness and kindness.

After Liu Tai led the army to Ye County, Su Jun appeared in front of the army with one man, one horse and one gun.

"I am Changguang Su Jun. I am here today as promised. Please come out and answer Liu Tai!" Su Jun said loudly.

"Let him answer within twenty steps!" Liu Tai looked at Su Jun and said calmly and slowly.

When Su Jun heard Liu Tai's words, he couldn't help but hold the spear in his hand, and drove his horse step by step toward the military formation. Seeing the elite soldiers around him staring closely at him, Su Jun looked calm and without fear.

Finally, he was only twenty steps away from Liu Tai. He saw that Liu Tai was wearing armor and looked very heroic. But the most important thing was that Liu Tai's age was actually a bit younger than Su Jun expected. This made Su Jun a little bit embarrassed. I was so stunned that I couldn't believe it unless I saw it with my own eyes.

Liu Taize waved his hand and said loudly, "Good warrior, please take a seat! Someone will serve you wine and meat, and I will entertain you warrior!"

As for the banquet for Su Jun, he had already prepared for it, but Su Jun came here with the intention of dying. When he saw Liu Tai serving wine and meat, he was not polite. He picked up the pig's trotters and gnawed them. Drinking was even more frequent.

When he was full of meat and drank all the wine, Su Jun shouted, threw away the spear in his hand, and said:
"Su Jun's great head is here. I hope that after the general takes a certain head, he will let everyone in Ye County go."

"When you are in such good years, why seek death? Generals are men of faith. Since ancient times, there has been no reason to kill people of faith indiscriminately."

Liu Tai said to Su Jun, "I forced the general to come out with words, but since I came to Qingzhou, I have seen no talented people. Only the general is versatile in both civil and military affairs. His kindness and righteousness are unparalleled. He is the essence of Qingzhou."

If you and I fight and the general dies on the battlefield, it will be a loss for the Han people and a loss for Qingzhou, and my heart will be very sad.

So this time I still want to make an appointment with the general. When I meet a general, it's like Sun Ce meeting Taishi Ci. How can I not miss him! "

To be honest, Liu Tai really didn't know Su Jun's ability, but because of the Su family's shipbuilding technology behind Su Jun, Liu Tai didn't care even if Liu Tai acted a little more disgusting.

After all, this is an important offshore technology for my future layout in the Bohai Bay!

Su Jun was shocked when he heard Liu Tai's words. He could naturally hear Liu Tai's sincerity.

To be honest, Liu Tai underestimated the aura around him. He was the famous general who defeated Gou Xi head-on.

For Su Jun, he never expected that a big shot like Liu Tai would value himself so much and even arrange this scene for himself, which moved Su Jun quite a lot.

However, Su Jun was stunned, took a deep breath, and said sternly: "When Taishi Ci meets Sun Ce, there will be a battle in Shenting. How dare the governor!"

"Haha, I got what I asked for!" Liu Tai looked at Su Jun and said calmly, "If I am lucky enough to beat the general, I will ask the general to serve as a captain for me. If the general beats me, I will personally lead the general's horse and send him back to Ye County. !”

"Can't the governor let Yexian go?" Su Jun couldn't help but sigh after hearing Liu Tai's words.

"When the general makes Ye County the county magistrate in the future, Ye County's troubles will be solved. Why do you have to be such a mother-in-law!" Liu Taichang said cheerfully.

"General, although you are fighting in Qingzhou, if you underestimate me, you will suffer a big loss!" Su Jun was stunned when he heard Liu Tai's words, but soon smiled and said confidently.

"Come and fight!" Liu Tai replied to Su Jun, and soon the soldiers prepared the arena for Liu Tai and Su Jun.

Liu Ming and Ge Xin watched the fight between Liu Tai and Su Jun and couldn't help but sigh in tacit understanding.

Su Jun was unparalleled in martial arts, Su Jun was as fast as lightning, Su Jun went up, Su Jun was hit by Liu Tai's friendship-breaking fist, Su Jun lost consciousness, and Su Jun was defeated.

For those of them who have been wrestling with Liu Tai in the army, they know very well how terrifying the huge power in Liu Tai's body is as he grows up.

The Su Jun in front of him was obviously no match for Liu Tai.

(End of this chapter)