Chapter 98

After Pang Jun returned to the living room, the troops that went to the Zu family mansion had already returned. After listening to Song Hao's report, Pang Jun ordered: "Distribute the property seized from the Zu family's house as mentioned before, and then take out a part of my share and give it to Mr. Fei, and the remaining property will all be handed over to the court. As for how to write the report, let Mr. Cheng decide for himself." After Song Hao took the order and left, Pang Jun summoned officials and generals of all ranks in Songzhou City.

　　After these few days, most officials in Songzhou City were afraid of the sixteen-year-old governor in front of them, especially because he used the opponent's force to defeat the opponent. It took him only half a day to wipe out the huge Zu family. Behind his handsome face was a bloody method like a raging fire.

　　The Zu family did have a past relationship with them, but now the Zu family has become history. Seeing the ambiguous attitude of Judge Guo and General Wu, they knew that the dust had settled. No one would be so blind as to jump out and question anything. If they angered this adult again, they would suffer a devastating disaster. What's more, compared to the disappeared Zu family, they cared more about the power vacuum left after the demise of the Zu family. This was the real benefit. Money and other things were not a concern.

　　Looking at the Songzhou officials who were all harboring ulterior motives, Pang Jun said calmly: "The Zu clan colluded with Japan and intended to rebel. Now it has been completely quelled by the joint efforts of me and several adults. However, the consequences are terrible. Among the rebels under the Zu clan, there are actually people from the Songzhou garrison. The national army has become the private soldiers of the wealthy families. Is this still the world of the Great Jin?" Although what Pang Jun said was a recognized fact in Liaodong, no one would dare to risk the world's condemnation and put this matter out in the open, so no one dared to refute him for a while.

　　Then he said, "In order to prevent similar things from happening again, I suggest that all the troops in Songzhou City be disbanded and rotated! In addition, for the post of commander, I will submit a memorial to the court, nominating Deputy Commander Wu Xiang to take over. Before he takes over, the commander's affairs will be temporarily handled by General Wu, including rotation of guards." Wu Xiang felt a headache after hearing this. There was no problem with Pang Jun letting him be the commander, but the problem was that Pang Jun also asked him to deal with the offensive matter of rotation of guards. This was a slap in the face followed by a sweet date, but Pang Jun had sufficient reasons. If he did not accept this task, it would mean that he did not have the ability to be the commander, so even if the sweet date was poisonous, he had to swallow it.

　　"In addition, I have invited two hundred warriors with superb riding and archery skills from Mojiang Village. Starting today, they will teach the riding and archery skills to the one thousand cavalrymen stationed in Songzhou City. Compared with these warriors who grew up on horseback, our cavalry skills are slightly insufficient, so I have spent a lot of effort to let them teach the skills. Every five people will follow a master to train in riding and archery skills. They will be responsible for riding and archery in the future. In addition, the brothers of Mojiang Village are not very familiar with the military laws, so I will let Qi Lin, Hong Yanzhang, and Ling Tianfang manage the discipline of the cavalry!"

　　As soon as Pang Jun said this, everyone understood: he wanted to keep the control of the cavalry firmly in his own hands. Although he was good at teaching skills, who knew what kind of people were mixed in, especially the three people who were inserted later, they were all your Liu Jun's direct subordinates. If he incited the cavalry's dissatisfaction with the major families, then the entire cavalry would rely on him and get closer to his side.

　　Some people objected, saying, "How can we, the great Jin cavalry, take these barbarians of unknown origin as our teachers? This is too disrespectful!"

　　"Hu people of unknown origin?" Pang Jun stared at the man who was speaking. He was none other than Feng Yangzheng, commander of the Songzhou Army Cavalry. "The cavalry trained by you, Feng Yangzheng, have fought against the Northern Hu cavalry eleven times in the past three years. Each time, the number of casualties was twice that of the Northern Hu people! These are just the stragglers who are being exploited by the Northern Hu people. If you encounter the elite cavalry of the Northern Hu people, I'm afraid that a hundred-man team of the Northern Hu people will be able to wipe you out! Are you still talking about being rude now? Do you think the enemy will be polite to you when you go to the battlefield? You don't have the ability to train your own cavalry to high skills, and you are not willing to learn. Are you doing this to make it easier for the Northern Hu people to come here to exploit you? Huh!?"

　　Pang Jun's heart-piercing words made Feng Yangzheng, who was not good at talking, speechless for a moment, pointing at Pang Jun and "Yiyiyaya"

　　He was speechless and in anger, he wanted to draw his sword and point it at Pang Jun, but then he remembered that the young man in front of him was not a weak scholar, but a terrifying figure with extremely high martial arts skills and who killed people without blinking an eye. He broke out in a cold sweat and quickly took a few steps back, fearing that this governor who had just suppressed the Zu family would kill him instantly like Zu Chengshou if they had a disagreement.

　　Seeing Feng Yangzheng retreating tactfully, Pang Jun asked, "Does Lord Feng have any other opinions?"

　　"No, no." Feng Yangzheng shook his head quickly.

　　"Okay, I hope Lord Feng can cooperate with the training."

　　"Yes, yes. I will definitely cooperate with you." Feng Yangzheng wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and agreed hurriedly.

　　Pang Jun nodded, then looked at the others and said, "Yesterday, I met with several clan leaders of Mojiang Village. According to them, there are too many unscrupulous merchants in Songzhou City. They use deception and threats to suppress the prices of medicinal materials and furs purchased from Mojiang Village, while they earn most of the profits. Although the brothers of Mojiang Village are also Hu people, they live on the territory of Dajin and are the people of Dajin. I will not allow their interests to be harmed as they are also the people of Dajin. So I decided to open a trading field in Songzhou to stabilize prices and ensure fair transactions."

　　After Pang Jun announced this decision, all the officials and generals became upset. This was a naked act of robbing money from their pockets. Most of the people behind these unscrupulous businessmen were the officials and generals present. Pang Jun's transaction was to snatch food from the tiger's mouth.

　　However, before they could say anything against it, Pang Jun said, "I know that you have gained a lot of the benefits here, and what I have done has greatly damaged your interests. So I have thought of a way. Some time ago, I contacted some acquaintances in Jiangnan Province. They are very interested in the fur and medicinal materials business in Liaodong, so they organized a fleet, departing from Jiangnan and arriving at Mojiangkou. These ships will transport silk and tea from Jiangnan, and will also purchase fur and medicinal materials here, but they will only purchase them from the trading grounds run by the government. In this way, if everyone concentrates all the goods on the trading grounds, sales will be greatly increased. What do you think?"

　　Pang Jun had said it all, and the officials present were all making their own calculations. If their purchase price was raised, they would naturally make a profit of tens of thousands of taels of silver every year. But if the story about the Jiangnan fleet was true, then they would have no worries about selling their goods, as the sales channels would be completely opened up and the profits would be made up for. What's more, tea and silk were hot commodities in Liaodong. If they had the source of Jiangnan tea and silk, it would be another huge income. It turned out that Lord Liu was not only a reckless guy, but also a sensible person.

　　So they responded one after another, agreeing with Pang Jun's resolution, and promised to cooperate with Pang Jun's trading order. Pang Jun sneered in his heart, and then said: "I have handed this matter over to Judge Guo to handle. Sir Guo, this matter is very troublesome for you. After a while, I will list some management regulations of the trading field into a brief charter, and then you can follow this charter and refine it."

　　Guo Youtang said quickly: "Thank you, sir. I will do my best to build and manage this trading place."

　　Seeing Wu Xiang and Guo Youtang express such opinions, the other officials below understood at that time that these two masters had already reached a deal with the governor and this was just a formality. These three people divided the power vacuum left by the Zu family equally and let others get a share of the profits. This governor was no ordinary capable man.

　　If both the military and political giants have reached a deal, then what the governor said about the Jiangnan fleet would probably be a done deal. For a long time, there have been merchants from Jiangnan coming to Liaodong to do business, but most of them are lone land merchants, and very few of them own ships, let alone fleets.

　　What's more, the sea routes are too risky. Not only do you need to avoid wind, waves and reefs, but you also have to face countless pirates. If you are not careful, you will lose everything. Therefore, for a long time, there have been relatively few economic exchanges between Liaodong and Jiangnan. So whether it is silk and tea in Liaodong, furs and medicinal materials in Jiangnan, they are all in-demand goods with huge profits. Now that Pang Jun is so sure that there will be large-scale fleets traveling back and forth for a long time, the huge benefits contained in it are crazy.

　　Although they all knew that Pang Jun was an outsider, if they did what he said, then all the wealthy families in Songzhou would be influenced or even controlled by him, but the immediate benefits were within reach, so who would give up?

　　After all, what they get is theirs. If they go against the governor, not to mention that Pang Jun's horrific methods make them silent, even if they can really drive Pang Jun away or even kill him, what does it matter? In return, they will only get the profit from the goods they had before.

　　At the same time, the imperial court suppressed them even more vigorously, and they would have no chance of getting any benefits from the Jiangnan fleet. This was not only regrettable, but also heartbreaking. So even though they knew that this was poisoned wine, they were willing to drink it up.

　　Looking at Songzhou's people leaving with excitement on their faces, Pang Jun secretly breathed a sigh of relief and left the government office.

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　　Sui Lianzhu: 30 years old, a family friend of Qinzhou Liu family, a beautiful widow. She met Pang Jun again when he was appointed as the governor of Songzhou. After a long time, their old feelings were aroused. She was taken into Pang Jun's harem and helped Pang Jun with his business assets in the east and west.