Then he took out a handful of rice balls and continued: "So I won't bother to entertain you! I will have my meal here!"
Everyone in the Western Army: "."
If we can't go out to cross the river together, we can only go around the county magistrate's boat one by one and then cross the river, and then disembark one by one, wouldn't it be broken into parts and take turns delivering food to the Eastern Army on the other side?
Little did he know that Guo Xiancheng was also cursing in his heart. What kind of script did Lin Tailai arrange for him?
Let an official use his own safety as a bargaining chip to block the river in person. Who knows what kind of dirty-hearted person can come up with this plot!
Also, these are such shameful lines!
Wu Yingsong was so anxious that he saluted Prime Minister Guo and said, "If Mr. Guo is really here to persuade for peace, why don't you go to the other side to persuade him?"
After finally hearing these words, Guo Xian Cheng quickly put down the unpalatable rice dumplings and responded:
"You are allowed to bring ten people with you. Do you dare to cross the river to meet Lin Tailai?
I, Mr. Guo, will guarantee your safety with my official position. If the negotiation fails, I will send you back to the north bank!"
Wu Yingsong gritted his teeth and said, "Why don't you dare!"
Others can "watch the fire from across the bank", but he, the head of the Wu family, cannot! Because the fire on the other side belongs to the Wu family!
The commander-in-chief of the Western Army, Yang Zhen, was originally worried about falling into a trap and was unwilling to attack with his entire army. After hearing this, he immediately arranged a ship to send Mr. Wu across the river.
Guo Xiancheng personally escorted Wu Yingsong to the other side. Lin Tailai was already waiting on the shore.
Wu Yingsong pointed to the still burning cottage and asked Guo Xiancheng angrily:
"In broad daylight, they openly beat villagers and set their houses on fire. Are these vicious bandit acts ignored by the government?"
Lin Tailai laughed and said: "I was ordered by the imperial court to open the Mudu Port branch and acquire land here. It is legal and reasonable, so how can I become a bandit?"
Although he had made many plans in his mind, Wu Yingsong still didn't expect this answer at all.
"Land acquisition?" Wu Yingsong was stunned for a moment, "The town and the wharf are on the north bank, but you, Lin Tailai, went to the south bank to acquire land. How is it unreasonable?"
Lin Tailai said contemptuously: "You are not young at your age, how can you be so childish?
Who said that the Mudu Port branch must be at Mudu Town? It must be at the main wharf of Mudu Town?
In my mind, the Mudu Port branch can be here on the south bank, or it can be two or three miles upstream, or it can be two or three miles downstream!
No matter where the customs office is located, it’s all my decision! No matter where it is located, it won’t have much impact on setting up a card to collect taxes!
At the same time, I can refuse people from the four major families in Mudu Town to make a living where the customs is located!
What I mean, do you understand?"
Wu Yingsong felt like he was falling into the clouds, vaguely feeling that this information was important, but he didn't understand it clearly.
At this moment, he suddenly saw an old man in colorful robes and a ghostly face jump out.
Then the old man hugged Lin Tailai's thigh and shouted exaggeratedly:
"Tell me quickly! Where will the Mudu Port Customs House be located?
If I, Zhang Youyu, had purchased nearby land in advance, wouldn’t I have made a fortune?”
These few words were like lightning, striking into Wu Yingsong’s mind!
Mudu Town has prospered because of business, and the four major local Baidao families have benefited a lot from this. Not only can they get rich through business, but the land value can also increase!
But if a customs is set up elsewhere nearby, and all passing ships have to stop at the customs to pay taxes, then the commercial center will naturally move to the customs in the future!
As for Mudu Town, which has lost its status as a cargo hub, commercial decline will be inevitable!
At the same time, a new town will be formed around the customs office to replace the current Mudu Town!
And Lin Tailai just made it clear that he has the right to refuse people from the four major families of Wu, Shen, Xu, and Yan in Mudu Town to make a living at the customs location!
Wu Yingsong couldn’t even think about the consequences!
So what Lin Tailai really means is that Mudu Town urgently needs Mudu Port Customs, not that Mudu Port Customs needs Mudu Town!
Lin Tailai said quietly: "Have you, Wu Yingsong, ever figured it out?
It's a pity that there are bad people in your town, and they even murdered my wife and framed it for me, but I'm too lazy to solve the case, what should I do?"
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Chapter completed!