Chapter 275: A dead Taoist friend is not a poor Taoist!
Two days later, Ye Feng personally led his troops to Jiangling.

Before the troops arrived, the defender of Jiangling opened the gate and surrendered without hesitation.

In the next half month, Ye Feng did not return to Jingxiang. Instead, he settled down in Jiangling and sent generals to conquer the four counties in the south of the Yangtze River. The entire land of Jingxiang was completely under Ye Feng's feet.

Kuai Mansion.

Kuai Yue, Kuai Liang, Xu Shu and Cai Mao sat around.

Ever since Cai Mao successfully sent his sister away, he jumped from a prisoner to the mainstay of Jingxiang, and has been in high spirits recently.

"Zirou, Yidu, Yuanzhi, why did you call me here so early today?"

"You all know that the Lord has recently left Xiangyang, and many things need to be dealt with by us. The stability of Jingxiang is the most important, therefore."

Kuai Liang and Xu Shu shook their heads secretly, feeling somewhat disdainful of Cai Mao who was feeling slightly complacent at the moment.

After a brief hesitation, Kuai Yue said calmly: "Brother Degui, you know that we are in danger. If we are not careful, our family will be destroyed and we may even be abandoned by the lord."

Cai Mao was stunned and laughed: "How is this possible?"

"We are all the siege troops that our lord has taken over Jingxiang. How could this happen?"

Kuai Yue said: "Do you know that the lord has given us a task?"

"Task?"

Kuai Yue nodded: "When you were still a prisoner."

Next, Kuai Yue repeated the task that Ye Feng had assigned to them.

After hearing this, Cai Mao's face changed drastically: "This lord wants to take action against the Jingxiang family? But why? We didn't object."

When he said this, he remembered that the person he had chosen before was Cao Cao, and he immediately shut up.

Kuai Liang said, "My Lord, this is not for your own selfishness, but for the empire you are going to build next."

"Of course this is also a test for us, otherwise he wouldn't have not returned to Xiangyang for half a month."

"If this matter is not handled properly, I am afraid that our status in the eyes of the lord will plummet."

"So the reason we are gathered together today is to solve the troubles of the aristocratic families."

Cai Mao was silent for a long time: "The Lord has made up his mind, we can only obey his orders. I think we all have to hand over the wealth in our homes. What else can they say?"

"Those who are willing to follow us and serve our lord will be allowed to live. If they have other intentions, they will be killed without mercy!!"

At this moment, murderous intent emanated from Cai Mao. As the head of the Cai family, he was no mediocre person.

Kuai Yue said: "If it were really that simple, we wouldn't have such a headache."

"My Lord, is it really your intention to turn a blind eye and accumulate some wealth?"

"What will happen if all these families are eliminated?"

"Don't all the wealth belong to the lord?"

"In other words, if you really want these noble families to hand over their things, who would dare to move as long as the lord is here?"

"But now"

Cai Mao was a little confused and didn't understand: "What do you mean?"

"Yi Du, can you explain it more clearly?"

Kuai Yue asked: "Do you think the Jingxiang family will be obedient?"

"Give away 90% or 80% of your family's wealth and not do anything sinister?"

Cai Mao thought carefully for a while, then shook his head slowly: "Hundreds of years of accumulation, several generations of hard work, how can I be willing to give it all away?"

Kuai Yue said: "This is the problem."

"So this matter is destined to be accompanied by blood. Perhaps the lord has guessed this, so he did not stay in Xiangyang, but handed over everything to us."

"If we handle it well, we will have a promising future. If we don't, I'm afraid..." Cai Mao's eyes flashed with a fierceness: "If you are willing to advance and retreat with us and not play tricks on this matter, you will naturally be spared from death."

"But if you don't want to, we can only take care of ourselves."

Kuai Yue nodded: "Those families didn't help much, they were all fence-sitters."

"Jingxiang has just stabilized, and everyone is vying for benefits. I'm afraid this has also reached the Lord's ears."

"So I think from the Lord's heart, he must be completely eliminated."

"so"

"We have to add fuel to the fire and make them give us a chance to kill them."

Cai Mao did not hesitate at all: "What should we do? You tell me."

Kuai Yue smiled and said, "In fact, there is no need to set a trap. As long as we tell these families the actual situation of the wealth left by our two families, they will worry about the inequality rather than the lack of wealth."

"If everyone takes the initiative to come forward, we will not be blamed."

"it is good!!"

"Do as you discussed. I will cooperate."

After the four of them finished their discussion, news soon spread that they would host a banquet for many family leaders in Jingxiang tonight to discuss the future of Jingxiang.

Night falls.

The Kuai family's house was brightly lit, with guests coming and going in an endless stream.

In the main hall, the family heads who had already arrived gathered in groups of three or five, chatting and laughing with each other, without any sign of tension on their faces.

After all, no matter who is in power in Jingxiang, their privileges in Jingxiang will not change, so they can sit back and enjoy the upper hand.

"What's the important matter that Brother Degui and Brother Yidu have united to ask us to come here today?"

"Do you want us to place forces in various places? Divide up the benefits? Take control of Jingxiang?"

"But Ye Feng has a bad temper and is not easy to mess with. If we do this, I'm afraid we will get into trouble."

"After all, the world is about to be unified."

"So what if the world is unified? Doesn't it still depend on us for peace? Otherwise..."

Before he could finish his words, he saw Cai Mao and Kuai Yue striding in from outside the hall.

"Meet Patriarch Cai and Patriarch Kuai."

All the family heads bowed.

Although they spoke with great arrogance, they still did not dare to act presumptuously in front of the giant Cai family and the Kuai family. After all, the two families had dominated Jingxiang for more than a hundred years and had rich financial resources. It was easy for them to deal with them.

Cai Mao and Kuai Yue smiled and returned the greetings to everyone: "Thanks to your strong support over the years, our two families have been able to gain a foothold in Jingxiang, and eventually help the lord to control Jingxiang."

"Our lord is aware of our contributions, but a new emperor appoints new ministers. With a new master, some of the rules of Jingxiang will naturally change."

"I called you all here today to tell you the rules."

"Those who don't come will soon be annihilated."

“We didn’t want to do this, but we had to do it.”

Although these words were said with a smile, all the family heads who heard them felt cold all over and in their hearts.

"Master Cai, Master Kuai, we all agree with Duke Zhenbei taking over Jingxiang. We have always obeyed the two masters' orders, and we are completely different from those arrogant and rebellious people."

"Therefore, the two family heads can say whatever they want. We will definitely help you."

Cai Mao and Kuai Yue looked at each other and sighed, "First of all, all the land in the Jingxiang area must be handed over to the court, and the court will distribute it according to the unified population."

"All the good farmland in your hands must be handed over."

(End of this chapter)