Zhang Hua and his two men finally arrived near the manor when the sky was about to dawn.
Ye Li had already returned to his room to rest, while Qian San and Ding Si stayed in the open space near the manor, responsible for directing Zhang Hua and others to set up the camp.
The temporary camp was built very simply, just surrounded by bamboo strips, and then some tents were placed there, and the yellow-clothed bandits stayed there temporarily.
After letting them rest for a while, Qian San began to supervise the yellow-clothed bandits to build a camp.
Ye Li took Zhang Hua and Ding Si out of the manor and headed towards Dongzhong Town again.
At this time, Wang Yue was humming a little tune and entertaining the birds at home. In his opinion, in just two days, the trouble of Ye Li would be completely solved, and they would continue to maintain their transcendent position in Dongfang County.
Even though Ye Li is nominally the lord here, he cannot control the real power, so it will not have any impact on him.
He had just teased the bird for a while when Liu Huai and Zhang Wenliu came to his house together, and all three of them had smiles on their faces.
"Brother Wang, how is the tax collection these days? It should be almost collected. It feels like this year will be another bumper year!!!"
Liu Huai collected all the taxes in the area under his jurisdiction last night. He received a lot more taxes this year than last year, which really made him very happy.
Wang Yue glanced at the two of them and said, "Taxes are still being collected, but there's no need to rush. Without that brat messing around, these taxes are ours no matter how much they are, so there's no point in arguing whether it's more or less."
Zhang Wenliu said: "I don't know if the yellow-clothed bandits are reliable. If that guy doesn't dare to attack the yellow-clothed bandits, should we let the yellow-clothed bandits harass that guy directly in the manor?"
Wang Yue shook his head and said, "No need. As long as that guy can't get rid of the yellow-robed bandit, we won't pay taxes. There's no need for the yellow-robed bandit to find us and teach him a lesson.
Unless he comes to provoke us again, we will have no need to treat him harshly. Otherwise, we can just keep to ourselves and have peace. "
As the three were talking, a servant suddenly came to report: "Master, the new lord is at the door and wants to see you!"
When they heard that Ye Li was coming, the three were stunned and confused.
They just discussed everything yesterday, so why did Ye Li come again today? Could it be that he felt he couldn't do everything they agreed on before, so he came to bargain
After looking at each other, Wang Yue said, "Please ask him to come in. Let's go to the reception room."
Led by the servants, Ye Li and the other two came to the big house where they had discussed things yesterday. When Wang Yue and the other two saw Zhang Hua following Ye Li respectfully, the expressions on their faces suddenly became extremely strange.
"My Lord, the leader of the Yellow Bandits, why... why are you all here together?!"
Wang Yue had a bad feeling in his heart.
"Mayor Wang, I am no longer the leader of the Yellow Shirt Bandits, and there is no such organization as the Yellow Shirt Bandits anymore in the world.
We have all now served the Lord, and I am now the centurion of the legion under the Lord's command."
When Zhang Hua heard Wang Yue's words, he took the initiative to explain, but when he looked at Wang Yue again, a trace of hatred still flashed in his eyes from time to time.
After hearing what Zhang Hua said, Wang Yue and the other two were speechless for a long time. For a moment, they all thought they had heard wrongly. How could Zhang Hua lead the entire Yellow Bandits to join Ye Li? What benefits did Ye Li give to Zhang Hua that would make Zhang Hua willingly give up his position as bandit leader and serve as a centurion
The most crucial point is that Ye Li himself is just a commander without troops, with no one under his command except Qian San and Ding Si. But now he has suddenly conquered the entire yellow-clothed bandits, so his strength is instantly increased, making Wang Yue no longer dare to underestimate him.
"Wang Yue, Liu Huai, Zhang Wenliu, you three are really dishonest. You actually wanted to trick me into going to the Yellow Robe Bandits to die.
I thought they really robbed your tax dollars every year, but I didn't expect this was all made up by you.
You three even offered him half of this year's taxes, plus one third of every year's taxes in the future, in exchange for getting rid of my guards. That was really a big deal!
I have no grudges against you in the past or in the present, so what should I do if you do this?"
Ye Li deliberately pretended to be heartbroken and looked at Wang Yue and the other two, listing out everything they had done one by one.
Wang Yue and the other two looked at each other, and Wang Yue gritted his teeth and said, "Lord, how could we possibly do anything to harm you
Don't listen to the gossip. We wouldn't dare to hire bandits to harm you. You must have misunderstood.
Maybe someone deliberately made up a lie to gain your trust, so you must not believe it. "
Hearing Wang Yue's denial, Zhang Hua snorted coldly and said, "Wang Yue, stop acting here. Everyone in Dongfang County knows what kind of people you are.
This is not the first or second time that we have helped you deal with the county magistrate. We are the ones who do all the things that you are unwilling to do. You have earned all the good reputation, and we have to bear all the bad things.
Let me tell you, I have already told the Lord everything about this incident. I am now his subordinate, so it is impossible for him not to believe what I say.
You three have been eating up most of the government's funding over the years. I know all this. Do you think the Lord doesn't know about it now?"
"Stop talking nonsense. You have no evidence. How can you trust what you said?!"
Wang Yue seemed to be getting anxious and pointed at Zhang Hua and said.
Ye Li smiled as he watched the two quarreling for a while, then said, "Okay, stop arguing. It doesn't matter who is right or wrong. Let the past be the past.
Anyway, from now on, I want to see this year's taxes from your towns and several surrounding villages.
Wang Yue, this is my last warning to the three of you. Don't play any tricks on me again.
I've heard about how you drove away the county magistrate before, and I know that you have many tricks up your sleeve.
But I also want to tell you that I have many things in my hands that you don’t know about.
I have now dealt with the yellow-clad bandits and will soon deal with the fish thieves. After I have dealt with them, it will be your turn.
If you choose to submit to me during this period of time, I can forgive you for everything that happened.
If you continue to mess with me and play some unpresentable tricks, then you better think about whether you will have any way out when I take action!!!"
At this time, Ye Li no longer intended to play tricks with Wang Yue and the other two, so he directly warned them.