Dragon blood bodyguard of the beauty president

Chapter 3819
After discussing with Sanlu Jiedushi, they simply stopped at Xiaotangshan.

On the one hand, waiting for supplies, on the other hand, the mountains here are criss-cross, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Stay here, in case the rebels come, they will have a place to fight.

The military news was sent back to the privy envoy's camp, and Tong Guan was a little speechless holding the military report.

He called Gao Lian over, and asked him angrily, "Gao Taiwei, 60 soldiers and horses, the army is on fire, and they are in a hurry to go to Gusu City to suppress the rebellion. Why is the supply of food and grass so long? crime?"

Gao Qiu was so frightened that he bowed and cried bitterly, "Envoy, to tell the truth, the problem of food and grass has been around for a long time. The imperial court has never allocated a penny or silver to us. From the time we went to Jiangnan to suppress the rebellion until now, we have been raising food by ourselves. Today, most of the south of the Yangtze River is owned by thieves, and our tax sources are only Jinling City and a dozen surrounding state capitals. Now we have to feed millions of soldiers and horses, and it’s okay to eat and drink in the city. If we use troops over long distances, then The food and grass needed is a huge amount. Even if the Envoy kills the villain, the villain will not be able to produce so much food and grass!"

"Trash, trash!"

He said childishly, "Then tell me, where did those thieves get their food and grass? I just received the news that their soldiers and horses have arrived in Gusu City, two days ahead of us. Now Gusu City has been occupied by thieves, we have lost the initiative, and most of Jiangnan has fallen into the hands of thieves!"

Gao Qiu cried bitterly, "It's clear from your grace that the thief's food and grass have always been provided by an organization called Shenlong Chamber of Commerce. I suspect that this organization is related to the thief, and I have always wanted to investigate, but I dare not investigate!"

"Shenlong Chamber of Commerce?"

Tong Guan frowned and sat down sullenly.

He heard from the housekeeper in the house that many of their family properties are stored in the Shenlong Chamber of Commerce.

There are many officials and eunuchs in the capital, and there are a lot of money in the chamber of commerce.

The chamber of commerce will give them huge interest every year, and the income is much more than hiring people outside the city to farm the land.

A long time ago, someone wanted to check the Shenlong Chamber of Commerce.

But it was blocked by officials layer by layer, and finally nothing happened.

Now it seems that they put a knife on their own necks.

To move this chamber of commerce is to move themselves.

If they don't move this chamber of commerce, they will hurt themselves in the end.

He and Gao Qiu asked in a muffled voice, "Do you have other ways?"

Gao Qiu replied, "Right now, the richest people in Jinling City are the King of Jinling and his nobles! They occupy the land, trade, and mining resources of Jinling City and more than a dozen surrounding cities. The money is in the millions, tens of millions. Not to mention anything else, they only need [-]% of the profits in their hands, which is enough to support our army's activities here for a year."

"King of Jinling?"

Tong Guan lowered his brows and said, "If you want to touch him, it's hard to explain to your superiors."

Gao Qiu said, "Envoy, when is this? If we are kicked out of Jiangnan, it will be even more difficult to explain to the higher authorities."

Tong Guan was silent for a while and said, "Go and help me invite King Jinling to come over. This envoy wants to invite him to drink."

"My subordinate understands."

Tong Guan felt relieved, for the time being, this time has passed.

After he went down, he immediately asked someone to send a letter to the Jinling King's mansion, and gave Tong Guan's invitation letter to Jinling King.

After King Jinling got it, he called out his staff, gave him the invitation letter, and asked him, "What does Tong Guan mean? Why do you ask for a drink at this time? I don't have any friendship with him, either?"

The staff looked at the invitation letter, and said in a low voice to the King of Jinling, "Obviously, Tong Guan is planning to open his mouth to ask the prince for money."

"Want money?"

The King of Jinling snorted coldly, "This thief, how dare you stare at me?"

The aide said, "At present, the people inside and outside the city have all been raided by them. Only the prince and his royal family still have some private wealth. If they want to suppress the bandits, they will definitely need military expenses. The court has no military expenses, so they will naturally Keep your eyes on places with military expenditures. It’s only natural that Wang Yeshu attracts attention.”

The King of Jinling said in a sullen voice, "This king is really blind. He cooperated with them before and planned to recruit monks to do things for them. How about it now? I'm so angry. They are so presumptuous, they really don't take this king seriously. This king doesn't need to be polite to them anymore, this king wants to write a letter to His Majesty, asking His Majesty to make decisions for this king."

The staff member opened his mouth, but he still didn't say anything in the end.

After he withdrew, King Jinling immediately asked someone to take his pen and ink, wrote a private letter, and asked him to secretly send it to the capital.

He called someone to prepare chariots and horses, and entered the Privy Councilor's residence after dark.

Tong Guan asked someone to prepare drinks and was waiting for him to come.

Along with them, there are several princes and grandchildren from Jinling City.

When they saw the King of Jinling, they all greeted him with a bitter face, knowing in their hearts what was going on.

After Tong Guan came over, a group of people stood up and saluted with Tong Guan.

Tong Guan greeted him with fists in his arms, and greeted the King of Jinling to sit on the main seat, saying, "Today, I am lucky to invite all the lords to come to my house for a gathering. My place is really full of splendor!"

Everyone greeted each other politely and sat down with each other.

Tong Guan asked everyone to fill up the wine, raised the glass with everyone, and said, "I have been coming to Jinling for a long time, and I have never met with you princes. We met today, and we will be our own people in the future. If you If you need help with anything, feel free to ask me. I will do my best and will never let you princes down!"

"The Privy Envoy is being polite!"

"I am very happy to be able to sit at the same table with the privy envoy!"

"As the privy envoy said, everyone will be our own from now on!"

"..."

Everyone held wine glasses and drank with Tong Guan politely.

After drinking for three rounds, Tong Guan saw that the atmosphere was almost gone, so he started to talk about business, "Your lords also know that the imperial court is suppressing bandits recently. The bandits in Jiangnan are very powerful and have already occupied half of Jiangnan, and they are about to fight." We have arrived at Jinling City. I heard that they are distributing land for refugees and mud-legged people in various places. It is really a booming scene, and they are deeply loved by mud-legged people! Maybe they will fight with Jinling City someday. As in other places, divide up all the land in Jinling City. That official is really ashamed of the court and everyone in Jinling City!"

King Jinling and all the princes, county kings, uncles, and lords looked at each other, raised their wine glasses and smiled dryly, confirming the guess in their hearts.

Tong Guan really wanted to ask them for money during this trip.

The king of Jinling took the lead and took the initiative to talk to Tong Guan, "The rampant thieves are indeed the confidant of our Great Song Dynasty. This king takes the lead and is willing to donate 1000 million silver coins to help the privy envoys to put down the thieves as soon as possible, and give us a bright future in Jiangnan."

(End of this chapter)