[Comprehensive] The five elements are short of money

"There is Cixi on the north bank, and Jiaxing on the south bank. They are both well-known and wealthy towns. I will go and find out later." Zhang Yu said, he didn't want to be a pawn in Hangzhou City. Didn't shoot him, and won't have such good luck next time.

"The Chinese army doesn't move, and 500 people go to the left and right, and bring them to the fast boat. If there is food and clothing, they will also be handed over." Zhao Ermu ordered.

Zhao Ermu used to have the highest official position in this defeated army, but the official position is useless for soldiers who have betrayed the imperial court.I don't know how many tricks Zhao Ermu used to control this army. Opponents "sacrificed" on the battlefield, and the rest either felt that they had a future with Zhao Ermu, or were afraid of his lust. No matter what the reason was, Zhao Ermu controlled it. this army.

Just as Zhao Ermu sent out the scouts, a rope fell from Hangzhou City ahead, and someone came down.

Zhao Ermu waved back those who surrounded him, looking at his posture, he must have come to deliver a message. With so many people surrounding him, it would be underestimated. He lost his teeth to see what this person had to say.

The person who came was a young boy dressed as a guard, and the young man stopped in a safe place in a very sensible way, and said with his hands clasped: "My lord, this villain is a soldier under Lord Wang. younger brother."

"Oh? Master Wang still recognizes this cousin?" Zhao Ermu sarcastically said.

"Where did the general say that the real relatives with broken bones and tendons can't be recognized. The adults asked the younger one to bring 500 taels of banknotes to Master Biao." After speaking, he took the banknotes from his bosom.

"What's the use of money? If the adults really recognize this relative and give them food, it's better than any amount of money." Zhao Ermu said, in this turbulent time, not one or two banks have collapsed. Bank notes and white paper no difference.

"The general doesn't know something, and my family is also in a dilemma. The food shortage in Hangzhou City is already short, and the people's homes have long run out of food. It's us, the servants, who have to save food. One meal is dry and two meals are thin, mixed with water. I really can’t afford to accept Young Master Biao, it’s not that the adults don’t miss the old love. But the adults asked the little one to tell Young Master Biao that there is no food in Hangzhou city, but there are people who have food!”

"Who is it?" Zhao Ermu couldn't help asking.

Hearing Zhao Ermu's excitement, the messenger's heart was slightly settled, but his face remained calm and he said: "The only people who can have food in this season, except for the heavily guarded official warehouses and heavily guarded mansions, are the only ones who are in the food business. A businessman. Coincidentally, a businessman passed by Hangzhou city yesterday and wanted to enter the city to rest for the night. The general knows about the situation in Hangzhou city. My lord treats everyone equally, and no one dares to let him in. So that the lord knows that the businessman here is not The nameless one is the Xue family of Jinling!"

"The Xue family in Jinling! The Xue family?"

"My lord general is asking a strange question. There is only one family in this world who dares to call the Xue family in Jinling. Yes, it is the Xue family that has been a century-old imperial merchant, with pearls like snow and gold like iron. The Xue family came from Jinling and drove several large ships. I was lucky enough to take a look on the city tower. My good fellow, the five-six-story building ship, even the dragon ship from the previous dynasty, can't compare with it. It looks shining from a distance. I don't know what gold powder and silver powder are painted on the ship. It’s beautiful. Even the hull of the boat is inlaid with gold and silver. I don’t know how many treasures are on the boat! I heard that when they were in Guazhou, they bought thousands of white noodles so that people in Beidi could eat a plate of dumplings. , the general said that the Xue family is rich or not!"

"Where is the Xue family?" Zhao Ermu asked impatiently after listening to his story.

"This... this villain doesn't know." The soldier who sent the letter said shyly: "But the day before yesterday, I wanted to stay in Hangzhou City. I must have not gone far. It should be around here. Master Xue is kind and generous. It is best To make friends, the villain has heard rumors of his rich family in Hangzhou, if the General wants to discuss something with Master Xue, I think it will be a waste of time."

The messenger just said clearly that the wealthy Xue family is stupid and a soft persimmon.

Seeing that the messenger couldn't come up with any new tricks, Zhao Ermu let him go and signaled Zhang Yu to come forward and take the bank note that had been held up for a long time.The two talked for a long time, and called "Master Biao" several times, but the messenger didn't even look at Zhang Yu, and finally handed the bank note to Zhang Yu indifferently.

The two countries did not fight each other, so Zhao Ermu accepted the news of Xue's family and let him go.

A rope fell from the tower and pulled the man back as it was.

"General, is this Uncle Wang trustworthy?" the confidant asked worriedly.

"Look at what this person said. Although there are exaggerated words, the Xue family must have been here." Zhao Ermu is not stupid. Erba Jiaren walked in a dark alley without a guard. Isn't this tempting them to steal?

"General, Wang Shunu is trying to bring disaster to the east?" Ah, bah, bah, bah, just complained in my heart after speaking, they are not a disaster.

Zhao Ermu sneered, and said: "Huh! Uncle Wang is obviously trying to lure us to rob Xue's house, no one can see it. But he is right in saying that in this world, the only one who can have food and loose defense is indeed the Merchant."

"I just don't know where the Xue family is hiding? We blocked the estuary right here, and I heard that people retreated in the upper reaches of the canal, and there is no news about the Xue family." Following the retreat, their strength was relatively intact, and they were able to grab ships and horses. Those who were beaten to the bare one were not running on two legs. 10,000+ people were defeated, and the entire Yangtze River Delta was defeated.They are still in contact with other relatively powerful defeated troops, and have not heard of the Xue family.

"The left and right are only around here, and it is absolutely impossible to enter the sea. Didn't you go to investigate? There will be news sooner or later." Zhao Ermu was fighting near here, and he was very clear about the surrounding terrain. Ready to fight."

Zhang Yu shouted heartbreakingly under the city, "There is no food to eat, and I will starve to death." In fact, since they were able to rob ships and horses, they still got some food. I won't let you sit and eat.

On the Cixi side, Xue Xun didn't know that Wang Shunu had sold him in the blink of an eye, and was discussing with several aides how to appease the people and save more food.It's just staying here temporarily, but Xue Xun has put forward a posture of long-term rooting. Not only did he have people carefully search for local prestigious and talented people, he brought them to the county government to join the management, and he also led the people in the slack to prepare for drills and training. Rest the walls.

As soon as Xue's family arrived in Cixi, they sent oil, grain, rice and noodles to the widows and lonely, and contacted the rest of the big families who hadn't left, as if they wanted to stay here for a long time.Those big households who ran away kept their land, and Xue Xun took advantage of the situation to confiscate it, and then distributed the leftovers to the former "oppressed" toiling people. After a day or two, the momentum rose, and no one talked about the Xue family anymore. No, idlers in the market would respectfully address him as "Lord Xue", hoping that he would continue to work for a long time.The construction of armed bases behind enemy lines gave Xue Xun a lot of inspiration. Even if this era is not suitable for taking the road of encircling cities from the countryside, it is still reasonable.

Xue Xun's policies have been publicized through stage and notices, and many policies are just the beginning, but everyone knows how many benefits will follow. The presence of Xue Xun and his party does not appear to exclude foreigners .

"Yin Shuang pay attention, not only to watch the people in the city to prevent them from harassing the guard brothers, but also to keep an eye on those who enter the yamen to work. I know that the Golden Beast must carefully select people when they are selected, and they must find out their temperament before deciding. But in this chaotic world, people’s hearts are changeable, even if they are kind and friendly to us today, they may change their appearance tomorrow, be careful that there is no big mistake, everyone must take it to heart.” Even if the people’s smiling faces are more these two days, but Xue Xun still dare not be careless, they are foreigners after all.Xue Xun doesn't trust these common people, and these hundred believers are still waiting to see.

A room full of people was discussing matters in the county government office, and a subordinate came in and reported: "Master, I found a fleet approaching. There are three fast boats. There are soldiers on board. I don't know the number. They are fully armed!"

Xue Xun was startled in horror: the soldiers are defeated!

"Why did you come so soon? Could it be that the boats didn't hide their traces? Or is there a party leading the way?" Xue Xun muttered to himself, seeing that Yinshuang was also at a loss, and asked, "Has anyone left the city in the past two days?" ?”

"No, take strict precautions. Not one of our brothers left the city." Yinshuangbo clasped his fists. They used falcons to communicate with the brothers who stayed on the boat outside the city, and no one left the city at all.The time when the falcon was released and the note on it are all known, and it is absolutely impossible for a traitor to come out.

"Master, is there room for negotiation?" Jin Beast asked hastily, he has learned badly from Xue Xun now, he no longer wants to have a good fight like before, but seeks to exchange the smallest loss for the greatest benefit.

Xue Xun shook his head and smiled wryly. Facing the defeated army, without enough force to deter them, the Xue family was like a fat sheep.They will not be grateful for the blood and flesh contributed by the Xue family, they will only dislike the meat of the Xue family for being too fishy.

"Forget it, I'll investigate the reason later, let's organize people to fight against the rout." Xue Xun waved his hand, and he realized that he was not the leading actor, and he didn't have the perspective of God. Even with the intelligence system separated by the General Secretary, there was still a lot of news Can not know in time.

From the time they came out of Jinling to now, they haven't encountered a real war.When transferring from the old house in Jinlou, there was a secret road in the old house as cover, and no one was injured; the refugees encountered on the road were vulnerable, so it was not a conflict; Xun strategized and won without fighting, and there was no large-scale bloody conflict.When he arrived at the city of Hangzhou, Xue Xun also judged the situation and did not confront Wang Shunu head-on.In Cixi, things went very smoothly. Who would have expected that the county magistrate would run away.

After Xue Xun analyzed it like this, he felt that he was God's own son, otherwise it wouldn't be so smooth.

But fighting this kind of thing, one bang, then decline, three times exhausted, he had mobilized at least three times before the war, and the guards under him had never fainted in a real war.

"Iron Blood, this time it's for real."