Changcheng, in an extremely wide courtyard.
Yang Dong looked at the stacks of banknotes in front of him and felt happy.
What was placed in front of him was more than three million taels of silver notes.
Although this amount of money may not be able to support a war, it should be enough to deal with Hou Jin's invasion of Youzhou.
You should be very happy to get this money, right?
It's a pity that I can't go back immediately, otherwise I must let Yourong repay him with my body.
Speaking of which, my golden finger can still be triggered.
I wonder if there will be other changes in Golden Finger if I meet Yourong again?
Will you give me a ring or something like that?
No, let’s go to the ring lady.
I'm not interested in the old man...
Thinking so happily, Yang Dong immediately wrote another letter and sent it to the capital together with the banknote.
Since he was carrying a huge amount of money, the person who sent the banknotes to each other this time mobilized almost all the elites of the West Factory in Luozhou.
For this reason, Yang Dong specially spent huge sums of money to buy several bloody horses from Han Zheng.
The purpose is to deliver these banknotes to the empress as soon as possible.
…
Shangqing Palace, study room,
The empress frowned and pulled off a piece of white hair in front of the bronze mirror.
Unknowingly, have you become old too?
She sighed quietly, feeling extremely heavy at the moment.
But the next second, when her peripheral vision caught sight of the envelope on the desk, a sweet, girlish smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.
Xiaodongzi is a bad guy who writes sweet words all day long.
If you have this time, why don't you take more care of the people of Luozhou for me!
The empress cursed in her heart, but there was tenderness in her majestic phoenix eyes.
I don’t know how Xiaodongzi is doing in Luozhou now?
Have you lost weight or suffered?
The emperor's uncle shouldn't embarrass Xiao Dongzi, right?
While she was thinking wildly, the voice of the blue bird broke the empress's fantasy.
"Your Majesty, there is an urgent letter from Luozhou that is a hundred thousand miles away!"
"A hundred thousand miles urgent?"
The empress raised her eyebrows, and a look of worry flashed in her eyes.
She snatched the secret letter from Blue Bird's hand and prayed secretly in her heart.
My ancestors from all dynasties of the Great Zhou Dynasty, please bless Xiaodongzi in peace and safety.
After praying, she opened the envelope with slightly trembling hands.
The first sentence that comes into focus is the familiar word "ugly".
"Your Majesty, one day without seeing you is like three autumns. There have not been many days between you and me!"
The empress' pretty face was slightly red, and a trace of embarrassment flashed in her eyes.
How could this little Dongzi be so frivolous?
And his literary quality is also very poor. How can he say that he has not been there for many days?
It's obvious that we haven't seen each other for many days!
She complained while continuing to read down.
Gradually, the joy on her face was replaced by seriousness and surprise.
"Okay! Xiaodongzi did a good job on this!"
"It's so popular with me!"
"I sent him to Luozhou, and it was indeed right!"
"Qingniao, where is the banknote sent to the palace along with the letter?"
Without saying a word, Blue Bird immediately presented another black package.
At this moment, she was also extremely surprised.
As the most trusted female officer of the Empress, Qingniao is naturally aware of the recent headaches the Empress has had.
Regarding Hou Jin's invasion, Dazhou was actually not without resistance.
After all, Youzhou has many mountains, which are the natural barriers to restrict the Hou Jin Cavalry.
If there are enough sergeants, they can guard several important passes in Youzhou.
In this way, even if the Houjin Iron Cavalry wanted to invade, they would have to make a huge sacrifice!
But unfortunately, the court did not have enough food and grass to support such an army.
Therefore, the empress could only watch as Youzhou was gradually being encroached upon, but she was unable to do anything.
Even if Lin Chunqiu, the first assistant, went to Luozhou to negotiate in person, the empress did not think it would have much effect.
After all, how can there be any reason to spit out the meat that is eaten in the mouth?
Everything was already unsolvable, but Yang Dong, who was far away in Luozhou to provide disaster relief, suddenly created a glimmer of hope for the empress.
With these three million taels of silver in hand, Dazhou can take some initiative.
Even if they recruit sergeants again and start a war with Hou Jin in Luozhou, it is not a bad idea.
But there are still many difficulties.
But fortunately, the empress now has the capital to resist.
Thinking of this, Qingniao thought about the bastard who sneaked into him late at night and touched his forbidden place.
This bastard seems to be somewhat extraordinary in being able to gain His Majesty's favor like this.
But even so, I won't forgive you easily!
…
Luozhou, Changcheng,
Today's high-speed official road has been officially put on the agenda.
With Changcheng as the center, more than ten high-speed official roads are spreading in all directions of Luozhou.
Early completion and early payment are only one of the reasons. On the other hand, it is also because wages in Luozhou are extremely low nowadays, almost as long as they have food to eat, they will work for you.
Everyone is not a fool. Everyone knows that it is the cheapest time to build roads now.
So everyone took out their family property, those who had money paid, and those who had food provided food, and hired a large number of civilians affected by the disaster.
With such a large shortage of migrant workers, a mere Changcheng cannot satisfy it.
So with Changcheng as the center, the disaster-stricken people from all directions in Luozhou gathered towards Changcheng.
There is a must-pass road between Fengcheng and Changcheng.
At this moment, on this road, an army composed of Longwu Army and the old prince's private soldiers was guarding.
They set up camp in the middle of the road, weapons unsheathed, and stared at the refugees coming from the north.
"The old prince has issued an order, and all the people who belong to the closed city are not allowed to go to Changcheng. Otherwise, military law will be dealt with!"
As soon as these words came out, a disturbance immediately formed among the victims.
"Straight bitch, do you think this is human language?"
"If we are not allowed to go over and help with the work, then you will give us food to eat?"
"Now there is a food shortage in Fengcheng. If we don't go to Changcheng, how can we find a way to survive?"
The soldiers of the Longwu Army did not look sideways, tightened the weapons in their hands, and said coldly:
"It's your own business if you don't have food. What does it have to do with the City Lord's Mansion?"
"We are just ordered to guard this place. No one is allowed to pass here without the orders of the old prince and Commander Lin!"
As soon as this statement came out, the victims immediately started rioting again.
Some people even tried to take advantage of the chaos and break into the camp, but their heads were chopped off by the soldiers.
Seeing such a bloody scene, the victims regained their composure.
Damn it, these bitches have weapons in their hands, we are no match for them!
But if we stay here, we will not escape death!
As more and more victims gathered, their gazes towards the military camp gradually became sinister.
Never underestimate what people can do when faced with the threat of death.
Just like these victims, they even had only sticks and stones picked up in a hurry, but they resolutely rushed to the Longwu Army's military camp...
