Xing Honglang chuckled: "If someone finds a piece of wood and carves the Chinese characters for the fifth day of the lunar month and wants to sneak into our camp, you just...hehe, do you understand?"
The soldier guarding the gate suddenly realized: It turned out to be anti-counterfeiting! As expected of Boss Xing, who has been in the world for a long time. The snakes, insects and rats in this world are really powerful.
Soon after the war monk returned, the merchants came.
There were quite a few people, more than a dozen people who had been working on the pier all year round.
Xing Honglang: "Everyone, our stronghold has been built and our feet are firmly planted. Next, I am going to reach out. This time I am calling you here for food."
The dozen or so businessmen had already guessed what they were being asked to do. They cupped their fists and said, "Master Xing wants us to sell grain, right?"
"Yes!"
Xing Honglang said: "I'm not a serious businessman. I can't transport grain generously to Puzhou City, but you can. I'll give you this batch of goods at a price of 200 Wen per bucket. You can see how much I sell it for." Let's do it. You can take these grains to Puzhou City or Hedong Road, it's up to you to do whatever you want..."
In short, put them in the hands of ordinary people. "
The merchants whispered: "You can't enter the grain store, right?"
"Yes! Don't go into the grain store for this food." Xing Honglang laughed: "Once it enters the grain store, you don't know how many times it will have to be doubled before it falls into the hands of the people."
Of course the businessmen understood this and clasped their fists: "Don't worry, Mr. Xing, we will leave this matter to us."
"It's just..." a businessman whispered: "We transported a large amount of grain to Puzhou City and Hedong Road, so the grain stored at the dock will be less. You have to feed every citizen here every day, and you have to feed every citizen here." To give them three kilograms of flour as wages is very costly. Thousands of kilograms of grain have to be consumed every day. If we continue to transport grain, the people on the dock will feel uneasy when they see the grain stocks reduced."
Xing Honglang chuckled: "You don't have to worry about this, I have a way to solve it."
The merchants stopped talking nonsense. Everyone bought a batch of grain from Xing Honglang according to their own business capabilities, carried it on their own shoulders, and even hired civilian men. They used their own methods to set off towards Puzhou City. Zao Ying led the cavalry out of the stronghold and protected the merchants until they were sent to Puzhou City before returning.
They transported a lot of food at this time, which really reduced the food stock on the dock.
The peasants gathered on the dock began to worry again...
"Did you see it? Many businessmen entered the granary this morning and took away a large amount of grain."
"Not only did I see it, but I also helped load the goods. The merchant gave me twenty cents as porter's money."
"We consume thousands of kilograms of grain every day, and now we transport so much. Oh my god, how many days will the remaining grain be enough for us?"
"There is quite a lot of grain stored in the village, piled up like a hill, but a few thousand kilograms a day will probably not last a month."
"What should I do? If you do this, even Master Xing won't be able to sustain it, right?"
The common people were talking a lot, just when they were panicking...
Someone shouted: "Look, the boat is back! Mr. Xing's boat is back."
It turned out that the battleship and the two cargo ships left Gudu Wharf two days ago and returned to Qiachuan Wharf after unloading their cargo. Unexpectedly, they were back now.
This time when I came back, there was actually one more cargo ship, turning into a warship and a formation of three cargo ships.
"There are actually more ships?"
Having two such huge cargo ships is already a big deal, but Mr. Xing actually has three?
"Wow, the three ships are covered with black oilcloths. The oilcloths are not all filled with food, right?
"It must be food! Otherwise, how could Mr. Xing dare to let the merchants transport all the previous food.
Where did they go to bring the food? "
"Did you go to Jiangnan in the colorful world?
"It doesn't matter where she got the food. Even if it's food from the underworld, as long as it can make me full, I will call her mother."
Three large cargo ships slowly docked, bringing with them a large amount of food.
When the peasants saw this scene, they howled with excitement. The fear they had just felt due to lack of food had long since disappeared.
After a while, someone from the main camp was sent over: "Now we need a group of porters to move the grain from the three cargo ships. The old rule is that three kilograms of flour will be paid per day."
"Me me me!"
The common people rushed up again with a coax, working happily.
Xing Honglang found the captain of the warship and told him in a low voice that the dock needed to be built but no one planned it...
The captain nodded: "I will take this matter back as soon as possible, and the village will arrange someone to handle it.
By the way, Mr. He and Mr. Bai both asked me to tell you that Gaojia Village has begun to plot Baishui County, Hancheng, and Dali County. The base in Huanglong Mountain is also expanding. Now the stalls are being opened very quickly and there is insufficient manpower. , there is no way to increase your troops. Depending on the situation, you may need to recruit more soldiers in Shanxi.
Old Nanfeng, who was standing behind Xing Honglang, was shocked: "Baishui County and Dali County are just that, Hancheng is not easy to move..."
Hancheng belongs to Tongguan Road in Tongzhou, Xi'an Prefecture.
The administrative unit of "Tao" is different from counties, states, and prefectures. The latter three are all ordinary administrative units.
But in the Ming Dynasty, "Tao" had the meaning of military region!
Any place that is set as "Tao" has an important strategic position.
For example, Hedong Road governed Jiechi, the largest salt-producing area in the Central Plains. The imperial court stationed heavy troops on Hedong Road.
Another example is Tongguan Road, which Hancheng belongs to. It is the axis road that crosses the hinterland of the Central Plains and connects Chang'an and Luoyang. It is the most important strategic location. The imperial court will never allow anyone to seize it. As long as there are rogue bandits who dare to take advantage of Hancheng, they will Strong men will be sent to guard it.
Wang Zuoguan attacked Hancheng twice, but was repelled both times by fierce men. This fierce man was Hong Chengchou.
The captain smiled and said to Old Nanfeng: "General, don't worry. You have been in a labor camp for the past few years, and you don't know much about our methods in Gaojia Village. Our method of attacking Hancheng is not to attack Hancheng head-on, but to attack Hancheng head-on. He will use various means... Oh, actually, even if he really hits him head-on, it won't be a problem if Tianzun takes action.
Old Nanfeng clasped his fists and stopped talking.
The captain said: "Compared to Hancheng, the Hedong Road Jiechi you want to move will be more difficult. Shanxi is too far away. Mr. Tianzun doesn't have time to come to Shanxi in person to help now. You don't have Tianzun here." When acting under the blessing, you must be careful and careful again, these are the original words of the old man Tianzunchi."
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