"This time, a total of 10,000 stones of grain, 20 carts of silk, and four boxes of jewelry were recovered..."
"Wait a minute, pay attention to your wording. It's not about gathering, it's about capturing! What we captured from the Turkic thieves should be counted together with the captured war horses and weapons, and all of them will be included in the military merits of our brothers." Xiao Rui emphasized.
The quartermaster reminded in a low voice: "But these supplies were clearly stolen from outside the city by the Turks..."
Halfway through, seeing Xiao Rui's eyes, the quartermaster suddenly realized and said happily: "Yes, that's right, my subordinates were negligent. These are indeed all captured, and I will recalculate the statistics."
Su Lie smiled and scolded: "You are usually very clever, but at critical moments you are so stupid. Go, go, go, you miscalculated the military merits of your brothers, I will skin you."
"By the way, three times the pension will be given to the ten brothers who died in the battle, and it will come out of this batch of supplies. In addition, give me the list. Their family members and children will be sent to the Chang'an retired military camp in the future and will be collectively taken care of by the court." Xiao Rui added explain.
The quartermaster was so moved that he knelt down on one knee and said, "I will thank Commander Shi Daen for my brother who died in battle."
The other party took the account book and walked out quickly. Although he was scolded, the smile on his face became more and more crazier, and he cursed in his heart. If Chang Shi hadn't warned him, he would have almost done something bad. If this was known to the brothers, without the general taking action, the Qianpaoze would probably become anxious and would not dare to come out to urinate at night in the future.
Without his subordinates, Su Lie asked slightly worriedly: "Chang Shi, after expelling the Anle Chamber of Commerce, you said that the court would help us suppress it. But this time, they really lost so much supplies. If they come again, what to do?"
Xiao Rui said confidently: "Come on, I hope they will come soon. What do these little supplies mean? Next time they come, I will let them bleed."
ah? ? ? What, what? You're not going to kidnap them, are you?
Xiao Rui said angrily: "I am an upright court official, how could I possibly do that kidnapping and blackmail thing?"
As he said that, he came close to Su Lie's ear and quickly told him about Cui Baiquan. Su Lie stood blankly on the spot, opening and closing his mouth twice. He really didn't know what to say. If he fell asleep, he gave him a pillow. These were given to the five surnames and seven. I hope there is no need to argue. Cui Baiquan? Haha, you might as well be shot to death by the Turks.
Don't talk nonsense even if you are afraid of death. If you say this, you will not only die, but you may also injure many people.
Can you blame Cui Baiquan? At that time, he was only focused on survival, thinking that if he escaped, all the other prisoners would be dead. Who knows what he said to the Turks by then? Haha, God's calculations are not as good as God's calculations, and many of the captives survived. They were all originally from the Anle Chamber of Commerce, but now they wanted to eat this bullshit president alive.
Originally, our family had agreed to give up Anle to Xiao Rui. It was you, Cui Baiquan, who lobbied everyone and said that he would organize a voluntary chamber of commerce and come over to make things difficult for Xiao Rui. It's better now. I lost my wife and lost my troops, and I almost lost my life. We were lucky enough to survive, but Xiao Rui took us to jail. He clearly wanted to use us to blackmail the family.
These members of the chamber of commerce who were captured by the Turks are being held, but not the businessmen who fled into the city in the morning. If they went to the city to hide, would it be unjustifiable for you to arrest them?
Now that it's fine, the supplies have been recovered and piled up in the courtyard of the county governor's mansion. This group of people can't stand it any longer, thinking one by one, my goods are inside. So gradually, people gathered at the gate of the Sheriff's Mansion, wanting to ask Xiao Rui to get their goods back.
Xiao Rui sneered in his heart, human nature is always greedy. What were you thinking when you were running for your lives in the morning? What kind of supplies, what kind of goods do you need if your life is gone? Let's live first, then treat it as your own goods and feed them to the dogs.
It's better now. You don't care about this goods in the hands of the Turks. But when it comes to our Anle City defenders, you want to take it back? Is that such a good thing? Are my soldiers and horses vegetarian? Are you afraid of the Turks, not us?
Let the guards let go and let them all into the governor's house. Xiao Rui wants to see for himself how thick-skinned these people are.
"Chief Xiao, thank you so much, Magistrate Xiao, and General Su for helping us recover the lost supplies. I am very grateful. I am willing to use part of it to reward the Anle garrison brothers..." These people are not stupid, they are very understanding of the world.
It's a pity that they met Xiao Rui, a guy who plucked his hair.
"Wait a minute, what did you just say? Whose supplies are these?" Xiao Rui interrupted the leader.
"Ours, these are all the supplies of our Anle Chamber of Commerce. They are piled outside the city. Everyone knows that, didn't you, the county magistrate, also go and inspect them? There is absolutely no fraud." The man didn't seem to understand what Xiao Rui said. .
Xiao Rui shook his head, "No, no, no, you misunderstood. These supplies were captured by us when we eliminated the Turks fifteen miles west of the city. They are not your supplies outside the city. If you want to find supplies, you might as well go outside the city. Search slowly, our county governor’s office is unable to help.”
"No, these are our supplies. We originally piled them outside the city. In the morning, the Turkic cavalry came and snatched them all away. Didn't you send General Su to lead people to defeat the Turks and recover them all?" Others? They all defended themselves.
Xiao Rui insisted: "Everyone, let me reiterate. I sent General Su out of the city to intercept the Turks in order to kill the enemy and perform meritorious service. He was not given the task of recovering the supplies. These supplies were indeed captured by us from the Turks. . As for whether these things are yours or the Turks'? We don't care, we only know that they are trophies. What is seized from the Turks should be counted and stored in the warehouse by our Anle defenders. As for where these things came from the Turks, I'm sorry, then It's a Turkic matter, and we have no right to investigate and question it."
Tsk tsk... With such talkative words, the Prince Consort is worthy of being the Prince Consort. If it were me, I would definitely not be able to defeat these profiteers. Su Lie secretly gave Xiao Rui a thumbs up, and the guards did the same, with little stars shining in their eyes. Is this a battle of words? Xiao Changshi is right, what we capture from the Turks belongs to us.
"But these are obviously..."
"That's enough! I understand, what Master Xiao means is that you don't want to return it? Sir, most of these supplies came from the family behind us on credit. Can you afford it?" The tone of the leader changed. The people here Most of them come from five surnames and seven hopes, and they are proud of themselves. Although many people are from side branches and are insignificant clan members, they are members of a powerful clan after all, and it is still possible to borrow some of the family's prestige.
Oh, blackmail? Xiao Rui snorted coldly: "I made it very clear, this is the spoils of our Anle garrison. You guys want to mess around and divide and rob us of our spoils. Ask the three thousand Anle garrison if they agree?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the surrounding defenders stepped forward one after another, unsheathed their sabers, and shouted in unison: "No!"
Xiao Rui stretched out his hand and swept it: "Did you see it? We defended the city in the morning and saved your lives, and in the afternoon you repaid your kindness with hatred? Is this a famous family?"
The man took a deep look at Xiao Rui: "Okay, then thank Mr. Xiao for your life-saving grace. Let's go back!"
"But..." Some people were dissatisfied.
The man said sternly: "We'll talk about it when we get back..."
Xiao Rui watched a group of people leave angrily, and said with cold eyes: "If Anle Prison is not too small, we have to release people back to report. How can you be so noisy? We would have arrested them all, and we will have to spend a few days in jail first."
