When Yang Zhi left Yudetang, it was already half past eight in the evening. The sky was completely dark and the sky was filled with stars. The little eunuch who was leading the way was leading the way with a lantern.
In the darkness, the corners of Yang Zhi's lips curled up and he thought to himself, "Haha... You're smiling like this for a ton of gold a year? You can't even imagine how many treasures the Qing Dynasty has accumulated among the people!"
"Let's fight. The more we fight, the more chaotic and lively it becomes... The more you are short of money, the more you can't live without me! Just wait for me to eat you up!"
"I am not loyal to anyone. I am only loyal to money. With gold, you have everything... If you change your country to 10,000 masters, you still have to spend money!"
Yang Zhi smiled and looked at the little eunuch leading the way in front of him and suddenly said, "Thank you for your hard work, father-in-law! I can't bear to let my father-in-law hold the lamp to guide the way in the middle of the night. I will take it to drink tea..."
There was a roll of banknotes in his hand, which was more than a hundred silver dollars. The little eunuch holding the lamp had never received such a big red envelope. He was a handyman eunuch and couldn't compare with the general managers.
He didn't even have to do errands like following the stewards to deliver orders. Occasionally, he would get some red envelopes if he had to deliver something to the harem or some officials.
It was only a few silver dollars, which were small amounts of money, and today Yang Zhi spent more than a hundred. This was a surprise to the little eunuch.
"Ouch...Thank you Master Yang for the reward. Master Yang will be your lord for all generations!"
"Haha... I would like to lend you your good advice. From now on, when my father-in-law is in trouble outside, you don't have to be polite, just come to me directly..."
"Thank you for the compliment, sir... or else I would have been praising you all the time!"
Yang Zhi looked at the young eunuch's respectful look and sneered in his heart, "This money will be smashed into porcelain at once. The more villainous a person is, the easier it will be!"
"A big shot wouldn't look down upon him even if he was given a hundred or eighty thousand yuan, but a small person like this would work for you for a few hundred taels of silver, because they themselves regard themselves as very cheap and very cheap!"
"The amount of money I use to bribe the general manager is enough for me to bribe a hundred such little eunuchs. If there are too many ants, they will kill the elephant. If there are too many little people, the intelligence collected will be considerable!"
"It's much more cost-effective than buying off the general manager!"
Yang Zhi left the Forbidden City through Xihua Gate. Outside the city gate, his personal guards escorted him and disappeared into the night of the capital. However, the small meeting in Yude Hall was still going on, and there were all kinds of worrying things. , some of the good mood that Zai Chun had just had was washed away again.
Prince Dun, Fu Qing, and Li Tuo had already had a meeting before meeting the young emperor. The three of them reached a basic consensus that the murder had already happened and there was nothing they could do about it. The three of them did not do anything about it in the evening. This incident put excessive pressure on the little emperor.
All three people chose to keep silent about this matter, which relieved Emperor Tongzhi from some pressure. However, not mentioning it did not mean that the impact of this matter did not exist. All three people expressed their concerns about the situation of the war.
Li Tuo has been running around the construction site all day, and now his lips are dry and cracked. After drinking a few sips of the rewarded tea, he said in a hoarse voice, "Your Majesty... there is a shortage of materials, especially cement, steel bars and I-beams." It’s easier to say that our Jingshi Iron Works can produce part of it..."
"But there is not enough cement, no matter what, there is not enough... Several fortifications have been stopped. Xin Jian and the others complained and kept forcing me, but I am already powerless!"
Zai Chun looked at Fu Qing, "Didn't you say that the cement has been purchased? When will it be shipped?"
"Your Majesty... this matter is quite difficult!" Fu Qing frowned, "The transportation capacity is limited! On the railway to and from the capital, we and Chinese locomotives only have ten cars in total!"
"There is only so much transportation capacity, and there is a big gap in food right now. Not to mention the more than one million people in the capital, there are hundreds of thousands of refugees who have to be fed!"
"The soup kitchens at various city gates are no longer serving porridge, but only rice soup..."
"The Chinese have promised to sell us grain now, but there are only ten trains that can transport it. As for using the canal? Don't think about it for now..."
"Now the Haihe River and Canal water systems have been completely destroyed by the rebels. The Cao Gang and the Yan Gang do not dare to sail boats at all, and ordinary people's boats do not dare to move anywhere..."
"There's not enough transportation capacity!"
Zai Chun gritted his teeth and said, "No matter what, we still have to squeeze out some of the transportation capacity to make room for war supplies! Those victims will only need to starve to death. They can endure it while they have rice soup to drink!"
"Uncle Five...what's going on during your inspection today!"
King Dun said with a worried look, "I took an airship today and went deep into the south of Yongding River for about 20 miles. I found that the rebels are now gathering on a large scale. There are more and more of them. There are two vanguard groups, each with tens of thousands of people." …”
"They are not in a hurry, but are repairing it. The sentries are constantly checking back and forth to find out where there are loopholes in our Yongding River defense line!"
"My airship sniped and killed two rebel sentinel teams in the afternoon, but it had no effect... As soon as the airship fired, the birds and beasts below dispersed!"
"Long live! I can faintly notice that there are still detailed operations by the rebels inside the Yongding River defense line... because the positions where these two vanguards have stationed their troops have escaped our formation of suspicious soldiers!"
"What? Did you all hide?" everyone exclaimed.
The formation of suspected soldiers was a strategy proposed by Li Tuo. The Yongding River defense line stretched for dozens of kilometers, and the military strength in the hands of the court was actually very limited.
Therefore, a lot of permanent fortifications are needed to reduce the pressure on the troops!
However, permanent fortifications cannot be repaired in one day, and it would be too late to supply just one cement supply, so Li Tuo proposed a plan to use the enemy's formation.
A large tent area is set up on the north bank of the river, and adding more stoves does not reduce the number of stoves!
To give the rebels an illusion of great momentum, in fact the soldiers were active in the south, where the enemy could see them, and many tents in the north were empty.
Moreover, when cooking every day, many stoves only burned a few handfuls of hay, without pots or rice, creating the illusion of a lot of smoke to deceive the enemy.
The real main force wanders along the Yongding River defense line at any time, and the irregular defense changes ultimately make it impossible for the enemy to determine where the main force of the imperial court is.
If the main force of the imperial court cannot be found, the rebels will not be able to find the direction of their main attack!
But what King Dun said today made everyone present feel cold.
"Fuck!" Zai Chun cursed angrily, "Inexhaustible rebels, a bunch of pigs who eat everything in and out... What kind of ecstasy did Yi Xin give them? Are they so determined?"
"I have worked hard to benefit them! Do they still earn little? How much money do they earn just from the stocks on the Jingshi Exchange?"
"Still not satisfied? Do you have to live on those hard-core crops? Who am I doing for? It's better to make this country rich and powerful. Then they will get more..."
"Cough cough cough... cough cough cough..."
Suddenly, Zai Chun started coughing violently. This was not a choking on his saliva, but a sick cough that couldn't be stopped at all!
During this time, Zai Chun's face turned red, he was coughing and he looked like he would be out of breath!
"Cough cough cough... cough cough cough cough... cough cough cough..."
"Quickly...quickly send the imperial doctor...quickly..."
Now the Yu De Hall has become a mess!
