"Mr. Factory Supervisor, the people in Linzi are no longer self-sufficient. Let's bring more food to help the army. This is the maximum limit they can bear. If it continues, the people may starve to death." Zou Fengji was a little anxious. This little eunuch is too ruthless. Could he have raised tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to starve the people of Linzi City to death? Why did you catch a sheep in Linzi and pluck it out?
"The governor has never wanted to seize food from the people, or exchange lives with the people." Chang Yu said in a cold tone: "But at this time, the national crisis is facing us. Oh, it has reached a critical moment when families are destroyed. I only hope that the people in the city will protect themselves. Do your best for your home and life!”
"They have tried their best! At this time, there are many people in the city who are unable to open the door to their families!" Zou Fengji gritted his teeth and He Wentang quickly agreed.
Chang Yu sneered: "Zou County Magistrate, the people I mentioned are not ordinary people. Are they really trying their best? Ordinary people can't expose the blame in their homes, but I believe that there are no wealthy families in the city who don't have hundreds or thousands of kilograms of food in their homes." I dare say that I can raise three thousand stones just by picking the five richest households in the city!"
Seeing Zou Fengji frowning and saying nothing, Chang Yu added: "Of course I will make them bankrupt. It's just that they can't part with the food and money. The governor half sold and half borrowed it, but it was less than three thousand dan. It's conceivable that Only a few of the thousand and five stones in the granary were donated! Do they really think they are even risking their lives if they are so picky at this moment?"
Zou Fengji still didn't say anything, and Chang Yu sneered: "It's okay if we don't donate food. We can only donate 40,000 taels of silver with the strength of a city!" Then he shouted: "I don't believe that any big family in the city has less than tens of thousands of dollars." It’s so huge, just 40,000 taels of silver to give away to beggars?”
"Those soldiers of the Ming Dynasty fought bloody battles to protect their homes and country, and to prevent your city from being destroyed and people killed, but you just dismissed them as beggars..."
Seeing Chang Yu furious, Zou Fengji, and He Wentang got up in fright to accuse him!
Why was Chang Yu suddenly angry? It was because he was dissatisfied with these squires! Yes, he is forcing donations, but he doesn't think he is committing moral kidnapping!
Because their donation is not to save individuals, but to save the entire country and save the lives of ordinary people!
The Ming Dynasty has come to an end, and the Qing army has a butcher knife on its neck, but it still cherishes money more than life. It is really annoying and hateful.
Seeing that the little eunuch was angry, Zou Fengji couldn't eat the food anymore, so he said goodbye to He Wentang and left. They wanted to go talk to those big families.
In the blink of an eye, only Zhu Cian and Li Shiyuan were left at the table. Both of them were frightened and uncomfortable. They didn't dare to say a word when they saw the little eunuch angry for the first time.
"It's so boring to be coy about eating with civil servants." Chang Yu smiled slightly, and Zhu Cian and Li Shiyuan secretly breathed a sigh of relief. They smiled in agreement but still didn't dare to talk casually.
"His Royal Highness, we have an unkind invitation," Chang Yu looked at Zhu Cian and said softly. Zhu Cian quickly handed over his hand and said, "If you have any orders, Mr. Factory Supervisor, just tell me."
"The soldiers traveled thousands of miles from the capital to fight for several battles and lacked pay for training. Their morale is definitely exhausted. But now that the war is imminent, we must boost the morale of the soldiers as quickly as possible." Chang Yu picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea.
"How to boost the morale of the army? What should the factory supervisor ask Ci'an to do?" Zhu Ci'an asked quickly, knowing nothing about this.
"Pay!" Li Shiyuan blurted out, Chang Yu nodded slightly: "King Heng promised to pay the army when it arrived in the city, but at this time..." He said nothing and looked at Zhu Cian.
"Ci'an knows about it. Linzi donates money to help pay for the army first, and then all the money will be paid to Prince Heng's Mansion." I have to say that Zhu Cian responded quickly.
In order to clean himself up, the young eunuch had previously said that he would not touch silver. No matter whether in Qingzhou City or Linzi, all donated silver would be handed over to Prince Heng's Mansion for management. Then it would be directly distributed to the soldiers. Zhu Cian's donation of silver in Linzi City was based on a small calculation. It was used to offset the cost of buying grain. At this time, after listening to Chang Yu's words, he agreed to pay the soldiers' salaries first without hesitation.
Chang Yu gave him a thumbs up, picked up the tea cup, took a sip and said softly: "Soldiers have no tomorrow, and it's safe to die with money in hand!"
Zhu Cian was deeply touched: "Mr. Factory Supervisor, Prince Heng's Mansion is willing to spend all his money to help the army defend the city!"
Chang Yu hummed, looked at him and nodded: "Prince Heng is a sensible person. Prince Ruofu, Prince Lu and others are also so sensible and will not be exterminated and their incense will be cut off."
Zhu Cian couldn't help but shudder, but he couldn't hold back his curiosity: "Mr. Factory Supervisor, is it true that it is said that King Fu was stewed by the intruder?"
Most of the history of the Ming Dynasty was filled with dirty water thrown by the Qing Dynasty, not only the Ming army but also the bandit army. This made them look like white lotus flowers. Therefore, Li Zicheng stewed fortune and Wang Changyu felt that it was most likely to be nothing, but he nodded without hesitation and said: "Thousands of truths." Absolutely true.”
"Ah! So, is Prince Fu's Mansion really dead? Have you heard about Crown Prince Fu..." Zhu Cian asked again.
"Died by the rebels!" Chang Yu said expressionlessly.
Zhu Yousong was secretly murdered in Taiyuan. There were rumors that he died at the hands of the bandits, but it had not yet reached here. When Zhu Cian heard this, he really felt his feet were cold and he was dripping with cold sweat, but it was exactly the effect Chang Yu wanted.
"Mr. Factory, General Li is here." At this moment, soldiers hurriedly came to report. Chang Yu was so happy that he left the Yamen and ran to the city.
To be precise, Li Yan did not come, but the people he sent did. Dozens of fire points were rushing toward him more than ten miles away due north. Such blatant behavior was definitely not a probing attack by the Qing army.
Sure enough, half a moment later, about 20 riders called the door from the city. Chang Yu ordered the door to be opened without hesitation, without even verifying his identity, because the leader was Kuang Ren.
"The army has arrived more than 20 miles away, and will reach Linzi in half an hour." Kuang Ren looked tired but looked particularly excited: "General Li's battle at the Yellow River Ferry was simply unbelievable and extremely beautiful."
"Oh, tell me." Chang Yu was also curious about how Li Yan broke through the defense line. After all, he would have to pay a heavy price even if he personally took command in such a natural chasm.
"Artillery!" Kuang Ren said just two words!
Chang Yu was startled, then patted his head and laughed loudly: "It's really beautiful." At this time, he didn't even need to listen to Kuang Ren's detailed description to know how wonderful it was.
But Kuang Ren still told him what he saw along the way. While listening, Chang Yu raised his eyes and looked to the north. He couldn't see any fire in the distance in the dark night. He was very confused. Under normal circumstances, if there was a fire twenty miles away, it should be faintly visible!
Could it be cloudy? I thought about looking up at the sky, only to realize that there were no stars or lights in the sky, and there was no bright moon hanging in the sky. Why would there be wind and rain every time there was a battle?
"Mr. Factory, look," Kuang Ren suddenly pointed in the northeast direction. There were several flashes of fire more than ten miles away. According to visual inspection, it should be on the bank of the Zihe River.
"The Tatars are still ours?" Chang Yu asked.
Kuang Ren shook his head slightly: "It's hard to say!"
"It's exciting!" Chang Yu chuckled, and Kuang Ren screamed again: "Coming, coming..."
When Chang Yu heard the sound, he supported the wall and looked out, and sure enough he saw a faint light in the night sky due north. Then it became clearer and clearer, getting closer and more numerous.
Just after Hai Shi arrived, Li Yan led more than 30,000 cavalry to finally arrive outside Linzi City. Chang Yu personally greeted him a few miles outside the city. Everyone was naturally overjoyed to see each other, so they introduced Zhu Ci'an, Li Shiyuan, Zou Fengji and others to the generals and exchanged greetings with them. Afterwards, they also looked at each other secretly.
Compared with Huang Degong and the commander-in-chief of a large military region like Zhou Yuji, Li Shiyuan's small Qingzhou defense is not worth mentioning, but he became famous in the battle of Qingzhou two years ago, and everyone admires him. Of course, they are more curious about Zhu Cian, the eldest son of Prince Heng. .
Seeing this fat little white guy following Chang Yu respectfully and licking his adoring smile all the time, you know that the little eunuch has gained another fan. Of course, the more fans of this kind, the better. The little eunuch is known as the lord's harvester, plucking hair from the geese. Look at the King of Datong and the King of Jin in Taiyuan...Qingzhou Prefecture will also suffer heavy blood this time.
It seemed that there was no need to worry about food and military rations. Li Yan and the others looked at each other and couldn't hide their joy.
Linzi City could not accommodate tens of thousands of troops, so Chang Yu ordered to camp on the bank of Taigong Lake in the east of the city and sent out patrol posts for ten miles to monitor the surrounding area. Then he entered the city with Li Yan and others and entered the county government office.
In the county government, Zou Fengji set up a new banquet to welcome the generals. He said a few words and then informed Zhu Ci'an and Li Shiyuan of the city to organize a group of officials and squires to go outside the city to express condolences to the soldiers. Of course, they would not go empty-handed. , pulling grain and money.
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