"Your Majesty! It's not good! It's not good! Thousands of acres of fertile farmland outside the city have been trampled overnight. All the wheat seedlings have been trampled into the ground. They will definitely not survive~!"
On April 24, the second year of Zhenguan, early in the morning, as soon as Master Liang came out of the palace, an old eunuch ran over in a panic and shouted. ? ? ranwena`com
Master Liang's expression froze, and his face instantly darkened. He said angrily: "What? Thousands of acres of fertile land were trampled? Can anyone find out who did it?"
The old eunuch hurriedly said: "Back to Your Majesty, Wang Shaoqing has already brought people to check, but they only saw many messy horse hoof prints in the fields. It can be preliminarily determined that someone trampled the crops on horseback at night, and they don't know anything else!"
"Horse hoof prints? Could it be that the Tang cavalry has arrived outside Shuofang City?"
Master Liang's heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly had a bad premonition. He said with an ugly face: "Ask Xin Li'er to immediately send scouts out of the city to investigate to see if there are any Tang troops around Shuofang City. Order Li Zhengbao to increase the number of troops in the city." Security, be careful not to let spies from the Tang Dynasty sneak into the city and deceive the people into commotion!"
"Old slave obeys the order!"
The old eunuch also smelled an unusual smell and quickly took the order and left.
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Although the Liang division has sent generals and troops to strengthen patrols in the city, as the saying goes, the mouth of the people is better than the mouth of the river. Once the mouths of the people are opened due to some major event, it cannot be blocked no matter how hard it is. living!
What's more, the envoys of the Tang Dynasty just left two days ago, and now thousands of acres of cropland outside the city have been trampled. When something like this happens at such a sensitive moment, it's hard for people not to think in vain!
The Tang army has cut off Daliang's food and grass, and will soon attack Shuofang!
This kind of rumor spread everywhere in the city, and there was no need for Liu sent to the city to fan the flames. After a whole morning, it had already spread, and those discerning gentry and wealthy families packed up the gold and silver one after another. Xiruan, before Master Liang closed the city gate, he quickly escaped from Shuofang City!
Seeing that he could no longer control the momentum of public opinion, Master Liang quickly ordered the four city gates to be closed, and no one was allowed to enter, let alone go out!
In the mountains and forests outside the city, there is a large tent of the Tang Army!
Yuchi Jingde said solemnly: "According to the intelligence report, today Liang Division sent a large number of scouts to search for us outside the city. In order to prevent them from discovering the location of our main force, General Xue, I have ordered you to take two thousand cavalry with you. Move out immediately to trample the crops and attract the attention of Shuofang City's scouts. Once someone is chasing after you in Shuofang City, immediately retreat to the southeast and lure them away!"
There are more than 80,000 Tang troops in total. Although they are now hidden in the mountains and forests, it is still difficult for so many people not to be discovered by Liang Jun, so Yuchi Jingde thought of such a method.
Xue Wanjun took the order and said: "The last general takes the order!"
Yuchi Jingde nodded and said: "Once all the crop fields outside the city are trampled, we will send troops to surround Shuofang City. At that time, all the detailed operations in the city will be launched. Without food and surrounded by a large army, the officials and people in the city will definitely People are in panic, when the time comes, we will defeat the city in one fell swoop!”
"Yes! Chief Steward!"
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Lantian County, Yunshan Villa.
"Master Hou! Boss Feng's fleet is back and is now approaching the Bahe Pier!"
Near noon, Pang Feiji rushed into the house and reported to Li Zexuan.
Li Zexuan perked up and couldn't help but beam with joy: "Really? That's great! Let's go! You go to County Magistrate He immediately and ask him to send all the officials in the county to carry the seeds at the dock! Then you take the seeds from your house with you All the guards are here too!”
It is already the end of April, and it is reasonable to say that it is a bit late to plant cotton, but if you want to plant it, you can definitely plant it. Besides, the planting method of nutrient bowl can also increase the survival rate of seeds! So in general, if you start planting now, you can still catch the last "last train"!
Pang Feiji cupped his fists and said, "Yes! Mr. Hou!"
Li Zexuan nodded, immediately went out, asked someone to fetch Dabai, and rode a white horse alone towards the dock downstream of the Bahe River!
When he arrived at the dock, Li Zexuan happened to see the Feng family's big boat approaching the dock. After just waiting for a cup of tea, the big boat docked. Feng Zhihua quickly jumped off the big boat, smiled and said to Li Zexuan: " Lord Marquis! Feng is so virtuous and capable that he should take the trouble of you to welcome him in person!"
Li Zexuan laughed and said: "Boss Feng has traveled thousands of miles to buy Baidiezi flower seeds for me. How can I not be worthy of being welcomed by me personally? Boss Feng, you have worked hard along the way!"
Feng Zhihua cupped his hands and said: "It's not hard work! It's not hard work! It's Feng's honor to work for Mr. Hou! This time when he went south to Guangdong, he lived up to his fate. Feng used the fairy mirror and glazed objects given by Mr. Hou in exchange for a total of 10,000 yuan. Six thousand kilograms of Baidiezi flower seeds, with a balance of more than 3,200 guan! If the maritime merchants in Nanyang had not run out of seeds, Feng could have exchanged more Baidiezi flower seeds for the Marquis!"
Li Zexuan was surprised: "You actually got so many flower seeds? And there's still a surplus?"
At the beginning, he gave Feng Zhihua 80,000 kilograms of rare products from the workshop and asked him to take them to Guangdong to exchange 10,000 kilograms of white dianzi flower seeds with Nanyang maritime merchants. Although the merchants of the small Nanyang country loved fairy mirrors and glazed lamps, There will be a lot of premiums for the items, but Li Zexuan didn't expect there would be such a large premium. In total, these 80,000 guan of goods were sold to Nanyang merchants for almost 160,000 guan!
Feng Zhihua smiled slightly and said: "This is mainly due to the group of maritime merchants in Nanyang. It is rare to see such a large number of fairy mirrors and glazed lamps. The price they offer is at least 50% higher than the market price in Chang'an, and don't look at Chang'an." The white die seed flower seeds in the city are expensive, but those are the prices raised by Hu merchants. At Nanyang Maritime Merchant, one or two white die seeds only cost about 300 Wen! Therefore, in the end, Feng could not only exchange for Sixteen thousand kilograms of seeds can still save more than three thousand pounds!"
When Li Zexuan heard this, he couldn't help but secretly praise Feng Zhihua for his loyalty. If Feng Zhihua didn't take the initiative to tell him, he would definitely not know about it. If Feng Zhihua really wanted to embezzle, he could embezzle tens of thousands of dollars in this trip without being noticed, but Feng Zhihua did not do this, and Li Zexuan said with a look of relief and joy:
"Okay! Boss Feng, you have been traveling all the way, and you have also wasted a lot on hiring crew members, repairing and maintaining the ship. You don't have to give the balance of more than 3,000 yuan to me. I can't let your trip go in vain. It’s a tip of the hat, right?”
Feng Zhihua quickly waved his hand and said: "No, no, no! Mr. Hou, Feng has long been indifferent to money now. Feng can't have this money!"
Li Zexuan smiled and said: "Haha! Boss Feng, you and I have agreed before you go here, so don't refuse anymore! This time I go south, I owe you a favor! If there are any difficulties in the future, even if Come to me! If I can help, I will definitely help you!"
"Master Hou! Oh! This kind of seed is really lucky! It's so good!"
At this moment, County Magistrate He finally arrived at the dock with a group of government officials.
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