Zhao Kuangzan is not idle either. He is saving himself. The way to save himself is very simple, which is to write an IOU.
And they were all very large IOUs. One thousand guan was written on a piece of white paper, and then he stamped his personal seal of "Grand Imperial Order" to count.
You have to ask if this IOU is useful, hmm. When scoring, it also depends on whether the person has eyesight or not. At least Zhao Kuangzan himself feels that this thing is useful.
The source of confidence is that the rebellion in Wuning Town will definitely be put down quickly, so I, Prince Consort Zhao, throw out ten pieces every day.
At the beginning, no one paid any attention to him, and the soldiers who were guarding him laughed at him, thinking that Zhao Prince Consort was frightened and went crazy.
But on the fifth day, when the Xuzhou rebellion began to develop into an increasingly unfavorable situation for Wuning Town, and when Zhao Kuangzan once again issued ten thousand-guan IOUs, no one laughed at him, and some even I picked up the IOU that I had thrown away a few days ago.
Yesterday, when Zhao Kuangzan still handed out ten IOUs, some of the tooth soldiers who were guarding him started fighting because of these IOUs.
This shows that the situation in Xuzhou City has become extremely bad.
Zhao Kuangzan keenly felt that the opportunity was coming soon. He was going to throw out ten IOUs worth 10,000 yuan tomorrow, and then he could negotiate terms with the people holding all the IOUs.
Because this person, and the small gang behind him, must be the most powerful among the soldiers who are guarding him, and there is a great possibility that they will be able to let him go.
However, Prince Consort Zhao's life was very good.
Because although his father-in-law Zhang Shengren was the founding hero of the country, he was not a ruthless person like Qin Shihuang or Han Gaozu who did not regard his son-in-law or even his children as human beings, so he had been arranging for people to rescue him.
On the first day of the twelfth lunar month, the entire city of Xuzhou was covered with snow, and people shivered in the cold weather. But in such a spooky weather, the north, east, and south sides of Xuzhou City were blocked by troops with colorful flags. .
Just when the general on the city head looked to the west, he heard bursts of drum music, and a group of cavalry carrying the Yamen flag and the recognition flag galloped over from a distance.
The sharp-eyed man stood on tiptoes to take a look, and suddenly felt cold all over, because there was a big black character "Liu" written on the identification flag. This was Liu Zaisheng, the Duke of Tian Guo who was stationed in Shangqiu Mansion.
As soon as Liu Zaisheng arrived, there were two famous Helong generals outside Xuzhou City.
In the small Wuning Town of Xuzhou City, only three to four thousand people rebelled, but they actually attracted the Duke of Wei, Li Cunhui, and the Duke of Tian, Liu Zaisheng, to join forces to attack. How could this blessing be smaller?
And more importantly, in this snowy day, tens of thousands of troops did not withdraw from the siege, but were still adding troops and forming formations. What does this mean?
This shows that the army outside is not an ordinary army, but a strong and well-disciplined army. They are waiting to take these thousands of people to ask the emperor for rewards.
. . . . .
Zhu Yuan had not agreed on a time for the uprising with the low-level officers he contacted. He waited until Liu Zaisheng arrived today and the rebel generals in Xuzhou City were frightened before he decided to take action.
His first task is to rescue Zhao Kuangzan, so he doesn't need many people at all, just elite ones.
So Zhu Yuan personally selected twenty blood brothers who swore blood oaths with him, and they all wore chainmail armor and cloth-covered iron armor.
He hid the armor-breaking pecking hammer, black iron hammer, wrought copper mace, iron whip and other weapons in a large box disguised as a food delivery, and swaggered towards the gate tower of the East City where Zhao Kuangzan was imprisoned.
The people who were guarding Zhao Kuangzan all belonged to Li Yuanzai's tooth soldiers. After all, he was a local snake and he also controlled the largest force. With 3,500 Wuning Town Forbidden Army, a good hostage like Zhao Kuangzan was naturally under his control.
This in turn provided Zhu Yuan with convenience. Soon, the thirty of them were assisted by a ten general who had already taken refuge in Zhu Yuan, and they went up to the East City Tower without any hindrance.
People outside thought they were going to Dongcheng Tower to change defenses. After all, they were all familiar faces, and they didn't expect them to start a rebellion.
The person guarding the city gate tower had been bribed again. As soon as Zhu Yuan arrived, he was immediately sent in.
On the second floor of the east city gate building, Li Yuande, Li Yuanzai's younger brother, was guarding here. He was angrily collecting Zhao Kuangzan's IOU from the soldiers.
Obviously, once the city of Xuzhou is captured, his confidant, the rebellious culprit, will definitely be stabbed, so these IOUs are of no use to him.
However, the soldiers below were not so easy to manipulate. Li Yuande spent a long time collecting them, but only collected seven or eight, which made the soldiers in the room look at each other angrily.
But Li Yuande didn't care, because behind him stood two soldiers of the Li family. They were wearing heavy armor and holding long swords. The soldiers on the opposite side were only wearing cotton-padded clothes. Even though there were more than 20 of them, they were totally useless in a fight. .
"Kaifeng Baiyi Pavilion, anonymous, redeemable as soon as you see the seal, ten thousand in total, ten pieces in total!"
On the third floor, just when the smell of gunpowder was very strong below, Zhao Kuangzan immediately started shouting loudly on the third floor, and by the way, there was the sound of paper flying into the air.
Ten thousand guan! Now that Zhang Zhou was established, the domineering power of the warriors was gradually suppressed, the administration was relatively clear, the political situation was basically stable, trade routes were smooth, and the price of rice was reduced from the terrifying four hundred coins in the Later Jin Dynasty to fifteen coins.
This year, the six provinces of Helong, Guanzhong, Zhili, Hebei, and Jiaodong all had a bumper harvest. It is said that the price of grain in Luoyang and Kaifeng has dropped to 11 yuan per pound of rice, and mutton only costs 18 yuan per pound.
The Five Dynasties inherited the weight and measure system of the Tang Dynasty. According to later calculations, one bucket of rice weighed twelve kilograms, and ten thousand guan could buy 910,000 buckets, which is more than 90,000 shi and 11 million kilograms of corn.
A normal strong man only consumes more than a thousand kilograms of corn a year.
If you do some conversion, you will know how much purchasing power ten thousand yuan can have, and how much stimulation it can have on a normal person.
This is an amount that many ordinary people cannot earn in a lifetime, or even for several generations of their ancestors combined.
Money moves people's hearts! Li Yuande had already robbed him of seven or eight thousand IOUs, and the dozens of tooth soldiers on the second floor were already going crazy.
"Li Yuande, if I marry your mother, you will pay me back!"
Someone roared wildly, and everyone was in a panic. Twenty or so tooth soldiers violently overturned the foot-wrestling case between them and Li Yuande and others. Then they took out long daggers and even wooden stools as weapons, and headed towards Li Yuande. He and the two soldiers behind him rushed over.
After Zhu Yuan and others went up to the second floor, what they saw was such a scene. He was stunned. He originally thought that there was going to be a big battle, but he didn't expect that they would start fighting among themselves.
The tooth soldier who was leading the trouble also saw Zhu Yuan and recognized him immediately, "Saiju Meng, kill Li Yuande quickly, I will give you a thousand guan!"
He thought that Zhu Yuan was also here to cause trouble. Zhu Yuan did not explain, and immediately swooped over. The pecking hammer in his hand came out in response, and with a bang, Li Yuande's temple was smashed. The mouth became wet.
The blood brother behind him also took out weapons such as a black iron hammer and a wrought copper mace from the box, and killed the remaining two soldiers in two or three strokes.
"A certain family, Zhu Yuan, has met the Duke of Yuyang. Don't worry, Duke of Wei. Li Sanlang, the Duke of Wei, has personally led an army to surround Xuzhou City. He has specially ordered a certain family to sneak back into the city and rescue the Duke."
Zhao Kuangzan was overjoyed. He still knew Zhu Yuan and knew how ordinary he was. His heart suddenly dropped a little. He quickly crumpled the IOU written in his hand into a ball.
Damn, this is a hundred thousand yuan. With Zhao Kuangzan’s family background, giving it away would basically mean bankrupting the family.
When everyone was stunned, Zhao Kuangzan took out an IOU worth 10,000 yuan and handed it to Zhu Yuan, smiling very openly.
"That little bit of family wealth has been wiped out a long time ago. The rest is Princess Baoding's dowry, so I don't dare to touch it.
However, a certain family could still afford these ten thousand or twenty thousand guan, so he would not say thank you for the great kindness. When the siege of Xuzhou was resolved, he would come to a certain family's house for a drink. "
Zhu Yuan laughed and said, "The prince is so arrogant that he always picks on men, so I won't be polite to you. Thank you for the reward!"
At this time, the ten generals who came up with Zhu Yuan behind them told Zhu Yuan about Zhao Kuangzan's move of writing the IOU in his ear.
Zhu Yuan chuckled, turned around suddenly, and hit Li Yuan on the head of the tooth soldier who called him for help with a hammer. The tooth soldier was caught off guard and fell to the ground with a scream.
The blood brothers beside him also suddenly took action, using hammers and maces to kill all the more than 20 tooth soldiers without armor in just a few breaths.
Zhao Kuangzan's eyelids jumped suddenly because Zhu Yuan's blood brothers were already looking for the IOUs on the killed tooth soldiers.
Zhu Yuan walked up and kicked the blood brother over with one kick, "Donkey enter, you are not done yet, are you? The prince-in-law has already rewarded me with ten thousand guan, why are you still not satisfied?"
Zhao Kuangzan twitched the corner of his mouth, pretended to laugh boldly again, and took out another 10,000 yuan IOU.
However, Zhu Yuan refused to accept it no matter what. Accepting it now would be blackmail and would greatly dilute his gratitude for rescuing Zhao Kuangzan.
"The consort looks down on Zhu, does he think that a certain family risked his life to save the consort just for the sake of wealth?
The saint was concerned about the safety of his consort and came here to repay the saint's kindness. "
Zhao Kuangzan finally felt relieved. He raised his hand towards the north and gave an empty-headed salute, "I have no way to control you, but I am worrying you."
Zhu Yuan was also relieved, money is so attractive! Zhao Kuangzan just wrote an IOU of 100,000 yuan. With so much money, Blood Brother will become unreliable.
But when the two of them sang together like this, the atmosphere immediately turned to the topic of serving the country and serving the saint, and they barely unified their thoughts.
"Raise the flag, beat the drums. Inform Zou Dalang and they take action!
Fan Sanlang, you have a loud voice and tell everyone about the saint's edict to pardon the people in Wuning town.
Brother Song, let’s escort the prince-in-law out of the east gate, open the east gate and let the army enter the city! "
(End of chapter)
