Li Yunze and Ye Yutong are studying the map of Jinzhou City.
Li Chaoyang walked in, "Brother, sister-in-law, Mr. Yao Er has arrived and is in the courtyard now. Should we see him now or wait until you are finished?"
"Bring him in." Li Yunze said without raising his head.
"yes, Sir."
Just as Li Chaoyang was about to go out, Ye Yutong called to him.
He asked softly: "Chaoyang, how much food did the Yao family bring?"
Li Chaoyang was afraid that people outside would hear it and say that his sister-in-law was greedy for money.
He took two steps forward and lowered his voice and said, "A total of eighty-six carriages have arrived, including seventy carriages of grain. I wonder what the remaining sixteen carriages contain?"
Ye Yutong knew it well, smiled and nodded, "Let him come in."
Li Yunze glanced at her with a smile, then continued to study the map, staring at Maiyun Mountain marked on it, and he fell into deep thought.
"Ping An, did you find anything?" Ye Yutong asked immediately when he saw him staring at the map.
"Tongtong, I'm wondering, are the troops we put at the north gate too few?"
Li Yunze pointed at the map, "Going out from the north gate is Maiyun Mountain. If you walk faster, you can cross the mountain in an hour. Do you think Qiao Guanyun will come in from here?"
Ye Yutong stared at it for a while and said with certainty: "It will definitely happen."
"Peace, the North Gate must send more troops as soon as possible, and Maiyun Mountain must also send secret guards to keep an eye on it. If Qiao Guanyun's troops are found, report them immediately."
"Okay, then let the second brother Shen and the eldest brother personally guard the north gate, and send a thousand cavalry troops there."
He told Yan Er, who was standing next to him, "Invite my elder brother and General Shen to come immediately."
"Yes, Your Highness."
As soon as Yan Er went out, Li Chaoyang came in with Master Yao Er.
"Yao Jingwen, see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, see the Crown Princess." Mr. Yao came in fearfully, and immediately knelt down to salute when he saw the person.
But neither Li Yunze nor Ye Yutong spoke, or even raised their heads. The two of them looked at the map on the table intently and exchanged words from time to time.
Mr. Yao Er knelt there and did not dare to move.
After a while, Li Yunze said calmly: "Get up."
"Thank you, Your Highness. Thank you, Your Majesty." After Mr. Yao got up, he didn't even dare to raise his head. He stood there and felt disappointed.
Li Chaoyang saw the cold sweat on his forehead and sneered in his heart.
Now that I know I'm afraid, why did I go there so early?
I've given you a chance, but you, the Yao family, still haven't cherished it.
If you insist on challenging my brother and sister-in-law's bottom line without knowing what is good or bad, I am really impatient. Kneeling for a moment really gave him an advantage.
Ye Yutong saw that it was almost done and they would discuss the matter of the north gate later, so he smiled and said:
"I heard that your Yao family has prepared dozens of carts of food for the soldiers. It's really thoughtful and it just solves His Highness's urgent need.
This army of more than 200,000 people requires a large amount of food every day.
Some time ago, the Song family in Fengcheng brought over one hundred carts of grain and grass and two hundred thousand taels of silver. This has just been used up, and your Yao family has sent so much more food. "
She glanced at Mr. Yao Er and said happily: "Thanks to the support of you aristocratic families, His Highness does not have to worry about food and grass. When His Highness becomes a great success in the future, he will definitely give you a credit."
Master Yao was quietly relieved when he heard that the princess did not mention the gold mine.
Knowing that the Song family in Fengcheng had surrendered to the prince, he immediately expressed his loyalty.
"Your Highness, Madam, the reason why it took so long to come this time is because we heard that Your Highness was strapped for money and was trying to find a way to prepare money.
This time I brought not only eighty carts of food, but also seven hundred thousand taels of gold.
I know this is far from enough, but time is short and I only prepared so much this time.
After I return, I will go to the south to help His Highness collect grain and medicinal materials, and will send another batch over after a while. "
Li Yunze gave him a smile and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Master Yao."
Yao Jingyi immediately held up his hands and said: "It's not hard at all. It's an honor for our Yao family to share your worries with His Highness.
When I came here, my eldest brother also specifically asked me to tell His Highness that if you need anything in the future, just ask, and our Yao family will do our best to handle it. "
Li Yunze smiled and nodded, then said off to the guests, "You know the situation here, so I won't keep you here. You lead people out of the city through the east gate. I will order the city gate to be closed soon."
Mr. Yao Er was hesitant, fearing that if he left now, His Highness the Prince would think that he was greedy for life and afraid of death, then what they were doing now would be in vain.
He gritted his teeth secretly and decided to stay here to help defend the city and leave a good impression on the prince.
"Your Majesty, the more than one hundred people I have brought with me are all old men who have traveled with me for many years. They are also very skilled. Why don't you let us stay? We can always help deal with a few of them."
"Since you have this heart, then stay and help."
Li Yunze said to the guard: "Take Mr. Yao's people to see Lin Jiang and let him make arrangements."
"yes."
After they went out, Ye Yutong picked up the list that the servant had just sent.
Seeing the congratulatory gifts prepared for her by several ladies of the Yao family, she couldn't help but smile.
Seeing how happy she was, Li Yunze raised his eyebrows and said, "It seems that you are very satisfied with what the Yao family sent you this time."
"It's not bad." Ye Yutong gave him the list, "The smart person from the Yao family should be their old lady."
Li Yunze took it and looked at it, and also smiled, "I'm just trying to please you."
He nodded with satisfaction, "Very good, I hope they can continue to be so smart, then I will give them the Yao family a chance, and the matter of private gold mining will be over."
Ye Yutong said: "With this old lady here, she shouldn't let her sons do stupid things again.
But looking at Yao Jingyi's performance today, he doesn't look like an idiot. I hope they can cherish this opportunity you gave the Yao family. "
She put the gift list in the box and squinted her eyes, "If you dare to commit suicide again, then the new and old crimes will be counted together. Just use the Yao family to make an example to other aristocratic families and scare the rest of the aristocratic families."
The couple looked at each other in tacit understanding and began to plan the night's battle again.
At this time, on the official road, a bald monk in tattered clothes was riding an old horse to Jinzhou.
Not far behind him, there were also a group of monks running and flying using Qinggong.
Jingqiu shouted loudly: "Master, wait for us, why are you riding so fast? Do you want to leave us behind again?"
Jingwu gasped and said, "Senior Brother, you'd better save some energy and run quickly, otherwise we won't be able to catch up with Master."
Jing Qingqing snorted, "Master went too far. He left as soon as he thought about leaving without telling us in advance. He didn't even have time to pick up our luggage this time."
Master Wuchen turned around and glared at him, "You brats, hurry up, Ping An is in danger this time."
"What? Junior brother is in danger?"
Jingkong became even more angry now, and loudly accused him, "Master, since you know that your junior brother is in danger, why didn't you come back earlier?"
Master Wuchen ignored this stupid apprentice.
He slapped the horse's butt and said, "Old man, run faster. This brat is too talkative. I don't want to listen to his nagging. We two brothers have thrown away a few brats."
