Shortly after the court meeting ended, Lu Huang came to Zhen's Mansion.
"What disturbed Mr. Lu to come in person?"
Zhen Chuhe welcomed him in and poured tea with his own hands: "Try the new Yunwu tea from the East China Sea."
"Now is not the time for tea." Lu Huang shook his head: "Do you know about the defeat?"
"I heard." Zhen Chuhe nodded and said, "The second prince was defeated, but it was not my Highness, right?"
"The main force has been defeated. Do you think there is still hope for His Highness? His Highness is outside Jiguan... Hey!"
Speaking of this, Lu Huang couldn't help but sigh heavily.
He definitely has high hopes for Zhou Che.
A blockbuster, soaring into the sky... Why did it suddenly become unreliable outside Jiguan?
Entering Hedong to cause trouble is also an absolute secret for Zhou Che. The fewer people who know about it, the better.
Lu Huang was in court and mostly dealt with clerical matters, so he was not informed of this matter.
"Yes!" Zhen Chuhe smiled and nodded.
Lu Huang's eyes widened and he was about to pour out his words, but he saw that Zhen Chuhe didn't look like he was telling lies.
He shook his gray hair: "I don't know where you got the confidence. Now the main force has been completely defeated. Your Highness's partial division can't even get through Jiguan alone."
"Coupled with the criticism from the government and the public about his singing outside the Pass, plus the emperor's dissatisfaction...Chuhe, I'll tell you the truth!"
The two had a close relationship. Lu Huang grabbed each other's wrist and said, "It is almost impossible to establish an heir!"
Mrs. Zhen has already staked her fortune on Zhou Che.
Once Zhou Che fails to establish an heir, the Zhen family will definitely be eaten to pieces!
"Mr. Lu." Zhen Chuhe put away his smile and said sternly: "Ms. Zhen has been given a new life by the grace of His Highness. There is absolutely no chance that he would do it."
"I didn't mean that. I just wanted you to prepare for defeat early."
"Your Highness will not be defeated."
"It's even less likely that he will win!" Lu Huang said fiercely, and finally his eyebrows drooped again, and he sighed: "I also want him to succeed, but things..."
"Extraordinary people have achieved extraordinary achievements. I believe in him." Zhen Chuhe was as firm as ever.
Lu Huang looked at him for a long time and finally said: "It seems that His Highness has a back-up plan. The problem is that the emperor has lost patience and ordered the soldiers to order His Highness to withdraw the troops."
Hearing this, Zhen Chuhefang frowned: "Is there any way to delay it?"
"The Emperor has given an order, and there is no possibility of further delay in the court." Lu Huang shook his head, and suddenly his brows sank: "Are you really willing to take the risk?"
Zhen Chuhe straightened his clothes and bowed respectfully to the other party: "I hope Mr. Lu will teach me!"
"The big orders must be carried out even down there."
"Who among the troops outside the Pass will carry out the orders of Bing Cao?"
Hearing Lu Huang's words, Zhen Chuhe's eyes narrowed: "What you mean is to attack the supervisor..."
"Shh!"
Lu Huang picked up the brewed tea and blew on it: "As far as the emperor is concerned, he is short of money. If you can get money, you will be a royal guest."
"He asks you to do something, and if you get it done, you are a capable minister."
"If you really want to get something done, he won't take any small details into account."
"But if you are a piece of trash who can't accomplish anything, even the slightest mistake can lead to eternal disaster!"
Zhen Chuhe nodded: "I understand, thank you Mr. Lu for your advice."
"This tea is indeed good." Lu Huang took a sip of tea and suddenly smiled.
Zhen Chuhe said quickly: "Send someone to send it to the house later."
"I'm not in the mood to drink it now!"
Lu Huang shook his head, with a sad look on his face again, and walked out.
After seeing Lu Huang off, Zhen Chuhe immediately waved: "Here comes someone!"
"Lord!" A personal servant walked up.
Zhen Chuhe was waiting for instructions when he frowned and said, "No... call the lady!"
"yes."
After a moment, Zhen Wan, wearing a pink skirt, came over gracefully: "Father, did you call me?"
"I need you to go to Hedong in person to deliver the message." Zhen Chu said.
Zhen Wan was shocked when she heard this: "Sending a letter? Me?"
"Yes, you must go!" Zhen Chuhe thrust the written letter into his daughter's hands, with an extremely serious look on his face: "You must urge your brother, just say that you must wait until His Highness succeeds, no matter what the cost."
"It concerns the success or failure of His Highness and the rise and fall of the Zhen family. There is no room for failure!"
Zhen Wan put away her surprise, leaned over and said, "My daughter understands."
Hedong.
During the days when the second brother and Guo Zhenyue were at war, Zhou Che was not idle:
As the public face, Shen Xin was mainly responsible for taking care of everything: licking the Li family, licking the Guo family, licking until they felt comfortable, and licking until they believed that Shen Xin was always a dog!
It has to be said that Shen Xin is a genius in this way. After experiencing the tragedy of his family, he has taken the humiliation and bear the burden to the extreme.
Master He was a great Confucian from Hedong, and he had a group of scholars at home and under his subordinates - Zhou Che found this group of people.
Then I started giving them classes and lectures in person!
There is not much content to talk about. It mainly conveys a concept: follow the Yan Gang and you will have food to eat!
After giving lessons to these people, Zhou Che arranged for them to go to various places and let them continue to teach people everywhere.
He was personally responsible for the negative salt warriors, and asked Huo Zeyou to secretly collect Orion bows and arrows.
Due to food shortages in recent years, almost every household in Hedong has been looking to develop in the direction of Orion.
Nowadays, most of the animals on the mountain have been eaten, but there are quite a few bows left.
On this day, Shen Xin came in a dusty state, with a face that looked both surprised and happy: "As expected by His Highness, the Second Prince was defeated!"
After reading the battle news, Zhou Che frowned slightly.
He knew that the second child would lose, and he also hoped that the second child would lose, but the second child lost too quickly.
Fortunately, according to the news back, the imperial army did not completely surrender, but resisted in the mountains, holding back Guo Zhenyue's main force for him.
"Everything needs to be sped up." Zhou Che spread out the map and pointed at several salt factories: "Gather all the selected salt-bearing warriors to the locations of these salt factories."
"In addition, the clothing, money and food, as well as the weapons we secretly prepared, are also concentrated here!"
Shen Xin raised his eyebrows: "Is the movement too big?"
"No matter how big the move is, it is better than being caught off guard." Zhou Che shook his head and said: "Once things change, what we have to do is win the first game and then make a fuss."
“The greater the movement, the more responders, and the situation will be in our hands.”
"By then, hundreds of thousands or even millions of people will be excited as people in Hedong prepare to survive."
"Even if Guo Zhenyue comes back, there is nothing he can do to save his life!"
Hearing this, Shen Xin gritted his teeth and nodded: "I'll do it right away!"
"Master!"
At this time, Shen Xin's confidant walked up to him quickly: "Mr. Li sent someone to send a message, inviting you to come to the county town to see him."
Shen Xin was shocked, could Li Qing have noticed something?
He didn't dare to make the decision and looked at Zhou Che.
"Everything has a process. It makes no sense that yesterday I was expecting you to make money for him, and today I'm going to kill the donkey. After all, the benefits haven't been reaped yet, so they have no reason to get rid of you, the old donkey." Zhou Che His eyes flickered: "Go ahead."
"Yes." Shen Xin handed over his hand and asked another very smart question: "If they put forward any conditions..."
Zhou Che said with a smile: "If you act cheaply, you have full authority to handle it."
"Mr. Shen, if I couldn't trust you, would I follow you into the east of the river?"
Shen Xin's whole body felt hot, he took half a step back and bowed to the ground: "I understand!"
Hedong County City is the most important and fortified city in Hedong County.
After Guo Zhenyue took the throne as the first person in Hedong, the first thing he did was to repair and strengthen the city.
At this moment, even if he mobilizes a large number of troops to deal with Zhou Han, there are still ten thousand mobile troops in the city.
Under normal circumstances, this force is sufficient to cope with various emergencies.
After his eldest son Guo Denggao was deposed by Zhou Che, his second son Guo Denggao took charge of the armies and took charge of the county.
When Shen Xin arrived, three figures were already sitting in the lobby of the county government office: Li Qing, Guo Denlin, and Li Wangsong.
As soon as he entered the door, Shen Xin bowed politely and saluted: "Shen Xin has met Mr. Li and Mr. Guo."
"No way!" Li Qing smiled, walked forward with enthusiasm, held the other person's hand and said: "You and I are the same age, so how are we different from brothers?"
brother?
How many brothers could destroy my entire clan, take away my family property, daughters, and destroy my body? !
Shen Xin was furious, but on the surface he was flattered: "Don't dare!"
After some polite exchanges, the two parties went straight to the topic.
"Although Mr. Guo has won, the chaos will probably not stop here."
"I heard that there is a lot hidden in Mr. Shen's warehouse, and it will be robbed. How about sending the money and food needed to the city and letting me send someone to take care of it?"
Li Qing made no secret of it.
"How dare you disobey Mr. Li?" Shen Xin bowed his head and said: "Just running the salt factory consumes a lot of money, food and other supplies every day. If it is stored in the city, I'm afraid there will be a lot of inconvenience."
"This is simple." Li Wangsong smiled: "Father-in-law has left enough food and expenses for seven days, and we will take care of the rest. When the money and food are insufficient, you can send someone to deliver a letter, and we will deliver it for you. "
"Although there is some consumption on the way, it is still better than having it snatched away by others."
Rob?
No one can take it away except you! ?
Shen Xin knew very well that the other party wanted to directly take his money...or rather the money and food invested by Zhou Che and Zhen into his hands!
Spend money? Want to eat?
Can!
Nod after Mr. Li!
Although he had been prepared in his heart, Li's shamelessness once again refreshed Shen Xin's understanding.
"Huh?" Li Qing frowned: "Mr. Shen, do you have other difficulties?"
"No!" Shen Xin shook his head and said with a smile: "If so, it is most appropriate."
Fortunately, His Highness agreed when he came, otherwise how could he dare to agree to this condition?
Just when Shen Xin thought he had passed the test, Guo Denlin also spoke: "The salt mines involve a wide range of areas, and many of them are within the territory of each family."
"Every family is somewhat resentful about this."
"They are still on the front line now and will not argue with the Shen family leader."
"It will be a lot of trouble when they come back... Although the Shen family has spent money, the master of the family is also aware of the temper of those leaders."
"Seeing how profitable it will be in the future, I'm afraid I can do anything!"
Shen Xin secretly gritted his teeth and asked respectfully: "Please give me some advice, Master!"
Guo Denlin smiled slightly: "I will send someone to look after the salt mine for the Shen family. If anyone dares to be presumptuous, I will take care of him on behalf of the Shen family!"
Shen Xin leaned over again: "In this case, the young master will have no trouble to worry about."
After seeing what had happened, Li Wangsong asked: "Does father-in-law want to stay here for dinner?"
Shen Xin understood that the other party was about to issue an eviction order, and immediately said: "The warehouse and salt mine matters are complicated. To avoid delays, I'd better go back and deal with them as soon as possible."
"Shall I send my father-in-law to you?"
"No need! No need!"
After Shen Xin left, the three of them looked at each other and couldn't help laughing loudly.
"Li Gong is so good!" Guo Denglin clapped his hands and praised, "Hedong Yixin, who used to dominate the north, is now under your control."
Li Qing took a sip of tea and smiled calmly: "Mr. Jia also said that the matter can be settled only if Duke Guo personally supervises the return of 100,000 troops."
"Mr. Jia overestimated his Shen Xin, and even underestimated Mr. Li!" Guo Denlin also held up his tea cup and said a compliment: "If it is as he said, Mr. Li alone can equal a hundred thousand soldiers. I’d like to give you a toast, junior!”
The two laughed again.
After drinking tea, Guo Denglin said: "He has agreed to the Qianliang Salt Mine, but those manpower must also be dealt with... Only by directly garrisoning troops and placing manpower in charge of management can we truly pick this fruit!"
A hint of gloom appeared on Li Qing's face: "I deliberately didn't mention this matter in order to catch him off guard after he compromised the first two."
"At that time, he lost money and food, and he had no salt mines, so he had no intention of resisting and didn't dare to have any more!"
Guo Denglin greatly agreed: "Li Gong is really tall!"
After Shen Xin returned, he told Zhou Che everything about it.
Qian Hongxue said angrily: "Isn't this an open robbery?!"
Huo Zeyou glanced at her and said, "They are thieves. It would be a surprise if they didn't rob."
As he said this, he suggested to Zhou Che: "Why don't we use the excuse of sending money and food to launch a surprise attack, capture the county directly, and kill the two thieves Li and Guo!"
"This is a strategy to destroy the city, but it cannot deal with what happens later." Zhou Che thought briefly and said, "In this way, from now on, food and clothing will be distributed to all the people gathered in the salt factory."
"Today and tomorrow, we will have a sufficient supply; the day after tomorrow, we will send part of the money and food in the warehouse - it will be done with great fanfare, everyone knows!"
"Second, let Master He's people spread the word that regardless of whether they are big or small, their salt mines will be taken away by the Guo family."
Several people's eyes widened and they immediately understood: Zhou Che was obviously obeying Li Guo, but in fact he was inciting hatred!
Let all those who borrowed salt to eat and wear clothes will hate Li Guo!
Shen Xin held up his hands and said, "I'll do it right away."
On the third day, money and grain were transported from the salt factory warehouse and sent to the nearby city.
The area around the salt factory was crowded with poor people wearing plain clothes.
And those who squeezed to the front all wore green scarves on their heads and had angry expressions on their faces.
They have strength, so they dare to express their anger; those standing behind can only sigh, exuding despair in their resentment.
"Since the Hedong disaster, I have never had enough food. I have only had enough food for a few days."
"The Salt Gang gave us a way to survive, and Li Guo was killed."
"Hush! Don't let anyone listen to these words, otherwise your life will be at risk!"
"Hey...the Shen family leader paid for this money, how could he be willing to do it?"
"What can I do if I don't want to give in? My arms can't hold my thighs."
Under all kinds of grievances, the carriages and horses could not be stopped.
Looking at the money and food delivered, Li Qing was extremely satisfied.
He picked up a piece of silver of good quality and tossed it in his hand: "What a pity it is to give this piece of silver to the poor!"
