Zeng Mo didn't know that he had nothing to do, because his days were coming to an end!

Yan Song had already planned, so he used him here as a breakthrough point, taking advantage of Xia Yan's idea of being eager to make contributions or eager to show his ability, he pushed him into the pit and buried him in one fell swoop!

Yan Song's plan can be described as a ring after a ring, extremely ruthless, as long as he enters his game, he will become his pawn, and sometimes, even Jiajing, as the emperor, is led by his nose, playing like a dog, let alone Xia Yan.

At this time, even the salt merchants who participated later became Yan Song's pawns, and they had to go step by step according to Yan Song's layout.

They fantasized that the salt business could make a lot of money, so no matter how much filial piety Yan Maoqing wanted, they gritted their teeth and gave it.

So, what if there is not enough money to provide food and pay for the border army in exchange for salt?

Yan Song also thought about this, or rather, Yan Maoqing had already pointed it out to them when he received filial piety.

The money is not enough, it doesn't matter, discuss with Zeng Milling, how much money is there, how much grain is transported to Shanxi first, in exchange for a part of the salt, then the salt is exchanged, the money is sold, and then the rest of the food is slowly paid, and the salt is slowly exchanged.

This guy is just attracting people into the game, if the money is so easy to make, then everyone will not get rich.

Many times, the seemingly profitable and unlost business is a pit, once you jump in, you have to peel off the skin if you don't die!

These salt merchants have already boarded Yan Maoqing's thief ship, and the silver has almost been spent, and it is definitely impossible to pay enough food on time to exchange it for salt from Zeng Mo according to the normal way, and then exchange the salt for salt to make money.

They only followed Yan Maoqing's words, desperately fooled Zeng Miao, first let them exchange a part of the grain for a part of the salt, let them exchange it for salt and sell it, as for the rest of the grain, they would definitely send it over one after another, otherwise, they would have no way to continue, and they would no longer be able to send grain and salary to the border towns.

It's not all a lie, because they really have no money, and if Zeng Mo doesn't give them salt to exchange for salt, they really can't continue.

What else can Zeng Mo do, if these salt merchants are unsustainable and collapse, what will happen to the food and salary of the 90,000 army?

He could only follow the method proposed by those salt merchants, first exchange a part of the salt for them, let them exchange the salt and sell it for money, and then send the remaining grain and salary over one after another, and slowly exchange the remaining salt for the rest.

This time, he completely fell into the pit and couldn't climb out, this salt is exchanged for salt, and then the salt is sold for money, and then the time spent on the exchange of food and salary for salt is not ordinarily long, and it generally takes at least a few months to run a lap.

These new salt merchants, and have to be familiar with the doorway, and have to find someone to transport salt, and to find a market, and to find someone to collect grain, the efficiency is not ordinarily low, and when they run around and then send the grain over, the daylily is cold!

Zeng Mian gathered an army of 90,000, and the first batch of grain sent by this salt merchant was less than one-tenth of the original, that is to say, even if he still had the original army of 30,000, there was only more than a month's salary, and the rest, I don't know when it would be.

The food and salary sent by these salt merchants is simply a drop in the bucket, and the 90,000 army has not even eaten the last meal, let alone any food.

He gathered a large army and did not pay food, and even the rations were not enough, wouldn't these border troops have an opinion?

Of course it's impossible, you said that you want to organize everyone to go to war, and the food and salary will be delayed again and again, and you won't even be given a full meal, and you won't let people live?

He hasn't lasted until three months, and the three towns of Shanxi are in chaos, no matter who they are, if they don't have anything to eat, they can't live, even if you have a good official reputation, you won't be able to give people enough food, and people will have opinions.

The so-called "soldiers and horses have not moved, grain and grass go first." In ancient times, when there was a war, the importance of food was irreplaceable, because if you didn't have anything to eat, you would have to starve to death, tens of thousands of troops or even hundreds of thousands of troops, once the food was cut off, the consequences were unimaginable.

Historically, there have been countless battles that have been defeated because of the grain and grass problem, and the border army that mutinied because of the grain and grass problem in the Ming Dynasty is also numerous.

You don't have enough to eat, so it's no wonder that people don't make trouble!

Zeng Milling persisted for less than half a year, and the border troops in the three towns of Shanxi began to make trouble, at first it was a battalion of hundreds of people making trouble, and later, it gradually evolved into thousands or even tens of thousands of people making trouble together.

What's the fuss?

Food, of course!

What's the trouble?

Of course, they are looking for the leading generals and even governors and governors to make trouble, surround their camp tents, and refuse to let them go without food, and some even directly arrest the leading generals and beat them violently, and continue to fight if they don't give them food!

This is the so-called mutiny, there are many, many mutinies like this in the Ming Dynasty, and Zeng Mill encountered them when he was patrolling Liaodong and Shandong.

At that time, it was only the generals who led the troops to withhold food and salaries, so that those border troops could not support their families, so it was easier to deal with.

And at this time, the border army itself has nothing to eat, and even if Zeng Mill is powerful, he can't calm it down, because he has no food in his hands!

Zeng Mo had no choice, he could only ask Xia Yan for help, begging Xia Yan to quickly transfer food and salary.

What can Xia Yan do, apart from discussing with Yan Song, what else can he do.

Yan Song saw the letter of help sent by Zeng Miao, he was extremely anxious on the surface, but in his heart, he was happy, it was done, it was finally done, Xia Yan, you are dead!

Xia Yan didn't know that this guy was cursing him to death, and after he handed the letter to Yan Song to read, he couldn't help but say slightly angrily: "Weizhong, what's going on with this Yan Maoqing, let him increase the salt introduction, and urge the major salt farms to produce more salt, so as to ensure the food and salary supply of the 180,000 border troops in the northwest." He is good, not only did he not raise the food and salary of the 180,000 army, but he even couldn't make up the food and salary of the original 30,000 army. ”

Hey, this?

Don't tell you!

Yan Song pretended to frown and pondered for a while, then sighed: "Alas, Lord Shoufu, Yan Maoqing's side has no choice, Yang Ming is secretly making trouble, and he has all the powerful salt merchants, he can only recruit some new salt merchants with little strength to replace them, these salt merchants are not strong enough, naturally they can't provide enough food and salary to the border army at one time." However, as long as these people slowly develop and have enough money, the supply of this food and salary will naturally be able to keep up. ”

When Xia Yan heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned, it seems that Yan Maoqing is really not to blame for this matter, the Yangming family is behind him, he has just taken office, and the food and salary are not available, it doesn't seem strange.

He thought about it for a while, and finally could only grit his teeth and say: "Yangming is in the same vein, deceiving people too much, and when the official relaxes, he will definitely make you look good!" ”

Idiot, can you still slow down?

Yan Song glanced at him secretly, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help revealing a hint of mockery.

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