With an order, the situation changes!

Suddenly, the people had their own thoughts and plans!

Yesterday evening, Chen Chong and others conveyed the military order.

After a night of deliberation, the people unified their opinions and reported them. They protested against the military order and the reduction of food rations, all waiting for the results of the military order to change.

How do you know that early in the morning, Chen Chong once again passed down the words, and the military order is like a mountain and cannot be changed. The plan to cut a certain amount of daily rations remains unchanged, as does the plan to accelerate the march.

Seeing that the matter had become a foregone conclusion, many people were annoyed and angry, and threatened to leave Wang Mang and settle in the Tiger Prison.

In this regard, many generals in the army did not stop them, let alone persuade them, and let them choose for themselves.

Suddenly, the people began to ask Wang Mang for fifty copper coins to settle in.

Chen Chong and others agreed, asking the soldiers to distribute copper coins and give them a certain amount of rice grain.

The time passed slowly in the morning, and the army, which originally had more than 100,000 people, walked most of it after such a change. Now there are only more than 40,000 people left, including many soldiers.

The people who left received money and food, but they still did not keep their mouths and insulted Wang Mang and others. Like sending the plague god, I wish Wang Mang would leave the Tiger Prison Pass as soon as possible.

More than 60,000 people received the vast majority of money and food. In this way, the rest of the money and food are even more self-defeating.

Those who were still willing to stay expressed their understanding and said that they were willing to cooperate again with the reduction of certain rations. As long as you can serve one meal a day to ensure that you don't starve to death.

Among these departing people, most of them joined halfway, and those who originally came down from Yingchuan accounted for a minority.

Especially those families who have let their children go to the battlefield and fight with Li Zhong, none of them have left Wang Mang. They are all determined to follow Wang Mang all the way to the end and go to Yuzhou to reopen their homes.

Because many of their children died in battle, they could not bear to let their children feel at ease under the Nine Springs, and they could not bear to leave. Otherwise, wouldn't your own child die on the battlefield in vain that day?

What's more, Wang Mang's military orders are like a mountain, and no one is allowed to desecrate the souls of the soldiers who died in battle, so they have a good impression of Wang Mang in their hearts.

After distributing the money and food, Wang Mang would not stay for a moment, leading the remaining people and soldiers to march quickly.

Seeing this situation, the civil officials and military generals in Tiger Prison Pass also admired it one after another, and sighed: "Lord Wang is really benevolent and righteous to these people.

Even though he didn't have much money and food left, he still didn't take half a grain of rice from the granary in our city, and he also gave money and grain to the people who had left him. If this man ascends to the throne, it will be a blessing to the people. It's just a pity that he is not in the prime of time, and he is not in the prosperous world. In troubled times, the way of benevolence and righteousness is difficult to calm the world and meet the needs of the people. ”

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After more than ten days of marching, the remaining people and generals under Wang Mang were also relieved, as if they had forgotten all the things that had left many people before, and they all kept silent about it. Even, these people are all in good spirits and full of energy.

It turned out that after the military order was issued to reduce the daily rations after many of the people left, the remaining people found that their daily rations had not been reduced, but had increased. Even breakfast is not porridge, but rice and steamed buns.

At first, they were puzzled by such a situation. But when they understood everything that had happened, they all smiled from the heart. Everyone really put their hearts together and tolerated each other.

Not only them, but even generals such as Chen Chong, after learning about the experience, also sent out a smile from their hearts, feeling that their trip was worthwhile. The hard work has finally paid off.

The occurrence of this situation is not that Wang Mang was able to conjure up surplus food, nor was it donated by heroes from all walks of life, nor was it that the army plundered the grain of other people's cities all the way.

These extra grains out of thin air were originally taken out by the rich among those who migrated with Wang Mang.

This time, these tycoons rarely reached a consensus, and nine out of ten did not leave Wang Mang and did not gain a foothold in the Tiger Prison. Instead, he followed Wang Mang and vowed to arrive in Yuzhou.

The move they made was not discussed with each other in advance, and it was all their own decision.

When these people were in Yingchuan at the beginning, they were forced by Wang Mang to take out part of their family property as military expenses. Therefore, the remaining half of their family's wealth and food, for their whole family, still can't eat it all.

Now, they once again took out a part of these family assets and grains to serve as military supplies to supply the people and tide over the difficulties with Wang Mang.

The reason why they made such a decision together was that they saw that Wang Mang was really benevolent and righteous.

They thought that when they reached their destination, they would be able to accumulate wealth again quickly with their business acumen.

Paying some money now is nothing.

They expected that if they took these family possessions and left halfway to gain a foothold in the Tiger Prison, they would not be able to be oppressed by others in the future.

If you go to Yuzhou and Liaoning, as long as Wang Mang is still in charge of major events, then as long as you abide by the law and make money, you will definitely not be squeezed by others, and you will not be asked for benefits by the officials.

People who do business are basically smart people who take a long-term view and deeply understand the importance of investment.

Now, they're looking at it as an investment. Lay the foundation for a comeback in Yuzhou, Liaoning and Dongshan in the future.

For such a thing, Wang Mang had expected it before. It's just that I didn't expect so many rich businessmen to take out their money, and they took out half of it directly.

"Hehe, the world says that farmers and businessmen, businessmen seek profits, and they are the lowliest. But who knows that without merchants, the country would not be able to function? There are those who are rich and unkind, but there are even more who are rich and benevolent. They are smart-minded, know how to seize business opportunities, and quickly accumulate wealth, which is also their ability to be superior to ordinary people. Wang Mang said to himself silently.

This time, he finally opened his eyes. The kind of eyes that some people looked down on the rich businessmen brought by the previous life were corrected.

From the time he left the Tiger Prison until the twentieth day. Wang Mangcai finally gave the order to let the soldiers and the people slow down and not need to move forward quickly.

On this day, his guards Yuan Qing and Xiang Wei found out a major news. Pi Tong, the prefect of Shangqiu County, had already led thousands of troops and set up a formation in Tianlong Mountain a hundred miles ahead to intercept them.

The reincarnation of the "Winged Fire Serpent" star of the Twenty-Eight Nakshatras!

As soon as Wang Mang heard the other party's name, combined with Li Zhong's matter, he immediately guessed the details of Pi Tong. knows that this person is a figure comparable to Li Zhong, and he is a capable person in the legends of later generations. He is a general under Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu and one of the twenty-eight generals of Yuntai.

"Okay, you Li Zhong, you can't chase me by yourself, but you invited such powerful people to come and block the road, and it is extremely shameless." Wang Mang's face was gloomy, and he was anxious in his heart.

(End of chapter)