"Lao Zhang, I really didn't say you, your nephew has done too much this time. How many times have I told you, in wartime, the military is so powerful that it is too late for others to confront those military masters, how can anyone like your nephew want to deduct money from those who are soldiers? Now that this is happening, you come to me, and there is nothing I can do. That Zhuang Fudi charged your nephew with being a traitorous spy. This is clearly to tell everyone that whoever comes to intercede is complicit. Collect the gold yourself, and go home and find a skilled carpenter in the city to make a good coffin for your nephew." Come, send off. The owner of another medical hall with the owner of that medical hall who had opened many branches in the Western Regions said to him.

"Hey, it's the same thing, I can't help it if he doesn't have long eyes, I can be regarded as benevolent and righteous in this way, and I am worthy of his dead mother. Okay, then bother Boss Liu, and I'll leave today. Boss Zhang hurriedly fastened the golden wooden box on the table and carefully buckled it. Then he handed it over to the subordinates who were waiting outside the door, and walked out of Boss Liu's courtyard dejectedly.

Boss Liu was relieved to see that he had finally sent Boss Zhang, who had caused trouble, away, and then picked up the handkerchief on the table and wiped the sweat oozing from his forehead, and then bypassed the screen to the back room, and said to the people in the house: "Master Jun, that Boss Zhang I have sent him away." Really, his nephew has committed treason, and it is really a shame that he came up with it, and he wants to incite us law-abiding businessmen to join him in protesting against the army's intervention in obstructing the normal operation of the local economy. And who of us in Wuwei County doesn't know that his boss Zhang is an iron rooster, even if his son commits a crime, he will never pay to solve it, not to mention that he is just a nephew, presumably he is definitely a spy of the Turks, and wants to take this opportunity to disturb the interior of our Wuwei County. But don't worry, Master Jun, I'm sure that no one in our Wuwei County will respond to him. ”

The person sitting in the back room gently put the teacup in his hand on the table next to him, stood up and arched his hand to Boss Liu and said, "I hope so, after all, it will be a little troublesome to deal with all the merchants in the city." Since all of Boss Zhang's industries have been seized now, then I am here to congratulate Boss Liu on becoming the veritable leader of our Chamber of Commerce in Wuwei County. As you and I agreed before, I helped you get Boss Zhang, and you will rescue my soldiers free of charge during the next war, and give them the best treatment. ”

"It's natural, it's natural. Isn't the army fighting bloody battles on the front line to protect unarmed grass people like us? At this time, don't say that the adult reached out to help the next handful, even if the adult didn't say anything, these things are also our obligations. ”

"Okay, I'm annoyed to listen to the scene too much, I hope you match your words and deeds. Remember, my name is Zhuang Fudi, and I serve as Chief of the General Staff under the Governor. If you can keep your promise, then I guarantee that you will get better rewards in the future. But if you're like Boss Zhang, if you disobey the yang and the yin, then the consequences can be imagined. Zhuang Fudi picked his ears impatiently and said to Boss Liu.

"Thank you for the reminder of Lord Zhuang, the most important thing for us to do business is the word integrity. People like Boss Zhang's untrustworthy words will never go long. Then I also wish the adults a smooth repulsion of the Eastern Turkic army, and when the time comes, when the time comes, after the governor rewards the adults for their meritorious deeds, please be sure to reward the villain, and let the villain set up a feast in Wuwei County to celebrate for you. ”

Zhuang Fudi nodded and then walked out from the backyard door of Boss Liu's house, and when he was close to the door, he said to Boss Liu next to him: "Don't send me away, send it out again, everyone in the city knows what deal I made with you, so I brought down Boss Zhang." I will hand over all the wounded to you for medical treatment and assistance, I will issue it as soon as I go back, and if I can, I will also bother Boss Liu to bring my subordinates to your hospital for medical treatment, there are already some people who have been amputated because of the decay of the wound, I don't want this to happen again, there is Boss Liu. ”

Zhuang Fudi walked on the streets of Wuwei County after coming out of Boss Liu's house, although he was under siege at this time, in the war period, many small traders and vendors who set up stalls on the street on weekdays did not go out of their stalls to continue to do business, but hid at home and prayed for the end of the war soon. But fortunately, Li Wen organized the people of the government in time, and used the materials stored in the official warehouse to open many official sales points in the business shop on weekdays. And since Boss Zhang's house was rectified by Zhuang Fudi, his vitality was greatly damaged. Many merchants in Wuwei County who were originally going to stock up on goods and raise prices also sold their goods one after another following the official sales prices.

Zhuang Fudi also knew in his heart that some things could not be done too much. After exempting the vast majority of the peasants from taxes in the Western Regions, the vast majority of the financial resources in the Western Regions under Li Wenyuan's rule were provided by these merchants. Therefore, in order to set an example for these merchants who might affect the stability of the people of Wuwei County, Zhuang Fudi immediately threw out a sweet date to appease their uneasy emotions: during the entire period when Wuwei County was besieged, the profits from the sale of goods at normal prices could be exempted from taxation, in recognition of their contribution to the internal stability of Wuwei County during the war. Moreover, the official selling price was within the acceptable range of these merchants, so that after receiving the benefit of temporary tax exemption, these merchants were also happy to sell their goods. After all, compared with price gouging, this way of making profits is the safest, although it is cheap.

Just as Zhuang Fudi was about to go to the Wuwei County Mansion to find Li Wen and confirm with him how long the materials in the city could last, the craftsmen of the Ordnance Factory in the city came to Zhuang Fudi, and they brought Zhuang Fudi a good news, Zhuang Fudi had ordered them to build a batch of stone throwers urgently, and all of them were finally manufactured at this time.

Zhuang Fudi had just commanded the people in the army to place the stone thrower in the designated position, when he heard the sound of killing outside the city wall. So he climbed the wall again and looked in the direction of the Turkic attack outside the city. After Zhuang Fudi carefully looked at the Turkic army that was attacking outside the city, he carefully looked at the Turkic military camp in the distance. Seeing that the guards occupied in the barracks were all lightly wounded soldiers, and some of the soldiers were still oozing blood from the bandages on which they bandaged their wounds, I knew that this time the Turks were finally playing for real.

So Zhuang Fudi came to the inner side of the city wall and shouted to the soldiers waiting under the city: "Prepare the clay pots piled up under the city, and calibrate the value of the catapult next to you." It was aimed at the tents of the Turks farthest outside the city, waiting for my order to fire again. At the same time, all of you are good, go and invite Master Li Wenli at once, and ask him to take the selected elite troops to the city gate to wait for my orders, and be ready to attack at any time! It's time to fight hard! ”

(End of chapter)