Chapter 205: Food for Living
Now hearing Zhang Hong say this, Zhang Xianzhong pondered for a moment, shook his head and said, "Why did Yang Xuan send you here this time?" Is it to admit defeat, if you really admit defeat, just say it directly. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"
Zhang Hong broke free from the two big men, rubbed his numb arm that was pinched, and said: "General Zhang, my family said that the two of you are stars in the sky, and you fight in the sky all day long.
My family said that if you want to fight, you will agree to go to the sky that day and fight in the Jade Emperor's Lingxiao Treasure Hall for three days and three nights. ”
Zhang Xianzhong smiled and said: "Yang Xuan Xiao'er actually wants Lao Tzu to fight with him in the Lingxiao Treasure Palace, you tell me, how he wants to fight, draw out the Tao, isn't he afraid of my old Zhang?"
Zhang Lang said with a smile: "My family said that every night after dark, everyone sets up a dojo fight at home, and sees that one loses first, and never stops without distinguishing the winner or loser."
Everyone has the ability to fight in the upper realm, not in the lower realm, the gods fight and harm the pond fish, and the people will be blamed.
General Zhang, my family suggested so, General Zhang, did you say?
If the two of you really want to fight, you can fight in the Lingxiao Treasure Hall and the West Tianyao Pool every night, why do you two fight to make our people suffer? ”
Zhang Xianzhong was stunned for a moment, and suddenly looked at the people on both sides with a smile: "Everyone, I and this Yang Xuan are the stars in the sky, and we have been in the Jade Emperor Lingxiao Treasure Hall all the time, fighting in front of the Buddha in the West Heaven, the two sides are inseparable, if you really want us to stop fighting like this, it will be even more difficult."
Zhang Hong, tell me, what advice does Yang Xuan have? ”
Zhang Hong smiled and said: "General Zhang, my family said that Dolgon is the reincarnation of the king of Shang, who kills people like hemp and oppresses the good.
My lord said that although you two were fighting in the upper realm, you both hated Dorgon.
General Zhang, now that Dolgon is in turmoil in this world, my lord suggests that the two of you fight together to see who can clean up Dolgon, the demon king, and the gang of Eight Banners under Dolgon, and rescue the people from the clutches of Dolgon, the brute clear clutches. General Zhang, if you really want to fight like this, what do you think? ”
Zhang Xianzhong was stunned for a moment, but he couldn't lose, and said to the left and right with a smile: "Hey, when Yang Xuan was in the upper realm, Yang Xuan was my old Zhang's junior brother, and he was good at patting the master's ass, so the two of us kept fighting."
Now this little junior brother actually begged me like this, and Dolgon was also the shameless person that the master hated the most, since this is the case, I, I will agree to Yang Xuan.
Wang Zhaolin, the left prime minister next to him, couldn't sit still, and came out to remind: "Emperor, don't do it."
Emperor, now Yang Xuan owns more than 20 counties in Shunqing, Tongchuan Prefecture, Bazhou, and Dazhou, and we are in a predicament. ”
Zhang Xianzhong's smile froze, and he shook his head for a moment and said: "Prime Minister Zuo, this Yang Xuan is my junior brother, only he takes advantage of me, and there is no one who takes advantage of me as a senior brother."
Prime Minister Zuo, don't say that the public is unfair. ”
Wang Zhaolin was a little angry, and said again and again: "Emperor, you can not say anything else, but food, food, we really don't have much food now, if we continue like this, how can we fight with Yang Xuan with peace of mind?" ”
When Zhang Xianzhong heard this, he looked quite depressed, and the whole person collapsed on the seat, not knowing what to do? He prides himself on being cunning, and he can't imagine that the things of the gods will make him lose ground.
Wang Zhaolin bowed his hand to Zhang Hong and said: "Mr. Zhang, this, this kind of fighting method is obviously unfair, we are short of food now, no matter what, you have to give relief."
Zhang Hong laughed and said: "Prime Minister Wang, natural disasters have continued in the past few years, and Shunqing's food is also quite limited, and there is not enough food and clothing at all;
My lord and wife often take their servants to dig weeds and eat them, and my family also eats two meals a day, reducing one meal. ”
Wang Zhaolin shook his head again and again: "This, how is this possible?" It was rumored that Yang Xuan took out money and grain to build water conservancy, roads and bridges for people everywhere, in this case, you Shunqing should have enough food, right?"
Zhang Hong laughed and said: "Mr. Wang, this may be the clever point of our adults, if we don't build water conservancy, in the end, as long as we encounter some natural and man-made disasters, the people will be uprooted from their hometowns and miserable."
The adults of my family would rather suffer themselves than abuse the people under their rule, and those who should build roads should build roads, and those who should repair water conservancy should repair water conservancy. Mr. Wang, if you don't believe Zhang Kewang and other generals, how much grain can you loot every day? ”
Wang Zhaolin thought for a while, then shook his head and said: "I don't believe this, how can there be such an official who eats wild vegetables by himself and wants the people to build water conservancy, and even let the people build roads and bridges?" ”
Zhang Hong laughed and said proudly: "Mr. Wang, this is also the method that my family often teaches me to wait."
General Zhang, Mr. Wang, I heard that there are tens of thousands of old, weak, sick and disabled people in your department, why don't we make a deal together? ”
Zhang Xianzhong was shocked in his heart, leaned forward and said, "Tell me, what did Yang Xuan send you for?" ”
Zhang Hong took out a piece of black charcoal, and said while drawing on the ground in the surprised expressions of everyone: "General, originally a load of grain could only be bought for 5 yuan of silver, but now there are many displaced people in the whole Sichuan, and the people are miserable, and now it is difficult to buy a load of grain for 3 taels of silver."
The generals need food, and our loyal and righteous army also needs food, and in order to meet the food demand, we have to transfer food from Dazhou, Bazhou, and other areas.
The general of my family has to pay the people 1 tael of silver and 1 tael, and pay the merchant 1 tael of silver and 1 tael of silver as profits, and our loyal army also needs to spend money to maintain order and ensure food supply.
So it seems that it will cost at least 5 taels of silver for each load of grain to be transported to your army, and general, our loyal army will not take advantage of you, so we will sell it to you for 5 taels of silver. ”
Unexpectedly, Yang Xuan was even more ruthless, and he even asked himself to sell 5 taels of silver for a load, which was ten times the normal year, although so, but thinking that Sichuan was too short of food in recent years, Zhang Xianzhong's heart moved slightly, and he had the heart to buy.
Zuo Prime Minister Wang Zhaolin was dissatisfied: "Zhang Hong, your family is really good at business, if he goes to be a businessman, it will be a family fortune sooner or later?" Brothers, think about it, in normal years, this grain is only 5 taels a load, and now the grain in various places is at most 3 taels of silver, and in many places in Shunqing, it is not even 2 taels of silver.
Zhang Hong, my emperor robbed the gentry and robbed the gentry, and your lord actually said that the business of robbery was so straightforward, it seems that he really has the intention of being a robber. ”
Zhang Hong laughed and looked at everyone: "Mr. Wang, it seems that you really don't understand things as General Zhang." General Zhang used to be an errand boy in Yan'an, northern Shaanxi, and he had a good understanding of grain prices.
General Zhang, if you think about the price of rice in Yan'an, northern Shaanxi, and what is the price of rice in the south of the Yangtze River, General Zhang certainly knows the disadvantages of transporting grain for thousands of miles, but now that all parts of the country have been pounded by General Zhang, we have to transport grain for thousands of miles.
Besides, now in all the armies and towns in Sichuan, except for my loyal army, except for Yang Zhan's department, all other departments are short of food, if it is transported to the Chengdu Plain, you can buy 3 taels of silver a load.
If you buy it for Zeng Ying, Wang Xiang, Gan Liangchen and others, you can also buy 3 taels of silver a load, and our adults can sell it to the general for 5 taels of silver regardless of the previous suspicions, which is a great discount. ”
Zhang Xianzhong was slightly stunned, and sighed: "You all think that my old Zhang has a mountain of gold and silver, but after being looted by Yang Xuan, there is not much silver now, how can it be possible to buy your grain for 5 taels of silver." ”
Zhang Honghe smiled and continued: "General, this is probably thanks to you, General, you have governed Sichuan for three years, the rich Chengdu Plain has become a thousand miles of Ze country, and the price of grain has risen to 5 taels of silver for 5 yuan a load, which is your credit."
Zhang Xianzhong looked quite excited and said: "Anything is said to be my old Zhang, is it my old Zhang?"
This Chengdu Plain Zeguo is thousands of miles, and the Pixian county order dug up Dujiangyan, so that my old Zhang not only can't supply the troops with food and salary, this, is this my Zhang's sin.
Yang Xuan is even worse than the landlord bully, and he even asked for 5 taels of silver and a load of grain to sell to my Lao Zhang, and my Lao Zhang is not fooled by him. It's just that there is no food, what is the big deal, and it is common for people to starve to death at that time. ”
Zhang Hong smiled and said: "General Zhang, this time I came to pay homage to General Zhang, in addition to grain trading, I hope to do another business with General Zhang.
I heard that the general is now preparing to eliminate the stubborn children in the army, and I hope that the general can leave the eliminated people to my family to clean up.
My family ordered them to carry out military cantonment, and for the next five years, each person would be provided with 1 load of food per year as compensation. ”
Zhang Xianzhong was slightly stunned, and said to the left and right with a smile: "5 years is too long, can this Yang Xuan, who is in chaos now, survive for 5 years?"
My method is very simple, pay grain with one hand and hand over to others, and I now have more than 40,000 people who do nothing but cause trouble a day, and one person has 3 loads of grain, which is a big deal.
If you think about it, in a normal year, that slave is not worth more than 30 taels of silver a year, and now although the price is low, it is worth 20 taels of silver anyway.
Isn't my Lao Zhang like the profiteer of your family, who asks for 5 taels of silver per load of grain to sell to me Lao Zhang?
My Lao Zhang is the most fair, I want him to exchange food, 3 loads of grain per strong laborer, 2 loads of food for women, children and the elderly don't want food, my Lao Zhang will give it to you for free. ”
Zhang Hong shook his head again and again and said: "General, having said that, you also know that we don't have much surplus grain in our hands, otherwise, 1 load of grain per person will be paid to the general first, and then the surplus grain will be paid to the general after the beginning of spring, so what do you think?"
Zhang Xianzhong was quite moved in his heart, and now the army only has 300,000 loads of grain and grass, and it is obvious that he can't eat the beginning of spring.
These old, weak, sick and disabled, these mischievous Sichuan people are not only useless, but also consume food.
In order to save food, Wang Zhaolin even encouraged Zhang Xianzhong to kill all the Sichuan people who made trouble, Zhang Xianzhong was hesitating, he couldn't think of such a good thing, and immediately agreed to agree.