"Eight kings, this Nanchuan City is already surrounded by us, just wait for the order of the eight kings, we can attack the city!"

Zhang Xianzhong's general Feng Shuangli clenched his fists and said.

"Good!"

Zhang Xianzhong shouted "Okay", and then called a small leader and said to him: "Go, tell the people inside, as long as they can take out 200,000 taels of silver and 10,000 stones of grain, this king will leave immediately, otherwise, when the city is broken, there will be no chickens and dogs left!" ”

"Yes."

After the little boss left, Zhang Hualong, Ma Yuanli, and Feng Shuangli on the side were all puzzled, such a good situation, why did Zhang Xianzhong still talk to them about this?

Zhang Hualong couldn't help but ask Zhang Xianzhong: "Eight kings, we are now forty or fifty thousand horses, dealing with a small county town in this district, isn't it still easy to capture?" Why do you still ask them for money, and when the city is destroyed, isn't it all ours? ”

"You bastards know what a shit!"

Zhang Xianzhong scolded with a smile, and then said: "Do you know that there is a Nanchuan County King living in this Nanchuan City? The city is so broken, but after all, it is the king of the county, if there is something bad, where will the court put its face? When the time comes, won't the imperial court send a large army to encircle and suppress us! ”

"Oh, I see."

Everyone suddenly realized, it turned out that Zhang Xianzhong was worried about this, no wonder, after all, he was a county king, there was a mistake, the emperor's face was not good-looking, and when the time came, it was necessary to come to find everyone's bad luck, now everyone should not look at the number of people, but after all, the time to become an army is still short, and it is good not to fight such a hard battle.

To say that there are a lot of princes in Sichuan, don't look at the prince is only one, that is the king of Shu, but there are twenty-one large and small county kings, and there are four county kings in Chongqing alone, they are the king of Yongchuan, the king of Rongchang, the king of Nanchuan, the king of Qianjiang,

These four kings took the county as a feudal country and lived a life of fine clothes and food, don't look at the chaos outside, but they are still nephews playing lanterns, as usual.

It's no wonder, don't look at the fact that there are a lot of homeless thieves and soldiers in various places now, but after all, it has not reached the point where you dare to use a knife directly against the prince, you must know that this is a genuine, noble prince, if you kill them, can the court bypass you?

If I don't play with you, the face of the court will be put there!

At that time, he was chased by the imperial army all over the world, who could stand this, so Zhang Xianzhong didn't plan to do anything about this Nanchuan City, as long as you give the silver, there are many cities, and Lao Tzu took the silver and went to the next place.

But if you don't take the silver, then don't blame me for being ruthless, there is a way that thieves don't go empty, if you make Lao Tzu unhappy, then you don't have to pass, correct Lao Tzu's rotten life, what are you afraid of!

Soon, the little leader spread Zhang Xianzhong's words to Mao Ziyang, the county lord of the city, and thousands of households Guan Dachang in their ears.

Listening to Zhang Xianzhong's request, the two looked at each other, although they were shocked, but they were a little relieved, at least for a while, they would not attack the city.

"You go back and tell your king, and say let us think about it and give you an answer tomorrow."

Sent away, Qianhu Guan Dachang said to Mao Ziyang: "My lord, we can drag on for a while, we can't drag on for a lifetime, now Zhang Thief is powerful, only with our two or three thousand people, it can't be resisted no matter what, please Mingjian!" ”

Mao Zi raised his eyebrows and frowned, and said: "The general said this, how can the official not know, but this thief asked for 200,000 taels of silver and 10,000 stones of grain, and the official turned the treasury upside down, which is also in vain!" ”

"My lord, have you forgotten that we still have a prince living here, we have no money, he has it, we have no food, he has it, why don't you ask him for it!"

When Mao Ziyang heard this, he suddenly came to his senses, and when he saw Zhang Xianzhong's army densely packed outside the city, he couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

Pity yourself for studying hard for more than ten years, and finally high school jinshi, once you get an official, you haven't started a splendid future, do you have to fold here, how to make this!

"Well, for the sake of my 60,000 Li Li sentient beings in Nanchuan, this official will go to see the king of the county, I just hope that the king of the county can think of the common people and donate generously!"

After speaking, Mao Ziyang told Guan Dachang to guard the city well, and then went down to the city, sat in a sedan chair, and went to the Nanchuan Palace, asking to see the contemporary Nanchuan King Zhu Zhixiang.

When he arrived at the palace, because this trip was Mao Ziyang's temporary intention, he did not prepare a visit in advance, and Mao Ziyang had to personally say to the prince of the palace and ask the prince to summon him.

There is no post to ask to see the dignified prince, this is a great rudeness to the prince, in the past, the door has already blown Mao Ziyang away.

However, now everyone knows that Nanchuan City is surrounded by Zhang thieves, and if one is not good, it may break the city, so this matter is also about his own net worth, and the disciple does not dare to delay, so he has to go to Tongyu.

Not long after, Mao Ziyang was brought into the palace by his subordinates and came to a hall to wait.

Outside the hall, several rows of palace guards stand with knives to protect the safety of the palace at all times, and in the hall, several rows of beautiful maids stand slim, providing intimate service for the prince and visiting guests at any time.

"King Nanchuan has arrived!"

A shrill voice came, and then Zhu Zhixiang, the king of Nanchuan, who was slender, but thin and had deep-set eyes, came to the hall under the service of several eunuchs and maids.

Mao Ziyang didn't dare to slack off, so he quickly knelt on the ground and said, "Xiaguan Mao Ziyang, meet the feudal lord." ”

Mao Ziyang did not call Zhu Zhixiang His Royal Highness, this is because Emperor Taizu Gao set the pomp and circumstance for princes at all levels, including the emperor, the prince of the county, the general of the Zhenguo, the general of the auxiliary country, and other dragon sons and grandsons.

The emperor lives in the palace, which is naturally the most popular, the prince lives in the prince's palace, in terms of size and scale, it is a few circles smaller than the palace, but each hall is complete, it can also be said to be a miniature version of the palace.

But at the level of the county king, the area of the county king's mansion is more than a few circles smaller than the prince's mansion, and the number of houses is only sixty-four, such a small scale, if you build a large hall or something, it will not be like it, so the mansion of the king of Nanchuan County does not have a large hall and a partial hall, only a hall.

There is no main hall, and it is natural that the king of the county cannot be called "His Royal Highness" like the prince.

The reason why Mao Ziyang wants to call Zhu Zhixiang the lord of the domain is because Zhu Zhixiang's feudal state is in Nanchuan, that is to say, this Nanchuan is his domain, he is the lord of the domain here, and he Mao Ziyang is the county lord of Nanchuan, and he is in charge of the affairs here instead of him, so Mao Ziyang's title to Zhu Zhixiang is "domain lord".