Yuan Keli was stunned by the huge silver mountain, and his head was a little unconscious. I was still worried about how to rebuild the war barracks just now, and in a blink of an eye, the money was delivered to my eyes.

But he quickly reacted that it was taboo to take in people without permission, and it was even more of a crime to take in sinners.

Glancing at Zhang Dou, Yuan Keli whispered: "It is taboo to take in the people privately, the risk is too great!" ”

Zhang Dou rolled his eyes disdainfully and said, "Come on! My lord, how many people did the Confucius Mansion in Qubu secretly conceal in your heart? The entire Qubu is almost all from their Kong family! ”

"Shut up! How can you talk nonsense after the saints! Although Yuan Keli was reprimanding Zhang Dou, he had no confidence in his words. The more he talked, the quieter it became, and finally there was no movement.

Qubu has almost become the private property of Yan Shenggong, most of the land there is owned by Confucius, and the people have become recluses of Confucius. It's an open secret, and everyone knows it.

Yuan Keli had no resistance to selling the beheaded and distributed criminals to overseas merchants, and what he said just now was nothing more than wanting to make more benefits.

He thought that the sinners were indeed silver, but without soldiers to kill Xu Hongru, he couldn't tell who the silver was!

Now there has been a severe drought in the north for many years, and there are already signs of great disaster. If it weren't for the fact that the imperial court could always give silver relief every time there was a catastrophe, the north would be even more chaotic.

In case the merchant had enough manpower elsewhere and didn't want the sinners of Shandong, he would not only not be able to make any money, but he would also get a chicken and an egg.

Thinking of this, Yuan Keli said: "Zhang Dou, you kid won't also fight the idea of these silver, right?" ”

"Of course!" Zhang Dou generously admitted. "The maritime merchant is in a hurry, and has already sent people to Korea and the Wa Kingdom to recruit people, and once the manpower is enough, he will leave! That's why Zhang Doucai came here in a hurry, as long as my Changxing Army can quickly exterminate the White Lotus Sect and catch those sinners, each of them can give the adults half a tael of silver! ”

"What?" It's only half a tael of silver! Yuan Keli jumped up suddenly, he took the risk of selling people overseas, and it was absolutely unacceptable to only get half a tael of silver.

But Zhang Dou had no fear, and there were no more available soldiers in Shandong. Transferring troops from elsewhere to exterminate the White Lotus Sect also has to share the profits among others, and the most important thing is that the maritime merchants must be in a hurry. Except for Zhang Dou, no one could quickly exterminate the White Lotus Sect, and Yuan Keli didn't have to do anything, just sit back and enjoy the results, and the two talked about the results for two hours.

A laborer is given a tael of silver, and the rest of the old and weak children are all on the head. The cost of temporarily relocating these criminals was Zhang Dou, and Yuan Keli could not only send some people to count the silver at home.

Zhang Dou wanted to exterminate the White Lotus Sect as soon as possible, capture all the bandits, and transport the criminals to Denglai to load the ship and go to sea.

The moment the two sides reached an agreement, Yuan Keli showed a treacherous smile. When it comes to the rebellion of the rebellious people, there are basically all young and weak children, and even if there are not many.

In addition, the food for hundreds of thousands of people is not a small amount, and just buying food will give Zhang Dou a headache.

And he didn't have to do anything, just count the silver. Where to find such a good thing, even if the war barracks are rebuilt, there will be a considerable amount of silver left.

When he saw the mountain-like Xiyi giant ship at Denglai Pier, he knew the strength of this maritime merchant.

Zheng Yiguan still dressed as a shopkeeper and walked off the giant ship, and he immediately greeted Yuan Keli after greeting Zhang Dou.

At this moment, two thousand Changxing troops came down from the ship one after another, and these were all new recruits. They have just received training and come to Denglai, and the rebels are the best whetstone, which can not only make the recruits familiar with the battlefield grow up faster, but also allow them to be trained.

The team of 2,000 people was silent on the dock, and Yuan Keli was also amazed. He has seen a lot of disciplined troops, but there are really few such as the Changxing army.

Many people in the Changxing army were put on vacation, and only three hundred cavalry came. With them in front of them to open the way for the army, Zhang Dou led the Changxing army straight to Qubu.

The fighting there is still going on, and Xu Hongru's rebels continue to besiege it. The big war did not happen again, but there were still many skirmishes.

The multi-day siege has caused the price of food in Qubu to skyrocket, and recently even the food supply of the soldiers defending the city has not been guaranteed.

The grain of the Confucian Mansion in the city was piled up, and instead of taking it out to help the people, it raised the price of grain and made a lot of war money.

Yang Ji and Yang Guodong sat opposite each other, and they chatted while drinking.

"My lord! We don't have much food in stock, even if we save two meals a day, we won't be able to eat for long. If there are no reinforcements in three days, we will be hungry! Yang Guodong said while drinking.

Yankee slapped his hand heavily on the table: "Hey! The Kong family's grain was piled up, but they took the opportunity to raise the price of grain. After the large-scale annexation of land and the acquisition of land and property, he really called himself a saint! ”

Seeing that Yang Ji was emotional, Yang Guodong hurriedly comforted: "That's all their scholar's business, let's take care of our stomachs!" If you don't come to the reinforcements, it's all over! ”

"Reinforcements? There are no troops to send in Shandong, unless they are drawn from the border army. Liaodong is already rotten, and it can't be drawn at all, unless troops are transferred from Datong. It will take more than a month for Datong people to get to us here as soon as possible, so let's prepare for the worst! "Yang Ji himself was born in the border army and knows the situation there very well.

The two were very familiar with the Ming Dynasty's troop transfer system, and the governor of Shandong had to send a document to the military department first. The military department then transferred people from all over the country, and it was as fast as a month for people to arrive in Qubu.

The two of them, who had nothing to say, went back to rest early, and there were only two dried flasks left on the table.

The Dacheng army camp outside the city was extremely noisy, and this group of farmers who were digging in the original area were reluctant to let go after enjoying the pleasure of power.

They were originally humble and grassy, but now they can control the life and death of others. On the tree at the entrance of the camp was hung a row of people who had been dead for a long time, all of whom were wealthy squires without exception.

The people who were once high above were hanged in front of their eyes, and the support of the Dacheng army for Xu Hongru reached its peak.

The victories of these days have made the besieging rebel army relax their vigilance, and they are still as well fed and asleep as ever.

There were very few soldiers left behind even on guard, and the Dacheng army was not worried about the sneak attack of the Ming army in the city. These days of fighting have allowed them to find out the details of the Ming army, a team of less than 1,000 people in total, and they don't dare to sneak attack their army of 10,000 people.

At dawn, people are most sleepy, and the sentries who were supposed to be on duty at night are also napping against the wall.

Where no one noticed, several figures crept up on the camp, throwing their claws under the camp to hook the wall.

People also climbed the wall like apes, and the sentry who had been dozing off was slashed through the neck with a sharp dagger in his sleep.