In Zigui City, Wang Wenqing and the others had already occupied their feet in momentum, and from the faces of several generals, they saw hesitation and hesitation, so they completely let go of their courage.

After carefully recalling Li Yan's request and Yang Xingbang's analysis, Wang Wenqing said to Feng Xi: "General Feng, if you can't guarantee that you pay the rent on time, I suggest that you withdraw from Zigui City, leaving a thousand soldiers, and the right to offset the previous rent, and we can go back to pay the errand?" ”

Originally, Li Yan told Wang Wenqing that a soldier was worth ten taels of silver, but after listening to Yang Xingbang's analysis, he understood that the three of them were here to find fault today, so the lion opened his mouth and doubled the number of soldiers.

Feng Xi listened to Wang Wenqing's words, and the anger was about to come up again, Zhang Nan saw that the situation was wrong, and hurriedly stepped forward to stop him, and then said to Wang Wenqing: "This brother, the matter of withdrawing from this Zigui City is not without discussion, it's a big deal that we camp outside the city, but this matter of leaving a thousand soldiers to offset the rent, we haven't waited for His Majesty's reply, we really can't be the master, can you forgive a few days?" ”

Wang Wenqing and the others discussed it for a while, and said to Zhang Nan: "This general, let me tell you the truth, our owner is going to build a big wharf on the other side of the river, and we need a lot of manpower. These people had no place to live, so they wanted to take back Zigui City and arrange accommodation for these people.

Your rent of 1,000 taels of silver a day, our owner has not yet seen it, and it was empty before, so I can rent it to you for a while.

But now this Zigui City Village is mainly used, so it will not be rented to you anymore, and it ......"

Speaking of this, Wang Wenqing looked at Yang Xingbang and Zhou Jincai, with a very embarrassed look on his face.

As soon as Zhang Nan heard that the owner of this Huaxia Villa was building a wharf outside Zigui City, he muttered in his heart, the riverbank on both sides of Zigui City was gentle, and it was a good place to moor ships.

Coupled with the appearance of this "clerk" who wants to speak and stops, is there anything we don't know, so he accompanied him carefully and said: "Brothers, we also have great respect for the owner of your village, and it doesn't hurt to say something." ”

Wang Wenqing paced slowly in the lobby a few times, as if he had made a lot of determination, and said to Zhang Nan: "Well, we won't go around in circles with you, there is a time limit for us to collect rent today, if we don't receive the rent at sunset, we can't predict what decision the owner will make, whether you give rent or not, this Ziguicheng will not let you live for a long time."

The three of us are just people who have just attached ourselves to Huaxia Villa, so we came alone to collect such a large amount of rent, and we didn't need to appoint any henchmen, didn't you see something?

This is not absolute trust in us, but the owner has absolute trust in his own means, and what the owner decides to do, no one can stop yet.

With the owner's immortal methods, he doesn't care about your thousands of taels of silver at all, no matter what kind of result we can talk about today, going back will not affect the owner's decision to take back Zigui.

You really have very few options now, one is to quit Zigui immediately after the previous rent is settled, which is the easiest way to solve it;

The second is to use 1,000 soldiers to offset the rent, and the rest of the men and horses withdraw from Zigui.

In addition to these two methods, there is actually another way, because it is true that our village mainly repairs the wharf on the opposite riverbank, and it is also true that a large number of miscellaneous servants are needed.

The purpose of our owner to take back Zigui City is to settle these miscellaneous servants who repair the wharf, so if your soldiers can go to the wharf construction site as miscellaneous servants, there is no need for the owner to let you quit Zigui. ”

Feng Xi and Zhang Nan heard this, and they were secretly speculating in their hearts, if what Wang Wenqing said was true, and the three of them were just newcomers sent by the owner of the village, then the owner of this Huaxia Villa did not despise his more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, but completely ignored them, and he was sure that we would not be able to turn over much of the storm.

Combined with the kind of "heavenly fire" demonstrated by Li Yan last time, coupled with the time-limited information in Wang Wenqing's words just now, it is useless to use the method of "dragging", and a decision must be made immediately.

But as the vanguard of himself and others, the news of the occupation of Zigui had already spread back, so they quietly retreated, and how to face His Majesty, when the time came, a crime of losing the city and land could not be afforded.

But the news that came out later did not receive a reply from His Majesty, it was really a dilemma, it is estimated that it will take a day or two to receive His Majesty's reply, it is better to have a delaying strategy, and first promise to help Huaxia Villa major in repairing the wharf.

In this way, at least Ziguicheng is still in his own hands on the surface, no matter what kind of reply His Majesty makes, whether it is a battle or a retreat, he and the others are not at fault.

So Feng Xi and Zhang Nan discussed and said to Wang Wenqing: "Since the owner of the village is short of people to build the wharf, we can draw some people to help, but the food and tools of these horses have to be solved by your village." ”

Wang Wenqing saw that Feng Xi and Zhang Nan had already made a choice, and this choice was obviously to put down his posture and show favor to Huaxia Villa, he was also relieved, and said: "According to the rules of our villa, even if it is a miscellaneous servant, as long as the prescribed work is completed, you can have an income of five catties of rice every day, and after these five catties of rice are converted into Huaxia coins, it is enough to ensure that the white rice is full every day, and it can also be exchanged for a little meat."

Therefore, as long as these soldiers do things seriously, our owner will not treat them badly. ”

"What? A handyman earns five catties of rice a day? Feng Xi, Zhang Nan and the others almost popped out their eyes.

Looking at these surprised faces, Wang Wenqing's sense of superiority arose, although they only stayed in the villa for a few days, they would come into contact with all kinds of novelties every day, and they had already been surprised, so they said disdainfully: "What's so strange about this, the income of five catties of rice a day is the bottom of our villa, and our Minister Li's daily income is fifteen yuan Huaxia coin, which is equivalent to fifteen catties of rice."

As long as they want, they can eat the elaborate dishes in the cottage canteen every day.

In addition, the official members of the lodge also have two sets of clothes in winter a year, all made of the finest fabric, not only warm in winter and cool in summer, but also the color is not known how it is dyed, it is very beautiful, much better than the fabric we wear. ”

Feng Xi and Zhang Nan secretly rejoiced in their hearts, if a handyman had an income of five catties of rice every day, he would let his soldiers help the owner of Huaxia Villa to do things, and there would be too little resistance, and maybe they would even ask themselves to arrange for them to repair the dock.

In this way, no matter how His Majesty chooses, he and others will have less of the sin of losing Zigui, and at the same time avoid provoking the unknowing power of Huaxia Villa, and everyone will have a very rich income without working hard, which is really a happy result!