The soldiers and horses did not move, and the grain and grass went first.

Shen Yun didn't know how Li Guifu explained to the soldiers who went out on the expedition, but the order from the government was to prepare a month's worth of military rations for a thousand troops.

And the military rations that Li Guifu asked Shen Yun to collect were according to the standards of the forbidden army, and one person was two and a half stones of grain a month, which was converted into almost three hundred catties of grain. 1,000 people is nearly 300,000 catties of grain. Shen Yun wanted to reject Li Guifu's order, because the matter of military rations should have been handed over to him by an official letter issued by the transshipment envoy, rather than forcibly apportioned like Li Guifu.

But after thinking about it, Shen Yun still decided to endure it for the time being.

From the moment Lee Gyu-fu gave the order, the whole of Gyeongju entered wartime. In the war, Li Guifu dragged the army back, and Li Guifu had a reason to deal with Shen Yun in accordance with military law. Shen Yun didn't want to be retaliated against by Li Guifu for some reason, and now the situation is still stronger than people, so he will be patient for the time being. After the battle, I will go back and report this matter to the Shaanxi Road Shuaisi.

Shen Yun is not the kind of lord who is oppressed and still does not say anything. It's just that now is not an opportunity.

It is quite difficult to collect 300,000 catties of grain, especially when the autumn harvest is approaching. At this time, the ordinary people were all green and yellow, and the only people who could collect grain were those landlords and grain merchants.

Shen Yun filed the official letter from the government office, and then solemnly handed it over to Hu Cao for safekeeping. After doing this, Shen Yun sent people to spread the word to these people who wanted to collect grain.

Since the Kuang family was confiscated, many landlords in Anhua County who are rampant in the township have clamped their tails and behaved. The previous shouting disappeared one after another, and even took the initiative to build bridges and roads, which meant to show favor to Shen Yun. Now that he heard Shen Yun's summons, his heart was immediately uneasy. Bisheng didn't dare to refuse, because the three brothers of the Kuang family were hated by Shen Yun, and it seemed that they were hosting a banquet to invite them, but they didn't give Shen Yun face.

I didn't want to be remembered by Shen Yun because of this, including the grain merchants in the county seat, more than 20 people came to the county government at the same time, and were arranged by the messenger to a side hall of the back office, tremblingly watching the messenger pour tea for them and retreat, these people cautiously asked each other: "Do you know when Shen Zhi County summoned us?" ”

However, the fact that Li Guifu was going to attack Western Xia was now only known to a few people, and the news had not been circulated, so how could he know about it. They shook their heads at each other, but their hearts became more and more nervous.

After a while, I heard hearty laughter from outside the side hall. Don't think about it, this must be Shen Yun's voice. A group of landlords and grain merchants got up one after another and walked to the door to greet them.

And when he came into view, it was Shen Yun who walked into the door with Hu Cao and Cang Cao.

"I'll wait to see the county honor." These people are not stupid, otherwise they would not be sitting on a huge business. At this time, they all pressed down the panic in their hearts and bowed down to greet Shen Yun.

"Get up and sit down, all of you. I know you're all quite panicked in your hearts, but I can tell you that I invited you here today to ask you to do Shen a small favor. ”

Although Shen Yun said so, the faces of the people were smiling, but there was no sense of relaxation in their hearts. This is a small matter in the mouth of the county, but it is a big thing when it comes to them. Could it be that this person is not satisfied with the property of the Kuang family, and wants to attack himself and others? They had already begun to calculate how much they would have to pay to satisfy Shen Yun's appetite.

Seeing everyone sit down, Shen Yun said with a smile: "Seeing that the autumn harvest is approaching, the green seedlings will start to release grain again after the autumn harvest." Moreover, the county has been in Yele Town before, and there may have been a lot of trouble, although the county is now rich in money, but there is only a lack of food. Therefore, the county wants to buy some grain from you at a price half a cent higher than the market price. ”

Several landlords and grain merchants gave a hidden look, and their hearts were indeed like this. Nowadays, the price of grain has not yet reached its highest, and one stone of grain is only about 800 yuan. In another ten days, this number will be doubled. In the hearts of these people, Shen Yun obviously wanted to make a fortune through this.

"I don't know how much food is needed in the county. Although we have a small family property, we can also give some food to the county. But there are too many, and I'm afraid that we can't do anything. ”

The landlords and grain merchants who had already done a good job of cutting a piece of meat from themselves expressed their stance to Shen Yun. The implication is that as long as it is not too excessive, everyone can give it to him unconditionally.

Shen Yun didn't understand what these people meant, and shook his head: "Don't think I'm greedy for money. There are some other forgivenesses for this grain requisition, please forgive Shen for inconvenience. But the number is about 2,500 stones, which is only high, not low. Therefore, Shen has prepared the money, and as long as you can set the amount you can bear, you can take the money now. ”

"Two thousand five hundred stones?"

A few people exclaimed, and then found that they had lost their temper and bowed to Shen Yun, and then they breathed a sigh of relief. There were twenty-two people called by Shen Yun, divided into one point, each family had more than 100 stones, which was actually not much. After all, there is no one here who has a thousand stone of grain. The only thing that worries these people now is whether Shen Yun's money is hot or not.

There are those who are timid and cautious, and there are naturally those who are bold and greedy.

He Jiunian, the largest grain merchant in Anhua City, took the lead in getting up and said to Shen Yun: "The county respects Rongqi, He Mou has 200 stones of last year's grain in his warehouse, and 150 stones of old grain the year before last. The new grain is counted as 900 wen and 1 stone, and the old grain is counted as 600 wen and 1 stone, I don't know what the county will do? He Jiunian explained very clearly, he did hand over old grain, but the price was only sixty percent of the new grain.

This can be regarded as his overture to Shen Yun.

In fact, two years of grain, as long as it is stored properly, there is no problem in eating. This Jiunian has solved one-eighth of Shen Yun's burden at once, how not to make Shen Yun happy. Nodding, Shen Yun said to Cang Cao: "And send someone to the warehouse to get so much money to pack." When the shopkeeper He left, he sent someone to send him over. ”

Shen Yun's cheerful attitude made these landlords and businessmen finally know that even if Shen Yun wanted to collect money this time, he would really pay everyone in cash as he said before.

Who doesn't want to slap this magistrate, lest he clean himself up and leave no hands behind. With He Jiunian taking the lead, this two hundred stones, that one hundred stones, when everyone told them the amount, Shen Yun counted his fingers, and actually accepted 1,300 stones of old grain and 2,000 stones of new grain.

When he got this number, Shen Yun was a little incredulous. But it is clear that he has collected 800 stone more grain than Li Guifu requested. Shen Yun was full of excitement, got up and gave these people a look in the surprised eyes of a group of landlords and grain merchants.

"Shen is grateful for your boldness. The matter is urgent, and I ask you to deliver the grain to the county government on time in three days. At that time, Shen invited everyone to drink at Ping An Restaurant. Originally, Shen Yun planned to invite wine today, but he promised that when these people left, they could go back with the money, and Shen Yun was afraid of drinking and making mistakes. Fortunately, the grain collection was completed, and the business was handed back to Li Gui, and it was not too late to relax when the time came.

After receiving the kindness released by Shen Yun, the twenty-two left with the money satisfied.

Three days later, the soldiers guarding the county seat of Anhua were very surprised to find that many vehicles had arrived from all directions, and all of them were loaded with grain.

At the same time, Li Guifu also passed on the three generals he liked to the government office.

"Li Xuan, Liu Duguan, kind of prison, call the three of you to come today, there is indeed something to ask you to wait." The color of Li Guifu's face wanted to make the hearts of the three people standing in the hall a little nervous.

It's just that Li Guifu was disappointed, although these three people were all low-level martial arts, but Li Xin had fought against Western Xia four times and was promoted by military merit. Although Liu Fu is usually in charge of the defense of Gyeongju, he is also a veteran oilman. Not to mention the seed song, this is a child of a seed family, and which of the children of a seed family who can come out to be a soldier is not psychologically strong.

Li Guifu, who was bored, could only continue: "A few days ago, Dashun City reported that the Xixia people were about to move, and the government wanted to control the enemy, so the three of you were summoned to come, and while the autumn harvest had not yet begun, the Xixia people had also completed the siege and assembly, and directly destroyed the deceitful village. What do the three of you think? ”

Li Xin, as the highest martial artist among the three, bowed down and asked, "Dare to ask how many soldiers and horses will Fuzun wait for me?" Is the armament ready? Have you ever reported this to the court? "In fact, although it is a forbidden army, Li Xin is unwilling to fight, fighting means dying, who can know who is dead?

He knew very well in his heart that if Li Guifu had reported to the court, he should not have asked a few of them for this matter.

Poured cold water on Li Xin's words, Li Guifu looked at the three of them with a blank face: "Really, don't you obey the edict of this mansion?" This government only gives you 5,000 soldiers and horses, and the grain, grass and other things are ready, so you can only lead the troops to fight. Since this government is the governor of Gyeongju, it has the right to make a counterattack against the enemies of Western Xia who are coming, if you and a few others do not obey the order, you will have to report to the officials and behead you and others. ”

The status of the martial arts hall is low, and they were so intimidated by Li Guifu, and the three of them could only obediently obey.

Seeing the appearance of the three of them, Li Guifu secretly cursed for toasting and not eating and drinking, and then took out the envelope that had been prepared long ago from his arms: "This is the plan formulated by the government to send troops, you must strictly implement it according to what is written above." If this battle is a big victory, the government will present it to the court and ask for credit for you. ”

Beat a stick and give a sweet date. His Majesty's methods were played with by Lee Gyu-fu. Seeing Li Xin take the envelope he handed down, Li Guifu nodded with satisfaction: "The soldiers and horses will gather in Dashun City in six days, you wait for my token, and you will naturally be able to restrain them at that time." Remember, this battle is going to be a good fight for me. “

After saying this, Li Guifu asked Li Xin and the others to leave, while he sat in the hall, fantasizing about the future.