Chapter 26 Business (II)

It's a Zhu butcher, a Zhu butcher who breaks a city in one day! Even the heroic cities of Huai'an, Gaoyou and Yangzhou couldn't stop him from striking a blow. The earthen wall of Jiaozhou City is only more than seven feet high, and in front of his old man's house, isn't it just a small earthen bag? Let everyone have nine lives, how can it be possible to listen to a few words of a hairy child and go to pick his old man's tiger whiskers?!

In the blink of an eye, the officials and soldiers on the enemy tower and the city wall ran away. Duotu, who couldn't be kept by anyone, couldn't accept the fact that he saw it with his own eyes, squatted on the ground, covered his face with his hands, and howled loudly, "Woo, woo, woo." Mongols, you put the Mongols in the face, how can you"

From childhood to adulthood, all he heard was how his ancestors were brave and good at fighting, how they integrated the grassland with the power of one piece, and then destroyed countless countries to the west, and Jin and Song Dynasty to the south, and was invincible. But he never thought that when he really needed to show courage, his father, uncle and compatriots would run faster than the other.

The huge gap between cognition and reality made him dare not open his eyes again, preferring to squat on the city wall like this until he was killed by the Red Turban Army and cut into pieces.

"Alright, don't cry. Wipe your eyes and stand up! And something has to be done by you! I was crying in the dark, but the voice of Zhang Zhao, the chief manager of Jiaozhou Commercial Bank, came to my ears. With a little anxiety, but more helplessly.

"You?" Duotu looked up in surprise to see the latter hand a face towel in front of his eyes. It is a cotton jacquard face towel produced in Huaiyang, which is far softer than the common cotton cloth on the market, and the double side also uses a very special technique to propose a thick two-layer cotton velvet, which is comfortable to wipe the face. It's a pity that the price is a little expensive, and ordinary people don't have the courage to ask at all.

As the eldest son of the Daru Huachi family, Dotu certainly wouldn't be shocked by a face towel. He was shocked that when he saw Zhang Zhao, the chief steward of the trading house who nodded his head to everyone, he actually had the courage to stay on the city wall with him and wait for death. turned his head to take a closer look, but now it was not only Zhang Zhao, but also many generals, nurses and men brought by the merchants, who also stayed. Everyone clutched their weapons tightly and looked terrified.

"Anyone who is an official can run, anyway, as long as you do it up and down, you can still be an official in another place!" As if he had guessed what Duotu was thinking, Zhang Zhao, the chief steward of Jiaozhou Commercial Bank, sighed and explained with a wry smile, "But those of us who do business can't run away from the temple if we run away from the monk." So Master Duotu, the next thing has to be up to you. After all, they are also official people, unlike me, all of them are small merchants and hawkers! ”

"You, what kind of petty merchant are you?" Duotu snatched the towel and wiped it on his face a few times, sneering and mocking.

His father, Jiaozhou Daluhua Chi'er, told him that he could bully anyone, but he definitely couldn't bully the dozen or so Han people and color vendors near the West Market. Although the latter's status is not as high as his, the people standing behind him are all the powerful people in the capital. really annoyed the other party, Sensei said it was him, and even his father, Shangzhou Daru Huachi, had to follow the bad luck.

"We all do things for others, and we can't get on the stage ourselves!" Although his identity was revealed by the other party, Zhang Zhao, the chief manager of the firm, did not feel embarrassed at all. In the Great Yuan Dynasty, collusion between officials and businessmen was a matter on the surface, and only hillbillies would be rare and strange. Therefore, he calmly arched his hand and continued, "Like you, you were born with a fortune and a position, and you are a first-class person when you go there!" ”

The three words "first-class people" were bitten extremely hard by Zhang Zhao. After listening to Duotu, I have to sneer again. However, thinking of his father's shameless act of taking the lead in escaping, no matter how loud he speaks as a son, he can't earn back any face. Unconsciously sighed again and responded in a low voice, "Okay, stop talking nonsense." Now that the people on the city wall are all yours, what do you want me to do, do I dare not agree! Go ahead! It's to cut off your heads and let you curry favor with the enemy. Or run for your life with everyone, I should come down. ”

"Young Master Duotu is really wise and brave!" Zhang Zhao, the chief steward of the commercial bank, slapped his face a few times and praised loudly. In this way, the old man will not beat around the bush. The enemy army is about to be killed outside the city gate, and please lead the young master Duotu to lead us and others to advance and retreat together! ”

"Advance and retreat together? What do you mean? The more Duotu listened, the more confused he became, staring at the other party's frowning old face, hesitantly asking.

"Quite simply, if it's a pirate. Let's push Duotu Young Master as the main master, and stick to it together and wait for help! Zhang Zhao took a deep breath and responded loudly. After all, Ling Zun is Daru Huachi of Jiaozhou, if you can lead everyone to defeat the pirates, no matter what he does tonight, it will be easy to cover up. ”

"Okay, that's it!" Duotu thought for a moment and nodded vigorously. But soon, he raised his eyebrows again, stared at Zhang Zhao's eyes, and continued to ask loudly, "What if it's the Red Turban Army?" Just now, didn't you say that it was the Red Turban Army under the tent of the Zhu thief? ”

"Then please ask the young master to fly the white flag and take everyone out to welcome the surrender!" Zhang Zhao nodded and added unceremoniously.

"If you want to be beautiful, I'd rather die!" Duotu immediately jumped up, his fingers were open, and he was furious, "If you want to surrender, you won't go by yourself?" Let me have a hairy child come forward, and you people are shrinking in the back, what is the reason? ”

"We are all grass people, and you are the eldest son of the Daru Huachi family! I also eat a thousand households! Zhang Zhao, the chief steward of Jiaozhou Commercial Bank, was not angry, took half a step back, and responded with a smile. You go out to open the door for the Red Turban Army, why is it bigger than our face, isn't it? Besides, Ling Zun's escape, even if he arrives in Yidu safely, he will have to go to the capital city to check up and down in the future. At that time, if we people contribute money and efforts, are we afraid that we will not be able to save his old man's official position and life? ”

"You, you" Dotu was immediately bruised, gasped for a long time, and then murmured in response, "You are shameless! You have to go by yourself, anyway, you are still opening the city gate, and you don't care who will open it! ”

"That's different!" Zhang Zhao shook his head and continued to follow the temptation, "Young Master, you take everyone out and pretend to be a show, the people outside don't know that the officers and soldiers in the city have run out, we can still bargain, let them promise not to rob or kill after entering the city." But if we, the grass people, directly open the city gate, the merit of dedicating the city will be gone. After people come in, don't they just do what they want? ”

"This" Duotu is only sixteen years old this year, and even if he is precocious, he can't guess the true thoughts of a few old businessmen. But the reason that the other party said was too far-fetched. A pair of bell-wide eyes were rounded, and he hesitated.

His side is reluctant to stand up for everyone, but the "pirates" outside the city will not wait for him to make a decision. Soon, the lights came outside the East City Gate. It paused abruptly two hundred paces from the city walls, then quickly changed direction and shape, and formed in place.

"If Young Master Duotu is willing to come forward to negotiate with the enemy army, Ling Zun's future official position will be wrapped up in my master!" Zhang Zhao, the chief steward of Jiaozhou Commercial Bank, didn't dare to delay any longer, gritted his teeth, and threw out the highest conditions he could give, "If you can't do it, the young master behind him will kill and chop, and Zhang will never dare to fight back!" ”

"My grandfather wants a Shangzhou Daru Huachi of Liaoyang Province!" Duotu knows that he doesn't have much choice. He also gritted his teeth and bargained loudly.

Liaoyang Province is far away, although it is colder, and the oil and water are far less than Jiaozhou. but there was no harassment from the red turbans. With his father's soft egg personality, he can just hide over there and be at ease.

"Good!" Zhang Zhao nodded without hesitation.

"Pick up the torch for me, and I'll see who's outside the city first?" Seeing that the other party agreed happily, Duotu simply let it go, and gave orders unceremoniously.

Zhang Zhao and the others are afraid that no one will be puppets, since they are willing to come out, they don't bother to care about other details. Immediately let the men light all the torches and lampballs on the enemy's tower, and illuminate the city gate up and down as bright as day.

"The son of Dalu Huachi in Jiaozhou, the grandson of the Marquis of Wuning County of Dayuan, and the hereditary thousands of households are here! Who's coming, common name! The young man immediately entered the role, walked under the brightest lantern with a bit of tragedy, and tore his throat to report to himself.

"The son of Dalu Huachi in Jiaozhou, the grandson of the Marquis of Wuning County of Dayuan, and the hereditary thousands of households are here! Whoever comes, common name. Zhang Zhao, the big shopkeeper of the trading house, gave a look, and immediately, countless guys of all sizes opened their throats and repeated loudly.

The soldiers of the Huai'an Army outside the city, apparently, as Zhang Zhao had judged before, did not know that the officials and defenders in the city had fled. After waiting for the siege equipment to be pushed over, he immediately followed the method of attacking Baoying to drill holes and blast the city wall. Hearing the shouts from the enemy tower, he was stunned, and opened his throat and responded: "We are the Fifth Army of the Huai'an Revolutionary Army, and the people in the city will listen to it and immediately open the door and surrender." My Huai'an army is a benevolent and righteous army, and I have never killed a prisoner, nor have I sacked any city! ”

"Are you really the Huai'an Army?" Duotu's heart sank at first, and then there was a surge of relief. It's all over, if it's a pirate, according to the agreement he just reached with Zhang Zhao and the others, there is still a chance to fight to the death. Since he came to the Huai'an Army, he had no other choice than to negotiate the terms of surrender with the other party.

"It's the Huai'an Army, otherwise the team wouldn't be so neat!"

"I've seen their banners, it should be the Huai'an Army!"

"Let's talk to them quickly, don't delay your efforts. Even if we give some labor and military funds, we will admit it. It's impossible to stop it! ”

The chattering voices behind him came one by one, and clearly fell into Duotu's ears. Faintly, with a little joy.

As the saying goes, the peach and plum are speechless, and the next is its own. Huai'an Army's good reputation, although it seems to be useless. At this moment, it has greatly broken the resistance of all kinds of people in the city. Anyway, even if the Mongolian officials fell into the hands of the Zhu butchers, as long as there was no great evil in the past, their families could spend money to redeem them. Everyone is a flat-headed people, what else is there to worry about? At best, it's just a loss of some goods. Moreover, the Huai'an Army has never tasted a precedent of taking advantage of the fire to rob.

"The last general can open the city gate, but, but your army must ensure that after entering the city, Qiu will not commit any crimes!" Knowing that even if he gave the order to resist, no one would listen. Dotu took another deep breath and shouted loudly to the city.

It was not a good feeling to surrender voluntarily, but at least he kept his father. Of course, this qiē is based on the premise that Zhang Zhao and others are true to their word. If the firm repents later, perhaps, Duotu will have to become an assassin in the future and secretly repay the blood debt for the whole family.

"The last general can open the city gate, but, but your army must ensure that after entering the city, Qiu will not commit any crimes!"

"The last general can open the city gate, but, but your army must ensure that after entering the city, Qiu will not commit any crimes!"

"The last general can open the city gate, but, but your army must ensure that after entering the city, Qiu will not commit any crimes!" Because they knew that it was the Huai'an Army who came, the guards and men of the trading house shouted with great confidence.

In the midst of a shout, the river of lights outside the city began to change rapidly. Separated by a road in the middle, a famous general, holding an expensive glass lantern, strode up from behind, spoke fluent Mongolian, and shouted, "Who is in the city?" Is it the Dotu brothers? Do you recognize me? Your grandfather, is Lord Eryou okay? ”

"Who are you?" Duotu, who was waiting for the other party's reply, didn't expect that there were Mongolians in the Huai'an army, and it seemed that he was still very familiar with him, so he was stunned, leaned out of the city wall, and looked at it with round eyes, "Are you?"

"I am Timur, the Timur of tens of thousands of families. Don't you recognize me? "The red turban generals outside the city are getting closer and closer, getting closer and closer, and in the blink of an eye, they have entered the precise range of the crossbow arrows, but their footsteps will not stop at all." Duotu, you little bunny. You're itchy again, aren't you! ”

"Brother Timur, how could it be you! I recognize you, you are, you are Timur of the Yuli Boya Wu clan. In front of Duotu's eyes, a simple smile immediately flashed. Timur, the uncle of Xiuyi's family, took his brother to the sea to touch the shells since he was a child. One day, he was suddenly ordered by the emperor to raid his house, and then he was escorted to an unknown place, and the bird has not been heard from since. Unexpectedly, after losing contact with the two brothers for many years, they actually reunited in front of the two armies tonight. (Note 1) "Open the gates for me, and fill me with less green onions!" When did you hear that our Huai'an Army used to kill people and set fires? Yu Tonghai wiped it his face, changed his Chinese and shouted loudly. Hurry up, don't delay your efforts. Our chief manager is a true hero and has never treated anyone badly. There are no three, six, nine or other people under your command, as long as you have real skills, no one dares to be greedy for your merits. Come here, let's protect him together. As for your father and son, don't be confused. Believe it or not, I'm going to collapse the walls for you right now, and I won't even need half an hour before and after. ”

"Timur, you are Timur's brother!" Duotu suddenly felt so aggrieved, he tore his throat open, and ran towards the road crying. "Open the door, open the door, open the door to Timur. He is also a Mongol, and he is now the general of the Huai'an army! ”

"The Grand Steward?" Seeing that Duotu's figure was about to rush down the city wall, the family general next to Zhang Zhao quietly pulled the horn bow apart and asked for instructions in a low voice.

At this point, the matter has been completely out of the control of the commercial bank. So the best option may be to kill Duotu, and then escape from the West Gate before the Red Turban Army can enter.

"There's no hurry!" The chief steward Zhang Zhao shook his head very calmly and vetoed the other party's proposal. "Send a few people to open the door first. The conditions we just had just now, and Zhu Chongjiu's people had already heard them. This business may not be impossible to continue! ”

"Yes!" The general bowed down and agreed, chased after him quickly, and rushed to the city gate with his men.

The gates creaked and were pulled open from the inside.

Jiaozhou City, which is making money every day, is completely exposed in front of the Huai'an army.

Note 1: In the official history, Yu Tonghai's father, Yu Tingyu, was named Xiuyi in Mongolia. It is a hereditary nobleman, Yuri Boyawu clan. But the father and son were cornered and had to become water thieves. Zhu Yuanzhang, who later took refuge, became the founding hero of the Ming Dynasty

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