Chapter 25 Grain Levy
Li Xingze looked at Feng Qiang's tone, obviously there was nothing to talk about between the two sides this time, if he knew the route and time of the Yuan soldiers' grain and grass, it seemed that he could only find another way. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Li Xingze was not a person who was willing to bow his head, seeing that Feng Qiang's expression did not seem to be willing to help, he was a little unhappy at the moment, and after hugging his fists and saying goodbye, he left with Feng Fei.
"I'm sorry, Strategist, I really didn't know he was such a person!"
Feng Fei saw that Li Xingze's face was not very good-looking, so he hurriedly stepped forward to explain. Who knows, Li Junshi waved his hand, just sighed and said: "It has nothing to do with you, in fact, to put it bluntly, it is still the lack of ability of our army!" ”
Since there is no way to take Feng Qiang's line, it seems that he can only find another way, on the way back to the inn, Li Xingze frowned all the way, lowered his head and thought, and even after entering the inn, he didn't notice that there was someone in front of him, and he hit his head.
I felt as if I had hit something, so I quickly looked up and said sorry directly, only to find that I had bumped into Cui Yingying, who was blushing slightly.
"Ah, it turned out to be Miss Cui, I'm sorry!"
Seeing that it was Cui Yingying, I remembered the burst of warm fragrant nephrite I had just encountered, and a faint fragrance reached my nose, and I couldn't help but feel a little fluttering. As soon as I came back to my senses, I thought of why Cui Yingying was here, and said strangely: "Why is Miss Cui here?" ”
Li Xingze actually asked such a mentally retarded question, Cui Yingying secretly scolded the idiot in her heart, and then said unhurriedly: "There is a rice shop here that is opened by my family, and I heard that the Yuan soldiers are going to collect some grain, so I came over to take a look!" ”
"Oh"
It turns out that this is the case, Li Xingze doesn't have to think about it to know why Cui Yingying knows that he is here, and it is estimated that the entire Ming Sect and the White Lotus Sect know that they live here. Han Dashuai has not recovered from his injury, and Miss Ma is also staying here, one is the saint of the Ming Sect, the other is the handsome of the White Lotus Sect, and the small inn is really a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger.
Li Xingze, who was thinking about how to plan next, answered absentmindedly, and was about to continue upstairs when he suddenly thought of what Cui Yingying had mentioned just now, and hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed Cui Yingying's sleeve, and said in surprise: "You just said that the Yuan soldiers were collecting grain?" ”
At this time, Cui Yingying's face turned even redder, lowered her eyelashes, and nodded in response in an almost inaudible voice.
This Cui Yingying's performance is too surprising, Li Xingze is still wondering what happened to Miss Cui, who has always dared to speak out, just saw that his hand was dragging someone's sleeve, hurriedly took it back, and kept scolding, this is ancient, not modern, a person who usually does not pay attention may cause misunderstanding among others.
Hurriedly asked about the matter of the Yuan soldiers' requisition of grain, it turned out that Kuan Che Buhua felt that the grain and grass of the imperial court was too slow, because many people were newly recruited, and the grain and grass were a little insufficient, so a batch of rice shops from each family were levied.
"When will the grain and grass of the Yuan army come?"
Li Xingze thought about it, maybe Miss Cui could get the information of the grain and grass army here, and hurriedly asked.
Who knows, Cui Yingying shook her head and said with certainty: "We grain merchants don't know this, there is too much trouble in various places at present, and the Yuan army attaches more importance to the safety of grain and grass!" ”
It seems that the plan to burn the grain and grass of the Yuan army is about to come to naught, there is no inside information at all, and he can't even grasp the route and time, how can it be done. Li Xingze felt that his head was big after thinking about it, and he didn't care about stopping to chat with Cui Yingying for a few more words, and went upstairs depressed.
Li Xingze's dejected look made Cui Yingying very worried, she hurriedly went to ask Zhao Pusheng, only to know what happened, thought about it, called Zhao Pusheng out of the inn together, and planned to go to the rice shop first to see if she could get some useful news.
This Cui Yingying seems to be completely obsessed with his master and nephew, Zhao Pusheng can't help but feel that Li Xingze is fate, and a bunch of women are running around for his business. Thinking about it, I also know that the matter of collecting grain, is it worth Miss Cui to go to Nanyang Mansion to see this kid, and after listening to what she said about burning grain, she actually went to the rice shop to inquire about the situation.
"Senior brother, how is it?"
Zhang Junbao, who was lying comfortably on the bed, saw Li Xingze coming back dejectedly, so he quickly sat up and asked.
"Alas"
Li Xingze sighed, sat on the bed and hugged his head with his hands, how old is he, he has never experienced all kinds of society, he can't even negotiate simply, to tell the truth, who doesn't know that he has committed a big taboo, but he really can't make it up, and he really can't bear to deceive people.
Anyway, there is no way to do this road for the time being, it seems that he can only think of another idea, this is the middle of the year, and there is not much time left for him, Li Xingze suddenly felt full of grievances, the time and place are not the same, how to fight this battle.
In fact, Feng Qiang didn't disagree, he just felt that his position was low, and he might not find out about the news about the Grain and Grass Army, so he just didn't agree to anything for the time being, and planned to inquire first.
If there is news, it is a vote before joining the Red Turban Army, a proper credit, and the people of the Feng family will not be wronged in the Red Turban Army in the future.
"Ergouzi, when will our grain and grass be delivered?"
Feng Qiang, who returned to the barracks, did not go back to his own place, but went to another place where the centurion of the new annex army, who usually had a good relationship, pretended to be confused, and asked casually.
How could Ergou understand Feng Qiang's thoughts, the rice has been almost dilute into porridge recently, and the Mongolians are a little unhappy because of this matter.
When Feng Qiang asked, Ergou seemed to have a fire in his belly, and scolded in his mouth: "Damn, why do they eat, we drink porridge, it is estimated that the grain and grass will not come down, we should drink the northwest wind!" ”
After speaking, he spat in the direction of the military camp where the Mongols were, and said fiercely: "Who knows, I heard that they are going to arrange someone to pick it up!" ”
"There is a door"
When Feng Qiang heard this, he was secretly happy in his heart, and he pretended to be very angry on his face and scolded the Mongolians for a long time while talking nonsense.
It turned out that the Mongols were planning to arrange people to help transport grain and grass, Feng Qiang pondered for a while, and it seemed that he had to ask General Timur to have a meal with him to find out.
When I arrived at Timur's military tent, I only heard that the major general was angry and threw things in a rage. Feng Qiang didn't know what was going on, and sent an inquiring look at the guard at the door.
The guard at the door naturally recognized that this was Captain Feng Baili, whom the general liked, and looked at his eyes, and understood that he was trying to talk to the young general. The guard hurriedly stretched out his hand and booed, pointing to the inside of the tent, meaning to wait for the major general to finish his fire.
After a while, Bei Timur, who had already received the report, recruited Feng Qiang in. When he first saw Feng Qiang, the anger he endured made Feng Qiang sit down.
"I wonder why the major general didn't get angry?"
The Han people are the lowest in the rank of the Yuan court, don't Timur is used to Feng Qiang again, Feng Qiang still didn't dare to break the rules, and trembled half of his ass on the chair.
It's okay not to mention this matter, but as soon as Feng Qiang mentioned it, Don't Timur's fire was on again, and then he scolded with spit for a long time.
From the scolding of other Timur, Feng Qiang probably understood something, it turned out that Han Shantong, who was caught a few days ago, was rescued. As for who rescued it, needless to say, it was the Red Turban Army who got the letter to inquire about it before.
Feng Qiang couldn't help but be secretly frightened, it seemed that it was really Li Xingze's gang who did it, it was really amazing, not only did he easily avoid the ambush in the barracks, but he also rescued people when Timur had quietly transferred Han Shantong, and he couldn't praise it with simple admiration.
After scolding for a long time, Don't Timur was also tired, seeing that the credit of his hand flew like this, the boss felt uncomfortable in his heart, glanced at Feng Qiang, who was sitting tremblingly on the side, and suddenly remembered something, so he asked: "General Feng, there is an errand handed over to you, and you are good!" ”
Feng Qiang immediately got up and hugged his fists to receive the order, and Timur looked at his performance, nodded with satisfaction, and then went to ask him to bring some people in a few days to pick up the grain and grass that was coming.
After seeing Feng Qiang's response, Don't Timur touched his chin and pondered: "General Feng, you might as well bring more people, the Red Turban Army has been making a lot of trouble recently, so as not to have a mistake!" ”
Regarding Timur's kindness, Feng Qiang nodded yes, he didn't expect that he had just talked about it at noon, and he would receive the task in the afternoon. That's fine, with credit, at least the status of going to the Red Turban Army in the future will not be too low.
Don't Timur is really scared, it's only been one day, the barracks can't help but be burned, and Han Shantong, who hides so secrets, can be rescued, the energy of this red turban army is inevitably too great, and he is a little worried about any more mistakes in grain and grass, so he didn't forget to tell Feng Qiang.
Shopkeeper Liu can also be regarded as the old man next to Shopkeeper Cui, and suddenly saw Cui Yingying coming, and hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Why is the eldest lady here?" ”
At this time, there were several guests in front of the counter of the rice shop, and seeing that the eldest lady was glaring at him, the shopkeeper Liu was still unclear, so he quickly arranged for a guy to greet the guests, and took Cui Yingying and Zhao Pusheng to the backyard of the rice shop.
"Shopkeeper Liu, what's going on with the Yuan army's grain requisition?"
Cui Yingying didn't talk nonsense, and asked directly, after all, Shopkeeper Liu is also a member of the White Lotus Sect, and he is also his father's subordinate, so there is no need to talk about those vain things.
As the eldest lady of the Cui family, she didn't come to see the business once a year, but this time she made a special trip, and asked directly about Yuan Jun, needless to say, it must be what the White Lotus Sect did this time, and the shopkeeper Liu didn't dare to hesitate, and told everything he knew.
"Just talking about the levy, but not where the levy goes?"
Cui Yingying hadn't spoken yet, but Zhao Pusheng asked, "Could it be that the Yuan army is short of food?" ”
Shopkeeper Liu nodded, and said with great certainty: "There are many shopkeepers who say that the Yuan army is temporarily short of food!" After saying this, he suddenly remembered something, and then said with some uncertainty: "I heard that the Yuan army has collected a lot of ships recently, I don't know if this news is useful to you?" ”