Chapter 125: The Turmoil of the He Clan (7)

It is also a good thing that Wu Tingzhen does not wade into the troubled waters of the He family, the He family is already chaotic enough, if the Wu family intervenes again and stirs up the peace, the He family will really be chaotic.

He Tengxiao naturally knew the implication of Wu Tingzhen's words: the Wu family could defend the He family against the Liao army, but the He family would give him food, weapons, and silver. The Wu clan is very difficult now, there is a shortage of materials, and there is an opportunity to ask the He family for materials, and Wu Tingzhen will naturally not let it go.

The Wu people missed the sowing season last year, and there is no harvest this autumn, and more than 30,000 people of the Wu people barely survive on a little grain and digging grass roots and leaves. In the Wu people, food is even so scarce that even Wu Tingzhen himself, an earl, has to feed on grass roots, leaves, and bark.

"The grain Teng Xiao has already transported 5,000 stones, Teng Xiao is riding a horse quickly, and in a few hours, the 5,000 stone grain will arrive at Chizhou Fort, with some cloth." He Tengxiao said with a smile.

Wu Tingzhen was stunned, He Tengxiao's answer was beyond his expectations, Wu Tingzhen couldn't imagine that He Tengxiao was so thoughtful when he was young, and he didn't look like a young general who was not deeply involved in the world at all. It is no wonder that He Tengxiao was able to climb from a penniless hundred households to the position of battalion commander within a year.

"Is that true?" Wu Tingzhen's eyes lit up, and his tone of voice was questioning, and there was no lack of excitement in the questioning.

"It's hard for Teng Xiao to make a special trip to play uncle." This time it was He Tengxiao's turn to smile bitterly.

"Not only food and cloth, but also weapons, spear heads, waist knives, bows and arrows, and even better, bed crossbows and cannons. There are also more than 30,000 mouths of the Wu people up and down waiting to be fed, and 5,000 stone of grain is not enough. Wu Tingzhen rubbed his hands and opened his mouth excitedly, "The soldiers of the Wu clan have not replaced their weapons for a year, and they hold some broken copper and iron, which can't stop the Liao army for long, and the bed crossbow cannons are too cumbersome, and they were lost when they retreated south, these two things are sharp weapons against the Liao army, and they can't be missing." ”

"Gotcha, gotta gotcha." He Tengxiao stopped Wu Tingzhen, and he felt like he was being used as an ATM.

Wu Tingzhen was an old opponent of the Liao army, and when the Liao army was outside the border wall of eastern Liao, Wu Tingzhen's Wu private soldiers and the Manshu soldiers at that time were constantly fighting. Wu Tingzhen's Wu private soldiers are more experienced in fighting against Liao than He private soldiers, and looking at the entire empire, I am afraid that no army is more experienced in dealing with Liao troops than Wu Tingzhen's Wu private soldiers. Of course, except for the private soldiers of the Yu family who surrendered to Liao.

He Tengxiao did not doubt Wu Tingzhen's ability, in terms of combat experience, to put it mildly, when Wu Tingzhen led the troops, he was still in his mother's womb.

Wu Tingzhen did not exaggerate, the Wu clan is indeed in difficulty now, and there is no substantial threat to the He clan. It can be known from Wu Tingzhen's sensitive attitude towards the He family's affairs.

Wu Tingzhen opened his mouth widely, but He Tengxiao felt that Wu Tingzhen was real, and the combat effectiveness of an army was piled up with strong materials. Wu Tingzhen's request for more supplies also shows that Wu Tingzhen is really able to resist the Liao army, rather than perfunctory and deceive the He family's supplies.

"How many supplies does my uncle want to open a list for Teng Xiao, and Teng Xiao will go back and try his best to help his uncle raise them." He Tengxiao pointed to the banknote on Wu Tingzhen's desk and said.

"Haha, happy! Joyfully! Wu Tingzhen laughed and laughed, laughing very heartily. At the same time, I was thinking: How did He Tengxiao become so wealthy?

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The moon hung high in the dark night sky.

A fleet of ships was heading east.

Yan Pu stood on the deck of the ship, the deck under his feet was very strong, and all the ships that sailed this time were re-strengthened in the Wanghai Shipyard to ensure that the ships were even stronger.

Yan Pu looked at the silver sparkling sea, the sea surface of Liaodong is always so calm, there are few waves, no more than his hometown Mingzhou, the sea often has strong winds and waves. But Yan Pu has always been puzzled why this kind of bathtub-like sea would give birth to the freak of the Cloud Guam Marine.

He once confidently meant that in the northern part of the empire, there was no one more proficient in the water master than him, and there was no more powerful water master than the Huang water camp. Until the appearance of the Yun Guam Naval Division, Yan Pu's fantasy was shattered by the warship of the Yun Guam Marine Division.

Yan Pu's demotion to Liaodong was not because he was ineffective in suppressing the Japanese, but just an excuse for rectifying him. If he Yan Pu is not effective in suppressing the Japanese, I am afraid that there are not many sailor generals in the entire empire who are capable of suppressing the Japanese.

He knew that he was just being relegated to Liaodong as a scapegoat, and he was just a grassroots general with no ability and no background support. Gentry officials with a slight background were able to step on him a few times.

"General! It's less than five miles from Guam! Luo Sen grabbed the rope and rowed it off the mast and told Yan Pudao.

Rosen was Yan Pu's old pawn who followed Yan Pu when he was a general in the Mingzhou Navy. In the final analysis, the Huang water camp was supported by these old sailors of the Mingzhou Water Division. The local recruited sailors were more likely to carry things and do chores on warships.

When the moon was in the sky, Yan Pu looked in the direction where Yunguam Island was located, and the outline of the island was clearly visible at a distance of less than five miles. It was even possible to see the blurred black shadow of the Yunguam garrison.

"Is there a lighthouse on Cloud Guam?" Yan Pu pointed to the two bright spots on the edge of Yunguan and asked, although they were separated by a distance of three or four miles, the two vague points could still be clearly seen, except for the lighthouse, Yan Pu couldn't think of anything else that could emit such a bright light, and it could be seen from a distance of three or four miles.

"Looks like it's supposed to be a lighthouse." Rosen nodded, he was young, and his strength was better than Yanpu.

"He Tengxiao is very generous." Yan Pu chuckled, oil is expensive in the world, he was born as a sailor, he knows how much oil a lighthouse will burn in one night, there are also many lighthouses in Mingzhou, many times the lighthouses are dark, and there is not much difference from the decorations, and the magistrate is reluctant to burn silver on the lighthouse.

"It's not the 100,000 taels of silver that I swindled from the Huang family." Rosen looked at the fortress-lined Yunguan Island and said, "Without these 100,000 taels of silver, you can't pile up such a fortress." ”

Yan Pu shook his head: "He Tengxiao is not as simple as you think, although 100,000 taels of silver is a lot, but it is dead money after all, there will always be a time when it is spent, this person thinks about the problem at a young age, and thinks about the long-term problem, and builds a wharf on the island to make a living, I heard that the goods imported from the mainland into Gaizhou, as well as the leather goods, ginseng and other things in Gaizhou, are all controlled by him, just this small island, can give him 20,000 taels of silver every month." This kid doesn't go into business to be Qiu Ba, but he is condescending. ”

"Is it really that powerful?" Rosen's eyes widened and he said, his monthly salary is only two taels of silver, and he has to pay it in full to have this amount, and giving birth to 20,000 taels of silver every month is undoubtedly an astronomical amount for him. (To be continued.) )