The daughters of the Yang family had already entered the mansion early, and the Sun family's courtyard was empty. Yang Chengzu had no worries, and when he saw that this team entered the mansion, he hurriedly ordered the door to be closed. Standing on the wall of the palace, you can already see the pillar of smoke rushing to the sky, and there seem to be more and more houses being lit.

He looked around, and thanks to the previous clean-up measures, the palace was like an island in the sea, with no flammable materials or buildings around. Even if they attack with fire, they won't be able to burn the palace, so he let out a sigh of relief and instructed the others:

"Everyone has seen that this is the situation now, the problem is such a problem, we can only get through this difficult situation if we work together, so that we will not be killed by the refugees, everyone should cheer me up."

Shi Yuan Zonggao, the head of the palace, brought a group of subordinate officials and subordinates of the palace, and hurriedly ran to register the people who entered, counted the food needed for a day, and checked how many patients were needed and how much medicine was needed.

This long history may not have a good opinion of Yang Chengzu, but he can't talk about how bad it is, in the current situation of critical survival, he can distinguish between priorities and priorities, and will definitely not deliberately pull back or seize power. For this long history, Yang Chengzu also admires it in his heart, at least in dealing with these general affairs, the other party is much higher than his own level. With such an excellent long history, my burden is much lighter.

"Changshi, how about it, our food and water, it's all right."

Yuan Zonggao instructed the people around him to ask something, and replied: "The grain you received before was very timely, and the grain in our house can probably last for five to six months, if it really takes that long." I think it's either waiting for the officials and soldiers of the imperial court, or waiting for the news of the thieves breaking the palace. I've never seen a palace that can stay for so many days. There is no need to consider the aspect of water, I have already led people to dig wells, Anlu is a place with abundant water sources, and it is purely a dream to cut off our food and water. ”

"Changshi still knows the art of war? Disrespectful. ”

"Don't compliment me, after I became a jinshi, I followed Chitose to Anlu to become a vassal, and I never led a soldier or fought. I've read the book of war, but if I know the art of war, at most it's just a reincarnation of Zhao Kuo. If someone really comes to fight the idea of the palace, you will be in charge of commanding, and I won't say a word more. If there is a problem with food and medicine, you come to me, and if you can't keep it, notify me. I have arranged for two sturdy slaves to help me kill myself when the palace is no longer in place. ”

"I've been thinking about it for a long time, and the situation is not that serious, maybe...... They can't make a fuss. ”

"Do you believe such a thing?" Yuan Zonggao looked at him and lifted the hem of his shirt to make his movements more neat.

"Since we've come across these things, let's find a way to fix them. I won't blame you, I won't blame anyone, complaining and blaming, I can't solve any problems, everyone is a subordinate official of the palace, work together to keep the palace, and the rest is not important. The problem of reward, I have solved it for you, someone will send money over in a while, there is only so much I can do, and the rest depends on you. Now on, let's do things! ”

In this year, even if it is a big thing, the first thing to talk about is money. Whether the palace is in danger or the black clouds are crushing the city, in the end, it is necessary to come up with money to boost morale. Otherwise, it will be difficult to guarantee the will to fight and morale of the soldiers.

King Xing, as a vassal king valued by the emperor, made King Xiang jealous of the imperial lawsuit with him, and he received many rewards. Although the foundation is insufficient, the huge fields, as well as the trading shops everywhere, the explicit or implicit income, so that the royal palace has also accumulated amazing wealth in just a few decades.

In a box, there are white flowers of silver, and some boxes are copper coins. The men and horses of the Honor and Guard Department and the Inspection Department were paid for two months, and the guards brought by Mrs. Qian and the Changshou County Lord had their own leaders to pay according to the rules.

With the money in hand, the morale of these people has obviously improved a lot, and many people's families have also moved into the palace, and for them, there is actually no way out. For the sake of his family, he has to guard this palace.

As for those Jianghu guests who served as guards, they were good at martial arts and had blood bravery, and many of them had killed people. But most of them are foreigners, and for them, what they are fighting for, that's the big question. Yang Chengzu called aside a few leaders and revealed:

"There is such a big thing this time, and many people's positions have to be moved, let me tell you. The news I got from the princess is that this time one person can be promoted to the fourth rank, as for the official positions below, there are about fifty or so, and the kind of official positions that are guaranteed for big cases, only with money and not power, make up two or three hundred, it will not be a problem. ”

The smoke in the distance was getting thicker and thicker, and some people were already coming towards the palace, but when they saw the officers and soldiers patrolling outside the palace, they all shrank back. These soldiers are well-dressed and neatly formed, and they sing "The warriors of the Three Kingdoms, Zhao Zilong ...... is the first to be recommended" in their mouths, and the people who have accumulated courage by robbing civilians and attacking merchants really don't have the courage to fight with them.

Yang Chengzu arranged the defense on his side, and ordered people to strengthen patrols, and at the same time secretly sent out Jinyi Guards to monitor the people in the house. At this time, Jiang Dalang came out of nowhere, wearing a helmet on his head, a suit of obviously inappropriate armor on his body, and a bow in his hand.

"Yizheng, I heard that there is going to be chaos in the city? I'll help you guard the palace, I tell you, I can shoot arrows, and I can draw a bow, what kind of errand can you send me......"

When Yang Chengzu saw that it was him, his face changed several times in an instant, he slapped the table with his hand, let go of his throat and shouted: "Lu Bing! Lu Bing! Where have you been? Hurry up and get here. ”

Lu Bing ran in from outside in a panic and hurriedly asked, "Big brother, did you call me?" ”

"Nonsense, I called you at the time, and there was no one else but me? You think I'm not messy enough, right, why did you bring Jiang Dalang to me. Guarding the palace is a man's business, and he hasn't even done the crown ceremony, do you have the face to pretend to be a master? Go, drag him down for me, and it won't be your turn to go to war until our adult men are dead. If he appears in front of me again, Lu Bing, if I see him once, I will beat you with forty military sticks. ”

Lu Bing's face also fell, "Hit me? I...... I can't help it. ”

"That's your business, I don't care about that much, anyway, if I see him again, you will suffer. For your own sake, show me people too. Jiang Dalang still wanted to say something, but suddenly a guard outside ran in and said: "Yizheng, there was a quarrel over Qingyunmen, our people and Yibin had a quarrel, Yibin seemed to be very angry, you hurry up and take a look, our own people, we can't stand that demon king." ”