"It's easy for us to come here for the food, silver, and people in the city!!"

Deng Shifeng told the other party very bluntly the purpose of his use of troops in Liuzhou City this time, and in the face of his strong armed strength, Deng Shifeng was not afraid of revealing anything. Of course, Deng Shifeng was not stupid enough to directly tell the other party that his ultimate goal was just to get a vote and leave, so as not to attract endless attacks with the hot potato of Liuzhou City. But in the plan, I didn't expect that the other party would contact me, so it can be said that the other party's secret contact this time was completely unexpected; However, in his heart, Deng Shifeng faintly felt that maybe this meeting could bring more benefits to the mountain village.

However, Deng Shifeng also knew that the other party would definitely think that he had cut off the other party's last way out when he heard his naked intentions, and with a wave of his hand, he turned his words and let the other party see a glimmer of hope: "But since I can meet with you here, it means that we can still talk about something, you might as well open your price first, maybe we can find a compromise from it......"

In the face of the glimmer of hope given by Deng Shifeng, Master Chen also understood that there was not much choice left for himself, for his own lord, losing the city was a capital crime, and taking the city to the enemy was a big crime for the nine clans...... But after thinking about it, there is no better explanation and reason, and this old fritter who has been in the mix for many years is frozen there.

"Hehe, is Master Chen entrusted by someone to send us out with some money and food?" Seeing that the master in front of him was so anxious that he almost scratched his cheeks and lungs, Deng Shifeng didn't want to make the other party embarrassed anymore, so he simply pierced the layer of window paper and told the other party's intentions. Hearing Deng Shifeng so straightforward, Master Chen laughed dryly, which can be regarded as an endorsement that neither denies nor saves face.

Since it has come to this point, everyone can be regarded as opening up some bottom lines, the prefect who guards the city wants to keep Liuzhou City and his own future, and Deng Shifeng wants Liuzhou City here, and the respective purposes of both sides can be seen by anyone who can be reconciled, but what is curious is that Deng Shifeng was not angry at this time, but directly "invited" others out of the big tent, leaving only Master Chen alone. Seeing Deng Shifeng's actions, Master Chen was not worried about the safety of himself and others, but had some expectations in his heart, and the other party did this to avoid the eyes and ears and prepare to talk about something substantial.

"Master Chen, there are no outsiders here, we might as well open the skylight and say something." Sure enough, after Deng Shifeng retreated from the others, he went straight to the point and started a new conversation:

"To be honest, it was a surprise to me that you were willing to come out and talk to us in secret, and we never thought that you would do this in our plans, which is the main reason why I came to see you for so long, and we didn't expect the prefect to contact us in this way. But in line with the good wish that you are willing to solve some things in a better way in private, I can't ignore it, you came out just to find a decent way to keep your lord's official position, and I'm thinking, the prefect is not the only one in the city who has such thoughts, isn't it Master Chen. ”

In the face of Deng Shifeng's thoughts, Master Chen didn't say much, just nodded and drank tea, these things are not difficult to guess, but it is not so easy to let them say it in their own mouths.

"It's just that I've thought about it for a long time, this matter is indeed a little difficult to deal with, if you want to keep your black gauze hat, then Liuzhou City can't be broken, but I've let it go out here, I want to kill officials and help the poor for the heavens, in the words of our mountain village, it's impossible to show people this thing when these pants are taken off...... So after thinking about it, I thought that this city ...... I'm still going to have to break! Don't worry, listen to me first......"

Deng Shifeng stopped the master who wanted to speak, and after refilling the teacups of the two with a hot water kettle, he said leisurely without hurry.

"We mountain people are the most credible, and we must do what we say! Liuzhou City, we must break it, but we can discuss the way to break the city. In fact, if you think about it carefully, what the prefect wants is to defend the city, no matter what the city is beaten into, no matter whether we, the rebellious people, retreat or lose, or even retreat...... For the prefect, as long as the prefect does not run away, then the prefect is not derelict in his duties, even if he loses some treasury grain and official silver...... More than 60 years ago, the city of Guilin was also captured by our Gutian rebels, and the historical records recorded that 70,000 taels of silver were plundered. When our Gutian rebels stormed the Guilin Mansion Silver Treasury, there was no silver taels there except for a few litters of rats...... This black pot of 70,000 taels of silver, we have helped you officials carry it for decades! ”

Hearing Deng Shifeng mention this, Master Chen could only respond with a wry smile, if it was someone else who said this, Master Chen might be able to refute two sentences, but now it is the descendants of the Gutian rebels who mentioned this matter, and they know best whether there is silver in the treasury or not. Although he was not involved in this matter and was not even born at that time, he had been a master in the government for so long, and he was quite clear about some of the operations inside, and 70,000 taels of silver were snatched away by the rebels...... If you say this, you will deceive the emperor and the people below......

"This treasury silver and treasury grain ......" But hearing this, Master Chen also probably figured out the other party's thoughts, if it is said that under the condition that the city must be broken, this is not a way to do it, it is really the last resort to save his master's surname, but in the face of so many treasury silver and treasury grain in Liuzhou City to fall into other people's pockets, Master Chen knows that his master's urine surname, if he doesn't get some back, he will definitely be distressed and can't sleep every night.

"Twenty percent, I can only give you twenty percent of the treasury silver, and I don't care how you officials divide these two percent, but don't want to ask me for an extra one or two silver!"

Deng Shifeng rarely agreed to share the silver with the other party, although it was only 20%, but according to Deng Shifeng's current strength, let alone 20% of the silver to these corrupt officials, even if they didn't give them a tael of silver, they had to endure it.

"In addition to these two pieces of silver, I want the grain and silver in Liuzhou City, as well as the military households and artisan households below, this is my bottom line, and I will not give in one more step on this point. However, I can leave a little food, silver, and personnel to keep Liuzhou City in operation, so that the prefect can also give an explanation to the above; Don't fool me with the argument that the grain and silver belong to the Ming Dynasty, half of the grain and silver you collect from the people below can be sent to the pockets of the imperial court. And after I get these things I want, I will naturally know how to do it, Liuzhou City is still the royal land of the Ming Dynasty, the prefect has defended the city, and the rebellious people and thieves have been defeated and retreated under the courageous resistance of the people of the city led by the prefect; As for the lost grain, silver and households, the prefect can completely prevaricate with the excuse that we have plundered it, and every time the north is plundered by the Tartars, hundreds of thousands of people and countless grains and silver are taken, and Chongzhen has not seen Chongzhen punish the local officials......"

Needless to say, the master is a smart person, and a smart person naturally doesn't need to say this kind of thing that involves interests too bluntly, he can naturally understand what Deng Shifeng means immediately, and after thinking about it in his heart, the master nodded and approved Deng Shifeng's proposal. This is really not much harm to the prefect, the city is defended, and the official position can basically be kept, as for who suffers who suffers...... Anyway, it's not yourself who loses the most......

The general tone of the matter has basically been set here, and it is the only way for the officials on Master Chen's side to choose, otherwise what else? The strength of the other party is no longer something you can contend with, you have to really go out and fight to defend it without any benefits except for increasing casualties, and if you want to die in the city...... I have been an official here in Guangxi for a long time, and the background of the general environment is too stable, so that these officials have lost that kind of blood and bones. The two sides discussed some details. After all, this is to make a show for many people to see, once something goes wrong, then it is easy to be grabbed by the little tail and read a book.

In the discussion between the two sides, the defenders of the outer city and the inner city were ** without knowing it, the prefect will let eighty percent of the defenders march into the west camp of the outer city in the name of strengthening the defense of the outer city, Deng Shifeng will organize people to first remove all the firearms threat in the west camp and then eat all these troops with cold weapons in batches, Master Chen hopes that Deng Shifeng will kill all these soldiers to avoid the future **, but Deng Shifeng only verbally agreed; These people and their families will be sent to the mountain village to do hard labor, which not only ensures that they will not be ** in a few years, but also strengthens the labor force of the mountain village; And after a few years, after these people have gradually changed their identities, many of them will become the best soldiers or workers! The military households captured by Gutian in the previous two years have proved the effectiveness of this method after two years of reform.

After getting the main defensive force, the attacking troops of the mountain village still have to blast open the inner city, after all, they have to play enough, but when attacking the inner city, in the four positions of the southeast, the northwest, the southeast prefect's mansion, which symbolizes the surname, will not be taken, but will be shelled with small cannons on the buildings for a while, leaving people with signs that the prefect is leading the troops to resist the decisive battle desperately. Of course, the last of the city's troops will be stationed there in that area, and these people will not be as lucky as the other defenders, and they will have to give their lives to play the role of corpses in this play...... Moreover, the prefect also wants to borrow Deng Shifeng's hand there to eliminate some dissidents...... (To be continued.) )