Chapter 300: The Question of Rations
Besides, on the outskirts of Beishe, thousands of Bai Yi gathered next to the Jinyiwei camp, and they helped the old and the young one by one, looking at Zhu Youcheng with hopeful eyes.
Zhu Youcheng was taken aback, he couldn't imagine that Bai Yi's desire for freedom was so eager, so he only listened to a notice and followed him regardless of it.
Although Zhu Youcheng made various plans for Bai Yi's future, he did not design the bridge section for Jinyi Wei to rescue Bai Yi.
Seeing this large group of Yi people, Zhu Youcheng couldn't drive them away, otherwise liberating Bai Yi would become an empty word. So he asked the Yi people, under the leadership and help of craftsmen, to build a temporary Baiyi settlement near the Jinyiwei camp.
Daliang Mountain is high and densely forested, wood is very easy to find, and the matter of building houses is not troublesome at all, but the trouble is the rations of these thousands of people.
These Bai Yi can be said to have no money to spare, except for the only set of shabby clothes on their bodies, they have nothing. Some of the poor ones don't even have a piece of clothing to cover their shame, it's a literal poverty of abject poverty—naked, naked, naked.
The rations of thousands of people are not a small amount, although Jinyiwei carried enough military rations, and gave a little to Bai Yi, which could solve their needs for ten days and half a month, but with the use of military rations, once in case of emergency, Jinyiwei would not even have a way to retreat.
Just when Zhu Youcheng was worried about food, King Xin came up with an idea: "Aren't we here to bully Heiyi?" I forced them to give them food. Anyway, they colluded with extravagant Chongming, and sooner or later they would raid their homes. ”
Zhu Youcheng woke up like a dream, what are they here for? Since it is to liberate Baiyi, it is impossible not to touch the interests of Heiyi, and sooner or later there will be a conflict of Yanzhòng. Anyway, sooner or later, you have to turn your face, what if you oppress them once or twice?
Qin Liangyu had a different opinion.
She said, "Lord Zhu, please think twice. We've told Heiyi that we're not going to touch their property, but now we're backtracking. Does anyone still believe in Daming's policy? Besides, not all the black Yi will rebel, there are also some people in the black Yi who have accepted the advanced ideas of the Ming Dynasty and opposed the animal slavery system, and some young people have run away from home because of this, and I have met a few in Chengdu. Adults press it closer. It is easy to hurt the innocent and force all the blacksters to the opposite side. ”
Qin Liangyu was reasonable, but Zhu Youcheng was a little hesitant.
Just as he was hesitating, there were people outside the camp, and it turned out that Chen Guoqi, who had raided the house, came back.
Zhu Youcheng has no interest in copying Heiyi's house at all, do you think, how much oil and water can the rich man in the ravine have? If you go to a salt merchant or a sea guest house to check it, then it will be interesting.
The commotion outside the camp has not stopped for a long time, and Zhu Youcheng can't help but feel a little strange. This Chen Guoqi won't take all the broken copper and iron of the Heiyi family.
Jinyiwei's arsenal in Jingxi Huangzhuang does need a lot of metal, but the freight cost of transporting broken copper and iron from Daliangshan to Jingxi Huangzhuang is a very staggering astronomical amount, and there are those freight costs that can buy more good quality raw materials.
King Xin pulled Zhu Youcheng to watch the excitement together.
When Zhu Youcheng walked to the gate of the camp, he found that all their discussions about Baiyi's rations tonight were superfluous. Why? Because Chen Guoqi brought in truckloads of grain, the convoy of grain pulling was lined up.
Chen Guoqi looked smug and said, "Lord Zhu, look." How's my deal? ”
Zhu Youcheng praised from the bottom of his heart: "I don't have to worry about you doing things." ”
Shin looked at the long convoy. asked: "This Heiyi's family background is a little too rich, where did you find it?" ”
Chen Guoqi said: "Yesterday, Lord Zhu concluded the case of the Heiyi family, and the result of the verdict was that the Heiyi family was exiled for 3,000 miles and the family property was confiscated. At that time, I thought that the old man had nothing at home, but when I entered his house, I was stunned. Home decoration and furnishings. Not to mention in Yixiang, even in the capital is luxurious. But when I searched the room, there was nothing but a small box of silver dollars, about a hundred or so. ”
King Xin speculated: "Is it because they spend the money on building houses and furnishing them?" Ran out of results? ”
"That's what I thought, too. Just as we were about to collect our troops and return to the camp, a Bai Yi came over and told us the secret of this black Yi. This Bai Yi listened to Xin Yun's translation and was full of gratitude to Jinyiwei who liberated Baiyi, but his parents were old and couldn't keep up with Jinyiwei's footsteps, so they temporarily stayed in Heiyi's family. He firmly believed that Jinyiwei would soon overthrow the rule of the Heiyi once and for all. This time, seeing that we couldn't find Heiyi's hidden property, he told us that all Heiyi's treasures were kept in the basement. Under his guidance, we found Heiyi's basement, which contained boxes of gold and silver, which is not surprising. The most amazing thing is the grain inside, which is so much, it can really be described as a mountain of rice facing the sea. I estimated that the Jinbai coalition army could eat it for three months if it changed its tricks. I don't know, what is this black Yi hoarding so much food for. ”
Qin Liangyu suddenly said, "I know why this Heiyi is hoarding so much grain. He didn't want to hoard so much food, but he didn't want to hoard it. This Heiyi is probably a landlord, and his family has thousands of hectares of fertile land, and he can harvest a lot of grain every year. It's a pity that the mountain roads in Daliangshan are rugged and the grain transportation is difficult, so I can only stay at home. ”
Zhu Youcheng's eyes lit up, and he seemed to have found a way to make money. This method can not only increase the property of him and King Xin, but also enhance the centripetal force of the Yi people to the Ming Dynasty and solve some of the work problems of Bai Yi, which is really a good way to benefit the country and the people.
King Xin also thought of it and said, "Brother Cheng, I thought of ......"
Zhu Youcheng didn't interrupt him, and looked at him with encouraging eyes.
King Xin continued: "We can build a highway from Liangshan to Chengdu, so that the connection between the Yi people and the Ming Dynasty will be strengthened, and there will be no rebellion pondered all day long." ”
Qin Liangyu asked in surprise: "Building a road, that would cost a lot of money." Believe in the prince, can you get the money? Don't empty your family...... Or, I'll do a little bit too. Shi Yanma's family has also accumulated a lot of furniture over the years, for the sake of the Ming Dynasty's thousand-year-old foundation, why not give a little. King Xin takes the lead, and my wife and son can't be left behind. ”
King Xin looked at Qin Liangyu with emotion, he and Zhu Youcheng were both profitable in building the road, and Qin Liangyu's willingness to pay was completely out of public interest.
She is about to hand over the governance of Shi Yan, and she can no longer collect taxes and other money and goods from the territory, and the shrinkage of the family property is an ironclad fact.
Not only did she not think about making a big profit at this last moment, but she wanted to pay for the country, this kind of mind, this kind of courage, not only the princes of the imperial court could not compare, but even King Xin and Zhu Youcheng could not compare.
Zhu Youzhen, the king of letters, couldn't help but write a poem for Qin Liangyu on the spot: "With the broom sweeping the hulu, a group of people shouted with joy." Try to look at his Nianlin Pavilion, Danqing first painted a picture of a beauty. General Qin, I have never praised others, but this time I want to praise you, a heroine like you is enough to be called the first beauty of the Ming Dynasty. Brother Cheng, you also write a poem for General Qin, you are a champion of both civil and military affairs, write poems, poems and people are intertwined, that is enough to last through the ages. ”
Zhu Youcheng couldn't shirk it, so he had to become a copyist again, and copied a poem by the heroine Qiu Jin in praise of Qin Liangyu: "In charge of the Qiankun Female Tusi, the general is the only one who adjusts the dust." The flower knife is the head of the peach blossom horse, worthy of the name of the lady's teacher. ”
Qin Liangyu was moved to tears, although she was an iron-blooded general immediately, but others thought that she was a general who came in a bad way, and today she was highly praised by the two brothers, King Xin and Zhu Youcheng, and the previous grievances were all turned invisible in the brothers' poems.
In particular, Zhu Youcheng is also a scholar of the Daming Longtuge University and the right attendant of the military department, and the words he said are full of weight, and whoever dares to chew the root of his tongue will throw Zhu Youcheng's poems in his face.
King Xin saw Qin Liangyu's lips moving, as if he had a thousand words, but he couldn't say it for a while, so he said: "Don't thank me, I'm Lei Fengxia, and I do a good deed every day." ”
He hasn't forgotten about "Lei Fengxia".
Who knew that Qin Liangyu said: "Can you two write down the poems sent to me, so that I can hang them on the wall and decorate the façade." If the king doesn't have time, forget it, and the poems of the virtuous son-in-law must be written by himself. ”
King Xin was greatly embarrassed and said, "Hmph, look down on me...... Although I am not as good as Brother Cheng now, I will ...... in the future I don't necessarily catch up with Brother Cheng, but my words are also very valuable. You don't want me to write, I'm biased. ”
After speaking, King Xin asked Wang Chengen to take pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and write down the poem with enthusiasm.
Because it was invited by a famous heroine of the Ming Dynasty, and this heroine was his mother-in-law, Zhu Youcheng was inconvenient to refuse, so he wrote down the copied poems and cheekily signed his name. (To be continued......)