Chapter 42: A Conundrum

"Gone?"

"They're all gone!"

Several soldiers from Daqing Fort shrank their heads and looked out, gently pushing open the city gate, the crowd outside the city had already left at night, and there were only a few dark red traces of sheep blood on the ground.

"Damn, Zhang Erlang is really willing to go down, twenty fat sheep, Lao Tzu can't drink a mouthful of mutton soup during the New Year!"

Another soldier also said: "Last night, when they boiled soup, the fragrance wafted to the city, and my saliva was two catties." I can't figure out how the city can't compare to the city. โ€

"What do you don't understand, even a dog can eat and drink spicy food with a good official! Zhang Erlang has read books, can make money, and knows how to be considerate of people, unlike our ......"

"Ahem!"

Several soldiers jerked their heads back and hurriedly shut their mouths.

Sun Youguang and Wan Baichuan walked out with a group of people, Wan Baichuan glared fiercely at a few soldiers in rags, but Sun Youguang looked at the empty field, his face full of spring breeze.

"Zhang Ke is a person who can do things, he took the hot potato, and the old man escaped again, if he really fights in Daqing Fort, no matter what, it will not be our blessing."

Wan Baichuan shook his head disapprerovingly: "My lord, our Daqing Fort is impregnable, we will definitely be able to defend it, and kill these thieves who are making trouble, maybe the imperial court will reward your lords generously!" And Zhang Ke killed my nephew Wan Antai yesterday for no reason, and asked the adults to treat him! โ€

"Humph!" Sun Youguang stared at Wan Baichuan fiercely.

"Wan Baihu, you are sure to hold Daqing Fort, who didn't dare to go to the city yesterday, and still packed up and wanted to escape? That nephew of yours extorted bribes and almost caused a popular uprising. Belong to the people of Wanghua well, and let you become robbers and bandits, if this thing spreads, I'm afraid we won't end well! โ€

Among them, his lies were exposed, Wan Baichuan's face turned red and white, and the flesh at the corners of his mouth twitched, not to mention how embarrassing it was.

He rolled his eyes, and suddenly said: "My lord, since this matter is not suitable to be spread, that Zhang Ke ran to Hewan Village with people, this kid can know Wang Huazhen, in case the corners of his mouth are crooked, everyone has no good fruit to eat, and he thinks that it is better to start first!" โ€

Sun Youguang looked at Wan Baichuan with disdain, took out a piece of paper from his arms, and shook it in front of Wan Baichuan.

"Zhang Ke is better than you can be a man, he wrote me a letter yesterday, you can take a look."

Wan Baichuan took the letter in surprise, looked at it carefully, and suddenly a wave of anger burned again.

It turned out that Zhang Ke said in the letter that the conflict between the immigrants and the Daqing Fort was all caused by the carelessness of the clerks, but fortunately, the people who were prepared to make the emperor strategize, calmly resolve it, and make proper arrangements, so that the people who belonged to him were happy and convinced, and they all thought about the benefits of the imperial court. In the back, Zhang Ke also listed the materials sent by Lord Beiyu, including 1,000 catties of salt, 50 iron pots, 200 pieces of clothing, and the rest of the chisels, axes and saws, pots and pans!

"He, what does he mean, when did he promise to give him these things, isn't this nonsense, it's a dream!"

"Don't talk about it." Sun Youguang waved his hand and said with a smile: "This letter was written by Zhang Ke to Lord Wang Huazhen, he asked the official to read it first, and the official felt that it was well written, and it was all the truth." As for the things, it's the same as the official's thoughts, so I'll send it over right away. โ€

"My lord, how can we have these things in Daqing Fort, and how can we send them?"

"Hahaha, Daqing Fort doesn't have it, don't you have it in the hands of thousands of households! There is no food in it, and there is no silver, and it will not be more than two or three hundred taels. I think with your net worth of thousands of households, it's not a problem, it's up to you! โ€

"Ahh

Wan Baichuan almost fell off the horse in fright, to put it lightly, he may not be able to earn so much money by lending for two or three years, it is simply cutting meat from him!

"My lord, how can there be so much money in the lowly position, you have to be considerate of the lowly position!"

Sun Youguang smiled slightly: "Wan Baihu, you have to understand, it's not what the official wants you to do, if this letter falls into the hands of Wang Huazhen and sends someone to investigate it strictly, the official can only say one and say two, as for what the consequences will be, you know better than me." โ€

Of course, Wan Baichuan knew it, but when he thought of the silver in vain, his heart was dripping blood. Baihu is not a big official, Wan Baichuan has worked hard to annex fields over the years, put usury, steal and plunder, pluck the goose, and finally save a little money, but he has to send it to Zhang Ke, how can he be willing!

Sun Youguang glanced at him and smiled slightly: "Thousands of households, there is a saying called breaking wealth and avoiding disasters, you don't understand, right?" โ€

"Understood, lowly understood!" Wan Baichuan gritted his back molars and said this, his mind was full of Zhang Ke's shadow, looking at him mockingly!

"surnamed Zhang, Lao Tzu has been hunting geese all his life, and he was pecked blind by geese. I won't let you go! Wan Baichuan was almost lit by anger, but there was no way but to go back to get money and send things, for fear that he would be a little late and be sued by Zhang Ke.

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"Come here, everyone, come and move the grain!"

Qiao Gui shouted excitedly, and when the young men heard this, they all ran out, and the neat five carriages were full of grain.

Yue Zixuan grabbed a bag, untied it and saw that it was all good japonica rice, and he asked in surprise, "Master Qiao, are these these?" โ€

Qiao Gui smiled and nodded: "That's right, the adults specially explained!" โ€

"No, no, we're all used to it, we're hungry and full on the Tartar side, just a little coarse grain, how can we eat so well?"

Qiao Gui smiled: "If you want to eat coarse grains, ask the adults to go, anyway, the order given to me is to buy good ones." โ€

"Hey, hey, hey!" Yue Zixuan scratched his head: "Of course I'm looking forward to eating well, I'm afraid of spending too much money!" Brother Wu, he should be there with people, there are more than a thousand people, and it is so good to eat every day, I am afraid that the adults will be poor! โ€

Qiao Gui said with a smile: "Brother Yue, don't hide it, our adults have more than a thousand taels of silver in our hands, but they all handed it over to me, let me buy food, but the court didn't give me a penny." โ€

Yue Zixuan's expression was solemn, and he said: "When we eat adults' food, we have to think about adults, we can't spend all the money on buying grain, we have to farm in the New Year, we have to buy seeds, we have to buy farming cattle, we have to buy farm tools, we can't do it if we don't have money in our hands!" โ€

"Hahaha, Brother Yue, think long-term!"

Yue Zixuan and Qiao Gui hurriedly turned around, and Zhang Ke walked over with someone.

When Yue Zixuan saw Zhang Ke, he hurriedly bowed down and saluted, with extra respect. Although they had only been in contact for a day, Zhang Ke's actions made this man completely convinced.

After eating mutton soup last night, Zhang Ke took everyone to Hewan Village in batches, he put the best houses out first, for the old and weak women and children to live in, he himself led the people to patrol all night, and now he has done everything to buy food, all of which make these people who have been treated coldly feel warm, and they quickly accept Zhang Ke.

Zhang Ke walked in front of Yue Zixuan with a smile, "Brother Yue, don't you know, the place in Daqing Fort is limited, and suddenly there are more than a thousand people, and there will definitely be not enough food to eat, let's take advantage of the cheap to buy more good food, so that everyone can take care of their bodies." People can cats in winter, we can't do it, we must work hard, make our home well, and then find a way to make money to fill our stomachs. Now everyone thinks of me, but I'm afraid that when it's time to work, I'm going to complain about it! โ€

"No, I can't!" Yue Zixuan smiled and stretched out his thick arm.

"My lord, the last thing we are afraid of is hardship, what to do, you just have to tell us!"

Zhang Ke smiled and nodded, this is what he values Yue Zixuan and the others the most, they have already suffered too much, and if they follow themselves, they will not only become the best workers, but also the best soldiers. Only by being ruthless enough to yourself can you survive in troubled times.

When everyone was moving food, there was a commotion in the distance, Zhang Ke and they hurriedly climbed high to look, only to see a huge crowd coming from the road in the distance.

Most of these people were unclothed, and many of them had lost their shoes, walking on the thick snow, and from time to time people slipped and fell.

"My lord, Brother Yue, it's Brother Wu here!" Ma Rufeng shouted at the top of his voice.

Zhang Ke and Yue Zixuan hurriedly ran over with people and came to the front of this wolf bรจi's team.

"Brother Yue, my brother almost can't see you!"

A young man with a scarred face hugged Yue Zixuan hard, crying bitterly.

"Lao Wu, what's wrong with you, who beat you?"

The young man sighed: "Brother Yue, let's go our separate ways, brother, I'm unlucky!" On the way, we were surrounded by a group of cavalry. At first glance, it was a soldier of the Ming Dynasty, and I thought it was my own person, and I didn't watch out. They didn't know that these guys had trapped us in a valley and forced us to give them all our possessions. It was useless for us to explain, so we had to give them money, but the gang was not satisfied, and took away the skins of many people. โ€

Yue Zixuan's face turned blue with anger: "Brother Wu, how did you escape?" โ€

"Brother Yue, at night, we are hungry and cold, and the younger brother wants to ask them for something to eat. Who knew that he heard two small soldiers talking about waiting to freeze us to death, and then cut off his head and ask the court for credit. Fortunately, the little brother found a path in the valley and took everyone to climb over the mountain beam, so he was lucky to escape. We were going to defect to Daming, thinking that everything would be fine when we arrived in Daming, but we didn't expect that this Daming dog official was even more shameless, more brutal, and even more shameless......"

Yue Zixuan was stunned for a while, and could only shake his head and said: "Brother Wu, the eldest brother sues you, Da Ming also has good officials, this Lord Zhang is the life-saving benefactor of the eldest brother and these brothers, without him, I am afraid that I will starve to death!" โ€

Yue Zixuan briefly explained the situation and pulled the young man to Zhang Ke.

"My lord, this brother's name is Wu Boyan, and the idea of escaping is what he thought!"

Zhang Ke also looked at this young man, who was in his early twenties, his body was very thin, but he was strong and agile, his eyes were very bright, and he was definitely a clever and intelligent character.

Zhang Ke said with a smile: "Everyone has worked hard, if there are any grievances, let's talk about it later, go go first to warm up and eat something!" โ€

"Thank you, sir!" Wu Boyan was desperate, and he was overjoyed and poured into Hewan Village with four or five hundred people, and everyone who died was busy recounting the past, crying and laughing for a while.

Zhang Ke did not interfere with them, but found Qiao Tieshan.

"Uncle Qiao, how are the houses and walls?"

Qiao Tieshan's face was very bad: "The house can still be reluctant, and it can be barely blocked with wood branches." But the wall is full of loopholes, if we really meet thieves, we are all finished, the weather is freezing, there is no way to build a wall with mud, I really have no choice! โ€

Zhang Ke also frowned: "What can I do about this?" โ€

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