Although Zhao Bingqian scolded the deputy general in his heart, the city government for many years still smiled like honey on his face.

"The old man has already prepared grain and grass, which can be transported to Fujian on the same day, and I hope that the general can say a few good words from Zheng Junmen." Speaking like this as Zhao Bingqian was already condescending, but the deputy general only glanced at him, and replied with a slightly unhappy tone: "Don't worry, don't worry, Fujian's military rations can still last for a month and a half, just prepare slowly!" ”

Zhao Bingqian's face changed suddenly, and he instantly smiled. In his heart, he cursed the Zheng family again to take advantage of the danger of others, they waited for a month and a half, and they couldn't wait that long on their side. Xiaoshan and Hangzhou City were already close at hand, so he had to grit his teeth and swallow his anger again: "The old man urges and urges, and there will always be three days to start, after all, millions of stone grain can not be ...... in a moment."

Unexpectedly, before Zhao Bingqian finished speaking, the deputy general blocked him back with a cold sentence.

"Good! In this way, it was agreed that troops would be sent to Xiaoshan in three days! ”

After that, he turned his head and raised his legs and left, leaving the dignified political envoy Zhao Bingqian on the spot, and the second half of the words were still unspoken, which was extremely embarrassing. At this time, Zhao Bingqian could not care about being angry, and hurriedly glanced at Gao Zhenfu, who was stunned beside him, and asked him to follow and ask for a few more words, even if he sent troops early tomorrow morning, it would be a good result.

In the past, Zhejiang was far away from the battlefield, and its armaments had been slackened for many years, and even the commanders and envoys had empty yamen and there was a lot of shortages, and even the key positions such as the commanders and envoys were vacant for more than half a year, and they could not be appointed by the imperial court. Otherwise, he, Zhao Bingqian, a political envoy, would not have to bear so many heavy responsibilities.

Gao Zhenfu was just about to go out, but Zhao Bingqian called him back again.

"Go and get 10,000 taels of silver, send it to Zheng Junmen first, just say that this is a little heart, and there will be heavy thanks after the deed!"

This time Zhao Bingqian also gave up his capital, and the hole in his term of office is getting bigger and bigger, one million stone grain is gone, not to mention, this 10,000 taels of silver may be just the beginning, Fujian and Zhejiang are originally dependent on each other, why did it get to the point where it is today?

Zhao Bingqian sighed, alas! In the final analysis, it is because of the declining authority of the imperial court, otherwise, not to mention before the Apocalypse Dynasty, it was the early years of Chongzhen, and the local military attaché did not say that he wanted to blackmail civilian officials, even if he was not inferior to a few twists and turns, he would not be as good as dead!

On the big ship of the Fujian Navy Division at the mouth of the Qiantang River, Gao Zhenfu smiled flatteringly, and pointed to the silver box that had been lifted to the deck and said: "This is eight thousand taels of silver, Zhao Bingqian said, if the siege of Xiaoshan is lifted, it will be offered tenfold!" I don't know, Zheng Junmen's money, should we accept it, or don't we accept it? ”

Zheng Hongkui was disgusted when he saw Gao Zhenfu's servile face, but after all, this person was his eldest brother's henchman in Zhejiang, and there were boxes of silver in front of him, so he smiled and said: "How can there be a reason to spit out the fat in the mouth?" Take it, take it all! ”

He Zhang Luo commanded his subordinates to carry down the silver box and put it away, and then slapped his head again, "Also, Zhao Bingqian said that the grain will not be shipped until three days?" The old guy isn't playing a delaying tactic, is he? When Lao Tzu relieves the siege of Xiaoshan, will he regret it? ”

"Zheng Junmen is wise, in the opinion of a villain, Zhao Bingqian does have this kind of thought, and he can't easily fulfill his wish, he must know that it hurts, and it would be good to have more blood!"

Saying that, Gao Zhenfu made another action to check the silver, Zheng Hongkui understood and laughed, but he added a little good impression to this servile guy in his heart, although this person's words and deeds are despised, but his eyesight is first-class, no wonder the eldest brother wants to accept such people as eyeliner.

"Good! When you go back, tell Zhao Bingqian, and then ask him to take 100,000 taels of silver as collateral, and my Fujian Navy Division will immediately launch an attack on the Japanese in the direction of Xiaoshan. As for it, the grain can be shipped in three days, and the 100,000 taels of collateral silver can be returned after the siege is lifted! ”

"The villain understands!"

Hangzhou City Political Envoy Yamen, Zhao Bingqian was angry and pushed the official inkstone in front of him all over the ground, among which a good Duan inkstone fell into seven or eight pieces, which is worth ten thousand taels, and Gao Zhenfu grinned in distress.

"Shameless! Vile! It's the other way around, it's the other way around! Is he Zheng Zhilong still not a courtier of the Ming Dynasty? Open your mouth is 120,000 taels of silver, when I am here in the treasury? All the silver is blown by the wind? These are all the people's fat and people's anointing, how can they be given and received privately? ”

"Zheng Hongkui only, only said that he wanted silver as collateral, and after the siege was lifted, the grain and grass would be returned in full, and then the silver in the treasury would be returned?"

Gao Zhenfu looked like a confidant, and seriously made ideas for Zhao Bingqian. Zhao Bingqian was not a stupid person, how could he believe such a promise, only to hear him sneer: "Have you ever heard of the time when the fat meat is spit out when it reaches the wolf's mouth?" How naïve? ”

"Yes, yes, yes! Xia Guan thought simply...... "Gao Zhenfu took advantage of Zhao Bingqian's inattention and secretly wiped the cold sweat on his forehead.

The political envoy vented for a while and then deflated, and said dejectedly: "Otherwise, what else? If they were beaten to the city of Hangzhou by the Japanese invaders, the assets of the wealthy gentry in the countryside would not exceed 100,000 taels within a radius of dozens of miles? In fact, Zhao Bingqian still had a reason not to say clearly, if he was beaten to the city of Hangzhou by the Japanese invaders, he would be the end of the political envoy, so he knew that the embezzlement of the silver from the treasury was to quench his thirst, and he had to do it, otherwise he could only die faster.

Gao Zhenfu took the opportunity to remind: "Zheng Junmen said, yes, the villain must escort the silver before dark, go to ......"

Zhao Bingqian glared at him and said, "Okay! Let Zheng Hongkui's greedy jackal be proud again, if Xiaoshan falls again, the old man would rather give up his net worth than join him! ”

sighed for a while, and Zhao Bingqian said to Gao Zhenfu again: "You go and wait first, and you will be notified to pick up the silver from the treasury!" ”

In fact, the silver in the treasury was less than 100,000 taels, and there had been a lot of misappropriation before, and the east wall was demolished to make up the west wall. Now I can only find a way to borrow some money from the rich families in the city to meet the emergency, so I retired Gao Zhenfu. He didn't want people to see all of them.

As a result, what Zhao Bingqian never expected was that the rich families in the city who were extremely humble in the past avoided them one by one with excuses, and some of them barely saw them, but they opened their mouths and cried poorly.

Until it was getting late, Zhao Bingqian returned to the political envoy Yamen in despair. He knew that if he hadn't borrowed the money, he would be doomed! At this time, a family member came to report mysteriously: "Master, someone asks to see, I don't know if I see it?" ”

Zhao Bingqian waved his hand and reprimanded angrily: "It's all on fire, what to see, not to see, no one!" ”

However, the family did not leave according to his words, but stood in place and added: "Master, this person is from Nanjing, and he must ask to see the master!" Do you see it or don't you see it? ”

"Nanjing?"

Zhao Bingqian immediately came back to his senses, grabbed the collar of the family, pulled him closer, and asked in a low voice, "From Nanjing?" Is it the one who is the Marquis of the Town? ”

When it comes to Nanjing, Zhao Bingqian's first thought is naturally the Marquis of Zhenyu, but he has long stopped fantasizing about Nanjing, after all, Xiong Mingyu was attacked and captured in his own jurisdiction, and Li Xin's henchman Lu Jiu did not know whether he was alive or dead. I'm afraid that now Nanjing is eager to be unlucky.

The family only took out a letter from his bosom and offered it with respectful hands.

"The other party said that as long as the master reads the letter, everything will be understood!"

"Bring it to me!" Zhao Bingqian impatiently opened the seal and pulled out the letterhead. glanced at it a few times, during which his expression changed color several times, and then gradually became a little stunned. After a while, he burst into tears, and then said excitedly to the family: "Unexpected, unexpected, this is really a charcoal in the snow!" ”

The family was inexplicable, I don't know why Zhao Bingqian's mood was so fluctuating, he had never seen his master so out of shape.

"Quick! Bring someone to the study! Also, no one should say a word when asked! ”

Gao Zhenfu escorted the silver cart out of the city and went to the riverside wharf, 100,000 taels of silver no more or less, walking all the way with a smug heart.

Soon, all these silver boxes were transported to the deck of the Fujian Navy warship, and the sun was still shining red in the distance. Zheng Hongkui's eyes lit up when he saw the silver, and he smiled again and again: "I didn't expect that Zhao Bingqian's old man was still very efficient, so I would have asked for more if I knew it......"

Saying that, Zheng Hongkui still felt a little regretful. However, when he raised his head and saw Gao Zhenfu standing next to him, he felt that this person was also very good-tempered, and he couldn't treat people back and forth to run errands.

So he raised his hand and went deep into his arms and took out ten taels of silver horns, handed them to the soldiers around him, and asked him to hand them over to Gao Zhenfu.

"High lift up today's hard work!"

Zheng Hongkui held his identity and only said polite words lightly. Gao Zhenfu immediately showed a sincere expression of fear and insisted on not accepting it.

"Xia Guan is just running errands, how dare he say that he is hard? Please don't break the lower officials! ”

In desperation, Zheng Hongkui took the ten taels of silver back into his arms, and he had a better impression of Gao Zhenfu in his heart. Sure enough, people can't look good, although the flattery of this life is annoying, but it is a rare talent, not to mention the efficiency, not to mention the pride, is a good seedling worth lifting.

Zheng Hongkui's heart suddenly moved, "You go back and tell Zhao Bingqian, just say that I calculated it, 100,000 taels of collateral silver is not enough, let him deliver another 50,000 taels!" Tomorrow morning, we will immediately send troops to Xiaoshan! ”

Gao Zhenfu went back to relay Zheng Hongkui's words to Zhao Bingqian, but he didn't see the expected anger on his face as expected, only to hear the political envoy actually smile and say: "Okay! You go and tell Zheng Junmen first, and the old man with 70,000 taels of silver will personally escort it to arrive on time early tomorrow morning! ”

Gao Zhenfu's eyebrows jumped suddenly, and he persuaded tentatively: "Zheng Junmen said, said that he would let the lower officials personally ......."

"Needless to say, you just pass the word!" After that, Zhao Bingqian turned around and left with a wave of his sleeves!