Old Zhou, who had already received Wei Zheng's secret letter a day ago, quickly flashed an imperceptible sneer on his face.

Then, he said to Sun Chengzong's lion.

"My lord, in the past six months, our two provinces of Shanxi and Shaanxi have bought more than five million quintals of grain in Jiangnan. In the face of our big customer, several major grain merchants in Jiangnan have joined forces to increase the price of the grain we buy many times. ”

"Nowadays, the price of a load of grain we buy from Jiangnan has increased from two taels of silver half a year ago to four taels now, and we must trade in cash......

"Coupled with the cost of grain in transportation, the cost of a load of grain has reached five taels of silver per load."

"Therefore, if you want to buy enough food for 300,000 disaster victims for half a year at one time, you must give 1.5 million taels of silver to the lower officials at one time. Otherwise, the adults will cut off the heads of the lower officials, and the lower officials will not be able to buy back the grain......"

One and a half million taels of silver, which is exactly all the taels of silver that he has in hand. Sun Chengzong is no matter how confused he is, and he will not agree to this request.

Therefore, Sun Chengzong decided without thinking about it: "One and a half million taels of silver is impossible. However, this official can give you a million taels of silver, and you can buy as much grain as you can back......"

In a word, within half a month, it must be sent to Shaanxi. When the time comes, the official will send 1,000 Beijing battalions to Shaanxi to cooperate with local officials in disaster relief. If you can't finish it, you just wait to be dismissed by the imperial court......"

Under the gaze of Sun Chengzong's sharp eyes, Zhou Lao directly showed an embarrassed expression on the surface.

It took a long time for him to speak, "Since that's the case." The subordinate officer received the order......"

After leaving the Governor's Palace all the way with a heavy and helpless expression. Old Zhou's face. Immediately, a treacherous smile peculiar to a merchant appeared.

According to his report to Sun Chengzong, one million taels of silver will buy him more than 200,000 loads of grain at most.

However, this is not the case, and Sun Chengzong, as the governor of Shanxi, could not personally go to Jiangnan to understand the situation and understand the price of grain he bought.

One million taels of silver went to Zhou Lao's hands. At least 400,000 quintals of grain can be exchanged from the grain merchants in Jiangnan. Among them, more than 200,000 quintals of grain were sent to Shaanxi, and the remaining more than 100,000 quintals of grain were sent to Laizhou Bay in Shandong Province through the sea under the instruction of Wei Zheng, further expanding the scale of the salt fields and the number of troops.

After Zhou Lao left Datong with one million taels of silver, Sun Chengzong's nervous heart subconsciously relaxed.

However, what Sun Chengzong did not expect was that this peaceful day had not passed for two days. The prefect of Yulin sent an urgent document again.

After thousands of rebels received food and weapons, a large number of rebel remnants joined. These rebels have slowly evolved into a new rebel army, with a total strength of almost 5,000.

More importantly, this rebel army is no longer limited to small fights, and has begun to attack the county seat in Yulin.

Faced with this situation, Sun Chengzong, who has been on the battlefield and officialdom for a long time, knows.

If you want to avoid the situation in Shaanxi from getting worse, you should insist on returning the grain you bought to Shaanxi. Troops must be sent in immediately to nip this rebel army in the bud and prevent them from becoming big again.

Soon, the garrison general, who commanded the 2,000 Beijing battalions, came to the lobby of the Governor's Palace.

The reason why Sun Chengzong was the first to choose the 2,000 Beijing battalion instead of the Tiger and Leopard Army, which has strong combat effectiveness. It is not only Sun Chengzong's helpless move, but also a conspiracy of Sun Chengzong.

Speaking of helplessness, so far, no general of the Haw Par Army has come to meet him, the governor of Shanxi and the commander of the Haw Par Army.

From this point, Sun Chengzong can be sure that in the eyes of tens of thousands of soldiers of the Tiger and Leopard Army, his commander has not been recognized by them. Under such circumstances, once the military orders issued by themselves are ignored by them, the little prestige they have just established in Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces will disappear completely.

As for the conspiracy, that is, to prove to all the civil and military officials of Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces that when he became the governor of Shanxi, he not only brought 1.5 million taels of silver, but also 2,000 well-trained Beijing battalions. He also had an army that was completely subordinate to his own orders, and he further increased his influence in the two provinces of Shanxi and Shaanxi.

As for whether the 2,000 Beijing battalion can eliminate these resurgence rebels, Sun Chengzong can be said to be full of confidence.

You must know that these two thousand Beijing camps were carefully selected from tens of thousands of Beijing camps by yourself. Even the generals who commanded the army repeatedly asked the emperor to let his henchmen and students serve as them.

After telling the student standing in front of him about the situation, the student's face directly showed a fanatical expression.

In the eyes of this garrison general, the Tiger and Par Army can easily eliminate the rebels, and as the most well-equipped Beijing battalion of the Ming Dynasty, they can also easily eliminate these rebels. As long as you can destroy these rebels, what awaits you must be a knight......

So, the garrison general, who was full of fanaticism, didn't think about it, and shouted arrogantly: "Please rest assured...... Give the last general ten days, and the last general will be able to cut off all the heads of these rebels......"

In Sun Chengzong's view, the arrogance of students is not to underestimate the enemy, but to be confident.

Therefore, as soon as the garrison general finished speaking, Sun Chengzong smiled with satisfaction: "General Tang, this official believes in you......"

"Go back and tell the two thousand brothers, the official has prepared a reward of 20,000 taels of silver for everyone...... As long as everyone exterminates these rebels, these 20,000 taels of silver will be everyone's. ”

"As for you, General Tang, this official will definitely give the court a fold, and let the court give you an additional official and a knight......"

"Master Xie's cultivation, the last general will definitely live up to the high expectations of the adults and exterminate this rebel army......"

The 2,000 Beijing battalions with the idea of underestimating the enemy, in order to reward the silver, only took one day to prepare, and opened Datong.

After receiving this news, Wei Zheng, who was still in bed, directly found Zhou Shuyuan on his face, and ordered with a face full of fanaticism.

"Everything that should be prepared is ready, and next, it's time for us to reap the fruits of the battle and turn Sun Chengzong into a loner."

"Secret order General Zhou Yuhong, as long as these two thousand Beijing battalions enter Shaanxi, eat it for me......"

"However, in the course of the battle, if you can, you can't hurt anyone...... Two thousand soldiers of the Beijing battalion, if they can be captured, they can still do a lot of things......"

"As long as these two thousand Beijing battalions are lost, if Sun Chengzong wants to exterminate the rebels who have just resurfaced in Shaanxi, he can only rely on our Tiger and Leopard Army. However, our Haw Par Army is not so easy to mobilize. ”

Speaking of this, a sneer appeared directly on Wei Zheng's face. (To be continued......)