Chapter 352: The Temptation of Xiao Zhiyan (Text)

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If you say who is the busiest in Zhejiang's anti-Japanese military town, no one can say clearly.

But if you ask who is the most laid-back, almost all the generals in the army will blurt out: "Vice General Xiao." ”

This is not a prairie, and the cavalry archers in the scout camp are not willing to climb the mountain road for a day, running with stinky sweat and blisters on their feet, before shooting a few hares. This is not the front line of the battle, and it is the job of those fishermen who go out to sea to find out the news.

Xiao Zhiyan is very boring, he is not a person who is willing to take care of things, but if he can't raise his head when he sees that everyone around him is busy, and he wants to find someone who drinks, it will be even more boring.

"Mr. Zhai, I want to go to Nanjing City!" Xiao Zhiyan stood opposite Zhai Zhe with a wicked smile on his face.

"You!" Zhai Zhe smiled knowingly, "Didn't you be aroused by Ji Hong's words from that kid?" ”

"Lord Commander, are you interested in walking with me?" Alone with Zhai Zhe, Xiao Zhiyan's courage is not small. Most of his position as a lieutenant general was obtained because of his qualifications, and of course he didn't care about it. The only difference between being a lieutenant general and a guerrilla general is that he will receive a lot more silver, but that silver will be more than enough for him to drink.

Among the commanders under Zhai Zhe, only he is the most suitable to sit in the position of deputy general, because he has no desire in his heart.

"Me? I'm not in the mood for the time being, so let's explore the way first! Zhai Zhe smiled at Xiao Zhiyan's words, "Zong Mao will go to Ying Tianfu tomorrow to do business, you can go with him, and go to the Nanjing Military Bureau and the Ordnance Bureau by the way." ”

"Yes!" When it comes to business, Xiao Zhiyan salutes with a straight face.

Shangmeng opened several new stores in Nanjing, dealing in dry goods from the mountainous areas of eastern Zhejiang and aquatic products from the sea. Zhai Zhe, as the chief soldier of Ning Shao, is the first to manage these things, and Liu Quanjian's ability to insert needles is not small. As long as he can make money, no matter how small a fly is, it is a piece of meat, and no one in Zhai Zhe's mansion is better at managing money than him.

There was a cargo team of more than 30 people, and Xiao Zhiyan led more than forty or fifty sergeants to accompany him.

Walking with Xiao Zhiyan, Zong Mao also rode a horse.

"Uncle Xiao, I heard that your trip is specifically to the Qinhuai River!" Zong Mao snickered as he ate.

"You are a hairy child, and you dare to inquire about adults!" Xiao Zhiyan curled the corners of his mouth, and his expression was arrogant, "Jiang Nan is so **** to me." ”

The caravan was accompanied by Ning Shaojun's soldiers all the way, and he was not interrogated all the way, and even the customs duties on the road were exempted. Two days later, when he arrived outside Nanjing, Zong Mao had come here for the fourth time, explaining various allusions to Xiao Zhiyan along the way. Led the horse into the Nanjing City Gate, and the scene in his eyes was completely different from what Xiao Zhiyan imagined.

Under the shade of trees on both sides of the street, refugees in ragged clothes are scattered in twos and threes.

Zong Mao explained: "After Li Zicheng captured Luoyang, the number of refugees from Jiangbei to Jiangnan increased suddenly, and Yingtianfu was on the Yangtze River, and most people fled here. ”

A few scrawny men knelt on the side of the road and begged the caravan: "This lord, it's good, give some money to sell food, the old and the young in the family are dying of hunger!" They were about to rush up, but when they saw the caravan, the sergeant led by Xiao Zhiyan stopped again.

Xiao Zhiyan glanced at it, stretched his right hand into his arms, and was about to take out some broken silver. Zong Mao grabbed his arm and said, "Uncle Xiao, don't." ”

"Why?" Xiao Zhiyan was surprised.

Zong Mao stepped forward to Nunu's mouth, only to see dozens of refugees who were half-lying under the shadow of the tree all got up and pressed against Xiao Zhiyan's arm with a pair of greedy eyes.

"As long as you scatter a copper coin, it will be difficult for us to get out today."

Zong Mao's voice didn't fall, only to hear a noisy noise from the corner in front of him, "Son, okay, okay, our whole family is dying of hunger." ”

Xiao Zhiyan looked over there, and saw forty or fifty refugees swarming around a scribe in a gray cloth shirt, and the dirty child grabbed the man's clothes and screamed. The young man's face was flushed, his mouth was shabby, he didn't know what he was talking about, and he couldn't open the encirclement of the refugees.

"See, that's a kind-hearted one." Zong Mao's chin leaned in that direction.

Xiao Zhiyan withdrew his hand from his arms and waved it there.

More than a dozen soldiers strode over and scolded: "Dodge, dodge, people are kind, why do you not know life and death so much." ”

Seeing that the sergeants came to expel them, the refugees scattered and fled. The scribe fiddled with his clothes, walked to Xiao Zhiyan and saluted, and said, "Thank you General for breaking the siege." ”

"It's a gesture." Xiao Zhiyan was not interested in accosting him. He is the person who is interested, first see that the refugees are pitiful, so he wants to give some silver relief, and then he can't stand it anymore when he sees that someone is kind and is held hostage by the refugees.

The young scribe did not give way to the road, straightened his clothes and said, "In Xia Yuyao Huang Zongxi, please ask the general's honorific title." ”

Zong Mao interjected with a smile, "Are you from Shaoxing?" That's the right guy for you! This is Vice General Ning Shaoxiao. ”

"Thank you, General Xiao!" Huang Zongxi bowed squarely.

"Another rotten." Xiao Zhiyan is not interested in him at all, he likes to act recklessly and chic on weekdays, and dealing with such a person is simply killing him.

The scribe suddenly groped around in his shirt, his face turned from white to red, and sometimes from red to white, and at last he was speechless.

Zong Mao's essence-like character asked: "Is the money lost!" ”

Huang Zongxi touched it for a while, with an anxious look on his face, and nodded slightly. He was dragged by dozens of refugees, and it was strange that he could still save money on him.

Xiao Zhiyan saw that his face was about to cry, so he took out ten taels of silver and handed it over, saying, "This silver is for you, and you will return it to Yuyao when you return it." ”

Huang Zongxi looked at it for a moment, and when Xiao Zhiyan was impatient, he took the silver and said, "When I go back to Shaoxing next time, I will definitely go to Dinghai to meet General Xiao." ”

The caravan was delayed here for a while, passing through the outer city, Zong Mao escorted the caravan to the merchant league shop pΓΉ, these days, Liu Quan expanded more than a dozen shops in Nanjing, this is the Ming Dynasty is second only to Beijing, and there are no factory guards and Houmen in the capital that cannot be provoked, so it is easier to do business.

Xiao Zhiyan sent the documents of Ning Shao Military Town to the Military Bureau and the Ordnance Bureau in Nanjing, waiting to receive the armor and firearms.

Zhai Zhe operated for half a year with the help of the Donglin Party's connections to get such a little benefit, of course, the key is silver. According to the practice of the War Bureau and the Ordnance Bureau, after handing in the paperwork, it can be as short as half a month and as long as several months to receive all the armor and birds. These days, Xiao Zhiyan can only be here at any time.

Chartered a courtyard in the inn opposite the War Bureau, let the accompanying soldiers live, and Xiao Zhiyan stayed overnight. The next afternoon, he was very bored and walked to the bank of the Qinhuai River.