Chapter 68: The Granary of the City Lord Mo Zifu
Isn't it good to be articulate? Wu Ming's face was full of doubts, but Tan Qiudao, who was riding a horse behind him, couldn't help but give a thumbs up to his master's back......
Three days later, the City Lord's Mansion of Qingxuan City.
A man with a shiny face and a jeweled body with a fat belly stood up, and when he took official steps, he could see the fat on his waist swaying. However, he was arrogant in the past, but at this time, he looked at the three men in front of him with a flattering smile, "Three generals, it is indeed important to invite the three generals here today. ”
If he was here, he would definitely recognize it, and the three generals sitting on the chair at this time were the three grandmasters who prevented him from entering Qingxuan City at that time!
Say. One of the generals said impatiently, muttering to himself that he would not have bothered to come to see the city lord if it weren't for the fact that his soldiers still had to live on the salaries distributed to the city lord.
The city lord of Qingxuan City lifted up his clothes and pants that were about to be torn apart, and said with a sneer: "The three generals are all martial artists, so the villain will talk about his worries for the time being." ”
The city lord could see the disdain of the three generals, and a trace of ruthlessness crossed his eyes. A few years ago, a reckless man broke into Qingxuan City and killed his son in front of these three rice buckets, and in response, they simply captured the reckless man alive and did it hastily.
After that, he was going to dedicate the grandmaster-level reckless man to Emperor Sal, maybe he had the opportunity to become a knight, but he didn't expect that these three generals were worried that their official positions were above them, and they would wait for an opportunity to retaliate against them because their son was killed, so these three generals actually signed a joint letter and cut off their own way to promotion!
The city lord has been in the officialdom for so many years, and he has long been a personal elite, and he can completely be happy and angry, and the ruthlessness in his eyes quickly disappeared, "Generals, now that our Black Domain Empire is at war with Wanmos, so long has passed, but there is no news of any progress on the front line, Qingxuan City is stationed in the throat of the Eternal Empire to the interior of our country, and it only regards the Eternal Empire as an imaginary enemy all the year round, so the fortifications in the north of our country are indeed relatively complete, but compared to the Wanmos Empire in the west, if we take the opportunity to attack our city, it will be difficult to ......protect it."
The three generals listened to what the city lord said, looked at each other a few times, and after a long time, they couldn't help but laugh.
The other general smiled and gasped, "Mo Zifu, although you are the city lord, your courage is getting smaller and smaller. Qingxuan City is already impregnable, and with the three of us guarding it, this city can be described as unbreakable. The western fortifications are a little weaker than the northern ones, but compared to the other fortresses, our western fortifications are almost perfect. ”
In the end, the general, who had not spoken, laughed a few times, and his expression became gloomy, "Build fortifications? Mo Zifu, you will be so diligent, or are you thinking about our army's salary?"
"Military salary?" As soon as they heard this, the faces of the other two generals also became gloomy.
Looking at the fat-headed and big-eared city lord in front of him, he couldn't help but want to squeeze out all the oil and water on his body, God knows how much oil and water the fat man in front of him has scooped up over the years.
Mo Zifu smiled, nodded and said: "The three generals misunderstood the meaning of the villain, the villain saw that there was still a lot of surplus military food in the granary, and even many of the grain and grass were about to become moldy and inedible, so he felt very sorry in his heart, so he thought about taking out some of the grain and grass to sell it first, just in exchange for part of the funds for building fortifications, but considering that this is military food, of course, it must be agreed by the generals first." ”
The three generals listened to Mo Zifu's words, and their faces softened, and one of the generals coughed dryly, "City Lord Mo, do you have any plans for this matter?"
When Mo Zifu heard the general's question, he hurriedly said, "Yes, yes, yes." The villain is ready to sell about 30% of the military rations in the granary at a low price, and according to the current consumption rate of food by the soldiers defending the city, the remaining military rations are probably enough for our army to eat for about three months. ”
Mo Zifu couldn't help but be proud in his heart, these warriors didn't know that the actual military rations in the granary had already been less than one percent, and sixty percent of the military rations had been sold to Mr. Jia, the most famous wealthy merchant in Qingxuan City, and that Mr. Jia really did not let himself down, not only did he take away all the grain and grass he entrusted to sell at a high price, but even took away the grain and grass in the hands of those civilians at a high price, so not only did a large amount of silver sold by the military rations flow into his pocket, but even the taxes paid by those civilians selling grain and grass were also transferred to his own pockets.
However, it seems that although Mr. Jia has collected a large amount of grain and grass, and a new batch of military grain will come to Qingxuancheng in a few days, and when the time comes, the new grain and the old grain will be thrown together, and no one will be able to see what he has done.
Even if it is the so-called thirty percent that is ready to be used to build defense, Mo Zifu himself tries to choose cheap and inferior equipment, and saves what he can, and the little extra odds are also included in Mo Zifu's bag.
Mo Zifu originally wanted to hide this matter, but there were occasional rumors in the city about his deduction of military rations, so Mo Zifu called the three generals this time and "took the initiative to confess", in order to dispel their doubts.
"Just ......"
"Just what?"
Mo Zifu put on a sad face, spread his hand and said: "The villain is still worried, if the Western Wanmos Empire sends the famous Mingyue County Lord, with the invincible Summer Night Legion of the Mingyue County Lord, my Qingxuan City may really be ......."
"What are you afraid of?" a general sneered, "This attack on Changmen Pass is our Black Domain General Han Yi, even if the army led by General Han Yi fights against most of the sharp armies of the Eternal Empire, the victory or defeat is five or five, even if the Mingyue County Lord goes out, he must first solve the siege of Changmen Pass, this siege of Changmen Pass is extraordinary, is it so easy to solve?"
Another general said: "And I also have definite news here, this time our Black Domain Empire has used the Black Dragon Sagra this time!"
"Sagra?" Mo Zifu was also a little moved when he heard the news, and his fat face shook like a stone into water, "Sagra, the famous Flying Fortress ten years ago?"
"Exactly! It is estimated that even if the Lord of Mingyue takes her Summer Night Army and Lanyue to Changmen Pass, it will at most add a snack to Sagra. ”
Saying this, all the four people present laughed happily, as if the victory of the Black Domain was already in sight, and it was no longer worth mentioning.