"It's over."

The army returned to Xueguguan, and this sudden war resulted in the loss of more than 6,000 people in Beiliang and the loss of some of the crippled grains.

The war in the north has stopped.

Seemingly, it was won.

The Northern Liang army retreated, leaving more than 5,000 people behind, and the deputy general Chen Zhi was also captured.

Such a credit is amazing enough.

But Fang Jue felt a little disappointed.

That Luo Yang really deserves to be a famous general, and he seems to have noticed that he has some special means, and he has never dared to confront him head-on.

Leaving a Chen Zhi as a test, Luo Yang's own core strength did not suffer any losses.

In addition, Luo Yang also has a lot of credit for getting grain seeds.

Win-win.

"How's Suzhou doing?" Fang Jue asked.

Ye Hongyi said: "After interrogating the Beiliang army that set off from Suzhou, we learned about the situation in Suzhou...... It's tragic. ”

"The Beiliang army slaughtered the city?"

"No, but the food that can be taken away is robbed, and those that can't be taken are burned, and although not many civilians are killed, many people will starve to death this winter because of the loss of food reserves." Bai Qing said lightly.

He was in charge of interrogation, and this time he did not accompany him to the direction of Lizhou, and when the army returned, he had already obtained the desired confession.

"Send a message back to Beijing immediately and let the household department organize disaster relief, right?" Someone suggested.

Fang Jue shook his head: "When the money from the household department comes down, the people of Suzhou will starve to death." ”

"How is that a good ......?"

"Who is the biggest grain merchant in the north?" Fang Jue asked.

Everyone looked at Wei Ran.

This kind of thing is naturally understood best by the northern guards.

Wei Ran really knew, and said a name: "Andorun." ”

"This person has the background of the Emperor Pavilion, and he is the largest grain merchant in the northern border of Beiliang and Great Xia."

"His granary was built in the Ganzhou area, and even the imperial court often bought grain from him for disaster relief or used as military rations, so this person also had a wide network in the imperial court."

As he spoke, Wei Ran gave everyone a "you know" expression.

Ye Hongyi didn't see it.

The Hanging Sword Division is not something that everyone dares to check.

Andoron is obviously a figure who knows all the best.

"Young Master, we can't fight his idea, even if it's for disaster relief, we must not eat his desperate household." Lin Bei heard that it was this person, and hurriedly reminded Fang Jue.

"I have met this person in the capital, he has a very close relationship with the cabinet, and His Majesty has also met him, this relationship is really ......"

Tongtian!

No wonder Ye Hongyi has to pretend that he doesn't know the relationship between Andorun and the officials in the capital.

Fang Jue said: "Don't worry, I just want to buy, not steal." ”

"However, with such a large population in Suzhou, how much grain do you have to buy...... We don't have any money, do we? Wei Ran touched it, and the empty pockets were like a few pockets.

"Now it seems that Luo Yang does not slaughter the city, but only steals the grain, which is not merciful...... Rather, they want to leave us with a mess, so that we are powerless to provide disaster relief, and watch the people starve to death, or watch them riot......" Ye Hongyi thought far ahead, and his mind was full of conspiracy theories.

But this time, Fang Jue also felt that she had thought of an idea.

"So, we're not just going to catch this mess, we're going to catch it beautifully."

"The people of Suzhou, not a single one can starve to death this winter!"

Fang Jue looked at everyone with a determined look in his eyes.

Everyone is also firm, but there is still helplessness.

"But we don't have ......the money," the crowd reiterated the key point.

The needs of the people of a state for winter, but also spring ploughing...... The loss is too great.

Of course, the imperial court can afford it, but it is too late, and when the imperial court provides disaster relief, Suzhou will already be a hell on earth.

What kind of red land is thousands of miles away, and it is easy to eat, it is not a few words in the history books, it will become a reality again.

"How much does it cost?" Fang Jue said casually.

No one answered, no one had done disaster relief, and they didn't know how much they needed.

Seeing this, Ye Hongyi had no choice but to say: "I once supervised a state disaster relief, and the imperial court allocated 800,000 taels of silver, but thousands of people still starved to death. ”

The crowd was silent, and there was no cursing.

In many cases, it is not that the imperial court is reluctant to give money, but that there is no money, and there are layers of looting below.

"Send a message back to Beijing immediately, the Yulin Army will not return to Beijing for the time being, take over Suzhou, I will provide disaster relief first, and the imperial court will follow ......"

has already made great contributions, Fang Jue could have been a teacher, but he still couldn't get used to this tragic scene.

"Disaster relief first? How can the young master give relief, if we put a few of us together, we can't support a hundred people, right? Lin Bei said helplessly.

As an official in Beijing, he doesn't dare to go too far, his income is limited, and the funds he brings out are even less.

If it weren't for the sake of serving a good young master along the way, Lin Bei wouldn't even bring more money.

Everyone said that it was not that they were unwilling to pay, and even if they took out the money, it would be a drop in the bucket.

"Hmm...... I'll pay it in advance first, and when I go back to the capital, I'll let Yan Shangshu make it up for me. Fang Jue said indifferently, there was only so much for now.

"Advance?" The crowd teased.

Ye Hongyi also coughed: "The 800,000 taels I just said are not 80,000 taels...... And it may not be enough. ”

And glared at Fang Jue.

Fang Jue nodded: "I heard clearly, 800,000 taels...... It's really nerve-wracking. ”

Everyone: "Huh? ”

……

Inside the tent, Fang Jue was packing his luggage.

Nonichi came back from the loft with the pigeons.

"Young master, the capital has replied, and Your Majesty has allowed it."

Fang Jue glanced at it, then nodded, and said, "You go and send a message again to inform the capital of the temporary takeover of Suzhou by the Yulin Army and the disaster relief." ”

"Good ......"

As soon as Dian walked out of the door, he bumped into Ye Hongyi, who came in on.

As soon as Dianyi got out of the way, Ye Hongyi came in.

Seeing that Fang Jue was really going to pack up his things and go to Ganzhou, he suddenly became angry:

"Fang Jue, if you don't brag, can you die?"

In private, she is still used to calling her by her first name and appearing close.

Fang Jue didn't need to look back, he knew who it was, only Ye Hongyi dared to call his name directly.

But he turned back.

"That's 800,000 taels, even if it's 80,000 taels of Emperor Zun Pavilion, it may be able to support you, but 800,000 taels I'm afraid that the old pavilion master can't easily take it out, right?"

Ye Hongyi hurriedly said: "You still said in public that if you can't get the money at that time, your reputation in the north will stink, do you know?" ”

Fang Jue smiled: "You...... I still underestimated the heritage of the Emperor Pavilion. ”

"Huh?" Ye Hongyi was stunned for a moment, "What do you mean?" ”

"You don't really have 800,000 taels, do you?" Ye Hongyi shook his head, unable to believe it.

"Why can't it be?"

……

Prisoner camp.

In a fine prison car, Chen Zhi was held in solitary confinement, and no one could approach him.

Chen Zhi wanted to die, but he was thinking about it repeatedly in his heart, what Fang Jue said that day.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that it made sense, even if he knew that Fang Jue was deliberately stirring up trouble, he couldn't help but feel that Luo Yang was doing it on purpose.

deliberately let himself lead troops as bait to buy him time, and deliberately sold himself as a lieutenant general.

In this way, Luo Yang is in the Northern Liangbian Army, and his momentum is even stronger.

"Luo Yang!"

"As long as I can go back alive, Luo Yang, I want to see if you mean to!"

"Fang Jue wants to be separated, and I can't let you succeed easily."

Chen Zhi said coldly: "He should let me go back to Beiliang and take the opportunity to provoke me and Luo Yang to fight infighting, naïve wizard, hehe......"

Night.

A black shadow scurried into the captive camp and slashed through the steel cage.

"Who?" Chen Zhi was shocked.

"It's me." The comer lowered his voice and lifted the veil.

Chen Zhi exclaimed: "Longhua, why are you?" ”

He was very frightened, he originally thought that Fang Jue would find a way to release him, but he didn't expect his own people to come to the rescue.

Longhua, Long Xuewei's deputy head!

"Brother Chen, come with me." Longhua is colorful.

"No, I'm not leaving...... You, you actually conspired with that Fang Jue, when I was a fool? ”

How can it be such a coincidence!

Unexpectedly, Long Hua said: "That Fang Jue made a deal with my Beiliang Imperial Family, and we spent a huge amount of money to secretly redeem you, but let us pick up people ourselves, and we can't let Da Xia know that he has done this business." ”

"Deal?" Chen Zhi was stunned, "How dare he do this?" ”

Long Hua said: "Suzhou wants disaster relief, but he has no money, so he wants to sell you for a sky-high price." ”

"How much?" Chen Zhi subconsciously wanted to know how much he was worth.

Long Hua stretched out two fingers.

"Twenty thousand taels?" Chen Zhi nodded, "It's not a lot, I really let His Majesty break the bank......"

"Brother Chen, it's 200,000 taels of silver, I personally escorted it to Liangzhou Pass a few days ago, and I cashed it."

Chen Zhi's eyes widened.

He never dared to think, "Am I worth so much?" ”

"Brother Chen, you are a member of the royal family, and as the deputy marshal of the border army, you can restrain the tiger Luoyang for Your Majesty, and in the eyes of Your Majesty, you are naturally worth ten thousand taels of gold."

"Don't say it, come with me, the horse is already outside the camp."

Chen straightened up, looked at the prisoner camp again, and frowned, "What about the other brothers?" ”

"Brother Chen, don't worry, they will also be redeemed, but this time I didn't bring enough money, and someone will redeem them in the future. However, it will be us who will discuss with the Great Xia Imperial Court, and it will not be Fang Jue's decision. ”

Hearing Long Hua say this, Chen Zhicai breathed a sigh of relief.

But he asked, "How much are they worth?" ”

Long Hua said: "It is impossible for Your Majesty to pay a ransom of more than 50,000 taels. ”

After listening, Chen Zhi was silent for a moment.