"Your Majesty Emperor Qi, my father said that a 600-year-old treasure medicine is 1,000 taels, 500-year-old is 800 taels of silver, 400-year-old is 600 taels, 300-year-old is 300 taels of silver, and ordinary medicinal materials are priced in dans."

Hearing that Su Hao could actually draw out 60,000 stone of grain, Mao Chenglu was overjoyed, half a month ago, the capital sent a messenger to Phi Island to thoroughly investigate the troops of Dongjiang Town, although this time Zhu Youzhen did not directly take Mao Wenlong, but also checked Dongjiang Town.

The 150,000 troops reported earlier were cut down to 28,000 people, and the next grain and grass to Phi Dao was calculated on the basis of 28,000 people, and when they arrived at Phi Dao, 30 percent of the number could be counted as Manchu officials with conscience.

Therefore, they must take precautions, at least raise food and grass for at least 15,000 people, in order to barely ensure the food supply of the soldiers on the island, and now Su Hao can come up with 60,000 stone of grain, which can meet the needs of at least 10,000 people.

"It's not expensive, I wonder how you're going to trade?"

Hearing Mao Chenglu's offer, Su Hao nodded lightly, this price is half cheaper than the price he bought in Guide Mansion City and Lu Zhen, and it is also the source price.

Of course, in fact, if you press it again, Mao Chenglu should be able to reduce it a little more, but now there is no shortage of food on his side for the time being, but a lack of masters, if he can get a steady stream of treasure medicine and other medicinal materials from Mao Wenlong's side, the martial artists on his side should grow up quickly.

After all, except for those first-class martial artists, most martial artists do not have the problem of overdose of drug poison, as long as the treasure medicine can keep up, it will not take a few years for him to cultivate a group of second- and third-rate realm guards.

"We don't have enough ships, and we hope that His Majesty the Emperor Qi can send ships to transport grain to Phi Island."

Mao Chenglu hurriedly replied, in fact, if they can, they are more willing to go to Jiangnan to buy grain, because if they go to Jiangnan to buy, first, they don't have to be charged with collaborating with the enemy, and second, the price of grain will be cheaper.

However, now Shandong is occupied by Su Hao, and to buy grain from the south of the Yangtze River, it must pass through Shandong, and it is easy to be intercepted by Su Hao halfway, and the road is several times farther.

Food is nothing else, other things, slow down, even if you don't have it, you can endure it, but food can't, if you slow down for a few days, you will starve to death.

Once they buy it from Jiangnan, and are intercepted by Su Hao and hold the lifeline, then the tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in their Dongjiang Town will really be slaughtered, so Mao Wenlong asked him to come to Su Hao, and now the food on their island can last for a few months, if Su Hao can't buy food here, they will have enough time to go to Jiangnan to buy it again.

"That's fine."

Hearing this, Su Hao said calmly: "But the price of food will increase three times." ”

"This is nature."

Mao Chenglu hurriedly replied, although this price is not cheap, but the risk at sea is very high, Su Hao can help with the luck, it is good, if you sell other goods, the profit will be greater.

Su Hao nodded: "I will arrange for the Hubu Shangshu to discuss specific matters with General Mao." ”

…

After Mao Chenglu retreated, Su Hao summoned Liao Qing.

"Go check and find out what's going on over there with Mao Wenlong."

Su Hao instructed, in fact, he had already prevented Mao Wenlong from attacking Dengzhou Mansion from the sea, so he deliberately left Tian Ming in Dengzhou Mansion and left 20,000 soldiers and horses for Tian Ming to command.

Now Mao Wenlong is going to buy food from him on the charge of collaborating with the enemy, which shows that Mao Wenlong should have been forced to a certain extent, otherwise he would not have taken such a risk.

"Obey the order!"

Liao Qing replied.

"Before, I asked you to find a way to cut off the logistics of the Ming army, but there is a gain?"

At this time, Su Hao then asked, even if Mao Wenlong can exchange for the treasure medicine, it will be difficult to be effective in a short period of time.

Now Yuan Chonghuan is besieging Dongchang Fucheng and Linqingzhou, although these two places can hold up in a short time, but for a long time, it is difficult to say whether there will be accidents in these two places, and now there is only a way to break the situation from other places.

And the easiest is to cut off the logistics, the soldiers and horses have not moved, the grain and grass go first, normal people have to eat six stone grain in the absence of other supplementary food a year, in order to have enough strength to work, and the situation of the war has to consume more food, Yuan Chonghuan has more than 200,000 soldiers and horses, plus livestock, at least nearly 1.8 million stone grain a year, once the other party's logistics is broken, so much food will not be able to be gathered for a while and a half, the Ming army has no other way than to withdraw troops.

"Back to Your Majesty, now you are secretly investigating."

Hearing Su Hao's question, Liao Qing hurriedly replied: "However, Yuan Chonghuan is extremely strict with logistics supervision, and he has left thousands of soldiers in Huai'an Mansion, and we have not found an opportunity to take advantage of it for the time being." ”

"Keep up the good work."

Hearing this, Su Hao didn't blame him, Yuan Chonghuan is also a person who knows soldiers, and it is impossible to leave such a big flaw, so he can only take his time and be in a hurry.

…

The next day, Liao Qing came to Zichen Hall again.

"Your Majesty, the minister got the situation on the other side of Phi Island from the entourage brought by Mao Chenglu."

Liao Qing took out a piece of information, and Shao Xue, who was guarding the side, hurriedly went down to take it, and then respectfully handed it to Su Hao.

After receiving the information in Shao Xue's hand, Su Hao looked at it, although Shao Xue was sent by the Ming royal family to the Dewang Mansion as the head of internal affairs, but he was a loser in the palace, and he did not have much loyalty to the old Zhu family.

After all, Shao Xue has been in charge of all the affairs of the Dewang Mansion for more than ten years, and his ability and experience are extremely sophisticated, and now the fields under his name have reached nearly two million mu, without Shao Xue, it is not so easy for him to find a replacement candidate in a short time.

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"I'm afraid this Zhu Youzhen isn't crazy, right?"

After reading the information, Su Hao couldn't help but look confused, Zhu Youzhen actually cut Mao Wenlong's military salary to more than 20,000 people, didn't this force Mao Wenlong to die?

He had also been a brocade guard for several years before, and he knew a lot about the drifting methods of the imperial court, otherwise where did he get the tens of thousands of taels of the usual practice of a year before, all of which came out of all kinds of drifting and excesses, and now Zhu Youzhen's practice is simply forcing Mao Wenlong to his death.

"Your Majesty, according to the report of the spies in the capital, the price of grain in the capital has now risen to one stone, one tael and six dollars of silver, which is three times the original."

Hearing this, Liao Qing arched his hand and said: "And from the information sent back by the spies, the Ming Dynasty's investigation of the eunuch family has not stopped, and many people are still playing to impeach Mao Wenlong." ”

"Is that so?"

Hearing Liao Qing's words, Su Hao immediately understood why Zhu Youzhen would attack Mao Wenlong, mainly because of the lack of food, the entire Liaodong army was only 110,000, and Mao Wenlong reported 150,000, and it would cost millions of stone grain in a single year.

Coupled with Zhu Youzhen's prejudice against the eunuch party, as well as the impeachment of the court's officials, it is normal to attack Mao Wenlong.

At this time, Liao Qing continued: "Your Majesty, now many people have fled from Beizhili to Henan, Shanxi, etc., and many have fled to our Shandong side, and I am afraid that there will be more people who flee to Shandong next." ”

"I see."

Hearing Liao Qing's words, Su Hao sighed slightly: "I will make people settle down." ”

The main reason why these people will leave their homes is still him, if he had not cut off his luck and encountered natural disasters, the price of grain would not have risen to this extent, and the price of grain would not have been three times that of ordinary people.

However, sighing to sighing, he can't let Cao Yun recover for the time being, this Cao Yun is his means to clamp down on the Ming Dynasty, Shandong is different from Guizhou, where An Bangyan is located, Guizhou is located in a remote area, even if it is chaotic, it will not have much impact in a short time.

And Shandong is in the heart of the Ming Dynasty, once the transportation is restored, and the food problem is solved in the capital, he will have to face not only more than 200,000 troops, but also 600,000 or even millions of troops besieged on three sides.

…

Time passed day by day, and the battle situation in Linqingzhou City also calmed down, even if the Hongyi cannon was transferred, in the face of the city wall as thick as five or six zhang, it could not be shaken in the slightest, and the whole battle situation fell into a stalemate.

And Su Hao's trade with Mao Wenlong was also in full swing, a boatload of grain was transported to Phi Dao, and at the same time, various treasures and medicinal materials were also continuously transported into Jinan Fucheng, and Su Hao's personal guard training was also officially put on the agenda.

………

Huai'an Mansion City.

In a private house, Wu Shi was playing with a skull-shaped magic weapon in his hand, and on the table was a map of Huai'an Mansion City.

"Eighth Senior Brother, has there been any progress in the matter?"

Wu Shi's brows tightened, the Yinshan faction and the Meishan faction took refuge in Su Hao at the same time, now the war on the Dongchang Mansion side is fierce, and the Meishan faction has shown its role, but their Yinshan faction has not played much role so far.

Now Su Hao gives them a lot of offerings every month, if he can get three hundred taels of silver every month, and he can't make so many offerings, but he can't play a role, they are not very embarrassed.

"Senior brother, I've been lurking here for four months, and I've heard a lot of news, but those people are too cautious, and I can't do anything."

Hearing Wu Shi's words, Xue Dong shook his head, it is not difficult to listen to the news, the Yinshan faction is good at exorcizing ghosts, and the strength of some wandering ghosts and wild ghosts is not good, but they are good at listening to the news, although they can't get close to those masters who have entered the stream and hear important news, but it is still possible to get close to those ordinary people who have not entered the stream.

"Can't get your hands dirty?"

Hearing this, Wu Shi's heart sank, they didn't come to investigate corruption, even if they found out some news, if they couldn't intervene, it would be useless, their purpose was to burn the grain hoarded here, which required a large amount of oil to be transported into the place where the grain was stored, otherwise even if they set it on fire, it would be useless, it would only make people vigilant.

Wu Shi fell into deep thought, the skull magic weapon kept turning in his hand, and at the same time, wisps of cold aura drilled in and out of the skeleton.

After a long time, Wu Shiya bit his teeth and said categorically: "Eighth Senior Brother, you sort out all the news you heard. ”

"Senior brother, what's the use of all this news?"

Xue Dong was stunned for a moment, they didn't come to check on it, and it was useless to sort out this news.

"Since you don't have a chance to intervene, then muddy the waters."

Wu Shi's eyes narrowed slightly: "This water is muddy, we can only fish, this Yuan Chonghuan also has enemies in the Ming Dynasty, if there is evidence that Yuan Chonghuan and others stole military rations, do you say that Yuan Chonghuan's enemies will fall into the ground?" ”

"And even if we can't defeat Yuan Chonghuan, then we can make chaos in Huai'an Mansion, and then we will have a chance."

For Xue Dong, Wu Shi didn't hide his thoughts, they were all Xie Bing's apprentices, and they were all orphans, they made an oath before joining the sect, and they also made a curse, if they apostatized, they would be burned by the yin fire, and their souls would be scattered and die, and no one could betray them.

"But now we know that there is no evidence of Yuan Chonghuan's theft of military rations."

Xue Dong was puzzled, although he had heard a lot of news, it only involved the defenders guarding the grain, and it didn't involve Yuan Chonghuan at all.

"We don't have to worry about that."

Wu Shi chuckled and said, "As long as there is real evidence, let's add oil and vinegar a little more, so as not to worry that this fire will not burn Yuan Chonghuan." ”

In the year under Su Hao's command, in addition to covering for Su Hao's caravan outside, his main job is to collect all kinds of intelligence, and he is also quite clear about the struggle in the Ming Dynasty, he doesn't need any real evidence at all, as long as there is some specious evidence, it is enough for those civil officials of the Ming Dynasty to fight bloody.

"I'll go."

Hearing this, Xue Dong nodded, and then turned to leave.

………

Nanjing City.

In a remote dwelling, Gong Qingshan, Shaoqing of Taichang Temple, sat in a rocking chair, basking in the sun, and next to him was a small table with a small plate of pastries.

Picking up a piece of pastry, Gong Qingshan looked at it, and then put it down, he has been exiled to Nanjing City for almost a year, before he was the prefect of the Daimyo Mansion, because he once helped Wei Zhongxian establish a shrine, and was impeached by the imperial history after Zhu Youzhen ascended the throne.

Although he was not demoted, he was also exiled to Nanjing, and became an empty name, with no real power in Taichang Temple Shaoqing, although this Taichang Temple Shaoqing is also a positive four products, but even the power of Taichang Temple in the capital is not great, let alone Nanjing City.

The Taichang Temple on this side of Nanjing City is a complete Qingshui Yamen, not even a little oil and water, not even the usual silver, if it weren't for the Daimyo's Mansion to make a lot of silver, just that little money, it is estimated that they would have to starve to death here.

Syllable!

At this moment, a burden was thrown into the courtyard from outside the wall.

Seeing the burden, Gong Qingshan couldn't help but be stunned, but after thinking about it for a while, he still walked towards the burden, he was not afraid that someone would harm him, to be honest, he was almost wasted now, and there was no need to waste time on him.

On the contrary, killing him will also attract the attention of the imperial court, after all, the young secretary of Taichang Temple is also an official of the imperial court, and if he dies unclear, the imperial court will definitely pursue it.