After Zhang Cong's death, He Jinse did not return to Zhang's house, but stood by Li Feng's side, because she felt that Zhang Cong's death had some responsibility for her.

There was nothing to say all night, and the next day the people got up and continued to rectify Youzhou City.

Although the defense of Youzhou was victorious, the huge losses made the entire Youzhou City lifeless, and it seemed that even the drought had eased a little.

Li Feng sat in the mansion to arrange the aftermath, lack of money and food, this is the biggest dilemma in Youzhou City at present.

Fortunately, after the defense battle, the entire government affairs system of Youzhou transitioned from Zhao Kang's Thorn History Mansion to Li Feng's Youwang Mansion, and even the officials who originally belonged to Zhao Kang handed over government affairs to Li Feng.

Zhao Kang has completely become an ornament, and Li Feng has completely mastered everything in Youzhou.

At noon, Wei Ze came to Youwang's Mansion to report: "The town guard said that the frontier is quiet for the time being, so you can let me stay for a while." ”

"Thank you for replying to me, the town guard, the conditions outside the city are not good, there are vacant rooms in the city, General Wei can let them live in."

Wei Ze said: "Lord Wang, this is not in accordance with the rules. ”

Li Feng said with a smile: "The rules are dead, people are alive, you rushed to support Youzhou overnight, is it possible that I can still let you stay sleeping outside the city?" Let your soldiers and horses enter the city, you can't eat big fish and meat, and a bowl of hot can always be guaranteed. ”

Wei Ze knelt down on one knee: "Thank you for your compassion." ”

Li Feng smiled secretly, I just want to thank you for helping me train soldiers.

After Wei Ze got up, he clenched his fists and said, "Lord Wang, there will be a proposal in the end, I don't know if it's feasible." ”

"Say."

"Bandits are rampant in Youzhou, and now they are frightened by our army and flee back to the mountains, and they must have become frightened birds at this moment."

"It's better to take advantage of the victory to pursue, even if you can't annihilate them all, you can greatly reduce the strength of the bandits, what do you think, lord?"

Li Feng thought for a while, Wei Ze's proposal was very tempting, but he had to consider other issues, such as money and food.

The food that soldiers eat in their leisure time and when they fight, as well as military salaries, are different, and the current Youzhou does not have the money and food to support this army.

But Wei Ze's proposal was really tempting, Li Feng thought for a while, took out the map with a smile, and pointed out the location of the three mountains: "These three bandits have occupied the three mountains for a long time, and they have accumulated a lot of wealth. After General Wei took it, please take care of yourself. This king's Youzhou can't afford to support you with money and food anyway. ”

Wei Ze was overjoyed, this is a fat errand, Li Feng made it clear that he would make a fortune, so Wei Ze's eyes became affectionate when he looked at Li Feng.

"Thank you, Lord Wang."

"If there is enough food, you can bring it back, and if there are captured bandits, you can also bring it back, I can be useful."

"What does the prince want those bandits to do?"

"The repair of the city wall needs manpower, and the people of Youzhou are in difficulty, so they are just allowed to do free labor."

"The prince is wise."

Wei Ze took Li Feng's order and went happily, the wealth of the three mountains combined would definitely make a fortune.

After sending Wei Ze away, Li Feng called Liu Ji: "How much grain do we still have?" ”

"Not much."

"What about the caravan sent to the south to buy grain, and the support of the imperial court?"

Liu Ji frowned: "I don't know why, I was supposed to arrive, but I didn't arrive for a long time." ”

It is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, there is no food, and Li Feng can't help it no matter how high his means are.

"Send someone to find it, and there must be food as soon as possible."

At the same time, in the Assassin's Mansion, Zhao Kang met with a person from the south, facing Zhao Kang, he lowered his eyebrows and lowered his posture.

Zhao Kang, who had been suppressed by Li Feng for a long time, finally gained a little pride from this person.

"Young master, according to your orders, the team that went to the south to buy grain in Youzhou has been hijacked, all the people have been killed, and the grain has been quietly transported back."

Zhao Kang nodded with satisfaction and asked, "What about the life-saving food allocated by the imperial court?" ”

"According to your orders, all the old rice that has been shipped for several years has been shipped, and some of it is moldy, and the road is rugged and difficult to walk, so it will take more than ten days to transport it."

Zhao Kang was even more satisfied, he looked in the direction of Youwang's Mansion, and sneered again and again, just because you, Youwang still want to set me up? Who doesn't know that almost all the civil and military forces in the Manchu Dynasty are my father's subordinates, and if you cut off your food, see what you do.

"Okay, let's go down and get the reward."

One person left, and the other person came up again, and Zhao Kang asked, "How did the money go?" ”

"Back to my lord, two million taels, a lot of points, it's all together."

"Okay, come with me and give the money to King You with great fanfare."

Two million taels of silver piled up several cars, and there was not even a cloth on them, so they walked on the street in broad daylight, all the way from the Thorn Shifu to the Youwang Mansion.

The people along the way were stunned, they had never seen so much silver, and if it weren't for the guards watching them, they would have robbed it a long time ago.

Two million taels of silver were safely delivered to Youwang's Mansion, and Zhao Kang stood at the door and shouted loudly: "Youzhou Assassin Zhao Kang, pay homage to His Royal Highness Youwang." ”

Li Feng, who was handling official business in the mansion, heard a report from his subordinates, saying that Zhao Kang had escorted two million taels of silver over and didn't take it seriously, so he drove Zhao Kang away after letting people accept it.

"Lord Wang, the two million taels have all been counted, a lot of points."

"This Zhao Kang is really capable of making money, although it was delayed for a few days, but he really let him get it together and deposit the silver in the treasury."

Li Feng continued to deal with government affairs, and after a while, Liu Ji came in with a sad face.

"Lord Wang, there is something I think is strange, Zhao Tingshi pulled a few carts of silver, and shouted loudly from the Tingshi Mansion to the palace, he must have bad intentions."

Li Feng frowned: "You said he came all the way over?" ”

"Yes, now the people of the whole city know that you now have two million taels of silver, which is more than the tax revenue of the entire Youzhou in a year. I don't understand what Zhao Tingshi meant, but I always feel uneasy. ”

After listening to Liu Ji's description, Li Feng also felt that something was wrong.

It is certainly not easy for Zhao Kang to send money with great fanfare, but what can he do? Now that the officials in the entire Youzhou have obeyed Li Feng's orders, and the major families have also changed camps, what else can Zhao Kang do?

"Ignore him for now, and deal with the current matter. The holes in the city wall were plugged up, and the damaged houses were repaired for the people to live in, so as to ensure the people's livelihood as the highest criterion. ”

Liu Ji retreated, and Su Mei, who hadn't been intimate with Li Feng for a long time, walked into Li Feng's study with a bowl of lotus seed porridge.

In normal times, a bowl of lotus seed porridge is nothing, but now that Youzhou is short of food and grain, a bowl of lotus seed porridge is particularly valuable.

"Lord Wang, you haven't eaten anything in the morning, so let's eat a bowl more."

Li Feng smiled and took Su Mei into his arms.

"Lord Wang, this is the study."

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