Chapter 230: The Great Drought in Shandong is Rich II

"How many people are you looking at?"

Kong Yinzhi and Kong Yinren stood on the wall of the East City together, looking at the dust in the distance and the cavalry on the black spots: "Come on, go and prepare things, open the city gate, and prepare to meet the Dajin cavalry." ”

The vanguard led the way with more than 3,000 Guangning cavalry led by Wang Xiaojie, all of whom were in armor, and the Guanning iron cavalry of later generations were not far behind.

When his team arrived outside Qufu City, Kong Yinzhi, who had already set up the incense case, led a group of Qufu officials and Kong disciples to kneel behind the incense case.

Wang Xiaojie was stunned, what the hell does this mean?

"Tell the prince quickly..."

Chen Cao was also puzzled, his binoculars could clearly see a man in his forties wearing a Guogong costume kneeling behind the incense case, and there were many Ming officials and scholars dressed as children.

Wang Xiaojie stepped forward immediately, and before the incense case, he heard someone say loudly: "Qufu Yan Shenggong Kong Clan, welcome the arrival of the Dajin Heavenly Soldiers..."

Silent...

Kong Yinzhi lowered his head and didn't dare to look, he had heard about Jiannu killing people without blinking, and the other party didn't open his mouth at the moment, how dare he raise his head indiscriminately and mess with the rules.

So he shouted again.

Chen Cao had just ridden his horse and ran closer, and he could hear it clearly, so he turned his head to look at Sun Chuanting and said: "Boya, do you see it, this is our Yan Shenggong of the Ming Dynasty, the thousand-year-old family Yan Shenggong, this Jiannu has not really called, people are ready to welcome the Dajin Heavenly Soldiers, we don't look like Jurchen barbarians, come on, Yan Shenggong get up, this father can't stand you kneeling..."

Kong Yinzhi was shocked, and immediately looked up, and saw that a young man riding a national costume like himself on the war horse in front of him was blushing with shame at the moment, and quickly stood up and patted the dust on his body.

Sun Chuanting sighed with difficulty, even the scholars were so afraid of death when they admired Yan Shenggong, this Ming scholar was really hopeless, not to mention that there were many officials and scholars behind him, who actually greeted Jiannu so blatantly: "Yan Shenggong, you have really lost the face of my Ming scholar." ”

Kong Yinzhi was embarrassed, but now he was embarrassed to leave directly, so he hesitated for a few words before he gave up his hand: "I don't know which lord is in front of you." ”

Zhao Xin stepped forward: "This is my Liangguo Gong..."

"Chen Cao?" Kong Yinzhi was surprised, and then changed his words: "Why are you here?" ”

Chen Cao laughed, and then leaned on his horse and mocked: "I heard that Qufu is plotting to meet the Jiannu army, my father came to see if it is true, it seems that it is like intelligence, why don't I call Sun Guozhen, the governor of Denglai of the Chinese army, to come and see this good show?" ”

Kong Yinzhi wanted to scold people but felt that he was completely at a loss, and now that he was arrested by others, so many people looked at it, how to round the past, so he gave his hand embarrassedly: "Liang Guogong, you and I are both lords of the country, and we are both taught by the saint, how about we uncover the past in the face of the saint?" ”

"Don't..."Chen Cao said with a smile: "The sage didn't teach me how to surrender to the alien race, although my father is naturally not a good person, but he also knows how to be loyal, filial and honest..."

In a word, Kong Yinzhi said that he wanted to find a place to get in, and Kong Yinren stepped forward when he saw this: "Liang Guogong, Xiaguan Qufu Zhi County, Liangguo Gong came from afar and the army is tired, if you don't enter the city, Xia Guan can also enter the friendship of the landlord..."

"Okay..."Chen Cao agreed heartily, but Kong Yinzhi didn't expect him to have the next sentence: "Jinyiwei, record the incident of Yan Shenggong kneeling to welcome Jiannu today, and after this duke signs, he will be sent to Jingshi..."

Although the county seat of Qufu is not large, because it is where Konglin is located, the incense and commerce are unusually developed.

"In other words, this Qufu is also the birthplace of Sage Confucius, why is there more Qinglou Chu Pavilion than Jinling? There is actually an elephant aunt pavilion? ”

Chen Cao's endless sarcastic words made the people surnamed Kong uncomfortable: "Yan Shenggong doesn't like Long Yangzhi too, right?" ”

Kong Yinzhi's face turned pale, and when Sun Guozhen saw this, he hurriedly said softly: "Don't worry about the Holy Duke of Yan, this time the Duke of Liangguo also went north to King Qin on the order of the imperial court, passing by Denglai and hearing that the Jiannu army had arrived in Yanzhou, he took the lower officials to relieve the siege of Yanzhou non-stop..."

Sun Guozhen naturally didn't know what happened at the city gate before, and his governor pacesetter was really rubbish, and was placed at the back of the army by Chen Cao.

Kong Yinzhi never thought that Chen Cao would let him go, but he was also the second only person in the Ming Dynasty to the emperor, so it was really uncomfortable to break the net with Chen Caoyu.

"Shandong from the first year of the Apocalypse from time to time drought, and to the fifth year to today, the drought has been repeated, close to the Yellow River and the canal is a little better, if it is like Qingzhou, Denglai, Yanzhou east of the place, all the displaced people went to Nanzhili;

However, although there is a severe drought in Shandong, the people who should be rich are rich people. ”

Chen Cao said and looked at Kong Yinzhi meaningfully: "Yan Shenggong's thousand-year-old scholarly family, and since the fall of Taizu, not to mention the wealth of the country in the past two hundred years, I believe it is still possible to fund some military spending..."

Sun Guozhen felt that Chen Cao's brain must have been kicked by a donkey, not to mention the right of a scholar, that is, the Kong family, who was also a duke, was a well-known petty family in Yanzhou Mansion, and the emperors of all dynasties did not ask for money from the Yansheng family, but only had a share of the annual festival reward.

Sun Guozhen, who was about to see the joke, stared at Kong Yinzhi, who knew that Kong Yinzhi had not yet spoken, Kong Yinren spoke first: "Hahaha, what Liang Guogong was worried about turned out to be this, small meaning, although my Kong family property cannot be compared with the country, but for hundreds of years, the family wealth is actually there, even if the tyrannical yuan is in power, my Kong family has not been affected, but on the contrary, it has been courtesy." ”

The meaning of this is very simple, my Kong family is rich...

Kong Yinzhi did not refute it, because he was really embarrassed, so he could only let his brother, who was also from the Kong family, speak.

Kong Yinren continued: "My Kong family is willing to contribute one million taels for military expenses. ”

Sun Guozhen almost squirted out the wine he drank, what does it mean? Is the boss of the Kong family willing to pay a million?

However, Chen Cao's next words made Sun Guozhen completely messy.

"Hahaha..."

Chen Cao raised his head and laughed: "Yan Shenggong is really polite..."

Hi...

I said I wanted money earlier, these are small things...

Even Kong Yinzhi arched his hand with a smile, and just when everyone thought they were happy, Chen Cao said another shocking word.

"A million is not enough..."

The words were not shocked, and the atmosphere of the banquet suddenly froze, and everyone quietly looked at Chen Cao who said this.

Sun Guozhen wanted to speak very much, because he felt that it was already a great thing for the Kong family to pay a sky-high price of one million, and you Liang Guogong would offend everyone with a word of 'not enough'.

Kong Yinzhi looked at Chen Cao with a cold face: "I don't know how much money Liang Guogong thinks is enough?" ”

"Lord Sun invested 1 million taels of military expenses to let my father come south, and I am sure that the military army is still short of 4 million taels."

"Four million," Kong Yinzhi exhaled: "Is Liang Guogong's appetite too big?" ”

"Is it big?" Chen Cao frowned and looked at Sun Chuanting beside him: "Boya, do you think it's too big?" ”

Sun Chuanting didn't speak, just sighed.

Sun Guozhen was a seasoned person, and he smelled that the atmosphere was wrong, and he guessed that the Kong family must have some handle in Chen Cao's hands.

"It took only two days for Jiannu to arrive in Yanzhou from Caozhou, and it was only an hour from Yanzhou to Qufu," Chen Cao said and stood up: "Since the Duke of Qufu can't make up the military expenses, then I'm sorry, the Duke will withdraw the army, and the Duke will let Jinyiwei report the truth..."

This is the threat of the red fruit.

"Wait..."

Kong Yinzhi responded: "Duke Liangguo, everything is easy to discuss, this is the hometown of the saints of the past dynasties, and it must not be attacked by war..."

Chen Cao laughed, then sat down again, and started bargaining with Kong Yinzhi like a market splash, and Sun Guozhen, who was listening on the sidelines, had a black line on his face...

This... What the hell is going on?

When the banquet dispersed, everyone was happy, and Kong Yinzhi finally succeeded in moving Chen Cao with a military expenditure of three million and fifteen taels.

In the post house in Qufu, Chen Cao watched the truckloads of silver being transported in, and immediately felt that the Kong family's money was not ordinary.

"I like this kind of vigorous and resolute style of doing things, and it's a good thing to pay money immediately after saying it's good."

Zhao Xin walked into the lobby and interrupted Chen Cao, who was talking to a group of civil and military personnel: "Grandpa, count clearly, the gold and silver add up to a total of three and a half million taels, which is a lot. ”

"See?"

Chen Cao was about to brainwash again, especially when he said to Sun Chuanting: "This is the family of the Confucian sage who has been handed down by cultivating and reading the family, it has only been less than an hour, since it is faster than the speed of the household department, three and a half million taels of silver is not a small amount." ”

"Grandpa..."

A herald entered the house to deliver the news: "The Yanzhou forward sentinel has sent news that the Jiannu army has arrived in Yanzhou, and the division of the army is coming towards Qufu, the number is not less than 10,000, and the forward sentry cavalry of our army has been withdrawn. ”

Chen Cao suddenly came to his senses: "Jiannu doesn't know what we are doing in Qufu, so it's better to hit them hard here." ”

.

It was Dai Shan and Mang Gurtai who went south to Shandong to plunder, and the cavalry of the 40,000 Eight Banners and the Eight Banners of the Han Army marched all the way from Dongchang Mansion, not only defeating the Weisho army that wanted to intercept along the way, but also besieging and annihilating the 20,000 horses mobilized by the Shandong Dusi in Caozhou.

The first battle of Caozhou hit the army of Shandong Dusi, and now the soldiers and horses of Dusi only dare to shrink in Jinan Mansion, and Kong You, the secretary of the Dusi, because he is a member of the Kong family, specially personally took two troops from the Manchurian Guard to the south into Yanzhou Mansion, but he was still on the march.