Jiang Jing's words can be summed up to mean one thing, that is, "The copycat is running out of money, and if we don't find a way, everyone will go hungry."
Lin Chong was surprised when he heard Jiang Jing's words, "How could the cottage run out of money and food so quickly?
Didn't it say before that the money and food could be used by the cottage for the past three years?"
Lin Chong raised the question in his mind.
Jiang Jing replied calmly, "Brother, when I first went up the mountain, I said that the money and food would be enough for the village for three years.
It was based on the situation of the village at that time.
I thought that when I first went up the mountain with my brother, there were only a thousand soldiers in the village.
There are only about twenty leaders.
But now there are 8,000 soldiers in the stronghold, plus the more than 3,000 family members who surrendered as soldiers, there are another 5,000 people, plus some other scattered people in the stronghold, the total is nearly 10,000 Five thousand people, plus those who have been coming to the mountain for more than half a year The village does not receive a large amount of money and food.
Instead, due to the huge increase in expenses such as military pay, rewards, building houses, repairing gates, etc., the village's income and expenses have always been in a situation where it cannot make ends meet.
Even if it lasts for half a year as I just said, it is also the most ideal state. " "Ahem."
Lin Chong was choked by Jiang Jing's words and coughed.
Yes, he only remembered enough expenses for two or three years, but forgot the proportion of people targeted.
Plus the additional expenses Jiang Jing said were not true.
My life is about to bottom out.
Alas, I only think about spending money and have fun, but I forget about making money.
Lin Chong thought for a while and said, "All expenses in the cottage must remain as usual.
They cannot be deducted or reduced.
As for the money and food problem, I will find a way to solve it.
Isn't this enough for half a year's expenses?
Haha."
In order to ease everyone's emotions, Lin Chong finally added wittyly.
Seeing Lin Chong's confident look, everyone felt relieved and started laughing.
Li Kui stood up and shouted, "What a shame, there are so many states and counties around.
Isn't it just a matter of beating him?"
They are only allowed to send troops to attack us, and we are not allowed to attack them, bird."
Normally, everyone would listen to Li Kui's words as a joke, but this time Li Kui's views were agreed with by many people.
Li Tianrun only heard Li Tianrun say, "Yeah, brother, I think what Brother Li said makes sense.
Last time, Qing, Ji and Liangzhou They sent troops to attack us, but we haven't settled this debt with them yet.
Now that we have strong soldiers and horses, our strength is no longer what it used to be.
It's better to just lead people to attack the city and rob the treasury."
Zhang Shun, Zhang Heng, the Tong brothers, etc. also all echoed.
Zhang Shun said, "Qingzhou and Jeju are a little further away.
Why don't we just rob Yuncheng?
It is also a rich county and there is not much defense.
With that, The abilities of the brothers do not require the elder brother to go down the mountain himself.
It only takes the younger brother and a few brothers to lead three to two thousand minions to capture it in one battle. " Lin Chong was speechless after listening to the words of several people.
He sat there and fell into deep thought.
He didn't know how to do business or make anything, and he didn't have any golden fingers or system help, so he couldn't count on these aspects.
All the money and food he had from the beginning to now, excluding the contributions from Mu Hong and Ou Peng, were basically obtained through robbery.
Some were from Jieyang, some were from the county magistrate, and some were from Wang Lun.
Lin Chong always believed in making war fortune. , the fastest way to make a fortune is through plunder.
Therefore, this time the difficulty still has to be overcome by robbing, but where is the best to robbing?
What the brothers mentioned just now is definitely not advisable to attack the county town, because Liangshan's current strength is not strong enough to attack the prefecture and occupy the county. , it will take several years to slowly accumulate strength to reach the point of rebelling.
But what to rob if we don’t rob the prefectures and counties?
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It’s definitely impossible for ordinary people.
Let’s not talk about the moral issues.
Even if we really rob, how much can we rob based on the people’s living standards?
Not only did it ruin Liangshan's reputation, it also failed to achieve the purpose of solving the problem, and even blocked its future development path.
You must know that if you really rebel in the future, it will be very important to get the support of the people.
He who wins the hearts of the people wins the world, as has been said since ancient times.
Lin Chong gently tapped his head with his hand, feeling a little worried.
He thought in his heart, "It would be nice if there was a big businessman or powerful person who was ruthless for getting rich and allowed me to rob him once.
Think about what was described in the book about robbing Zengtou City once."
Just enough food to last for several years, a fight, etc., Zengtou Market.”
Lin Chong suddenly thought of who he could rob, Zeng Toushi.
Zengtou City is a force that is destined to become a rival to Liangshan.
It is located in Lingzhou and is not too far away.
Zeng Nong, the mayor of Zengtou City, is from the Jin Kingdom.
Who knows if there is anything wrong with him coming to the Song Dynasty?
The purpose of suing people, coupled with the wealth in Zengtou City, and the Zeng family's wealth, robbing them can really make Liangshan worry-free for a few years.
Even if more people come to invest in the future, it will be enough to last for two years.
And the most important point is that the current Zengtou City is greatly reduced without Shi Wengong, and I don’t know whether the assistant teacher Su Ding went to Zengtou City at this time.
There is very little description of this Su Ding in the original work, or his There is no useful information at all.
We can only guess through speculation that his martial arts skills should be good.
Otherwise, he cannot be invited to be the assistant teacher of Zengtou City.
You must know that the chief teacher is Shi Wengong.
And since he and Shi Wengong were both teachers, he must have some real skills, otherwise he wouldn't be able to teach the five tigers of the Zeng family.
All of the five tigers of the Zeng family were rebellious and disobedient to discipline.
It doesn't matter even if Su Ding has gone to Zengtou City now.
With Liangshan's current strength, Lin Chong cannot boast.
Apart from a small number of soldiers, there is no force that can compete with it in terms of generals.
The more Lin Chong sat there and thought about it, the more he felt that it was feasible to hit Zengtou City, and he couldn't help but smile on his face.
The brothers sitting below saw Lin Chong meditating there and were waiting anxiously.
Suddenly they saw a smile on Lin Chong's face and knew that he must have come up with a solution, because Lin Chong had this expression more than once, every time.
Whenever Lin Chong had this smile on his face, it meant that he had come up with a solution and never let anyone down.
Shi Wengong saw a smile on Lin Chong's face and asked, "Brother, have you figured out a way?"
When Lin Chong heard Shi Wengong's question, he retracted his thoughts and said with a smile, "I did come up with a way, but it's not really a way, because we have always done this before, that is robbing."
The people below all became happy when they heard this, especially Li Kui, Zhang Shun and others, who thought that Lin Chong agreed with their opinions and planned to attack the prefectures and counties.
Li Kui immediately stood up and shouted, "This is right, my good brother, we are Liangshan hero, if you don’t rely on robbery, it will weaken the reputation of a hero.
Brother, tell me who to rob.
Is it Yuncheng that Brother Zhang Shun said, or is it Jeju that my brother wants to beat his mother directly, or is it the prefect Murong Murong?
Qingzhou" After hearing what Li Kui said, Lin Chong saw that he had misunderstood and smiled and said, "What Tieniu said is not right."
Others originally thought that Lin Chong was planning to rob these places, but when they heard Lin Chong said that it was wrong, they became confused again.
If they don't rob these places, then where else could they rob?
It couldn't be the common people.
Li Kui stared at his big eyes and looked around.
He didn't even understand what Lin Chong meant.
Then he asked in a daze, "If you don't rob these places, which one do you want to rob?
Could it be that you want to lead them directly?"
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Brothers, you can't go to Tokyo and rob Bianliang."
Lin Chong laughed loudly after hearing Li Kui's words.
This Tieniu's idea was really different and bold.
Lin Chong waved his hand to Li Kui, signaling him to sit down and stop talking nonsense.
Li Kui saw that something was wrong, and sat back angrily with a helpless expression on his face.
Lin Chong said, "It is true that we want to rob, but now is not the time to rob the prefectures and counties.
It is not that we are afraid of them, but it is not the time for us to attack yet, so we have to settle for the second best and rob other places."
After listening to Lin Chong's words, Shi Wengong asked, "I wonder where the other places my brother refers to?"
When Lin Chong saw Shi Wengong asking, he laughed and said, "My brother should be familiar with this place.
My brother almost went there to be a coach."
After hearing Lin Chong's words, Shi Wengong suddenly understood and said, "Did brothers want to rob Zengtou Market?"
Seeing that Shi Wengong understood, Lin Chong immediately nodded and said, "Yes, my target is Zengtou City in Lingzhou."
The other brothers below heard the conversation between the two and were not very clear about it.
Wang Yin asked, "I wonder where Zengtou City my brother mentioned is and why he chose this place."
Lin Chong smiled and said to Shi Wengong, "Brother has spent a few days in Zengtou City and knows a little bit about it.
I think I will give you a brief introduction to Zengtou City."
Shi Wengong stood up after listening to Lin Chong's words, sorted out his thoughts and said, "Zengtou City belongs to Lingzhou and covers an area of hundreds of miles.
The current chief's name is Zeng Nong.
He was originally from the Jin Kingdom.
According to him, he came from He did business in the Central Plains and then occupied the Zengtou market.
Zeng Nong had five sons, known as the Five Tigers of the Zeng family, all of whom were quite brave.
When I passed by there, I was asked to stay as a coach.
Although I was tempted, I did not agree.
The eldest of the five sons of the Zeng family is called Zeng Tu, the second is Zeng Mi, the third is Zeng Suo, the fourth is Zeng Kui, and the fifth is Zeng Sheng.
They all inherited the blood of the Jin people.
They are physically strong, brave, fierce, and unruly.
Because Zengtou City is a prosperous place.
Since it was occupied by the Zeng family, its power has become more and more powerful.
The family has hundreds of millions in wealth, countless grain and grass, and a large population under its jurisdiction.
It has more than 10,000 private soldiers and horses.
Its strength cannot be underestimated. , even the Lingzhou government could only turn a blind eye to them, let them do whatever they wanted, and let them do whatever they wanted. " After listening to Shi Wengong's introduction to Zengtou City, everyone gasped and thought in their hearts, "This is not a soft persimmon.
Everything else is fine.
Over ten thousand soldiers and horses is not a small number.
You must know that Liangshan is now There are only eight thousand soldiers and horses in total.
Among them, three thousand are new people who came to the mountain, and there are 3,500 newly surrendered prisoners.
The gap is not small. " Lin Chong saw that everyone was deep in thought and knew that everyone was a little worried.
Even Li Kui, who had just been clamoring to attack Bianliang, was speechless.
He laughed and said, "Brothers, how do you feel about this opponent compared to attacking the prefectures and counties?"
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