In front of the county treasury, Bo Chen Decheng, the chief in charge of money and grain, took people out of the boxes of tax money in the treasury, and then walked to Lu Zhixian with the account book, and said softly: "My lord, the newly collected tax money in the treasury and the money allocated by the government are all here, and a total of 13,200 taels are always added together. ” Lu Zhixian's cheeks twitched slightly, he took the account book and stamped it without looking at it, and then raised his hand and ordered the soldiers of the green battalion who had been waiting there for a long time: "Let's move out." ” "Chirp" A group of red-eyed green battalion soldiers responded violently, rushing towards the silver boxes like wolves, and then three or five people carried all the silver to the three carriages outside.
When the green battalion soldiers carried the silver, Chen Decheng was still not at ease, and whispered to Lu Zhixian: "My lord, there is so much silver, if the house investigates it, I am afraid it will be difficult to explain." ” Lu Zhixian turned his head and looked at Chen Zhubo's face, and asked him: "The thief army is attacking the city, does this county need to organize young people to defend the city?"
"That's a natural thing."
"Do you want to reward the young man in the upper city?"
"Only a brave man can be rewarded with a heavy reward, and this reward is naturally indispensable."
"In this case, the whereabouts of this silver will be clear, and the government will ask if there is anything bad to explain, can this silver be more important than the gains and losses of Deqing City?"
After Lu Zhixian finished speaking, he moved his gaze to the three carriages again, and there was no fluctuation on his face, but his gaze at the silver was a little unpredictable.
As soon as the carriage arrived at the city gate, Tang Sanshui's personal soldier Jia Da jumped down excitedly: "My lord, the brothers have brought the silver."
"How many" Tang Sanshui, who was sitting there, jumped up nervously.
"Thirteen thousand two hundred taels, plus the five thousand taels sent before, a total of eighteen thousand two hundred taels" When he said the number, Jia Da is eyes lit up, and he looked extremely refreshed. so much So much silver made Tang Sanshui chuckle, a little frightened, but then he was consumed by the desire for profit, and said in his heart: Since you have done it, what are you afraid of, of course the more silver the better After circling around the three carriages, Tang Sanshui decisively ordered Jia Dadao: "Send one of them back to the county office." ” Hearing this, Jia Da was stunned: "Why did you send it again when you just moved back?"
Tang Sanshui glanced at him and said meaningfully: "In this world, eating alone will not end well, the benefits, everyone has a share, but everyone has no share, understand" Jia Da suddenly realized, and smiled: "The lowly position understands, and the lowly position will take someone to send it" Tang Sanshui said "um", and then admonished: "Quietly, don't let people see it." ” "Don't worry, my lord, I will do this unknowingly," Jia Daer didn't say a word, beckoned the two soldiers to take advantage of the night to send a carriage back.
Standing there and thinking for a moment, Tang Sanshui raised his hand again and motioned for the soldiers under the city gate to come over, and said to them, "You carry down the two boxes and move them back to the brothers." ” "Thank you for the award" When the green battalion soldiers heard this, they all cheered and jumped up, rushed into the carriage and carried two big boxes down, good guys, but it is very heavy, I am afraid that there will be more than two thousand taels, and one person can get more than a dozen taels After arranging for the soldiers to send the two boxes of silver away, Song Qian, another henchman of Tang Sanshui, came over and asked: "My lord, the five thousand taels will also be sent to the Ming army."
Tang Sanshui was stunned: "What to send, find a few reliable people to pull to my house." ” Song Qian was stunned, and hurriedly responded: "Chirp" "A total of 118 prisoners in the prison were sent to your army, and more than 600 people were arrested in the city, so we finally got all the prisoners."
"More than 600 people arrested" Zhou Shixiang was a little surprised, Tang Sanshui was really bold enough, and he directly arrested the residents of Deqing to himself, wasn't he afraid that someone would denounce him The people who came saw that Zhou Shixiang was puzzled, and hurriedly explained: "The general can rest assured, the arrests are all from some places fleeing from the famine, and the locals are not tolerant of these outsiders on weekdays.
Besides, my family is a thief, no, in the name of preventing any of them from being spies of your army, so no one dares to make irresponsible remarks. ” Zhou Shixiang smiled, he didn't care what Tang Sanshui did, as long as he did it, he asked the person again: "What about the silver?"
The person who came hesitated for a moment but said: "My lord asked me to ask the general, whether the general wants silver, or grain, or halves."
"What, do you have a lot of food in Deqing Green Camp?"
"It's not too much, but I just brought a batch of military rations from the government last month, and I was afraid of mold."
"You go and tell your lord that if he has food, I will take it, and I will not take advantage of him, but at the market price, and if he can also provide some weapons, the price is also negotiable."
"Okay, the little one will go back to his life" Seeing Zhou Shixiang talking so well, he couldn't help but relax.
Zhou Shixiang signaled him not to leave in a hurry, and asked, "By the way, what about that Lu Zhixian, why didn't he send someone to talk to Ben General?"
"This" came and hesitated for a moment, a little embarrassed: "Lord Lu is infected with the wind and cold, and his body is unwell, in short, the general must be able to understand the hardships." ” Zhou Shixiang smiled heartily: "I understand, you go back." ” After the people left, Shao Jiugong rushed over with a few of his subordinates and said, "Lord Commander, I have touched all the people according to your orders, and a few of them may be useful." ” "Which ones" "There is a man named Tie Yi, who fires cannons in the mine, and according to him, he can bury medicine."
Miners, bury the medicine Somehow, these two keywords made Zhou Shixiang think of the Taiping Army in later generations, it seems that there are many miners in Guangxi, the main force of the Taiping Army, and Yang Xiuqing, the eastern king of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, seems to be also a miner.
Compared with ordinary people, miners work hard all year round under the condition of nine deaths and a lifetime, and their tolerance for fear of life and death is much stronger than ordinary people, and their organization and discipline are also stronger than ordinary people, and their physique is much higher than ordinary people.
Moreover, the miners would also bury gunpowder, and with a little use, they were the best sappers of this era.
Thinking of this, Zhou Shixiang was enthusiastic and instructed Shao Jiugong: "Bring that Tie Yi over, I have something to ask him." ” Shao Jiugong immediately called someone to bring Tie Yi over, and took advantage of this free time, and roughly told Zhou Shixiang how Tie Yi committed crimes, I heard that this person was murdered to avenge the death of his master, Zhou Shixiang couldn't help but sigh, this person is somewhat similar to himself, but not as miserable as himself. oshow7 t1706231537: