"Three hundred thousand shi of provisions and fifty thousand gold! There are countless other treasures! " Qian Xiao was also stunned. How could Yunnan City be so valuable? These provisions were all taken from Huang Jian and Jiang Hua.
Where did Jiang Hua and Huang Jian get them from? They were all snatched from the hands of the nobles and placed neatly together.
She waited until Huzi brought his men down and Qian Xiao sent someone to get it.
He was stunned. You are rich, but have you ever seen a mountain of provisions and a small mountain of gold?
This was only a mountain of gold. On the other side, there was also Jiang Hua's share. And these were all snatched from the nobles in the city.
"That damned Huang Jian and Jiang Hua!" Gao Qiu stood in front of the two mountains and cursed fiercely.
But after cursing, Gao Qiu was confused because he did not know who to curse.
Should he curse Jiang Hua and Gao Qiu, or should he curse those nobles?
If either side could calm down and take out something that belonged to them, then Yunnan City would definitely be able to hold on.
However, neither side was willing to sacrifice themselves.
That was why the situation was like this.
At first, it was Huang Jian and Jiang Hua who fought. But when they saw the rich property of the nobles, it suddenly became Jiang Hua and Huang Jian who fought against those nobles.
In the end, the nobles were basically robbed. But Jiang Hua and Huang Jian did not have a good time. They could not withstand Yunnan City anymore.
And their spoils of war had now become the spoils of war for the barbarian army.
It could be said that they had suffered a double loss.
"With these provisions, we don't have to worry about not having enough troops!" Gao Qiu said emotionally.
"Deputy Gao, why are you so emotional? If not for the internal strife between Huang Jian and Jiang Hua, if not for the intervention of those nobles, our Yangzhou army would not have been able to enter the city!" One of the thousand men said.
Gao Qiu had now joined the Yangzhou army.
More than half of his thousand men were lost when they attacked the North City Gate, and the rest became Gao Qiu's personal guards.
And Gao Qiu became Qian Xiao's deputy, assisting Qian Xiao and leading the army.
"That's true!" Gao Qiu was also very straightforward. He took the salary of the one who did the work. Moreover, Gao Qiu had been promoted.
"Well, I'll go back and reply to Mr. Wen He. Let's see what he thinks!" Qian Xiao and the others lined up more than a thousand men and horses to guard this place. Even their personal guards were left behind, afraid that these soldiers and horses would have second thoughts.
"There are quite a lot of things!" Jia Xu smiled as he looked at the numbers in his hand.
"Leave behind 100,000 rations and all the gold. Distribute the rest of the rations to the commoners!" Jia Xu said to Zhang Jin.
"This, this, this!" Zhang Jin was also dumbfounded. This was not a small number. It was a total of five hundred thousand grains.
"Mr. Wen He, although these provisions were snatched by Huang Jian and Jiang Hua, we also contributed to it. Wouldn't it be too wasteful to give it to the commoners?" Qian Xiao also expressed her doubts.
This was not a small number. Five hundred thousand rations. With this amount of rations, not to mention fighting a war, it was enough to fight a war!
With these soldiers and horses, it would be easy to expand the army to a hundred thousand soldiers. This was because Huang Jian and Jiang Hua had robbed the commoners of their rations. The commoners were still worried about not having enough to eat. Becoming a soldier was also a possibility for them to survive.
Now, if these provisions were given to the commoners, would there still be people who would work for them?
"Mr. Wen He, this is too much, too much!" Zhang Jin was also embarrassed.
"Too much? I also think it's too much! "Jia Xu shook his head and said. One hundred thousand troops? Hehe, if they were to expand the army to one hundred thousand in Yunnan, then Jia Xu would not play around and directly go back to Wu Xi.
The latter part of the plan could not be carried out.
Liu Zhang was guarding against Zhao Wei, but how could he not guard against the Yangzhou army?
With one hundred thousand troops in Yunnan, the final result would be that Liu Zhang would not be able to eat well and sleep well.
In the end, Zhao Wei's eldest son would also throw himself into Liu Zhang's arms.
In this way, the gains would not make up for the losses.
"Thirty thousand troops is enough!" Jia Xu said indifferently.
Now, Qian Xiao had six thousand soldiers and horses in his hands. Jia Xu himself had nearly two thousand barbarian soldiers.
Then, he would expand the army by twenty thousand soldiers and gather thirty thousand soldiers.
With thirty thousand soldiers, the veterans would lead the new recruits. One person would lead three people and they would be able to fight very quickly. At the same time, it would also make Liu Zhang in Chengdu feel at ease.
Thirty thousand soldiers. Previously, Zhao Wei's soldiers and horses were more than this number. Now, Zhao Wei's eldest son, Zhao Liang, had twenty thousand soldiers and horses in Jianning.
This Zhao Liang could be considered as a free gatekeeper for Liu Zhang.
"But Mr. Wen He, if you give these rations to the commoners, will the commoners join the army?" Qian Xiao questioned.
As the saying goes, a good man does not become a soldier. A good iron does not hammer nails.
If these people and horses all had rations and food to eat, who would be willing to fight to the death?
"There will be a time when we run out of food! But these things can be left behind! "As he spoke, Jia Xu took out a piece of paper.
If one looked carefully, they would be deeds to the land.
"Farmland?!"
Now, in the entire Yunnan City, less than ten percent of the landowning households were left.
Jiang Hua and Huang Jian, these two people can be considered as demolition experts.
Although the number of private soldiers was about the same as them, their weapons and equipment were even better than theirs.
However, these private soldiers had a huge weakness, and that was that they did not belong to the same faction.
They did not have a commander with enough prestige. Also, these landowning households had their own ulterior motives.
No one was willing to sacrifice too much.
This gave Jiang Hua and Huang Jian the opportunity to destroy them one by one.
Jiang Hua and Huang Jian were ruthless people. They cut the grass and uprooted the roots.
They could be considered to have slaughtered all the landowning households in Yunnan City.
Right now, there was a large amount of empty land in Yunnan City. The fertile land had no owner.
After the war, Yunnan City was in a state of desolation.
The fire was still burning.
The people on the side were not in the mood to put out the fire, even if it was their homes that were burning.
Because they had no food, sooner or later they would starve to death. In any case, they would die anyway, so what was the point of having a house?
Even if the barbarian army entered the city, it did not arouse the interest of these people.
They were like the living dead.
The poor city only had one life left. If they wanted it, then take it.
"Fellow villagers, there is hope, there is hope! Quickly put out the fire, quickly put out the fire! " Just as the Death Qi was about to form, an agitated voice shouted.
Everyone looked at him. Isn't this Old Man Wu from the alley?
This Old Wu was a blacksmith.
Because his house was in the alley, Huang Jian and Huang Jian's army were the first to rob it.
Old Man Wu was also the first person to lose the hope of living.
But now, this Old Wu was alive and kicking, and he wanted to put out the fire? Is there any meaning to it?
"Old Wu, save your strength. Even if the fire is extinguished, so what? Anyway, we will starve to death! "A person on the side said sarcastically.
This was a kind of sarcasm, but also a kind of self-mockery. It was more of a kind of hatred towards Huang Jian and Jiang Hua, and also a kind of helplessness.
So many expressions appeared on the face of a commoner.
"No, no! We will not starve to death! We have food! "Old Wu gasped and stammered.
"Food? Old Wu, could it be that you have hidden some extra food? "Huang Jian and Jiang Hua's rebel army rushed into the city and started to loot crazily.
Not to mention hiding food, as long as there was not enough food, they would kill. Who would dare to hide food?
"It was already robbed by those melon children, where can we hide food!"
"Then why are you so excited? Do you want to see your ancestors? "
"I am excited, because the government is giving us food!" Old Wu shouted.
"The government is giving us food? Old Wu, are you crazy? These government officials don't want our lives, they want to hang our three layers of skin upside down. Why would they give us food? Isn't this daydreaming? "
The people on the other side did not know whether they were mocking the government or mocking Old Wu.
"Who am I, Old Wu, am? Don't you know? Do you think I, Old Wu, am talking nonsense? "Old Wu patted his chest and said angrily.
Everyone thought about it and realized that this Old Wu really didn't talk nonsense.
"Old Wu, where did the government get food? If they have food, why would they rob us? "Some commoners still did not believe.
"Hey! You don't know, our governor has changed! "Old Wu shouted to the crowd.
"Who changed? Is Zhang Jin no longer the governor? " The people on the side asked. Zhang Jin's popularity among the people was still very good. This time, everyone was a little disappointed, but they did not speak ill of Zhang Jin.
"No, no, it is still Zhang Jin!" Old Wu replied.
"Then what? Old Wu, you are sick, you need to be cured! "
"Hey, I am confused by your words. Let me tell you, Governor Zhang Jin is not the previous governor. He is now the governor of Yangzhou, His Royal Highness King of Han!"
"Not the previous governor?" Everyone did not understand this sentence, but they were familiar with His Royal Highness King of Han.
"Are you talking about Yangzhou's living Bodhisattva, His Royal Highness King of Han, Liu Mang?" Someone asked.
"Yes! Yes! You don't know, those barbarians entered the city, did you see them? "Old Wu asked the people.
Some people said they saw them, some said they did not.
"Let me tell you, those barbarians are His Royal Highness King of Han's troops. His Royal Highness King of Han sent troops to save us!" Old Wu said to the crowd.
"His Royal Highness King of Han? Isn't he in Yangzhou? Why would he come to our Yunnan? " If the road of Sichuan was difficult to travel, then Yunnan was a place with nine deaths and one life. Yunnan was becoming less and less populated.
His Royal Highness King of Han was in Yangzhou of the Central Plains.
"I don't know, but you will know soon. His Royal Highness King of Han's flag has been hung in our city!" Old Wu said to the crowd.
"Oh?!" This Old Man Wu certainly wouldn't lie.
"I also want to tell you that His Highness King of Han's men had sent people to set up stalls outside the city's treasury. White grains were all spread out on the ground.
They are waiting for you to go and get it! "Old Wu said to the crowd what he saw and heard.
"Dream on!"
"You don't believe me, look at this!" Old Wu suddenly took out a cloth bag.
When the cloth bag was opened, everyone took a look. Sure enough, it was a shining white grain. There were dozens of jins of grain, but now it was lifted up by Old Wu, an old man.
The hope of survival can always stimulate a person's potential.
"Could it be true?!"
"Who cares if it is true or not, let's go!" Someone said. They were already penniless. What else could the governor want from them?
They will not lose anything if they go.
"Let's go, let's go!" This scene happened in every corner of Yunnan city.
The commoners whose homes had been destroyed by Jiang Hua and Huang Jian held onto a suspicious attitude as they approached the treasury of Yunnan City.
The scene in front of them made them stunned.
Food, shining white grain.
"Line up, line up, line up! Everyone will have food, no one will starve! " Qian Xiao, the general, also ran outside the treasury to help. There is no other way, he is too busy.
One person is working as two people.
There are at least 100,000 people in Yunnan city, plus the people around Yunnan city, there are hundreds of thousands of people.
All the people need to register the grain.
They also need to guard Yunnan city to prevent Jiang Hua and Huang Jian from counterattacking. It is very busy.
"Is this grain really free?" Some people doubtfully asked.
"Of course it is free, do you still have money?" The soldiers who were explaining to the people in a soft voice have lost their patience.
After all, there are so many people.
"Take it or not, there are people behind you!"
"Take it, take it, take it!"
Qian Xiao's heart is bleeding, he can't help but curse Jia Xu in his heart. This is five hundred thousand shi of grain, and he gave it to these people just like that.
How can he not feel heartache, but there is nothing he can do. At this time, Jia Xu has the final say.
More and more people came, and those who received the grain all stood on the other side.
"His Highness King of Han is really a living bodhisattva!" The people looked at the grain in their hands. As long as they eat sparingly, they will be able to survive through the winter.
It can be said that this is the way to accumulate virtue.
"Okay, okay!!" Seeing that almost a quarter of the people have received the grain, Qian Xiao stood at the side and shouted.
A viewing platform has already been built. "Fellow villagers, those who have received the grain, please stand over there!" Qian Xiao ordered people to clean up the broken walls, leaving a large empty space.
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