"Officer Guo, we can't leave now that we're here. The work is on the other side."
Eighty li away from Songzhou, the leader in charge of leading a large group of people to move things found Guo Ziyi.
"Help me say hello," Guo Ziyi said to him.
He was only nineteen years old this year, but he had learned a lot from Li Yi.
In different places, even the people doing the work had their own rules.
When a group of people carrying work went to other places, they would either find someone else to take over or give them money.
This included the twenty counties outside Chang 'an in the capital office. Whoever did the work would be in charge.
There was only one exception: the Li Family Zhuangzi. If the Li Family Zhuangzi told someone what to do, there would be no obstruction in the capital office.
The rules of the capital office were that the Li Family Zhuangzi was first. The imperial court's decree could be delayed, but Li Dongzhu's words had to be carried out immediately.
It was too far away now. The Li Family Zhuangzi couldn't reach them, so they had to follow their rules.
The leader ran off to find the people doing the work on the other side. Everyone was organized.
The two sides handed over the work, and the other side owed the leader a favor.
The other side gave the goods, and the people on the other side happily went back. They made a lot of money, all bought by the local officials.
Guo Ziyi didn't ask the officials to give the money to the people doing the work, because that might make things difficult for them.
He directly asked for the goods, and then the people doing the work would take the goods home first.
Guo Ziyi didn't understand history in the past, and he wouldn't understand it in the future. He had never really put his mind on the lowest level.
Now he understood. Li Yi taught by example. The lower the work, the more they had to be taken care of.
"Li Dongzhu's knowledge is vast and complex. It's beyond the reach of ordinary people." Guo Ziyi watched the two sides finish the handover and the group of people leave happily. He sighed with emotion.
"Let's go, brothers. Eighty li, one day and one night. Take the money and go back to find women and drink."
The leader who took over the work shouted vulgarities. He carried two bags and strode forward.
The others laughed and joked as they followed.
The Winged Knights were silent. Their realms were no longer the same. They only wanted to reach Song Zhou and wait for a possible war to break out so that they could kill more enemies.
On February 17th, Guo Ziyi's group arrived at the east bank of the main source of the Great River in Song Zhou. The others had all left.
The people of Jia City, where Songzhou was located, were dumbfounded. They sent people to cross the river to inquire about the situation.
When they learned that the imperial court had sent the Winged Knights, His Majesty's private army, to help with the defense and brought a lot of food, their morale was greatly boosted.
They knew about the Winged Knights. When they were fighting the Southwest Barbarians, the Winged Knights had taken action and helped them clean up.
This time, they sent a total of three thousand men, six thousand horses, and so many supplies.
Sun Renxian, the governor of Song Zhou, received the report and came over in person.
He glanced at the three thousand Winged Knights who had already set up camp, dug ditches, and set up barricades. Each of them held a crossbow in their hands, and hot-air balloons rose into the air to stand guard.
In an instant, he was so moved that he almost cried. Strong soldiers, strong soldiers of the Tang dynasty.
No matter what, they were always in a state of war.
"Officer Guo." Sun Renxian cupped his fists.
"Governor Sun." Guo Ziyi returned the salute.
Even though the other party's rank was much higher than his, it was useless. The Winged Knights ignored the other personnel.
What was a governor? The retired emperor couldn't command them either.
"Follow me across the river." Sun Renxian didn't waste any words.
"Okay!" Guo Ziyi nodded.
The hot-air balloons were lowered and put away. The large group of men and horses began to cross the river. Small boats and large boats helped with the transportation.
This was the importance of Song Zhou. To the east was the Yangtze River.
If they took down Song Zhou, the reinforcements from other places would be blocked by the river, and the enemy could go downstream.
In history, Tubo had wanted to take such a strategic location. No one knew what he was thinking.
Behind Song Zhou was the Yangtze River. Any normal person would know that the city should be heavily guarded.
And Song Zhou was surrounded. It was a fight to the death. How could they let the enemy pass through?
"His Majesty asked us to bring food for our brothers." Guo Ziyi used the megaphone that Li Yi gave him to shout.
The Winged Knights finally broke their silence. With a smile, they gave out meat to everyone.
The meat was "voluntarily" donated by the officials along the way.
The meat floss, canned meat, and canned fruit that Li Yi gave them didn't need to be taken out.
The soldiers of Song Zhou were indeed happy. They didn't actually care about the meat. They just knew that His Majesty was thinking of them.
"His Majesty also sent us new binoculars. There are a lot of them. You can give one to each group leader. Do you understand the rules?"
Guo Ziyi threw out another benefit. The group leader of a group of 50 people could have a binoculars.
"Understood!" The soldiers shouted. In the past, even the battalion commanders didn't have binoculars. The rule was that in special situations, the binoculars were to be broken first.
Now, they were directly at the group level. This meant that the Tang dynasty had more binoculars and was willing to give them to them.
Not to mention a group of 50 people, every soldier wanted a binoculars.
"Scouts, every five people will have a binoculars," Guo Ziyi shouted again.
"Wow!" The soldiers of Song Zhou went crazy. Five scouts set out with a binoculars.
Sun Renxian's expression became serious. The things given were too much and too good.
Moreover, three thousand Winged Knights had rushed here with hot air balloons. What was Song Zhou going to face?
"Officer Guo, let's talk in private." Sun Renxian pulled Guo Ziyi to the side while the others were happily choosing bacon and sausages.
"Governor Sun, it's okay. Tubo can't send many soldiers. Keep it a secret and don't spread it.
We'll rest in the city. I'll teach you how to use the explosives. These explosives are very simple.
Our hot air balloons can't fly and Tubo can't attack us. We'll rest for a month and then go back. "
Guo Ziyi knew what Sun Renxian was worried about. He avoided the others and explained the situation to Sun Renxian.
Sun Renxian was confused and asked, "His Majesty spent so much money and doesn't need us to attack?"
"His Majesty didn't spend any money. When we came out, the things were given to us by the Li Family Zhuangzi. You know that place, right? Oh, I know.
The other things were done according to His Majesty's instructions. The local officials were very cooperative.
This time, I've given each of you a dog's worth of coupons. Can you spend it here? If you can't, I'll arrange for people to go down and exchange it for other money. "
Guo Ziyi took out a few hundred yuan coupons and showed them to Sun Renxian.
Sun Renxian looked at the coupons. "No, you can spend it. Now, coupons can be exchanged for ten yuan for twelve yuan. You can't even exchange it with money. Do you all use coupons in Chang 'an?"
"No, we have money but nowhere to spend it. His Majesty and the Li Family Zhuangzi cook for us. If we switch to the Li Family Zhuangzi, we'll enjoy it."
Guo Ziyi said as he took out a stack of money and gave it to Sun Renxian.
Sun Renxian took the money and stared. "What's the meaning of this?"
"Li Dongzhu gave it to me. Since you know about the coupons, you should know where they come from. Li Dongzhu said that if there's a war in Songzhou, Sun Renxian will help. "
Guo Ziyi said calmly. The money wasn't his. He helped Li Yi give it to him.
Sun Renxian, who had gone out of the city to beat up Tubo in history, was now embarrassed. He took the money. "Does this count as a bribe?"
"Li Dongzhu gave you a bribe? What are you thinking? Li Dongzhu doesn't want to disappoint our brothers. We'll cooperate with you. If Tubo attacks, beat him. "
Guo Ziyi pursed his lips. He knew the situation. Li Yi needed to win the favor of the border generals.
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