Chapter 204 Chapter 204: Xiaocheng Rebellion (Forty Four) [Two in One]
Robbing the rich and giving to the poor?
Gu Chi frowned subconsciously.
"Which 'rich' are you going to rob?"
The "richest" people now are the rebels, right?
A fire broke out before that didn't damage their foundation, and reinforcements brought supplies of food and grass. It can be said that they are "extremely rich."
"If you are planning to attack the rebels, I advise you to give up this idea. Not to mention the manpower shortage in Xiaocheng, there is no way to mobilize extra people. Even if you can, it will only be for others to rob us."< br>
Gu Chi thought he had predicted Shen Tang's prediction.
Preemptively block this road.
Unexpectedly, Shen Tang was arrogant and said in a Versailles manner: "I have burned their baggage. No matter how stupid the rebels are, they will not fall in the same pit twice. What are you trying to do against them? My I mean, do you want to borrow some from a wealthy family in Xiaocheng?”
Gu Chi: "..."
This development was something he never expected.
He asked: "The rich family you are talking about..."
Gu Chi had vaguely guessed it, but he didn't dare to think that Shen Tang had such courage. But Shen Tang was really brave: "Xiaocheng is also the capital of Sibao County, right? It is also the most economically prosperous and populous place in Sibao County. Those who are rich, powerful and well-established...the family or the squire should be Quite a lot?”
The corner of Gu Chi’s mouth twitched.
Said: "These people you mentioned have escaped."
Those are the most well-informed people.
The rebels attacked the granary stationed outside the city. Not long after the fire broke out, the people in the city sensed something was wrong. They packed up their bags and left with the most important members of their family overnight.
If it were in the past, this group of people might not be willing to leave - the fall of the city would just change their priorities for them. In order to take over the city as quickly as possible, the newly appointed chief will generally not touch these people.
Not only will they not be touched, they will continue to be used.
This is one of their bases.
At the same time, it is also the unspoken rule of war between various countries and forces.
However, Zheng Qiao played his cards unreasonably.
When Sibao County was captured for the first time, these people were initially prepared to take advantage of it, but they misjudged Zheng Qiao's cruelty and decisiveness. Everyone who disagrees with Zheng Qiao will be killed, or several members of the family will have their household registration books cancelled.
In addition, Zheng Qiao deliberately allowed his soldiers to burn, kill and loot, which directly frightened them. So when King Pig's rebels came, they had already greased their feet for fear of following in his footsteps.
Shen Tang also heard about these news.
"I know they escaped, but time is so tight. If they can take away valuable property, they certainly can't take away grains... Isn't this what we lack? They have what we need, just right!" Shen Tang added, "It's not for nothing, you can give me an IOU."
Gu Chi: "...???"
He was not surprised by the IOU.
He was surprised why Shen Lang took it so naturally.
Gu Chi: "You said...borrowing food from those aristocratic gentry?"
Shen Tang said: "Yes."
After saying that, he nodded heavily.
The landlord must have food.
Gu Chi asked again: "Then have you thought about how to pay it back?"
Shen Tang shrugged, saying it was none of his business: "Well, it's easy. If Xiaocheng can't be defended, let them take the IOU and ask the state government to pay it back. If the state government doesn't return it, ask the court to pay it back. If Xiaocheng can't be defended, If your life is gone, how can you care about whether the accounts are bad or not?”
Gu Chi: “…”
I have to say that this fallacy sounds reasonable, but it’s just not true for normal people. Will target those people. Gu Chi was deep in thought and did not give Shen Tang an answer. Shen Tang didn't push her. She was the one who came up with ideas. It was none of her business whether she would adopt them or not.
Gu Chi asked again: "Why don't they want to borrow it?"
Shen Tang probed: "Robbing?"
Gu Chi: "..."
The seemingly frail young man had a faint look in his eyes and asked an inappropriate question: "Qi Yuanliang, have you taken Baoxin Pills recently?"
He even felt faintly gloating about his misfortune.
When you encounter such a reckless young man, you will definitely be in trouble.
Shen Tang looked nervous: "You mean Baoxin Pills? Yuan Liang did have a few bottles of medicine with him, but I didn't see him taking it, and I don't know what the effect is. Is that Baoxin Pill? Yuan Liang Do you have a bad heart? ”
Why didn't she know?
Under current medical conditions, heart disease is basically an incurable disease.
Gu Chi: "..."
He just wanted to take pleasure in his misfortune, nothing else.
He changed the subject and brought it back: "Robbing is not possible. Once you anger these people, maybe while you are still sleeping, they will open the city gate and welcome the rebels. The gang is coming to town. Don’t underestimate them.”
Shen Tang's idea was also quite dangerous.
I really don’t know how Qishan teaches.
Shen Tang doesn’t understand the logic at all.
She puzzled: "This counts as angering? Isn't Xiaocheng their foundation? The rebels are the common enemy. At present, the enemy should abandon all dissatisfaction and fight against the enemy together. If you have money, you will have people. Only by using people and being strong can we defend our homeland!"
Gu Chi was stunned by Shen Tang's seemingly logical words, and then he laughed and said: "How can this be the same? What?”
Shen Tang looked at him puzzled, asking for an answer.
“They never care who owns Xiaocheng, or even which country it belongs to. If they hadn’t encountered Zheng Qiao, a tyrant who broke the rules, they wouldn’t even have escaped. Because no matter who came to power , the assets that belong to them all belong to them, and it will not affect their enjoyment of glory and wealth, and they may even get to a higher level because of the new owner's reuse. "
It is impossible for the situation that Shen Tang said to happen. .
Because interests and positions are always different.
Shen Tang opened his mouth, as if he did not expect this.
She really didn't expect it.
The subtext of Gu Chi's words is that the family gentry has food, but it is impossible for them to borrow it. But in her subconscious mind, it should be very normal to do her best to protect her family and country. On the contrary, it is abnormal to watch with cold eyes.
Shen Tang was just silent for a while.
She asked: "The new rice that was supposed to be stored in the warehouse has disappeared, and only 30% of the old rice that was reserved for emergencies is damp and moldy. Where did this rice go? Whether it was eaten, sold, or thrown away. There must be a place to go."
Gu Chi asked: "Do you suspect that they have been embezzled?"
"It may not be them, but if you want to eat such a large amount of rice, how can you do it without any financial resources? Not only must you have financial resources, but it is best to have a legally operating rice shop in your name. The large and small rice shops in the city are almost everywhere. The prices are rising, and the front and back are saying there is a shortage of rice. It is either a tacit agreement or a deliberate act... Most of these rice shops are their property."
Shen Tang asked again: "Two days before Xiaocheng was besieged, did these rice shops collect grain at high prices? If so, they probably had a lot of grain in their hands. How could it be sold out so quickly? Follow this line If we conduct a front-line investigation, maybe we can really find out something..."
Use the handle to blackmail...
Ah no, I can definitely borrow food.
Gu Chi: "The grain depot is not an easy place to operate. If it is really corrupted, the involvement of the former county governor Yan Cheng will be indispensable."
Shen Tang said: "Then we can check Yan Cheng's study. Maybe there is such an account book? Isn't it a solid proof?"
Gu Chi: "..."
No, he is not like this. mean.
What he means is - Yan Cheng's participation is a "deal", and they may not accept it, let alone use it as a threat to make them spit out the benefits of eating it. They are not soft persimmons.
If there is really no way to get food.
As a last resort, you might try this method. Gu Chi lowered his eyelids, not really making up his mind yet.
We still need to discuss this matter with Wu Yuan, or at least inform him. He kept tapping his knuckles on the table, but what he was thinking about was Shen Tang and the phantom of the dragon over Xiaocheng.
No one knows the origin of the phrase "Zi Wei comes out of the northwest to protect the unification of the world" better than him. He knows that it is not a prophecy, but it has been "fulfilled". No sooner or later, after Shen Tang and others appeared. Is there some connection here that he doesn't know about?
Waiting for Gu Chi to come to his senses——
The words "National Seal", "Shen Tang", "Gong Shuwu", "Qi Shan" and "Chu Yao" were clearly written on the white paper on the table. Chu Yao suddenly regained his Wen Xin, which is also a quite intriguing detail. So far, the only way to restore the deposed Danfu Wenxin is that way.
If you take that route, there is a detail that ordinary people can easily overlook - during the recovery process, Chu Yao cannot stay too far away from his loyalists.
The closer the distance, the better for recovery.
Chu Yao’s loyalists are nearby.
In other words, the person who holds the Great Seal is nearby.
Could this person be Shen Tang?
Will the national seal of Xin State be in the hands of the Shen family?
When you think about it, it seems reasonable.
While Gu Chi was thinking, he heard Gong Cheng's voice across several walls. Normally, Gu Chi would simply ignore it, but this time his voice mentioned a key word - second uncle.
Isn’t Gong Cheng’s second uncle Gong Wen who disappeared for a long time?
Wu Yuanke was greedy for Gong Wen, and always thought that he would recruit Gong Wen when he met him. However, God did not fulfill his wish, and Gong Wen disappeared as if he had evaporated from the world. Gong Cheng's voice mentioned one detail - Gong Shuwu felt like his second uncle to Gong Cheng.
At this moment, Gu Chi felt like he was struck by lightning.
He suddenly understood something.
Take up the pen and write the word "Gong Wen" next to Gong Shuwu.
"Gongshu Wu, Gongshu half step; Gong Wen, Gong Yili - half step is Wu, etiquette is Wen. So that's it, haha, that's it!" Gu Chi couldn't understand it at first. The details suddenly became clear, and it was further confirmed that Shen Tang had the national seal on his body!
This national seal was given to me by Gong Shuwu!
Shen Tang is the heir of the Shen family again...
Could it be that Shen Lang is the treasure of the Xin King's royal family?
If you guess like this, everything will make sense.
Otherwise, Gong Wen would have no reason to follow Shen Tang.
Gu Chi clicked his tongue: "Gong Wen is really loyal to the royal family of King Xin. He would rather give the national seal to the descendants of the Shen family and choose a hopeless road to restore the country than to help his nephew. At this moment, he still Hiding his identity, he is so loyal!”
But——
What does this have to do with him?
Gu Chi suddenly smiled, with a strange and cold smile. He rolled up the paper on the table, took out the fire fold and burned it.
Until the paper turns to ashes in the firelight.
At the same time——
Uncle Wu sneezed suddenly.
He had no choice but to keep up with his nephew and his wife’s brother in front.
Not long ago, Shen Tang approached Gong Cheng with a worried look on his face, saying that there was a shortage of food in the city and that the food depot was suspected to have been embezzled by the former county governor. He was bored and wanted to find evidence. Maybe he could get this batch of food. Get it back. When my nephew heard this, he immediately supported him!
Gong Shuwu felt that these two children were naive.
Is the evidence so easy to find?
If it is found, can the food be recovered?
Don’t look at the situation now being besieged by the rebels.
Gong Shuwu wanted to spend more time with his nephew, so he followed him up to watch the fun. Unexpectedly, the two children rummaged through the former magistrate's study and found a wooden box under a floor tile.
The wooden box is full of brochures, which are very important at first glance!
Gong Shuwu: "..."
He watched Shen Wulang enter the study with his own eyes, and went straight to the lamp shelf, wall, and floor. After a while, he made a big harvest, and people couldn't help but suspect that this box was She buried it.
He didn't ask, but Gong Cheng did.
"How did my brother-in-law know he was here?"
Shen Tang flipped through the booklets one by one without raising his head and said: "Isn't this simple? They are all old tricks."
You can’t tell without looking at the account books, but once you take a look -
Good guy, the former county magistrate had a wide range of business.
After flipping through a few books, I found content related to grain depots.
As luck would have it, she was right.
“With these...how much food can we get?”
Xiaocheng can still support it for at least half a month!
Gong Cheng looked at the number above and took a breath.
“This——”
It’s so bold!
At the same time, there is a secret joy of having a windfall from heaven.
But when he took the evidence to ask for food, Gong Cheng hesitated.
He is also from a noble family, and he knows best what these people will do once they are provoked. But if they don't get food, the garrison will be hungry and defend the city within two days, and the people in the city will mutiny.
For a while, it seemed that no matter what choice I made, it was the wrong choice.
Shen Tang patted him on the shoulder.
“Gong Cheng, can you do it?”
Gong Cheng was caught off guard and staggered. He blushed suddenly and said: "This matter is of great importance and should not be taken lightly."
"You don't dare to do it?" Shen Tang asked him bluntly.
Gong Cheng said helplessly: "It's not easy to offend."
Shen Tang rolled his eyes and had a bad idea.
She hooked her fingers at Gong Cheng. Gong Cheng hesitated, but still couldn't restrain his curiosity and stepped forward to hear what Shen Tang had in mind. Shen Tang's brilliant plan was not only damaging but also extremely bad.
After Gong Cheng heard this, his eyes widened in shock and he hesitated: "How, how can we use this method? This is not robbery?"
Shen Tang said: "It is robbery!"
Since borrowing is not possible, then grab it.
Anyway, I have to give her food.
The landlord has food at home but refuses to take it out. He still wants to sit on the ground and raise the price to make war fortune? You really rebelled against them!
Not to mention that the food came from greed.
The account books are proof!
The food in the granary is originally used to deal with natural and man-made disasters. If it is not used now, when will it be needed? How is moving them different from rebellion?
It would have been good if they didn’t come to cancel their household registration.
Gong Cheng said: "If they are forced into a hurry..."
Shen Tang: "What's so urgent? Has the county government come forward to force them to provide food? Don't talk nonsense! No! It's the 'mob' who robbed their granary, they are the 'common people' who can't afford rice shops and have to take desperate risks. , the 'common people' have been suffering from the landlords for a long time. As a local official, the county government has justice. How could an incarnation of a person, a representative of justice, do such a thing as robbery?"
As for how those "mobs" knew the location of the granary and showed up with so many people, well, they were seriously shorthanded. How could the county, where everyone wished their parents had three pairs of hands, know?
You can’t wrongly accuse an incorruptible person!
Gong Cheng was a little moved.
So——
Wu Yuan struggled all night and made up his mind to let Gu Chi give it a try - hold a banquet to invite all the acting principals to hear about "borrowing food". As a result, before he even stepped out of the county house, the acting principals came to the door crying.
Wu Yuan: "???"
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I wanted to raise a cat on a whim, so I checked and found that there was a cattery near my home, so I went to the cattery in the afternoon and brought back a silver-pointed British Shorthair. The landlady said it was four months, but I always felt that this cat was so fat and didn’t look so small...
(End of this chapter)