Chapter 520 Zhao Duan supervises the grain
The backyard of the government office.
Zhao Duan left the "Combat Command" and arrived at the courtyard behind to rest.
After the screening of the outsider, he did not enter the house, but sat in a small stone pavilion, closed his eyes slightly, calmed down, and summoned Pei Niannu in his heart: "Senior, with my current cultivation level, if I give you all my strength to activate the Black Turtle Seal, how much distance can it cover at the same time? Well, if you add the Jiyue and the two of them work together, can they summon a heavy rain covering at least one county in a short time?"
Straws of red silk thread pulled away and spread out from him.
In the empty space opposite the stone pavilion, there was an ancient woman wearing wedding dresses and dark gold masks that were difficult for outsiders to peek at.
It was Pei Niannu in the "Six Chapters of the Sutra". The latter looked at him with a cold look and shook his head and said, "No... possible."
She sneered: "How strong do you think... the monks in the world are...? What's more,... your aura, when converted into magic power, will also be damaged..."
Zhao Du'an was disappointed, but it was not surprising.
In the battle of Baihua Village, Zhenbao was promoted to the heavenly beings, so that he could move the abnormal celestial phenomena within a radius of ten miles.
He has only left less than half of his worldly realm, and he is far from reaching the realm of resonance between heaven and earth in every move.
At the beginning, when he and King Heng fought against each other on the Qingzhou border, both of them also made every effort, but the water and fire areas they created also covered a small area. "What do you...want...do?" Pei Niannu asked intermittently, showing moderate curiosity.
After Zhao Duan advanced, Pei Niannu, the "ancient man" who had already died and who lived in the painting in unknown ways, became more and more vivid.
Zhao Duan shook his head and explained the enemy's preparations for the city burning:
"I was thinking that if it was at the worst time, maybe the power of the God of Water could be summoned to put out the fire."
"Save the world... to save the people?" Pei Niannu's silver eyes fluctuated slightly after his face, and suddenly said:
"There is a way..."
Zhao Duan raised his eyebrows, and then, in the stuttering and slow narrative of the sorcerer, he learned a plan.
According to Pei Niannu, Zhao Duan's current cultivation level is not enough to support the celestial phenomena, but if the magic power is sufficient and exceeds the scope of the "world" realm, it may be achieved briefly. "Senior said that the two gods of water and fire are both in the five elements, which are incompatible and can be transformed? And I happen to have the Red Flame Saint Armor. This armor can accumulate a large amount of magic power through the formation.
As long as you use some methods, in theory, can the armor be regarded as a "outside the body Qi sea"? Is it equivalent to expanding the magic power I can call?"
Zhao Duan was shocked by this proposal.
In simple terms, it is to regard the Red Flame Saint Armor as a "power bank".
Use the magic array to direct the magic power stored in the armor into Zhao Du'an Qihai, gather his own power to control the Black Turtle Seal.
"This is OK? But even if the magic power is full, due to the limitations of my personal realm, it will increase the time for me to cast spells at most.
It's unreasonable because the sea of qi has expanded, you can break through the limits of the realm and use spells that I cannot use in my current realm, right? After all, I have never successfully sensed with the heaven and earth... Wait!"
Zhao Duan analyzed, suddenly stunned, staring at Pei Niannu opposite!
He really only has the worldly realm, but the female sorcerer in front of him reached the "Heavenly Man" at his peak six hundred years ago!
In other words, Pei Niannu's understanding of practice, her theoretical realm has been touched by the realm of heaven and man!
It is only because I have lost my body and become a rootless duckweed, and I have become a person in the painting that can be as good as possible.
But if Zhao Duan uses the Red Flame Saint Armor to increase his body's magic power capacity, and then "lent" his body to Pei Niannu, theoretically, he can break through the limitations of the worldly realm and touch the heavens!
Even if it is a pieced together and extremely perfunctory "half-step celestial being", it should be no big problem to activate the black turtle seal for a short time.
This situation is extremely special, and it can be said that it is a coincidence that we can get this plan together.
After all, in this world, there are still some ways to temporarily expand your strength, but if you want to temporarily break through the boundaries of heaven and man, you are just thinking too much. "Ruzi... can be taught." Pei Niannu nodded, on her snow-white chin under her face, her lips were slightly raised, as if she had finally recovered her master's dignity in front of this hateful junior.
Immediately, I poured a basin of cold water:
"But... this method is transformed by water and fire, and the loss is huge... Now the armor is not enough." Zhao Duan was stunned.
The magic power stored in the Red Flame Holy Armor is not enough to support it? Because his Qihai is used as a "transfer station", is there any loss in the conversion rate?
So, if you want to achieve this plan, you must find another batch of artifacts related to practice and refine them.
But the first round of smelting has filled almost all Zhao Duan's family, leaving only a few used objects, which cannot be smelted because they are too precious.
In a short period of time, where would he find a bunch of low-value treasures to melt them into the armor? "There is no other way?" Zhao Duan frowned.
The dreamy warrior in front of him shook his head and slowly disappeared into the air.
No, if you can't answer, run away. What's the use of me?... Zhao Duan was so upset and a little depressed. He still didn't feel that the court was fully confident and took back the lost land safely.
And once an accident occurs, the rebels can ignite the fire at any time after three days. Once the city walls are tens of miles apart, the situation will be unimaginable.
He can't ignore the worst of what happened.
Zhao Duan fell into deep thought, thinking about whether there is any way besides this plan to increase his chances of winning.
"What are you in a daze here?"
I don't know how long it took, Mo Chou suddenly walked into the small stone pavilion and sat opposite him.
Zhao Duan came to his senses and had no explanation:
"Why are you coming out? What's the discussion inside? Is there any good plan?"
Mo Chou shook his head with a serious expression:
"I don't know anything about marching and fighting, and I don't understand it very well, but according to what Lord Xue meant, I had some combat plans, but I was not satisfied with it. It seems that before tomorrow, the discussion there may not be any results. I was dizzy and came out to breathe."
After pausing, Mo Chou seemed to cheer himself up:
"But with Lord Xue's talent, he can definitely turn the tide and complete this feat."
Zhao Duan asked a little amusedly, "Why? You seem to be more confident than Xue Shence himself."
Mo Chou said for granted:
"Because he is the 'military god', and here, who else can we count on if we don't believe him?"
Zhao Duan smiled bitterly and teased:
"When you criticized me, I didn't realize that you were still blindly trusting authority."
Mo Chou suddenly looked at him with a strange look and asked: "Don't tell me, you are actually a hidden master of military tactics and have a skill in leading troops to fight."
In the past year, she has witnessed with her own eyes that Zhao Duan has given people so many surprises that she has a little "cup arch and snake shadow", and doubts that there is something else in this world that Zhao Duan can't do.
No, in terms of military art, I can copy a copy of "The Art of War" or "Thirty-Six Strategies", and even talk about "only protracted war" and other things... But I am not even as good as Zhao Kuo, and I am even not as good as the keyboard party of the Internet military fans in this regard... Zhao Duan shook his head bitterly, he knew his abilities very well.
Copying poems, playing chess, and talking about Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism can be done by just talking, but leading troops to fight is not a master of military tactics. This is also the reason why he took the initiative to "abdicate the throne" and did not get involved in the battle formation.
Zhao Duan shook his head and said, "I really don't know this, don't expect me to give any tactical plan."
Mo Chou looked at him suspiciously for a while, and after confirming that his tone was sincere, he breathed a sigh of relief:
"Since that's the case, then you and I should do the duties of the military supervisor. Well, you have a stronger cultivation level and can also cooperate with Xue Shence to perform some tasks. As for whether you can regain the lost land and how to do it, let these be left to Xue Shence and the others."
Zhao Duan asked suddenly, "What if Su Dan's fire really burns?"
Mochou fell silent, and she slowly stood up and walked towards the house: "At worst, I can take responsibility for this responsibility, and I can bear the infamy. I am tired, go and sleep for a while." At this moment, the thin and thin back of the loyal female official next to the empress really had such a slight responsibility as a "female prime minister". However, Mo Chou walked into the room and did not hear it. Zhao, who was sitting in the pavilion behind her, muttered: "The little girl is a student, and there is never a man who has lost a war in the world. It is reasonable to ask a woman to take the blame. Xue Shence is shameless, I want it."
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Watching Mo Chou leave, Zhao Duan dusted his robe, stood up and walked towards the villa.
He remembered that those people he brought over were temporarily settled here. "Sir." Song Jinxi was guarding the door of the villa and immediately stepped forward when he saw him coming.
Zhao Duan said "happy" and asked with his hands behind his back: "How are you all settled?"
Song Jinxi said: "The two priests Yu Xiu and Jin Jian practiced in the house. Ji Yue arranged a room with Mo Zhaorong according to your instructions to protect her.
As for us, the government office cannot live here, and we were about to ask, should we go to the military camp or the inn?"
The government office is an office place after all, and there are not many guest rooms to accommodate such a large group of people. "Military camp. The two great disciples of the Tianshi Mansion will not be sent to us, but you experts don't want to spend time later. They all report to Xue Shence to deal with the rebels."
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Zhao Duan waved his hand and then remembered something: "By the way, what's the situation with that white falcon?"
He refers to the female shadow guard who was accidentally rescued before.
Song Jinxi pointed to the room:
"I rested in that room for a while. The injury had been medicine, but I still need to recuperate for a while. Mo Zhaorong told us to stare at her, but he did not notice any abnormality." Zhao Duan nodded, thought for a while, and said: "You contact the gold medal Shadow Guard Scholar and Hongye of Linfeng Dao through channels to verify the situation of this 'white falcon'."
The eunuch who is good at assassination was stunned: "Sir, do you doubt... do you want to control it? I will try the first trial?"
"No, I just feel uneasy. This is the case, and there is no need to deliberately restrict movements. Everything should be treated as the wounded, but you should pay attention to it." Zhao Duan taught me: "During the war, everything should be cautious. No matter how cautious you are, you should not let your own hearts be cold." "I understand." Song Jinxi nodded.
Using his assassination and stealth methods, he can achieve perfect surveillance without being noticed by Bai Fang:
"But the scholar and Hongye are not in Taicang, but on the Eastern Front. Even if they use Feiying to pass on the letter, it will probably take several days to give an answer."
Is the person in charge not here? Zhao Duanluo was surprised and nodded, "It's okay, go and contact me first." Suddenly, the two heard some noise coming from the side hall in front of the government office.
Zhao Duan signaled Song Jinxi to stay and walked over.
Walking through the hanging flower door, I saw a man in his thirties and forties in the distance below the steps, a man in his thirties and forties in his gray robe, standing deserted outside the yard, wandering away.
A documentary from the government office who was suspected of having an argument came over. He was shocked when he saw Zhao Duan and said respectfully: "I have met the governor." Zhao Duan was not familiar with the document, but he vaguely remembered that it was the one next to the prefect Sun. He asked casually: "What's wrong with that person?"
The document hesitated and sighed: "It's a grain supervisor below..."
After a few words, the reason was explained:
Since the war began, the materials and money of the Linfeng have gradually become short of money. Because of the need to defend the city, a group of soldiers under Xue Shence ate and chewed horses, which consumed a lot.
According to the convention, the government office and the military government ordered to temporarily appoint a group of "grain supervision officials" to purchase and urge military rations from the people in the city to support the consumption of war.
As these days, most of the people who store grain are powerful families. It was okay to ask for grain the first few times, but the number of times they asked for it was inevitable that they would hit a wall. "Here, that person is one of the grain supervisors. The person responsible for going to the city's palace to ask for grain, but Lu refused to give it to him. After hitting a few nails, he came back in shame and wanted to see the prefect explain the whole story.
But how many things are in the city now? The prefect has to sleep for only one hour a day without touching the ground. Where can I see him? The young man asked him to go back first to wait for news, but he didn't leave and quarreled a little. ”
The document explained in a delicate voice.
Zhao Duan raised his eyebrows: "Lu family? The Taicang Lu family, the number one family force in Taicang Mansion? Dare they not to pay the food? "
He had a little impression of this Lu family. When he came to handle the case last year, the old man Lu family sat at the feast at a very edge.
The clerk said a little angrily: "Before the governor came, there were not enough soldiers in the city. If you want to defend the city, you have to rely on these big families to mobilize the people to jointly defend the city. Besides, you have to appease them to avoid them turning against the king. Therefore, the prefect's attitude is gentler.
Even if the Lu family raised the price of grain a lot, the prefect recognized the light in order to maintain stability. The Lu family's grain was bought by our government office for the soldiers to eat."
After a pause, he seemed to realize that his topic was off the ground. He carefully pulled back the topic:
"Of course, the Lu family is still willing to sell grain, but he just deliberately dragged it. A small grain supervisor could not invite the Lu family. As long as the prefect goes in person, he will definitely be able to produce grain..."
Zhao Duan sneered: "What a big family, but he is very brave. He has taken the imperial court. Do you think his Lu family raises the price of grain? It's not the only one who urges to pay the grain?" The clerk's heart skipped a beat and said stuttered: "Of course... many families are like this..." Zhao Duan suddenly asked for no reason: "These rich families in the city have accumulated wealth for many years, right? Do they also like to collect some rare items? Especially related to practice?"
The clerk was stunned for a moment and nodded subconsciously: "Of course there are many, especially the rare and rare objects related to the warlock are particularly popular... Eh? Where are you going?"
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Outside the side gate of the government office, under the tall bluestone steps.
The grain supervisor named Zhao Shande was in a daze and was lonely in the corner. Although he was named "grain supervisor", he seemed to be grand, but in fact he had no real power except for his famous reputation.
As a middle-aged minor official in a Qingshui yamen under Taicang Mansion, Zhao Shande is a standard "life person".
Relying on working in the yamen and working for ten years, I finally saved money to buy a house in the mansion and moved into the inner city with my wife and children.
I thought I would work hard until I retire, and then save some money to bribe Shangguan and pass this small position on his children and grandchildren.
Unexpectedly, a war came, he was arrested as a "strong man" and served as the grain supervisor. At first, he was vaguely excited and thought that there was oil and water to make money.
But later I realized that no one else dared to touch the bad luck of Lu's mansion, so I simply grabbed him, a little official with no background, to take the thunder.
Zhao Shande stood at the entrance of the government office with his head down. Although he knew that the prefect had a lot of trouble every day, he had no time to see him, so the clerk could not trouble the prefect for him.
But all he can do is to wait here.
Wait for a moment, what if... I can meet the prefect returning to the yamen? "Your name is Zhao Shande? The Lu family's grain supervisor?"
Suddenly, a young man's voice rang out.
Zhao Shande raised his head and saw a handsome strange man walking over with a smile.
Zhao Duan walked over, patted his shoulder, and smiled and said, "Let's go, the prefect sends me to ask for food."
(The end of this chapter)