Chapter 420
Chapter 420
What he gave was a letter of resignation: "In the past few years, we have been so tacitly partnered.
Hu Xiaotian's eyes were full of reluctance.
Although I knew from the beginning of contact with this person, Brother Nanfeng's extraordinaryness might not stop because of anyone.
I knew that he would have to leave sooner or later, but I didn't expect this day to come so quickly.
Xiao Nan looked at the wheat waves swaying in the wind in the distance: "I also like the days of working with Brother Xiaotian in the past few years, yesterday, I received the news of the completion of the Yellow River Dam.
"That's a good thing!" The completion of the Yellow River Dam is a great good thing for the benefit of all people.
Xiao Nan nodded: "In addition, there is also bad news, there is a great drought in the border cities, Xizhou, and Beizhou, and the people have no harvest.
Hu Xiaotian frowned, as a parent official in a state, he could deeply understand this mood: "Brother Nanfeng is going to the northwest?" In the past few years, the wind and rain in Xuanzhou have been smooth, and there is a lot of surplus grain, but this time, the Nanfeng brother will transport the grain to solve the crisis.
Xiao Nan hooked Hu Xiaotian's neck, and the two walked back side by side, looking from a distance, it looked like they were shuttling in the wheat waves.
"Northwest, I'm going to go, but have you forgotten that since the year before last, the border city guards have secretly bought grain from the states? As far as I know, the surplus food he has stockpiled can solve this crisis. But now that the northwest is in dire straits, he has no intention of taking out the grain.
After Xiao Nan's words, Hu Xiaotian also realized the seriousness of the problem.
"It is estimated that the will of the imperial court will soon come to Xuanzhou. At that time, you only need to hand over all the amount reported on the surface, and you must keep the rest! That's the food we both worked so hard to get from the fields. "
The officials in the court know the news of the bumper grain harvest in Xuanzhou, and those ministers will definitely ask for a decree, and the court will fund and Xuanzhou will send grain to solve the crisis in the northwest.
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"Brother, now that the entire northwest is in chaos, our chance has come! I heard that there is a situation in Xizhou next door, and the people are complaining, God helps me. Wen Jin propped his hands on the sand table, staring at the northwest ravine, his eyes shining.
After waiting for a few years, I finally waited for a good opportunity.
Yu Wenshi was thinking about things in his heart and didn't answer.
Wen Jin continued: "My brother has been secretly stockpiling grain before, it is really far-sighted, and now although Jiang Wu has repaired the dam unexpectedly, the entire imperial court will definitely lose so much that she can no longer take out the disaster relief silver, she wants to turn Xuanzhou into a granary, not to transport the grain that has been smooth in recent years to our pockets!"
"One more opportunity to go!" The small flag in Yu Wenshi's hand was planted on the desert where Xuanzhou must pass into the northwest.
Wen Jins understood what he meant: "Brother, don't worry, I'll handle this matter!" "
The woman went out and immediately sent a letter to the bandits who had been stationed around the desert for many years, saying that a large quantity of grain would pass by soon!
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The decree of the imperial court arrived in Xuanzhou on the second day, accompanied by a handwritten letter from Jiang Wu.
Hu Xiaotian accompanied the grain officer to load the car, and looked in the direction of the capital: Your Highness, your letter came late, Brother Nanfeng left overnight last night, but even if you decree that I will stop him no matter what, he is not allowed to go to the northwest, but can you stop it? With Brother Nanfeng's character, I'm afraid that even if you make an order, you won't be able to stop it!
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Xiao Nan didn't send a letter to Jiang Wu when he went to the northwest this time, he knew that Jiang Wu would definitely prevent him from being in danger.
He sent his servants to collect grain and went to Beizhou, and he himself went to Xizhou first, where the disaster was the worst.
Fortunately in the city of Xizhou, a large number of refugees gathered outside the city, and the soldiers guarding the city controlled the city gate to death, and no one could enter.
When Xiao Nan came to the refugee gathering place, Rao was fully prepared in his heart, or he was severely stabbed by the scene in front of him.
There is hardly a trace of greenery to be seen on the road, and the water in the river is almost bottoming.
Lying on the ground were skinny men, with chapped lips, hollow, dull eyes, and deep-set eyes.
When they saw him coming, everyone looked at him with the same eyes as they looked at the 'food' that walked.
[Host father, I think you're a little dangerous]
"Knowing I'm in danger, don't hurry up and help."
According to the prompts of the system, he quickly found a man named Li Wu, who was the leader of these refugees.
"I have food." Xiao Nan threw out these three words like a bomb, which immediately attracted everyone's attention.
A number of people began to crawl around, shouting things like 'help,' 'please do well,' 'give me something to eat.'
Xiao Nan turned to Li Wudao: "However, you have to control their order.
Li Wu's bloodshot eyes looked at Xiao Nan with tears, what the son said in front of him, he didn't think about it, Li Wu only wanted to believe that it was true.
These people believed in Li Wu more, and soon, he ordered someone to set up a stove and start boiling water.
and selected dozens of men to follow Xiao Nan, ready to go to get food.
Li Wu followed beside him: "Dare to ask Gongzi's surname?" Xiao
Nan had already asked the system to prepare the rice and pile it in the col not far ahead.
He took out a piece of cake from his body and handed it to Li Wu: "My name is Nanfeng, there is a gold bank under my hand, I learned about the situation in the northwest in Xuanzhou, Xuanzhou was too guarded by His Majesty's order, and ordered me to escort grain to disaster relief, my ability is limited, I can't transport too much at a time, there will be food later, this drought in the northwest, the court is most concerned about the people."
Li Wu took the cake and handed it to the person behind him, but he didn't eat a bite of it.
"Nan Gongzi doesn't know, every year our harvest is not very good, sometimes paying taxes is not enough for the family, this year is really no harvest, the government has to raise taxes, how can we live? Many people have already starved to death at home, and the remaining bolder ones have come out thinking of going to the city to beg for a bite to eat, and they never thought that the officers and soldiers defending the city would actually beat us out, and whether we live or die, we all thought that the court had given up on us. We gathered at this river, which is the only source of water in the entire Western State.
"How so? The imperial court has regulations that in case of a disaster, depending on the situation, serious taxes can be reduced to 30%, and the border city guard Wen Shi began to secretly store grain a few years ago, and the grain is completely enough for the entire northwest to support the imperial court rescue. At the time of the national crisis, I thought that he would take out the food to solve the urgent need.
After listening to Xiao Nan's words, everyone blurted out and scolded the guards of the border city who were the dogs of Wenshi, and the guards in the states who were all black in their assholes.
Turning over the col, everyone saw the sacks piled up like a hill in that place, and they paused for a moment to believe that this was true.
Xiao Nan was ashamed: "Fifth Brother Li, he is incompetent, and he only brought 200 stones of grain.
Li Wu's eyes flashed with tears, and he knelt down for Xiao Nan with everyone: "We will not forget the great kindness of the prince of Nanfeng, and we will remember the goodness of the court!" Your Majesty did not give up on us, Your Majesty really thinks about us! "
Your Majesty is still a twelve or thirteen-year-old child, and I heard that it is the regent of Her Royal Highness the eldest princess!" Li Wu excitedly kowtowed in the direction of the capital: "Your Majesty! Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess! Hooray, hooray, hooray!
Xiao Nan helped the person up, frowned helplessly, and said, "Quickly carry the grain back and keep it well." This food may only be enough for you to eat for five days. But I calculated that the second batch of grain from Xuanzhou should arrive in Xizhou in five days, and by then, everyone would be saved! The
people behind Li Wu carried the grain in pairs, and when they passed by Xiao Nan's side, they thanked the living bodhisattva one by one.
Xiao Nan left and went to the border city, and the same rhetoric was concocted in the border city.
Unexpectedly, three days later, the news came that the relief grain transported from Xuanzhou had been robbed in the desert.
Two days later, tens of thousands of people gathered under the tower of the border city to denounce Yu Wenshi, as a city guard, regardless of the life and death of the people, he asked him to immediately open a warehouse and release grain.
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In the border city mansion, Lord Taishou's anxious eyebrows and beard flew wildly: "General Yu!" What are you going to do? Look at the tens of thousands of victims outside, if you don't take out the food, they will definitely level the border city!
Yu Wenshi was still quibbling: "Lord Taishou! I don't have any food to spare, and if I take it out, what will my soldiers eat! If there are bandits running rampant, do I care or not? "
When you talk about bandits, I have to mention that the bandits in the desert have robbed the relief grain, and you should immediately lead the troops to recover the grain. Instead of worrying that your soldiers won't have anything to eat after you distribute the food to the victims now.
Yu Wenshi was so angry by Lord Taishou's words that he got up from his chair and approached Lord Taishou step by step.
The strong killing intent in his eyes made the person on the other side immediately say, "What are you going to do?" Stop, don't come here, Yu Wenshi! This official is an official of the imperial court! You want to rebel!
In the end, Yu Wenshi closed his eyes, clenched the knife in his hand and strode out of the mansion.
came out just and bumped into Wen Jin: "Brother, what did Lord Taishou say?"
"He asked me to open a warehouse to release grain."
"Humph! Since we are not all the way, there is no need to stay! With that
, Wen Jin drew the knife of a small official next to him, rushed in and directly wiped the neck of Lord Taishou!
The people of Lord Taishou fought with Yu Wenshi's soldiers.
"Wenjin!" Yu Wenshi was stunned: "Do you know that you killed an official of the imperial court!"
"Brother, don't be afraid! The tens of thousands of people out there are just right for me. With that, she had the body of Lord Taishou carried up to the castle tower.
Yu Wenshi's men quickly took control of the entire border city.
"Fellow fathers, fellow villagers! For a long time, it was the border city Taishou who used the name of General Yu Wenshi to store grain, this person has been killed by General Yu, everyone can rest assured, General Yu has already taken people to open a warehouse, and soon, everyone will have food to eat! There
was cheering from the bottom of the tower.
Wen Jin continued: "The northwest has been dry for many years, the imperial court not only ignores us, but the taxes are getting heavier and heavier year by year. "
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Taxes are getting heavier every year, isn't it because local officials abuse their powers?
And this drought, didn't the imperial court let people transport grain from Xuanzhou as soon as possible, but the second batch of bandits? What is that guy up there doing?
"Girl, find a way to recover the lost food."
"yes!"
Wen Jin's words did not resonate, and she was a little unexpectedly embarrassed.
"Fathers and fellow villagers, do you still have hope for such a court?
"Girl, there are regulations in the imperial court, in case of a disaster, depending on the situation, serious taxes can be reduced to 30%, it is these dog officials who abuse their power to increase taxes, General Yu is a good person, he killed this dog official!"
Wen Jin: ..........
Her belly full of poetry and books was elegant, and she felt speechless at this moment, and she wanted to curse who told the truth to these stupid refugees.
Suddenly, she picked up her bow and arrow and aimed it at the person who had just spoken: "This person must be a spies sent by the imperial court to deceive people's hearts, today, I want to eliminate harm for the people!" With
a bang, the arrow came straight at it.
Xiao Nan, who was standing behind, shouted in his heart: "System! With
the help of the system, the arrow deflected, cutting a bloody hole in the man's arm and piercing the ground.
The crowd panicked: "Help, she wants to kill us!"
At this time, someone in the crowd shouted: "The border city is reversed!" They don't really want to give us food.
Yu Wenshi, who had returned from the moldy rice, had just walked to the bottom of the city tower when he saw the arrow shot by Wen Jin, and the back of his teeth was clucking.
If I had known, I would have kept this idiot in the house and wouldn't let it out!
At this time, the city gate was pushed by external forces, and the sound of "putting grain" outside resounded in the sky!
Wen Jin, who was holding a bow and arrow, lay on the city tower and looked down: "It's the opposite!" It's the other way around! Come on, shoot me! "
Xiao Nan secretly said that it is not good.
He shouted from behind, "Come back!" Come back, everyone! Don't look any further! "
The rain of arrows on the tower fell, and no matter how hard the system tried, there was no guarantee that there would be no casualties.
Up to now, Yu Wenshi has not retreated, he ordered people to open the city gate and kill the refugees blocking the city gate one by one.
There was a wail for a while!
Just when Xiao Nan was anxious about tens of thousands of lives, a spear flew over his head with a swipe, fixing Wen Jin on the city tower on the city wall behind her.
Xiao Nan turned around and saw Jiang Wu wearing silver armor, riding on a war horse with silver armor, running towards him.
Behind her, there are thousands of troops!
Sister-in-law!
The cold-faced general's murderous appearance made Xiao Nan unable to take his eyes off, she, at the age of twenty-six or seven, was more beautiful than before!
"The eldest princess Jiang is here, and you dare to hurt my people again! Kill!
Jiang Wu took out the long sword on the horseback, pointed at the corner of her mouth and kept bleeding, and her eyes were full of unwilling Wenjin.
Jiang Wu hurriedly glanced at Xiao Nan, retracted her eyes, and ran past him on horseback, Zhao Wu and Wang Qi led a team to protect the people and retreat.
Bai Qing stood by Jiang Wu's side, and pointed his sword at Yu Wenshi: "Your Highness, Yu Gou, a chaotic minister and thief, hand it over to the last general!" As
he spoke, he picked up the longbow and fired three arrows at once, both of which accurately penetrated the throats of the two people beside Yu Wenshi, and the other was blocked by Yu Wenshi's sword, and slammed into the ground fiercely, trembling.
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