Chapter 11: Talking nonsense when you have nothing to say

The territory of the Ming Dynasty has undergone great changes.

This ancient empire that has ruled this land for two hundred and eighty years is finally tired.

Whether it is the east where the sun rises, or the west where the sun sets, or the north where snow falls, or the south where spring springs all year round, the Forbidden City, which used to be majestic and cannot be underestimated, no longer has the supreme binding force on them.

Wars, rebellions, diseases, famines, and poverty have become the main colors of this land.

The setting sun shines on the land of this huge ancient dynasty, dyeing everything with a layer of blood.

Qian Shaoshi was sitting on a huge ancient tree that towered into the clouds, eating beans while looking at the smoke-filled Luoyang.

The city is broken.

Li Hongji spent 100,000 taels of gold to buy 100,000 jins of gunpowder and 2,000 cannons from Qian Shaoshao that were originally intended to be sold to King Fu.

He filled the moat with human corpses, and used the gunpowder to blow up the solid city of Luoyang. Then, his soldiers and horses swarmed like ants along the more than ten holes that were blown up. Entered Luoyang City.

Accompanying Mr. Qian to sit in an ancient tree and watch the end of Luoyang was King Fu’s envoy.

Now, the envoy stared blankly at the bandits pouring into Luoyang City, with tears streaming down his face.

"Now, the gunpowder and cannons from my Lantian County can be supplied to King Fu at a reasonable price."

Qian Shaoshao threw a bean into his mouth, chewed it and made a squeaking sound. The voice was very calm.

The envoy said sadly: "My wife, children, old and young are all in the city."

Qian Shaoshao looked at the envoy strangely and said: "Since your wife, children, old and young are all in the city, in this At that time, you were still bargaining with me, wasting a whole day.

Look, you refused to pay, but Li Hongji was willing to pay, one hundred thousand taels of gold, without batting an eyelid. After a while, the goods were handed over on the spot.

How about that? Did you hear the dozens of noises just now?

They are all genuine goods from Lantian County. Goods are expensive for a reason."

The envoy pointed at Qian Shao Shao angrily and said, "How could you sell gunpowder and cannon to the bandits?"

Qian Shao Shao? He said in surprise: "You have forgotten that we are actually bandits too!

We are the bandits who have helped Prince Fu several times, but your prince regards us as fools.

Part 1 Once in Funiu Mountain, in order to protect Luoyang from disaster, my county magistrate persuaded Li Hongji's army to return, but you didn't even give them a mere reward of 10,000 taels of gold.

They rewarded them with 5,000 taels. Silver - do you think my county magistrate is a beggar?

I accepted the money you brought this time." After saying this, he pushed the messenger from the tree. Go down.

The branches of the tree are seven or eight feet high, and the messenger is fat, so he can’t stand up from the tree.After landing on the ground, there was no sound.

Just as the envoy landed, the men in black brought by Qian Shaoshao were massacring the guards of Prince Fu's Mansion.

This actually did not take much time. After Qian Shao Shao climbed down from the tree, all the more than fifty guards of Prince Fu's Mansion were killed.

In fact, these guards were not bad at it, but they lost their fighting spirit and thought only of surrender, so they died very quickly.

Sixteen carriages will naturally become a lot of money.

He ordered someone to smash open a box, took a look at the golden gold ingots inside, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

In any case, he finally collected the money that his brother-in-law asked for, and there was still a lot of room left.

The carriage quickly left the suburbs of Luoyang, but Qian Shaoshao did not leave. It was not until a young man with a dusty face rode over that he stood up from the recliner and threw the kettle to the young man.

"Only so many people can come."

Qian Shaoshao looked at the endless stream of carriages and said, "There are still people who are willing to give up their lives rather than their wealth?"

Many people think that as a king, Li Hongji should be a man of his word, so they are unwilling to go to Guanzhong."

Qian Shaoshao shook his head and said, "Then there is nothing we can do. "Have you given up the west gate?"

The young man said: "Hao Yaoqi was more generous and gave us an hour to collect our belongings. After I came out, Hao Yaoqi blocked the west gate of Luoyang. < /p>

There was no dispute, and our property was not touched.”

Qian Shaoshao said: “You should have angered Hao Yaoqi if he took away the property you brought. , that would be great."

The young man shook his head and said: "No, Li Hongji was very unfriendly to us. It was obvious that Hao Yaoqi suppressed his anger and gave us an hour. Time."

"Where is the money from Prince Fu's Mansion?"

The young man sighed: "There are too many. Before the city was broken, we had already captured Prince Fu's treasure house. It took three hours of work to take away half of the items in King Fu's treasure house. Fortunately, all the valuable things were taken away, and there was no time to take away the silver ingots in seven or eight warehouses and the copper coins in more than ten warehouses.

You’re taking advantage of Li Hongji.”

Qian Shaoshao frowned and said, “Then leave quickly and meet with Yun Yang early. I’m worried that Li Hongji will catch up when he finds that King Fu’s treasure house is half empty. ”

The young man nodded repeatedly. He made too much money this time, and he was also very worried.

Qian Shaoshi walked at the back of the team. There were endless cries in the team in front. He couldn't help but shake his head. He didn't know what these people were thinking. Compared with those who stayed in the city, he couldn't help but shake his head. Compared to the rich, they are in heaven right now.

Poor people are not afraid of Li Hongji, some even welcome Li Hongjibase.

The rich are very scared. They understand that as long as Li Hongji comes, the world will become a world of poor people.

The people who are more afraid than the rich are actually the officials. However, they are always the first and fastest group of people to get the news and make decisions.

Before Li Hongji arrived, a large number of officials and their families had already left Luoyang.

Guanzhong does not welcome these people unless they are originally from Guanzhong, and they must ensure that the chiefs of their original place are willing to accept them.

Even if these people come to Guanzhong, it is completely impossible for them to become officials.

For this reason, these people are not willing to enter Guanzhong. After all, people who become officials have some connections. After leaving Luoyang, as long as they are willing to spend money, it is feasible to become an official elsewhere. .

Most of the wealthy households who entered Guanzhong were natives of Luoyang. They had laid the foundation for several generations before they could live a prosperous life. After leaving Luoyang, it meant that they had voluntarily discarded most of their wealth. family business.

When Mr. Qian saw Yun Yang, Yun Yang was as happy as a giant monkey.

"So much money..."

Seeing Yun Yang lying on the money box and calling out affectionately, Qian Shaoshao whispered: "Do you want to keep some?"< /p>

Yun Yang just opened his mouth and wanted to say yes, but his buttocks began to hurt. Thinking of his father's gloomy face, he quickly shook his head and said: "No, I can't take it! You are hurting me!"

Qian Shaoshi opened the box and exposed the gold, and said with a smile: "I won't tell."

Yun Yang looked around, shook his head firmly and said, "You won't tell. , naturally some people will say."

Qian Shaoshao closed the money box with a bang and said: "You have to be really careful in the future, don't flash your eyes when you see the money. The clan leader has been replaced. Auntie can do it. I'll give you a whip to get over it.

Do you think you can still get away with it if you get into my brother-in-law's hands?

You might have to face Haechi. "

"You know this, and you still encourage me to withhold it."

"I just saw that you like money so much, so I just cooperated. After all, so much money cannot be touched. It’s torture.”

While the two were talking, a large plume of smoke and dust rose on the horizon.

The rich families who were resting screamed in fright, jumped on the carriage one by one and ran away. For a while, the sound of crying for father and mother could be heard again.

Yun Yang was furious, waved his hand, and the trumpeter blew the horn. Groups of cavalry slowly emerged from the mountain col, behind the hills, and from the woods, and lined up on the plain, waiting. The enemy arrives.

With the sound of a cannon, a black iron ball flew out from the edge of the hill. It did not explode after landing, but instead emitted a puff of yellow smoke.

And among the more than ten cavalry groups, one of them rode out. After leaving the group for a hundred steps, he sat down.He immediately fired his bow, and a bunch of loud arrows screamed and drew an arc in mid-air, and finally landed at their predetermined position.

The smoke and dust on the opposite side gradually dispersed, and a cavalryman slowly emerged from the group, and finally stopped beside the cannonballs that were still emitting yellow smoke, waiting for the general on the opposite side to come out and talk to him.

In the Lantian Army, there has never been a military example of the commander-in-chief, Silly Babaji, standing in front of the military formation and talking to people. Naturally, Yun Yang would not stand up. The idiot opposite liked to be a target for birds. Don't want to.

Conversations before battle have always been a matter for lieutenants. Yunyang’s lieutenant is now in Tongguan, so Qian Shaoshao volunteered to fight on his horse.

Seeing Liu Zongmin's tense and bitter face, Mr. Qian smiled.

Liu Zongmin said in a deep voice: "We fought hard for twenty-one days and lost 13,000 brothers. You, Lantian County, took away half of King Fu's treasure without spending a single soldier. That's what you want to do." Just walk away?"

Qian Shaoshao said: "Lantian County has been planning the Fuwang treasure for more than a day or two. This deal is about to be successful, but Chuangwang is coming to take advantage of him. You are unjust."

Liu Zongmin's eyes flashed and he said coldly: "Don't go too far."

Qian Shaoshao sneered: "How about I go back and you can do it. Are you going to start a fight with General Yunyang?"

Liu Zongmin looked at the light cavalry waiting in the distance and the rows of black gun muzzles on the hills, and sighed: "We are originally a family. People, let me ask you why you, the master, betrayed your trust and did not join us in overthrowing the Dog Emperor, but instead became the Dog Emperor's lackey?"

Qian Shaoshao said: "Are you teaching us how to do things?

Liu Zongmin pointed at Qian Shaoshao angrily and said: "Now that King Chuang has taken Luoyang, it will be just around the corner for the Eight Kings to take Wuchang. If Lantian County can attack Hebei from Shanxi, once the three of us are in When we meet in the capital, the overall situation is decided."

Qian Shaoshao frowned and said: "We can naturally send troops out of Shanxi. Not only can we send troops out of Shanxi, but we can also send out troops from Lantian City to the capital.

Liu Zongmin said: "My King Chuang now has millions of troops. There are countless talented people under his command. How can you serve as Yun Zhao's deputy? If you are willing to join forces, King Chuang said that the position of prime minister must belong to your county."

Qian Shao Shao was very angry. And smiled, while pointing Liu Zongmin with his hand, he slowly backed away and said loudly: "Do you think your one-eyed straw-headed prince asked my county magistrate to call him emperor?

Liu Zongmin, you are in vain. You are from Lantian!

I will report it to the county magistrate when I get back, and you will not be allowed to call yourself a Lantian person from now on!”