Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Chapter 687

Chapter [-] The wicked have their own grind
When the news of the capture of Gulang Town reached Liangzhou City, Li Yuanji was busy looking for Liangzhou gentry for money and food.To be honest, what Li Daozong, the governor of Liangzhou, left for Li Yuanji was a mess.

There are a large number of wounded soldiers, and destroyed cities are everywhere.There is also a year of grain harvested by the Turkic people last year, which is now waiting to be done.If all of this required money, Li Yuanji would not talk nonsense, and directly summoned all the Liangzhou gentry to ask for money.

But the gentry have always been moths that cling to the big tree of the imperial court to absorb nutrition. If they are asked to contribute money and effort, it will simply kill them. There are [-] shi of grain in the money.

If we talk about ordinary officials, even Li Daozong has no ability to make these iron roosters come out with a single word.Looking at the [-] guan of money, Li Yuanji smiled coldly and said: "You are really generous, [-] guan of money is really little... Would you like me to kowtow to thank you?"

"How dare you, how dare you!" Hu Menglong, a well-known manager in Liangzhou, said with a wry smile: "His Royal Highness Qi learned from you, it's not that everyone sitting here doesn't want to help His Highness Qi, it's just that each of our families has its own difficulties. ..."

Having said that, all the gentry complained to Li Yuanji.

What manor was robbed by the Turks.

The cattle were all killed and eaten by the Turks, and a lot of fields were left unused and so on.

Although Li Yuanji is a bastard, he is not a fool. He crossed his arms and said with a sneer: "With everyone's net worth, can you get 5 to [-] yuan in cash? This king doesn't dare to ask for more, I just ask each of you to take it." Just pay one or two thousand guan, so that the king can raise [-] to [-] horses, you...you are sending beggars!"

Now everyone's complexion is not very good-looking, although we are sending beggars, but you can't say it, how embarrassing we are if you say it!Zhang Jingliang of the Zhang family in Dunhuang laughed dryly and said, "His Royal Highness, it's not that we are stingy, it's really..."

Li Rui from the Shangbi Li family interrupted forcefully: "Brother Zhang, since people think we have little money, then we just need to take the money and go back to live."

Li Rui looked at Li Yuanji proudly, and said: "His Royal Highness, no matter what you think, there is only so much money, do you want it or not? It's only natural for soldiers to fight wars, and you have to take money to go into battle? It's simply unreasonable." ! What is an army like this going to do?"

There is a saying that the wicked have their own disgusting grind.In such a situation, general managers or governors really have nothing to do with these powerful gentry. In terms of connections, each of their families has a backer.

Even though Li Yuanji is the prince, the court always has to reason.They contributed [-] coins and [-] shi of grain, which is really not a small amount.

It's a pity that Li Yuanji doesn't like this at all.

Li Yuanji kicked the account book on the table to the ground, Li Yuanji pointed at the gentlemen and said, "Okay, don't be shameless..."

Li Rui was trembling with anger: "His Royal Highness, what do you mean!"

"It seems that you really don't know this king's behavior style, so he will let you have a look!" Li Yuanji shouted outside the door: "Come here..."

The gentry were shocked.

As we all know, Li Yuanji is a jerk.They were really afraid that Li Yuanji would send troops to force them.

However, it was obvious that they were thinking too much.

Li Yuanji smiled and said: "I don't want to waste your words on you. You guys are a bunch of stainless steel roosters. Even if you talk dry, don't even think about taking a penny out of your pockets!"

He kicked the account book to Li Rui's feet, stared at the old man, and said word by word: "I don't want this money anymore, you can save it to buy a coffin!"

As soon as this remark came out, everyone's expression changed, and Li Rui said, "You...what do you want to do?"

Li Yuanji didn't use force, nor did he cut down a few people to show his prestige, but said to the attendant indifferently: "Go and clean up, I will go back to Chang'an right now, aren't you tyrannical? Keep your temper and deal with the Tubo people, ben The king will go back to Chang'an now, this Liangzhou, whoever wants to do it, and whoever wants to keep it!"

Speaking of this, everyone turned pale with shock.

Li Yuanji's courage is beyond bounds.Taiyuan was Li Yuan's prosperous place, but Li Yuanji lost it as soon as he said it, and Li Yuan only dismissed Li Yuanji's official title for half a year.The mere Liangzhou is far less important to Li Yuan than Taiyuan.

But the fate of the gentry in Taiyuan is a lesson for the past.At that time, Taiyuan City was invaded by the rebels under Liu Wuzhou's command, and there was a massacre. Many families were destroyed, and many female relatives were insulted by the rebels. As for the loss of family property, it is difficult to calculate!

Seeing that Li Yuanji was about to run away, all the gentry panicked.

They are all aristocrats in Liangzhou City, houses and shops with a lot of money and real estate, and they have no place to move if they want to move. Once the poor ghosts of Tubo are allowed to enter Liangzhou City, the Tubo people will not even have a piece of cloth. Leave it to them.In that case, although everyone on the field can escape, their losses will be enormous.

Everyone started muttering aside, and they discussed for a long time.Send representative Li Rui to negotiate with Li Yuanji.

"His Royal Highness King Qi, although [-] guan and [-] shi are a bit short of food, but it is difficult for each of our families. How about this, each of our families will give [-] shi of food, a total of [-] shi. [-] guan. How about it?" ?”

The gentry were subdued, but Li Yuanji was not happy: "Isn't it difficult for all of you, keep the money and food, go back and live a good life!"

With that said, Li Yuanji pretended to be leaving and told the attendant, "Hurry up, why are you standing there in a daze, hurry up, pack up your things, let's go now..."

Li Rui discussed with the gentry again, and everyone increased their stake again: "Fifty thousand guan, one hundred thousand stone grain, no more!"

"One hundred thousand coins, 20 stone grains!" Li Yuanji said coldly: "Don't even try to send the beggars away, you can either buy it twice or take the money. This king will never break his promise, even if he dies in Liangzhou City , this king will never retreat!"

"Eighty thousand shi, 15 shi grain!"

"One hundred thousand guan, 20 stone grain, you can either use the money to pay for the grain, or this king will leave now while the Tubo people are not here!"

The gentry were very helpless.

Although there are more than 100 people present, these families need to spend more than 1000 guns on average, plus [-] shi of grain, which is also very painful.

But they were really afraid that Li Yuanji would just pat his butt and leave.

When these gentry reached an agreement with Li Yuanji, all the gentry contributed money and people to Li Yuanji to defend Liangzhou.While Li Yuanji was busy handing over the money and food sent by the gentry, Li Yuanji received the news that Gulang Town had been conquered and the Tubo people were killing people in Gulang Town.

Li Yuanji was terrified.Trembling all over, the account book in his hand fell to the ground with a snap.After being stunned for a while, he suddenly called out: "Quick! Go and inform the troops, let them dispatch troops, and keep those Tubo people out of the country! If we let them enter the country, we will be finished!"

An aide in a black cloak and a mask said in a voice like an old duck: "My lord, most of the soldiers and horses in our Liangzhou City are recruits, and there is no way to defend against the enemy's borders. If we rely on the city wall, we can barely It can be defended, if it is a field battle, it will undoubtedly be defeated."

Li Yuanji was quite surprised, although he said it very indifferently in front of everyone.He could retreat to Liangzhou at any time, but he really didn't dare to leave.Because Liangzhou was Chen Ying's back line, once he left Liangzhou without a fight, let alone how Li Yuan would deal with him, Li Xiuning would definitely not let him go.A flesh and blood pain must be inevitable, if not, Li Xiuning will never talk to him again in this life.

Li Yuanji was a little flustered: "What should we do now?"

But the staff said: "Now we can only wait!"

"Wait?"

"That's right!" the staff smiled wryly, "Wait until the Tubo people come to attack, and wait until they are smashed under the Liangzhou city, and they will retreat without fighting..."

Li Yuanji was stunned for a long time before he let out a long sigh of relief and said, "Fortunately... But there are so many people in Tubo, we shouldn't be able to hold Liangzhou City right? No, this king has to report to Chang'an and ask Father to send troops support……"

At this time, suddenly a guard ran in in a panic and said, "Congratulations to His Royal Highness Qi, congratulations to His Royal Highness Qi!"

"Congratulations, congratulations!" Li Yuanji just got 20 guan in cash and [-] shi of grain.Although forming an army requires a lot of expenses.However, he is not Chen Ying, and he will not do everything to improve the combat effectiveness of the soldiers like Chen Ying.From Li Yuanji's point of view, he could at least keep half of the one hundred thousand coins.

But now the Tubo army is under pressure, and it is about to approach Liangzhou City.He can't take the money back with him.

But the staff looked at the attendants and said, "What do you mean?"

The attendant said: "The Tubo people have retreated!"

"How is this possible? When did the Tubo people change their sex? They have an army of tens of thousands, how can a small Gulang Town satisfy their appetite!" Li Yuanji grabbed his attendant by the collar and shouted: "How dare you play tricks on me?" king?"

"How dare you make such a joke!" The attendant begged for mercy again and again: "This is the victory letter from General Chen, it is here, His Royal Highness King Qi please have a look!"

Li Yuanji called eagerly: "Bring it here, bring it here!"

The attendant didn't dare to neglect, and hurriedly presented the good news in his arms.

Li Yuanji snatched it away, glanced at ten lines at a glance, and then turned around and read it line by line. The meaning was still unfinished, and he read it again. This time he read it word by word. After reading it, he let out a loud voice. Laughing: "Okay, okay, okay! Sure enough, we won! My third brother-in-law is a good guy, he can be regarded as a bad breath for the lonely king!"

Li Yuanji handed the report to the staff member: "Yuwen..."

Having said that, Li Yuanji suddenly realized something, and hastily changed his words: "Mr. Xu, take a look!"

The smile on Li Yuanji's face was very bright.

That Mr. Xu has ten lines at a glance.

Almost half an hour later, Chen Ying defeated the Tubo army, beheading more than ten thousand people, and the rest of the Tubo troops fled. The news that Chen Ying was leading the army to chase the Tubo people spread throughout Liangzhou.

When the gentry heard the news, they felt extremely remorseful.

If I had known that Chen Ying would come to Liangzhou, why would I give Li Yuanji 20 guan and [-] stone grains!

Everyone thought about it and sent representatives to ask Li Yuanji.Can the remaining [-] shi of grain not be handed over?

Li Yuanji said, how could it be possible to spit out the meat in his mouth.

20 shi of grain, not even one grain less.

If you dare not hand it over, consider the consequences yourself.

As the saying goes, the wicked will be punished by the wicked, and the gentry in Liangzhou will definitely suffer from this boring loss!

PS: There will be another update later, it may be later!
(End of this chapter)