Since the Accounting: A Chronicle of the Roman Khanate

Chapter 520 It’s dinner time again, dear friends

Seeing that Theodora was still unwilling to give in, Touhuan simply found an excuse and ran away.

He now knows that the relationship between these girls is too complicated. With this group of people, I'm afraid I'll get involved. Anyway, these are Theodora's own matters, let her handle them by herself.

He came to the balcony again and saw that the commotion outside seemed to have gradually subsided. The fires had been somewhat extinguished near the palace and the coast. There are also many more officials coming to various yamen to report and handle matters.

Tuo Huan looked at the thick smoke rising in the distance, thought for a moment, and called the two Qixue guards beside him.

"Help me go to the Empress Temple and find Master Wang. Write these down." He ordered.

One of the guards handed the weapon to his companion and deftly asked for paper and pen from a nearby room. It seems that I am already familiar with this process.

"Tell the Patriarch that after this round of fires, many people in the southern cities will probably have no place to live. It's winter now, and people can't stay outside all the time. Ask him to inform the churches and monasteries to inform as many people as possible Clean up the space for people to live in. The kitchen also rushes to make rice and porridge, and prepare it first."

The guard quickly wrote down the key words.

"I heard that there is also chaos at the dock, but our military dock must be reserved for emergencies and cannot be occupied casually. The city gates on land cannot be opened immediately. It is estimated that it may take two days before transportation can be fully restored. ." He calculated: "During this period, there will be no shortage of water in the city, but there may be gaps in fuel and food, so preparations need to be made. I am not sure whether the church has enough reserves, and I hope that this aspect will be well prepared. planning."

"Yes... I've remembered it." After the guard finished writing, he raised his head and said, "Is there anything else?"

"It's not his first time here, just come in. What's the fuss about?" Tuohuan was a little confused.

But not long after, there was another movement from the gate. Someone ran up in a hurry, happened to see him, and shouted quickly: "Taiji, Taiji! Prince Wu and a group of people were making trouble at the gate, saying that they wanted to see you quickly."

"That's it...it doesn't seem surprising." Tuo Huan muttered.

"You can't count on them for the charity of the church - even if they have to donate things, these people would rather donate a few gold and silver utensils and indicate that they will be used on the altar. There will always be a minority who are willing to actually help the poor. Only a few. It's probably not enough to rely on them. To be honest, I don't know the reason..."

The guard hesitated for a moment, but quickly wrote it down.

"The priest said that wealthy businessmen and nobles are generally more stingy. No matter how much money they spend, not only do they have to get it back, but they also have to bring back at least the interest, otherwise they won't come next time." The guard told him: "Actually, they The biggest effect is to exaggerate the atmosphere and let ordinary people give more and do some volunteer work."

Tuohuan felt like he couldn't turn his head around, but he didn't have time to think about it carefully, so he hurried downstairs to see what was going on.

"If you have an idea, just say it." Tuohuan saw the change in his demeanor and asked proactively.

Tuo Huan frowned, turned his head and glanced at the rich area opposite the grand arena, squinting his eyes. After a while, he looked at the thick smoke in the distance again, sighed, looked back, and walked back and forth.

"This is indeed a bit troublesome. The current situation..." He thought for a moment and finally decided: "Then let's do this for now. Tell Master Wang all these situations and let him prepare as much as he can. The rest ,let me think again."

"They must be really in trouble." The visitor told him: "Those people are really miserable. You will know when you go and take a look!"

Zhu Wenkui stepped forward and said hello to him. He didn't care about etiquette and told him briefly what happened.

"Well... you should also take note of my suggestion." He thought for a moment and made a note: "Tell Master Wang and ask him to organize all the idle priests in the church to collect donations. Everyone. The richest people in Rome are all in the capital, and I don’t believe they don’t hoard things.”

On weekdays, Tuo Huan is very easy-going towards his subordinates. When the guard saw him speaking, he no longer hesitated and said, "That's it. I have donated money to the church before and chatted with a few priests. According to what they said, the church usually collects donations so that it has some spare money. Ordinary people are most willing to contribute money to do good deeds. As for these rich people, they don’t know how to spend money.”

Zhu Wenkui and his party were all in a panic. His hair was disheveled and his face was dark with smoke. Captain Jessica next to him was in a similar condition. He was wearing tattered armor and stood at the front, followed by a group of people in similar conditions.

He trotted all the way to the gate and was also surprised.

Some of these people also lost their helmets, and some even lost one of their boots, so they were temporarily wearing mismatched shoes. There were about twenty people there, almost all of them had injuries on their bodies and their clothes were in tatters. They didn't look like followers from Prince Wu's palace, but more like a group of refugees.

"What happened?" Tuohuan ran over quickly and asked, "Who did you fight with?"

The guard wrote it on the paper and showed it to him for confirmation. After no problem, he bowed and left quickly.

"what?"

Tuo Huan nodded.

This matter, to be honest, has far exceeded expectations. Guo Kang went to investigate a local gangster, and it was beyond his expectation that he could cause such a big thing. Zhu Wenkui's experience had shocked him to the point that he didn't know what to say.

"I thought your place was safer." He could only barely express his shock: "Your place is usually aloof from the world, and it's not a rich place. I really can't imagine how someone would be interested in it. of……"

"I don't know either." Zhu Wenkui said truthfully: "I suspect that she transferred the experience from France to me. But it's all in the past, and it doesn't matter anymore. We are still Think about what to do next.”

"I see there are no family members here... Are the rest of your family okay?" As soon as Tuhuan started, he discovered that the people who came here were all the retainers of Prince Wu's Mansion, so he took this opportunity to ask: "Where are the princess and the little princess? "

"They are fine." Zhu Wenkui said: "After we fought out, we didn't know where to go for a while. The chaos in the city exceeded our expectations. I am worried that there will be a large number of rebels around important facilities such as the palace and the Empress Temple. When the army gathered, we did not dare to go there, but went to the city wall to see if we could escape from the city." "On the way forward, we were very careful and did not encounter a large-scale rebel army, but we did. Several groups of thieves took advantage of the situation. We were so jealous that we rushed up to fight them. At this time, the Jinyiwei people hurried over, helped us drive away the thieves, and took us to their warehouse to hide for a while. Later, Your people from the Ministry of War and Brother Xuanying’s people have all come here, so we can be considered safe.”

"After that, Mrs. Huang came to visit us and sent her mother, sister and the seriously injured people to the Ministry of War to rest. I asked Miss Jeanne to take care of them there, so I came here first to see the situation."

"So that's it." Tuohuan felt relieved: "What about those people who attacked you? What happened to Princess Jeanne?"

"I don't know." Zhu Wenkui shook his head and said, "We were afraid of them at the time. We all felt that the explosion might not be able to destroy all the enemies. What if someone was not scared away, but became angry and rushed over to confront us? It's not easy for us to deal with it. So, after the explosion, we ran away quickly and didn't look at the situation over there."

"I came here also to ask how this matter will end." He said: "If we don't resist, it will be impossible. But who knows, it will end like this. Moreover, after all, she is also an ally of yours. The princess who came here is also a participant in several previous plans. I don’t know if there will be any diplomatic impact. So I think it’s better to tell you as soon as possible.”

"What you did is fine. If I were in your position, I would do the same thing." Tuo Huan confirmed it first, then thought about it, and said: "As for diplomatic issues... what do the French think now, or what else? It’s hard to say anything if you don’t have the energy to care about these things. Even if someone asks, it doesn’t matter, I’ll just think of a way to deal with it.”

"Hey, thank you." Zhu Wenkui breathed a sigh of relief: "This way, it's over - this half day has been really sad."

"Don't be too nervous. Theoretically, you yourself are the most important part of diplomacy, so don't worry too much about others." Tuohuan comforted him: "You take a rest first, and then think about it, whether you want to go and talk to the Ming Dynasty's envoys Communicate and test out his opinions and suggestions.”

"After all, under the current situation... His Highness King Wu may have some difficulties in restoring the country." He finished euphemistically and suggested: "However, the Ming Dynasty is the world's largest producer of high-end goods, and it can be said that it supports most of the Trade routes in the known world. You take this opportunity to have a good talk with them, maybe there will be miraculous results."

"Okay, I'll go back and try. We really need to talk to the old monk and Jin Yiwei." Zhu Wenkui agreed. However, he then pointed to the people behind him and said, "However, we still have to think about the matter at hand first."

"what?"

"Our entire palace was blown up to the sky. I walked along and heard many people talking about the explosion. I wondered if the whole city had heard it." Zhu Wenkui looked a little embarrassed, but he still insisted. He said with a scalp: "When the situation stabilizes, we will go back to clean the battlefield and see if we can clean up anything. But after everything was blown up like this, I'm afraid there won't be anything left."

"The past two days have been fine, and I can stay here for the time being, but my mother and sister can't stay in the Ministry of War Yamen all the time, right?" He shook his head: "In short, now, with so many of us, not only do we not have a place to live, , and there is no food left.”

"It doesn't matter." Seeing that he had said this, Tuo Huan quickly comforted him: "The princess and the little princess can live in the palace according to the previous arrangement. If you think it will be too noisy over there these days, no It is conducive to self-cultivation. You can also go to grandma's monastery, which is a safe place. Your people should go to the Niangniang Temple first. Master Wang will arrange monks to take care of the wounded. Others can also rest there for a while. For food, just eat theirs.”

"Okay, it's really troublesome." Zhu Wenkui thanked him repeatedly.

"Another thing is that the houses around the palace were also affected by us, and the damage was very serious. Although the noise was too big before, the people in those houses were scared away, but with so many damaged things, if they were It would be difficult to get it back and ask for accountability." He continued to tell Tuohuan: "I think that place is full of large compounds, and the people who live there are probably rich and powerful people. When they make a fuss, We have an empty reputation, so I’m afraid we won’t be able to stop them. So now that it’s dawn, no one dares to go back.”

"That's not your fault. If we really want to talk about responsibility, it belongs to Princess Jeanna and the others." Tuo Huan said, "Don't worry about this anymore."

"That's good." Zhu Wenkui nodded and took advantage of the situation and said: "In that case, I hope you can give me an official document to make a conclusion on this matter. In this way, if the neighbors come to find me, even if they want to go to court, I will have Explain with confidence."

"That's it." Speaking of this, Tuohuan had no choice but to agree: "I can understand that everyone is eager to confirm it now... Okay, I'll tell my parents when I get back."

Zhu Wenkui was obviously very happy and thanked him again before turning back to call the retainers.

"Hey, it's not easy."

"Finally it's time for dinner again."

Everyone was talking about it and prepared to leave.

"Oh, by the way, please wait a moment." Tuohuan suddenly thought of something and stopped them again.

Zhu Wenkui and others turned around and saw Tuohuan pointing at the residential area diagonally opposite the Empress Temple and next to the Grand Arena.

"I was going to ask the church to collect donations before, but I heard that people there don't like doing good deeds very much." He said to Zhu Wenkui: "But now, the city may face a temporary shortage of supplies, and it's best to let them spit out Bring me something."

"You want me to go?" Zhu Wenkui pointed at himself, a little surprised: "You also know, my face is nothing more than taking advantage of my father and Daming's name. When it doesn't matter, everyone will do it for you. Looks like this. When the stakes are really at stake, who cares about such a distant reputation? Even the church can’t persuade me, and I certainly can’t either. How can I still be as proud as Brother Tian?”

"It's okay, I'm not asking you to ask for it based on face." Tuohuan pointed out: "There is a group of Russians over there who followed Guo Kanganda before. They are also in ragged clothes, and they are just in time to help you. Build momentum.”

"Those people have some relationship with the court, and they may be acquaintances of a noble and high-ranking official here. If I ask the officials to press them, I will probably not get a penny, and I will have to receive the heads of ordinary people. Go up. So, it’s better to find someone to get it directly.”

"So you asked me to go?" Zhu Wenkui asked strangely.

"Yes, it's a good time for you to go." Tuohuan said firmly: "If anyone asks, just say that you can't get food, you can't stand it anymore, and ask those old guys to get the food out quickly."

"If I go and ask for it myself, there will be a lot of trouble in the future. The city is not stable yet, so I'll keep a low profile this time. As for you, even if they are unhappy, they can't do anything to you - they can't Go sue your grandpa."

"Okay, I'll try it." Zhu Wenkui thought for a moment, smashed the jar, nodded, and agreed directly.

(End of this chapter)