Lord Moyu was forced to open

In Ningjiang Mansion, the heads of a large number of large families gathered at the governor's office of Ningjiang Mansion.

Jiang Jialin, the governor of Jianjiang County, was sitting at the top, drinking tea silently, listening to the family heads below discussing the issue of money and food supply.

"Master Qian, we agreed at the beginning that we would take turns supplying military rations. Now my Zhang family has been supplying military rations for more than a month. It is your Qian family's turn to take over. Where is your food?"

Qian Shoujiang, the head of the Qian family opposite, felt a little embarrassed when he heard this and said: "Master Zhang, you also know that some ministers came from Lingyue and Guangdong a few days ago. They paid three times the price to collect grain. This is a rare opportunity. Didn't I just sell all the food when I had the chance?

Now I have no food in my hands, but don’t worry, Mr. Zhang family, if your Zhang family can survive for another month, our merchant ships returning from the Suiluo Kingdom will be able to bring back food next month. By then, Qian will definitely bring more food to the Zhang family. What do you think of the grain coming out to supply you? "

"Master Qian, this is different from what we promised before. You clearly know the situation we are facing, how could you sell the military rations?

Are you kidding me? ! "

"Then what can I do? They have tripled the price of food. If they find you, will you sell it?

Anyway, if you want food or your life now, it's up to you to decide! "

The head of the Qian family started to act rogue, which made the head of the Zhang family blush.

Although there are many grain reserves in Ningjiang City, they all belong to each family.

They had agreed to take turns supplying food, but Qian Shoujiang sold the food he had stored in order to make a profit.

As a result, when it was their turn for the Qian family to provide food, there was no food.

Seeing that the army in the city was about to run out of food supplies, these tens of thousands of soldiers were the basis for them to negotiate conditions with the court, so naturally they could not be allowed to starve.

But when others were asked to provide food in advance, others were unwilling, which led to today's meeting.

Seeing that their conversation could not come to an end, County Sheriff Jiang Jialin finally spoke up:

"Family members, please don't be vindictive. The top priority now is to supply the army with military rations. If the rations are cut off, the city's army may not be willing to defend the city. If we are defeated by the imperial army, then everyone in our hands will No matter how much food there is, it will still be a wedding dress for the court.

Please consider carefully which one is more important. "

Everyone fell silent as soon as Jiang Jialin said this. The truth was this, but they were still somewhat unwilling to suffer a loss.

But looking at the current situation, if they don't take action, the Qian family will not be able to get food anyway, and then everyone is afraid that they will die together with the whole family.

After thinking about it, someone finally stood up and said, "We can replenish the military rations first, but I have a condition!"

Jiang Jialin stretched out his hand and motioned for him to continue. Then the head of the Zheng family said, "We, the Zheng family, can help the Qian family this time. The food we have brought to Ningjiang City is enough, but we want the Qian family to stay in Jianjiang County next year." The Qian family must give up 30% of the business, especially the private salt share, to our Zheng family!"

Hiss, as soon as he said these words, the others suddenly took a breath of air.

The Zheng family is opening their mouths very wide.

He asked for 30% of the Qian family's business share in Jianjiang.

At least this is a profit of nearly fifty taels of silver!

Qian Shoujiang, the head of the Qian family, immediately became anxious when he heard this. He immediately stood up and said, "Zheng Ke, you are talking nonsense! You want my Qian family's 30% share of the business in Jianjiang. Why don't you go and grab it?!"

"Robbing? How can robbery come so quickly? If you don't want to give me a share, just give me food!

It was you who was greedy and sold the grain.

If you still cause this kind of trouble at this time, your Qian family will be responsible for it! "

"Then you can't pay such a high price. You are taking advantage of the situation!"

"Then give me food!"

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The two immediately started arguing in front of the entire hall. The rest of the people also looked at each other in confusion, but some family heads flashed in their eyes and seemed to have some thoughts.

"Master Sheriff, my Wang family can also contribute some food. We don't want much, just 10% of the Qian family's share!"

"Master Sheriff, my Sun family..."

After the Zheng family, some people came forward one after another and wanted to use food supplies in exchange for a share of the Qian family's business. This suddenly made Qian Shoujiang, the head of the Qian family who was still quarreling with the head of the Zheng family, panic!

He hurriedly said: "You don't need to provide food. My Qian family has food! There is food!"

Everyone became quiet now and all looked at him.

Got food? Didn’t you just say there was no food? Why is there food now?

Qian Shoujiang also smiled bitterly at this. Although he did sell a large amount of grain to Lingyue, the Qian family was still a local aristocratic family in Ningjiang Prefecture for nearly a century.

If you really want to get food, it's not that you can't get it.

It's just that he doesn't want to take it.

Food is so precious in today's situation, and it's worth saving every little bit. He thought that after this month passed, he would think of other ways to delay it.

Try to keep the food in your hands as long as possible in case of emergency. After all, in today's world, food is the real hard currency, and those who have food will feel confident!

But looking at the situation in front of him, if he didn't take out the food, the Qian family's business in Jianjiang County would be divided up by others.

The head of the Zhang family looked at him with a sneer. They were all local nobles, so who didn't know who they were?

He never believed that the Qian family was out of food, and it turned out to be the case.

But in any case, the issue of military rations has been settled.

At this time, Jiang Jialin, the governor of Jianjiang County, began to inquire about the situation and asked: "Okay, since the whole family can take out the food, let's leave the military rations like this first."

"Now who can tell me about the situation outside the city and our situation."

At this time, a young man who was standing aside immediately raised his hands and said: "Master County Sheriff, now our Ningjiang Mansion has a total of 70,000 soldiers, and all kinds of city defense materials are also fully stocked.

In addition, the city wall was raised a few days ago, and now it can be said to be impregnable! "

Although the number of the imperial army outside the city is quite large, with a total of 10, as a siege party, it only takes ten times more to reliably capture the city. According to our investigation, there is a group of cavalry in the imperial army, which are capable of field combat. Certainly not weak.

But we don't need to engage in field battles with them at all.

After deducting the number of cavalry in the imperial army, their number of infantry should be around 70,000.

With these more than 70,000 infantrymen, it is simply a dream for them to break through our Ningjiang Mansion!

Absolutely impossible!

The young man said with confidence on his face.

And this person was none other than Jiang Guo, the nephew of the county governor Jiang Jialin. This time he was the commander of the Ningjiang County army and was trusted by Jiang Jialin.

After listening to his analysis, Jiang Jialin nodded with satisfaction, and then ordered:

"In this case, we will fight a city defense battle with the imperial court. The governor of this county wants to see if the imperial army can capture our Jianjiang County. We must let your majesty know who is the backbone of our Song Dynasty! "

"promise!"

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(End of this chapter)