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Chapter 263 Do big things

In the distant city of Dengzhou, the rebellion is still in full swing.

Although Zhao Jinfan, who was the first to run this place, died a little too quickly, the legacy he managed is still there. Every aspect of Dengzhou City has been penetrated by scholars like them. The best thing is that this sky-high emperor is far away. The surface still belongs to Nan Chen - this directly makes it difficult for the rest of the Yu people to let go of Deng Zhou if they want to raise a rebellion.

"So how did the last steward die?"

In the Governor's Mansion in Dengzhou City, Bai Wujiu, the new boss, was shaking his folding fan while looking at the subordinates in front of him.

"Don't tell me that a god came down to earth and killed him. This kind of bullshit reason is not even believed by you if you lead the pigs... Who killed him? Dare to touch our people?"

"This……"

All the subordinates looked at me and I looked at you, and for a moment they didn’t know what to say.

After thinking about it, they could only take Bai Wujiu to the crime scene and take a look at the corpses that had not yet been restrained, as well as the big crater on the ground.

"The last manager was in the pit, but he was a little broken."

"Um……"

Bai Wu Jiu lowered his head and looked at the bottom of the pit, only to see a hint of red.

This time it was his turn to be speechless.

"It turns out... he is a master."

After being silent for a long time, Bai Wujiu squeezed out a few words through his teeth.

A master is an existence that makes people both love and hate. If a master is on your side, it is simply the most reassuring support. All enemies that cannot be eliminated with wisdom can be solved by the master with weapons. That evil aura can simply It is said to be invincible - and this also means that if the master is not on your side, it will be the most disgusting thing. An invincible monkey that eats less and drinks less, is difficult to hunt, and has amazing destructive power, no matter who When this happens, the toothache will be extremely painful.

Of course, it is not impossible for masters to deal with it, and masters who show off their evil spirits will sometimes capsize. However, dealing with masters requires paying a price, even a very expensive price.

Just like Bai Wujiu was like now, just looking at the corpses on the ground, he had already judged that the price required to deal with this master would probably be too high for everyone to accept.

"So what's going on? How do you guys provoke such people?"

Bai Wu Jiu thought for a while and decided to find out the whole story first.

And these subordinates finally found someone to talk to.

It's really not their fault for the cause of the incident. You must know that they were originally preparing to rebel. Any incident at this time would cause misfortune. Everyone was gathering troops and food to prepare for action. Who would be willing to make any mistakes at this time? ?
However, at this time, a group of caravans of unknown origin also began to purchase supplies in Dengzhou.

From firewood, rice, oil and salt, to all kinds of iron tools, as well as all kinds of books, and even clothes and cloth, there was almost nothing that those caravans did not accept, and most of them bought everything - on a normal day, although this kind of purchase is not It's not common, but it's okay, but in this situation... what are you planning to do?
I am hoarding supplies and you are hoarding supplies. I am going to rebel, and you are also preparing to rebel?

So when he realized something was wrong, he sent the soldiers to the city and detained all the caravans. However, after interrogation, no useful information was found - even if these people were imprisoned , and didn’t want to tell half the truth. He just said that he was from Wangyouxiang and it was normal for him to go shopping.

However, when the soldiers continued to interrogate the location of Wangyou Township, these people simply fell silent.

Even when faced with instruments of torture, these people showed no fear, their bones were so hard.

"Since you always talk about Wangyou Township, then let your people bring money to redeem it!"

After deliberation for a day, the previous steward decided not to use torture after all. After all, these people who looked like villagers were so confident that they were not even afraid of torture instruments. If they could not protect each other, there would be some hidden rebel army standing behind them - so this Sometimes, asking for ransom is a better way.

This is both a communication and a warning. Asking for ransom is a subtle message to the other party that he is not the kind of person who follows the rules. It is also a warning to the other party. Even if they are both rebels, they should not cross the line. This Dengzhou Someone has already taken it.

At the same time, for the sake of safety, on the day when the ransom was delivered, the previous steward arranged for five hundred crossbowmen to hide behind the screen and listen to orders. If the other party really wanted to send some masters to perform beheading operations, he could at least do it in advance. Attack him and shoot him to death with random arrows.

"Then the only thing he didn't expect was that the master who came over was too tall?"

After listening to the accounts of these subordinates, Bai Wujiu had already guessed the outcome of the matter.

Five hundred crossbowmen are certainly enough to kill mortals, and they are more than enough to kill evil spirits entering the body. But when faced with the evil spirits being released, bows and arrows can only cause some trouble to the opponent - obviously, the previous manager regretted it Provoking a mad man with evil spirits, which directly caused the poor steward to lose his life less than half a year after taking office.

"Um……"

Thinking of this, Bai Wujiu looked around at the subordinates in front of him.

"I don't know how the previous manager got along with you, but what I want to say is that for the sake of our great cause, I am not ready to avenge him for the time being. Can you understand?"

"Yes! Yes, yes, yes!"

All the subordinates nodded.

That's great, although nominally speaking, it's best for them to act like they're grieving for the death of their previous steward, but just because they're grieving, it doesn't mean they're willing to put their lives in it - you know There were five hundred well-trained crossbowmen, which was quite a powerful force, but even such a team that could be regarded as a family was still killed in less than a moment.

Now that the new Shangguan is here, he doesn't want to take revenge. That's great!
"At present, major matters cannot be taken into account."

Bai Wujiu emphasized this point again,
"So not only can we not take revenge, but we must also try our best to make friends with them... whatever they want, we can sell them to them. Anyway, we haven't broken up with Nanchen yet, and we can still buy supplies in Nanchen if we are short of them. On the contrary, this expert , if you really have good relations with us, then when we start trouble..."

"High! It's really high!"

All the subordinates applauded.

It is true that the master standing on the opposite side makes everyone extremely disgusting, but if the master becomes one of our own... This master can clear out five hundred crossbowmen in one go. When it comes to the battlefield, will he be able to do the same? Clear out the enemy troops on the opposite side at once?

With such a master in charge, there is no need to worry about failure!
"Done!"

At this moment, everyone in Dengzhou City reached a unified opinion.

But having said that, it is not easy to sell the supplies again. Perhaps due to the stimulation from the last time, the so-called "Wangyou natives" have never appeared again, even though everyone in Dengzhou City has I searched the territory several times, but could not find the caravans from before.

This search lasted for two months, and the more he searched, the more anxious he became. He was not afraid that the master would show any ill feelings towards him, but he was just afraid that the master would have no communication with him - the unknown is the scariest thing, especially when When the two sides are already enmity, God knows when their side takes action for justice, will the master hiding in the dark suddenly take a cold blow and do something cruel?
Fortunately, in the third month, the spies sent out by Dengzhou City finally discovered the former caravan member in Longzhou.

"Collecting supplies? What supplies are you collecting?"

The Wangyou native who was asked frowned.

"Oh, you said shopping. We don't buy anything anymore. We only came out this time to deliver letters...Wait a minute, with your accent, are you from Dengzhou?"

Sensing something was wrong, the Wangyou native pulled out the waist knife he was wearing on the spot. The dried blood on the blade revealed that it was a vicious weapon that had killed people before.Facing the Wangyou villagers who almost killed people on the spot, Dengzhou City's spies could only retreat.

"They are indeed rebels. How could the villagers be able to wield the ferocious weapons?"

Bai Wu Jiu slapped his head in pain.

It's a pity, it's really a pity that because of the stupid actions of the previous director, they lost the opportunity to join forces with another rebel army - he can even understand why the other party was so wary. After all, in his own words, purchasing The caravan of supplies was captured, and the master sent out to negotiate took two rounds of crossbows just after entering the door. He would also doubt what the other party wanted to do.

"Then... let's do our own thing first."

After three days of being shut up in his study, Bai Wujiu finally made this painful decision.

Although the risk has become greater, the matter must be done. Although other rebels in Nanchen are almost ready, the situation in the north is about to be revealed - after all, the grassland Khan's headquarters was attacked and the Khan himself disappeared. , this is almost a well-known thing in the north, that is, the Southern Chen Chaotang is too useless, and there is still debate on whether to move south, which is why the news in the north has not really been reported until now.

But this has been dragging on for so long. No matter how slow Nan Chen Chaotang is, he will soon react. When the time comes, he will take advantage of the scattered sand in the north and sweep north. With this great victory, they can really go smoothly. Raise an army?
"Righteousness, great righteousness is a very important thing."

On this day, Bai Wujiu taught Dengzhou's subordinates, just like his teacher taught him before he came here.

"When everyone feels that Nan Chen is immoral... forget it, to put it simply, when everyone thinks that Nan Chen is a waste, if we raise troops to replace him, we will occupy the rightful place and we will definitely win. But if Nan Chen Chen swept away the north and regained the lost territory, which means it is no longer a waste, it is still Nanchen. If we raise troops again, it will be a pure rebellion. Do you understand what I mean?"

"I understand what you mean."

All the subordinates nodded.

To be selected by the descendants of the Yu people to do things, these subordinates are naturally a group of smart people, so how could they not understand what Bai Wujiu wanted to express.

To occupy the great righteousness and seize time, we also need to convince the people in Dengzhou that Nan Chen is wrong and they are right.

This requires a suitable opportunity, but this opportunity is not far away.

Next month, next month is the birthday of the little emperor, and all the state capitals will prepare gifts to celebrate his birthday. Of course, this is nominally a etiquette, but in fact it is also a test of the various state capitals in the court - —Whether you come to give gifts, whether you give more or less, and what you give is all very particular. The people in the palace can judge the loyalty of the corresponding state capitals just by looking at these gifts.

But this time, Bai Wujiu was prepared to make Dengzhou City the most loyal one.

Therefore, for the birthday of the little emperor, under an edict from the Governor's Office, the entire Dengzhou City was completely moved. All kinds of gold, silver, treasures, silks and satins were requisitioned in the name of "offering to the emperor". Even civilian food, cloth, firewood, rice, oil and salt were included in the conscription. The reason was that the capital was empty and needed to be replenished.

For a time, there were complaints throughout Dengzhou, and the people were in dire straits.

"This is what I want!"

Bai Wu Jiu slapped his fan.

"When there is more public dissatisfaction, we will throw out the Governor of Dengzhou... Doesn't he want to use our power to become a prince? Then we can use his head to sacrifice the flag."

"Your Excellency, your predictions are unparalleled! You are truly divine!"

All the subordinates immediately praised each other, but this was not pure flattery. The main reason was that this way of uniting people's hearts was indeed almost incomprehensible. At present, even if the people from the Nanchen court wanted to come over to quell the public complaints, they would only be angry. The people of Dengzhou were beaten with sticks without any chance to explain.

After the death of the military governor of Dengzhou, everyone's hands were stained with blood. Even if these Dengzhou people didn't want to rebel, they had no choice but to follow them.

"Three days, just three more days."

After looking at the reports from the spies, Bai Wujiu gave an accurate number.

"In three days, the people from Dengzhou will make trouble at the Governor's Mansion. At that time, we will push the Governor of Dengzhou out and kill Ji Qi directly!"

"it is good!"

All the subordinates also retreated one after another and began to wait for these three difficult days.

On the first day, they listened to the bustle of people outside, and they had never been so excited.

The next day, the voices outside were quieter, but they knew that silence was the scariest thing, as it was a sign of anger about to break out.

Day three...

"What about people?"

Looking at the spies sent out in front of them, Bai Wujiu and his subordinates frowned.

"Where are those people? Where are the people from Dengzhou? Aren't they supposed to come? Why didn't they come?"

"This……"

The spy hesitated.

"They said... there was no shortage of things, so they stopped coming."

"No shortage?"

Bai Wu Jiu was dumbfounded.

No shortage?How could there be no shortage?You must know that the materials in Dengzhou City were first purchased and gathered in large quantities as military supplies, and then a batch was scraped off in the name of the Governor of Dengzhou. Who else in Dengzhou can afford so many living supplies now? For the common people to use?

"It's...the caravan from Wangyou Township."

The spy gritted his teeth and spoke.

"They don't accept the goods and sell them instead."

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