Will Ming

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With a huge sum of 200 million yuan, to be honest, all the rich and powerful families in Dongping County would not be able to get together if they went bankrupt.You must know that Emperor Yang Guang of Daye passed through Boling when he returned from his second eastward expedition to Goguryeo, and stayed at Cui's house in Boling for a few days.The Cui family donated 30 guan in exchange for a magistrate and several township lords, 200 million guan, not to mention giving it to thieves to buy peace, even if it is donated to the emperor, it can be exchanged for a high-ranking official, maybe more than ten years From now on, it will be another family!

Just because Li Xian asked for too much, so after much discussion and discussion, the officials of Dongping County and the wealthy households failed to discuss a good way to solve this matter.

"In my opinion..."

Wu Xingzhi pondered for a while and said: "The head of Yanyun Village in Juyeze is just asking for a lot of money!"

He stood up and paced back and forth in the living room, and said as he walked: "The people in Yanyun Village have never come out, so they don't know the real situation of our Dongping County. He must think that our Dongping County is very rich." What does this mean? It means that the head of the Li family is just an ignorant person."

He cleared his mind, and his mood became a little more relaxed: "An ignorant person would open his mouth like this, because he has never seen money! No way, he doesn't know what 200 million yuan is, maybe... he He is simply an old man who has never read a book! I don’t know that the letter was picked up by the professor of the school!”

"Ha ha"

Everyone laughed at the sheriff's reasoning, and the atmosphere in the room became more relaxed.

"He asks for the price, so let's sit down and bargain!"

Zhang Sanheng frowned and said, "But... who is going to talk to that Master Li?"

As soon as he asked this, everyone became silent again.

Yes, since there is a counter-offer, who should entrust this important task to?Who dares to talk to that gang of murderous thieves?Everyone in the room lowered their heads, and no one wanted to take the risk.It is much more difficult to reason with a group of unreasonable people than to make a group of sheep obey the rules.It is even harder than letting a group of wolves not eat sheep, and it may be harder than letting a group of sheep eat wolves.

At least, this is what these life-saving wealthy households think.

"Master Wu and I are officials of the imperial court. Of course, Master Wu and I cannot come forward in this matter."

Zhang Sanheng said solemnly: "There is no doubt about this. As the sheriff of Dongping County, Mr. Wu is a dignified fourth-rank official. How could he talk to the thief?"

Wu Xingzhi nodded quickly and said, "If I can keep my folks in Dongping County safe and sound, even if I'm asked to take up a knife and gun to fight against the thieves, I'd be willing to do so. But this matter involves the face of the court, and I'm really not good at it." Come forward. In this way, all of you present here can nominate one person, Master Zhang can send people to escort him out of the city, and negotiate with the thieves in Juyeze outside the city. If we can reach an agreement, we can negotiate. In the end, protect the safety of our people in Dongping County!"

These few words he said were impassioned and solemn, but they didn't affect the people present, and no one gave birth to the consciousness that if I don't go to hell, who will go to hell.

Wu Shengzhi and Zhang Sanheng looked at each other and exchanged glances.Zhang Sanheng understood, coughed and said solemnly: "Since everyone feels that they cannot compromise with the thieves, as the governor of Dongping County, I am the highest official in charge of the military in this county, so naturally I can't do things that insult the state. In this way Go back, everyone, gather all the servants and servants at home and let them gather at the school grounds. I will post a notice to let the people in the city guard the city together. More than [-] families in Yuncheng mobilized. ! If the city is destroyed...you will be loyal to the country with the old man!"

This kind of official talk, Zhang Sanheng's words are resounding.

"It's better than..."

Pei Shisheng stood up and said: "It's better to choose a few more people to negotiate with the thief, and we can have more countermeasures."

All the wealthy households quickly said, "It's very good."

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On the fourth day of October, Li Xian personally led more than 2 people from the Ruijin Camp, Houtu Camp, Qingmu Camp, and Hongshui Camp out of Juyeze and marched to the outside of Yuncheng.

The army stopped two miles outside the city, the banners were unfurled, and the people and horses were jubilant.

In the past, Zhang Jincheng led the army to besiege Yuncheng when he was in Juyeze, but now Zhang Jincheng's appetite is much smaller, and he has no siege equipment in his hand. Although there are tens of thousands of horses, it is far inferior to Yanyunzhai. With an elite army, even if he really wanted to attack Yuncheng, he would not be able to defeat it in a short while.Therefore, the wealthy households in Yuncheng collected [-] guan meat, and thousands of shi of grain and grass sent them away.Zhang Jin said that the advantage of this person is that he left when he got the benefit. Since he knew that Yuncheng was not easy to fight, he bluffed and let it go.The bad thing about him is that he bluffs more often.

Wu Shengzhi and Zhang Sanheng mobilized more than [-] soldiers from all the counties that could be mustered in a hurry, and went up to the city wall. With so many soldiers, Wu Shengzhi's waist straightened a bit.He had never led an army, and he had no judgment on the number of soldiers. He only felt that the defenders on his side of the city wall were also densely packed, and it seemed that they were not inferior to the thieves from Juyeze outside.

He turned his head and said to Pei Shisheng and others who were huddled behind: "Don't rush out of the city, I want to see how the rumored good-fighting General Li can break the city. If he just goes out of the city like this, he will look down upon him."

The archers had already made preparations on the city wall. Wu Shengzhi had never been on the city wall when Zhang Jin said that he led the army before. It was the people of Yanyun Village who had a reputation for benevolence and righteousness, but he felt a little less fearful.

After making up his mind, Wu Shengzhi ordered someone to bring a chair, and he sat there with a big face, ready to see how General Li, who dared to ask for a huge fortune of 200 million, would respond.

To be honest, Wu Xingzhi wasn't afraid at all. The black crowd outside the city stood in more than [-] squares, orderly and imposing.Perhaps it was because of standing on a high place, or perhaps because most of the county soldiers had gathered in the past two days, when facing the troops of Yanyun Village, Wu Xingzhi was much calmer than when facing the letter.

At this time, a group of cavalry with bright armor was separated from the neat formation outside, galloping under the banner of Yanyun Village.

The leading knight reined in his horse about a hundred meters away from the city gate, and asked loudly, "My general asked, is Master Wu ready?"

Wu Xingzhi stood up, went to the edge of the city wall and shouted: "I don't know, what should I prepare? My son from Dongping County has prepared a bow, arrow and spear. If your general is brave enough, he can come to the city to get it!"

After saying this, Wu Xingzhi felt that he was much taller.

Zhang Sanheng exclaimed behind him: "Your Majesty is so brave!"

Pei Shisheng frightened: "Will this anger those thieves? If they really charge up, what should we do?"

Zhang Sanheng waved his hand and said: "You don't understand, this talk is inevitable, but if you show weakness as soon as you come up, wouldn't the other party take advantage of it? If you want to fight with real swords and guns, let the other party know that we The city is not so easy to take down, and then you go out of the city to talk, just give him some money and he will retreat in spite of the difficulty."

This was the solution he came up with after discussing with Wu Shengzhi for a long time last night. Both of them thought it was the safest way.

Wu Shengzhi stood by the city wall, waiting for the knight outside the city to answer.But what surprised him was that the knight turned around and returned to the army without saying a word.He looked back at Zhang Sanheng in surprise, and asked in a low voice, "What does the thief mean?"

Zhang Sanheng thought for a while and said: "I guess he didn't expect the lord to be so tyrannical, and he didn't know how to deal with it, so he went back and asked the head of the Yanyun village for instructions. It doesn't matter, the lord's words have broken the opponent's spirit, I admire it!"

Wu Shengzhi stroked his beard and accepted Zhang Sanheng's flattery frankly.

He stood on the edge of the city wall and watched for a while, but he didn't see any move by the team of Juyeze thieves on the opposite side. He smiled and said that those grass bandits were really bullying. Another group of people came out of the crowd, but they were infantrymen, and they came over carrying a rather huge object, but they were a little farther away, and his eyesight was not good, so they couldn't see what they were carrying.It wasn't until the group of infantry arrived a hundred meters away from the city that he realized that what those people were carrying was a rather large incense burner.

A soldier from Yanyunzhai put a stick of thick incense in the incense burner, lit it with a torch, turned around and left without saying a word.He turned his head to look at Zhang Sanheng again, his eyes were confused.Zhang Sanheng pondered for a while, but he was also puzzled: "What do you do for burning incense? For rain? Or for money?"

"Ask for money?"

Wu Shengzhi frowned and said, "Why don't I look like it?"

Pei Shisheng trembled behind and murmured in a low voice: "I see it, it seems that an ultimatum has been issued. If you don't pay the money within a stick of incense, you will attack the city."

It's just that his voice was too low, so that Wu Shengzhi didn't hear it.

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Li Xian got off his horse before the army formation, and a soldier brought a wooden stool and a square table in front of him. This time he was not wearing armor at all, so Li Xian sat down on the low stool with his green shirt on.Not long after, the soldiers placed some cooked meat on the square table, as well as a pot of autumn grain and new wine brewed by Ju Yeze.

This time the captains of the four battalions from Izuzawa are also here