The emperor's group chat begins with a song called Wanjiang as a gift to Qin Shihuang

The lieutenant said again.

Mu Sheng is also a bag now, he imagined that it would be great if he could use spells to conjure millions of grains out of thin air.

Chapter 410 Mu Sheng Borrows Food!

"Uh, contact the local gentry in Yunnan and ask them to come to the barracks, just say, I'll buy them a drink."

Mu Sheng said.

In the middle of the night, Mu Sheng's camp was full of powerful local gentry from Yunnan.

They are all big local landowners, and the food hoarded at home ranges from hundreds of thousands of shi to tens of thousands of shi.

"Hahaha, fellow squires, my army of 50 from the Ming Dynasty marched south and caused trouble for you all. I will punish myself first for this cup."

After Mu Sheng finished speaking, he drank the wine glass in one gulp.

These squires were not in the mood to drink, and all of them were sitting on pins and needles.

They weren't fools either, Mu Sheng invited them to drink, most likely because drunkards didn't want to drink, and everyone kept their wallets tight.

"Everyone eat, drink, don't be restrained."

Mu Sheng greeted.

However, these squires and tyrants just held the cups and did not dare to eat or drink a little bit at all.

Otherwise, once the favor is owed, Mu Sheng will ask them to borrow food again. Will they borrow it or borrow it?

"It doesn't matter if you don't drink, and it doesn't matter if you don't eat."

"Your Majesty has decreed to use double the money to buy the grain from the gentry."

Mu Sheng had no choice but to make up his own mind and spread the imperial decree indiscriminately.

As the saying goes, the general will be in power, and the emperor's order will not be granted.

At this time, an old man stepped forward. He is a local gentry in Lijiang and owns countless fertile land.

The family hoarded [-] shi of grain.

"Since it is for His Majesty, I am the master, and I am willing to donate a thousand shi of grain as military funds."

said the old man.

Anyway, he has [-] shi, so donating [-] shi is nothing, just because the Ming army might get hungry and snatch all of his [-] shi.

Isn't that the end?

Mu Sheng was overjoyed at first, then nodded.

A thousand shi of grain is only enough to feed a few hundred thousand people for a day, so it's useless.

He wanted to raise food for at least half a year, so that he could force Li and his son to surrender.

"No, no, my Ming Dynasty has strict military discipline, how could it be possible to take my father's food for nothing?"

"How about this, I can write an IOU to the old man, and then the imperial court will double the money."

Mu Sheng was also unambiguous, picked up the chicken feather pen and began to write the IOU, and pressed his own palm print.

Immediately, the soldiers handed over the IOU to the old man.

The old man saw that the IOU was well written.

Not only did Mu Sheng's name be signed, but also his fingerprints were pressed, and the date of return was written, and it was purchased with double the money.

"Thank you, General Mu, for the double purchase. When I go back tomorrow, I will ask my tribe to bring in a thousand shi of grain for military supplies."

said the old man.

"Hahaha, okay, old man, anyway, I have already borrowed a thousand stones, why don't you be more refreshed."

"You lend me [-] shi of grain, and when the time comes, I, Daming, will return you [-] shi of grain, and I, Mu Sheng, owe you a favor."

"You know, after taking down the small country of Annan, the emperor will definitely send me to garrison Yunnan to coordinate the troops of the province."

Mu Sheng's words were soft and hard. M..

It means that he will be the commander-in-chief of Daming's military region in Yunnan in the future. If you give me face, then I will repay you in the future.

If you don't give me face, wait for Lao Tzu to garrison here in the future, and I will have your good fruit to eat.

The old man's face darkened, and he looked around at the other squires, a little undecided.

"This? But, my family doesn't have a lot of surplus food, it's only [-] shi. If I borrow another [-] shi from the general."

"I'm afraid, my clansman has no food to cook."

said the old man.

Mu Sheng smiled lightly.

He had already found out that the old man had a hundred thousand shi of grain in his house, but he didn't tear himself apart.

"Then the old man should think of a way to do some activities among your clansmen and help me borrow [-] shi of grain."

After Mu Sheng finished speaking, without waiting for the old man to agree, he immediately wrote down the IOU with a feather pen.

"The IOU has been written, old man, please take it back."

After finishing speaking, the soldiers sent the IOU to the old man.

When the old man saw it, his nose was almost crooked.

Good guy, I haven't borrowed the food yet, so Mu Sheng gave me the IOU, and I can't do it if I don't.

He really wanted to resist, but the end of the resistance was to be killed by Mu Sheng. After all, the army of 10,000+ mussels was entrenched in Yunnan.

He also wanted to transport the grain to Kunming City and go to Prince Cang of Dayu.

But since Mu Sheng had already set his sights on him, how could he let him transfer the food?

In desperation, he could only drive the ducks to the shelves.

The old man stood up and gave an impassioned speech.

"We are the people of Ming Dynasty, and it is only right for us to contribute to the country."

"I, Wu Yifu, have made up my mind. Starting today, I will gather all the Yang family's children to raise [-] shi of grain."

"Furthermore, it is our duty as citizens to serve the country without paying back twice as much as Ming Dynasty."

Wu Yifu said passionately.

Anyway, he had already boarded the thief boat, so he simply walked to Hei Bar all the way, and hugged Mu Sheng's thigh tightly.

As long as Daming wins, his Wu family disciples can walk sideways in Yunnan.

The premise is that the Ming army must not lose. If he loses, he can only flee Yunnan.

Otherwise, the victorious Li family father and son would definitely tear themselves to pieces.

Who told me to stand on the wrong team?

"Okay, hahaha, Mr. Wu, I, Mu Sheng, owe you a huge favor."

"In the future, after the victory of Ming Dynasty, I will invite Your Majesty to confer titles on you."

Mu Sheng immediately wrote a bad check.

As the saying goes, the stick and the carrot should be served together, so as to arouse other people's emotions.

Sure enough, in this atmosphere, other squires and tyrants also expressed their willingness to use their family's food storage to support the Ming army.

Mu Sheng was so drunk in the tent that he drank ten jars of fine wine in one night.

But these ten altars of fine wine also bought him 70 shi of grain.

At the same time, he also helped Zhu Di write hundreds of IOUs. After the victory of the war, Zhu Di probably had to repay the Yunnan squire 200 million taels of silver.

Even so, it was too late for Zhu Di to thank him.

If 70 shi of grain were to be transported to Yunnan by land, then Zhu Di would have to prepare 210 million shi of grain.

why?

People who transport food also eat it.

For example, one person transported three hundred catties of grain from Yingtian to Yunnan.

When he came, he had to eat a hundred catties, and when he arrived in Yunnan, he kept a hundred catties.

He had to transport the remaining one hundred catties back to Yingtian, because he had to eat when he went back, and he couldn't be hungry.

What's more, there will be many accidents along the way.

For example, bandits robbed, the enemy sent a small group of cavalry to cut off the grain road, or the mountain road was difficult, and the grain fell into the cliff.

These are all secondary, and the most fearful thing is that these grain transport officials filled their pockets, transported three hundred catties of grain, and in the end only ten catties fell into Mu Sheng's hands.

Now, do you have a better understanding of the importance of food and grass?

Chapter 411 Mu Sheng's Military Talent

Seven days later, food from the gentry from all over Yunnan was transported to the barracks like a flood.

Soldiers can finally eat dry food.

It is food, but in fact, the gentry from all over the country specially prepared a lot of pork and ham in order to make friends with Mu Sheng.

This time, the Ming army shouted that Mu Sheng was their hero.

At this moment, Mu Sheng came up with a plan. He intentionally placed the place where the cooking stove was less than five miles away from Kunming City.

Although Kunming is said to be forested and mountainous, the north gate is flat.

Soldiers on the city wall can be seen five or six miles away.

You know, in order for Li Jishe to hold on to Kunming for a longer period of time, the soldiers also ate one meal a day.