"What? Those calfs raise so many? Why don't they die and blackmail me on my head?" Geng Jingzhong couldn't help but shouted in anger after hearing Huang Qifa's report, "You are also suffering from diarrhea? You are so embarrassed to report back and forth, would you give all our belongings to that calf raise?"

Huang Qifa knelt on the ground and didn't dare to move, for fear that Geng Jingzhong would not be able to help but be angry.

"Okay! Lao Geng. Don't scare Mr. Huang Qian." Kong Youde waited until Geng Jingzhong finished scolding before he came out to smooth things over, "Mr. Huang Qian, don't be angry, Lao Geng has such a temper. Anyway, you can reach a result this time, that is a great contribution. Please recall carefully what kind of person is the military officer of the official army."

"Two great mentors!" Huang Qifa raised his head and said carefully, "I am just a little bit like my own feelings, and I dare not talk nonsense in front of the two great mentors."

"It's okay! Let's say boldly. Let's say everything you observe there, we have our own judgment."

"The little one dared to speak. After the little one went to the Wudusi camp, the little one and the little one were blindfolded. But they took the little one for a long time and did not take any detours. The camp was probably very large, and the number of soldiers was not small."

"To be honest, don't take out all the foot bindings with your mother-in-law. Just talk about the military officer." Geng Jingzhong interrupted impatiently.

"Yes! Yes!" Huang Qifa nodded quickly to agree. He continued, "The Wu Dusi is quite young and looks only in his early twenties. But he has a bad temper and is moody, and has been intimidating the little one to make the little one surrender. But in the end, the reason why the little one escaped was mainly because the Wu Dusi is quite greedy for money."

"He proposed to ask for fifty boxes of goods, and proposed to sell us 50 taels of silver per stone. But the young man did not agree, but just went there vaguely and wanted to come back and wait for the two great men to decide."

"But the young man also saw that Wu Dusi's sincerity was somewhat. He made things difficult for the young man, which proved that he was still sincere to the agreement. However, the young man wanted to bargain at that time, but he seemed to step on Wu Dusi's tail. He shouted on the spot to wink at the young man. He was not the young man's cleverness, and he might not have to come back in full. So it can be said that, otherwise the two men would agree to him, or the two men would ignore him. If he wanted to bargain and pay less, the possibility of success was indeed not high."

Kong Youde frowned and pondered for a while, then ordered Huang Qifa: "You go down first and wait outside. Lao Geng and I will discuss it first."

After Huang Zhidao continued, Geng Jingzhong changed his reckless and rude appearance. He also frowned and said to Kong Youde: "Old Kong, that Huang Zhidao is not a brave person. I guess there is nothing to deceive us. His words should be true. However, the official military officer offered a price too high. These days, I have ordered my brothers to lay the fishing nets on those ships. No matter what shells there are, they can only break some decks, and they cannot hurt the bottom of the ship, and they will not harm the ship. Do you just ignore them?"

Kong Youde shook his head and said, "This cannot be seen like this. Those of us who understand the inside story know that the shells fired outside Tiannan City did not kill a few people. But those in the city were walking these days and watching the sky walk. A few days ago, a team of soldiers under Li Yingyuan walked halfway, and there was no cannon outside Nancheng. Isn't it known who shouted: 'The shells are coming!', and the team of soldiers was immediately in chaos. One soldier jumped into the river and drowned. Wasn't that a joke?"

"It's not possible to continue like this. If the city is full of our people, then I believe that we can still suppress it. But now there is too much disparity in Dengzhou City. If this continues, the city will inevitably be in chaos, and there is no need to wait until the sea water freezes. Those in the city who are not in harmony with us have the possibility of us opening the city gate. If the military officers outside the south city really do fire fires at a fixed time every day, this will solve the problem in front of us."

"There is another advantage, which will open your eyes to the other brothers in the city, so that they will know that we have some connection with the government troops outside the city. Just to make an extra retreat for them, they will follow our orders and listen to our words. So, I still advocate trading with the military general of the government troops."

Geng Jingzhong also thought about it for a while and said, "Old Kong, you have always had many ideas, and I, Old Geng, listened to you. There is a problem. The things in our warehouse can contain less than fifty boxes!"

"It's nothing. Some of them should be filled with fur outside the pass. Anyway, those things take up a lot of space, and the box is easy to be filled. But you should also stuff some ginseng, deer antlers and other things inside. Don't let those outside the south city suffer too much. Since you're going to trade, don't do anything that Little Laba is angry. Anyway, we are also going to go outside the pass to surrender to the Tartars. These things are not worth much outside the pass, so why not use them now."

Geng Jingzhong nodded and then asked, "What should we do if the people in the city want that the military officers of the government and military officers want?"

"Let's just let all the locked ones go. Anyway, it's just a good relationship. There's no need to make enemies for these 100 people. Maybe there's what the military officer wants among these people, and it's useless for us to keep it in our hands. Just do personal favors. It can also save some food to raise them."

Kong Youde and Geng Jingzhong did not mention the coolies and military prostitutes in the city from beginning to end. In their eyes, these people were not people at all, just tools and food. Of course, they also thought that Wu Shigong had the same idea. However, the people mentioned by officials in the Ming Dynasty at that time did not include the working people at the bottom. Therefore, Han Shi's glimmer of hope was destined to become desperate.

"It's settled!" Geng Jingzhong also agreed with Kong Youde's words. He opened his mouth and wanted to call Huang Qifa in again.

But Kong Youde immediately stopped Geng Jingzhong, and he continued, "Slowly! There is also the matter of buying grain."

Geng Jingzhong jumped in surprise and asked, "Are we really going to buy such expensive food?"

"Yes." Kong Youde nodded and affirmed, "There is nothing we can do. Although the food in the city is in our hands, we also know that this food can last until the end of the first month of next year. If those two-legged sheep are enough to last until the sea water freezes. But the others don't know! I have received reports these days that there are four rumors in the city. Moreover, those who spread the rumors are the third aunts and fourth wives of the Liaodong Army, and we can't even catch them. It's really troublesome."

"Damn these old ladies have been fed a little bit of space!" Geng Jingzhong also cursed.

"As long as we buy some grain, we don't have to buy more. If we buy a few hundred stones, the rumor will be self-defeating. Moreover, we can buy grain in batches to stabilize the government troops outside the southern city. As long as they are greedy for money, we can promise them to buy grain first, but in fact we don't buy it. After five days, we will buy two hundred stones first. Then, after ten days, we will buy four hundred stones."

"With these 600 stones of grain, we can also hold on for more than ten days. And the shooting outside the Nancheng was also stopped for half a month. This is also a matter of killing two birds with one stone. Of course, we will also promise to buy it again. Anyway, with our previous transactions, the government troops will not believe it, and they will also stop shooting. As for whether we will really buy it in the future, it depends on the situation."

"Buy that 600 stones of grain, it costs 30,000 taels of silver! Who will pay for this silver?" Geng Jingzhong asked again.

"It is not good to take out ten thousand taels of money from our public bank. It is not good to not give cash silver outside the city to the extent of using such silver. There is no big rebound in the city. The rest will be supported by goods."

"After we captured Dengzhou City, the goods in the cargo warehouses in the city, with high prices and light quality, were all divided by brothers. However, many of them were left with low prices and heavy quality. I originally wanted to bring them all to Liaodong by boat, but now it's cheaper than that. On the contrary, our ship can be loaded with more people and can run faster. You know, Huanglong, who is on Pi Island, will definitely intercept us from the sea at that time. We should prepare more."

"Also, although our children robbed the property of each family in the city, there were still many things left behind. Let the children search the whole city again, and don't even let the copper spittoon go, and buy grain at a discount. Tell the Dusi outside the city to ask for it, don't pull it." In the end, Kong Youde couldn't help but get angry. After all, Wu Shigong's condition was to kill the rebels too ruthlessly.

Geng Jingzhong sighed and said, "That's all."

Kong Youde sneered and said, "Actually, the military officers outside the South City also gave us a chance. We originally planned to escape on two roads. One was to break through with a horse team in front, and the other was to go to sea. If these two roads were not connected, then now we have a third road."

"Oh? Then tell me!" Geng Jingzhong asked anxiously.

"Since the military officer of the official army has been doing business with us for a long time, the defense against us will inevitably be reduced. Although the mountainous areas outside the southern city are not conducive to the passage of the army, there is absolutely no problem to run a small team of people. At that time, it may be a waste of time again. It may not be necessary to fight at all, and a large amount of money will be given. Maybe this greedy Dusi will let go of the way. But this is what we two brothers know. There are too many people and many people who know it. If it reaches the ears of the official army outside the city, the road will be blocked."

Geng Jingzhong also laughed out loud, and he hurriedly said, "I can save this! But Old Kong, do we have the opportunity to attack the official army outside the southern city? At least we can pull out the artillery there?"

Kong Youde shook his head and said, "It's not possible to move for the time being. According to Huang Qifa's statement, there are many government troops outside the southern city, and we may not succeed. It would be even worse for them to get angry, so it will break our retreat. You're afraid of throwing a mouse! I won't say much, so I'd better call Huang Qifa in first!" (To be continued, please search for astronomy, the novel is better and faster!
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