Chapter 635: Brother Mu, it’s all gone for nothing
The next day, I returned from outside the city.
Sitting in the palace, Xu Mu and Jia Zhou sat together and discussed the matter of recruiting troops.
Although Xishu today occupies Liangdi, the shortcomings of the lack of troops in the six states were suddenly exposed. For example, when we went to Muyunzhou this time, there were almost no troops to accompany us. We were fully prepared, so we could only mobilize Eight thousand people, as a reinforcement army.
"Don't worry, my lord, I will think of some ways to recruit soldiers in Shuzhou. They will only be sent to Muyun State after training."
The autumn harvest is still far away, and there is no food and grass, so recruiting troops is very difficult. According to Xu Mu's considerations and the standards for recruiting troops, we must not delay the people's livelihood in Xishu.
He did not want to be a militaristic King of Shu.
"My Lord, Wei Chun's secret workshop will make the first wooden Luan. When it is completed, I will also send it to Muyun Prefecture."
"Very good."
Regarding the war in the south of the Yangtze River, Xu Mu did not dare to take it lightly. Compared with Matthew Cheese, Demon Queen Su, Zuo Shiren, and the newly emerged Yuan Song were not simple figures.
"Captain, General Tiger is waiting outside."
"What are you waiting for?"
"General Tiger took a sack as big as a cowshed."
Xu Mu was startled, and his expression became speechless. In any case, the expedition was about to begin, and the wish of the younger brother of the Gu family would finally be fulfilled.
"Lord, go ahead." Jia Zhou also knew what was going on and showed a faint smile.
All things in Shuzhou have basically been discussed. If there are any omissions, with Jia Zhou's ability, the problem will not be big.
"Six Heroes, ask Shahu to follow me to the bank."
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The silver treasury in Chengdu does not have a lot of silver. It has been fighting for many years. If it were not for the wealth of the nine counties in central Sichuan, it would have been unable to survive. Previously, when I broke into the Liang Palace, I found that the Dong family's treasury was also pitiful.
Thinking about it, the Liang land was barren, Dong Wen was fighting in the south and the north, and he had no intention of selling horses. Previously, he spent a lot of money on the Shu brocade matter. When the Liangzhou bank was plundered, the money obtained was less than 300,000 yuan. two.
"Si Hu, I agreed to give you a moment to burn the incense. I will wait outside. You can carry as much as you want without stopping me."
Si Hu, who was already extremely excited, could no longer hear what Xu Mu was saying. He said "ouch" twice and ran towards the bank, dragging a sack as big as a cowshed.
"Six heroes...light the incense."
According to Xu Mu's estimate, the 10,000 taels of silver would really have to be carried out. However, if Si Hu really has the ability to carry it away, it doesn't matter, he should be treated as a reward for these years.
"Han Jiu, notify the Eastern Expeditionary Army to set out for Muyun Prefecture tomorrow."
Han Jiu, who was standing by with his head stretched out to look in, suddenly heard Xu Mu's words and was so shocked that he clasped his fists in a hurry, turned around reluctantly, and finally ran forward in a hurry.
"Master, half a stick of incense has been burned."
"Let him move..."
Sitting aside, Xu Mu rubbed his forehead and continued to think about going to Muyun Prefecture without being distracted. Today, Muyun Prefecture only has more than 40,000 troops. With the 8,000 Eastern Expeditionary Army, It's only worth fifty thousand.
Compared with the strength of Cangzhou's troops, 50,000 troops can only be used to defend. However, the situation in Xiangjiang area does have one advantage. That is the confusion between the grievances of all parties. Perhaps the first battle may not be the first. Burn it in Muyun State.
Of course, it is better not to burn, so that Xishu can gain time for the autumn harvest. The experiment of two rice per year has been set up in Shuzhou. If there is no problem, next year will be the time for Xishu to explode.
"Master, there is a stick of incense."
"How much did Si Hu carry?"
"General Tiger hasn't come out yet..."
Xu Mu was startled, stood up, and walked to the bank with Yin Hu. When he walked inside, he found Si Hu standing naked, dragging a bag of silver as big as a cowshed, but he seemed to have lost his strength.
, pulled for a long time, and then took a few steps.
"Master, look over there." Yin Hu looked strange.
Xu Mu looked in the direction, and his face just wanted to curse. In the corner of the bank, the Dou family was probably a prodigal family, so they had a layer of gold plated on the wall.
Good guy, Si Hu just ripped open the wall. There were crushed gravels everywhere.
"In order to save trouble, General Tiger moved all the iron boxes containing the treasury silver to the cowshed. Captain, you see, at least ten iron boxes were moved."
Xu Mu rubbed his forehead. He also scraped the wall and dragged the iron box. It was okay to have abnormal strength, but he couldn't think of going against the will.
"Six Heroes... pretend you didn't see it, put another stick of incense, and you and I will go outside and wait."
Afraid of hurting his stupid brother Gu's thoughts, Xu Mu simply gave him another chance. At this time, he could only go to Muyun State tomorrow.
Yin Hu wanted to laugh, but finally held back, and secretly walked out with Xu Mu.
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I don't know how long it took before Si Hu walked out of the bank. He was covered in sweat. The sack was torn inside. He had no choice but to carry an iron box out.
As soon as he put down the iron box, Si Hu burst into tears.
He had been waiting for the sacks containing silver that day to come from Liangzhou. However, he did not expect that the sacks in the bullpen were not up to expectations, and he spent a lot of effort. In the end, he had to use his shoulders to carry a box out.
After walking out of the bank room and seeing Xu Mu, Si Hu shouted in grievance.
"Those little village women in Liangzhou who sewed sacks must have changed their threads! I gave them an extra three coins earlier, and Brother Mu, they were all wasted!"
"Why are you tearing down the wall?"
"Brother Mu, that wall is made of gold."
"That's false." Xu Mu rubbed his forehead.
This time, Si Hu, who was carrying two boxes of silver, felt even more aggrieved. He pulled Xu Mu and begged again and again.
"Don't be anxious, there is still a chance. Go to Muyun State and do great work. I will also use a sack for you."
"really?"
"More real than eggs."
The two boxes of silver amounted to three to four thousand taels anyway. The main reason was that the iron box was heavy. If Si Hu was not greedy and only used sacks to carry the silver, he would have been able to take away thousands of taels. Unfortunately, the sacks were torn.
"Take the money home, say goodbye to your wife, and follow me to Muyun Prefecture tomorrow."
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It's already dark.
When Xu Mu walked back to the house, he found that not only Jiang Caiwei was holding the child, but also Li Xiaowan, who had a baby bump, was also sitting inside with red eyes.
In the past two years, for a long time, he has been away fighting in the north and south. As a father and a husband, he is probably unqualified. But everyone and the small family have a symbiotic relationship. Shuzhou is weak and will fall one day.
Pozhou. Not only the Xu family army, but also the entire Xishu Group will face bad luck.
He has been striving for the top, fighting steadily, until one day, he finally has the opportunity to stand on the stage of the world's competition, lead the Xu family's army to wield halberds and armor, and create a new dynasty.
On one side was Jiang Caiwei with hazy eyes, and on the other was Li Xiaowan who had fallen asleep. Xu Mu raised his head and looked at the moonlight outside the window.
Another exciting life for him is about to start a new round.