Chapter 760: Serving two famous generals together is such a blessing.
Author: Middle-aged paper tiger
Chapter 760: Serving two famous generals together is such a blessing.
Zhao Kuangzan is not idle either. He is saving himself. The way to save himself is very simple, which is to write an IOU.
Moreover, they were all extremely large IOUs. One thousand guan was written on a piece of white paper, and then he stamped his personal seal of "Grand Imperial Order" to count.
You have to ask whether this IOU is useful, well. When scoring, it also depends on whether the person has the eyesight. At least Zhao Kuangzan himself feels that this thing is useful.
The source of confidence is that the rebellion in Wuning Town will definitely be put down quickly, so I, Prince Consort Zhao, throw out ten pieces of paper at a rate of 10 pieces per day.
At first, no one paid any attention to him, and the soldiers who were guarding him laughed at him, thinking that Zhao Prince Consort was frightened and had gone crazy.
But on the fifth day, when the Xuzhou rebellion began to develop into an increasingly unfavorable situation for Wuning Town, and when Zhao Kuangzan once again issued ten thousand-guan IOUs, no one laughed at him, and even some people
I picked up the IOU that I had thrown away a few days ago.
Yesterday, when Zhao Kuangzan still handed out ten IOUs, some of the tooth soldiers who were guarding him started fighting because of these IOUs.
This shows that the situation in Xuzhou City has become extremely bad.
Zhao Kuangzan keenly felt that the opportunity was about to come. He was going to throw out ten IOUs worth ten thousand yuan tomorrow, and then he could negotiate terms with the people holding all the IOUs.
Because this man, and the small gang behind him, must be the most powerful among the soldiers who are guarding him, and there is a great possibility that they will be able to let him go.
However, Prince Consort Zhao's life is very good.
Because although his father-in-law, Zhang Shengren, was the founding hero of the country, he was not Qin Shihuang, a ruthless man like Emperor Gaozu of Han who did not regard his son-in-law or even his children as human beings, so he had been arranging for people to rescue him.
On the first day of the twelfth lunar month, the entire city of Xuzhou was covered with snow, and people shivered in the cold weather. But in such spooky weather, the north, east, and south sides of Xuzhou City were blocked by troops with colorful flags.
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Just when the general on the city head looked to the west, he heard the sound of drums and a group of cavalry carrying the Yamen flag and the recognition flag galloped over from a distance.
The sharp-eyed man stood on tiptoes to take a look, and suddenly felt cold all over, because there was a big black character "Liu" written on the identification flag. This was the second sign of Tian Guogong Liu who was stationed in Shangqiu Mansion.
As soon as Liu Zaisheng arrived, there were two famous Helong generals outside Xuzhou City.
In the small Wuning Town of Xuzhou City, only three to four thousand people rebelled, but they actually attracted the Duke of Wei, Li Cunhui, and the Duke of Tian, Liu Zaisheng, to join forces to attack. How could this blessing be smaller?
And more importantly, in such a snowy day, tens of thousands of troops did not withdraw from the siege, but were still adding troops and forming formations. What does this mean?
This shows that the army outside is not an ordinary army, but a strong army with strict discipline and unity. They are just waiting to take these thousands of them to ask the emperor for rewards.
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Zhu Yuan had not agreed on a time for the uprising with the low-level officers he had contacted. He waited until Liu Zaisheng arrived today and the rebel generals in Xuzhou City were frightened before he decided to take action.
His first task is to rescue Zhao Kuangzan, so he doesn't need many people at all, just elite ones.
So Zhu Yuan personally selected twenty blood brothers who swore an oath of blood with him, and they all wore chain armor inside and cloth-covered iron armor.
He hid the armor-breaking pecking hammer, black iron hammer, wrought copper mace, iron whip and other weapons in a large box disguised as a food delivery, and walked swaggering towards the gate tower of the East City where Zhao Kuangzan was imprisoned.
Those who were guarding Zhao Kuangzan all belonged to Li Yuanzai's tooth soldiers. After all, he was a local snake and he also controlled the largest force. With 3,500 Wuning Town Forbidden Army, a good hostage like Zhao Kuangzan was naturally under his control.
This in turn provided Zhu Yuan with convenience. Soon, the thirty of them were assisted by a ten general who had already taken refuge in Zhu Yuan, and they went up to the East City Tower without any hindrance.
People outside thought they were going to the East City Tower to change defenses. After all, they were all familiar faces, and they didn't expect them to start a rebellion.
The person guarding the city gate tower had been bribed again. As soon as Zhu Yuan arrived, he was immediately sent in.
On the second floor of the east city gate building, guarding here is Li Yuande, Li Yuanzai's younger brother, who is furiously collecting Zhao Kuangzan's IOU from the soldiers.
Obviously, once the city of Xuzhou is captured, his confidant, the rebellious culprit, will definitely be stabbed, so these IOUs are of no use to him.
However, the soldiers below were not so easy to manipulate. Li Yuande spent a long time collecting them, but only collected seven or eight pieces, which made the soldiers in the room look at each other angrily.
But Li Yuande didn't care, because behind him stood two soldiers of the Li family. They were wearing heavy armor and holding long swords. The soldiers on the opposite side were only wearing cotton-padded clothes. Even though there were more than 20 of them, they were totally useless in a fight.
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"Kaifeng Baiyi Pavilion, anonymous, redeem as soon as you see the seal, ten thousand in total, ten pieces in total!"
On the third floor, when the smell of gunpowder was very strong below, Zhao Kuangzan immediately started shouting loudly on the third floor, and there was also the sound of paper flying into the air.
Ten thousand guan! Now that Zhang Zhou was established, the domineering power of the warriors was gradually suppressed, the administration was relatively clear, the political situation was basically stable, the trade routes were smooth, and the amount of rice earned was reduced from the terrifying 400 qian in the Later Jin Dynasty to 15 qian.
This year, the six provinces of Helong, Guanzhong, Zhili, Hebei, and Jiaodong all had a bumper harvest. It is said that the price of grain in Luoyang and Kaifeng has dropped to 11 yuan per bucket of rice, and mutton is only 18 yuan per pound.
The Five Dynasties inherited the weight and measure system of the Tang Dynasty. According to later calculations, one bucket of rice weighs twelve kilograms. Ten thousand guan can buy 910,000 buckets, which is more than 90,000 shi and 11 million kilograms of corn.
A normal strong man only consumes more than a thousand kilograms of corn a year.
If you do some conversion, you will know how much purchasing power ten thousand yuan can have, and how much stimulation it can have on a normal person.
This is an amount that many ordinary people cannot earn in a lifetime, or even for several generations of their ancestors combined.
Money is so exciting! Li Yuande had already robbed him of seven or eight thousand IOUs, and the dozens of tooth soldiers on the second floor were already going crazy.
"Li Yuande, if I marry your mother, you will pay me back!"
Someone roared wildly, and everyone was in a panic. Twenty or so tooth soldiers violently overturned the foot-wrestling case between them and Li Yuande and others. Then they took out long daggers and even wooden stools as weapons, and charged at Li Yuande.
He and the two soldiers behind him rushed over.
After Zhu Yuan and others went up to the second floor, they saw such a scene. He was stunned. He originally thought that he was going to experience a big battle, but he didn't expect that they would start fighting among themselves.
The tooth soldier who was leading the trouble also saw Zhu Yuan and recognized him immediately, "Saiju Meng, kill Li Yuande quickly, I will divide the money between you and him!"
He thought that Zhu Yuan was also here to cause trouble. Zhu Yuan did not explain, and immediately swooped over. The pecking hammer in his hand came out with a bang, and directly smashed Li Yuande's temple.
The mouth became wet.
The blood brother behind him also took out the black iron hammer, wrought copper mace and other weapons from the box, and killed the remaining two soldiers in two or three strokes.
"A certain family, Zhu Yuan, has met the Duke of Yuyang. Don't worry, Duke of Wei. Li Sanlang, the Duke of Wei, has personally led an army to surround Xuzhou City. He has specially ordered a certain family to sneak back into the city and rescue the Duke."
Zhao Kuangzan was overjoyed. He still knew Zhu Yuan and knew how ordinary he was. His heart suddenly dropped a little. He quickly crumpled the IOU written in his hand into a ball.
Damn, this is a hundred thousand yuan. With Zhao Kuangzan’s family background, giving it away would basically mean bankrupting the whole family.
When everyone was stunned, Zhao Kuangzan took out an IOU worth ten thousand yuan and handed it to Zhu Yuan, smiling very openly.
"The little bit of family wealth I have has been wiped out for a long time. The rest is Princess Baoding's dowry, so I don't dare to touch it.
However, a certain family can still afford these 20,000 yuan, so I will not thank you for your kindness. When the siege of Xuzhou is resolved, I will come to a certain family's house for a drink."
Zhu Yuan laughed and said, "The prince is so arrogant that he always picks on men, so I won't be polite to you. Thank you for the reward!"
At this time, the ten generals who came up with Zhu Yuan behind them told Zhu Yuan about Zhao Kuangzan's move of writing the IOU in his ear.
Zhu Yuan chuckled, suddenly turned around, and hit Li Yuan on the head of the tooth soldier who called him for help with a hammer. The tooth soldier was caught off guard and fell to the ground with a scream.
The blood brothers beside him also suddenly took action, using hammers and maces to kill all the more than twenty tooth soldiers without armor in just a few breaths.
Zhao Kuangzan's eyelids jumped suddenly because Zhu Yuan's blood brothers were already looking for the IOUs on the killed tooth soldiers.
Zhu Yuan walked up and kicked the blood brother over with one kick, "Donkey enter, you're not done yet, right? The prince-in-law has already rewarded you with ten thousand guan, why aren't you satisfied yet?"
Zhao Kuangzan twitched the corner of his mouth, pretended to be bold and laughed again, and took out another 10,000 yuan IOU.
However, Zhu Yuan refused to accept it no matter what. Accepting it now would be blackmail and would greatly dilute his gratitude for rescuing Zhao Kuangzan.
"The prince-in-law looks down on Zhu, does he think that a certain family risked his life to save the prince-in-law just for the sake of wealth?
The saint is concerned about the safety of his consort, and he came here to repay the saint's kindness."
Zhao Kuangzan finally felt relieved. He raised his hand towards the north and gave an empty-headed salute, "I have no way to control you, but I am worrying you."
Zhu Yuan was also relieved. Money is so exciting! Zhao Kuangzan just wrote a hundred thousand IOU. With so much money, Blood Brother will become unreliable.
But when the two of them sang and harmonized like this, the atmosphere immediately turned to the topic of serving the country and serving the saint, and they barely unified their thoughts.
"Raise the flag, beat the drum. Inform Zou Dalang and they take action!
Fan Sanlang, you have a loud voice and tell everyone about the saint's edict to pardon the people in Wuning town.
Brother Song, we will escort the prince-in-law out of the east gate, open the east gate at the same time, and let the army enter the city!"