On the morning of the next day, the imperial edict arrived, and Xiao Fan was named the Great General of the Divine Warrior and the Great Marshal of the Imperial Yan, and all the generals under him were promoted to the next level.
Soon after, military rations and military pay were transported one after another. Xiao Fan distributed one million taels of silver. When the soldiers were holding the white military silver, tears flashed in their eyes. After so many years of being in the army, there was food to fill their stomachs.
That's good. Don't even think about the military pay, all of them were embezzled by the treacherous ministers.
In Jingzhou City, Xiao Fan walked through one street after another and saw people being hungry and snatching food everywhere. There were countless refugees in the entire Jingzhou City.
Xiao Fan called a captain who had been guarding here before. After asking about some information, he learned that Jingzhou City had been in war and the military rations in the rear could not be supplied, which led to General Liu having to collect charity grain from the people.
In addition, the people loved him very much and took out all the only food they had in their family. They understood that only if they were defending Jingzhou City could they survive. Once the city was broken, they would be slaughtered by the Iron Cavalry of the Great Yan.
Back at the mansion, Xiao Fan ordered the warehouse to be opened to release grain. Only 300,000 dan of high-quality grain was left, and the remaining 200,000 dan was distributed to the people in the city.
When the news of opening warehouses and releasing grain spread, the people were surprised and happy, and some even burst into tears.
"General, you can't distribute military rations to us. These military rations must be left to the soldiers. Only when they are full can they have the strength to kill the enemy!"
A dense crowd gathered outside Xiao Fan's temporary residence, and many people said this.
For a whole day, 200,000 dan of military rations were distributed to the people in the city. The people were grateful, and Xiao Fan's image in their hearts was several times taller.
The matter of opening warehouses and releasing grain quickly spread. Some other people inside and outside the city that were damagingly damaged by war went to Jingzhou City one after another. A large number of refugees came to join the army, and Xiao Fan's army gradually grew stronger.
More than ten days have passed, Xiao Fan is not idle, and spends most of his time practicing in the Holy Realm of Time and Space. He goes out to inspect and instructs his generals to send people to repair the damaged city walls and gates.
On this day, Xiao Fan called the lieutenant of General Liu and asked about the situation of the wealthy businessmen in the city. Finally, Xiao Fan ordered people to summon all the wealthy businessmen in the city to the general's mansion.
There were more than a hundred people sitting in the hall of the General's Mansion. These more than a hundred people ranged from thirty to seventy years old. Everyone was wearing expensive clothes and was the richest group in Jingzhou City.
people.
"I heard that some of you never pay taxes?"
Xiao Fan looked at more than a hundred people and his eyes swept across dozens of them.
"General Xiao, how dare we not pay taxes? Please do not believe the rumors."
Some of them immediately made a statement.
"Is that?" Xiao Fan smiled faintly and then said: "In recent years, the soldiers have been defending Jingzhou City to the death. When the military rations in the rear cannot be supplied, do you rich businessmen take out the food to solve their urgent needs?"
"This..." Some wealthy businessmen opened their mouths.
"Since there is no, what qualifications do you have to enjoy wealth and glory in the city they guard with their lives?"
"General Xiao, what do you mean?"
An old man in his fifties looked at Xiao Fan.
"What I mean is that from now on, you must pay taxes according to national regulations, and spend an extra amount of money every month to run a private school and help beggars and refugees!"
"General! Don't you think your request is too unreasonable? What do those beggars and refugees have to do with us? Why should we use money to help them?" said the old man in his fifties, paused, his voice softly
He raised it a little, and said, "How much tax do we pay? That's a matter of both the Prime Minister and the Grand Tutor nodded. Do the general really have to take care of it?"
"Tai Braised and Zhao Tie?" Xiao Fan smiled and said, "It turns out that they are the backers behind you. Unfortunately, Thai Braised and Zhao Tie are nothing in the eyes of this general. You have to pay the tax according to the rules, except for each
I have to take out more than a month.”
"What if we don't agree? Can the general kill us?"
Some wealthy businessmen stood up and looked at Xiao Fan with a sneer.
"It seems that with Tai Piao and Zhao Tie behind you, there is no one else in your eyes." Xiao Fan shook his head, and then said to Qin Han, the deputy general beside him: "Qin Han, immediately lead troops to all the subordinates of these people.
The shop is blocked.”
"Yes, General!"
"Come here, take these tax evasioners, throw them into death row, and behead them at noon tomorrow!"
"What are you doing? Let me go, let me go!"
More than a dozen of more than a hundred people were escorted.
"Xiao Fan, do you think you can do whatever you want and not take the Prime Minister and the Grand Master seriously? You, the General, have done your best! You want to kill us, come on, and then see Prime Minister and the Grand Master.
How do you deal with you!"
"Noisy! He threatened the general with a very bad attitude. He immediately won't forgive him!"
"puff!"
A bunch of blood was sprayed out immediately. The rich businessman didn't even have time to scream, and his head fell to the ground, scaring the rest of the rich businessmen trembled and no longer dared to be arrogant.
"I have never forced others. If you are willing to follow what I said, then stay. If you don't want to, you can leave Jingzhou City and go somewhere else.
Everyone's eyes twitched, which was called "no force". One of them died. In this case, who would dare to say no, unless his head wanted to move.
"We do, we do!"
The dozens of wealthy businessmen who were taken nodded repeatedly.
"That's right." Xiao Fan nodded and smiled, then said, "I almost forgot to remind you that in this city, I don't want to see anything that bullies men and women or bullies the weak. You can take care of yourself
If I find out that the servants and their children have done something despicable, don’t blame me for showing mercy!”
“Yes, yes!”
Some wealthy businessmen were frightened and nodded like chickens pecking at broken rice. Although they had told them like this when General Liu was there, they were not afraid because there was someone behind him, so General Liu could not move them. However, Xiao Fan was different
No, he is now a first-class general, and his style of conduct is unscrupulous, and he is not afraid of Tai Piao and Zhao Tie at all.
After the wealthy businessmen left, Qin Han and others looked at Xiao Fan and said, "General, if you do this, then Thai Braised and Zhao Tie are probably not good for you."
"It's okay, they have taken action against me a long time ago, but they haven't succeeded. They still need me now, so there will be no obvious moves, so don't worry. Besides, they can do anything to me. There are many new soldiers during this period.
When joining the army, remember to give them elixirs and let them strengthen their training.”
"Yes, General!"
"I'm leaving Jingzhou City in the afternoon. Don't tell anyone about this. If someone comes to see me, I'll say it's inconvenient to me in practice."
"I understand, don't worry, General."
Qin Han and others retreated, and Xiao Fan returned to the study and began to sit cross-legged and practice. In the evening, Xiao Fan left the mansion and soon left Jingzhou City and headed straight for the imperial capital.
Now, after the battle, the army of the Great Yan Empire had not yet arrived at the city again, Xiao Fan wanted to go back to the capital to meet Shangguan Lanruo and the others, and asked about some of the situations in Cai Hexuan and Zhang Peng.
After entering the imperial capital, it was already dark. Xiao Fan returned to the general's mansion and summoned everyone as soon as possible.
"Hahaha, junior brother, tell me how you can use 20,000 heavy cavalry to kill Dayan's 100,000 cavalry?" Cai Hexuan immediately laughed when he saw Xiao Fan and walked quickly to Xiao Fan's side
I looked up and down, left and right. "Good, it's a little stronger."
"This matter is a long story, it's just a reason to use the formation to change. Have there been any abnormal movements between the Prime Minister's Mansion and the Grand Master's Mansion during this period?"
"No." Cai Hexuan shook his head and said, "However, something happened to the Marshal's Mansion. As my junior brother expected, a man in black lurked near the Marshal's Mansion and wanted to assassinate Yang Fenglan, but he did not take any action several times.
Can succeed. There is a master at the level of a famous master in the Marshal's Mansion."
"A master at the level of a master?"
Xiao Fan was surprised. He only knew that there were masters who were hidden in the palace who were specialized in protecting the emperor, but he did not expect that there were figures who were also masters in the marshal's mansion.
"Yes, that's an old man, but it seems to have a lame leg." Zhang Peng nodded, then seemed to remember something, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and he said, "There is no movement in the Grand Master's Mansion, but the Prime Minister's Mansion is the Prime Minister's Mansion.
But there are abnormalities."
"What abnormality?"
"That night I was lurking outside the Prime Minister's Mansion. It was about the second morning when I saw a man in black robe crossing the courtyard wall like a ghost and directly entering the Prime Minister's Mansion. The man in black gave me a strange feeling."
"Men in black? A man in black with fast body skills? Have you ever remembered what are the characteristics of this person?"
"I didn't see the characteristics. It was very dark, and with his speed so fast, I couldn't see my face clearly. However, a blood-colored half-month embroidered behind his black clothes and on his chest should be a symbol of his identity."
"Bloody half a month?"
Xiao Fan talked to himself, shocked and suspicious, and then turned his eyes to Lu Qingya and Lin Caixuan.
"Uncle Master, your face seems to be a little wrong. What's wrong?"
When Xiao Fan saw Lin Caixuan's changes, the rest of the people reacted in a daze, but her reaction was unique.
"I remembered what my master once told me, it was a legend about the bloody half moon."
"Is that man in black still very good?"
Cai Hexuan and Zhang Peng were extremely surprised, and everyone turned their attention to Lin Caixuan.
"Thousands of years ago, our continent ushered in a great disaster. A mysterious force wanted to conquer all sects in the continent and instill faith in them. Later, the large and small sects of the mainland joined forces to hurt it. The clothes of some people in that mysterious force were the ones who were in the mysterious force.
There was a blood-colored half month embroidered on it."
"That mysterious force is so powerful?" Xiao Fan and others were surprised.
"Yes, no one knows how strong their foundation is. But you don't have to worry, now they are hiding in the dark, with the purpose of invading the empire and letting the great empires go to war, and they can benefit from it.
But the people they sent were not too strong, and it was only a blink of an eye to deal with those men in black."
Lin Caixuan said this, which gradually relaxed Xiao Fan's heart.