Chapter 545 With the Tacit Understanding of the Cleaning, the Rejected Shangtun

"Kneel down and don't kill!"

Outside a big village in Nanjing Prefecture, hundreds of people armed with various weapons were chasing and killing their opponents. Δ Ww W. Lie Wen. CC

Li Liang watched the enemy kneeling on the ground begging for mercy with cold eyes, and ordered: "Clean up wealth and food, and take all the prisoners away."

"yes."

In just half an hour, all the belongings, food and grass were loaded into the cart, and the brigade immediately drove the captives away from this uninhabited village.

"My lord, where shall we go next?"

At this time, Li Liang's subordinates had swelled to more than 3,000 people, and with the captives of various colors, there were almost tens of thousands.

And those captives who escaped from Jiaozhou became his team.

"Yesterday, Mingren was only more than ten miles away from us, so we can't stay here. Let's go now! Go to Xinpingzhou."

Li Liang's judgment has never been missed, which is one of the reasons why he is so admired by everyone.

So the long line went out again, but within a few miles, the trailing scouts came to report in panic: "My lord, the Ming army has caught up."

"How many? How many cavalry?"

Li Liang's calmness gave everyone some comfort, but the scout's report made these emotions disappear without a trace.

"My lord, there must be at least tens of thousands of people, and almost two thousand cavalry."

Li Liang looked at the captives regretfully, and finally made up his mind: "Leave the captives behind, and also the extra luggage, let's go!"

With a team of more than 3,000 people and some luggage, the speed suddenly increased.

But some people don't quite understand Li Liang's actions.

"My lord, why don't you bring more prisoners? That way we have more people!"

"Those are rich people and their servants. My lord has said that, we are just trying to survive in this troubled world, and we are not with those ambitious wealthy families."

"Hurry up, the adults naturally have his considerations, think about it for yourself, if there is no adults, we people would have become bones!"

"right,

My lord has read books, let's listen to him. "

"..."

Li Liang left, and the baggage left behind made the captives start fighting among themselves, and it seemed that a big battle was about to take place, but the sound of horseshoes made everyone's hearts go cold.

"Kneel down! Everyone kneel down! Otherwise, you will be killed without mercy!"

The cavalry circled the captives with great experience, and beat those captives who wanted to escape with sticks back.

Seeing that the cavalry did not start killing, the captives also knelt on the ground obediently, allowing the Ming army to count their luggage.

Wu Yue's thousand households are now all cavalry, but the horses are a bit messy, and there are even donkeys.

This time Fang Xing sent out Wu Yue's troops, and Fang Zheng pulled out thousands of people, led by Commander Wang Du, to catch up with Li Liang who was looting.

Wang Du looked at the luggage and couldn't help laughing: "It really is Uncle, this is a plan!"

Wu Yue looked at Zhuangzi not far away, and said leisurely and fascinated: "When the guards behind arrive, these prisoners will be stationed for our army, and then Jiaozhi will not have to work hard to transport food and grass from the Central Plains."

...

Fang Xing, who had returned to Jiaozhou Capital, had already received two batches of supplies from the troops going south. These grains, grass and goods would be an important part of his next plan.

"Could it be possible to stop for a while?"

Fang Xing and Huang Fu were discussing matters, and only Wang He was there as the supervisor.

Huang Fu hesitated for a moment and said, "Dehua, this is not easy!"

Fang Xing always has an infectious power that can make people he wants to get close to change their attitude unconsciously.

Once the title was changed, both of them became more casual, Fang Xing leaned on the chair and thought for a while: "Mr. Ru Xi, those salt merchants are probably not making much profit by operating in Jiaozhi, right?"

"Not many, but opening China and France is the lifeblood of salt merchants. Unless Daming can trade Yanyin, those salt merchants are reluctant to let go."

Fang Xing has seen salt merchants in Yangzhou Mansion, so he is no stranger.

Jiaozhi has been repeated, so those salt merchants dare not pay for the grain on the spot, but they are transported from the Central Plains, and the cost is so high that it makes people bleed.

"Currently is the time for the merchants, so let's see the attitude of the salt merchants first."

Less than an hour later, several stewards of salt merchants came to the chief secretary's yamen, and only one salt merchant came in person.

"Little Chen Mo, I have seen my uncle and my lord."

Different from the flattering smiles of other salt merchants, Chen Mo's honest face made Fang Xing wonder if he was hiding a traitor.

"Get up."

Huang Fu said in a low voice: "This Chen Mo is an honest person, so he always delivers the salt himself, and then rushes back to get the salt."

Fang Xing nodded slightly, and then handed over the scene to Huang Fu.

"This time I asked you to wait here, just to ask about Shangtun, is there anyone willing?"

After Huang Fu finished speaking, he lowered his eyes and ignored the managers. They had dealt with each other many times, and they were very clear about each other's thoughts.

Sure enough, as soon as these stewards heard that they wanted to trade, they immediately started talking nonsense.

"My lord, my master is not here, the little one dare not make decisions!"

"My lord, wait for the little one to write a letter, and wait for my master's decision?"

The third person in charge was about to vomit bitterness, Fang Xing patted the table, and then said lightly: "If you don't want to, then forget it, don't regret it in the future, those who are willing to stay in Shangtun, and those who don't want to leave immediately!"

The stewards were overjoyed when they heard the words, but they were still worried about the consequences of rejecting Fang Xing and Huang Fu, so they dawdled and refused to leave.

Huang Fu couldn't help but shouted: "I have never played tricks on anyone before, stop pretending, go!"

The stewards of the salt merchants have all left. Before Cochin is completely stabilized, they dare not take risks, and would rather make less money through transshipment.

But that Chen Mo didn't leave, but bowed and said: "The little one is willing to shop."

Fang Xing and Huang Fu looked at each other, and then asked, "Is it voluntary?"

Chen Mo smiled bitterly and said, "To be honest with my uncle and my lord, if the transfer continues like this, the little one won't be able to hold on."

"good!"

Fang Xing said appreciatively: "Dare to take risks, Ben Bo and Master Huang are right."

Huang Fu also stroked his beard and smiled and said: "The northern part of Jiaozhi has already been swept away by His Highness the King of Han once, and in the south, our officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty are chasing those rebels closely. It is not too long before the whole territory of Jiaozhi is pacified!"

Chen Mo said dully: "The young one will try it for the last time, if it doesn't work, then go home and change careers."

"I can't lose you!"

No matter what Fang Xing said, he would set a benchmark, and as Shangtun's first supporter, Chen Mo was blessed.

Huang Fu also encouraged: "Go and have a look, except for those places where sugarcane is to be planted, you can boldly circle them down."

Chen Mo also somewhat realized his good luck, he couldn't hide his excitement and said: "My lord, but I don't have so many people!"

"manpower?"

Fang Xing chuckled and said, "A lot of prisoners were captured in several battles, and there will be more in the future. You just need to pay for them."

Some people have fields, although they can only be in the north for the time being, but at least they can easily grow twice a year!

Chen Mo couldn't sit still, he left in a hurry, and was going to write a letter back immediately, asking the family to prepare more manpower and money.