bookcurios Chapter 193 Persuading Shi Ge
Chapter 193 Persuading Shi Ge
After all, we were outnumbered.
With an absolute advantage of 50,000 men, Zhang Xiaosi slaughtered all of the more than 5,000 defenders and postmen in the military town.
"A small post station actually has so many defenders and dozens of carts."
I didn't find any mechanism, and just looking at the objects here makes me feel very strange.
"Search! Hurry! Marshal Zhang has ordered that there must be treasure here!"
Cashna came from a grassland tribe. He was eight feet tall, with skin as rough as an orange with patina. He held a daylily goldfinch axe in his hand, which weighed eighty kilograms.
The last time we went to Yangshu Village, Zhang Xiaosi didn’t bring him with him, mainly because this guy could drink too much.
On weekdays, when there is nothing to do, a person can drink a jar of wine weighing more than 50 kilograms.
Cash is also one of Zhang Xiaosi's most trusted people. The main reason is that this person doesn't have much to worry about. As long as he has enough food and drink, he will do anything.
Zhang's army launched a carpet search in the military town and finally found the entrances to two underground warehouses in the room where the trucks were stored.
"It's all grain. I've eaten the biscuits in it. They're very delicious."
Holding an arm full of food, Cashena bared his big yellow teeth and said.
"Laifu biscuits!" Zhang Xiaosi muttered, and suddenly remembered that two years ago, this biscuit flowed into the grassland and was a rare food.
"How come there are so many in this place?"
"It's all in one basement, enough food to feed 100,000 people for a month."
These words made Zhang Xiaosi think of mountains of grain.
"No, this is not something we can enjoy. This must be a hidden food storage point for Guangchang County and Weizhou. If Dingzhou finds out, they will definitely counterattack."
Zhang Xiaosi stood up and asked Cashna to take him to the warehouse to take a look.
Just as he expected, there were indeed two gates here, and there was a slanted road on the ground that allowed vehicles to enter directly.
"No wonder there are troops stationed there, there's so much food."
"Marshal Zhang, there's another kind of meat here that none of us have ever eaten."
The soldier held a wooden box containing bio-fermented food wrapped in oil paper.
If Mr. Zhao were here, he would definitely say that this is luncheon meat.
Zhang Xiaosi had also eaten this kind of food. He had eaten it this year when Yu Wenhua invited them to discuss the war. At that time, he was attracted by the taste of the food.
"Damn, if we transport this back to the grassland, we can get so many cattle and sheep in exchange."
These foods are like luxuries on the grassland, and are exchanged at a ratio of one to several.
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After Lu Yang met with Chief Shi Ge, the first thing they discussed was settling in Pingyang County. Moreover, the Wang and Lu families here promised Shi Ge that the land management rights here could be permanent.
Born a slave, he longed to become a normal person, to have his own power, his own land, and his own dignity.
"Do you have a handwritten letter or a notarized document?" Living under someone else's roof, only documents issued by the emperor or notarized documents from the Zhou Dynasty would be valid. They couldn't afford to gamble with a verbal agreement.
Shi Ge didn't care how much harm the tribe had suffered in the past. He wanted to lead these people to build his own territory.
Therefore, valid documents are the hard currency.
"There's no written order, no notarization, but there's money."
"Silver? How much?" Shi Ge wanted to see how much money it would take for him to move his body.
"Enough for you to buy Pingyang City!" Lu Yang threw out the chips.
The wasteland in Guwu is less than a hundred wen, the land in the city is about ten taels of silver per mu, and the good farmland is twenty taels.
He knew that Guwu had 80,000 acres, 10,000 of which were occupied by shops and houses, and the rest were roads and civilian areas, which were not worth anything at all.
"How does Pingyang compare to ancient martial arts?" Shi Ge asked Lu Yang.
In fact, he didn't know the difference between the two places, so he answered casually: "Slightly better."
"Hmm!" Shi Ge muttered, calculating in his mind, "About 100,000 mu, maybe? Even if it's the price of good farmland, uh... 10,000 mu is 200,000 taels, so 100,000 200,000 taels, how much is that exactly?"
Shi Ge has never been to school and really doesn't know how to calculate, so he needs to find someone to do this.
"Look, I have two hundred thousand taels of silver notes here as a deposit. After you leave, you can give me another one million and a half taels of silver notes, which can be exchanged in Pingyang County."
Shi Ge had come into contact with silver notes, but he had never been to school, so he really didn't recognize the words on them, let alone how much two hundred thousand yuan was.
He has occupied Pingyang City, so what is there to be afraid of? If you don’t pay, just rob them.
Shi Ge was thinking about this in his mind.
"Are you guys planning to come with me?" Shi Ge was curious about the 50,000 people at the foot of the mountain. Since they were going to Pingyang, why did they bring them here?
"Our soldiers cannot go with you for the time being, but Tuoba Youyou is in Qiuyou City, you can recruit them."
Lu Yang told about Tuoba Youyou's recent situation. The 50,000 remaining soldiers had lost the support of the Lu family. The mercenary troops had penetrated deep into other people's territory and were not obedient. What was the difference between this and seeking death?
After listening to Lu Yang's introduction, Shi Ge was delighted and thought that Qiu was better than Pingyang.
The population of the ? tribe is relatively scattered. They were originally slaves. Only a few hundred thousand of them were actually liberated, and only 70,000 to 80,000 of them could participate in the war.
Moreover, these people are generally older, with the oldest being fifty years old.
"Brother, are we really going to Pingyang or Qiuyou?"
night.
Shi Li squatted beside the campfire and looked at Shi Ge and asked.
The bonfire reflected on Shi Ge's face, which was all red. He stared at the flames with a frown. After a long time, Shi Ge slowly spoke.
"Our tribe has been doing slave labor here. How many people will die mining? Only by going out can we develop. The elderly, children, and women will stay. This family property is enough for them to survive. We will go out and conquer the world."
Shi Ge’s words made sense. They followed the Liu family and were able to gain freedom after the change of dynasties.
However, in front of the Liu family, they were always house slaves.
In Guwu, the dirtiest and most dangerous things are still done by the men of their tribe.
Shi Ge wants to change!
They assembled 60,000 men, 60,000 canteens, and weapons, and took no more supplies.
"We now have 200,000 taels of silver, but we have to go to Pingyang County to exchange it. 200,000 is just the beginning, and there is still one million to come. Brothers, follow me and you can get 20 taels of silver."
He had someone calculate these data last night, so he just needs to say it today.
When had the men of their tribe ever seen so much silver? The older men probably had never seen silver before.
"Let's follow the chief to Pingyang and get the silver."
Everyone shouted together, as if they would become rich if they went to Pingyang.
Lu Yang looked at the enthusiastic tribesmen. Many of the weapons in their hands were rusty and rotten, and some even had stones tied to them.
It was hard for him to imagine how such a force could fight.
However, the Lu and Wang families had a simple idea, which was to let these people die without expecting them to win.
This was Lu Junyi's idea to divert the court's attention...