Hong Chengchou's silence also means his hesitation, seeing this, Mao Wenlong's heart has been settled. In any case, this time it is better to convince Hong Chengchou.

After a long time, Hong Chengchou opened his mouth and said: "What is the situation in Shaanxi now?" ”

Mao Wenlong looked at Hong Chengchou unexpectedly, and then said thoughtfully: "One word is messy, two words are messy." Soon after you left Xianyang City, the imperial court appointed Li Jie, the chief soldier of Hancheng, as the governor, and then hurriedly came to attack with 50,000 soldiers and horses. ”

Hong Chengchou immediately frowned, and his voice was very impatient: "The imperial court is defeated? ”

Mao Wenlong didn't hide it from Hong Chengchou, and simply nodded and said: "Defeated, and defeated completely." ”

Hong Chengchou's face changed slightly, and he asked urgently: "Is Li Jie dead or alive?" ”

After all, Li Jie is an old subordinate who has followed him for many years, and he has always been very loyal to him Hong Chengchou. Now that he finally got mixed up with the general army, Hong Chengchou doesn't want his life to end like this.

Mao Wenlong smiled evilly: "Then do you want him to die or do you want him to live?" ”

Without waiting for Hong Chengchou to respond, Mao Wenlong said to himself: "Actually, it's good that he died, although he has returned to Hancheng alive, it is more uncomfortable than death." ”

"Where do you start?" Hong Chengchou's heart tightened.

After Li Jie was defeated in Xianyang City, he rushed back to Hancheng with the remaining 30,000 soldiers and horses. But he was unlucky, and was ambushed by those rebels along the way. When he returned to Hancheng, there were less than 10,000 of the 30,000 soldiers and horses left, but the matter was not over. Li Zicheng suddenly united several major rebel armies with more than 100,000 soldiers and horses to attack Hancheng. ”

After a pause, Mao Wenlong continued: "Although Li Jie persevered, it is estimated that it is also the end of the strong bow, and he will not last long. If the imperial court does not send troops to rescue it, it will be a matter of time before Hancheng is destroyed. ”

Hearing this, Hong Chengchou can already predict what Li Jie's future will be? According to the court's style of doing things, even if Li Jie survives this time, he will definitely not be able to escape the court's accountability.

If it is better, his life can be saved, but he will inevitably be imprisoned, and it can be said that his future in this life is ruined, which is not an exaggeration at all.

Mao Wenlong quietly looked at Hong Chengchou, whose face was uncertain, and suddenly said, "You want to save Li Jie?" ”

A bright light flashed in Hong Chengchou's eyes, but it quickly dimmed again, and he laughed at himself: "I can't protect myself now, what can I talk about saving or not." ”

From Hong Chengchou's words, Mao Wenlong was full of disappointment, and he was suddenly overjoyed. The more disappointed Hong Chengchou was, the more certain he was to persuade him to submit.

In order to make Hong Chengchou submit to himself, Mao Wenlong was also willing to pay a price, he laughed and said: "Actually, if you really want to save him, I can borrow you 5,000 soldiers and horses." ”

Hong Chengchou looked at Mao Wenlong with some surprise, and the expression of struggle on his face was particularly obvious. Apparently he is very tempted at the moment!

Mao Wenlong was proud in his heart, and said again: "I have heard that Uncle Hong treats his subordinates well, and now a subordinate who has followed you for many years is in danger, and I believe that my uncle will not sit idly by." Don't worry, this time it's for Zi Yan's sake, and I'll borrow your 5,000 soldiers and horses to save people. I'm not going to use this incident to blackmail you into doing anything. ”

Hong Chengchou was completely moved now, as Mao Wenlong said, he really couldn't let go of Li Jie. Without any hesitation, Hong Chengchou got up and said to Mao Wenlong: "I hope you are the talker!" ”

Mao Wenlong smiled, got up and said, "I, Mao Wenlong, am not going to joke with my five thousand copies. Please also ask that when you lead the troops to rescue people this time, don't let my subordinates get into danger easily. ”

Hong Chengchou firmly promised: "Nature knows!" ”

Mao Wenlong nodded, and then asked, "When are you going to leave?" ”

Hong Chengchou's face turned anxious: "The sooner the better." ”

After pondering for a moment, Mao Wenlong simply said: "Since this is the case, it is better to do it today, you can clean up now and set off in the afternoon." ”

Hong Chengchou arched his hand at the back of Mao Wenlong, who turned to leave, and secretly said in his heart: "Thank you!" ”

Li Jie's situation is critical, and since Mao Wenlong promised Hong Chengchou, he naturally hopes that things can be completed smoothly. So after saying goodbye to Hong Chengchou, he immediately returned to the study and wrote a letter.

In the afternoon, Hong Chengchou packed up his things and prepared to leave, Mao Wenlong personally sent him outside the city and handed him the prepared letter: "This is a letter to Xu Fuzuo, give him this letter, and then he will arrange people for you." ”

Hong Chengchou silently took the letter, carefully hid it closely, and then set off to Xianyang City to transfer troops under the escort of more than 20 officers and soldiers of the Dongjiang Army.

Chen Jisheng muttered beside Mao Wenlong: "If you want to save people, why let him go by himself, it's better to let me go, and make sure that I can be caught." ”

Mao Wenlong turned around without any warning, then raised his foot and kicked directly at Chen Jisheng's buttocks, and said viciously: "Now, immediately, let me go and completely solve the matter of the four major families." In the evening, I will see Ye Xian calm down, and if I can't do it, the military stick will wait. ”

Throwing down Chen Jisheng, who was full of grievances, Mao Wenlong got on his horse and galloped back to Mao's mansion.

Yexian County must start planting crops on a large scale, the great chaos in Shaanxi has already happened in advance, and now there are hungry people everywhere, and food is now the most important material.

As long as there is food, a large army can be pulled up at any time, and as long as there is food, there are as many people as you want. Food is the foundation of everything, and Mao Wenlong suddenly felt that his time was a little short.

The wheels of history are rolling forward, and they have not stopped because of his arrival, but Mao Wenlong is now more and more confused. The trajectory of history seems to have begun to change subtly.

Hong Chengchou was dismissed, which led to the chaos in Shaanxi, and now Li Zicheng is a rebel army, and it is a rapid rise. If Mao Wenlong does not speed up the pace of developing Yexian County's agriculture, he will inevitably not be able to keep up with the rolling wheel of history.

After returning to Mao's Mansion, he immediately went to the farm with Chen Lan and Hong Ziyan to check.

The farm is now watched by Chen Lan and Hong Ziyan, and in more than a month later, the farm has doubled in size compared to before.

Because Yexian County is mostly hilly terrain, it is the most suitable for the cultivation of sweet potatoes, so the main crops of the farm are mainly sweet potatoes.

As soon as they arrived at the farm, Chen Lan and Hong Ziyan mysteriously took Mao Wenlong to see the pig barn. Because the vine branches and leaves of sweet potatoes can be used to feed pigs, Mao Wenlong previously built a pig house.

In the past, there were less than ten pigs, but in just one month, Mao Wenlong was pleasantly surprised to see that there were nearly 200 pigs in the pig barn.

Chen Lan said as if he had made a contribution: "These pigs are all purchased from outside farmers. ”