Long Zhen's face was ugly, Tang Jiyuan saw it in his eyes and regretted it a little, he had long heard that the forbidden army in the capital was a straw bag, all of them were old soldiers, and today he was worthy of his name, according to common sense, two hundred cavalry had the power to deal with the infantry with short blades, not to mention that they were just some rabble bandits.

The bandits of Bagong Mountain killed no more than four or five hundred people, and Tang Jiyuan exaggerated that it was thousands of people, the purpose of which was to make Long Zhen cowardly when he encountered the bandits, and it was best to abandon the grain truck and flee, so that the grain could be robbed smoothly; But looking at the real appearance of this dragon, it seems that his words scared him a lot, in case he was too timid, he didn't dare to transport grain out of the city, wouldn't he be clever but mistaken by cleverness, and his calculations would come to naught.

Thinking of this, Tang Jiyuan hurriedly remedied: "However, Commander Long doesn't need to worry, after several encirclements and suppressions, the strength of the bandits has been greatly reduced, and the number of people has also decreased a lot, as long as it does not provoke their ferocity, two hundred cavalry will be more than enough to deal with them." ”

Long Zhen noticed his gaffe, and he was afraid, but he had to keep it in his heart, how could he be a hero on his face, and he straightened his chest and said, "What am I worried about?" Can a few bandits compare to my elite? ”

Tang Jiyuan said in his heart: Your soldiers are good at playing with women, after the dinner party, they all entered the Qinglou to recruit prostitutes, several Qinglou were ruined by these forbidden troops, and they also beat several prostitutes, if it weren't for the prefect's mediation, people would have refused to give up.

"The dragon commander is arrogant, and his brothers are carefully selected, of course, there is no need to worry, the old man said the wrong thing, and he should be punished." Tang Jiyuan picked up the wine glass and poured it into his stomach, and the single person was in a mess.

Long Zhen said: "President Tang thinks about me, I am very grateful, you are right to remind me, our brothers are on an errand, we should be careful, but this bandit is on Bagong Mountain, and the official road is hundreds of miles away from Bagong Mountain, do they have such the courage to come?" I don't think so. ”

Tang Jiyuan laughed and said: "That's, that's, not to mention that the ice and snow are all over the ground, and it is difficult to walk, and they don't dare to borrow a few of their courage." ”

Long Zhen said: "It turns out that the car dealer is afraid of this, but it's no wonder they don't want to." ”

Tang Jiyuan stretched out his hand to several car dealers on the seat and said: "Because of this, the old man specially invited a few people here today, so that a few car dealers can see the demeanor of Commander Long, and also dispel their concerns, I believe that several owners have already fallen to the ground." ”

Several car dealers gave their hands one after another: "There are such characters as Long Commander in charge, and there are two hundred elite soldiers under him, and the bandits dare not dare to harass them, so I am too worried." ”

Tang Jiyuan smiled and said: "A few of them are simply good, so today I will ask you on behalf of Commander Long, are you willing to hire the big car in the car shop to command the dragon to transport grain?" Commander Long's price here is not to be said, not to mention that it is an errand of the imperial court, once it is done, Commander Long will be grateful to you for his promotion and fortune, right? ”

The owners of the car dealers laughed and said: "How dare you ask Commander Long to thank us, this car is naturally to be hired to transport grain to the official family, the price is according to the market price, and the remaining part will be bought for Commander Long to eat and drink, to show our respect, tomorrow morning our four major car stores 500 cars will be under the command and dispatch of Long." ”

Long Zhen was dumbfounded and watched Tang Jiyuan hire the cart by himself, he was actually still struggling with the problem of bandits, and planned to go back and discuss it with his brothers, in case the bandits really came, he was afraid that the two hundred wine bags and rice bags under his hands would be killed one by one, and they would never be willing to do so.

However, the matter has come to this point, and the cart sent to the door cannot be avoided, so he thanked him, and Tang Jiyuan was overzealous, and decided to hand over the two hundred carts of the Chamber of Commerce to Long Zhen for free, plus the one hundred cars originally collected, there are already eight hundred carts in total, and 500,000 stone grain can basically be transported away, even if it is almost, it is not much worse.

At this time, I was still worried about not having a car to transport grain, but suddenly, I had happy troubles, and the grain could be transported, what should I do if I encountered bandits?

No car worries about death, fear of being blamed for incompetence, there is a car and it is entangled, afraid that bandits will rob food and ask for a small life, Long Zhen is restless next, the table full of good dishes chewed in the mouth is like chewing wax, and the second half of this meal is tasteless.

After the banquet, Long Zhen actually refused the amorous show arranged by the Chamber of Commerce, and hurriedly said goodbye and went back to the barracks.

……

On the afternoon of the second day of November, Su Jin took Wang Dynasty Ma Han and Song Zhen's 'handwritten' official document to Yangzhou Guancang, which is located on the shore of Baoyang Lake in the north of Yangzhou City.

Due to the tense situation in the city, 5,000 Yangzhou Xiang troops were sent to various places in the city to implement the ban, and the granary was a commanding force, one commander governed five capitals, each with 100 people, a total of 500 people; A small official warehouse sent 500 soldiers to sit in the town, which shows how much Song Zhen attaches importance to the granary.

Pan Jiang, the commander of the granary army, was a short and capable man in his forties, and after Su Jin revealed his identity, this person showed cautious respect.

After carefully inspecting the prefect's official document that Su Jin had brought him, Pan Jiang said to Su Jin, who was watching the snow scene: "Your Excellency, this is military rations, and the prefect has strictly ordered that no matter what, you can't move a single cent of military rations, why did you make such a decision this time?" ”

Su Jin turned to glare at him and said, "Commander Pan, is it necessary for the envoy to explain to you?" The prefect's official document is here, you just do what you are told. ”

Pan Jiang was a little embarrassed, but he didn't give up, and came up and laughed: "The envoy is angry, the humble position is not a question, but it is a big deal to open a warehouse with military rations for relief, why didn't the prefect come in person, and why didn't the warehouse division of the prefecture come too?" ”

Su Jin suddenly burst out, slapped Pan Jiang with a backhand, and scolded angrily: "Presumptuous! ”

Pan Jiang was stunned, pointed at Su Jin and said, "You ......"

When the soldiers under his command saw that their leaders were beaten, they all clamored forward, and their tower-like bodies of the dynasty Mahan stepped forward, concentrating and preparing to make a move.

I heard Su Jin say: "It's you who doesn't have long eyes, who is the envoy?" It's the emperor's personal edict of the grain envoy, did you hear clearly? The name of this official position has said everything, all matters about food are decided by me, it is redundant to ask your prefect to open an official document, but I didn't expect you to have a small commander to talk nonsense, I only ask you, do you want to disobey? ”

Pan Jiang covered his mouth, and he was angry, but he really couldn't understand Su Jin's details, and he rolled his eyes and hesitated.

Su Jin pointed to his nose and said: "Okay, good, I didn't expect that the envoy of the imperial court was obstructed by a small commander of the Xiang army, or not, the envoy left Yangzhou and returned to Beijing, I want to entrust this matter to the saint, not only you, the little commander, but also the prefect of your family; Yangzhou Mansion has such subordinates, it is really strange. ”

Su Jin waved his hand, turned around and left with Wang Dynasty Mahan, that Pan Jiang didn't say a word, panting and watching Su Jin and the other three walk towards the gate of the Guancang Courtyard, Su Jin muttered in his heart while walking, and he didn't see this Pan Jiang make a sound after walking more than 20 steps, muttering in his heart: Don't be self-defeating, in case this Pan Jiang doesn't bird his own stubble, it will be a joke.

Seeing that he was about to walk out of the gate of the official warehouse, Su Jin's heart became colder and colder, and secretly scolded himself for acting, if he came up, he would explain to him well and fool him, maybe things would be a different situation; When Su Jin's footsteps stepped on the snow outside the courtyard gate, Su Jin was already desperate, and this matter was completely messed up.

For the sake of today's plan, you must leave Yangzhou immediately, once the official document is revealed, Song Zhen will definitely participate in himself, but where can he go? In the end, the calculation became his shackles, and Su Jin was so depressed that he almost cried.

"Envoy to stay!" Pan Jiang's voice came from behind him like a heavenly sound.

Su Jin almost sat on the ground excitedly, stopped his body, but did not turn around, and forcibly suppressed his excitement.

The footsteps behind him rustled, Pan Jiang trotted behind Su Jin, and 'poof' knelt down on the ground and said: "Humble and rude, please forgive the envoy, the granary has been opened, please envoy to inspect the grain." ”

Su Jin turned around and snorted: "This is like the words, the envoy is really stupid enough to disobey the order, get up, the envoy is not a person who holds grudges." ”

Pan Jiang hurriedly thanked him and got up, his face was like a palm print, but his expression was relieved, Su Jin knew that he was also as hesitant as himself for a long time; There are always doubts in this person's heart, and it is difficult to let go of them, and the matter of opening the warehouse and releasing grain must be acted on quickly, so as not to cause extraneous complications.

Su Jin ignored him anymore, strode back to the official warehouse, and plunged into it.