Chapter 583: Grain, Grain
Qiuming was stunned for a long time, but these grains were used by him to save his life, and now they are all burned, and the situation in Changsha County can be said to have taken a sharp turn for the worse. The people in the city still have food to eat when the rebel army is entrenched, and when the official army recovers but will starve to death, he will naturally turn his heart to the district star, like a river going down, which cannot be redeemed by manpower. He only had one thought at this time, go, go back to Dengzhou, the affairs here are out of control.
However, he immediately dispelled this idea, even if he did not think about his own reputation, he had to stop Sun Jian's actions in Changsha, and then thwart the whole plot of Nanhua Lao Xian. Although I don't know what Nanhua Old Immortal's purpose is in the end, since Qiu Ming has already offended him, he naturally won't let him get his wish easily.
Mi Zhu had been paying attention to the changes in Qiu Ming's face, and seeing that he had changed from shock and grief at the beginning, he quickly turned into calm and resolute, and couldn't help nodding secretly. Mi Huan saw Mi Zhu's face was black and gray, and hurriedly fetched water to wash his face, Mi Zhu unhurriedly wet the Jinpa on his face, and after a while, another beautiful son appeared in front of everyone.
Although Baling is under the jurisdiction of Changsha County, Zhang Ji's administrative ability is limited, and the subordinate officials here have long been bought off by Huang Zu, so Baling has actually become an underground stronghold of Huang Zu. In order to be able to berth big ships and sail far, Huang Zu built a deep port in Baling, and really invested a lot of money, and now a fire has burned all, teach him how not to be angry, and this fire has almost burned all the reputation he has built for many years.
Tyumen settled down and asked, "What about the people and the garrison in the city?" Are they all withdrawn? Mi Zhu glanced at Qiu Ming approvingly, thinking that he could still take care of the people at this time, and he could be regarded as a benevolent and virtuous gentleman, but he didn't know that Qiu Ming had been receiving modern humanistic ideological education, and he couldn't really treat human life as a high-ranking person.
Huang Zu was stunned for a moment, it seemed that he had never thought of this kind of question, he first found the tent, and the tent also looked confused, so he had to go to the crowd to ask one by one.
Tyumen had no choice but to ask again: "Those who set the fire, have you seen your face clearly?" ”
Huang Zu said angrily: "Those thieves are very slippery, and they are all covered with black scarves, even if they kill one or two, they will snatch the corpses, how can they see their faces clearly." ”
Mi Zhu sighed and said, "They are Danyang soldiers. "Qiuming and Huang Zu were both shocked, the elite of Danyang soldiers is known to the world, if the other party has such elite soldiers in their hands, it is very tricky.
Huang Zu asked, "How do you know?" Mi Zhu pointed to a veteran not far away and said: "This person is my general, he was also a member of the Danyang soldiers, and he followed me after he retired from the army." ”
Huang Zu's face was a little gloomy: "Danyang soldiers are the elite soldiers of Xuzhou, could it be that the assassin of Xuzhou wants to deal with me?" ”
Mi Zhu shook his head and said: "Although Danyang is still a martial artist, the place is poor, and many people go out to serve as soldiers. In addition to the soldiers and horses of the Xuzhou headquarters, as far as I know, many local tycoons in Xuzhou have hired Danyang soldiers, for example, there are many under me. ”
Huang Zu is a tycoon of the underworld, and what he is most worried about is being targeted by the government either explicitly or secretly, so he has always maintained a friendship with Wang Rui, the assassin of Jingzhou. He also has a lot of business in Xuzhou, if Xuzhou Thorn Shi is deliberately embarrassed, it will also be a troublesome matter, after listening to Mi Zhu's words, he has a lot of heart.
Mi Zhu raised his eyes and looked at the sky, let out a long breath and said: "I vaguely guessed who did this, but there is no evidence for the time being, and I will tell you when I find out clearly." ”
Qiu Ming pursed his lips and said, "Who else could it be?" Isn't it Sun Jian? ”
Mi Zhu fiercely turned his gaze to Qiu Ming, his face was full of shock, but Huang Zu muttered, "Sun Jian? I have no grievances with him in the past and no enmity in the near future, why does he want to deal with me? ”
Qiu Ming said: "He is going to deal with me, or rather, he is going to deal with everyone who wants to save Changsha." ”
At this time, the tent had already turned around and came back, and reported to Huang Zu: "There were originally 3,200 households in Baling City, about 20,000 people, and another 1,800 garrisons, and now there are 11,313 soldiers and civilians in the camp, of which 2,000 were lightly wounded and 535 were seriously injured. This tent was scolded by Huang Zu a few times, and he also learned to be obedient, and he actually investigated all these detailed numbers before reporting back.
As soon as he heard that the population of the city had decreased by nearly half, Huang Zu was so distressed that the muscles on his face twitched, many of these soldiers and civilians were his people, especially some skilled workers in port maintenance and loading and unloading, all of whom he hired back with a lot of money, if they were all lost, he really couldn't find so many replacements for a while.
Mi Zhu sighed and said: "Whether it is Sun Jian or not, I still have to find out, but no matter who did this, since he set fire to me while I was in the city, it is clear that he does not take my life in his eyes, and I will never let him go." ”
Huang Zu smiled and said: "Zizhong, go and check, no matter who he is, even if he is the third prince of the feudal territory, I must pay him with blood." I have 100,000 sons up and down the Yangtze River, not talking about it. ”
Qiu Ming couldn't help but show a little joy, he had seen the Mi family's news system, it was much stronger than Qiu Ming's own dragon group secret agents, with their help, it should be able to find out soon, and then tie Huang Zu to his own warship, it can be said that the Yangtze River can go sideways.
However, his expression immediately changed to worry, no matter whether he could find out who did it, the batch of grain that was about to arrive was always burned. Without this batch of grain, the war in Changsha will be eroded in an instant, do you still have to transfer grain from Dengzhou, but how can Cai Mao pass that pass?
Mi Zhu saw the melancholy in Qiu Ming's eyes, smiled and relieved him: "Zecheng doesn't have to worry, I have already thought about it, there is a big family nearby, and there is a lot of food at home, maybe we can borrow some from him." ”
Tyumen was a little surprised, in such a catastrophic year, there were still large households nearby with a large amount of grain? You must know that what Tyumen needs is not a few buckets and a few stones, if you want to solve the crisis of Changsha, you must at least have a few rice mountains and mountains, such a big family, I am afraid it is not easy to find.
Mi Zhu's face was filled with a confident smile, as if the fire in front of him was just a random barbecue in the family banquet, he smiled: "Don't worry, since this batch of grain has not been handed over to you, it naturally cannot be regarded as a successful transaction, and I have the responsibility to find another batch of grain of the same amount and hand it to you." The Linhuai Lu family and I have always had business dealings, and the head of the family is bold and chivalrous, so he will not help me this time. ”