A dwelling in the south of Qinglong City.

"My lord, our vanguard army should be stationed in the ancient city of Dunhuang tonight, Qinglong City is about to be closed, if you still leave, leave it to me here." In the dim light, the middle-aged bearded man who had previously spoken to Tahar made a suggestion with concern while playing chess with the bearded man.

The bearded man is the highest-ranking official of the Northern Yuan in the Kansai region, and he is also the intelligence director of the Northern Yuan in the Kansai region, once the Qinglong City is closed, then he will be trapped in the city, and the Kansai region is not only the Qinglong City, there are other places that also need bearded men.

"Remember, don't underestimate the loyal warrior king of the Ming Dynasty, this person is scheming, and good at using intrigue and tricks, don't be careless." The bearded man said in a deep voice after dropping the pieces in his hand on the chessboard.

To tell the truth, the bearded man was not willing to leave Qinglong City, if he could lure the Kansai army in Qinglong City and successfully occupy Qinglong City, then Kansai would be the territory of the Northern Yuan and Timurid Empires.

Moreover, this is equivalent to indirectly defeating Li Yuntian, which is of great significance to the bearded man, and he can finally win back a city in the confrontation with Li Yuntian.

However, the bearded man had to leave, he had very important things to do, and he had to give up this precious opportunity to fight Li Yuntian.

"Don't worry, my lord, I know that King Zhongwu of the Ming Dynasty is not an idle person, and he will definitely act cautiously!" The middle-aged Hu man's face turned pale when he heard this, and he solemnly bowed to the bearded man and replied.

"That's great!" The bearded man bowed slightly, looked at the middle-aged Hu man and said, "No matter whether you can take Qinglong City or not, as long as you turn the city upside down, you will have made a great contribution at that time, and the Taishi will definitely reward you." ”

"Thank you, sir." The middle-aged Hu Ren's face suddenly became happy when he heard this, and he bowed to the bearded man and said, "My lord, I have arranged a lively event tonight, and it can be regarded as seeing off my lord." ”

"Oh?" The bearded man's eyes lit up when he heard this, and his eyes showed a look of surprise.

"My lord, as far as I know, the Ming army is about to implement a rationing system in the city, and the grain will be taken over by the military and distributed according to the head, so the lowly has asked the people in the grain store to do it tonight and give them a surprise!" A smug look flashed at the corner of the middle-aged bearded man's mouth, and he said to the bearded man in a deep voice.

"Didn't leave any tails, did you?" The bearded man's brow furrowed slightly and then asked.

Although the bearded man was the intelligence director of the Northern Yuan in Kansai, the middle-aged Hu man was the official in charge of the affairs of Qinglong City and had the authority to act independently in Qinglong City, so although the bearded man somewhat disagreed with his premature exposure of Beiyuan's power in Qinglong City, it was difficult to say anything.

"Don't worry, my lord, the person in charge of contacting them has left Qinglong City this afternoon, they usually have a one-line contact, even if the Ming army catches someone, they can't interrogate anything." The middle-aged Hu Ren replied confidently, he felt that if he did a vote in Qinglong City at this time, it would cause a lot of shock to the soldiers and civilians in the city, and it would be of great benefit to persuade the Kansai Army in the future.

"That's good." The bearded man knew that the middle-aged Hu man wanted to establish himself in Qinglong City, and told the people in the city that Qinglong City was actually not safe, so he nodded.

"My lord, is it possible to assassinate the loyal martial king of the Ming Dynasty at a critical moment?" The middle-aged Hu man hesitated for a moment and asked tentatively.

The reason why the middle-aged Hu man said this was not that he was too arrogant, but that he knew that the bearded man had arranged an agent in Qinglong, and successfully entered the core of the Xiaowu Army's Kansai camp, and the information of Qinglong City was provided by him.

"This is the contact method of our highest-level spies in Blue Dragon City, and we are not allowed to contact them unless we have to." The bearded man groaned for a moment, took out a piece of paper rolled together from his arms and handed it to the middle-aged Hu man, "In the future, you can follow the above method to get information." ”

"Don't worry, if you don't have to do it, you will definitely not use this contact method." The middle-aged Hu was secretly happy in his heart, and hurriedly took the paper ball with both hands, opened it and looked at it, and then burned it on the oil lamp.

The paper ball only recorded the way to obtain information and the way to contact urgently, and the identity of the highest-level secret agent in Qinglong City was not mentioned, and it seemed that the bearded man attached great importance to it and would not reveal his identity easily.

"Two adults, the fire has already ignited!" At that moment, the door was pushed open, and a man who looked like a servant walked quickly and whispered.

"Let's go, let's see the excitement." When the bearded man heard this, he put down the chess piece he was holding, walked out of the door, climbed the ladder and went up to the roof, only to see a place two or three streets apart that was on fire.

"My lord, judging from the fire, even if the fire is extinguished, the rice and grain in the rice shop will have been burned, and the people in the city will definitely rush to buy food tomorrow." Looking at the place where the fire broke out, the middle-aged Hu people's face was full of smugness, the place where the fire broke out was a rice shop in the city, and I am afraid that the grain in the rice shop's warehouse will be burned.

"Hmm!" The bearded man nodded when he heard this, his brows furrowed slightly, although this could indeed cause some trouble to the Ming army in Qinglong City, but it could not have much impact on it at all, because the grain in the city was mainly concentrated in the granary of the Xiaowu army, which was closely guarded by the Xiaowu army, and the grain in the rice shop in the city only accounted for a very small part of it.

Now that the rice shop is being burned under the strict defense of Qinglong City, it will definitely alarm Li Yuntian in the city and the high-level of the Ming army, and it will definitely increase the investigation and prevention of the residents in the city, which will not be conducive to the middle-aged Hu people's actions in the future.

"King Zhongwu, I hope you don't let me down! I will defeat you on the battlefield! Staring at the fire in the distance, the bearded man secretly said in his heart, his current mood is very contradictory, he hopes that the armies of the Northern Yuan and Timurid Empires can capture Qinglong City, and at the same time, he hopes that Qinglong City can withstand the pressure, so that he can fight Li Yuntian on the battlefield.

At the same time, the barracks in the south of the city.

Li Yuntian stood on the top floor of an attic and looked at the direction of the fire expressionlessly, it was obvious that there would be no fire in the city for no reason, and the fire was still so fierce, someone must be secretly setting it on fire.

"Lord Wang, it has been investigated clearly, the place where the fire broke out was a rice shop in the south of the city, and the warehouses where the grain was stacked were all on fire.

After a while, Lin Xin walked over quickly and said in a deep voice, "According to the information provided by the neighbors around the rice shop, the fire in the rice shop seems to have been set by the guys of the rice shop, and the people of the rice shop have fled after the incident, and now the people of the government are tracking down their whereabouts." ”

"It's so deep." Li Yuntian frowned slightly when he heard this, he had not received information that there were enemy spies in the rice shop beforehand, if it weren't for the other party's fire rice shop this time, those people would not have been exposed.

"Lord Wang, yesterday morning, the family of the owner of the rice shop left the city, and his whereabouts are unknown." Hearing this, Lin Xin frowned slightly and told Li Yuntian another thing, it seems that the owner of the rice shop arranged for his family to escape in advance.

The reason why those spies in Mipu have been able to hide for so long is because the whole family is in Qinglong City, so it is difficult for others to suspect them.

"This incident must have been done by the people of the Northern Yuan, the Timurid Empire is too far away from Kansai and has no energy to lay out in Qinglong City." Li Yuntian pondered for a moment, and then opened his mouth and instructed Lin Xin, "Inform General Lu to strictly investigate the people who leave the city tomorrow." ”

"Lord Wang, do you want to take this opportunity to close the city gate in the name of searching for spies?" Lin Xin couldn't help but ask when she heard this, those people in Mipu must be hiding in the city, so as long as the city gate is closed, you can catch turtles in the urn, and at the same time, you can also stop the influx of refugees, there are already too many people in Qinglong City.

"I'm afraid this is exactly what the other party wants to see, and once the city gate is closed, it will definitely cause panic in the city." Li Yuntian shook his head and said quietly, "Instead of us looking for a needle in a haystack in the city, it is better to let them take the initiative to dedicate themselves, if they can get out of the city, they will definitely choose to leave the city." ”

"Although the fire in the rice shop only burned some grain, it will have a major impact on the people, and it will definitely trigger a wave of panic buying of grain tomorrow." Saying that, Li Yuntian's expression became serious, "Pass the order, from tomorrow onwards, martial law and rationing will be implemented in the city, and the people in the city can only stay in their respective designated areas and leave without waiting to leave, otherwise they will be punished as spies, and food will be distributed free of charge according to the head." ”

"Let's do it." Lin Xin bowed to Li Yuntian when he heard this, and quickly left to arrange, the reason why Li Yuntian distributed food for free was obviously to appease the people, although in this way the Ming army would cause certain losses, but this loss was within Li Yuntian's tolerance.

Things were just as Li Yuntian expected, the next morning, the residents of Qinglong City gathered in front of each rice shop with their bags, ready to rush to buy food for reserves, and yesterday's fire in the rice shop alarmed the people in the city.

At this time, the rice shops had been requisitioned by the soldiers of the government, and there were many heavily armed soldiers standing in front of the door, and under Li Yuntian's order, the officials bought the grain of the rice shops at a price two percent higher than the market price.

According to the official explanation, Qinglong City will implement martial law and free rationing of food under the order of King Zhongwu of the Ming Dynasty, and the official will transport food to various residential areas for distribution every seven days, and say that the food in the city is sufficient, enough to ensure that everyone can get enough food.

There is a good saying, the people do not suffer from poverty but suffer from inequality, when they learned that the official will implement the food rationing system for free according to the familiarity of the people, the residents who were a little excited suddenly calmed down and gradually returned to their respective residential areas, after all, the Ming Zhongwu King has great prestige in Qinglong City, and people are willing to believe Li Yuntian.

Li Yuntian did not break his promise, and at noon on the same day, he arranged for people to go to various residential areas to distribute food and necessary daily necessities to the residents according to the number of people registered in advance, so that some tense situations in the city were immediately calmed down, and the residents resumed their undisturbed lives.

"Sure enough, it's a good means!" After the bearded man learned that Li Yuntian had implemented a free food ration system in the city, he couldn't help but secretly praise in his heart, I am afraid that only Li Yuntian in the entire Ming Dynasty dared to do this and distribute food to the residents of the city for free.

The bearded man left Qinglong City in the afternoon, and the soldiers guarding the city checked his guide and let him go, and those rice shop guys who tried to blend in the crowd out of the city were arrested, which made the bearded man secretly shake his head, what a good dark chess piece was ruined by the middle-aged Hu man.