Chapter 54 When the transaction is in progress
"The gate of Liyang City has been opened, you can enter at any time, if you are not at ease, we will voluntarily disarm." Seeing that Fang Yun and the others were hesitating, the county lieutenant could only speak further.
As he spoke, the soldiers behind him lowered their weapons one after another. And from the size of the team, it is not difficult to see that this is indeed all the armed in this small county. As long as there is no temporary addition of new soldiers.
The old and new soldiers can actually be seen, from the cocoon in their hands, and the mental outlook. Yu Xing followed Yang Hong's side, and he also saw some so-called elite soldiers, so he volunteered to ride his horse over to check.
After a brief look, they turned around and nodded towards Fang Yun, which made them feel a little more at ease.
"The scouts have entered the city to maintain law and order, and the county lieutenant has also helped, as long as you don't resist, we don't plan to kill." Fang Yun turned around and said to the county lieutenant.
"The general's benevolence and righteousness are the blessings of the people of my city!" The county lieutenant thanked him.
The scout took the lead in riding his horse into the city, and in about five minutes, one of them returned from riding a horse, and only then nodded when he came to Fang Yun's side.
At this time, Fang Yun really had no fear, signaled the large army to be stationed outside the city, and entered the city with five hundred guards and a henchman.
Compared with Ruyin County, this is a small city that cannot be smaller. The walls are less than four meters long, and they look to be in disrepair, and such walls simply cannot afford to defend themselves against the enemy.
There are no high-gate courtyards in the city, basically ordinary low-rise bungalows, of course, it does not mean that there are no large courtyards at all, but compared to the courtyards of large families seen in Ruyin County, the houses in Liyang County are too small.
"It seems that there is also a big family in this county of Liyang!" Fang Yun asked with interest.
"No, it seems to be a big family, but in fact, it is just a house of a local tyrant in the city. Their hometown has been occupied by your army, and they have to take refuge in the city at this moment. They have already sacrificed ninety percent of their family funds, and I hope that the general can fulfill his promise and spare them! The lieutenant pleaded in a pleading tone.
"That's right...... That will also make a deal with you, and we are about to continue west, so it is not a long time to stay. As long as you are in Liyang County, the county order and the county lieutenant remain the same, if the soldiers are willing to stay, they will also be under your control. However, I will double down on the matter of your surrender to us, which is an inevitable thing, and you should be able to accept it? Fang Yun smiled and said a few words casually.
"My subordinates understand!" At this point, the county lieutenant and the county commander just can't really submit to the Yellow Turban Army.
"We have to take forty percent of the grain in the county, and the other four components will be given to the people of Liyang County, and you will deal with the last two percent. Also, help me get all the vendors out of the city, and I'm going to trade with them! Fang Yun was very pleased with the county lieutenant's knowledge, and then ordered directly without politeness.
"This ......" Hearing that Fang Yun was going to take away the grain from the granary, the county lieutenant couldn't help but hesitate.
As for the command in the back, he obviously cared too much about the relationship between the previous command and didn't pay attention to it.
"Now that my Yellow Turban Army has swept the Central Plains, and the imperial court is too busy to take care of itself, do you think there will be air control over your small county?" Fang Yun said angrily, revealing a kind of impatience in his tone.
This county lieutenant is a pig's brain, and he doesn't know if he wants to join if he wants to say that he will join, so will he rebel in the future, just like today when he surrendered himself and rebelled against the Han court? Or is he really relying on the small size of Liyang City, and the court can't take care of it, so he can stage this kind of wall-to-wall drama with peace of mind?
"The subordinates don't dare! The subordinates immediately ordered to go down! "No matter how stupid the county lieutenant is, he is a person who has been immersed in officialdom for more than ten years, how can he not hear the dissatisfaction in Fang Yun's tone? So without saying a word, he immediately agreed to this condition.
"Don't forget the other condition I said before!" Fang Yun saw that he was interested, so he also mentioned something.
"My subordinates don't dare to forget!" How dare the county lieutenant forget, he was afraid that Fang Yun would be angry and directly slaughter the city, then he would really be guilty.
"Xie Yuan! You followed him and took care of the distribution of food and grass, and luckily you also went over to help! Only then did Fang Yun turn his head and say to the two cronies beside him.
"Whoa!" Since it was a military order, the two naturally accepted the order happily and then followed.
Ten minutes later, the vendors, who had been hiding at home, walked out with their goods. Just looking at their murderous appearance, he obviously thought that Fang Yun was planning to snatch the goods they relied on for survival. As the saying goes, "cutting off people's wealth is equivalent to killing their parents", these low-level small traders are not those big merchants with a backstage, and they will have no food for a month or two without goods.
"Our army revolted in a hurry, many supplies have not yet been gathered, needles, threads, brains, and linen dry food are all things that our army urgently needs." Fang Yun ignored the anger of these people and said slowly.
This sentence carried the slightest possibility of robbing them, so the anger of the people became even stronger.
"But what kind of army is our army? It was the army of the people, an army for the vast number of people who were overwhelmed by those families and the imperial court! What is the purpose of our war, that is, to eradicate those families and courts that oppress us, and to create a new country for everyone to have no worries about food and clothing!
Since it is such an army, who are we pitting, and we can't pit all folks, right? Therefore, we plan to trade with you, and we want your goods, as long as they are suitable for use! Of course, we won't buy and sell by force, we will give as much as we want, and whoever dares to give less a five-baht coin, I cut that bastard! Fang Yun waved his hand and solemnly announced.
The attitude of the people has changed 180 degrees with this sentence.
Dare to love, not to rob, but to buy and sell! And, as long as there is a need? That's a big deal!!
"Is what the general said true?" One of the old men stood up, perhaps feeling that he had nothing to scruple about half of his body in the ground, so he stood up and asked, cautiously but with a strong vigilance.
"If I don't speak, let me thunder!" Fang Yun pointed to the sky and shouted.
Now, no one dares to doubt the authenticity of this sentence, these years people are afraid of ghosts and gods, believing that the oath gods can be heard. If it is violated, the gods will naturally punish it, so whenever they swear, they are often cautious, but once they swear, they will almost fulfill the contract.
"The general is benevolent!" The old man was really excited at the moment, and he knelt down for Fang Yun excitedly and shouted.
"The general is benevolent!" For the common people, the troops who do not kill or rob, and buy and sell fairly, are the real teachers of benevolence and righteousness.
"Sing the military song and let the people of Liyang listen to what the rules of our army are!" Fang Yun nodded, turned around and shouted.
As the military band played, the soldiers also began to sing, and the song had been sung for the past two days, so most of the soldiers had almost memorized it, and even if they didn't, they could sing it smoothly along with the music.
At first, the people thought this song was good, but then they learned that this was also the military regulations of the Yellow Turban Army. When they listened to this song, their restless hearts really relaxed.
At this time, if the previous sentence "the teacher of benevolence and righteousness" was just for politeness, then in their hearts now, the impression of the Yellow Turban Army in front of them is really worthy of these four words!
"Start trading and bring out your goods for us to choose from! Brother, I'm sorry for you to choose with me! Fang Yun smiled and yelled at them, then turned around and whispered to Xie Ran.
"Well, maybe I'd like to pick something too." Xie Ran smiled and immediately dismounted.
After some selection, Fang Yun threw out a lot of the seized jewels and exchanged them for a lot of goods. Some are useful, such as dry food snacks or linen or something, and some seem to be of little use recently, such as gadgets like needles and threads. Of course, there are some that are really useless, just like those folk crafts, jewelry, etc.
The people did not suffer a loss, Fang Yun set a price for the jewelry that was two percent lower than the market price, and used these jewelry to trade, and the result was that the small traders made a lot of money. They also knew that the basis of this cheapness was the recognition that the jewels could be used as property in the transaction, but given the scale of the transaction and the cheapness earned, they chose to admit it.
In a short time, the county lieutenant had already returned with a convoy of truckloads of grain, which had just been brought out of the warehouse. Of course, according to Fang Yun's meaning, he left twenty percent in the warehouse.
"Take forty percent, and give the other four ingredients to the people! Xie Ran and Xie Yuan, you two are responsible for handling this matter! Only then did Fang Yun turn his head and give instructions to Xie Yuan, who came to his side.
"Whoa!" During official hours, Xie Yuan did show very good execution ability.
"The lord is clever, and he exchanged a lot of valuable jewelry for a large amount of materials, and he also achieved the name of benevolence and righteousness." Yu Xing returned to Fang Yun's side and complimented him in a low voice.
"Some things, it's good to know in your heart, say it, and what was originally pure becomes impure, so it's not good!" Fang Yun snorted, but obviously didn't really mean to blame.
"What the lord said is thought-provoking, and his subordinates are taught!" Yu Xing bowed his hand and thanked him, looking humbly taught.
Only Fang Yun knew that this guy was simply brushing up on his LV7 flattery skill experience...... However, there is no need to say it! If you make others dare not even speak, it will be too boring!
"Call Leping here!" Fang Yun suddenly remembered something, and he couldn't tell Yu Xing.
Yu Xing received the order, and brought Leping over after a short time.
"See the lord!" Leping is also a visionary, and he has unconsciously called the word "lord".
"There's a new tune, I'm going to ask you to help arrange it, the lyrics are probably like this, I'll simply hum it to you." Fang Yun smiled, commanded in a low voice, and then began to sing.
"I've never seen a style before, but I have to say it's a very good song!" When Leping heard this, he immediately became excited, after all, what is more joyful than letting a musician encounter an excellent tune?
"Find a way to make up a tune, you want it tonight, can you catch it in time?" Fang Yun asked again.
"Guaranteed to complete the mission!" Leping bowed his hand and his attitude was very firm.
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