Dominate the Country

Just when Yang Ping and Feng Shaohua were showing off their power outside Hot Spring Town, Chen Ming also came here to submit a post. An old acquaintance of the Chen family, a model of the genteel scum in Lushan County - Li Jiannan, the county's litigator leader. This person was present when the Chen family had contact with the Xu family. It's just that Li Jiannan knows how to avoid disasters and seek blessings better than the Xu family. He fled to Ruzhou City with his family and money long before Chen Ming led his troops to capture Lushan County.

Chen Ming smiled when he saw him. After Chen Jiajun took control of Lushan County, Chen Hui specially sent someone to find him. Chen Hui was preparing to drag him into the court set up by his family, but Li Jiannan was greedy for life and feared death, and he could not help but refuse to agree if he was threatened. As a result, people disappeared. I asked his neighbors and found out that he had run away a long time ago.

Now seeing Li Jiannan's cute smile, how could Chen Ming be unhappy? This guy must have been captured, otherwise he wouldn't have come up to him at this time. Chen Jiajun and the government, one official and one bandit, it is normal for Li Jiannan to be beheaded on this errand.

What is written in this letter? "Chen Ming grabbed the envelope without opening it and asked Li Jiannan directly.

"Young Master Ming, there are thousands of words in it that can be combined into one sentence - I beg you to show your noble hand and let the city go." Li Jiannan was holding a fan in his hand. It's not the time to use the fan now, but today's Li Jiannan was sweating but he really wanted to use a fan.

"Why should I let Zhoucheng go?" Chen Ming's attitude was very familiar, which made Li Jiannan feel relieved. As long as they don't start shouting and killing each other as soon as they meet, there is room for change.

"Then the student dares to ask Mr. Ming, what are the benefits of taking the city?"

"Money, food, population, influence." How many days has it been since the Chen Jiajun uprising? How many days will it take for the name to be truly spread all over the world? You can win the capital of a state. This will definitely have a sensational effect if it spreads.

"If Master Ming wants to attack the city, Wang Zhizhou cannot resist it. There is no doubt that the city will be destroyed. The only difference lies in the number of casualties among Master Ming's troops. Wang Zhizhou cannot choose to burn Ruzhou City with a fire. But he He would burn all the food in the city and hide the money in the city in a place where it would be difficult for Mr. Ming to find it.

Why should it be so? As long as Mr. Ming gently raises his hand, Wang Zhizhou is willing to give up everything in money, food, and materials to ask for it. "

"As for the population mentioned by Young Master Ming, the people who are willing to follow Young Master Ming are not in the city, but in the countryside. As long as Young Master Ming has the ability, he can take them as much as he wants. Wang Zhizhou will seal the city gates and not send out a single soldier. "Li Jiannan didn't talk about influence at all. What kind of influence does Chen Jiajun want? Just because they started an uprising in the Central Plains, defeated Nanyang's soldiers, and captured many counties in one fell swoop, it was enough for the imperial court to regard Chen Jiajun as a thorn in their side. And powerful people from all over the world will look at Chen Jiajun with admiration. What kind of family is this? It has caused such a big disturbance, Xiaoxiao Lushan County - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

"Ming Shao has been on an expedition all the way, and has already reached three counties. If the city is broken again, Wang Zhizhou and Huzhou will be equally dead. In this way, Ruzhou will have no officials. When the imperial army comes to kill, there will be no officials to protect it. The soldiers pass by like a grate, and the green camp Qiu Ba people will inevitably be burned Killing, looting, and the fate of the people of Ruzhou are so miserable. The students came here to deliver a message to the governor of the state, and also to ask for help from the people of Ruzhou. I hope that Ming Shaowang will be spared and let millions of people in Ruzhou have a way to survive. ”

Chen Ming sneered: "Is it my fault? This court, these officers and soldiers, if they don't resist or kill them all, they deserve to suffer." Chen Ming is not a compassionate person. If he can't see through this, what else can he do? opposite? Chen Ming has long seen through this.

Every time after a war, the local area would be burned, killed, and looted by the green camp soldiers. This was not a history of a year or two, but a situation that lasted for hundreds of years. The passing of bandits is like a comb, and the passing of soldiers is like a gourd! After going through the dynasties several times, excluding the Yuan Dynasty, among those unified dynasties, when the dynasty was at its peak in the middle and early periods, the discipline of the officers and soldiers was ruined and there was no way to compare with the Qing army!

Li Jiannan's face was tangled for a while. He never expected that Chen Ming would have such a train of thought and such an answer. Shouldn't this be right? He should have been touched by his words...

So far, Li Jiannan feels that he has performed very well. Although he didn't grasp the rhythm, he was not led into the ditch by Young Master Chen on the opposite side. Chen Ming opposite was so young that it was impossible for him to have dealt with lobbyists. Li Jiannan was already full of confidence before he said those two sentences. You must know that before leaving the city, Wang Jun, Hu Rulin and others specially analyzed some information about Chen Ming for him. The Chen family's army has strict military discipline and is very ruthless towards the wealthy squires. It is also very close to ordinary people. The final result of the analysis by a group of people was that Chen Ming was very benevolent and caring for the people. Isn't it ridiculous? The official actually said that the rebels had a heart of benevolence and love for the people. This is also one of the reasons why Li Jiannan supported himself out of the city gate.

The result was beyond his expectation. Do you blame me? This word made Li Jiannan freeze up, and his face turned blue and white.

I don't know how many thoughts went through Li Jiannan's head at that time. The last picture stayed in his mind when he was chopped off with a knife. Blood splattered on his headless neck, which was so red that he felt so sad that he almost cried. .

Chen Ming ignored his expression. He didn't really want to kill Li Jiannan. This person was a minor character. "Tell me something affordable, how much can Wang Jun pay?" Chen Ming shook the envelope in his hand.

From hell to heaven, Li Jiannan was overjoyed in that moment. Chen Ming's words were like a ray of sunshine that parted the dark clouds, illuminating his whole soul.

The inflated confidence was like an inflated balloon, instantly filling every inch of Li Jiannan's chest.

Li Jiannan saw the dawn of "victory". If he could persuade the Chen family thieves to withdraw their troops with his eloquence, he would not only make great contributions in front of the prefect Wang Jun, but also be worthy of being recorded in history in the future; even the people of Ruzhou City would regard him as a benefactor and praise Li Jiannan's wisdom and courage.

"As long as Young Master Ming is willing to stop fighting, Prefect Wang is willing to offer 10,000 taels of silver, 3,000 shi of fine grain, cloth, medicinal materials, salt and gunpowder as the ransom of the prefecture city."

Wang Jun, Hu Rulin and the gentry and wealthy families in the prefecture city all reached a unified view. As long as Chen Ming is willing to "not attack", they will contribute silver, grain and materials, and the entire Ruzhou city will bear this "sin". 10,000 taels of silver and 3,000 shi of fine grain are just a preliminary number. The bottom line of Ruzhou City is 30,000 taels of silver and 5,000 shi of grain.

Chen Ming did not say anything about the money and grain, but asked directly about the gunpowder: "One hundred barrels of gunpowder, one barrel weighs fifty jin. Take this out, and we'll talk about other things."

"Five thousand jin? Young Master Ming, where can a small Ruzhou have so much gunpowder?"

"If you don't have it, go get the raw materials. I'm not picky. I won't ask you for saltpeter, sulfur, and charcoal..."