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Zhao Hanzhang said: "I asked Zhao Kuan to check the copper mine. I have read the figures in the Shile newspaper. Although they are only approximate figures, they are huge. I have been thinking about where all these people are sold. Already?"

"Those beautiful boys and girls were raised by them in other courtyards, trained and sent to various places. But besides them, there were many people, mostly middle-aged men, women and young people. According to the figures from the Shile newspaper , there are at least more than 3,000 people, where have all these people gone?"

Zhao Hanzhang suspected that he was in the mine.

She told Zhao Kuan this suspicion.

Zhao Kuan immediately investigated in this direction. Because Zhao Hanzhang and Liu Kun were sworn sworn brothers, it was easier for him to act in Jinyang than when Fan Ying resettled refugees. He was new here and did not have deep insights, but Fan Ying experienced it Those who had passed the gap felt very sad for a moment, "Why didn't your Majesty make a sworn vow to Governor Liu a few days earlier?"

Zhao Kuan said nothing, looked down at the drawing he took from Fu Tinghan, clicked on one of the drawings and said: "If we want to check the mine, we have to secure this place, otherwise we will enter through the front door and they will come out from the back, and we won't be able to catch anyone. "

Fan Ying glanced at it and said: "This is a copper mine. I inquired carefully. Although Liu Jishi gave the mining rights to the Zhang family, the Zhang family has to pay Liu Jishi a management rights fee every month, so there may not be anything in it. No one from Governor Liu is here."

When investigating a case, everyone is a suspect and everyone may be a villain.

What's more, Jinyang is under Liu Kun's rule, and it's really hard for them not to think the worst of Liu Kun.

Zhao Kuan pondered for a moment and then said: "Then don't transfer people from the county government, but recruit people from the Zhao family's army."

Fan Ying: "We only brought a thousand soldiers. Now that the Xianbei and Jie tribes are here, we must leave enough manpower to protect the envoy."

"Aren't you recruiting troops here? How come I heard there are as many as 20,000 people?"

"Those are all new recruits, and they were all recruited from Jinyang. They are a mixed bag. Who knows if there are spies who have been let in by others? They haven't been tamed yet. Do you dare to use them?"

Zhao Kuan asked: "Then what do you think we should do? In such a big mine, if you want to capture the people inside, you will need at least two thousand soldiers, right? We are here to arrest people, not to kill!"

If it were to kill people, there would be fewer people to use. With the Zhao family's army's combat power, three to four hundred would be enough.

But they have to catch them alive, at least three times to ensure they don't fail.

Fan Ying encouraged him in a low voice: "General He and Shi want people, and they can be recruited directly from Shi's army."

Zhao Kuan didn't trust Shi Le very much and frowned fiercely when he heard this.

As the senior secretary next to Zhao Hanzhang, Fan Ying felt something, so she whispered: "If you can't trust General Shi, you can ask the envoy for his opinion."

Zhao Kuan went.

Zhao Hanzhang directly approved, "You go to General Shi to ask for someone."

She paused and then said: "Pass a message to General Shi for me."

Zhao Kuan bowed and listened.

Zhao Hanzhang said quietly: "One cannot be two."

Zhao Kuan waited for the next sentence, but found that after Zhao Hanzhang finished speaking, he lowered his head to approve the official document. Apparently, there were only these five words.

This is not a sentence, it is clearly half a sentence. If you have the ability, why don't you say the other half?

Zhao Kuan dared to shout in his heart and silently retreated to run errands and send messages.

Shi Le heard the threat in Zhao Hanzhang's voice and promised Zhao Kuan to send two thousand stone troops to help.

Zhang Bin quietly breathed a sigh of relief at the side. As soon as Zhao Kuan left, he immediately grabbed Shi Le and persuaded him: "Thankfully Zhao Shijun is generous and trusts you enough. Otherwise, if you don't keep your word, this plan will probably lead to death." In the belly.”

Shi Le snorted coldly: "My mother, wife and children are all in her hands. Am I going to betray her?"

Zhang Bin asked: "My lord, if you really encounter an opportunity that will never come again, will you give it up for your family?"

Shi Le remained silent and didn't speak.

Zhang Bin then smiled and said, "This is the Lord I know."

He said: "Don't worry, even if you do it for real, Zhao Hanzhang will not harm your family. From what I know about her, although her methods are decisive and tough, her grudges are clear and her family members are not involved at all. Old Madam I, my wife and my gentlemen are safer in the hands of Zhao Hanzhang than with you."

Shi Le thought so too, which was one of the reasons why he didn't run away after surrendering, because anyone else would really not be able to do what Zhao Hanzhang could do.

But he was still a little resentful and muttered: "She is too greedy for money. She robbed all the things we copied. We have hundreds of thousands of people to support. She doesn't allow us to rob or conscript now, but she gives us We don’t have enough food and grass, how about letting the soldiers starve to death?”

"I finally found an opportunity to collect some money. I have already planned where to go. Half of it will be used to help the victims as a meritorious deed; the other half will be used to buy food and grass for the soldiers and pay them." Shi Le said: "It's far away. We can’t take care of it, but the 50,000 people we brought out are going to follow us to the battlefield, so we have to feed them, right?”

Zhang Bin sighed and said, "I know your lord's difficulties, but Ambassador Zhao must also have his own difficulties. This year's drought and locust infestation are serious. She started fighting after the New Year. She has been fighting for more than half a year. People's livelihood is exhausted, and food and grass... Alas~"

Shi Le couldn't help but frown. He felt that he was so unlucky.

When he and Zhao Hanzhang were enemies, she had plenty of food and grass and could chase him. However, when he and Zhao Hanzhang were on the same rope, she had a hard time and her food and grass ran out.

Zhao Hanzhang was indeed struggling for food, so she wanted to focus on time schemes and negotiations. If she had enough money, enough food, and many people, she would have crushed her with her army.

Isn't this because food and grass are running out and the soldiers are beginning to weaken?

The closer it gets to the end, the more she has to be steady. She would rather delay regaining the lost territory than capsize in the gutter.

She also knew why Shi Le didn't act according to the plan. To put it bluntly, he was eyeing the stolen things.

There was a saying that these noble men in Jinyang were really rich, and she was moved. If she copied them all...

No, no, Jinyang is not stable enough. She can't force others to rebel by committing suicide.

Alas~

Zhao Hanzhang sat in front of the desk and looked at the bill and worried.

Seeing that she was really worried, Fu Tinghan gave her an idea, "Your new second brother lives a luxurious life and looks very rich. Why don't you borrow some from him first?"

In order to maintain his image in front of his confidant, Zhao Hanzhang would suppress it even if he wanted to, but now...

Zhao Hanzhang slapped the table, "Yes! Borrow it from my second brother! We are all a family, there is nothing difficult to say."

Zhao Hanzhang did some mental construction for himself, and immediately got up to find Liu Kun.

The day after Liu Kun recognized his sister, he lent out most of his treasury. Except for the jars of fine wine and the band he had collected, most of the other things that could be cashed in were lent to Zhao Hanzhang.

Not to mention the money and food in his family's warehouse.