Chapter 488: The leader of the farm family must surrender to us! (4000 words)

A few days later, on a large island in Yunmengze.

Hundreds of strong farmers are practicing under the command of Peng Yue.

Just next to it, a group of people were talking around Chen Sheng.

"General Chen, the King of Chu has said that as long as you are willing to support the King of Chu, then the title of General of Chu will be yours."

"When the Qin army is defeated and the situation is stabilized, if you need anything at that time, just ask."

The group of people slowly stated the conditions offered by their master with some caution.

Chen Sheng also listened with a smile on his face, but his mouth did not relax at all.

"The King of Chu is interested, and several envoys are interested. In fact, I am very satisfied with the conditions you offered."

Hearing this, several messengers showed smiles on their faces.

But then, Chen Sheng said,

"But although I am the leader of Yunmengze, the real leader is still the leader of our farm family."

"I dare not agree without the leader's permission."

Several messengers quickly said,

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. If the head of the peasant family is willing to come forward and call on the peasants all over the world to join the great Chu, then the position of prime minister will be his."

"If you have any other conditions, feel free to ask for them."

Chen Sheng looked at the extremely humble envoys in front of him, and he actually wanted to cooperate with them.

Because there are many benefits.

Yun Mengze is indeed short of food and money now.

Furthermore, they were originally revolting under the banner of Zhang Chu. If they could get the support of King Chu, it would be justifiable.

But he really didn't dare to make the decision on such a big matter, so he could only put it off for now.

Someone from the farm had sent a letter before, saying that the leader had arrived in Nanyang County.

Calculating the time, it’s time to arrive.

"Well, envoys, please allow me to think about it again."

Upon hearing this, several of the envoys were about to cry.

"General Chen, I've been here for a few days, and you've been thinking about it for a few days. It's time to make a decision."

Chen Sheng would not be polite to them, he said with a straight face,

"I ask you to wait, just wait. If you can't wait any longer, just leave."

"Now that the world is in turmoil, my peasant family has hundreds of thousands of troops!"

At this time, Chen Sheng pointed to the strong farmers who were practicing and continued,

"Everyone is such an elite soldier!"

"Not to mention, farmers all over the world are listening to our call!"

"The leader of my family is naturally busy!"

Seeing Chen Sheng's expression change, several envoys replied one after another,

"I'll just wait and wait, and I'll just wait!"

Of course they knew that what Chen Sheng said was exaggerated. If the peasant family had hundreds of thousands of such elite soldiers, the world would have been theirs long ago.

But so what?

Even if this number is reduced ten times, to only ten thousand or even thousands, they can't afford to offend them.

Although Chu State is now the king of the Six Kingdoms, it has the most soldiers, the largest territory, and the strongest strength.

But what does this have to do with the King of Chu?

Everyone can see that the King of Chu is just a puppet of the Xiang family.

Before setting off, King Chu Xiong Xin gave them very clear explanations.

No matter what, you must get Yun Mengze’s support!

Therefore, even if Chen Sheng spits in their faces, they can only smile and let it dry naturally.

Just when Chen Sheng wanted to send a few people away, a farmer ran over with a smile on his face and said loudly,

"Chief, the leader is back!"

Hearing this, Chen Sheng and several envoys were overjoyed.

Chen Sheng said to several envoys,

"You guys wait here first."

He left at a trot.

Soon, Chen Sheng saw Zhao Lang and ran over directly, with a bit of excitement,

"Chief! You are finally back."

Many people think that as the leader of Yun Mengze, he has tens of thousands of people under his command!

It looks extremely majestic.

But who knows how stressful it is to feed hundreds of thousands of people every day when you open your eyes?

We don't have all the supplies for winter now, and winter in the south is also extremely cold.

Now that the leader is finally back, he no longer has to bear such a heavy burden!

Zhao Lang comforted the other party for a while, Chen Sheng calmed down and said quickly,

"Chief, King Chu's envoy is on the island now!"

Chen Sheng quickly explained the situation to Zhao Lang clearly.

Zhao Lang raised his eyebrows when he heard this, looked at the farmers practicing not far away, and said with a smile,

"Yunmengze really has so many elite soldiers now?"

Even from Zhao Lang's perspective, the hundreds of farmers here can be considered elite.

Paired with weapons and armor, he can definitely compete head-on with the Qin army.

Chen Sheng said with a bit of embarrassment,

"This is the most elite among the hundreds of thousands of us."

Yunmengze is very poor, how can he have the money to support so many elite soldiers?

These hundreds of people were specially arranged to frighten the group of envoys.

Zhao Lang smiled and shook his head, then said,

"It doesn't matter, just let them come here to see me."

Chen Sheng hesitated for a moment and said,

"Chief, do you want to expose your identity in front of these people?"

"What if some of these people know you?"

Zhao Lang was startled for a moment, what Chen Sheng said did make sense.

But his mind quickly moved, he thought of something, and said,

"It doesn't matter, you can go find some wood and a piece of cloth and make a simple screen."

"I'm just behind the screen."

Chen Sheng quickly took the order and left, and soon the screen was ready.

Zhao Lang sat behind the screen and tried it, and the effect was good.

Chen Sheng said with a smile,

"Chief, this is a good way to hide your identity! Not only can't you see the person, but even the sound is slightly different. We can use it more in the future."

After saying that, he went out to call the messengers.

Zhao Lang was sitting behind the screen, thinking about Chen Sheng's words, but was slightly distracted.

He learned this method from the First Emperor. At that time, he just thought that the First Emperor would not see him for safety.

After all, the First Emperor was very good at guarding against assassins.

But now I have other ideas.

Is the other party trying to hide their identity?

But it's not necessary.

Zhao Lang was still thinking about it, but Chen Sheng had already walked in with the envoy of the King of Chu.

Although he was a little strange at this way of meeting, the messenger still said in a very respectful manner,

"The envoy from the King of Chu has met the farmer leader!"

Hearing the salutes of several people, Zhao Lang stopped thinking about it. Now he was thinking about how to get more money and materials from King Chu, which was the most important thing.

The messenger quickly stated his request again. Zhao Lang thought about it in his mind for a while and quickly said,

"The King of Chu wants the peasants of Yunmengze to surrender, which is fine, but what does the King of Chu want in exchange?"

"Those positions will be eliminated. The Xiang family is so powerful that we can't fight with them yet."

The envoy was stunned for a moment. He did not expect that the head of the farm family could be so straightforward and direct.

He quickly replied,

"In addition to the title of Da Chu, the King of Chu said that he still has some money, food and grass that can be given to the leader."

Most of Chu's current money is in the hands of the Xiang family.

But there were still some nobles who were loyal to the Chu royal family and were willing to listen to the King of Chu's orders privately and contribute money.

After all, hundreds of years of rule can always cultivate some die-hard loyalists.

"In addition, there are some manpower..."

Without waiting for the other party to finish speaking, Zhao Lang quickly said,

"There is no need for manpower. If the King of Chu has any orders, just tell us. In the name of the head of the farm, I guarantee that those who can do it will definitely be seated."

Hearing this, the envoy's face showed a hint of joy. As long as the farmers in Yunmengze agreed to surrender, it would already be an extremely important achievement.

What's more, others also made promises in the name of the leader of farmers.

Although this promise has some restrictions, it is much better than Xiang's!

So he quickly agreed,

"Just as the leader said! We will send the army's supplies and money within a few days."

Zhao Lang was slightly surprised,

"How can it be so fast?"

The messenger replied with some caution,

"The list of these things has been prepared for a long time. All I need to do is make a mark with the token as a token and send it to me as a reply."

Zhao Lang showed a smile, but these people still had some concerns.

After groping in his arms for a while, he took out the jade pendant of the head of the farm family and said,

"No problem, just bring the list and I'll make a mark for you."

Soon, Zhao Lang reached an agreement with several people.

After receiving this guarantee, several envoys immediately left here and headed towards Wuzhong.

They should have gone back to resume their lives long ago.

Looking at the backs of several envoys leaving, Zhao Lang sighed slightly.

"Chief, we have received much-needed supplies, why are you sighing?"

Chen Sheng asked a little confused.

The farmers are in short supply right now, so they should be happy to have someone who has been taken advantage of.

Zhao Lang clicked his lips and said with some regret,

"Most of the money and supplies of the Chu State are in the hands of the Xiang family. With the little things the King of Chu has, we can barely survive the winter."

Thinking of this, Zhao Lang felt a little regretful again,

"If I had known better, I wouldn't have killed Xiang Liang. Xiang's price would have been much higher."

"such a pity."

Chen Sheng on the side stopped talking. His leader's appetite was too big.

"That's all, how can everything go as planned in this world? Chen Sheng, please tell me in detail what happened to Yun Mengze during this period."

Zhao Lang looked at the direction the envoy left and said to Chen Sheng.

At this time, after the envoy left Yunmengze, he started galloping all the way.

But just after leaving Yun Mengze's control, a cavalry blocked their way.

When the messenger saw the other party, he didn't hesitate at all and ran away.

But it was already too late.

The other party had already prepared an ambush, and within a quarter of an hour, all the envoys were killed.

Soon, the messenger's cloth bearing the mark of the head of the peasant family was also found.

Then he was sent to an old man by a strong man, and he said with great admiration,

"Mr. Fan, as you expected, the King of Chu is also in contact with Yunmengze's farmers. It seems that they have reached an agreement."

This group of people is none other than Xiang Zhuang and others.

Fan Zeng looked at the cloth in his hand and said calmly,

"The King of Chu is really willing to give up. This is almost all his property."

"If I hadn't sent the messenger over in advance to set up my eyes, he would have succeeded."

"But now, one thing is certain, the leader of the farm family is in Yunmengze!"

"Hmph, there is no need to contact Chen Sheng this time. We can directly negotiate with the farmer leader!"

"Send this cloth to Yunmengze!"

Xiang Zhuang hesitated for a moment and said,

"Sir, will we offend the head of the farm family by doing this?"

"Moreover, King Zhao should have arrived at Yunmengze by now. How should we respond?"

Fan Zeng laughed and said with great confidence,

"It doesn't matter, I just want to put this pressure on him!"

"You have also seen along the way that although the farmers have many people, they are short of supplies. Otherwise, they would not have formed an alliance with the King of Chu just for these things."

"As for King Zhao, he himself is short of supplies, how can he compare with us?"

"This time, I will give the head of the farm family three times the amount of supplies as the King of Chu! This is coercion and inducement! Even the head of the farm family must succumb to us!"

Listening to Fan Zeng's plan, Xiang Zhuang's eyes were full of admiration and he was completely convinced.

No wonder my uncle had to go and invite Fan Zeng in person that time. Such a talented person is really something you want but don’t ask for!

It seems that within just a few dozen days, the farmers have already been included in their pockets.

With Fan Zeng here, the Xiang family has nothing to worry about!

Fan Zeng directly handed the blood-stained cloth to the messenger and said,

"Send a message to Yun Mengze!"

Soon, a fast horse headed towards Yun Mengze.

At this time, Zhao Lang was looking at the information in front of him with a confused expression.

"There are 150,000 farmers and only enough food for three months?"

Zhao Langren was numb. He had expected that Yun Mengze's condition was not good, but he didn't expect that it would be so bad!

The result of the sudden increase in the number of people is insufficient food.

Although the land is being reclaimed, the time is too short. If we really want to be completely self-sufficient, I'm afraid it won't be until the autumn of next year.

Wood is easy to talk about, there are trees everywhere now.

Chen Sheng grabbed the corners of his clothes uncomfortably and replied,

"Chief, this food is enough for the winter, as long as you don't starve to death anyway."

"How can you be like Zhuangzi, who has enough to eat every day?"

Zhao Lang's requirements are different from his.

Zhao Lang sighed,

"If there is no other way, then it can only be like this, but ordinary people will get over it after a few hits."

"What about the old people, the children, and the farmers who are responsible for fighting?"

Chen Sheng hesitated and said,

"The farmers responsible for fighting naturally provide food alone to ensure their combat effectiveness."

"Children don't eat much. As for the elderly...even if they are given food, they will save it for their children at home."

Hearing this, Zhao Lang felt a little heavy. Old people in China would indeed do this.

Even in the previous life, if there were any good things, the old man would save them for his children.

But the more this happens, the less Zhao Lang can let this happen. He said with a bit of coldness,

"King Chu's supplies are still lacking. Go and talk to the surrounding squires to borrow some food and supplies to ensure that no one in Yunmengze will starve to death or freeze to death."

Chen Sheng nodded, he had wanted to do this for a long time.

It’s just that Zhao Lang didn’t allow it before.

Chen Sheng was about to leave when a farmer hurried in and said,

"Chief, someone outside Yunmengze is sending a message under the banner of the Xiang family!"

As he said that, he took out the cloth still stained with blood.

Seeing the cloth signed with the envoy of the King of Chu not long ago, Chen Sheng became furious and said,

"Chief, these people are simply bullying others!"

Although it was the envoy of the King of Chu who was killed, it was the farmer who was slapped in the face!

But Zhao Lang looked at the cloth in front of him, a smile appeared on his face, and then he said,

"Reply to the letter, the head of the farm family invites Mr. Xiang to talk."

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