The little flag leader trembled as he looked at Liu Mingzhi choosing people to devour: "We also obey orders!"
"What are you ordered to do here?"
"Work with the altar owner to take care of the supplies looted these days. We don't know anything about the rest!"
"Did you know these boxes contain things like rocks?"
"I don't know! The altar master asked us not to ask, not to talk too much, and just guard Yanxia Mountain well."
"Where is your branch?"
"Change it every ten days. After the change is completed, someone will notify us to gather together."
Liu Mingzhi looked at the cloudless blue sky speechlessly: "Take him to Shaozhou Prison and keep him under strict supervision!"
Liu Mingzhi knew that he wouldn't get any useful information if he continued to ask. He looked at the terrain of the valley with an ugly face. It was not an exaggeration to say that it was connected in all directions. He didn't know if Jiang Lei, Du Yu and the patrolling people would have a chance.
come across.
Song Qing and Cheng Kai came over with an ugly expression. They looked at Liu Mingzhi, who had a gloomy face, and no one spoke. They also understood that Liu Mingzhi was now very angry.
Liu Mingzhi took out the map and looked through it carefully. There was no idea in his mind. There were no traces of the White Lotus Sect in the past month or so. There were no rules at all.
It's completely a hammer in the east and a hammer in the west, doing whatever you want. How can you possibly take care of so many state capitals in the south of the Yangtze River with only an army of 10,000 led by yourself?
The scouts were sent out in dozens of groups, and the information from the governors of various states were cross-coordinated, but what they got was still not satisfactory.
Now it's like I'm being led by someone's nose, and I can go wherever I need to go.
The White Lotus Sect is treating themselves and others like monkeys.
The mission of suppressing bandits is completely different from what you imagined.
In the past month, more than a thousand White Lotus Sect rebels were killed and more than a thousand were captured. It would be inappropriate to say that there was no gain at all. The key point was that Liu Mingzhi felt that he was like a top, and anyone could play tricks on him.
"The sudden rebellion of the White Lotus Sect is very likely to happen. There is a mastermind behind the scenes, so be careful!"
For more than a month, Liu Mingzhi has thought about the words "Jiangwen Renzheng" in his mind hundreds of times and still has no clue.
Who set up the trap, and what is the purpose of it!
"Commander, this is not the way to go!"
Song Qing finally couldn't help but speak. He was afraid that Liu Mingzhi would collapse if he continued to think about it.
Liu Mingzhi sighed silently: "What can we do if we don't do this? We are just headless flies now. Scouts have been sent, and secret guards have dispersed into every state and government. With the information given by the governors, we still can't catch up.
The traces of these bandits from the White Lotus Sect are so large in Jiangnan that even if all ten thousand people had wings, they wouldn't be able to get rid of them!"
Cheng Kai slashed the wooden box with his knife: "The bandits of the White Lotus Sect always anticipate the enemy's opportunities. If they continue like this, they will be suppressed until the end of the year of the monkey!"
Liu Mingzhi was startled, then turned to look at Cheng Kai who was wiping his sword and walked over slowly: "General Cheng, what did you say?"
"The general said that the White Lotus Sect is always looking for opportunities to take advantage of the enemy, and every move we make is as if it is under their noses!"
Liu Mingzhi rubbed his brows and walked slowly, carefully reviewing everything that had happened in the past month or so in his mind, even going to the toilet a few times.
“Big ugh”
Seeing Liu Mingzhi deep in thought, Song Qing covered Cheng Kai's mouth: "Don't disturb the commander, he seems to have thought of something!"
Cheng Kai immediately fell silent when he saw this.
After a long time, Liu Mingzhi suddenly turned back and looked at Song Qing: "Vice General Song, when we were at Tianxiang Tower, Mother Han said how much money does Tianxiang Tower earn per year?"
"Four to five hundred thousand taels is enough, usually one to two hundred thousand taels is pretty good!"
Liu Mingzhi hurriedly rummaged around on his body, and after a long time without success, he rummaged around on the horse again.
"Why isn't there? Where did I put the account book!"
"What ledger?"
"I clearly put away Penglai Pavilion's account books back then!"
"Now that we are suppressing bandits, do you still care about the account books of a brothel?"
"If you think about it carefully, how much is the silver equivalent of the gold that the sergeant was asked to transport out of Jiang's mother's house in batches?"
"One hundred thousand taels of gold is equivalent to one million taels of silver. Gold is rare, but it is possible to actually convert it to one million taels of silver!"
"Where's the jewelry?"
"Pearls, agates, emeralds, jade, and all kinds of rare jewelry, large and small, must be worth five to six hundred thousand taels of silver!"
Liu Mingzhi patted the horse's back with a serious expression: "Add 1.7 million taels of silver, huh, plus the remaining box of gold, as well as various scattered silver jewelry in the room, and an old neck darkroom
The amount of money in it is more than three million taels, which is equal to the tax revenue of three governments!"
"You mean there's something wrong with the money?"
"It's not just a problem, it's a big problem. If I go to Tianxiang Pavilion to be the only one in the capital, I can only earn hundreds of thousands of taels of silver a year. Penglai Pavilion is lower than Qinhuai River Yanyu Pavilion and Jiaofangsi at the end of Qixiu Pavilion, whose income is 70%
It has to be handed over to the government. She, an old bustard, can't save so much money in her whole life without eating or drinking. Three million taels of silver. The Twelve Flying Immortals dare to go against the court because of one million taels of silver. What do you think?
How can Penglai Pavilion, which has only 30% profit left, have as much as three million taels of silver? If there is no way in this, this young master could twist his head off and use it as a chamber pot for you!"
"Are you saying that Penglai Pavilion is really related to the White Lotus Sect?"
Liu Mingzhi took the map and flipped through it for a long time. After a while, Liu Mingzhi's eyes were a little frightened: "Whether it is related or not is hard to say, but we may have to poke a big hole. It is not an exaggeration to say that it will break the sky!"
"What do you mean? Don't say half and half!"
"I'm not sure either. Now let's find out how the White Lotus Sect can predict the enemy's opportunities at every turn. If not, we might all fall into their trap!"
"You give the order!"
Liu Mingzhi put away the map: "Immediately join forces with Zhou Baoyu, Jiang Lei, Du Yu and the others. We must not divide our troops any more, at least not too far apart!"
"Report to the Commander-in-Chief, General Zhou encountered the White Lotus Sect rebels who came forward. The two sides are entangled. The rebels have many masters. General Zhou is afraid that these masters will leave with the help of Qinggong and need to encircle them immediately!"
"The three armies are ordered to rush to the official road of Shaoyang immediately to support General Zhou. These traitors must be left behind."
"Got the order!"
Liu Mingzhi and others rushed to the official road without stopping. Zhou Baoyu, with a blue face, was commanding his soldiers to clean up the battlefield. The corpses of the White Lotus were everywhere.
"Commander, the general did something wrong and didn't leave these traitors behind!"
There are many mountains and rivers in the south of the Yangtze River. Liu Mingzhi looked at the dense forests on both sides of the official road in bewilderment with mixed emotions: "How many people are left behind?"
"There are more than three hundred people. Marshal, you really expected these rebels to flee towards Yangzhou after coming down from the trail of Yanxia Mountain. Unfortunately, the terrain is too limited and the cavalry cannot attack at all. The rebels are not afraid.
Hide yourself into the dense forest, and the general will not dare to chase you for fear of an ambush!"
Liu Mingzhi took out the tiger charm: "Zhou Baoyu obeys the order!"
"My subordinate is here!"
"You will go to Yangzhou and station yourself from now on. You will coordinate with the governor of Yangzhou, Luo, and take over the defense of Yangzhou. All people in the city who do not have identity certificates are allowed in but not allowed out. Any intruders will be killed without mercy!"
"The general will obey the order!"
"Song Qing, Cheng Kai listens to the order!"
"exist!"
"Lead five thousand dragon guards back to Jinling City!"