The Shen family is in the north, and their biggest business is selling grain.
Moreover, in a few years, it could even be said to be one of the most famous grain merchants in the entire Northern Qi Dynasty.
Although last year, the Shen family sold almost all their property in order to express their attitude to Shen Yi, and now they no longer have any grain stores.
But... the channels that have been accumulated over the years cannot just disappear.
Therefore, food here in Taiyuan is not a problem at all.
Shen Laoba patted his chest and said with a smile: "Don't worry, General. As long as Taiyuan is not besieged, give me a month or two to prepare the food in Taiyuan..."
"Enough."
Xue Wei nodded and said: "In the past two days, I will ask the logistics officer in the army to hand over all the remaining silver of our vanguard army to the Eighth Young Master. If there is not enough, the Eighth Young Master will see if he can extend some time. Hou I should send you money soon."
Shen Xu laughed and said: "Don't worry, there is no need for the general to provide money for the time being. Our Shen family still has some money left in Taiyuan, and the Prince Jin's Mansion in the city has a lot of money saved. Prince Jin has agreed. He gave us his family property to use."
"Besides..."
Shen Xu smiled and said: "Besides, getting food at this time may not require much money. Some people are thinking hard right now and want to send food to our Huai'an army."
Anyone with a discerning eye can now clearly see that Northern Qi is already at a disadvantage in this battle of life and death.
In this case, some people want to show their favor to Da Chen and the Huai'an Army. As long as Shen Xu contacts the Shen family's previous channels, not to mention that the Huai'an Army is not particularly short of money now. Even if it doesn't have a penny, it still has plenty. People will send them money and food.
Now, these merchants and local powerful people in the north are desperate to surrender. If they have a chance to meet Shen Yi, there may be many people who are willing to donate all their family property to bet on "stud".
Here, Shen Xu had unknowingly used the words "our Huai'an Army".
Although Xue Wei was careless, he still noticed this. He looked at Shen Xu and didn't say much, but was a little worried.
"The Marquis' side..."
"General, don't worry."
Shen Xu bowed slightly and said: "I will be responsible for this matter, I will check it. Only those who are really helpful to the seventh brother can send food to our army. Others are insignificant or have unclean backgrounds." ."
"We either don't want his food, or we just buy it at market price."
"Looking back, I will write a letter to the Seventh Brother to report this matter in detail. If there is any blame on the Seventh Brother, the general does not need to hesitate, just blame it all on me."
"It's not that I'm worried about the division of responsibilities."
Xue Wei frowned, then relaxed and sighed: "That's all, Xue really doesn't quite understand these roundabout things. Since the Marquis asked the Eighth Young Master to come over, he will be responsible for them all."
He looked at Shen Xu and said, "By the way, Eighth Young Master, is the Yamen in Taiyuan City still there?"
"Still."
Shen Xu nodded and said: "The governor of Shanxi in Taiyuan City has disappeared. The Fantai and Naitai of the Sansi Envoy Yamen also escaped from Taiyuan when they attacked the city that day, but the Taiyuan Magistrate is still there. Everyone from the Yamen is here too."
"The prefect of Taiyuan was originally a Han, but after the war broke out and the incident in Xuzhou happened, the Northern Qi court replaced the original prefect of Taiyuan and replaced him with Zhu Li, the real person."
"In the past few days, I have made the decision to capture the prefect Zhu Lizhen and throw him into a prison. He will let the Han people in Taiyuan know him and temporarily act as the prefect of Taiyuan."
Having said this, Shen Xu paused and said: "General, this colleague from Taiyuan has a good reputation in the past and has never done anything evil. This time I promised him that as long as he is willing to temporarily help take care of things, Taiyuan, when Da Chen Tianguan arrives in the future, he will not be held responsible for his crimes."
When he said this, he bowed his head respectfully.
"I have made my own decision, and I beg the general for permission."
Xue Wei shook his head nonchalantly and grinned: "What's the point? The Marquis said that some good officials in the Northern Qi court will not be completely unnecessary in the future. If he can do things for the court, he will not only have no sin, but also have merit. "
"This Taiyuan matter will be left to him and the Eighth Young Master for the time being."
"What I want to say is that the vanguard army suffered a lot of casualties. It needs to recruit some young men to fill the army and let the Taiyuan Yamen cooperate a little."
Shen Xu lowered his head: "This is no problem, I can do it tomorrow."
Xue Wei looked at Shen Xu and grinned: "Now I understand why the Marquis keeps Master Zhang with him when he fights."
"Having someone by my side who can handle these yamen matters really makes me feel more relaxed."
Xue Wei looked at Shen Xu and said with a hearty smile: "Eighth Young Master, after the matter in Taiyuan is over, if you are willing, I will ask the Marquis for instructions and let you stay by my side and be my helper."
When Shen Xu heard this, he was overjoyed.
What is Xue Wei’s status now?
Although on the surface, he is still a third-rank general, in fact, he is almost the third or even second-ranking figure in the Huai'an Army, and is the chief general of the Huai'an Army!
After the battle of Taiyuan is won this time, Xue Wei is destined to climb up one level again.
At this time, as long as you can be a "helper" for Xue Wei, as long as you can get an official position, your starting point in the Nanchen court will be quite high!
This made Shen Xu, who was determined to pursue an official career in Nanchen, almost ecstatic.
He quickly lowered his head and bowed, bowing and said: "The general invites you, how dare Shen refuse to obey!"
Xue Wei quickly helped him up: "Eighth Young Master is too polite."
After the two of them exchanged some polite words, Xue Wei took Shen Xu into the city and said with a smile: "After resting for a few days in Taiyuan, I will lead the troops to go out and defeat the prefectures and counties near Taiyuan first. By then, Taiyuan City will also be destroyed. Entrust it to the care of Eighth Young Master."
Shen Xu nodded quickly: "I am willing to do my best for the general!"
………………
Guangping Prefecture, in the main camp of the Right Route Army.
Shen Yi, who arrived in a hurry, was listening to Ling Su's report on the battle situation of the Right Army during this period.
After Ling Su said it for a while, he sighed silently and said: "Mr. Shen, the Qi people's border army is really powerful. It is much stronger than their southern army, especially the cavalry, which is too powerful."
"To tell you the truth, if it weren't for the looming disagreement between the Zhengnan Army and the Border Army, and the distrust between the two sides, I would have suffered a big loss here."
Shen Yi put down the teacup in his hand and looked at Ling Su: "What should I say?"
"Several times."
Ling Su said with a solemn expression: "On several occasions, the Southern Expedition Army has formed an encirclement with the border troops. As long as the encirclement is successful, if our army does not withdraw in time, there will be heavy casualties. However, they have not encircled for a long time. It seems that For fear that one side would surround us and the other side would retreat, we just sat back and watched our troops retreat calmly."
Ling Su also fought very hard during this period. He poured out a lot of bitterness in front of Shen Yi.
After he had finished talking about the matter, Shen Yi reached out and poured a cup of tea for Ling Su and motioned for him to sit down and drink tea. After Ling Su sat down, Mr. Shen also took a sip of hot tea and said slowly: "Things about Taiyuan , General Ling should also know."
"With the city of Taiyuan nailed to the north, our Huai'an army can advance and retreat freely. In the future, our tactics will have to change slightly."
"The purpose is still to kill the enemy. There is no need to confront the enemy head-on, but when it is time to be strong, you must be stronger."
Shen Yi looked at Ling Su, counted on his fingers, and then said: "You don't need too much, General Ling, as long as you can kill 50,000 Qi people."
Lord Shen looked calm: "Then next year, I can take you to see what Yandu is like."
"fifty thousand…"
Ling Su took a deep breath: "The right army doesn't even have fifty thousand..."
Shen Yi smiled and said: "Don't worry, now we can advance or retreat. If we walk hard, we can kill everyone."
"From now on, I will always be on the right side of the army."
Master Shen smiled slightly at Ling Su.
"It's time for the brothers of the Right Army to make contributions."
Today is Xiaoman's thirtieth birthday, and before he knows it, he is already 30 years old.
Alas, when I look back, thirty years seems like a blink of an eye, but it is really a long time.
In these long thirty years.
Xiaoman accomplished almost nothing, I feel ashamed...