Half an hour later, at a house near Baoen Temple in Xiaodongmen, Chang Yu stood in front of the door and turned to ask a military captain in gilded clothes beside him: "Is this it?"
"Return to the factory supervisor, this is it. The brothers have been monitoring it for almost half a month."
"Is there anything unusual?" Chang Yu asked again,
"Under house arrest, staying at home"
"Okay, go in and kill," Chang Yu said calmly.
The Jinyi Guardsman was startled, and then asked: "Kill them all?"
"No, just kill Zhang Xiong." He turned around and left, and then suddenly said: "Check those who are close to Zhang Xiong in the army and kill them all."
"Yes, Mr. Factory Supervisor," the Jinyi Guards Colonel immediately waved his hand and rushed in with several of his companions. Soon, screams could be heard.
I want soldiers, food, and money. I will kill even the traitors first. If you, Blind Li, can still take Taiyuan, I will obey you! Chang Yu walked slowly on the streets of Taiyuan, with a smile on his face.
With a sneer, he was followed by twenty eunuch troops.
As I was walking, suddenly a group of people came from the opposite side. They were jostling with each other, and they were walking towards the south in a menacing manner.
Chang Yu raised his eyebrows and saw that he was from the palace of Prince Jin, and Prince Jin was standing on the front of the group of brown horses. He was so handsome and brave. If he were to appear in the future, he would definitely make the fans go crazy.
It was obvious that Zhu Shenxuan also saw Chang Yu. He walked over slowly on horseback. His face was very pale due to his hangover from last night.
"Eunuch Chang, where are you coming from and where are you going in such a hurry?"
Chang Yu smiled slightly and saluted him: "I just killed someone, and I'm going to go out of the city to get some fresh air."
Zhu Shenxuan raised his eyebrows, but an exclamation came from the carriage behind him: "Kill..." Then he poked his head out, and it was none other than Princess Zhu Zhi'e.
"I heard that General Zhou was training troops outside the city, and wanted to wait and see. Since Eunuch Chang also wants to go outside the city to get some fresh air, how about we join forces together?"
Chang Yu shook his head gently: "The place where our family needs to have some fresh air is in Nancheng, and it doesn't go well with the prince."
"Is there anything impressive in Nancheng?" Zhu Shenxuan asked sideways.
"There are people, refugees, and porridge shacks. Does the prince want to observe the people first, or the army?" Chang Yu smiled.
Zhu Shenxuan was silent on the horse, and glanced at Chang Yu for a while: "I also donated the food and salary. Success or failure depends on this. At present, the affairs in the city are chaotic. I want to do my best. If there is anyone who can help,
, just follow the factory owner’s orders.”
He called Chang Yu the factory owner, which showed that official business was done in a matter-of-fact manner.
This young man is not bad, Chang Yu secretly praised him, knowing that it is much better to go out and find something to do than to cry and pray to Buddha in the house.
Chang Yu pondered for a while and then said: "The prince must not be proficient in military affairs. That is the chief soldier of Zhou Dynasty, and the full responsibility of the commander-in-chief Ying. Government affairs are handled by Governor Cai, Prefect Sun and others. As for us, let's do what we can. The prince is in the city.
If you have a wide network of contacts, you might as well contact some wealthy businessmen to make a donation. Once you have enough food and salary, the people's morale will be stabilized and their morale will be boosted."
This is possible. Zhu Shenxuan nodded slightly, and then told the steward on the side to immediately contact the rich and powerful people in the city to gather at the palace tonight.
After the explanation, Zhu Shenxuan looked at Chang Yu with a smile but not a smile: "Eunuch Chang said that he can do what he can. I want to know what Eunuch Chang is good at?"
"Our family doesn't have any skills, we are only good at coordination!" Chang Yu smiled.
"What is coordinating?" Zhu Shenxuan asked with a smile.
"It's just extortion," Zhu Zhi'e's disdainful voice came from the car.
Chang Yu smiled bitterly, the princess understands me.
In the end, Zhu Shenxuan did not go to the west of the city to watch Zhou Yuji train his troops. Instead, he turned around and followed Chang Yu to Nancheng.
The two rode horses side by side, speaking little during the journey. Zhu Shenxuan frowned in a circle, looking at the large number of refugees pouring in from the south, his face became increasingly ugly.
"Eunuch Chang, how many refugees do you think there will be?"
Chang Yu pondered for a while and said: "From Jiexiu, north of Fenzhou, Jiaocheng, Qingxu, Jinyuan County (now Jinyuan District), Qixian County, Taigu, Yuci (now Jinzhong City) six counties, the people
Fifty or sixty thousand people should be enough."
Zhu Shenxuan frowned even more: "Why not mention Wenshui and Pingyao counties?"
"These two counties are too close to Jiexiu and Fenzhou, and too far from Taiyuan. I'm just afraid that the bandit army has arrived. I hope there won't be too many refugees trekking here."
Zhu Shenxuan was silent.
There are two gates in the southern city of Taiyuan City, namely the Big South Gate and the Small South Gate.
At this time, porridge sheds were set up near the two gates, and there were more than a dozen steaming cauldrons under each shed. There was rice porridge and soup in China. The porridge was made from whole grains, and the soup was bone soup to warm the body.
Each porridge shed was surrounded by water, and government officials and soldiers were maintaining order. The refugees who had traveled long distances in the wind and snow finally felt warm on their faces.
Under the notice wall, there were more people around, and the smiles on the faces of the refugees became thicker. No one expected that it would be a blessing in disguise, that they could find a job after fleeing the famine, and the cash settlement was really an unexpected surprise.
They lined up, registered, and received tools, and then soldiers took them to carry out construction and expand the moat.
Zhu Shenxuan's arrival caused a commotion. The horse, the handsome boy, the fancy clothes and the car were all ostentatious, which soon aroused the crowd's discussion.
"Who is this young man? He is so good-looking?"
"Young man? Didn't you notice that he has a jade belt and a python robe? He is young. As expected, this is the prince, the King of Jin in Taiyuan City." A person with a little knowledge said, which immediately caused the people around to exclaim, it turned out to be the young prince.
"Wow, look, there's a beautiful woman coming out of the car. Is she the princess?"
"What kind of concubine are you? I heard that the young prince is only engaged but not yet married. Look at the girl's resemblance to the young prince. I guess she must be the princess."
"Wow, how come you know everything? What do you do?"
"I am a fortune teller. This little brother sees that your face is dark. Do you want to..."
"It's a shame, uncle, I haven't washed my face for a few days, of course I'm a shame..."
Zhu Shenxuan dismounted and Zhu Zhi'e dismounted. As the identities of the two were revealed, the crowd became more and more lively. They cheered and surrounded them, wanting to see the prince and princess of Taiyuan City.
With smiles on their faces, the two of them squeezed their way through the crowd under the protection of their attendants and walked under a porridge shed to look at the pots. Then they picked up spoons and started to prepare meals for the refugees.
The King of Jin and the princess personally prepared meals at the porridge shack over there. The news exploded outside Nancheng in an instant, and curious refugees began to flock towards the porridge shack.
There was almost no one under a porridge shed not far away. Chang Yu drank a bowl of hot soup, took another bowl, and slowly walked towards the moat in the south while drinking.
The moat is only one mile away from the city wall. At this time, the water is shallow and frozen, and many people come and go directly on the ice.
Standing by the moat, Chang Yu frowned and looked around, reached out and pulled out the steel knife from Chunxiang's waist, jumped into the river, and then thrust it hard.
There was a click, and crushed ice flew away, but the tip of the knife only penetrated a few inches.
Chang Yu kept exerting force and pounded it for more than a dozen times. Finally, he saw water. After a brief measurement, he found that it was more than 20 centimeters thick.
After exhaling, Chang Yu walked to the shore again and dug out the river mud with a knife. It was very hard!
The frown deepened.
"I'm afraid that the previous discussion will not make any difference." A voice came from behind. Chang Yu turned around and saw a particularly thin man. Governor Cai Maode came, followed by Supervisor Mao Wenbing, Lin Gangzhong and others.
Chang Yu nodded slightly: "I didn't expect the frozen soil to be so hard." As he said that, he looked at the Fen River in the west of the city. There was an army of horses heading south along the river. It should be that Zhou Yuji had sent troops to the front line again. He was looking at the front line.
Heading east, I sighed in my heart, as my original plan to dig another trench a few miles south of the moat might be shelved.
"But we can't give up just because the project time is short and difficult. We might as well construct two lines at the same time, one side expanding the moat, and the other side digging a trench a few miles south of Taiyuan City outside the moat. We can do as much as we can before the rebels come to the city."
.Chang Yu’s eyes were full of perseverance.
"Xiaoguan has always been puzzled. At this time, the weather is freezing. Digging trenches to divert water into ice will not hinder the bandits. They can still walk through the ice and easily attack the city." Lin Gangzhong shook his head.
"The main purpose of digging trenches is not to stop the rebel infantry, but to prevent their cavalry and artillery from approaching easily. If the two armies cannot approach easily, it will be more difficult for them to attack the city."
Cai Maode explained, Lin Gangzhong nodded slightly.
"Even the infantry commander would not let them get close to the city wall easily." Chang Yu looked at the ice of the moat, smiled strangely, and then said to Cai Maode: "Governor Cai, please send some old and young women from the refugees to chop in the mountains to the west."
forest logging".
"What's the purpose of logging? To build a refugee camp?" Cai Maode wondered.
"That's second"
Chang Yu smiled slightly and said, "You go ahead and let others handle it first, while our family will stay at bay first."
Cai Maode stopped asking and looked at the long queue of refugees running towards Taiyuan in the distance, with a sad look on his face: "There are hundreds of thousands of lives lost in one city!"
"So, we must either die in battle or surrender." Chang Yu looked at him with a smile.
"Will the factory governor surrender?"
Cai Maode also smiled, and even Mao Wenbing and others behind him also smiled.
"Our family only knows how to surrender." Chang Yu's eyes were full of coldness.