Liu Ming looked into Yun Shang's cunning eyes and was silent for a long time before he completely believed it.
Liu Ming helped Yun Shang open the door and quickly retreated. Yun Shang entered the room. Although the room was simple, it was much better than the inn. It had everything it should have, including a makeup coffin and a bronze mirror, Qianliu and Qianliu.
Afterwards, he packed things and made the bed. Yun Shang sat at the desk, took a piece of paper, but just stared at it motionless.
Qian Zui saw it. He glanced at the desk and found that there was no polished ink in the inkstone. He quickly put down the things in his hands, poured a cup of tea, mixed some water into the inkstone, and picked it up.
The ink stone was gently polished.
Yun Shang still didn't move for a while. After a long time, she raised her eyes and asked Qian Zui, "How much rice does an average person in our house eat per month?"
Qian Zui was stunned, but Qian Liu said with a smile, "This servant knows that the maids and servants in our house, those with smaller appetites, have about thirty kilograms of rice per month, and those with larger appetites have forty kilograms of rice.
Why does the princess ask this?"
Yun Shang smiled and then said, "I got up early today and walked around the city three times. There are nine rice shops in the city. Added together, they sell 20,000 shi of rice every month. One shi of rice is 180 yuan."
Jin, if calculated based on thirty-five kilograms of rice per person per month, it is almost a ration for about 100,000 people. The total population that has moved to the city is 40,000..."
Qianliu and Qianzui both heard some clues, "What the princess means is that the eldest princess has a total of 60,000 troops?"
Yun Shang put his hand into his sleeve, but was stunned for a moment before he remembered that the map had been given to Liu Ming. But even without the map, Yun Shang could clearly picture in his mind the nearby eldest princess's hiding place.
"The eldest princess's soldiers and horses are distributed in a total of eight points. Two of them are near Qiancheng, including the one in the center of Qilin Mountain. The other points are surrounded by some small towns. If nothing happens,
The supplies of soldiers and horses at these two points are all brought from Qiancheng, which means that the total number of people in these two points should be about 60,000." Yun Shang spoke softly, paused, and then said again,
"I think the number of soldiers and horses at each point should be an integer. According to common sense, there are only two situations for the distribution of soldiers and horses at these two points."
Yun Shang drew a circle on the paper with one hand without taking a pen, "The first one is the point on Qilin Mountain because it is the core place. The number of soldiers and horses is twice that of other places. The four sides of Qilin Mountain are
Ten thousand people, another point, thirty thousand people." Yun Shang pondered for a moment, and then continued, "This arrangement method is the most likely. The second one is to distribute the number of people equally at each point, and each point has
It’s thirty thousand people.”
Qian Liu was arranging the quilt and said, "My servant also feels that the first possibility is more likely. Why don't you call Commander Liu over and talk to him about this matter?"
Yun Shang pondered for a moment, then Fang shook his head, "I'm not sure about this matter yet. There are still four hours before the night of the uprising. Send three secret guards to the three nearest deployment points.
Go to the town to inquire about the situation there. Pay attention to a few key points: how many rice shops are there in the town, how much rice can each shop sell per month, how many people are there in the town, of course.
The more detailed the better, go and get back as soon as possible.”
Qianliu responded hurriedly, quietly put his hand to his mouth, and blew out a few sounds similar to bird calls. Three responses came from all directions. Yun Shang nodded, knowing that the secret guard had already set off.
Qianliu made the bed, then smiled and said to Yun Shang: "Princess, you have been busy all morning. Let's take a nap on the bed. The secret guard can't come back so quickly."
Yun Shang responded, then walked to the bed and took off her fox fur cloak, took off her shoes and lay on the bed. She frowned slightly, suddenly missing Luo Qingyan in her heart, and she didn't know how he was doing now.
Thinking of this, Yun Shang turned her head and looked at Qianliu who was putting down the bed curtain: "Is there any news from the house?"
Qianliu shook his head and said: "Not yet. If the princess is worried about the palace, can the servant send a message back?"
Yun Shang was silent for a moment, then shook his head and said: "Forget it, it will take six or seven days to come and go. It's better to understand this matter earlier, go back earlier, and tell the secret guards to prepare well and strive for success today."
The dust will be settled in one night."
Qianliu also responded in a low voice: "Okay."
Yun Shang then lay down, closed her eyes and fell asleep.
It was already the end of Shenshi when she woke up. Yun Shang lay on the bed for a while before sitting up. Qian Liu quickly stepped forward and took the fox fur cloak and put it on Yun Shang. He also helped Yun Shang put on her shoes.
Shang stood up and walked to the bronze mirror and sat down. Qianliu picked up a comb to comb Yun Shang's hair and said with a smile: "Before going to bed, the princess was still talking about how there was no news from the house. The slave just received the message.
"The slave saw that the princess was sleeping, so she didn't wake her up." Then she took the letter out of her sleeve and handed it to Yun Shang, "Princess, take a look."
Yun Shang nodded, opened the letter and read it line by line, unable to help but smile.
Qianliu looked at it and asked with a smile: "But what happy event is there? The princess is so happy."
Yun Shang smiled, read the letter from beginning to end again, and then responded: "It's not a happy event. My grandmother found out that I was missing. She is angry now. The housekeeper said that there will be some flowers in our yard.
Everyone who was waiting on me was scolded severely, but they knew that I must have come out this time as a last resort, and they didn't dare to show it, so I could only sulk alone. The housekeeper said in the letter that she was the Duke of Lian.
I didn't even go back to the palace, I just stayed in the palace, and every time I counted the servants in the courtyard."
Qianliu was a little surprised, opened her mouth and said: "My slave, I see that the Duke's wife is a very calm and loving person, and she actually has such a side. I thought that such a thing can only happen with a firecracker temper like Duke Hua."
She will do it, but the Duke’s wife is also worried about the Princess.”
Yun Shang raised her eyebrows, "What does firecracker temper mean?"
Qian Zuo laughed happily at the side, and responded to Yun Shang's words: "It's just a matter of point. It's like this every time when Duke Hua and the prince talk. The prince always makes Duke Hua furious, blowing his beard and staring.
Yes, it’s fun.”
Yun Shang burst out laughing when she heard this, "Your description is quite appropriate. I'm afraid that after we return to Jincheng, we will rush to the Duke's Mansion to apologize, otherwise we will definitely be scolded by our grandmother.
It’s raining on your head.”
While they were talking and laughing, there was a gentle knock on the door, "Is the princess up?" It was Liu Ming.
Yun Shang signaled Qian Zui to open the door for Liu Ming. When Liu Ming came in, he saw Qian Liu combing Yun Shang's hair. He quickly lowered his eyes to the ground and whispered, "If there is anything you want to eat, Princess, I will tell you this."
Let someone arrange it.”
Yun Shang smiled and said: "Just leave such a small matter to these two maids of mine. Commander Liu doesn't need to worry about it. Now that Commander Liu is here, I also have something to say to Commander Liu. Let's have a drink and give it to Commander Liu."
Commander, please move a stool."
Qianzui responded, and Liu Ming quickly said: "I will come by myself at the end, so I won't bother Miss Qianzui."
Yun Shang smiled, not caring about Liu Ming's politeness. After pondering for a moment, he spoke, "I heard Commander Liu talk about the layout of the Royal Forest Army earlier. Fifty thousand people were assigned to Qilin Mountain, and 30,000 people were assigned to other points.
Ten thousand people?”
Liu Ming nodded in response, and then asked again: "Do you think there is something wrong, Princess?"
Yun Shang shook her head, "Not really, I just want to know what our Imperial Guards are good at. When I was taking a nap earlier, I suddenly remembered that the duty of the Imperial Guards is to protect Jincheng and His Majesty. They should be the most familiar with Jincheng, but I don't know if
He is good at fighting in the mountains and forests."
Liu Ming was silent for a moment, and then responded: "The princess's worries have been thought about before. As the princess said, the Royal Forest Army actually knows Jincheng very well. The small streets and alleys are our most powerful weapons, but they rarely know about them.
Fighting in the mountains and forests, because of this, the general has dispatched almost all the imperial troops that can be dispatched this time, and the maximum force is used in the deployment of each point, hoping that even in places where he is not good at,
We can also win through numerical suppression. Moreover, the Royal Forest Army is the most elite force in the entire Xia Kingdom, so there shouldn’t be any problem.”
That means he is no longer good at fighting in the mountains and forests, Yun Shang thought to himself. After a moment of silence, he kept thinking about how to avoid weaknesses and turn weaknesses into advantages.
Liu Ming saw that Yun Shang didn't speak, so he could only sit quietly aside.
At this moment, two gentle knocks sounded outside the window. Before Yun Shang could speak, Liu Ming stood up suddenly and shouted, "Who!" He walked to Yun Shang's side,
He pulled out the soft sword from his waist.
Yun Shang chuckled lightly and said, "Don't panic, Commander Liu, he is my secret guard."
Liu Ming was stunned for a moment, with a slight blush on his face. He quickly took two steps back and sat down on the stool. Qianzuo quickly walked to the bed and opened the window, and a secret guard rolled in.
He walked up to Yun Shang and saluted: "Reporting to the princess, my subordinates have done some research in the town near point 4. The rice sold in the town every month is enough to feed more than 50,000 people. It's just a small amount."
There are more than 30,000 people in the town."
Yun Shang pondered for a moment. In this case, there were 20,000 people.
Yun Shang nodded and asked the secret guard to retreat, and then the secret guard turned over and left the room.
Liu Ming's eyes kept following the movement of the secret guard. After the secret guard left, he was silent for a long time before he spoke: "What did the secret guard say about fifty thousand and thirty thousand people just now?"
What's going on? Can the princess talk to the general about it?"
Yun Shang nodded lightly, "I was originally going to tell you. I walked around Qiancheng a few times early this morning and found out how much rice the rice shop in Qiancheng could sell every month. According to the average per person
Calculating how much rice they eat, the calculated number of people is about 60,000 more than the total number of people in Qiancheng. There are two places where the eldest princess is close to Qiancheng, and most of them need to be supplied from Qiancheng. The total number of people in these two places should be this much
60,000 people came out. I asked the secret guards to go to several points around to investigate. The secret guard just now was the first to come back, and the number they got was 20,000 people. Looking at it this way, it’s
There should be 40,000 people on Qilin Mountain, and about 20,000 others." (To be continued)