Chapter 204 204: Xiaocheng Chaos (44) [Two in One]


    Roast the rich to help the poor?


    Gu Chi subconsciously frowned.


    "Which ''rich'' are you going to rob?"


    The richest person now is the rebels, right?


    The fire broke out before and did not hurt their foundation. There were also supplies, food and supplies brought by reinforcements, which could be said to be "rich and full of fuel."


    "If you are ready to attack the rebels, I advise you to give up this idea. Not to mention that Xiaocheng has a vacant staff, there will be no extra people. Even if you can, there will be only people who can rob us."


    Gu Chi thought he had predicted Chen Tang''s prediction.


    Presist in the process of blocking this road.


    Unexpectedly, Chen Tang was arrogant and Versailles said: "I have burned their supplies. No matter how stupid the rebels are, they will not fall twice in the same pit. What are their ideas? What do I mean, do you want to borrow some from the wealthy families in Xiaocheng? "


    Gu Chi: “…”


    This development was something he never expected.


    He asked: "What you mean by a wealthy family..."


    Gu Chi vaguely guessed it, but he didn''t dare to think that Chen Tang had such courage. But Chen Tang really dared: "Xiaocheng is also the Sibao County Prefecture, right? It is also the most prosperous and populous place in Sibao County. Those rich, powerful, powerful, and well-off... should there be many families or gentry and tyrants?"


    Gu Chi''s mouth twitched.


    He said, "The people you mentioned have escaped."


    Those are the most well-informed people.


    The rebels sneaked into the granary garrison outside the city. Not long after the fire broke out, the group of people in the city smelled something wrong and packed up their bags overnight and took the most important tribe members in their family away.


    If it were in the past, this group of people might not have been willing to leave—the city fell, for them, it was just a change of affairs. In order to take over the city as quickly as possible, the newly appointed chief usually does not touch this group of people.


    Not only will they not touch them, they will continue to appoint them.


    This is one of their confidence.


    It is also a hidden rule for wars between countries and forces.


    However, Zheng Qiao did not play the cards according to the rules.


    When Sibao County was captured for the first time, these people were also ready to take some airs at the beginning, but they misjudged Zheng Qiao''s cruelty and decisiveness. Everyone who sings opposite Zheng Qiao will be at least likely to be the landed, and at worst, a few people in the family will cancel their household registration book.


    In addition, Zheng Qiao deliberately instigated the soldiers under the tent to burn, kill and loot, which made them scare. So when the rebels of King Tsuna came, they were already covered in oil, afraid of following in the footsteps.


    Chen Tang also heard about these news.


    "I know they have escaped, but time is so tight that they can take away valuable wealth and will definitely not take away grains, rice and grain... Isn''t this exactly what we lack? We lack them, just right!" Chen Tang said again, "It''s not for nothing, I''ll write an IOU."


    Gu Chi: “…????”


    He was not surprised to write an IOU.


    He was surprised why Chen Lang took it for granted.


    Gu Chi: "You said... to borrow food from those gentry from the aristocratic families?"


    Chen Tang said, "Yes."


    After saying that, he nodded with emphasis.


    The landlord''s family must have food.


    Gu Chi asked again: "Then have you ever thought about how to pay it back?"


    Chen Tang shrugged, and the matter was nothing to do: "That''s right, it''s simple. If Xiaocheng is defended, they will ask them to return it with their IOU, and the prefecture is not returned to the court. If Xiaocheng is unable to defend it, his life will be gone, so how can they still keep the account or not?"


    Gu Chi: “…”


    I have to say that this fallacy sounds a bit reasonable, but normal people will not put their ideas on those groups of people. Gu Chi was thinking and did not give Chen Tang an answer. Chen Tang didn''t urge her, she just came up with an idea, and it didn''t matter whether she would adopt it or not.


    Gu Chi asked again: "Why do they refuse to borrow?"


    Chen Tang tentatively said: "Give it?"


    Gu Chi: “…”


    The seemingly weak young man looked faint and asked an inconsistent question: "Qi Yuanliang, have you taken many heart-protecting pills recently?"


    He even felt a little gloating.


    If you meet such a reckless boy, you will definitely be overwhelmed.


    Chen Tang looked nervous: "You said Baoxin Pills? Yuanliang has a few bottles of medicine around him, but he didn''t see him taking it, and he didn''t know what the medicine was effective. Is that thing Baoxin Pills? Yuanliang has a heart disease?"


    Why didn’t she know?


    Current medical conditions, heart disease is basically an incurable disease.


    Gu Chi: “…”


    He just wanted to gloat, and there was no other meaning.


    He changed his subject and pulled back the wrong topic: "It''s not possible to rob. Once you anger these people, maybe when you are still dreaming, they have already opened the city gate inside and outside to welcome the rebels and a group of people into the city. Don''t underestimate them."


    Chen Tang''s idea was also quite dangerous.


    I really don’t know how Qishan taught me.


    Chen Tang didn’t understand the logic at all.


    She said in confusion: "Is this anger? Isn''t Xiaocheng their foundation? The rebels are the common enemy. The enemy should have abandoned all rifts and defended the enemy together. Only when you have money, someone gives you people, and force can you defend your homeland without losing it!"


    Gu Chi was stunned by Chen Tang''s seemingly logical words, and then laughed and said, "How can this be the same?"


    Chen Tang looked at him in confusion and asked for an answer.


    "They never care who is in Xiaocheng, or even which country Xiaocheng belongs to. If they hadn''t met Zheng Qiao, a tyrant who broke the rules, they wouldn''t even escape. Because no matter who is in power, their assets belong to them will not affect their enjoyment of wealth and glory, and may even be taken to the next level because of the reuse of the new master."


    It is impossible for the situation Chen Tang said to happen.


    Because interests and positions have always been different.


    Chen Tang opened his mouth, as if he didn''t expect it to be like this.


    She did not expect it.


    The subtext of Gu Chi''s words is that the gentry from aristocratic families has food, but they cannot borrow it. But in her usual subconscious mind, it should be very normal for her to do her best to defend her country. On the contrary, it is abnormal for those who watch coldly.


    Chen Tang was just silent for a while.


    She asked: "The new rice that should have been stored is gone, and only 30% of the rice that is reserved for emergency response is moist. Where did the rice go? Whether it is eaten, sold, or lost, there should be a place to go. Can this be checked?"


    Gu Chi asked, "Do you suspect they have been corrupt?"


    "It may not be them, but what can I do if I want to eat such a large amount of rice and grain without some financial resources? Not only do I need to have a financial resources, but I also have a legally operated rice shop. Rice shops of all sizes in the city have almost increased their prices, and they are also saying that there is insufficient rice and grain. It is either a coincidence or a deliberate way to do it... Most of these rice shops are their industries."


    Chen Tang asked again: "Two days before Xiaocheng was surrounded, did these rice shops collect grain at high prices? If there were any, there would probably be a lot of food in hand. How could it be sold out so quickly? Follow this line to investigate, maybe something can be found..."


    Then use the handle to extort...


    Ah no, I can definitely borrow food.


    Gu Chi: "The grain warehouse is not a good place to operate. If it is really embezzled, the former county magistrate Yan Cheng must participate."


    Chen Tang said, "Then you can check Yancheng''s study. Maybe there is such an account book? Isn''t it a proof of it?"


    Gu Chi: “…”


    No, that''s not what he meant.


    He means - Yan Cheng participates, this is a "buy and sale". People may not admit it, let alone use this as a threat to let them spit out the benefits of eating it. They are not soft persimmons.


    If there is really no channel for food.


    As a last resort, you may be able to try this method. Gu Chi lowered his eyelids, but he had not really made up his mind yet.


    We still need to discuss this with Wu Yuan, at least we must inform him. He knocked on the table with his knuckles all the time, but what he was thinking about was Chen Tang and the phantom of the dragon above Xiaocheng.


    No one knows better than him the source of the sentence "Ziwei goes out to the northwest to protect the unification of the world". He knows that it is not a prophecy, but it is "fulfilled". It was neither too early nor too late, but it was after Shen Tang and the others appeared. Is there something he doesn''t know about here?


    Wait until Gu Chi comes to his senses—


    The white paper on the table clearly reads the words "National Seal", "Chen Tang", "Gong Shuwu", "Qiyou Good", and "Chu Yao". Chu Yao suddenly recovered his literary heart, which is also a very intriguing detail. That road has been restored to the deposed Dan Mansion Wenxin so far.


    If you take that path, there is a detail that ordinary people can easily ignore - during the recovery process, Chu Yao cannot be too far away from the loyalists.


    The closer the distance is, the more beneficial it is to recover.


    Chu Yao''s loyalist is nearby.


    In other words, the person who owns the national seal is nearby.


    Will this person be Chen Tang?


    Will the national seal of Xin Kingdom be in the hands of the Shen family?


    Thinking of this seems to make sense.


    Just as Gu Chi was thinking, he heard Gong Cheng''s voice across several walls. In normal times, Gu Chi would ignore it directly, but this time his voice mentioned a keyword - Uncle Er.


    Isn’t Gong Cheng’s second uncle the Gong Wen who has disappeared for a long time?


    Wu Yuan was so greedy for Gong Wen. He kept thinking that he would recruit Gong Wen when he met him, but the world did not meet his wish. Gong Wen disappeared as if he had disappeared from the world. Gong Cheng''s voice mentioned a detail - the Gong Shuwu gave Gong Cheng the feeling of his second uncle.


    At this moment, Gu Chi was hit by lightning.


    He suddenly understood something.


    Put the pen and write the words Gong Wen next to Gong Shuwu.


    "Together, to the Wuwu, to the Wuwu half a step; Gong Wen, Gong Yili - Half a step is martial, and the righteousness of etiquette is literary. So that''s it, haha, so that''s it!" The details that Gu Chi couldn''t figure out were suddenly unobstructed, and it also further confirmed that Chen Tang had a national seal on him!


    This national seal was given by Gong Shuwu!


    Chen Tang is another descendant of the Shen family...


    Could it be that Chen Lang is the remains of the royal family of Xin Kingdom?


    If you guess this, everything will make sense.


    Otherwise, Gong Wen had no reason to follow Shen Tang.


    Gu Chi said with a tsk: "Gong Wen is really loyal to the royal family of King Xin. He would rather hand the seal over to the descendants of the Shen family to choose a hopeless road to restoration than to pull his nephew. He is still hiding his identity now, so loyal!"


    but-


    What does this have to do with him?


    Gu Chi suddenly smiled, his smile a little bit weird and cold. He rolled up the paper on the table and took out a fire note to burn it.


    Until the paper turns into ashes in the flames.


    at the same time-


    Shuwu suddenly sneezes.


    Helplessly follow the nephew and nephew in front of him and his wife and brother.


    Not long ago, Chen Tang came to Gong Cheng with a worried look on his face, saying that the city was short of grain and the grain warehouse was suspected to have been embezzled by the former county magistrate. He was bored and wanted to find evidence, and he might be able to retrieve this batch of grain. When my nephew heard this, he immediately supported him!


    Gong Shuwu felt that these two children were innocent.


    Is there any evidence so easy to find?


    Found it, can the grain be recovered?


    Don’t look at the current situation of being besieged by the rebels.


    Gong Shuwu wanted to get along with his nephew for a while, so he followed him to watch the fun. Unexpectedly, the two children searched in the study of the former county magistrate and found a wooden box under a floor tiles.


    The wooden box is full of booklets, which is very important at first glance!


    Gong Shuwu: “…”


    He watched Chen Wulang enter the study with his own eyes and go straight to the lamp shelf, walls, and ground. In a short while, he gained a lot of money, making people unable to help but suspect that the box was buried by her.


    He didn''t ask, but Gong Cheng asked.


    "How do you know that your wife and brother are here?"


    Chen Tang flipped through the booklets one by one, without raising his head, "Isn''t this simple? It''s all old routines."


    You don’t know if you don’t read the account book, just look—


    Good guy, the former county magistrate has extensive business.


    After reading a few books, I found the relevant content of the grain warehouse.


    It happened that she really hit it.


    "With these...how much food can we get?"


    Xiaocheng can last at least half a month!


    Gong Cheng looked at the number above and took a breath of cold air.


    "this-"


    Really bold!


    At the same time, there is a kind of secret joy of wealth coming from heaven.


    But when he took the evidence to ask for food, Gong Cheng hesitated again.


    He is also from a noble family and knows best what these people will do if they are offended. However, if they don’t get food, the garrison will have to guard the city hungry within two days, and the people in the city will also mutiny.


    For a moment, it seemed that no matter how you choose, it was a mistake.


    Chen Tang patted him on the shoulder.


    "Gong Cheng, can you do it?"


    Gong Cheng was caught off guard and staggered. He suddenly turned red and said, "This matter is of great importance, so you should not be hasty."


    "You dare not do it?" Chen Tang asked him bluntly.


    Gong Cheng said helplessly: "It''s not easy to offend."


    Chen Tang''s eyes rolled and his mind was born with a bad idea.


    She hooked her fingers at Gong Cheng. Gong Cheng hesitated, but she still couldn''t help but feel curious and stepped forward to listen to Chen Tang''s tricks. Chen Tang’s wonderful strategy is not only a pity, but also a very badass.


    After hearing this, Gong Cheng widened his eyes in surprise and hesitated: "How, how can you use this method? Isn''t this a robbery?"


    Chen Tang said, "Just grab it!"


    Since it is impossible to borrow, then grab it.


    Hong Kong and vertically, I want to give her food.


    The landlord''s family has food, but he refuses to take it out. He wants to raise the price and take the opportunity to make money in war? It''s really against them!


    Not to mention that these foods are still greedy.


    The account book is the evidence!


    The grain in the grain warehouse is originally intended to deal with natural disasters and man-made disasters. If you don’t need it at this time, when will you wait? How different is it to move them to rebel?


    It would be great if they didn’t come to cancel their household registration.


    Gong Cheng said: "If they are forced to do so..."


    Chen Tang: "What''s the matter? Has the county government come forward to force them to give out food? Don''t talk nonsense! No! The one who robs their granary was a ''mob,'' the ''people'' who can''t afford to buy rice shop food and can only choose to take risks. The ''people'' has been suffering for a long time. As a local parent official, the incarnation of justice and the representative of justice, how could the county government do such a robbery? You think so?"


    As for how those "mobs" know the location of the granary, so many people have emerged. How could the county government, which is seriously short of staff and wants to have three hands on their parents?


    You can’t wrongly accuse an honest person!


    Gong Cheng was a little moved.


    So—


    Wu Yuan was struggling all night and decided to let Gu Chi try it out - hold a banquet to invite the acting directors of each family to find out the "borrowing grain". As a result, before the person stepped out of the threshold of the county government, the acting director had already come to the door to cry.


    Wu Yuan: "???"


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    ??I wanted to raise a cat on a whim. After checking, I found that there was a cathouse near my home. So I went to the cathouse in the afternoon and brought back a silver dot shortcut. The boss''s wife said it was four months old, but I always think this cat is so fat and doesn''t look so small...


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    (This chapter ends)