One Thousand One Hundred and Eighty-Six: Fa Xu Pei, the First Princes to Kill (56)

After breaking Mingsha Pass, Cheng Yuan took advantage of the water conservancy in Zhejiang County to quickly contact Yang Tao's main force.

To be precise, contact Wei Ci.

After Wei Ci received the letter, he thought for a moment and wrote a reply to Cheng Yuan.

The content of the letter is probably some precautions for marching, and some private goods were entrained by the way.

Don't look at Jiang Pengji's family background in this life, but she suppressed the nobles more severely than her previous life.

Whether you are a vassal or an emperor, you need not only talent but also wealth to do great things. How can you do it without money?

60% of the world's wealth is in the hands of noble families. If you don't take advantage of the war to beat up the local tyrants and scrape off their fat, it will not be easy to do it in the future. Once the world is stable, the gentry will use their background to make money again, and it can be said that there will be endless troubles.

However, this is not a problem for Wei Ci.

He followed His Majesty's side for decades in his last life, witnessed her doing countless bad things, and dug countless holes for the nobles and poor families.

I dare not say that I have learned the essence of the other party, but I will still follow the example.

Don't look at Wei Ci's appearance as a human being, if he is black-hearted, he is also a "beast" with a human face.

The private goods he brought in can definitely teach Cheng Yuan a lesson.

Cheng Yuan and Qin Gong led the army to break through the Mingsha Pass, and went down several important military towns along the Taiqing River, opening up the hinterland of Zhejiang County to them.

Before they invaded Zhejiang County, the two repeated the five orders again, not allowing soldiers to disturb the people, and if someone was found to be looting treacherous money, they would be dealt with by military law.

Active reporting will be rewarded with meritorious deeds, and failure to report will result in continuous sitting.

Zhe County is the territory of the Xu family, and the people's hearts are all in the Xu family.

If outsiders harm the local people, it will inevitably cause their backlash and resistance.

Jiang Pengji's military training over the years has been effective, and the political commissars of the military camp are violently brainwashing them day after day. Who dares to commit crimes against the wind?

Our army was victorious, and the soldiers were still orderly, which made Qin Gong deeply moved.

If all the soldiers in the world could be like them, how many tragedies would there be in the world?

Qin Gong sighed with emotion, and was accidentally heard by Cheng Yuan.

Cheng Yuan smiled and said, "Feng Jing was wrong. If soldiers all over the world were like this, the casualties would only be greater."

Qin Gong was at a loss, was Cheng Yuan wrong?

Cheng Yuan explained, "If the feudal lords are fighting with each other, if their strength is almost the same and their forces are equal, it means that the war time will be infinitely prolonged, because none of them can do anything to each other. Wars not only require the soldiers to work hard, but also the people in the rear. The longer the delay, the more people will starve to death, and the more soldiers will die on the battlefield—so the casualties will be greater, right?”

Qin Gong understood, and scratched the back of his head embarrassingly, smiling innocently.

Cheng Yuan felt his hands itchy.

No wonder those military advisers like to bully Li Yun so much, co-authoring bullying honest people will be addictive.

The gentry in Zhejiang County gathers, and the population density is not comparable to a small place like Hejian County.

There are many gentry, which also means more money.

Cheng Yuan received Wei Ci's reply and immediately understood what to do.

He did not raise the butcher's knife against the gentry, but ordered some soldiers to break up into pieces and use their identity as bandits to rob.

Before Cheng Yuan invaded with troops, Zhe County was regarded as a safe haven for the gentry in troubled times, and each family had a rich heritage.

The army invaded, and most of the petty gentry planned to move to avoid the military disaster, but it was cheaper for this wave of "fake bandits".

Don't rob sex, don't rob people, just wealth.

They painstakingly packed away all their belongings neatly packed away.

Of course, they were not too sick. The jewelry on the women's family members was untouched, and the accessories on the men's bodies could not be let go.

The small gentry were in a hurry to move and were robbed, while the middle-level gentry were not in a hurry.

There is no official in their family, but the background is not bad. As soon as the new owner arrives, he will take refuge in the other party without any fear. But they did not escape the poisonous hands, and the "bandits" still looted most of their possessions. Unavoidably, they were suspicious, and raised their butcher knives to kill those who resisted.

Apart from these, the rest are the gentry who have a great family and a great career and follow Xu Peiqian.

They are the most panicked.

Especially Xu Peizhongchen's family members, if they fall into Jiang Pengji's hands, there is no guarantee that the other party will not use them to threaten their relatives.

Xu Yanxiao ushered in the second "Great Escape" under such circumstances.

Just woke up this day, the courtyard changed from the usual deserted, the servants rushed to pack their luggage.

Xu Yanxiao's position in Xu Pei's residence was very awkward, a group of cousins ​​treated her coldly, and the elders of the women's family even ignored her.

She didn't care, instead, she locked herself in the courtyard to observe filial piety for her deceased mother, and read scriptures and copied scriptures every day.

A few days ago, she faintly heard a few servant girls talking about the situation outside, as if the enemy was about to attack again.

"Enemy? Which princes?"

Xu Yanxiao subconsciously thought of Qin Gong. She hadn't seen him for several months, and she missed him more times than before.

Now she is alone, her close blood relationship is gone, only Qin Gong is still somewhat familiar with her.

The maid faltered and said, "It seems to be the one from Maruzhou."

Maruzhou?

Is that the lord Liu Xi that Qin Gong is serving now?

Ripples appeared in Xu Yanxiao's calm and unwavering heart, and the slightly frowned brows slowly relaxed.

The first time she heard the enemy army coming in, she subconsciously thought of the mountain urn city a few months ago, and her heart tightened, like falling into an ice cellar.

However, Qin Gong's promise to her made her inexplicably at ease, and all hesitation and fear disappeared invisible.

now--

Where is he?

Xu Yanxiao finished copying the scriptures as usual, read the scriptures in her mouth and put the scriptures in a copper basin to burn for her deceased mother.

With a creak, the gate of the courtyard opened, and the first-class maid assigned to her by Xu Pei hurriedly said, "Miss Xiao, quickly—"

Xu Yanxiao lowered her eyes and asked, "What's wrong?"

The servant girl said, "The chariots and horses have been prepared outside, why hasn't Lady Xiao—"

Xu Yanxiao raised her eyelids indifferently, and glanced at the shapeless servant girl, who did not fear her attitude at all, but instead pulled her wrist.

Xu Yanxiao withdrew her hand, "Go and tell Auntie, I'll pack up and go over there."

The servant girl said, "Miss Xiao, what is there to prepare, it's important to escape now, money and jewels are all belongings outside the body."

Xu Yanxiao sneered and took the initiative to walk to the gate.

"Forget it, let's go."

She is just an orphan girl living under the fence, and the servant girl can't say anything if she is rude to her.

What the other party said was also correct. Except for this person, Xu Yanxiao, what else in this yard is her own?

That being the case, what did she have to prepare for?

Xu Yanxiao was like a little transparent person who didn't exist, she didn't make a sound when being stuffed into the carriage, with her head hanging down the whole time.

The carriage drove to the pier, and Xu Yanxiao was arranged into the cabin of the big ship again.

Seeing that the pier was far away from her sight, she sighed silently, and then lowered her head and recited the scriptures of the past life silently, as if this could calm her flustered and irritable heart. After sailing for about a quarter of an hour, the frightened cries of the women's relatives came from outside the cabin of the big ship, and Xu Yanxiao suddenly opened her eyes.

"...It's a water bandit—"