Rebirth of the Noble Daughter

Chapter 181 181. Merchants
A few people in Xuzhou have some clues, but Liangzhou thousands of miles away is in danger.

On the impenetrable city, General Xiao Ji stood facing the wind, feeling somewhat bleak.

Looking at the dark Beidi army in the distance with his resolute face, he was not moved at all.

"General, all the organs have been properly arranged, and the food and grass in the city are also guarded by trustworthy brothers. It is enough for the big guys to eat for two months. The people in the city have also notified that they have a lot of food at home. It will definitely last until Reinforcements are coming."

The one who spoke was He Qiu who had followed him for many years and was now his deputy.

The wind and sand in the northwest made his skin a bit rough, and his face was also full of dimples. Thinking of how he was a rich man with a peach blossom face before he came to Liangzhou with General Xiao Ji more than ten years ago, now he is afraid to return to the capital. I don't recognize those old friends.

The reinforcements from the Eastern Capital City are thousands of miles away from Liangzhou, at least a hundred thousand miles. After such a long journey, they may not arrive within two months. Although the words are certain, his heart is full of drums.

However, since he joined the military camp, life and death have long been ignored, and he only worries about his wife and children at home.

For their sake, this city must be firmly guarded. Otherwise, with the brutal temperament of the Beidi people, if the city is broken, the people of Liangzhou may be slaughtered!
"Thank you for your hard work. This battle is bound to be dangerous. Tell the brothers to keep your spirits up. Reinforcements are hard to save thousands of miles away, and we still have to rely on ourselves in the end."

"Yes! General."

Turning around and looking at the bustling Liangzhou City, both of them were determined to guard this peace to the death.

In Liangzhou city, the Feng family, who had heard the news earlier at this moment, also summoned many wealthy merchants in the city to have tea in the front hall.

In name it is to eat tea, but in fact it is to take the lead in charitable donations, donate money if you have money, and donate food if you have food.

"People from Beidi have always been immoral, and doing business with us is also true and false. Last year, more than half of the horses my son brought back from Beidi got plague, which caused heavy losses to my horse family. Hmph! Liangzhou City is nothing short of a fool's dream, Patriarch Feng needless to say, I still have more than newly trained horses in my racecourse, I will send them to General Xiao Ji!"

He is talking about a reasonable businessman who has been running a racecourse in Liangzhou for decades, and he knows the truth of his lips and teeth. If General Xiao Ji hadn't led troops to protect Liangzhou like an iron bucket these years, how could they be here? Doing business in peace and contentment.

The Patriarch of the Huo family, who was sitting next to him, was also very excited at the moment, "Half a month ago, General Xiao Ji sent someone to inform my Huo family to prepare enough food in case the Beidi army came over. I thought it was true as he said, fortunately my Huo family’s granary is big enough, the grain from more than a dozen surrounding counties was collected, and half of it was sent to the military camp, and most of the remaining half was sold. Now every household is not short of any food."

"Old Huo, the price of your grain is quite reasonable, but the oily noodles of Lao Zhu's family are too much. It has increased by more than % compared to the past. Tell me, is it a disaster for the country!"

The head of the Zhu family who was named was so angry that he blew his beard and stared at him. Looking at the head of the Tie family who "accused" him, he said cursingly, "Damn, your Tie family is the only one who has suffered a national disaster. Who here doesn't know that last year's wheat The harvest is not good, and now I have discussed this price with General He, and I have already lost % to go in. You still think it is expensive, so you might as well not buy it, so as to save me from a headache. My old mother is still Call me a prodigal at home."

The old lady of the Zhu family had a hot temper when she was young, and she used her reputation as a widow to pull up several children, not to mention all of them were promising, rich in business and clean in office, and now the youngest son is a general in Liangzhou. Judgment, the prestige among the people is very high.

Thinking of her with her hips akimbo yelling at the head of the Zhu family at home, the Tie family couldn't help but laugh.

"Okay, they are all over half a hundred years old, and they still love bickering so much!" The old man of the Hua family who spoke was the father of the second housewife of the Feng family. Poor, now that the old man speaks, these juniors naturally dare not speak.

Feng Shan, the head of the Feng family and Feng Hai's younger brother, looked at everyone with a solemn expression at the moment. General Xiao Ji was the first to notify the Feng family when the storm was coming. Iron mines are attractive enough.

When the Great Jin was founded, in order to reward the Feng family’s meritorious service, they specially granted three mines to the Feng family. After all these years, although the court was afraid, the Feng family was not a greedy person. Iron ore resources were donated to the army to refine weapons.

Otherwise, I'm afraid that before the reputation of the Feng family's century-old family has been spread, the royal family will have already dealt with it as a thorn in the flesh. Then there is still this prestige today?

If the city of Liangzhou is destroyed, other merchants may still have a glimmer of life, but the Feng family, which holds the iron ore, is a headache. The elder brother's family in the capital city might also be implicated by Emperor Qi, but if they don't surrender, it will be the road to extermination.

There are still children waiting to be fed at home, how can he, the head of the family, make such a decision.

Therefore, compared to others, he has no intention of joking at all.

The old lady Hua next to him saw his thoughts, and said comfortingly, "The Feng family sent thousands of tons of kerosene to the army, and the previous iron mine also made four to five thousand sets of armor according to General Xiao Ji, what can be done We have done it all, if it still fails, it is fate and cannot be forced."

Fengshan took a deep breath, and said to Mrs. Hua, "What my father-in-law said is that my son-in-law is thinking about it. Instead of sighing here, it's better to think about it. There is still something incomprehensible. Let's discuss it. Do it."

The rest of the patriarchs nodded. Their lifelines are all in Liangzhou City. The city is at home, and the city is destroyed. Twenty thousand were taken away because they were afraid that the soldiers in the army would be frozen.

The city guards, plus the Liangzhou garrison troops, are now obeying General Xiao Ji's orders.

No one knows when the army of Beidi people will attack, they only know that it is always right to be more prepared.

"When do you think the reinforcements from the capital will arrive?" The head of the Zhu family, who was always upbeat, also became worried at this moment.

Everyone present, the connection between the Feng family and the capital is relatively close, so everyone is looking at Fengshan.

"In previous years, it would take almost two months for the carriage to send the New Year's gift to the eldest brother's family. If the army is deployed, it will only be longer."

(End of this chapter)