Chapter 336: Backstabbing
After all, if the matter is settled, given the minds of the wealthy people in Nanchuan City, it is obviously not realistic to want to get money and things from them again.
This is also why as soon as they entered the city, Zhou Yunshu asked Meng Nan and Wan Zhong to take people to collect protection fees from the wealthy families in Nanchuan City in batches.
"As for Nanchuan..." Geng Jiang was stunned by Zhou Yunshu's question.
Geng Jiang wanted to leave with Zhou Yunshu. He knew that his mind was sometimes not working properly. He used to rely on Cao Mengyun, but Cao Mengyun was a traitor and was already dead.
As for now, he felt that it was good to be with Zhou Yunshu. He didn't have to use his brain, and Zhou Yunshu would not treat him unfairly.
"Then let Lao Yu guard Nanchuan, and I'll leave with you!"
After Geng Jiang finished speaking, Zhou Yunshu glanced at Yu Yinghao, who immediately said, "I'm fine with anything. I'll listen to you!"
He originally wanted to stay in Nanchuan. Now that the crisis in Nanchuan has been resolved, he doesn't want to lose the city he had conquered with great difficulty.
Zhou Yunchu saw what Yu Yinghao was thinking and said, "The wealthy have sent a letter to the Huainan Palace before. If they are willing to take care of it, they will probably send people to Nanchuan soon."
"But the letter the wealthy sent out said that Nanchuan City had been occupied by bandits. If you stayed..."
"But we have already surrendered to King Huainan!" Yu Yinghao said anxiously.
They are all the King of Huainan's men. The King of Huainan will not make things difficult for his own people, right?
"I'm the only one who knows that you're the King of Huainan's men, and so are the wealthy people who gathered that day. But I'm going to Kui County tomorrow, and the only people who can prove your identities are the wealthy people in Nanchuan City. Do you think they'll help you?"
Geng Jiang and Yu Yinghao were silent.
Need I say more? Those people have eyes on the top of their heads, and they will definitely stab you in the back when the time comes.
Zhou Yunshu looked at their expressions and smiled, "So my suggestion is, why don't you all come with me? I'll help you get some credit along the way."
"What about Nanchuan?" Yu Yinghao asked anxiously, "We presented Nanchuan to the King of Huainan!"
Don’t wait until they leave, otherwise the credit for surrendering the city will not be theirs!
Zhou Yunshu smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'm here. No one will take credit for your work. I'll help you keep an eye on it."
Geng Jiang thought this made perfect sense. He said to Yu Yinghao, "Old Yu, you were right to trust my Seventh Brother. If he had wanted to harm us, he wouldn't have saved us from that little scoundrel Cao Mengyun!"
"Think about us before, and then think about us now!" Geng Jiang looked at Zhou Yunshu and said proudly, "From now on, we will be real generals, not rats that everyone shouts and beats. Don't you think it's impressive?"
"Trust me, from now on, if you follow my Seventh Brother, we'll only enjoy delicious food and spicy drinks!"
Yu Yinghao thought about it and agreed. Since he had joined a new master, it would be better for him to do more.
"Okay, then we'll go with you."
Seeing that her goal had been achieved, Zhou Yunshu smiled and said, "Okay, then we'll rest for a night and set off tomorrow morning."
"good!"
They also had a lot of things to pack, so they had to arrange it quickly.
When Geng Jiang and Yu Yinghao left with their men, they glanced at Geng Yang standing next to them.
"Will you come with me?"
Geng Yang looked at Geng Jiang and shook his head. Geng Jiang didn't say anything else and left. After all, this son was not his biological son, and he had done well enough.
After they left, Zhou Yunshu lay on the bamboo couch and took a nap for a while. When Wu Gui and others came back, she woke up.
"What does the doctor say?"
Wu Gui was sitting some distance away from Zhou Yunshu. "It's just a cold, nothing serious."
Having said that, Wu Gui thought about staying away from Zhou Yunshu until he recovered from his illness, so as not to infect Zhou Yunshu before his own body recovered.
"You should rest well today, and you can take the carriage when we set out tomorrow morning."
"good."
Mengnan, Wanzhong and others returned before dark, and their horse-drawn and donkey-drawn carts were fully loaded.
When Wan Zhong and Meng Nan came over to reply to Zhou Yunshu, the smiles on their faces never faded.
"Master, your words are so effective!"
Meng Nan said excitedly: "They are afraid of death and dare not come out. They believe everything we say!"
"I said we have reinforcements and can drive out the besiegers tomorrow. If they are willing to help, we can also help them take away the bandits in the city when we leave."
"As soon as I said this, they agreed to pay us 'protection money' without even saying anything!"
Although Wan Zhong was excited, he managed to control himself. "All the gold, silver and jewelry given by the wealthy people in Nanchuan have been recorded. There are 8,900 taels of gold, 156,000 taels of silver, pearls..."
Zhou Yunshu listened to Wan Zhongbao's list without losing the smile on her face.
Sure enough, the fastest way to make money is to rob houses and collect protection fees, and then to engage in robbery like last night.
Zhou Yunshu began to understand why Ren Huang was addicted to Siege. It was simply a huge profit.
Zhou Yunshu roughly calculated that the money she got from Ren Huang plus the money she collected from the wealthy people in Nanchuan City was almost half of the assets she took away from the palace that year.
Of course, this cannot be calculated in this way. After all, the wealthy people in Nanchuan City also contributed 300 horses and 200 donkeys and mules to Zhou Yunshu, and the carts pulled by the donkeys and mules were all full of grain.
For the wealthy people in Nanchuan City, this was really a huge loss.
But if heavy bleeding can get rid of the two plague gods inside and outside the city, it is worth it.
That night Zhou Yunshu finally had a good sleep and woke up feeling refreshed.
After breakfast and tidying up, the group headed towards the city gate with the protection fees they had collected from the wealthy people in Nanchuan City yesterday.
When the city gate was opened, it attracted the attention of many people in the city, but only those who were brave enough looked in secretly, and no one dared to come out on their own initiative.
They didn't know the situation outside the city yet. If those people really came to kill them, they would have a chance of survival if they hid well.
Geng Jiang and Yu Yinghao did not break their promise and appeared at the East City Gate on time in the morning.
Except for Yu Yinghao who was a little unwilling, Geng Jiang's other subordinates were very happy after receiving the money they received yesterday.
Geng Jiang saw Zhou Yunshu's sudden increase in horses, mules, and other livestock, as well as the bags full of food and luggage, and asked, "Where did you get all this?"
Zhou Yunshu smiled calmly and said, "The wealthy people from Nanchuan gave me some gifts when I left."
Geng Jiang was furious when he heard this: "Why didn't they give it to me?"
Zhou Yunshu looked at Geng Jiang, who seemed ready to rush back to confront them, and said, "You have a part in this, too. You'll understand once we get to the Mountain Resort."
When Geng Jiang heard that he had a share, he was not as angry as before.
However, thinking of the big gifts he and Yu Yinghao left for the wealthy people in Nanchuan City last night, he happily hummed a little tune on his horse.
I'm leaving anyway, and they'll have to pay the price for looking down on me!
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