Chapter 310 Buy, Not Rob
Prince Jin was a cruel and stupid man. He only now realized that the half of the kingdom he had conquered in Simon was probably obtained by his ferocity, cruelty and tyranny.
The witch doctor is now doubting himself. Can he achieve his goal by going to King Jin?
"If you want to survive these few days, you must go into the city to buy food. Remember, you buy, don't rob!"
The witch doctor has already said this. If he does something stupid again, will he have to consider changing the person he wants to support?
"But...without silver, what can I buy it with?"
King Jin spread his hands and looked at the witch doctor helplessly.
He simply gave up. He had no money anyway, so buying food legally was impossible, unless...
The witch doctor choked. The King of Jin acted like a scoundrel now. Didn't he even pretend to be so arrogant as before?
His own army was out of food, but he didn't rush to find a solution. Instead, he put the blame on others. Really...
The witch doctor's mouth twitched a few times, and he took a few deep breaths to suppress the anger that was about to rise to his head.
"Many hands make light work. If I'm guessing correctly, all the soldiers in your army must have amassed quite a bit of wealth along the way from the capital, in the counties, towns, and villages you've passed through, right?"
"This, the king ignored it. Who knows what they did?"
The King of Jin shamelessly pretended to be ignorant. When he led his troops to fight, he never worried about military expenses and supplies. His usual practice was to eat wherever he went, whether in his own territory or in the territory of another country, he would eat and drink locally.
They would ask the local county government for their own territory, and would rob any village they came across.
Burning, killing and looting in other countries' territories is the usual style of his Jin army.
The witch doctor was already numb to the shameless tyranny of King Jin. No wonder the people of Simon hated the imperial army to the core, but because they were using the excuse of defending the country and protecting the people, they dared not speak out.
"Okay, you and I both know what's going on, so let's get down to business first."
The witch doctor was too lazy to play along and went straight to the point.
"First, collect the soldiers' money to buy food for emergency use.
Each person's silver will be recorded in a book, and after the battle you will return it three times as much."
"What? Triple!"
The King of Jin was clearly unwilling, so the witch doctor casually said, "Besides this, do you have any other solution?"
The King of Jin had no choice but to compromise. He called his deputy general and ordered him to raise money and go into the city early the next morning to buy food.
Qinzhou City Government Office.
Bai Li didn't sleep all night. At dawn, she saw that the wounded soldier showed no signs of fever, so she put down her worry. The military doctor quickly sent her back to rest.
She now lives in the backyard of the government office, two streets away from the barracks.
Nangong Min lived in the barracks, and when Bai Li came back, he asked him to go and rest.
Bai Li fell asleep as soon as her head touched the pillow after returning to the government office. In her drowsiness, she heard someone calling her and jumped up. She was awake physically, but her mind was still not.
"Marshal Bai, an official has come to report that a large group of civilians suddenly showed up in the city to buy food, and the quantity is huge."
The one who came to call her was Erniu, who was responsible for serving her. She was also one of the cavalrymen. When they went to Qiangzhou, Bai Li did not let her go because she suddenly had a stomachache.
Letting her stay in Qinzhou was just right to help her clean the government office, and when she came back she became her personal maid.
"Marshal Bai, let me help you comb your hair..."
Bai Li's hair is disheveled, his eyes are wandering, and he looks like a wandering psychic.
After hearing the news, he suddenly woke up and walked out with big strides. He walked out of the room before Erniu finished speaking.
As she walked, she combed her long hair with her fingers, gathered it together, and casually tied it into a bun on top of her head.
Erniu chased after him with a comb in her hand, but it was completely useless.
When we walked to the front yard, we saw two officials reporting the details to the prefect.
The chancellor didn't know what to do, but when he saw Bai Li, he immediately felt like he had seen a savior.
"Marshal Bai, you've arrived just in time. Look at this..."
"How many people are there in their group?"
Bai Li nodded to the prefect and asked the official.
"There are several hundred people. They don't look like ordinary people, but more like..."
One of the officers frowned, as if considering how to describe it.
"Replying to Marshal Bai, they don't look like ordinary people, they look more like soldiers."
"You mean to say they were Simon's soldiers?"
"I'm not sure."
"All grain shops must be informed that from now on, any large-scale purchase of grain must be approved by the government office and can only be sold with a permit."
The chancellor and the officials responded in unison.
"Let's go and take a look."
Bai Li followed the officials to the largest grain store in the city, Yongsheng Grain Store. At the door of the store, he saw a group of strong men wearing coarse linen clothes, the common people's clothing, clamoring to buy grain, and some people were watching the fun.
Two officers and a grain shop owner in the grain shop were trying hard to explain to them, but they didn't listen at all and kept yelling with their necks erect.
Someone shouted, "Stop making noise! The government officials are coming!"
The onlookers automatically made way for Bai Li and others to pass.
Bai Li could tell at a glance that those clamoring to buy food were all soldiers.
She looked up and signaled to the shopkeeper to evacuate the crowd first.
The shopkeeper was confused, but the two officers who brought Bai Li understood what was going on and hurriedly whispered something in the shopkeeper's ear.
The shopkeeper quickly said in a loud voice: "Everyone, the granary was not enough just now, so we have asked people to bring more grain. The brothers who came here first can go first. The rest of you should wait outside. If the granary is out of grain soon, please come back tomorrow."
The onlookers were relieved when they heard that there was still grain in the granary. Seeing that there was nothing more to watch, they obediently walked outside.
The remaining group of people looked at each other with a hint of success in their eyes.
Bai Li watched as all the irrelevant people retreated outside the door, signaled the shopkeeper to step back, and shouted, "Catch him!"
Before they could react, the people waiting outside the door rushed in and tackled them to the ground.
A few people tried to escape during the chaos, but were knocked down one by one by Bai Li. Soon, more than a hundred "common people" were tied up tightly with ropes, shouting that they were innocent and that the people of the Great Zhou were bullying the common people.
Bai Li slapped the man who shouted the loudest on the head, making him speechless immediately.
"Tell me, where are the other half of you?!"
The man gritted his teeth and refused to speak. The other two officers immediately said, "They went to buy meat and eggs. They looked like they were going to buy a lot. They didn't look like ordinary people at all!"
"What do you care! You poor bastard can't even eat meat and eggs, and you don't allow others to buy them?"
Bai Li said with a forced smile, "Oh? They're poor bastards, and you're rich guys who just popped up out of nowhere, coming to Qinzhou City to buy supplies?"
"Who bought the supplies? Can't we just buy some for ourselves?"
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