Although he always pretended to be disdainful of Lejue, he was also paying attention to Lejue's movements at all times. After all, Lejue's martial arts were not inferior to his own. If he had not been too careless and was poisoned by him, Long Musi's study would not be so peaceful now.
"Send three useful people to seek help from the troops stationed outside the city. If you think the situation is not right, leave immediately and don't stay." Xu Tianze said as he handed the last thing in the secret compartment to Long Er.
"Young Master, what are you saying?" Although Long Er is not smart, it doesn't mean that he can't see such a simple thing.
Xu Tianze nodded. Although he didn't know how Xu An bypassed the military camp ahead, when Xu Tianze encountered something, he would rather prepare for the worst.
After all, no one can be sure whether the general of the military camp was really unaware or did it on purpose.
Long Er thought about it but still couldn't understand why Xu Tianze was so sure about this matter. He scratched his head, nodded, and left.
When Xu Tianze was the only one left in the study, he remembered what he had forgotten. He picked up the scroll and slowly opened it.
The scroll depicts a handsome young man in red clothes, smiling boldly. He has a lotus jade pendant of the same color tied around his waist and is holding a soup dish with bamboo shoots floating up and down in it.
There was obvious surprise on Xu Tianze's face. He had thought that the thing that could be placed in the secret compartment with those things must be something extraordinary, but he didn't expect it to be a portrait of himself in his youth.
"Long Musi, what do you really like, power or the young Xu Tianze?" Xu Tianze stroked the scroll and muttered to himself.
After a long time, a mocking smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he said:
"Well, no matter which one it is, it won't be who I am now."
The third day of the siege of Zhoushan City.
After the initial chaos and panic, and Xu Tianze's iron-blooded strategy, Zhoushan City once again restored its original order. Except for not being able to leave the city gate, everything seemed no different from the past.
Long Er and his companions initially patrolled and suppressed the rebellion frequently, but now it has become a simple inspection and everyone has become a little lax.
But this was only what the people of Zhoushan City saw. There was always a depressing atmosphere inside the City Lord's Mansion of Zhoushan City, and the servants in the City Lord's Mansion didn't even dare to breathe.
"Sir, I am willing to go there myself and chop off the traitor's head." Long Er's face was filled with anger, and he clenched his fists tightly.
"If you chop him down, it will just cause chaos. Besides, Long Musi is not here, so your action will be without any justification." Xu Tianze rubbed his eyebrows and signaled Long Er to calm down.
At this time, Xu Tianze missed the taciturn Long San. The worst thing to do at this time was to provoke other people's emotions. There were several military leaders sitting here. Long Er would be more direct and make everyone excited.
It was not easy for him to suppress everyone's emotions, and now, they were actually adding fuel to the fire.
"Young Master, before the prince left, he told us to obey your orders. We should do whatever you say." Sun Yi, who was standing by, couldn't stand it anymore and hurried to smooth things over, helping Xu Tianze to calm everyone down.
"Mr. Sun is talking about this gift, but not only did the people we sent not get a response, but if the young master hadn't warned them in advance, they would probably have died in the barracks now." Long Er was a little angry.
Naturally, he also heard Master Xu's order, but he really couldn't swallow this humiliation. Three days ago, he followed Master Xu's order and found a trusted brother to go outside the city to ask for help.
As a result, when the people came back last night, they were all seriously injured and dying. The last one managed to say, "Young Master, your prediction is correct. The military camp outside the city has rebelled," and then fainted.
Until now, the three brothers are still in a coma. Although their lives are saved, they are disabled. How can he not be angry?
Moreover, that leading general was promoted by his own prince. I don’t know how much help he gave secretly to help him sit firmly in the position of leader. Now Zhoushan City is in trouble, but there is no support. He must be a beast with no conscience.
"The most urgent thing now is to solve the problem in Zhoushan City, not to execute the traitor. The traitor's problem will be solved when he comes back." Xu Tianze took a deep breath and straightened his face.
When everyone saw Xu Tianze's expression change, they stopped talking and listened to Xu Tianze's instructions in silence.
Xu Tianze looked around. There were only six people in the room at the moment, but they included the general managers of all the affairs, big and small, in Zhoushan City.
"In all sieges, the biggest fear is a lack of food. The next biggest concern is water pollution. I can handle the food problem myself, but water pollution is the biggest problem. We must send people to guard every wellhead."
"The people in the city all have surplus food, so they should have no problem getting through the next three days. However, they will soon run out of food. I order all rice shops in the city not to raise food prices."
"We understand what you said, sir, but people's hearts are hard to predict when disaster strikes~" Sun Yi said helplessly.
Over the years, there have been countless people who have profited from national disasters. After all, businessmen are profit-driven and they don't care about the lives of ordinary people.
This is the problem that Sun Yi has been worried about, and it is also the reason why he pulled the young master to gather everyone here. It’s good that it hasn’t broken out yet. If it breaks out later, the consequences will be unimaginable.
Xu Tianze nodded and agreed with Sun Yi's words. After all, since Sun Yi could be Long Musi's aide, he must have real talents and knowledge.
However, although Xu Tianze agreed, he had other means to force the rice shop to maintain a stable price. However, the method was a bit bloody and not conducive to the future rule of Zhoushan City.
"I, Xu Tianze, have never been a good person. If you listen to me, it's fine. If you don't listen, I will kill you as a warning to others." There was a wicked smile on Xu Tianze's lips, and his words were full of murderous intent.
The other five people present were all shocked. At the beginning, they only knew that Xu Tianze was very scheming, but now it seemed that his murderous intent was even deeper.
Such a bloody person came to take charge of Zhoushan City. They didn't know whether they should be happy or afraid.
"If you do this, even if Zhoushan City is saved, the prince will lose the support of the people of Zhoushan City." Sun Yi's face was solemn. After hesitating for a moment, he still wanted to persuade Xu Tianze.
Although he felt a little reluctant, he had to admit that Xu Tianze's method was the most effective and the fastest to show results.
"You are wrong." Xu Tianze shook his head. What Sun Yi considered was actually correct, but there was one thing he was wrong about.
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