Chapter 228: Open Source! Seize the Salt Fields!
Wei Dongzhu looked worried and asked, "General, Abe Hiroshi won't really call for help, right?"
Shen Lanxi thought for a moment and said, "It's just bluffing. If he really went to call someone, he wouldn't come over to say hello in advance!"
Qian Feng: "He just wants to scare us."
Cheng Zheng wrote: "What is the purpose of scaring us?"
Shen Yuanxu: "Let us be afraid!" As long as they are afraid, they will compromise with the Turks and let them have whatever they want.
Liu Yanhui said something more realistic: "Many people in the city have no food to eat. Today, some people knelt at the door."
Shen Lanxi pondered and said, "Just do it the same as in Dongchuan, using work instead of relief!"
Liu Yan replied: "General Sun Zhong came to me today and tried to find out how much food we have!"
Wei Dongzhu: "They don't have much food left. They only eat porridge twice a day, which can only last for ten days at most!"
Shen Lanxi looked at Liu Yan and replied: "Wait, they have been here for nearly three years, they must have accumulated some experience."
"Food is also very precious to us. If he can't show an equal amount of sincerity in exchange, we can only have enough food for ten days or half a month!"
Isn't it just crying poor? It doesn't mean that anyone who is poor is pitiful or right!
Shen Lanxi knocked on the table to get her men to focus.
"We can't just sit back and enjoy the fruits of our labor. We need to find a way to increase our income!"
None of these people understand how to run a business.
All of them used silence instead of speaking.
Shen Lanxi: "The three Turkic tribes are arrogant and domineering. They failed to reach a peace agreement with our Zhenbei Army and even robbed our northwest salt fields. Our Zhenbei Army fought hard, but we were limited in manpower and suffered heavy losses!"
Two rows of subordinates: “…” What a familiar tune.
"Wei Dongzhu, you are familiar with the local terrain, so you can select the troops and lead them to reinforce!"
Wei Dongzhu: “Yes!”
Shen Lanxi: "Salt, tea, sugar, silk, these are very popular with foreigners. Salt, we will never be short of it in the future."
Everyone suddenly realized: So this is what it meant.
"Liu Yanhui, after we take back our salt fields, you and Madam Song will be responsible for selling them."
Liu Yan replied: "Yes!"
Shen Lanxi also thought of one thing: "I heard that Guangpingzhou has the tomb of the princes of the previous dynasty?"
Wei Dongzhu looked at her in confusion. Yes! He told her so.
Shen Lanxi sighed and said, "Now that the living can't even eat, the ancestors can no longer care about it. They enjoyed the people's blood and sweat when they were alive, and now it's time for them to make a contribution!"
Everyone was stunned with shock!
Shen Lanxi: "Amitabha, just think of it as cultivating blessings for them in the next life!"
Everyone: “…” Only their general could talk about digging graves so openly and righteously.
"Let Xiao Fang handle this matter!"
"yes!"
Shen Lanxi: "Find some available talents locally as soon as possible. Leave this matter to Sang Guo."
"Next time you drill, have the soldiers drill at the city gate!"
Shen Lanxi gave out the tasks one by one. Time passed and ten days went by in the blink of an eye.
On the eleventh day, Baru sent someone to ask for help.
"General, two days ago, the three Turkic tribes raided the Oirat. They looted countless cattle and sheep and captured many Oirat people as slaves. Many Oirat people were displaced and hunted down by the three tribes!"
Shen Lanxi thought for a moment and said, "Qian Feng, take more people with you, disguise them as Wala people and Turks, and bring Baru and the others to Huangtu City!"
"yes!"
"If we encounter a large Turkic army, abandon the Oirat people."
Qian Feng understood that the general meant for them to protect themselves.
Everyone around her was sent out, and Shen Lanxi had a rare moment of peace and quiet.
Shen Yuanxu and his companions went to explore the salt fields with Wei Dongzhu. When they left, they specifically said hello to Shen Yuanjing.
"Yuan Jing, we are leaving. You should take good care of your injuries. When we come back, I will bring you some salt-baked chicken!" Salt-baked chicken should be the specialty of Yantian.
Shen Yuanjing tossed and turned all night and woke up the next day with dark circles under his eyes.
He is already well enough, even if he is not fully recovered, he can still go and listen to the discussions of his elder sisters.
How could he be frightened by Zhou Yunyue? He was a handsome man, but he was frightened by Zhou Yunyue.
After figuring this out, Shen Yuanjing wore his regular clothes to report to Shen Lanxi.
"Big sister~" Shen Yuanjing called carefully.
Shen Lanxi: "Okay?"
"Alright, I can't stay in the house any longer."
Shen Lanxi laughed: "Have you learned your lesson?"
Shen Yuanjing nodded quickly: "It has grown longer. This time it is really longer."
The fact that you can say this just shows that you don’t have a long memory!
"Go help Cheng Zheng find some books on agronomy!"
When Shen Yuanjing heard that he was assigned a task, he immediately smiled with joy.
"Yes, General!"
Shen Lanxi looked at her brother who wanted to jump onto the roof and smiled softly.
In the blink of an eye, it was the end of the year. Sun Zhong was among the last group to leave. Looking at the loess city wall, he felt that the past three years were like a dream!
"I am Shen Lanxi, and I am here to practice for General Sun today!" Shen Lanxi raised her voice.
This was her seventh time seeing off the soldiers of the Great Zhou. Going to Dongchuan meant she didn't have to deal with foreign tribes and it was like returning home.
Sun Zhong was filled with emotion, but he didn't know what to say, so he could only bow and clasp his fists.
"Thank you General Shen for seeing me off. I have sent you a thousand miles away, but we must say goodbye eventually. Please stay, General Shen!"
With a creaking sound from the food and fodder cart, Sun Zhong and his party left the northwest where they had been stationed for three years!
Shen Lanxi stood there and watched them go until she could no longer see their figures.
Turn around
"Let the people in the village sign up!"
"yes!"
An hour later, cars full of people lined up to enter Loess City!
…
Balu thought about it for three days, but he was still hesitant. He was bored in his house.
He wanted to go out to the street and get some fresh air, which would allow him to imagine himself galloping on horses and waving whips on the playground of the Wala tribes.
"Why are there so many people? What are they doing?" Baru was a little surprised to see so many people appear in Huangtu City at once.
This reminded him of the time before the war, when foreign merchants could enter and exit nearby cities freely, and the city was even more lively than it is now.
"He's joining the army. This is the first time I've seen someone bring his family with him to join the army. There's even a big black pot tied to his car!"
"Why are you looking at the black pot? Look at the women. Don't tell me you can't tell they are women because they are wearing men's clothes."
Baru looked at the cartloads of women, old men and children, as well as some well-mannered people who looked like scholars.
These people seem more like they are here to settle down rather than to join the army.
Baru couldn't help but follow them and soon followed them to the camp.
In the important area of the military camp, groups of women were patrolling with spears, old people and children were helping to wash vegetables and make fire, and there were a few old ladies moving among the crowd, helping the newcomers find tents to stay in.
This military camp was nothing like what he had imagined!
Baru didn't dare to get too close and turned back the same way.
Following the cars full of women, the elderly and children came groups of men heading into the city.
It was obvious that these men had seen blood and had murderous aura on their bodies.
"Chief, their cotton coats are so thick!"
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