A Cai's work: The Emperor's Phoenix: The Godly Doctor and the Abandoned Concubine ... Volume 1 1885 Attack the city and create your own opportunities
Want to ask the Killer Alliance for help?
Okay, Feng Qingchen offered 50% but you thought it was too high. So, Uncle Zuo, I will be merciful and give you a family price. We only want... 60% of the spoils.
This 60% includes the official silver and grain stolen by the rebels. Of course, the captives and the weapons seized were also spoils of war, and they all wanted a share. As for the silver that the Qing king got from the house after the incident, even though it was the biggest share, they were not greedy people who wanted to share everything they saw.
60% is the price for family affection?
This is a rip-off price!
The King of Jiangnan and the King of Qing almost vomited blood and wanted to bargain, but Zuo An gave them no chance at all.
Too expensive?
Let's not talk about that. Being a killer is a job that requires you to be careful. Whoever offers you a bargain will at most help you kill a few more people when it's convenient. Of course, for Feng Qingchen's sake, Zuo An gave him a deal: If the King of Jiangnan decides to do this business, then during Feng Qingchen's stay in Jiangnan, there will be an old monster who will protect them in secret.
The old monsters in the Killer Alliance are god-level existences in the killer world. No matter how much money you spend, you can't hire them, so... even if those old monsters come purely for Feng Qingchen, King Jiangnan will not be at a loss.
Zuo An ignored everyone after he stated the conditions, not giving King Jiangnan any chance to negotiate. King Jiangnan talked until he was dry-mouthed, and played the family and friendship cards, but Zuo An remained unmoved and refused to budge on the price.
These days, there are so many vendettas and murders that they have no shortage of business. Of course, the bounty for assassinating Feng Qingchen is still in the Assassin's Alliance. Although no one dares to kill Feng Qingchen, they can't expect them to return the money.
With this amount of money, the Killer Alliance won't have to worry about anything for decades, so the price for this murder business will naturally be high.
King Jiangnan had no choice but to turn back to find Feng Qingchen: "According to what we agreed before, 50% of the spoils, this is settled."
"Wait..." Feng Qingchen quickly made a stop gesture, "What did we agree on? We didn't agree on anything. You have already discussed this with Zuo An. Don't bother two people with the same thing. No matter how you discuss it in the end, I will not interfere, let alone overturn Zuo An's conditions."
"What are we talking about with Zuo An? Is that person worth talking to?" King Jiangnan was almost crying. Why was he trying to die? He should have agreed to Feng Qingchen's conditions earlier. Now he had to pay an extra layer of silver for nothing. He felt so painful...
Could it be that when he wrote to the Ministry of Revenue about the war losses, he really had to use the word "some" to fill the shortfall here?
"It's your choice if we can't talk. Some things are missed once they're missed." Feng Qingchen said the last sentence lightly and casually, but King Jiangnan's heart was shaken by this sentence.
Once you miss it, you can’t get it back just by thinking about it.
"Okay. I understand." King Jiangnan let out a breath and no longer bothered about the extra 10% that came out of nowhere.
Just think of it as the money you spend to treat that old monster.
As the King of Jiangnan, he should be responsible for his own choices. When he refused to talk to Feng Qingchen, he should have thought of this possibility. Just like the Ninth Uncle, he tried his best, but also thought of the worst result. He had to bear the consequences, good or bad. Even if he regretted it, he had to smile to others: Even if I lose, I can afford to lose.
As soon as the rebellion broke out, the King of Qing sealed off the city, allowing only people to enter but not leave. He checked all suspicious people in the city. Anyone who had recently come to Jiangnan or had contact with the rebels, whether they were innocent or not, would be locked up first. After the rebellion was over, he would investigate whether anyone was innocent or not.
This move will inevitably disturb the people and easily cause dissatisfaction among them. Fortunately, the people captured by King Qingxian had no roots in Jiangnan. As outsiders, the people of Jiangnan sympathized with them but would not stand up for them.
Before, because Jiangnan Medical College was built in the city, many students came to study in the city. These were all children from poor families, so there was no question of betrayal. However, there were many spies hiding among the students.
These spies disguised as students were not cleared out by the Qing King, but were discovered by the students themselves.
The Jiangnan Rebellion was such a big deal that Yun Xiao and Wang Qi were afraid that there might be spies among the students, so they closed the academy. So they just smiled and revealed a little bit, asking the students to be careful of people they were not familiar with.
When the students heard this, they spontaneously separated out those they were not familiar with. Most of them were from the same village and had known each other for decades. This separation automatically exposed the suspicious people.
"The students of Jiangnan Medical College are good." Prince Qing praised them privately. Even Feng Qingchen would give a thumbs up to Yun Xiao and Wang Qi, saying that the students have a high level of ideological awareness.
She had repeatedly told Yun Xiao and Wang Qi that medical ethics are more important than medical skills. The medical skills of students graduating from Jiangnan Medical College may not be top-notch, but their medical ethics and character must be good. She did not ask her students to be saints, but they must learn to love their families, learn to make sacrifices, and learn to give. She hoped that the medical school would teach them how to be human beings before teaching them medical skills, and guide them to be good.
Unexpectedly, Yun Xiao and Wang Qi did such a good job. Now it seems that ideological education classes are really necessary because the brainwashing effect is very obvious.
The rebels took advantage of the locals and planted many spies in Jiangnan, but the King of Qing and the King of Jiangnan acted too quickly, and these spies were arrested before they could send out useful intelligence. Of course, after being tortured, they knew only a limited amount of information, which was of no help to them.
"It's easy to check out the outside spies, but what about the locals? The wealthy people in Jiangnan have extensive influence in Jiangnan. People who have lived in Jiangnan for hundreds of years may also be spies." Feng Qingchen said that if she were a rebel, she would definitely bribe the local people in Jiangnan to find out information. Although these people are not professional enough, they are difficult to guard against.
Thinking back to the past, how many Han people were harmed by traitors.
"It's not easy to investigate. We don't have the time. Even if we did have the time, we couldn't investigate. If we continue to investigate like this, the impact will be too great and too wide a range of people will be involved. The people in the city will be uneasy. If the people start to make trouble, they will open the city gates first without having to wait for the rebels to attack the city." Compared with the hundreds of thousands of people in Jiangnan, 40,000 soldiers are nothing. If a riot really breaks out, they may not be able to suppress it.
"That's true." Feng Qingchen nodded: "In that case, we should be more careful and strengthen investigations and inspections. All information must be kept confidential and no one should find out."
"I'll let my men pay attention." Prince Qing was already very annoyed after being betrayed once by someone close to him, and he would never allow it to happen again.
King Qing also talked about his arrangements and defense. All the troops in Jiangnan were under King Qing's control, and they were deployed immediately. Whether it was attack or defense, without reinforcements, the troops in Jiangnan could hold out for a while. If they were lucky, they might be able to subdue the rebels directly with the troops in their hands.
As for good luck? Once it comes, you can't stop it.
On the fifth day after King Jiangnan sealed off the city, which was also the last one or two days that King Qing estimated that the rebels would have food and fodder available, the undercover agent brought news that the rebels were preparing to attack the city!