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Chapter 46 Three strategies for defending the city

As soon as Yi Haoran walked out the door, he saw a row of people kneeling in the yard.

Although they are all people without fame, they are actually "famous" among the people: most of them are wealthy merchants in the city, and some "old and virtuous" elderly people.

The leader is Mr. Qiao, the leader of the Rice and Grain Association.

Mr. Qiao is usually pampered and has a rich dough-packed style. At this moment, he is actually wearing a cloth robes and kneeling under the stone steps like a devastating parent. When he saw him come out, he immediately opened his throat and started crying.

"Master Yi, you want to save the people all over the city..."

On this number, the people who were kneeling behind him started to cry, making Yi Haoran's yard feel like he was doing funerals.

Yi Haoran quickly bowed and clasped his fists and said, "I dare not take it! I dare not take it! All the fellow villagers are still invited to speak. I can't afford it, I can't afford it!" He secretly wondered in his heart: It seems that most of the people come here are local merchants, and there are also several generals. Although they are not "gentlemen", they are also people who are well-known in the city who can speak in prefectures and counties. Why do they come to him to cry?

In the governor's shogunate, he was originally just a "idle meal". When it comes to status, he couldn't even compare to the Qingke husband who made fun of Lord Xiong during the meal. It was because of the training of the new army that he became a "popular person" in the shogunate, which seemed to have the meaning of "martial troupe" in the shogunate. However, because it was the word "martial troupe" that came to make friends with many people, most of the people from various places, Qiuba and local civil servants. Local gentry and wealthy families rarely came to socialize with him.

Now this group of "public opinion representatives" come to him, and without asking, it is known that it must be for the purpose of defending the city.

Mr. Qiao refused to get up and continued to shout on the ground: "Mr. Yi, you want to save the people in Wuzhou City..."

"What the hell is it? Please get Mr. Qiao up and talk. As long as I, Yi, help me, will do my best." Yi Haoran saw that the rich man was crying, and obviously it was not entirely artificial, and he felt nervous: Could it be that the guest army was plundering the city again? Although the city was in chaos, the general order was still maintained. Xiong Wencan's commander and servants were still patrolling the streets.

Seeing that the temperature was almost done, Mr. Qiao got up and wiped his tears, "Mr. Yi! Since the commander Xiong brought Guangdong officials to this county, Wuzhou has worked hard to serve. The rewarded wine, meat, silver, and the food and grass needed in the army have not been handled properly at any time. Just say, the villain, although he is just a rice dealer, has also paid 500 taels of silver and 500 stones of rice. There are still 3,000 stones of rice to be purchased as military food. Until now, he has only given one-third of the food payment - the small one dare not say "no."

After he said this, all the people who followed him sighed at the slaughter of the slaughter. Some said that soldiers came to the store to get things, and never gave money, and they dared not ask for them; some cried and said that the government recruited this and that, and they had to buy something that they didn't have, and they dared not give up the money. Some even cried and said that soldiers forced women to "wash their laundry" and sent their maids to the end, but they actually wanted to recruit women at home, and they spent money to be considered "forgiveness".

This faction's "crying" made Yi Haoran annoyed - he knew a lot of bad things. Of course, the "hometown geniuses" said that they were nothing more than saying that they were "worthy" of the officials and soldiers of the government. They laid the groundwork for the next requirements.

"Master Yi! Now that the thief of the thief has not yet entered the city, Wuzhou will become a hell on earth."

Yi Haoran's eyes were almost on fire. He didn't expect that things would develop to this point. He shouted: "Jiang Suo!"

Jiang Suo responded.

"You quick-sell the brothers here to go to the streets to suppress them! Do not rob the riots!" He shouted, "The governor's order arrow is in the study, you took it!"

After giving the order, he turned to Master Qiao and said, "I don't know about this. As for the soldiers outside, I don't know if they have been ordered by the top of the mountain. Please be careful, I will go to the Governor's Office to meet Xiong Governor Xiong! I will definitely ask for an explanation."

"Thank you, Mr. Yi." The crowd was about to kneel down again, and Yi Haoran no longer had the intention to deal with them perfunctorily. He shook his hands repeatedly and asked people to prepare for their horses.

Seeing Yi Haoran leading more than a dozen servants and soldiers to gallop away, the "home geniuses" who came to "cry" quickly went home - the family might have become like this. Only Mr. Qiao and Luo Yangming, who was mixed in the crowd, were not in a hurry.

"Brother, you're right." Mr. Qiao's face showed a look of fear and viciousness mixed together, "These officials are really not fun! They blush and have a dark heart!"

Luo Yangming was both happy and worried. What was happy was that Mr. Qiao completely believed his words, but what was worried was that there was not much time left for him. He made a worried expression and said, "I don't know what happened now..."

"He is unkind, I am unrighteous." Mr. Qiao said, "It's no big deal for Australians to be the emperor."

"It doesn't matter if Australians come or not, the current situation..."

"You go back with me. Let's discuss it again!"

Yi Haoran rushed to the Governor's Office, and the order on the street was indeed a lot of chaos. Some of the soldiers along the street carried their shoulders and held them around their waists, including food wrapped in bags, and various softness. Some soldiers pulled the woman's hair and pulled the bruised woman all over the body.

On weekdays, Yi Haoran must scold and stop him, but at this time he no longer cared about it. He ran to the yamen in one breath, jumped off his horse and threw the reins and rushed in.

He was a "respect" of the shogunate. None of the servants and soldiers stopped him. Yi Haoran broke into the signing room behind in one breath. However, he did not see the governor, but only saw Chang Qingyun drinking tea in the flower hall outside, with a calm expression.

Yi Haoran asked without hesitation:

"Where is Lord Xiong? I want to meet you immediately."

"Mr. Xiong is in a state of disgrace and is resting." Chang Qingyun said, "What's wrong with brother? It's the same as me."

Chang Qingyun has always been incompatible with Yi Haoran, but Chang Qingyun's status in the shogunate is much higher than that of Yi Haoran. If you want to meet Xiong Wencan, you will have to pass this level.

Yi Haoran had to hold back his urgent mood and asked, "I will invite the big families in the city to the banquet in the evening to discuss the plan to defend the city. Is there any such thing?"

"This is indeed the case."

"There are three strategies to defend the city on the face of the table, and the general manager of the big households should follow the rules and regulations..."

"This is also the case."

"So, it is really true to collect all the food stored in the city, drive all the men and women, children, elderly and weak out of the city!"

Chang Qingyun was stunned and nodded again: "This is true."

"In this way, is the plan offered by Mr. Chang of Enping County no longer needed?"

Chang Qingyun put down the teacup and said, "Master Yi, these three strategies are all strategies to defend the city. Isn't it right for you?"

Yi Haoran was stunned. This was indeed true. Only by defending the city would you use these three strategies. Otherwise, if you burn it, what else would you do if you have to do it?

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