Chapter 18 Treading the Wind to Welcome Autumn (1)
The weather is getting autumn, and the Tang Feng walking on the street enjoys the cool autumn wind coming towards him. People are bustling on the street, with hawking and shouting mixed together. After a few busy days, it is rare to have a comfortable time to come out for breath. Tang Feng is in a very comfortable mood.
He was walking casually on the street without wearing armor and wearing casual clothes for no reason. Thinking about the simple happiness that was probably only available in Xizhi Village before, I don’t know how Grandpa Tang and the others are doing now? There has been no news for so long, Tang Feng sighed in his heart.
Walking out of the alley and coming to Central Street, Tang Feng looked up at the Shunde Teahouse. This is a place where Tang Feng often came to. He brewed a pot of famous local croaker tongue, ordered a few pastries, and sat quietly and meditated to clear up some worries.
The signboard hanging in the Shunde teahouse swayed in the wind. Tang Feng smiled slightly and stepped into the teahouse. The waiter in the teahouse was sharp-eyed. As soon as he entered the door, he recognized Tang Feng and hurried forward and greeted: "General Tang, is it still the same?"
"Well, everything is as old as before." Tang Feng returned politely, then went up to the second floor, found a table by the window and sat down quietly.
Looking out from the window, although the scenery downstairs is not as good as the flowing water of the small bridge in Jiangnan, it also has a unique style outside the frontier.
The waiter brought a pot of croaker and two portions of pastries to Tang Feng's table and put them down. He placed the tea cup. He was about to pour it on for Tang Feng, but Tang Feng stopped and signaled himself to do it. The waiter nodded and turned around and left.
Tang Feng picked up the hot teapot, poured a cup of steaming hot tongue, took it to the tip of his nose, closed his eyes, and slowly inhale and smelled it. The fragrance and fragrance were refreshing, and he slowly breathed like a lot of relief. Unexpectedly, his whole body was a little relaxed.
"Oh, I don't call me if I taste good tea here, it's too insignificant!" Tang Feng opened his eyes, and Xu Yuanzhi in front of him sat in front of him at some point.
"I'm afraid that you Xu Yuanzhi won't be favored, haha..." Tang Feng smiled.
"You are stingy! Why? You didn't bring enough money in your bag? Don't worry, I'll treat you to this pot." Xu Yuanzhi was extremely proud of his contempt and shouted, "Waiter, get another teacup."
"It's so good!" the waiter replied.
"Oh, by the way, Brother Yuanzhi, when it comes to money, I want to ask if the money for the horses is worth it?" Tang Feng put down the teacup and asked with a flattering face.
"Oh, today I have a rare time to have such free time. Have a good time to have a good tea and don't talk about this or this." Xu Yuanzhi's eyes hurriedly left Tang Feng, looked left and looked again.
Tang Feng knew at a glance that he had lost money and this kid would not give up any more.
"I seem to hear that when Brother Yuanzhi attended the opening of Chunxiang Pavilion the day before yesterday, he seemed to have asked the three top girls of Chunxiang Pavilion in one breath! It's so amazing! Tsk tsk..." Tang Feng picked up the tea cup and took a sip of the tea and said slowly.
When Xu Yuanzhi heard Tang Feng talk about this, he hurriedly got up to Tang Feng, covered Tang Feng's mouth, and whispered to Tang Feng: "It's broad daylight, it's public, so it's a little bit of face, and scholars also want face." After that, he looked at Tang Feng with a smile and begged for mercy.
Tang Feng put down the teacup, spread his hands, and told Xu Yuanzhi with his straight look that he had no choice but to turn around and return to his position.
"Brother Tang, the silver required to buy 3,000 war horses is not a small amount. Now an ordinary horse can get 20,000 yuan in the market, which is equivalent to 20 taels of silver. 3,000 horses cost 60,000 taels. Where can I get this huge sum of money?
Last time Huang Xianzhi took the lead in raising funds, he got 50,000 taels in total, but most of them have been used to purchase grain and weapons, and there is not much left. Now winter is about to begin. I am still worried about the food and grass of the three armies." Xu Yuanzhi complained.
Tang Feng really didn't want Xu Yuanzhi to take this matter down, he just wanted to see if Xu Yuanzhi had any solutions.
"Last time I raised the donation, I saw how generous the gentry and businessmen were. How could they get 50,000 taels? But you should know that Mr. Huang donated 30,000 taels alone!" Tang Feng asked.
"Do you think all the gentry and businessmen are as wise as Mr. Huang. It is not painful to ask them to pay for money!" Xu Yuanzhi habitually showed contemptuous eyes, and he was stupid enough to understand nothing.
After Xu Yuanzhi said that, he ignored Tang Feng and poured a cup of tea on his own and drank slowly. After drinking, he put down the tea cup and saw Tang Feng look depressed.
Xu Yuanzhi smiled wickedly: "Don't be anxious, there is no way, it depends on whether you are happy to do it?"
"Let me tell me, don't keep it a secret, hurry up..." Tang Feng kicked Xu Yuanzhi under the table and urged.
"Attack the local tyrants! Emperor Wu of Han attacked the Huns in the north and made the treasury empty. Later, he relied on attacking the wealthy merchants and wealthy businessmen to plunder money, so he could barely support it." Xu Yuanzhi said.
"Well, this method is direct, simple, crude, and feasible. But we have to target the rich and merchant families and not arouse public anger. If we do not have their support, it will be difficult for us to gain a foothold." Tang Feng said in detail.
"Oh, this reaction was quite clever. I thought you were going to refute me righteously again." Xu Yuanzhi sneered.
Tang Feng showed a treacherous look, looked at Xu Yuanzhi, and just smiled faintly, give you a look, you will have a feeling of it yourself.
"But this is not the fundamental solution to the problem after all. In the future, we still have to learn from senior Sang Hongyang, implement a salt and iron franchise, and encourage business development and set up a department to collect taxes to ensure that we have continuous financial support." Xu Yuanzhi continued.
"This is natural. Not only these, but also the military farming mentioned last time. We not only recruit refugees to farm, but also allow some soldiers to participate in the military farming. We will serve as soldiers when we go out and farmers when we go in, and solve the problem of military and food on the spot."
"Yes, this is a good idea, it seems we have to speed up."
After Xu Yuanzhi finished speaking, the two looked at each other and smiled, and they had a good relationship. They used tea instead of wine, and walked away.
"By the way, I received information from Zhuozhou yesterday that Zhuozhou City had been captured by the Xianbei Murong Hao army. Due to the fierce resistance of Zhuozhou City, the Xianbei city had broken through the city for three days and blood flowed into a river. Wen Rong, the governor of Zhuozhou County, committed suicide and died in his country, but his son disappeared. Strangely, the Xianbei did not ravage Wen Rong's body to vent his hatred, but instead buried him with great burial." Xu Yuanzhi said.
"He is also a man, I have pity for my Han people." Tang Feng sighed.
"The city of Zhuozhou is broken, so there is probably not much time left for us!" Xu Yuanzhi showed a hint of worry. Xu Yuanzhi, who became serious, was still quite like a scholar.
"Yes, if we destroy Tuoba Hong and his family, the Xianbei will not sit idly by and let us grow bigger behind him. When they free up their hands, we will be under great pressure." Tang Feng continued Xu Yuanzhi's words.
"So we have to speed up the pace of capturing Wuzhou and Tanzhou. With a strategic buffer, we will at least not be caught in a bunch of things." Xu Yuanzhi said
"Well, I have asked Zhou Yan to send additional people to spy on the situation in Wuzhou and Tanzhou. After we have sufficient information, we will discuss the strategy carefully." Tang Feng replied.
"Very good!" After hearing this, Xu Yuan touched his pitiful beard that had been specially left for the storefront and smiled.
"The weather is so refreshing today. After drinking this pot of tea, Brother Yuanzhi is interested in climbing up and looking far away with me, so as not to say that I am stingy and will not bring you, the great strategist." Tang Feng said with a sarcastic smile.
"Okay, I'm just thinking about it, let's go, then don't be too slow!" After saying that, Xu Yuanzhi quickly turned around and left, and after that, he did not forget to add: "I'll go and lead the horse first!"
Chapter completed!