Unparalleled Concubine

   Chapter 748 Pei Jin blames

   In the past five years, Li Xin has spent all his life in the capital, so he knows the people and things in the capital very well. Especially someone like Pei Jin who is in charge of the Imperial Army.

   Pei Jin naturally has many advantages. For example, he has a lot of experience in leading troops, he has a lot of seniority in the army, and his personal ability is also very good, but he also has a very obvious weakness, that is, the problem of origin.

   To put it simply, he was not from the Wei Palace.

In the original Renchen Palace change, the seventh prince emerged from the group of princes as a dark horse and successfully ascended the throne. At the same time, he also created a group of upstarts, the more typical ones are Li Xin, Hou Jingde, and Ye Lin. three people.

This "resume" of the Prince of Wei's mansion is considered to be the most valuable resume in the Taikang Dynasty, and because of this resume, the three people who participated in the palace change at the beginning are now in high positions. A lieutenant who has been a lieutenant for several years, when his funeral for his father is over, the court will at least give him a second-rank official.

   Even relatively speaking, Hou Jingde, who was the worst offender, temporarily took over the position of the general of the forbidden army after Pei Jin left the capital, and became the top military general in the Jin court.

Because of this resume, the emperor will recite some old feelings to some extent. For example, Li Xin is now leaving the Hanzhou army regardless, and the bachelor returns to the capital to surrender and admit defeat. What, he will still make him a prince of peace.

   Of course, this is the current situation, and it may not be certain in the future.

   But Pei Jin did not have such a resume. He was an old minister of the Chengde Dynasty and had some unhappiness with the present emperor in his early years. Even if he temporarily gained the trust of the emperor Taikang, this trust was not reliable.

   He must prove himself as soon as possible.

   Li Xin knew this, so although he didn't know that the emperor had set a deadline for Pei Jin, he just guessed that Pei Jin would be eager for success.

   As long as the news spreads that Hanzhou has one more year of grain storage, Pei Jin will jump on his feet immediately, and will try every means to knock open the city gate of Hanzhou with a headbutt.

  Li Xin's method was quickly implemented. A total of seven rice shops in Hanzhou City announced on the same day that they would put rice at a price five cents higher than the market price, and also stipulated that each person was limited to two kilograms per day.

So in the early morning of the third day after Li Xin entered the city, the sky was still dark, and the gates of the seven rice shops were crowded with people. Shop the door, crowded.

Fortunately, the Marquis of Jing'an was prepared and dispatched Hanzhou troops to maintain order at the entrance of the rice shop. When the sun came up, there was already a long queue at the entrance of the rice shop. The wealthy family not only came out to buy rice, but also asked the servants to line up to buy rice.

   During the Taiping Festival, rice noodles and the like are not very eye-catching, but as long as the world is in chaos, these food will become the most precious things. During the Anshi Rebellion, a mouse in Chang'an City could be sold for thousands of dollars. This is the reason.

   At this time, Hanzhou was besieged, and the people in the city naturally wanted to buy as much food as possible.

Li Xin and Mu Ying were sitting in a restaurant in the city of Hanzhou, drinking tea while watching the people who were looting grain and rice not far downstairs. At this time, Mu Ying saw people queuing up to buy rice After a while, he returned to the line at the end of the line. He frowned slightly and was about to get up to restrain these things when Li Xin shook his head at him and said, "As long as they are willing to line up, they will sell for six hours a day. Can't sell much rice out. Don't worry about them."

   Mu Hei face said in a sullen voice: "But in this way, those rich people bought all the rice, and the poor families couldn't even eat it."

   "So I asked you to take out at a higher price than the market price."

Li Xin took a sip of tea and said lightly: "You can collect this money into your house, and when the siege of Hanzhou is over, you can use this money to buy rice in Jincheng, and then distribute it to the poorer people in the city. ."

   Mu Ying heard the words, sighed, and didn't hold on any longer.

   After drinking a few sips of tea, he said, "Master Hou, are you trying to lure Pei to attack the city?"

Li Xin nodded and said, "As long as rice is still being put in the city, the news will spread out sooner or later. At this time, we have to put on a posture of fighting them for a long time. Will be more anxious to attack the city."

  Mu Ying has followed Li Xin for a long time. He believes in Li Xin more than all the Mu family members. Hearing this, the black-faced general grinned: "Hou Ye ordered, just do as you please."

   Li Xin glanced at this fellow and said, "Tonight, my people are going out of the city. I'll go out of the city with you and bring them in."

  Mu Ying shook his head: "Master Hou, tell me a place, I'll go out by myself, it doesn't matter if it hurts me, if it hurts you, Hanzhou City will lose its backbone, and I'll be at a loss."

  Jing'an Houye looked serious.

   "I'm going to pick up these people myself."

   Seeing Li Xin's expression, Mu Ying knew that there was no room for negotiation about this matter. He was silent for a while, then nodded and said, "Okay, I will go out with Lord Hou tonight."

  Li Xin raised the teacup in his hand and toasted Mu Ying.

   A smile appeared on his face.

"Brother Mu doesn't need to be so heavy, this matter is far less serious than you think. Repelling Pei Jin is not difficult for you and me. Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if we can't win against Pei Jin, With 50,000 troops, it's not a problem to get some food out of the city."

   Having said that, Li Xin patted Mu Ying on the shoulder.

   "The real difficulty lies in how we should face the Dajin court after defeating Pei Jin."

   Mu Ying didn't care about this question.

   "This is something you, Li Changan, have to consider, and it has nothing to do with me."

He imitated the way Li Xin once shrugged his shoulders, shrugged his shoulders, and said with a smile: "For me, the soldiers and civilians in Hanzhou city can have food, clothing, and land to grow. As for other things , I'm too lazy to think about it."

   The two of them raised the teacups in their hands at the same time, replaced the wine with tea, and touched them.

   Then they looked at each other and smiled.

   Compared with the relationship with the emperor, the relationship between him and Mu Ying is more pure. After all, the two are brothers who have been together for several years and have been born and died.

   This feeling of mutual trust makes the Lord of Jingan feel very good.

  …

   By the evening, the two thousand horsemen in Hanzhou City had already assembled, and Mu Ying was wearing the black armor brought back from Yulinweili, holding a spear.

   Li Xin is also dressed in black armor, riding on a horse that is no longer in serious trouble, with a green pheasant sword on his waist.

  The city gate of Hanzhou City slowly opened, and two thousand horses slowly drove out of Hanzhou City. The sound of horse hooves was very obvious in the quiet dark night.

  Li Xin looked at the east of the city and said solemnly, "The last time you picked me up from the city was ten miles away, this time it was twenty miles east of the city!"

   "There are a total of 117 people, try to be as many as possible, and bring them all into Hanzhou City!"

  Jing'an Houye's voice was solemn.

   "Before dawn, no matter what the outcome is, everyone must return to Hanzhou City."

   After saying these words, he gave a low drink.

"Set off!"

   (end of this chapter)