Entrepreneurship in the Late Tang Dynasty

Chapter 74 Seized
Zhao Huaian wanted to take in this Nanzhao warrior, but his adopted son Zhao Wenhui started to yell:
"Godfather, this man dared to shoot you, so why bother to kill him with a knife?"

When Zhao Wenhui said this, Zhao Wenying and Zhao Wenxun beside him were nodding frantically. Only Zhao Wenzhong, who had experienced a lot, was more steady and even pulled Zhao Wenhui.

But Zhao Wenhui was impatient, opened Wenzhong's hand, and complained:
"Brother, why are you pulling me? Did I say something wrong?"

Zhao Wenzhong was embarrassed now and stopped trying to stop her.

Because after all, he, like his three younger brothers, believed that this man deserved to die.

They all regarded Zhao Huaian as someone closer than their own father, so how could they tolerate thieves shooting their father?
Looking at the "upright" Zhao Wenhui, Zhao Da secretly sighed that this silly boy would definitely suffer for this in the future. Didn't he see that none of the other brothers shouted, but he was the only one shouting loudly.

Zhao Da glanced at the Beiwei people around him again and saw a similar attitude in their eyes. He coughed and said:
"Two armies fight, each determined to win. This man is loyal to his master, yet he dared to shoot me in the face of dozens of my soldiers. If I could use him, how could he not repay me in this way? Moreover, this man is a good man. Even if he died in the battle, I would regret it, let alone taking his life to vent my anger."

As he spoke, Zhao Huaian looked at Li Luoke, who was already in tears, and asked:
"Are you from Tang Dynasty?"

Li Luoke is not stupid. He knew that he was going to die, so he simply dragged someone down with him. Now that he can survive, why would he seek death?
So, he quickly said:
"My Lord, our ancestors were captured by the Nanzhao people, but our descendants never forgot their country. Whenever an ancestor passed away, they would die facing north. Our ancestors' last wish was that our descendants would one day return to the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, we Tanghua dare not slack off, for this day is coming."

As he spoke, Li Luoke was still crying, and said that he was willing to serve Zhao Huaian today, even if he was a slave or a servant, and that would leave his ancestors with no regrets.

Li Luoke's words made Lao Liu next to him curl his lips and secretly despise him. He was also a flatterer.

After hearing this, Zhao Huaian pretended to sigh "loyal man" and suddenly said:
"Okay, since you're so loyal, I'll change your name. From now on, you'll be called Zhao Jinzhong. How about that?"

Li Luoke was very willing to do so. He said that Zhao Jinzhong only knew who I was today.

Zhao Huaian ignored all this, changed the man's name, and asked directly:

"Are there still Nanzhao troops in the workshop west of the city?"

It turns out that Zhao Da was waiting here.

That’s right, after Zhao Huaian led his troops into the city, he immediately discovered that both they and other internal and external vassal troops were running around like headless flies.

To put it bluntly, they don’t even know how to fight for it.

That's why Zhao Huaian wanted to recruit a Nanzhao warrior so that he could find out the truth about the city from him.

And why did he persuade them to surrender directly in Chinese? You should know that there was a surrendered soldier from Nanzhao among his Beiwei, so he could have persuaded them to surrender in Nanzhao.

In fact, Zhao Jinzhong had already been through the gates of hell. If he couldn't understand what Zhao Huaian said and couldn't speak Tang language, Zhao Huaian would kill him without hesitation.

So, this is Zhao Jinzhong's good fortune.

At this moment, Zhao Jinzhong quickly sold the situation in the west of the city:

"Lord, there were originally hundreds of Nanzhao soldiers in the workshop, but after the city fell, they fled west, so there are no Nanzhao soldiers in the workshop now."

Zhao Huaian was surprised and asked:
"Oh, everyone else is running west, why are you following them?"

Zhao Jinzhong quickly replied:

"My Lord, my Tang Tianjun has only opened the west gate. This means we are encircling three gates and leaving one. The western route may seem like a way to life, but it is actually the road to hell. I, Zhao Jinzhong, must return to the Tang Dynasty. How can I die a ghost like the Nanzhao?"

Zhao Huaian laughed out loud, patted Zhao Jinzhong and said, "Not bad."

Then, without any hesitation, he led the Beiwei people straight to the empty workshop.

After a moment, when Zhao Huaian looked at the workshop area with towering chimneys and various shops everywhere, he couldn't help laughing. This time, he, Zhao Da, was going to win big again.

But the victory lasted less than three minutes. Zhao Huaian suddenly heard a sharp suona sound coming from nearby. It was the sound that Zhao Da had distributed to each team before, and it was used for identity recognition.

At this time, the suona sounded, and Zhao Huaian asked Lao Liu to take half of the Beiwei and stay, while he took the remaining Beiwei and Bashan and headed straight there.

……

When the East City was broken, Zhou Dexing led his troops straight to the West Warehouse City. These veteran soldiers were used to looting and knew that all the good things were in that warehouse city.

But there were indeed many people who thought as Zhou Dexing did. Along the way, he could see soldiers from various foreign vassal states rushing there in groups.

Which line of this?
So Zhou Dexing directly chose a yard and kicked in.

Just as Zhou Dexing entered the door, the first one who rushed in with a bare head came running back with big feet, grinning and shouting:

"Captain, we've made a fortune."

Zhou Dexing was so excited that he thought he had caught a big shipment by just hitting any warehouse, so he rushed in.

But when I saw that there were only winter clothes and furs piled inside, I felt discouraged.

These things are also valuable, but they are completely different from what Zhou Dexing wants.

What he most wanted to open was the Nanzhao army's money warehouse. Even if he opened any of them and handed them over to the capital and distributed them to the lower levels, the remaining money would be enough for Zhou Dexing to make a fortune.

Then at the very least, some weapons and armor. Everyone will like those things, and they can also improve the team's combat effectiveness.

What a difference between this batch of winter clothes?

They already had their own winter clothes, and it was almost spring, so they wouldn't need them in the future. They could only sell them cheaply to the merchants accompanying the army.

If you sell to these people, even if the price is ten, six points will be deducted from your price, and you won’t make any money at all.

But no matter how small a mosquito leg is, it is still a piece of meat. Now that he has taken it, it belongs to Old Zhou, no, it belongs to our Baoyi City.

Hearing the increasing sounds of kicking doors nearby, Zhou Dexing realized that people from other vassal states had also caught up.

Time was short and the mission was heavy, so there was no time to delay. So Zhou Dexing pointed directly at the sergeant who came in first, handed him a team flag, and ordered:
"Fu San, hold our flag and stand at the gate. This place belongs to Baoyidu. Guard it well. If you lose it, we'll skin you alive."

This man called Fu San, whose full name was Fu Tong, joined the army when he was in Shuangliu. However, unlike other soldiers, he was the son of a nearby farmer. He only joined Zhao Da because his family was robbed by the Nanzhao people.

Fu Tong puffed out his chest and took the flag without fear.

Zhou Dexing nodded, thinking that Fu San was very energetic. After thinking for a while, he asked the guards to leave a suona for him. Finally, he ordered them to keep the spoils and led his men to the next warehouse.

Over there, Zhou Dexing took his men away, and Fu Tong closed the courtyard gate, tied his own flag under the eaves, and then stood at the door like a door god.

Afterwards, soldiers from the feudal lords and other garrisons continued to pass by the gate of the courtyard. When they saw the "Bao Yi Du" flag, they basically let it go.

Although these warriors were domineering, what they respected most were heroes like Zhao Da who were brave enough to fight to the death. Most importantly, wasn't it because of Bao Yi Du that they were able to capture Qiongzhou City?
So Baoyi has already taken it all, so why would they go there again? Aren't there other places to rob? The soldiers can't afford to lose this person.

But one group of warriors stopped when they saw the flag of Baoyi Du.

The leader among them had a pair of triangular eyes with cruelty and ferocity in them. As soon as he came over, he was about to rush into the warehouse, but was stopped by Fu Tong.

Although Fu San saw that the enemy was outnumbered, he still drew his knife and shouted:
"What are you doing? Don't you know this place already belongs to our Baoyi City?"

The man with triangular eyes then noticed a flag hanging under the eaves. There were two words written on it, but he didn't recognize them. He was quite annoyed and shouted fiercely:
"You Yeye, you care so much. Just plant a flag and it's yours. Where are your people? Are you the only one?"

Fu Tong now knew that he couldn't be rude, so he quickly replied loudly:
"Everyone around here is ours!"

But just as he finished speaking, his knife was knocked away by the opponent's sneak attack, and then he was kicked to the ground.

Then, Fu Tong saw this group of soldiers rushing in. In a hurry, he picked up the suona at his waist and started playing it.

"Ding ding ga ga"

Then he was surrounded and beaten by a group of soldiers.

……

Zhao Huaian ran over with Beiwei and saw the "Baoyi" flag directly. Then he saw a soldier wearing his own military uniform being beaten by a group of men wearing khaki military uniforms.

Zhao Huaian cursed and shouted:

"Zhao Hu, go and tie up these people for me."

After he finished speaking, Zhao Hu led the Beiwei army and rushed forward. Those ruffians were not prepared for a group of people running towards them from behind. Without even drawing their swords, they were pinned to the ground by the Beiwei army behind them.

At this time, the man with triangular eyes came out with a few people cursing. Obviously, those winter clothes could not make them happy.

As soon as he came out, he saw the Beiwei people arresting people. His face changed drastically and he tried to run away in a hurry.

But Zhao Hu rushed over and threw him to the ground. If the ground was not yellow mud, this blow would have taken the life of Triangle Eyes.

But even so, Triangle Eyes was so shocked by the fall that he couldn't breathe and it took him a long time to recover.

Zhao Huaian had already walked over to Fu Tong, pulled him up, patted the dust off his body, and praised:
"Okay, okay, whose soldier are you? It's shameful for not protecting me."

Fu Tong was embarrassed, but still straightened her chest and replied loudly:
"Return to the capital, I am Fu Tong from the Left Wing's Green Bear Banner."

Fu San was also smart and knew that it was time to give his name.

After hearing this, Zhao Huaian shouted:
"Good, good, you are worthy of being Lao Zhou's soldier."

After comforting Xiao Fu, Zhao Huaian turned around, his face drooping, and stepped on the triangular-eyed man and cursed:

"Whose subordinate are you? Don't you know this is my Zhao Da Cang? Is he so fierce?"

The man with triangular eyes turned pale, and with Zhao Huaian stepping on his chest, he uttered with difficulty:
"I am the general of Chengdu."

After hearing this, Zhao Da was stunned for a moment, then kicked the man unconscious without hesitation.

Then Zhao Huaian shouted to the remaining generals:

"I just pretended not to hear anything. For Xian Yuyue's sake, I can pretend it never happened. Take this man back. If there's a next time, you won't be able to leave without some parts."

Seeing that the well-known "Hu Baoyi" in the army was so fierce, all the captured generals trembled and dared not say a word, and ran away with the triangular eyes.

But Zhao Da then hummed:
"Who told you to leave like this? Leave all your armor and weapons to me."

Losing armor and weapons in the army is a life-threatening crime, but these generals did not dare to talk back at all. They stripped off their armor and clothes one after another. As for their weapons, they had already been taken away by the Beiwei.

Looking at the generals fleeing in panic, Zhao Hu said "Pooh" and then asked doubtfully:
"All of them, are we just going to let them go? What if they retaliate against us?"

Zhao Huaian hummed:

"The people behind us will definitely be at odds with my eldest brother. This time, we are just taking the heat for my eldest brother, and we will leave it to him to handle the rest."

After saying this, Zhao Da muttered resentfully:
"If you can't even handle this little thing, how can you be my brother, Zhao Da?"

On the other side, Zhao Hu pursed his lips, hesitated for a moment, and said:

"Boss, what I'm trying to say is, with all this chaos and chaos, why not just chop them all up?"

Hearing this, Zhao Huaian even stopped muttering.

These bastards! Are you the most ruthless?
(End of this chapter)