Powerful Song Dynasty

Chapter 222
A victory made Wang Xiu famous, at least let some people understand that this supervisor they once despised may have been misunderstood by themselves. More than [-] heads in the bloody woodland were all forced out of the city and attacked the officers and soldiers by relying on wealth or family power, and were decisively beheaded by the defenders in the end.

Wang Xiu didn't seem to care about outsiders' opinions, nor was she intoxicated by other people's praises, nor did she care about what other people thought. After a series of military orders were issued, the Xiang army began to strengthen the city defense and hoard food, grass and equipment.

Soon, some iron smelting workshops outside the city began to move key equipment to the city, and the ones that were relatively close to the city across the river were temporarily moved into the city.

At the same time, the government issued regiments inside and outside the city to train young men, drilled under the leadership of veterans, and allocated the defensive areas of the city, which brought together thousands of people.The most important thing is that Wang Xiu brought together craftsmen in the city to focus on making armored arrows, making light trebuchets, and hoarding stones, saltpeter, sulfur, etc.

I dare not say these war resources anywhere else, but the Liguojian is ready-made. Which storehouse does not have a warehouse. Facing Wang Xiu's strength and standing on the righteousness of resisting bandits, you dare not give it?

Some workshop owners were very dissatisfied, thinking that the bandits had been repulsed, why not allow production if there was nothing wrong, do you know how much they lost every day?What's more, Wang Xiu asked them to provide resources, which are raw materials for iron smelting, and they are all money!

"My lord, Wang Xiu is making trouble out of nothing, and making trouble for no reason by repelling the bandits, my lord must not let him do anything wrong."

"Yes! My lord, how much will we lose if we don't produce iron for a day? Merchant orders have a deadline. Who will compensate us for the loss?"

"My lord, Wang Xiu is arbitrary. If my lord doesn't ask, I'll sue the patriarch and sue him for the imperial certificate."

"That's right, pulling young men all day long, and even the young men in my workshop have been organized into regiments for training, and let people die."

"The officers and soldiers broke into the warehouse of my house and took away all the sulfur, as well as those fine irons. My lord, the villain is the treasurer of the Han family, and I can't explain to the head of the house. I also ask my lord to be the master, so that Lord Wang can't continue to mess around."

"Master, the villain is Kaifeng..."

On the second day of Cai Gengdao's visit to Liguo, these workshop owners and some wealthy businessmen came to visit him in the post house where he was staying to complain. Wang Xiu stepped up preparations for the war, let them move into the city, and recruited their craftsmen and servants to requisition their resources.

As for the benefit, they considered it from a commercial point of view, so of course they didn't want to. Wang Xiu already had the reputation of being decisive and decisive, so they didn't dare to tease the tiger's whiskers easily.

It is true that he is from the Cai family and knows the state, but facing so many intertwined interests, he has to deal with it carefully, for fear of offending the forces behind these people, and sometimes this official is aggrieved.

"Wen Shi! The whole supervisor is preparing for the war and does not allow the workshop to produce. They have orders. If they miss the deadline, they will lose money. Besides, they have to be tactful when expropriating other people's warehouses. Once these people get into trouble, it will not be easy. I was suppressed." When Wang Xiu came to the posthouse, Cai Gengdao taught purely.

Also, behind some workshops are the shadows of Tokyo's wealthy families. Wouldn't it offend those powerful people to let them lose?Even Cai Jing, Wang Fu and others dare not easily offend this force, let alone local officials.

Wang Xiu issued harsh military orders during the war, and killed more than [-] people. It would be difficult to be caught by Yushitai. If these businessmen make a fuss, even Zhao Ji would have to do it He made a gesture of dismissing Wang Xiu.

However, Wang Xiu smiled nonchalantly, and said, "My lord, do you think the Song Jiang bandits are willing to fail?"

Cai Gengdao was taken aback, he was not a fool, on the contrary he was very shrewd, he looked at Wang Xiu in surprise, and said in a deep voice: "Isn't it possible, the bandits suffered heavy losses after a while, but they have to deal with Mr. Zeng in Yizhou, I'm afraid they won't be able to come." Xuzhou has been attacked."

Seeing that Cai Gengdao had illusions in Wang Xiu’s mind, yes, Song Jiang did enter the Huaiyang army directly from Yizhou in history, but they must have broken through the Liguojian and obtained a large amount of ordnance to take down the Huaiyang army, otherwise he would fight Huaiyang .

After thinking for a moment, he said slowly: "My lord, be careful sailing the ten-thousand-year ship. Song Jiang and his bandits were chased by the court. Their armor was broken and they couldn't take the fortified city. If they want to persevere, if they don't get the bronze and iron armor, they are courting death." .”

Cai Gengdao's last psychological defense collapsed instantly, yes!What do you use to fight without a battle?Years of sports battles have caused a lot of losses to the group of bandits, and they are in urgent need of replenishment. There is no reason for Supervisor Li Guo to let go of a piece of good fat.He didn't care about this nonsense at first, but since Li Guojian was under the jurisdiction of Xuzhou, he happened to be the magistrate of the state, and Pengcheng had to be considered!

Thinking of this, I became a little anxious, and hurriedly said: "It's really hard to say whether you will come or not. If you come, how should you deal with it?"

Wang Xiu smiled, knowing that Cai Gengdao was worried about Pengcheng's gains and losses, and he said humorously: "Don't worry, my lord, Song Jiang doesn't have much interest in Pengcheng, and their goal is Li Guojian."

Hearing Wang Xiu's sarcasm, Cai Gengdao couldn't hold back his old face, and said awkwardly: "The guards of the Liguo Supervisor should be strengthened, and Wenshi has done a good job. At this time, there must be no benevolence of women. I will send some soldiers from various counties. "

"Food, Liguojian needs a lot of food, so hurry up." Wang Xiu opened his mouth unceremoniously, but he changed his voice, and said again: "Also, we need to guard against spies. Song Jiang's bandits don't It's scary, what's scary is that some profit-seeking traitors can betray their country for money."

Cai Gengdao's eyelids twitched, feeling that Wang Xiu had a purpose, and he said cautiously: "How do you say this, is there any unscrupulous businessman in Liguojian?"

Wang Xiu chuckled, and said in a deep voice: "The unscrupulous merchants in the frontier areas of the Han Dynasty, for ten times the profit, they could sell the military situation of the frontier army, resulting in the looting of a county. There are no businessmen in the prison who sell their military information and share spoils with bandits for profit?"

Cai Gengdao's complexion changed, and he said bitterly: "If someone dares to cheat on the thief, I will kill his whole family." Now he is getting ruthless, and if he doesn't make it easier for him, he doesn't mind making it easier for those people.

"Your Excellency has such a mind, I admire it very much. It's a pity." Wang Xiu hesitated to speak, this old man fell into the trap.

"Why, Wen Shi has something to hide?" Cai Gengdao looked at Wang Xiu suspiciously.

(End of this chapter)