Chapter 15: Be determined

To arouse the enemy?

Ying Yi's heart changed and he couldn't help but nodded slightly.

If the bandits take the lead in conquering Ye County, then this batch of military pay will definitely not arrive in Ye County again, and there will be variables. This is one of them. Ying Yi also thought that maybe Hao Yaoqi wanted to monopolize it. Two million taels of silver was not a small amount, and given Hao Waoqi's thief and bandit character, it was more in line with common sense to eat it dry and wipe it clean.

Ying thought about the woman named Yuan again for a while. Maybe this woman would end up suffering a big loss after all her thoughts. She defected to the intruders and used the news about military pay as a sign of surrender. But if this batch of military pay was secretly swallowed up by Hao Yaoqi, in order to prevent the news from reaching the ears of the intruders, who knows that Hao Yaoqi would not ruthlessly kill people and silence them!

Ying Yi thought clearly and thought of all the possible and impossible things at once.

I even thought about what Zheng Yunzhi, the magistrate of Ye County, did. I thought that although this person was a good official, he was incompetent. But now it seems that it may be related to this batch of military pay.

According to the current situation, once the military pay arrives, Ye County will definitely become the frontline and core of another war to suppress bandits. When the Huguang soldiers arrive here, this will be a military town. If the people stay here, they will probably suffer greatly from the evil strategies of Zuo Liangyu and his like. It would be better to let them go earlier and fend for themselves.

At the same time, the county town was vacated for the placement of soldiers and horses. Moreover, there were fewer fish and clear water, so there was no need for fish and dragons to mix together and confuse the ears and eyes, and a lot of trouble was avoided.

Thinking of this, Ying Yi immediately changed his view on Zheng Yunzhi. Maybe this county magistrate was indeed capable.

The thought lasted only a moment, and while thinking about it, Ying Yi asked again: "Then what are your plans?"

After asking this question, before the old thief could answer, Ying Yi suddenly thought about it. Nothing more than waiting for the military pay to arrive, Hao Yaoqi's army came to the city, surrounded Ye County, and then cooperated with the outside to eat and wipe it clean.

The key to this is the time difference.

In other words, military pay must arrive earlier than Huguang soldiers. Otherwise, the troops from Huguang would arrive first and the military pay would arrive later, and Hao Yaoqi's possible monopolization would be in vain. With Hao Yaoqi's own troops and horses, he would never be able to capture the tens of thousands of Huguang soldiers.

"Even if he is a bandit, he must be smart if he can get to this point. I am sure now that if he can monopolize the military salary, Hao Yaoqi will not let him go. If not, he will definitely tell the bandit, and then the army will attack. He Credit is indispensable.”

By this time, the thief was no longer valuable to Ying Yi, and he was about to break the thief's neck and take away his true spirit. But suddenly stopped.

He thought: "Sun Xiucai and Er Niu are still in Ye County. If the incident happens in these two days and I leave, they will be in danger..."

After thinking for a while, Ying Yi pressed his thumb on the old thief's neck, and the old thief fainted without saying a word. Then Ying Yi mentioned his old thief, walked through the streets, and soon returned to Xishan Tower. With the old thief under his ribs, he climbed over the wall, avoided the younger brothers, and quietly went back to Sun Xiucai's room.

At this time, Sun Xiucai and Er Niu were both in the room.

"Brother Ying!"

The two of them were surprised when they saw Ying Yi coming back with someone.

Sun Xiucai said: "Who is this?"

Ying Yi closed the door: "Listen to me."

Just tell me what happened before.

When Sun Xiucai heard this, both of them opened their mouths. They never imagined that there was such an important thing here.

After finishing speaking, Ying Yi gave the two of them some time to digest, and then said: "There are two ways now. First, don't care. You follow me out of the city immediately and leave the place of right and wrong as soon as possible. Second, put this old man Hand the thief over to Zheng Yunzhi, and then use the trick to give the stray thief a hard blow."

Sun Xiucai and Sun Xiucai were confused after hearing the news. Although Sun Xiucai was a scholar, he had no talent in machine learning. If something unexpected happens, you will be blinded. Not to mention Erniu. After hearing Ying Yi's two suggestions, Sun Xiucai and Er Niu reacted and made completely opposite choices.

Erniu thought he should leave immediately. But Sun Xiucai felt that the old thief should be handed over to the county magistrate Zheng Yunzhi.

This is the difference in status that leads to different choices. Er Niu is just an ordinary person. The biggest characteristic of ordinary people is that they don't want to cause trouble. But Sun Xiucai was a scholar, and scholars generally have a higher vision than ordinary people.

The two made a choice and finally looked at Ying Yi.

Ying Yi was silent for a while and said, "I have an idea. Please help me go through the details."

Sun Xiucai and Er Niu immediately cheered up.

Then I heard Ying Yi say: "Two million taels of silver is a huge amount of wealth, and it definitely cannot fall into the hands of a ruthless thieves. But the officers and soldiers are also just idlers, like Zuo Liangyu, and I'm afraid the scholars will also I have heard that they are no worse than thieves."

When Ying Yi said this, he stopped.

Sun Xiucai gradually came to his senses and said with a surprised look on his face: "Brother Ying, you are so bold! That's two million taels of silver!"

Erniu was confused.

Ying Yi said: "I'm not surprised about those millions of taels of silver, but..."

Ying Yi had some vague thoughts in his mind, but they were still very vague. He had no clue for a while and said: "I can't let go of what happened to the folks in Xiaowangzhuang. In this world, how many people have suffered the same as Xiaowangzhuang? If there were these two million taels With the silver, maybe I can do more things.”

Er Niu was ignorant, but Sun Xiucai took a long breath, gritted his teeth, his eyes shone with unprecedented light, and said fiercely: "I'll help you!"

"I'll help you too, brother Ying." Erniu was confused.

Ying Yi nodded: "Okay. Let's calculate it first..."

...

County government.

After Zheng Yunzhi implemented the policy of restricting entry but not restricting exit, Ye County suffered a massive population loss. By now, almost all that can be left are gone. Except for some whose families are not small and whose relocation is not easy and who need to make more preparations, or who are still hesitant because they have no good place to go, the total number of people staying in Ye County, old and young, probably does not exceed a thousand. Among them, there are more than five hundred soldiers.

Even the standing government officials of the county government have been dismissed long ago.

The entire county government office was deserted and desolate.

Zheng Yunzhi is in her thirties and in her prime. He is not a rigid person, but he is very disciplined. Especially for yourself, you are strict. Even though Ye County is like this, he still wears official robes every day and looks neat and tidy.

At this time, Zheng Yunzhi was in the study room, sitting upright, holding a book and flipping through it. The look on his face was calm and determined, without any trace of decadence.

There were several knocks on the door, Zheng Yunzhi put down the book and said calmly: "Come in."

"master."

An old housekeeper in his forties or fifties pushed open the door and entered.

Zheng Yunzhi showed a smile: "Uncle Huai, what's the matter?"

This Uncle Huai is Zheng Yunzhi's old servant. Having been together for decades, they are no worse than relatives.

Uncle Huai said: "Sir, Li Xiucai, a young man from this county, wants to see you."

"Li Xiucai?" Zheng Yunzhi thought for a while: "Is it Li Mingyi from Beifang?"

"It's Li Xiucai." Uncle Huai said, "There are two other people who came with him. One of them seems to be a scholar, and the other one is hard to tell."

"It's hard to tell?" Zheng Yunzhi became interested and said, "Uncle Huai has been through human affairs for a long time. Is there anyone he doesn't like?"

Uncle Huai hurriedly said: "What are you talking about, sir? I just think that man has a very different temperament. He is tall and burly, I would say he is a rough and tumble man, but it doesn't look like that. His temperament is calm, I would say he is a scholar, but he lacks the aroma of books." "