Chapter 205: Driving the tiger and swallowing the wolf

The general offensive was scheduled for half a year later, but during this period, the encirclement on the front line had been shrinking.

From the original two areas, it shrank to one area.

The three rebel armies are now all hiding in Nanzhi Road.

However, before Yanhuang launched the general attack, news came that Zhao Tiancheng had died suddenly.

Zhao Tiancheng's Tiancheng Army was also annexed by the uprising armies of the two Ji Dynasty royal families in Jibieshan and Jitongshan.

Southern Jido, Gangwon Castle——

At this moment, Ji Tongshan and Ji Bieshan were sitting together, sighing repeatedly.

"I didn't expect Zhao Tiancheng to die at the hands of that old monk."

"It is said that when the old monk got angry, he smashed the entire mountain into pieces with one slap."

"It would be great if this magical power could be used to deal with the Yanhuang Army, that damn old monk."

"Did you find any experts there? You were looking for that Master Taiyi before, right? Did you find him?"

"I can't find it, how about you?"

"I did find that Master Kuang Long, and he agreed to help."

"Oh? Then how does he plan to do it?"

"do not know."

"Isn't it a lie to you?"

"No, if a practitioner makes a vow, he must carry it out."

"So when does he plan to make his move?"

"I don't know either. He just told me to come back and wait for news. When he is ready, he will take action."

"Do you have any food?"

"There aren't many left. What do the noble families say?"

"I'm afraid they don't have much food on hand. After all, they have been providing us with food and military supplies for the past few years, and there is still half a year before the autumn harvest."

Just at this moment, the messenger under Ji Bieshan came trotting in.

"Your Majesty, there is a man outside who claims to be an old friend from Qingzhou and wants to see you."

"An old friend from Qingzhou?"

"Ji Bieshan, do you have friends in Qingzhou?" Ji Tongshan looked at Ji Bieshan suspiciously.

"Before I started the army, I accepted the donations from the Qingzhou family. Although it is not as rich as the Jiangyuan family, it is still a considerable amount of military funds." Ji Bieshan said, "Check whether the other party has weapons. If there is no problem, go and invite them in."

Not long after, a handsome young man in a green shirt walked into the mansion and looked at Ji Bieshan: "Greetings to the King of the North."

"Which family in Qingzhou are you from?"

"My name is Bai Yuanming."

"Bai family? What do you want from me?"

"I heard that the Northern King was short of food, so I came here to help him out."

"How much food do you have?"

"Haha... as many as you want." Bai Yuanming said confidently.

"Do you mean what you said?"

"Your Highness the Northern King, do you think I am making fun of you?"

"Okay, okay, the Bai family is so loyal. If the Japanese king seizes the treasure, he will definitely not treat your Bai family unfairly." Ji Bieshan said with a big laugh.

"That's for the future. Your Highness the Northern King, let's talk about the price first."

"Money is not a problem. As long as you can bring me food and fodder, I am willing to pay 30% more than the market price. I will take whatever you have."

"Your Highness the Northern King, do you know how many connections you need to make in order to transport food and fodder to the Southern Straight Road?"

Ji Bieshan frowned slightly: "So what do you mean?"

"Our Bai family can transport grain into Nanzhidao, but the price is not 30% higher than the market price, but 100 times higher."

"What did you say!?" Ji Bieshan was immediately furious: "Are you trying to make fun of me?"

"There's no way, the cost is too high." Bai Yuanming said helplessly.

"Even if I had mountains of gold and silver, I couldn't afford to buy food that costs a hundred times as much."

"I don't know if mountains of gold and silver can buy enough food, but His Royal Highness the King of the North is indeed in a mountain of gold."

"You...what do you mean?"

"The world's noble families all come from Nanzhi, and the powerful families only come from Gangwon." Bai Yuanming said with a smile.

Jiangyuan City is the most prosperous capital in Central Plains. Even the capital is far inferior to Jiangyuan City.

There is also a saying that all the noble families in the world come from Nanzhi, and all the powerful families come from Gangwon.

Eighty percent of the world's nobles reside in Namjik-do, and the most powerful and richest nobles in Namjik-do come from Gangwon. Only the Gangwon nobles are truly thousand-year-old families.

At the same time, they were also the most powerful supporters of the rebels.

"This is impossible!" Ji Bieshan was shocked. He felt that hearing this sentence was extremely treasonous.

Even in desperate situations, he never thought of attacking the aristocratic families of Nanzhidao.

If I were to offend the noble families of Nanzhidao, I would be infamous for eternity.

Bai Yuanming smiled and said, "History is written by the victors. Those tyrants who were infamous in the past were not too cruel. On the contrary, they were not cruel enough. If they killed all the noble families in Nanzhi Road and even Jiangyuan City, who would write history for them? These thousand-year-old families have such rich heritage. As long as you can get their wealth, you can buy as much food as you want."

"No matter how ruthless I am, I am not as ruthless as you. Your Bai family is really calculating. You actually took this opportunity to swallow up the thousand-year heritage of the noble families of Nanzhidao. I have to say that your Qingzhou Bai family has a big appetite."

Bai Yuanming had a smile on his face all the time. At this time, Ji Tongshan, who had been silent all this time, spoke up: "Can you really transport enough food?"

"You are... the King of Nanyue?"

"It's me, the king." Ji Tongshan nodded. He was more open-minded than Ji Bieshan.

Now they have almost reached the end of their rope, and the aristocratic families seem to think that they have already lost, so they have shown a hint of unwillingness to provide further funding.

If he didn't have a large army at his disposal, those aristocratic families would have probably turned against him.

Instead of waiting for the noble families to abandon you, it is better to strike first and fight for the final decisive battle.

"If His Majesty the King of Nanyue needs food, the Bai family can also sell it to you."

"Okay! Get the food ready."

“The food is now at sea.”

"By sea? No wonder your Bai family was able to transport food here." Ji Tongshan suddenly realized, "Within three days, I will raise enough money."

"Ji Tongshan, do you really want to do this?" Ji Bieshan had not made up his mind at this moment.

"Jibieshan, if we lose, we won't have a good ending. Instead of that, we might as well make one last fight. If we win, we can rule the world. No matter how bad it gets, it won't be worse than our current situation."

"Okay, I'll do it too. Why should we fight against the Yanhuang people while these aristocratic families still enjoy themselves and have fun every night?"

"Then I will take my leave first."

Bai Yuanming let out a long sigh when he walked out of the palace.

In fact, he volunteered to come and lobby Ji Bieshan and Ji Tongshan.

Now, the head of their Bai family is already one of the top leaders of Yanhuang.

But they had to obey Rosen's orders and split up the Bai family.

Although Bai Yuheng can promote some people from the Bai family, he requires them to be helpful to him. If they are of no value at all, Bai Yuheng will never use them.

As for those who were good at studying in the past, they are not popular in Yanhuang now. Only capable and practical people are valued by Yanhuang.

Bai Yuanming has been managing the family business for the Bai family in the past, and he also realized that the rise of Yanhuang will be the only great change in a thousand years, and he doesn't want to remain unknown anymore.

That's why he took the initiative to ask for a job.

Even if there is no job, it would be good as long as I can have a name in front of Rosen.

This will surely be a sage monarch unprecedented in history, and Yanhuang will be an unprecedented great empire.

He is also a member of the Bai family. He is unwilling to be just a manager and live a mediocre and unknown life.

He also wants his name to be passed down through the ages, and he also wants future generations to know his name, Bai Yuanming.

There was no such opportunity before, after all, he was not good at studying.

But now he feels that he has the opportunity to show his strengths.

When he learned that Rosen was planning to attack the Nanzhidao family, he knew that his chance had come.

Then he asked Bai Yuheng to take him to meet Rosen.

Although Bai Yuheng hesitated for a long time, he finally agreed to Bai Yuanming's request.

After meeting Rosen, Bai Yuanming told Rosen all his ideas and plans without reservation.

Rosen personally promised Bai Yuanming that he would be one of the future cabinet members and would also be the overall person in charge of this plan.

In fact, Bai Yuanming’s plan was not very brilliant, but it was very effective.

In this plan, the Bai family plays the role of an insatiable and ambitious family, attempting to swallow up the thousand-year accumulation of the thousand-year-old family in Nanzhidao.

The more Bai Yuanming asked for, the less likely Ji Bieshan and Ji Tongshan would doubt his true purpose.