mtlumby2d Chapter 464: Once you get on my pirate ship, we'll be together for life
Chapter 464: Once you get on my pirate ship, we'll be together for life
Han Zhuo pointed to Chang'an City behind him and said, "The Guo family set up a granary in Dongfan Village. This location is really good."
"From here to the three eastern city gates of Chang'an, the closest one is only about half an hour's drive away."
"Tell me, how many people and carts would it take to transport all the grain stored in this village to Chang'an City?"
Su Xiyan looked at Han Zhuo and couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, "So you don't plan to burn all this food?!"
Han Zhuo laughed heartily and plagiarized another line: "Who knows that every grain of rice on the plate is the product of hard work?"
"This food is the foundation of life. If I really burn it, that would be a real sin!"
However, Su Xiyan also said at this time: "But, if you really transport all this food to the Zhang family, then the Guo family will definitely fight you to the death!"
"It will definitely not be like tonight, where they just sneaked people over here."
"If this really turns into a fight between two thousand-year-old clans, then it won't just be the private soldiers of the two families fighting, but the military will be involved, which will be even more dangerous!"
Han Zhuo grinned and said, "Ah, I've actually thought about this a long time ago. You said we can't transport the food back, but we can't leave it to the Guo family either."
"Then we can't burn all this food! How can we use it appropriately?"
Having said that, Su Xiyan looked at Han Zhuo with some surprise and confusion.
Even Su Xiyan, the regent, couldn't figure out the reason for Han Zhuo's question.
But for Han Zhuo, the thing he has the most in his life is probably bad ideas.
Han Zhuo grinned at this time, and the smile on his face was slightly evil and obscene.
Han Zhuo said, "For us, a pound more or less of this food doesn't make much of a difference."
"But for the ordinary people in Chang'an City, even the poor, this is their life-saving thing!"
When Su Xiyan heard Han Zhuo's words, her eyes lit up instantly!
Yes, if these foods were distributed directly to the poor people, there would be no waste!
Moreover, in Chang'an City, any wealthy family with some wealth actually has its own small granary.
Even if the food prices in Chang'an City soared, they could still hold on for several months or even a year.
But that’s not the case for ordinary people!
It can only last for ten days or half a month at most.
Therefore, when food prices rise, these ordinary people are usually the first to become anxious.
Su Xiyan knew this better than anyone else.
If Han Zhuo gave all this hot food to the people in Chang'an City, the effect would be unprecedented!
First of all, ordinary people now have food to live on.
Secondly, even if those unscrupulous merchants drive up the price of grain, ordinary people will not worry because they have grain at home!
In this way, the high or low price of food will not have much impact on them.
On the contrary, food prices will gradually fall back in a very short period of time.
This will not cause any burden to the court!
At the same time, this move can also weaken the Guo family.
This is also the side of Su Xiyan that she enjoys and is happy to see.
She looked at Han Zhuo and suddenly realized that this man was truly a genius!
While Su Xiyan was feeling sentimental about Han Zhuo, she suddenly heard the sound of someone moving in the bushes behind her.
She quickly turned her head and saw a dozen people moving very quickly through the dense bushes.
Then, one by one, they came to Han Zhuo's feet with great respect. They raised their heads and bowed to Han Zhuo who was standing on the treetop.
The leader was a middle-aged man with an honest look. He bowed to Han Zhuo and said, "General Han, as you instructed, we have already dispatched 5,000 men from our clan to ambush around Dongfan Village."
"The carriages, horses, and guards at the city gates are all ready, waiting for your order!"
When the other party said this, Su Xiyan was slightly startled!
More than 5,000 people! ?
When did the Zhang family have so many private soldiers?
Tonight, the idiot Guo Zhengsi from the Guo family brought more than a thousand people here, which already made Su Xiyan want to kill him!
She knew that these powerful families had private armed forces that did not exist in the household registration.
But she was really surprised that the number of these private armed forces had reached such a huge level!
At the same time, an idea came to her mind.
After everything is restored, all the armed forces released by these aristocratic families must be eliminated, leaving no one behind!
However, the middle-aged man's subsequent words made Su Xiyan feel a little relieved.
At least the Zhang family seemed normal.
Just because this person said: "General Han, although we have a lot of people, only more than 500 of us are capable of fighting."
"The rest of them are just temporary workers at home. They may be strong, but if we really fight them, we have no weapons or armor, so we are no match for them!"
Su Xiyan understood!
It turned out that Han Zhuo wanted them to call all the people they could.
However, just as the middle-aged man said, these long-term and short-term workers are able to work with decent strength.
But it would be absolutely impossible to pick up swords, guns, sticks and fight against these professionally trained private soldiers guarding the granary.
But Han Zhuo was confident and had already planned it out.
He said: "From the beginning, we just asked them to come and help out and do the rough work."
"Tell everyone to wait for my command. When the lookout tower ahead bursts into flames, bring five thousand men and rush over here!"
"Ship all the grain from the granary and bring it into Chang'an City!"
"After that, just as I said, under the name of the chivalrous thief 'Iljimei', distribute the looted food to the poor people of South City."
As soon as Han Zhuo finished speaking, he immediately took Su Xiyan into the air and flew towards the heavily guarded Dongfan Village in front!
Soon, the two landed on a treetop very close to the village entrance.
At this time, Han Zhuo smiled at Su Xiyan in his arms and said, "Sister, will you continue to follow me or watch from a distance?"
Su Xiyan kept looking at Han Zhuo. She found that when Han Zhuo said these words, a confident smile appeared on his face.
He seemed to have great confidence in his own abilities.
It seemed as if the hundreds of garrison troops in Dongfan Village were nothing but a bunch of chickens and dogs in front of him, unable to withstand a single blow.
Su Xiyan was curious and interested at the moment.
She really wanted to know how this brat was going to play! ?
So, she reached out and hugged Han Zhuo's neck tightly, and spoke in a sweet voice that she would never have used before.
"Since you want to play, I'll play with you."
After hearing this, Han Zhuo laughed out loud: "Okay!"
"Then from now on, we'll be known as the Male and Female Devils!"
Han Zhuo's words made Su Xiyan roll her beautiful eyes!
Her delicate face was filled with disdain: "What an ugly name!"
Han Zhuo seemed to have guessed Su Xiyan would say this, so he chuckled and said, "That sounds ugly. Let's change the name to 'Black and White Impermanence'."
"That's not enough. How about asking the old cow to eat the young grass?"
After hearing this, Su Xiyan suddenly felt a chill!
At the same time, it was obvious that the "Old Ox" Han Zhuo was talking about was himself.
But Su Xiyan thought of herself.
Suddenly, the corners of his pretty mouth pursed slightly, and he looked unhappy.
She said with a lack of interest, "Let's just call them the Male and Female Devils. We'll only use that name tonight anyway."
Han Zhuo laughed heartily and said, "That won't do. Now that we've chosen a name, we're going to spend our whole lives together!"
"Once you're on this pirate ship of mine, it's hard to get off!"