Chapter 1346: Raise the stall
Huo Chun stuffed a huge piece of fish cake into his mouth, swallowed it in two or three mouthfuls, then raised his neck and drank the tea in the cup, and looked at Xie Kun opposite him with satisfaction and said, "Old Xie, there is still a way for someone like you. In this world, you can still have such delicious food here."
Xie Kun smiled: "Huo Chanjun was joking. You are a big shot, so why can't you eat? How can we ordinary people like you?"
Huo Chun sneered: "Thank you, shopkeeper, don't be careless. Are you really an ordinary person?"
Xie Kun's heart was thumping, he looked at Huo Chun, and swallowed: "Huo Zongjun, you can't say this nonsense. I'm not an ordinary person there?"
Huo Chun sighed: "Thank you, the world is now, only a guy like you who eats black and white can live a comfortable life! Like us, I won't say it anymore. No matter what, I have been saying it this year, and my family has not been hungry, so I always have to thank you."
"Where is Huo Chanjun saying this? Are we friends?" Xie Kun relieved his heart. As long as the other party did not think he was a spy from the Tang Dynasty, that would be fine. As for the two ways of black and white, this was not wrong.
As the head of intelligence in Lingnan of the Tang Dynasty, Xie Kun, who replaced Wang Yikun's position, isn't it just a black and white game?
Over the past year, life in Lingnan has been really hard.
Not to mention ordinary people, even people with status like Huo Chun are suffering. Huo Chun naturally has a share of military rations to eat, but he still has a family of people!
The land blockade and sea blockade, in order to crack down on the entire Lingnan economy, the Tang Dynasty did everything. Now, there is nothing in the market in Lingnan that is not scarce, and the prices soared. In the past, it was good to buy ten kilograms of grain, but now it was a good idea to buy one or two.
In order to fully guarantee military needs, all supplies must be provided closely with the army, which makes ordinary people unable to live a difficult life, and selling children and women has become a common thing.
Huo Chun's pitiful salary was all his money, and he took it home to support his family. This guy is often hungry now and is really out of reach, so he came to Xie Kun to have a meal of autumn wind. Although Xie Kun looked like ordinary merchants on the surface, he was so poor that he could not get rid of the pot, as long as Huo Chun came to him, he would always make a delicious meal for him. I don't know where Xie Kun had some food from.
After burping, Huo Chun said, "Thank you, how come you haven't seen your old sister-in-law and a few nephews these days?"
"Isn't this not enough food? Life is getting harder in this city. I sent them back to the countryside. No matter how bad I can't get wild vegetables and fish and shrimps? Now I have money but can't buy food!" Xie Kun said. "If it weren't for the fact that there was such a stolen house in this city, I would have gone back to the countryside long ago."
Huo Chun's eyes flashed for a moment, hesitated for a while before saying, "Old Xie, you and I are friends, I will give you a secret. I don't want this part of the city anymore, so I will go back to the countryside to hide first."
Xie Kun was surprised: "Is something going on?"
"The general has decided to gather the army to fight to the death with the Northern Tang." Huo Chun whispered.
Xie Kun smiled and said, "What a big deal? Isn't it always spreading it outside?"
Huo Chun smiled and said, "The army is starting, and it requires countless money and food. If you want to win a battle, what should you use to inspire morale? Tell the soldiers to be loyal to the emperor and protect the country? No, you still have to use white money. Can you escape? Don't forget, you Xie Shunzhangguan is also well-known in Guangzhou City."
Xie Kun's face changed color and said, "There is really not much business to do in this world? Besides, the government always wants to donate, but I have never stopped it."
"But the superiors think that people like you must have more money to hide." Huo Chun whispered: "So there will be a big move next, specifically to trouble you, so it's better to go out and hide. Your store can't run away. If you win this battle, will you still be yours when you come back?"
"This is this, this is a rebellious act?" Xie Kun said angrily.
"So what? If you lose this battle, you will have nothing left. What's the point of doing the opposite!" Huo Chun said with a sneer.
"You can't protect me?" Xie Kun asked.
Huo Chun pointed to his nose: "If I had such great ability, I could not feed my family, so I often cook Qiufeng with you? This is why I was embarrassed to eat your food for more than a year and I was embarrassed to tell you this news. If you believe it or not, let me do it!"
"Of course I believe it, of course!" Xie Kun nodded repeatedly: "Thank you, Huo, for joining the army. I will pack up this evening and leave the city early tomorrow morning and never come back."
"This is almost the same." Huo Chun felt that he had repaid Xie Kun, and he felt a little more comfortable.
"Huo joined the army, then you are going to the battlefield too. The Northern Tang soldiers are so fierce that you have to be careful. If something happens to you, will you be a whole family?" Xie Kun said caringly.
"I'm lucky this time and I'm taken away to do something else. I won't go to Jiangxi to fight with the Northern Tang soldiers." Huo Chun laughed and was very proud.
Xie Kun's heart moved. Is the main battlefield for the decisive battle set in Jiangxi? Then there is only Hengyang area.
"I wonder what Huo Shenjun is going to do? Isn't this decisive battle more important now? A capable person like Huo Shenjun has to do something else if he doesn't participate in the decisive battle. Is there anything more important than this?" Xie Kun asked tentatively.
"Well! His Majesty the Emperor decided to inspect the entire Lingnan and Rongguan Guiguan and other places to inspire the morale of the people and let everyone work together to fight against the pseudo-emperor of the Northern Tang Dynasty. Along the way, there must be logistics management. I have been quite diligent in this regard, so I was pulled out to be responsible for this matter." Huo Chun was a little proud.
"This is a good thing. If you can come to the emperor to serve, maybe if you see it correctly, Huo Senjun will become successful!" Xie Kun quickly flattered him.
Huo Chun looked disdainfully: "What's the use of getting to the emperor if you want to become successful? You have to be attracted by the general. But this time I'm going to Rong Guangui Guan, it's a good thing for a year. To be honest, I really don't want to fight with the Northern Tang soldiers. They are so vicious. This time, there are powerful figures like Tu Lichun, Chen Changping, and Jose on the other side!"
"I wonder how long it will take for Huo Chanjun to come back?"
"Who knows!" Huo Chun spread his hands: "It's always a month or two."
Hearing this, Xie Kun stood up, walked to the corner of the wall, pulled a few times, lifted up a few bricks on the ground, but took out a few small bags of grain from below, each bag of about ten kilograms.
"Huo Zongjun, since you are going to leave for so long, you don't care about your family. If you secretly take this little food home, you can't let your family go hungry."
Huo Chun approached the cellar and smiled and said, "I knew you still have private goods."
"That's all, there's no more. Wouldn't I go back to the countryside tomorrow? I'll carry a few bags of food, and I'm afraid I'll be robbed if I can't leave the city."
"Okay, I, Huo Chun, didn't make you a friend." Huo Chun honestly and unceremoniously found a few bags of food and tied it together and carried it on his shoulders: "Since that's the case, I'll say goodbye, thank you, shopkeeper, hurry up and leave, but things are coming soon."
Xie Kun nodded while sending Huo Chun out of the door.
Turning around and closing the door tightly, Xie Kun circled around the room for a few circles. Some of the news Huo Chun provided today seemed ordinary, but it always seemed a little weird inside.
Especially the fake emperor, who has been hiding in the palace and never showed up, why should he come out to encourage morale now? And he has come out to go so far?
After thinking for a while, my son was really unable to figure it out, so he walked to the desk and picked up his pen, wrote these situations on paper, then carefully rolled the paper into a small tube, stuffed it into a small bamboo tube, then took a pair of boots, stuffed the small tube into the mezzanine on the side of the boots, then cleaned it up in the house, finally looked around the room, turned around and went out, locked it with a bang, and disappeared into the darkness.
I definitely can't stay in this room anymore.
But when he returned to the countryside, he was just talking to Huo Chun. How could he leave such an important place in the current situation? The entire Lingnan intelligence center is in Guangzhou. Once he leaves, the operation of the entire system will not be so exciting.
As a great spy, Xie Kun naturally has several safe houses that belong to him alone. It seems that he should hide in these places first and then appear publicly after the storm.
Huo Chuntigong's intelligence is extremely accurate.
From the next day, the entire Lingnan government began to operate extremely viciously.
To put it simply, it is to scrape the ground.
Ordinary people are already out of their way. This time, the target is those small and medium-sized gentry, landlord, and businessmen who have some assets and are usually faced and have status. These people are considered to be related to it, but they are not forced to do so. Just like Xie Kun, they can naturally be protected by small things in daily life, but when they encounter these big things, they rely on the people they rely on, so they are not worthy of face. People like Huo Chun who are willing to reveal their secrets in advance are already very conscientious.
This time the plundering was very different from usual.
Whether it is a normal search or a happy donation, although it will hurt your muscles and bones, it will not cost you a lifetime. This time, the government obviously wants to kill chickens and get eggs. If you resist, you will be a knife and axe and a rope. You will also have to catch people after robbing money and food. These arrested people will not be sent to the prison and sent directly to the army to be coolies. The entire Lingnan suddenly fell into unprecedented horror.
Xie Kun, who was hiding, felt even more abnormal.
Chapter completed!