I want to be emperor

Chapter 35
After Song Pinghe opened his mouth, the old butler next to him immediately bowed and said, "Understood, master!"

When Huang Guangmao on the side heard this, his face turned red, and the hand holding the teacup couldn't help exerting too much strength!
This song iron rooster is too deceptive!

Three hundred catties of grain, is this little grain enough to send him away?
Although he knew that Song Juren was greedy and stingy before he came here, many people in Lushan County privately said that Master Song of Zhang Song's family is an iron rooster who doesn't pull out any hair!
He was also prepared in his heart that he might not be able to get much food when he came to the Song family.

But it still didn't occur to him that this man could be so stingy that he only gave a mere three hundred catties of food.

What is the use of such a small amount of food? Hundreds of people can eat it all in one day.

If it was an ordinary gentry's family, he wouldn't think it was a big deal to give three hundred catties of grain, but this was the Song family.

Among the most famous nobles in Lushan County, the Song Family Manor occupies a larger area than the villages outside, and there are hundreds of servants in the family.

Such a family only took out three hundred catties of grain!
This clearly meant that he was going to be dismissed as a beggar.

And look at what he said, this is not just sending beggars away, but also telling nonsense with open eyes, saying that the Song family is poor, and saying that the family will starve after giving food, bastard, I don’t know you The Song family is the largest in Lushan County, even in Ruzhou they are among the top grain merchants.

This is deliberately humiliating him...

However, although Huang Guangmao was so angry in his heart that his big hands were about to crush the teacup, he still managed to bear it.

He can't cause trouble for his old boss Chen Zhibang!
He also knew about the situation of the Song family.

He doesn't care about the background of his ancestors, how much money the family has, and even Song Pinghe's own identity as a Juren.

But Song Pinghe's cousin, Song Pinglin, must be taken care of. He has been an official in Beijing for nearly 20 years, and now he is one of the thirteen officials of the Ministry of Household Affairs.

It’s not a big deal just to be a fifth-rank official in Beijing, but he has been in the capital for 20 years, and now he is a doctor in charge of money and food in the household department. Those who can get this kind of fat job are often very well-connected. There is no servant at the top, and it is impossible to sit still with the support of Shangshu and the like.

He really provoked the Song Pinghe in front of him. Later, he sent a letter to his cousin Song Pinglin. Song Pinglin connected with a few more people. possible.

So even though he was extremely angry in his heart, Huang Guangmao forcibly endured it, and at the same time squeezed out an ugly smile: "Mr. Song has a heart. Hundreds of soldiers in Huang's generation have thanked the Song family for their generosity!"

With a smile on his face, Song Pinghe picked up the teacup and said at the same time: "It should be!"

Huang Guangmao stood up at this time: "Huang is busy with military affairs, so I won't bother Mr. Song."

Song Pinghe still had a smile on his face: "General Huang, go slowly!"

After the words fell, the old butler beside him also said loudly in time: "See off the guests!"

Huang Guangmao immediately greeted his relatives and walked out with big strides. After walking for a while, he walked out of the gate of the Song family. Huang Guangmao then slowed down and looked at the huge Song family house behind him, showing anger , and then sucked and spit out, a mouthful of thick yellow phlegm was spit out.

"Hmph, let's see how long your Song family can be so arrogant, and when those thieves come over, I'll let you know why the flowers are so popular!"

"What a fool, you dare to humiliate me. I have killed more gentry than your Song family combined!"

The entourage at the side also looked angry: "This Song Pinghe is so majestic, general, why don't you pretend to kill him in a few days, then not only will you have the army rations, but you can also breathe a sigh of relief."

Huang Guangmao also calmed down at this time, and directly reprimanded his subordinates: "Confused, this Song family is a tough one, we can't afford to provoke them!"

It is not so easy to fight the Song family. The Song family manor is actually a small city, and the city wall is thicker than that in Lushan County, and there are several small cannons on it.

As for servants and nursing homes, although he doesn't know the exact number of people, the standing nursing home must have hundreds of people at least, and it can recruit domestic slaves and tenants at any time. It is no problem to pull out hundreds of people when necessary , It is estimated that there will be no shortage of weapons and the like.

If they really want to fight, the officers and soldiers of them would be too embarrassed to take it down...

If there was no such hard power, the Song family would have been wiped out long ago. After all, these years are in troubled times. Ruzhou is full of all kinds of thieves, even those with tens of hundreds of elite riders have emerged. It can be seen that Ruzhou is dangerous.

Therefore, if these hundreds of officers and soldiers really wanted to pretend to be thieves and rob the Song family, they could easily fill in themselves.

Not to mention that there is no way to hide hundreds of people doing this kind of thing, and it is easy to be exposed.

Once this matter is exposed, even if Song Pinghe is killed, he still has a cousin in the capital.

After Song Pinglin in the capital learned about this, he had no choice but to get him to death, not to mention him, his immediate boss, Chen Zhibang, probably couldn't handle a man who had been an official in the capital for more than [-] years, with complicated connections and important positions. Hubu is a fifth-rank doctor.

Therefore, although the suggestion put forward by the personal follower was very tempting, Huang Guangmao knew that it could not be done.

However, judging from the current situation in Ruzhou and even the whole southwestern part of Henan, where there are thieves everywhere, there will be opportunities in the future.

Even if there is no chance, he still has to create an opportunity, such as leading a wave of thieves to the Song Family Manor...

Thinking of the thieves, Huang Guangmao thought of those thieves in Funiu Mountain.

A few days ago, he received a report of thieves from the lord of Lushan County, saying that there were more and more thieves in Lushan County, and there was even a group of hundreds of thieves with many mules and horses and cavalry.

Well, there are too many thieves, and he didn't plan to take care of them at first.

However, the Li family that was wiped out was a scholarly family with farming and study heirlooms. The surviving son of the Li family was a student in Lushan County, and there were many teachers and friends. No, after several consecutive letters were spread, these Lushan County Lord felt the pressure, and the pressure naturally spread to him, Huang Guangmao.

At the same time, Lushan County also said that there were many cavalry among the gang of thieves who looted Lijiazhuang.

Such a thief would naturally attract his attention.

After all, a bandit army composed of ordinary refugees is nothing to worry about. As long as they don't attack the city, the officers and soldiers usually don't bother to answer them.

But those bandits with cavalry are different. There are cavalry in the bandit army, which means that there are elite backbones among them. These are often old bandits who are difficult to deal with and pose a greater threat. .

If you don't pay attention to it, give these bastards a few months, and they will dare to pull out tens of thousands of bandit soldiers.

In this regard, Huang Guangmao, who was stationed near Luyang Pass and was responsible for guarding and suppressing the surrounding areas and ensuring the safety behind Luyang Pass, did not dare to neglect and sent people to search.

After searching for a few days, I found out the approximate location of this bandit soldier, which is in the Funiu Mountain in the west of the mountain.

Huang Guangmao didn't know the exact number of people for a while. He could only preliminarily judge that there were hundreds of bandit soldiers and dozens of elite cavalry.

To encircle and suppress such thieves, in fact, it is far from enough to rely on more than 300 people under his command.

Let’s not talk about whether we can beat them, even if they can beat them, those bandits are not stupid, and they definitely won’t stay where they are and face them head-on, the bandits will run away...

The reason why these old thieves are so difficult to kill is because they have many mules and horses and strong mobility, even if they can't beat the officers and soldiers, they can still run away.

Therefore, after Huang Guangmao detected the general situation, he sent someone to Ruzhou to report the relevant situation to his immediate boss Chen Zhibang.

If Chen Zhibang decides to encircle and suppress this gang of thieves in the future, then Chen Zhibang will definitely send more soldiers and horses. Anyway, it is not enough for him to rely on Huang Guangmao's 500 people. Even Lushan County will send at least [-] people. officers and soldiers to assist in the battle.

If Chen Zhibang didn't bother to encircle and suppress them, then Huang Guangmao would at best send troops to Funiu Mountain in a pretentious manner, not to destroy these bandits, but simply to expel them.

As for the fact that these bandits went to Lu's, Song County, or simply went south to Nanyang Mansion, no matter where they went, it had nothing to do with Huang Guangmao.

Determined to pay such attention, Huang Guangmao was not in a hurry, but walked slowly towards Funiu Mountain with his soldiers, not forgetting to call for food and military supplies along the way.

This is a war, of course food is needed, and by the way, the sons under him have to make a little money, otherwise so many people go to the mountains to climb mountains and ridges, how can this be no good.

After all, the soldiers under his hands are not guard soldiers, but recruits.

These recruits are not as easy to bully as the serfs in the guards. You can do whatever you want. If these recruits don’t prepare military supplies for them and let them earn a little money, they won’t work for you. Well, mutiny.

But, the higher ups won't give you much food. Lushan County asked him to encircle and suppress the bandits, but they only allocated three thousand catties of food, and no other weapons at all.

During this time of going out to fight, they have to raise their own rations.

After advancing slowly all the way, they finally met up with more than [-] officers and soldiers led by the venerable Wang Jida of Lushan County in a village on the edge of Funiu Mountain.

But these hundreds of officers and soldiers are all young and strong guards recruited by Lushan County. They are said to be officers and soldiers, but their combat effectiveness is worrying.

Huang Guangmao knew with a simple glance that, as expected, these people could not be counted on.

Wang Jida, the county lord who personally led the army, knew clearly that he was going into the mountains to suppress the bandits, but he didn't ride a horse or walk, but took a sedan chair. He didn't know what he was thinking...

More than half of the officers and soldiers under his command are old and weak, and most of them look weak.

Most of the weapons in his hands were knives and spears, not even a few bows and arrows. As for the armor, only a few followers of the county lord Wang Jida had it.

In Huang Guangmao's eyes, these people were just gathering numbers to frighten people. If they really let them go into battle, they might not even be able to beat ordinary refugees.

That's fine, but after meeting Huang Guangmao, King Jida of Lushan County scolded Huang Guangmao indiscriminately, saying that he came too late...

Then he was asked to quickly lead the troops into the mountain to suppress the bandits, there must be no mistakes, otherwise he would be impeached and so on...

It made Huang Guangmao so angry...

　The army's attack is imminent, and the Funiu Mountain Baoxiang Battalion is in urgent need of military supplies such as recommendation tickets and monthly tickets. I also hope that the readers will generously donate money for military supplies, and defend our Funiu Mountain!

　　
　
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