Northern Song Dynasty: Counterattack and became emperor after the Jingkang Revolution

Chapter 31 Compensation of 50 Liang

When Wanyan Zongyi reported his name, in order to hide the identity of the prince, he deliberately left out the word "Zong".

Zhao Yingluo sneered in her heart. His words were like the sentence in "Kong Yiji" that later generations learned, "Stealing a book cannot be called stealing a book."

"Now that the corn is about to mature, you actually break the corn for food without the consent of the farmers in my farm. What is it if it's not stealing?"

Wanyan Zongyi showed an apology on his face, "How much does this corn cost? I just bought it, so my spending money can't be considered stealing, right?"

Zhao Yingluo was overjoyed when she saw that he was going to pay compensation. If she was a citizen of the Song Dynasty, she would have to compensate according to the market price. Since she was a Jin man, how could she be worthy of the people of the Song Dynasty who were harmed by the Jin man if he didn't make a huge killing?
At this moment, the farmers who had originally fled for their lives came, but they hid far away.

Zhao Yingluo turned the small fire gun in her right hand, pretended to take a look at the corn cobs that were eaten everywhere by them, and said in a pretentious manner, "This corn is now sold for hundreds of taels of silver per stone. What are you eating?" , it’s still worth ten taels of silver even if you don’t say it. In addition, my farmers are frightened by you and want some spiritual comfort money no matter what. You can give me 50 taels of silver.”

When Han Fang saw that the other party asked for 50 taels as soon as he asked for it, he was shocked and said, "50 taels? 50 taels is enough to buy more than 100 kilograms! You are blackmailing."

Zhao Yingluo glanced at him contemptuously and said casually, "Either I will send you to the government. The Song Dynasty can remember the country's hatred and family feud the year before last. After you are sent to the government, you will be dead or alive or injured." It’s disabled, but I can’t say for sure.”

This naked threat immediately made Wanyan Zongyi's men unconvinced!One by one they pulled out the long knives from their waists.

The Kingdom of Jin went south, and even the emperor of your Song Kingdom was captured. A mere landowner dared to threaten their prince.

However, Wanyan Zongyi stopped them, "Give them 50 taels!"

One of the people who seemed to be in charge of money had no choice but to take out 50 taels of silver and hand it to Jiang Laosi, who was nearest.

Jiang Laosi followed Zhao Yingluo's instructions and transferred the money to Lao Li who was wandering by the official road.

50 taels of silver, for Lao Li, who has been farming all his life, is simply a windfall!He was so excited that he kowtowed to Zhao Yingluo.

It wasn't until Zhao Yingluo signaled Jiang Laosi to help him up that he gave up.

To Wanyan Zongyi, 50 taels of silver was simply child's play.

After settling the matter, Wanyan Zongyi took a step closer, cupped his hands and asked with a smile, "May I ask my wife's name?"

Zhao Yingluo rolled her eyes in return, "Are we familiar?"

Wanyan Zongyi felt bad for being such a dignified prince of the Jin Kingdom. He was about to continue to get closer, but he heard Zhao Yingluo say, "If you have nothing to do, leave as soon as possible. Don't interfere with me taking care of the farmland."

Feeling bored, Wanyan Zongyi had no choice but to greet his men. With an embarrassed look on his face, he headed towards Kaifeng City while there were still two hours left to travel, and entered the city just as Kaifeng City was about to close its gates.

Jiang Laosi has done a very good job. Although he rarely moves in the fields now, the men he has trained are all elite soldiers and generals, and they manage the fields very carefully.

Seeing that the corn was growing well, Zhao Yingluo was relieved and prepared to shift her focus to recruiting private soldiers.

Although the Song and Jin countries have maintained superficial calm for the time being, they are still fundamentally hostile. Once the Jin people resolve the threat from Xixia and reorganize their army, they may go south again at any time.

And this time, their target will not just be north of the Yellow River!Capturing Lin'an and destroying the entire Song Dynasty was their ultimate goal.Taking a closer look, the Jin people have supported Liu Yu to become emperor and establish the puppet Qi. If the Jin people instigate Liu Yu to attack Kaifeng in the near future, the rare peace will soon be broken.

In order to quickly form combat power, Zhao Yingluo decided to increase the speed of recruiting private soldiers, and this time her target was Wang Zaixing, Li Gui, Wang Dalang and others who were active north of the Yellow River.

These three men each led tens of thousands of troops across Hebei and Shandong, capturing cities and plundering the people. They were a great disaster!But their more target is the Jinren.

If you recruit them to surrender, your private army will be greatly expanded.

First day of August
Yue Fei took his two sons and several subordinates to Kaifeng Zui Furong as promised. Chuntao arranged for them to enter the second floor, and then Chuntao went to invite Zhao Yingluo.

Zhao Yingluo entered the room. After the host and guest got dressed, they took their seats. Since the distinguished guest was here, the signature hot pot was naturally indispensable.

For Yue Fei, who had eaten this kind of hot pot for the first time, everything was very novel, especially the spicy and fragrant one, which stretched the whole taste buds happily and whetted the appetite.

Yue Fei had a big appetite. Before he finished one plate of mutton, the next plate was brought to him.

Because it was Yuanyang hot pot, Yue Lei, who couldn't eat spicy food, was served by several maids and his mouth was full of oil.

After drinking and eating, Chuntao was about to take the two children, one older and one younger, out to play so that they could talk about business. Unexpectedly, Xiao Yuelei stretched out his fleshy hand towards Zhao Yingluo.

“Delicious candy~”

Zhao Yingluo smiled lightly, and then took out two more candies from her sleeve, giving one to Yue Yun and the other to Yue Lei.

After Xiao Yuelei got the candy, he followed Chuntao out with satisfaction.

The other maids also followed the instructions, retreated and closed the door.

After they were the only two people left in the room, Zhao Yingluo went straight in and mentioned the purpose of inviting him here.

"Nowadays, grass bandits are rampant in Hebei, and there are puppet Qi in the east who are ready to move. I want to recruit Wang Zaixing, Li Gui, Wang Dalang and others. I wonder what the general wants?"

Yue Fei put down the chopsticks in his hand, and after thinking for a moment, he said, "These three people were originally grass bandits. Compared with other Hebei rebels, they are wild and difficult to tame. The princess thought twice, and in the opinion of the general, it would be better to recruit the originally big bandits." The rebels affiliated to the Song Dynasty, although these rebels were given the name of 'Sui Fake King of Qin, and were a danger to the bandits', they still had the loyalty to protect the homeland and the country, and were relatively easy to recruit."

Zhao Yingluo smiled faintly, "The general once said that in order to avoid the suspicion of the court, special attention should be paid when recruiting private soldiers, so I chose Wang Zaixing and Li Gui, who are truly white-clothed grass bandits. If I recruit rebels as private soldiers from the beginning, Soldier. Can the officials tolerate me?"

Being humble and growing up, taking advantage of the momentum, was the tone she set for the big event from the beginning.

Zhao Goushan was suspicious and fearful of the power of the Hebei rebels, so he slandered the Hebei rebels as "falsifying the name of King Qin and causing trouble to the bandits" and ignored the millions of Hebei rebels.

If I raise a high profile and bring all the rebels under my banner, I am afraid that my brother, the emperor, will deal with me before the job is done.

"This... the princess is still considerate and cannot be compared with the generals. It's just that these three people are unruly. How can they be recruited?"

(End of this chapter)