I embezzled 100,000 taels at the beginning, and the empress begged me to be more greedy

Two days later.

It was calm and nothing happened.

Jiang Zuo left his mansion early and went to the Anding County prison.

I heard that the barbarian leader in the prison has changed his mind and said he wants to cooperate with Jiang Zuo.

Jiang Zuo pushed open the prison door and saw the leader of the Karen tribe, Solu, sitting in the corner with his eyes closed.

His hands and feet were shackled and locked to the wall.

Jiang Zuo was able to approach him with peace of mind and said, "Sulu Khan, long time no see."

Solu opened his eyes slightly, still looking unconvinced, and then said, "Did you mean what you said a few days ago?"

"You said you wanted to open a trade, or to exchange stones for grain and salt."

Jiang Zuo asked.

"For these two things, I can cooperate with you. I wonder how much you can offer for the stone in exchange for food?"

Solu took out the stone behind him.

"One pound of stone for one pound of grain."

Jiang Zuo replied.

"Is it really such a good thing?"

Solu couldn't believe it.

He believed that these stones were not scarce in Mobei and that tens of thousands of kilograms could be produced. However, he did not know whether what Jiang Zuo said was true.

Jiang Zuo nodded affirmatively and said, "It is absolutely true. We have plenty of grain and money in Anding County. I can buy as much as you can give me."

The autumn harvest has passed this year, and the thing that is least lacking in Anding County is food.

"Then bring me some writing materials, and I will write a letter to inform my people."

Solu has figured it out.

"No, I'll let you go back in person."

Jiang Zuo said.

"Will you let Ben Khan go?"

Solu couldn't believe it.

Jiang Zuo nodded and said, "That's right. As long as you go back and tell the other tribes that we in Anding County have no intention of attacking you, we can even trade with you. As long as you bring cow and sheep furs, or these stones, we can exchange them for winter supplies."

Hearing this, even the usually stubborn Solu was somewhat moved.

If there was no need to fight, the tribes in Mobei would also like to have a good winter.

Suolu stared at the stone in his hand and said, "As long as you keep your promise, our Karen tribe is willing to cooperate with you."

Jiang Zuo added: "I will definitely keep my word. There is one more thing. We are short of labor in Anding County. If you can bring some laborers from Mobei, how about five taels of silver per laborer..."

"Bullshit! As the leader of the Karen tribe, how could I possibly do such a shameful thing that would harm my own people! If I did, the Eternal Heaven would definitely punish me, so there's no point in discussing this matter!"

Solu suddenly became excited, and his words were full of anger.

Jiang Zuo smiled awkwardly and quickly calmed Suolu down: "Relax, calm down, I just mentioned it, since you don't want to, forget it, but the barter thing is absolutely true."

Solu then slowed down and groaned.

"Come here, untie the shackles of this Great Khan of Solu."

Jiang Zuo turned around and instructed the jailer.

The jailer stepped forward and unlocked Solu.

Solu stood up, stretched his muscles, and asked, "What about the other warriors of my Karen tribe?"

There are still hundreds of Karen prisoners in this prison.

"Let them go. Let them all go."

Jiang Zuo patted his chest and assured, "This is my sincerity."

Suolu's face was full of surprise, and he had no idea of ​​Jiang Zuo's real purpose.

Soon, Jiang Zuozhen ordered his men to bring out all the captives and take them out of the city.

Jiang Zuo even prepared some carriages for them and personally went out of the city to see them off.

Seeing Jiang Zuo's actions, Yang Feng behind him was puzzled: "Sir, are you just going to let him go like this? We finally caught a barbarian leader, isn't this letting a tiger go back to the mountains?"

Jiang Zuo said calmly, "It's okay. Prepare a few carts of food, a cart of salt, and top-quality tea from Hongshan as gifts for the Karen tribe."

"Sir, you must be careful about this matter. If we fatten them up, they will attack us again next year."

Yang Feng's worries are not without reason.

But Jiang Zuo obviously thought differently. He said calmly, "It's okay. This little bit of supplies is nothing. As long as we show our sincerity, these Mobei barbarians will naturally be willing to cooperate with us. If you don't give up, you can't catch the wolf."

Yang Feng also pondered for a moment, and then he understood a little: "Oh, I understand, but it seems that you can't catch the wolf without sacrificing the lamb..."

"It's okay, it's all the same."

A moment later, Suolu personally stepped forward to thank Jiang Zuo, and then led the hundreds of Karen captives and the supplies from Anding County all the way north back to the grassland.

After an unknown amount of time, a soldier from the Six Towns Army came to deliver a message.

"General Jiang, the Governor-General has summoned you."

Jiang Zuo was quite disgusted and got on his horse reluctantly, heading towards the barracks.

In the governor's tent there was also the eunuch Zhang, who was in charge of delivering imperial edicts.

Could it be something big happening again?

I'm afraid it's related to the great defeat two days ago.

Jiang Zuo felt something was wrong.

"Greetings to the Governor-General and Eunuch Zhang."

"Your Majesty's decree."

Eunuch Zhang's words were cold.

"The Six Towns Army must bear full responsibility for the defeat in Deep Valley."

Upon hearing His Majesty's imperial edict, the generals of the six military regions present were all shocked.

It's time to come.

They are fully aware of your Majesty's ruthless methods.

"In view of the incompetence of the Six Garrison Army, Yan Kang and Jiang Zuo will jointly command the Six Garrison Army from now on. All the soldiers of the Six Garrison Army must obey the command of these two people."

Jiangzuo?

Everyone was surprised.

Especially Wang Yingjie, his face was pale at this moment.

What virtue and ability does Jiang Zuo have to be on equal footing with Governor Yan?

Upon hearing the emperor's decree, Yan Kang was stunned and couldn't calm down for a long time.

It seems that Jiang Zuo's power is far beyond his imagination!

This man is definitely more than just a small county magistrate!

In fact, the person who is most shocked right now is Jiang Zuo.

Has the empress changed her personality again?

This woman's temper is really unpredictable, it changes at any time.

The Six Towns Army was sent here for supervision some time ago, and now the Six Towns Army is handed over to him.

As a result, Jiang Zuo became even more panicked.

All I heard was Eunuch Zhang reading out again: "I will not care about the battle in Deep Valley for now. No matter what, the Mobei barbarians must be pacified within this month, otherwise all the generals of the Six Garrison Army will be held accountable!"

After hearing His Majesty's decree, the soldiers of the Six Garrison Army didn't know whether to breathe a sigh of relief or continue to be worried.

After all, the Six Garrison Armies had just suffered such a defeat, and His Majesty was merciful by not punishing them.

After Eunuch Zhang left, almost everyone in the tent focused their attention on Jiang Zuo.

There was dissatisfaction, fear, and surprise.

"General Jiang, what are your plans next?"

Even though Yan Kang was extremely dissatisfied at the moment, he dared not disobey the order of His Majesty.

Jiang Zuo was not used to Yan Kang's respectful attitude for a while. He had always been a subordinate when he was with him before. This time, he was suddenly unable to get used to it.

In other words, half of the Six Towns Army's military power is now in Jiang Zuo's hands...