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

At this moment, Anding County seems to have regained its former tranquility.

The withdrawal of the Six Garrison Army was proceeding in an orderly manner.

The tens of thousands of troops outside the city, under the command of Yan Kang, have returned to important locations in the northern border to stop.

Now, there are still 2,600 garrison troops left in the entire Anding County to deal with the aftermath.

Some time ago, the Six Garrison Army took over the Anding County barracks and made a mess. Not only did they take away many weapons and armors, they also turned the originally neat and orderly arsenal into a mess.

After Jiang Zuo gained real power, he immediately ordered Wang Yingjie and others to clean up the arsenal personally. If a weapon was missing, Wang Yingjie would be held responsible.

Even though Wang Yingjie was extremely unhappy, he had no choice but to carry out the order.

After today, the Six Garrison Army will completely withdraw from Anding County.

Jiang Zuo had just returned from the gunpowder factory at this time, and ordered his men to bring a lot of ammunition back to Anding County to prepare for training an invincible musketeer corps.

As soon as he returned to the Anding County government office, he saw Master Guo holding an account book and walking over with a happy face, reporting: "Sir, good news, our salt for this month has been pre-sold, and the estimated income is 2 million silver!"

Two million!

Hearing this number, Jiang Zuo was immediately overjoyed and said, "Great! Keep up the good work."

Out of these two million, Jiang Zuo can also make 600,000 for himself.

Once he earns three million, he will be ready to retire.

"Sir, is our trade show scheduled to take place in three days?"

Master Guo asked again.

Jiang Zuo nodded and said, "That's right. We can contact the wealthy merchants in Jiangnan and Jiangbei in advance and ask them to come and select the goods."

Master Guo said, "What about the Jiangnan Li family? Do we need to contact them? After all, they are our newest big client in Anding County. However, they have a rather strange temper. We have asked them several times before, but they have refused to come to Anding."

Jiang Zuo said: "Then let's get in touch again."

Although the Jiangnan Li family is not as strong as before, it is still the head of the four major families in Jiangnan. Now the salt business in Anding County also needs the Li family's care.

"How is the production of fabric going lately?"

Jiang Zuo has been busy with military affairs these days and has even rarely managed the business in Anding County, leaving almost everything to Master Guo.

Master Guo turned to another page in the account book and reported: "The output is about the same as last month, only more than 30 horses."

"It seems that the production capacity has not been improved. Could it be that the new textile machine is not working?"

Jiang Zuo was a little confused.

At this moment, Yang Feng of the Anding Army also came in and reported the situation to Jiang Zuo.

Jiang Zuo's two major assistants, Guo Shiye was in charge of government affairs and business, while Yang Feng was in charge of military affairs.

"Master Jiang, all the ammunition in stock at the gunpowder factory has been moved back to the arsenal. Here are the numbers. Please take a look, Master."

Yang Feng handed the table of numbers to Jiang Zuo.

Jiang Zuo took it in his hand, checked it carefully, confirmed it was correct, and said: "Yes, you go and see if the Six Towns Army has done anything wrong. Check the items carefully. If anything is missing, you have to ask them to pay for it."

"Yes, my lord."

Yang Feng nodded and prepared to leave.

Jiang Zuo called him again: "Also, Yang Feng, have those thirty cannons transported back to Anding County and have them improved at the arsenal. There are twenty old cannons in the arsenal. Take a look and see if they are still there. If they are, collect them and melt them down next time to make other weapons."

"I humble my duty and obey my orders."

After Yang Feng left, Jiang Zuo continued to discuss business with Master Guo.

Now it seems that Jiang Zuo's life has returned to what it was a few months ago.

As long as he completes the affairs in the north and deals with the empress's last request, Jiang Zuo can rest assured, become a wealthy businessman, and marry a good wife.

The Karen tribe has already agreed to the request for trade, and now it depends on the attitude of other tribes.

Fighting and killing are not suitable for Jiang Zuo, he just wants to do business well.

An hour later, Jiang Zuo and Master Guo were still in the government office discussing the exhibition in a few days. At this moment, Yang Feng hurried in and shouted as soon as he entered the door: "Sir, it's bad, the northern barbarians are attacking us!"

The invasion of the Northern Barbarians is not something strange, and I don’t know why Yang Feng is so nervous.

"We are here now. Aren't there six garrison troops supporting the front line? There is no need to panic."

Jiang Zuo was quite calm.

"The Northern Barbarians' army has broken through the first pass and is heading towards Anding County! They may be only thirty miles away from Anding County!"

Yang Feng's forehead was covered with sweat and he looked panicked.

"This is happening!"

Jiang Zuo was startled and quickly ordered: "Gather troops immediately and go out of the city to fight."

Jiang Zuo would never let these northern barbarians get even a step closer to Anding County.

"My lord, you must not do that."

Yang Feng quickly stood in front of Jiang Zuo.

"Why?"

Jiang Zuo was puzzled.

The northern barbarian cavalry had invaded Anding County many times before, and Jiang Zuo had personally led his troops to stop them on many occasions. This time, perhaps it would be the same as usual.

"This time, the Northern Barbarians' military strength far exceeds that of our Anding Army!"

Yang Feng's face was full of panic.

"It's okay. Our Anding Army has tried to defeat the enemy with fewer troops before. How many can we have this time?"

Jiang Zuo disagreed.

Yang Feng's face was covered with sweat. He held up five fingers and said, "At least fifty thousand!"

"What? Fifty thousand!"

Hearing this number, Jiang Zuo was stunned.

"According to the spies' reports, these 50,000 soldiers are all elite troops from the Mobei tribe!"

Yang Feng added.

Jiang Zuo was stunned.

Are the people of Mobei going to use up all their resources to attack a small Anding County?

What virtue and ability does he have in Jiang Zuo?

He had just sent away the Six Garrison Army two days ago, so how could the arrival of this group of northern barbarian troops be such a coincidence?

"Could it be that Solu went back on his word?"

Jiang Zuo felt something was wrong.

He had just released Solu not long ago, and the Northern Barbarians gathered so many main forces to attack Anding County. Could it be that Solu revealed the information about Anding County to the Mobei tribes?

Now the truth is not important. The only important thing is to stop the people from Mobei outside the city.

"How long will it take for them to arrive!"

Jiang Zuo asked hurriedly.

"Half an hour at the slowest."

Time is running out.

"Organize defense immediately!"

Jiang Zuo ordered. "Have all the cannons and guns been transported back to the city?"

"Fortunately, the Lord gave instructions in advance. The weapons of our Anding Army are now in the barracks."

We took over the arsenal again yesterday, and now Anding County is not short of weapons.

"Right now, all the An Ding troops will join the defense, pull the cannons to the city walls, and prevent the military and civilians from defending together."

The only people Jiangzuo can rely on now are the Anding Army and the people in the city.

But if you think about it carefully, it seems that there are still 2,600 garrison troops left in Anding County.

Jiang Zuo thought about it and quickly sent people out of the city to ask for help from the Six Garrison Army.

Then he hurried out of the yamen, mounted his horse, and headed towards the city gate.