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

"Jiang Zuo, pay me back!"

It was just before dawn when someone started shouting again from under the city wall.

Ever since Pangli ran away with the money,

Not only the people in Mobei, but also many wealthy landlords in the northern border of Yan State heard about this. Many of them invested thousands or hundreds of thousands of silver dollars, but now all of their money has been wasted.

In their view, Jiang Zuo, as a guarantor, must be responsible.

Among these people who came to collect debts were those sent by Di Zhen.

This time, Di Zhen suffered a loss of 50,000 taels.

The 50,000 taels were earned by Di Zhen's troops after they captured thousands of slaves. They had originally planned to use the money to purchase supplies from Jiang Zuo, but they did not expect that the money would end up in someone else's pocket in just ten days.

They were clamoring, but the city gates had not yet opened.

Jiang Zuo stood on the city wall and shouted down.

"Stop yelling. I'm also a victim and I'm trying to get my money back. If you keep making noise, I'll put you in jail and you'll never be allowed to enter Zhenbei Pass again."

He felt at ease about it. After all, this group of people got their money by either robbing or exploiting the people. Jiang Zuo had no psychological burden at all in cheating them of their money. It was just a transfer of wealth.

After Jiang Zuo said this, the crowd immediately quieted down.

"This is the life-saving money of our tribe. How heartless!"

Someone said rather sadly.

"What life-saving money? Didn't you Mobei people get your life-saving money by robbing the people of Yan State?"

Jiang Zuo said with disdain.

After hearing this, the group of people from Mobei were suddenly speechless.

"Don't say that I don't take care of you. We are building a new city and we will recruit many people. No matter you are from Mobei or Yan, you can come to the city to work. The wages are much higher than your herding, and it is much safer than your plundering in the south. If you want to come, migrate here. If you don't want to come, just stay in the grassland and endure this cold winter."

Five miles south of Zhenbei Pass, Jiangzuo began to build a small city.

In this small town, Jiang Zuo has transferred all the labor-intensive low-level industries in Anding County here.

Labor-intensive industries require a large amount of cheap labor.

After hearing what Jiang Zuo said, the group of businessmen below naturally didn't care much, but a group of lower-class people in Mobei cared very much.

"Work? How much can you offer?"

someone asked.

"Is eight taels of silver a year enough?"

Jiang Zuo said calmly.

"Eight taels?!"

For the lower-class people in Mobei, it is enough for a family to live for a year.

Jiang Zuo doesn’t care whether they come or not. If they don’t do it, there are plenty of people who will do it.

Before this, he had already spread the news to every corner of the Mobei grassland.

……

grassland.

The main camp of the Geer tribe.

"Great Khan, our army fought with the Karen tribe at the mouth of the Lenghe River. Our Geer tribe suffered 2,000 casualties and retreated to the Black Mountain camp."

The subordinates reported.

Iger's furrowed brows were filled with surprise and anxiety.

Sol, who had been unknown before, unexpectedly seized a large area of ​​the Geer tribe in succession, and the troops in Sol's hands now are almost able to confront Igna head-on.

One Di Zhen is troublesome enough, and now there is also Solu.

Ignat's defenses were immediately broken.

"Who did this Khan offend?"

He really couldn't understand why so many Mobei tribes wanted to chase him and fight him.

Is it just because he, Yigna, is the Great Khan?

No, his current position as the Great Khan is already in name only.

Almost all the tribes on the Mobei grassland wanted to get a piece of the pie from him.

After a while, someone else came to report.

"Khan, those Yan people are here again."

Upon hearing this, Igna immediately walked out of the tent.

That group of Yan people were naturally Zhang Li and his group.

"Igna, you have been defeated time and again, and you have betrayed our trust in you."

Zhang Li's face was solemn and he started blaming people as soon as they met.

"You promised to provide us with food and fodder before, why did you suddenly break your promise? How can we continue the battle without supplies?"

Igna's tone was full of complaints.

"Didn't we give you supplies? It was your own incompetence that caused you to fail in capturing that city, and now you blame us?"

Zhang Li retorted.

Regardless of whether there is material reinforcement or not, Igna will not be able to capture Zhenbei Pass.

It's just that he can't admit the facts and is eager to find an excuse.

"What nonsense do you have to say when you come here today?"

Ignat was very rude.

"Let me tell you, there is a new mission here. You are not required to attack that pass. You just need to harass the south every day and create chaos."

Zhang Li said again in a commanding tone.

Because things had not gone smoothly these days, Igna had already lost his patience and said angrily: "We, the Geer tribe, will not accompany you any more. We do not need your supplies in the future."

"what do you mean?"

Zhang Ting frowned.

Yiger said with a straight face: "You have gone back on your word and repeatedly delayed the supply of supplies. I don't want to use the lives of my brothers in the Geer tribe to serve you. Goodbye."

"Without our supplies, how can you fight against other tribes?"

Zhang Li directly made some harsh remarks.

Igna stopped and fell into deep thought.

Indeed, without the assistance of the Yan people, the Tager tribe would probably have been gradually swallowed up by other tribes.

But Zhang Li and his group have obviously regarded Igna as a pawn. Since cooperating with them,

Even a small leader like Solu can become more powerful with the help of Jiang Zuo. If Igna cooperates with Jiang Zuo, wouldn't he be able to save the situation?

……

Zhenbeiguan.

"My lord, Sol finally attacked Igna."

Yang Feng brought the battle report.

"very good."

This is the day Jiang Zuo has been waiting for.

Before this, he always kept an eye on the movements of the Karen tribe under Solu.

This Solu, seemingly reckless, is actually playing the pig to eat the tiger. He keeps merging some small tribes and waits until Di Zhen and Yigena are both defeated before taking action.

Now it seems that the former Great Khan Yigan is the weakest, which is really sad.

"Igna's messenger has also arrived."

Yang Feng said again.

"Let him in."

Jiang Zuo was not surprised at all.

As soon as they met, the envoy said, "General Jiang, our Khan wants to cooperate with you."

It seems that Igna is in a lot of trouble now.

"How do we join forces?"

Jiang Zuo asked deliberately.

"My Khan needs your weapons and other supplies."

The messenger said.

"You ask Igna to come and talk to me in person. If he refuses to come, just pretend that I said nothing."

Jiang Zuo said so again.

Only if the Mobei man talks to him in person will he be willing to lend his help.

Suolu, the first Mobei man who trusted him in Jiangzuo, has now become one of the top three tribal forces in Mobei.

The envoy was quite embarrassed, but seeing that Jiang Zuo's words were so firm, he could only return to the grassland for the time being.

Of course Igena knew what to choose. After learning the news, he thought for a while and decided to come to Jiangzuo in person.

For the survival of the tribe, he naturally had to sacrifice some dignity...