In the years of famine, the knife in my mother's hand is not bad either

Early the next morning, Shen Qian and her group dressed neatly, and the large group left the city from the other side of the city gate.

Chamber of Commerce President Wei Liangping walked up to Shen Qian's carriage with a flattering look on his face.

Respectfully handed over a silver note:

"This is for the cost of repairs within the city and replenishing food and water. Please accept it."

As he was speaking, the maidservant next to him took a look and saw that it was a Southern Territory Common Silver Note with a face value of 10,000.

Based on his understanding of the nobleman in the carriage, the other party would definitely accept it.

But this time, he miscalculated.

Shen Qian actually confiscated it:

"Take it back."

"This time's supply will be counted towards the tens of thousands of taels you paid for the water."

"After all, the price of that water is really sky-high."

When Wei Liangping heard that Shen Qian actually had such an idea, he was so moved that he burst into tears.

The voice trembled a little:

"Sir, one code..."

"Go ahead." Shen Qian refused again, not giving Wei Liangping a chance to finish his words.

But Wei Liangping was also an old businessman. When Shen Qian refused to accept the banknote, he directly stuffed the banknote to the maid beside him.

Turn around and leave.

Seeing this, the maidservant naturally couldn't chase after him, after all, she didn't have the master's order.

Watching Wei Liangping leave, the maid said to Shen Qian:

"My Lord, he stuffed ten thousand taels of silver into my hand."

"Look..."

As she spoke, she handed the banknote to the small window of the carriage where Shen Qian was.

Shen Qian took the banknote and said softly:

"Well, I'll take it then."

Since others were eager to give her money, Shen Qian naturally had no reason to refuse and return it.

Wei Liangping was probably not excited, but frightened.

Three days of traveling.

Shen Qian and her group walked about 350 kilometers.

There are only the last 130 kilometers left to Liangdu.

It will take another two days to walk to the destination.

at the same time.

Liangdu Nei.

The eunuch Wei Liangping's eyes widened when he listened to the report from You An, the chief clerk of the Liangdi County Supervisory Office.

He remembered giving a silver token to a wise woman at the Salt Lake.

But he didn't expect that this woman could bring him such a big surprise.

The heads of nine hundred barbarians, this was a great victory over the barbarian cavalry on the plains. No one in the huge Daliang has been able to do this in decades.

What's more, at this point, Pingyuan County has almost completely fallen under the iron hoof of the barbarians, and they will certainly take advantage of the offensive to smoothly move south to Liangdu.

This is a typical victory for the crumbling beam.

The excited Wei Liangping immediately gave orders and led a group of eunuchs and several carts loaded with barbarian heads, rushing towards the palace.

Palace entrance.

The guard on duty saw the eunuch Wei Liangping but did not try to stop him.

This person is a ruthless person who dares to kill anyone before the new emperor makes the decision.

In addition, because he was a eunuch, no one dared to stop him from entering the palace.

Inside the Zhenghe Hall, the new emperor was distraught as he looked at the table full of memorials reporting defeats and losses.

After reading another memorial about the massacre of all the people in the county, he overturned the table in anger.

He cursed loudly, completely losing his royal dignity:

"Waste, good-for-nothing!"

"They are all good-for-nothings!"

"Just a few... just a few barbarians, in just two months, they took away thousands of kilometers of our Daliang territory."

"Is Heaven going to destroy Daliang?"

A mournful wail was heard from the Zhenghe Hall, and the young eunuchs at the door all lowered their heads, looking depressed.

They knew very well that if the regime changed, they, the little eunuchs, would have no chance of surviving the bloodshed of the barbarians. Their only wish was that Daliang could stop the barbarians' cavalry from heading south.

Block its edge.

Even defeated the barbarians.

Drive the barbarians back outside the Beimang Pass.

"His Majesty!"

"Great victory, great victory!" Liang Zhaozhong shouted loudly outside the Zhenghe Hall.

Emperor Mu, who was throwing a tantrum in the palace, was stunned when he heard this.

Great victory?

Any news of a great victory?

As Emperor Mu thought about it, his eyes suddenly lit up with an unprecedented brilliance.

He ran straight to the main hall door without tidying his clothes.

‘Bang’ sound.

The door of Zhenghe Hall was forcefully opened from the inside by Emperor Mu.

In an instant, the disheveled Emperor Mu came into Liang Zhaozhong's sight.

"Where? Where is it?" Emperor Mu shouted at Liang Zhaozhong.

Liang Zhaozhong quickly lowered his head and said to Emperor Mu:

"Your Majesty, great victory!"

"I supervise the people below, and the supervisors defeat the barbarians."

"A plains encounter, defeating a thousand with a hundred!"

"And completely annihilate the nine hundred barbarian heavy cavalry."

"The barbarian's head has been placed two hundred meters outside the Zhenghe Hall."

"With one hundred, we defeated nine hundred!" Emperor Mu was overjoyed when he heard this.

Clap your hands continuously.

In the siege of the county city, those good-for-nothings couldn't kill a thousand barbarians, but the eunuchs of the Supervisory Bureau were able to defeat a thousand out of a hundred in a field battle and wipe out nine hundred of them.

Such a battle should be called a great victory!

As for deception?

Emperor Mu believed that Liang Zhaozhong would not dare to do so.

The power of the eunuchs was originally dependent on the imperial power. He had previously considered abolishing the Supervisory Office because Liang Zhaozhong was disobedient and defected to the imperial faction.

Now that his attitude is clear, he stands on his side and supports the imperial power, so there is naturally no reason to dismiss him.

"Tell them to bring up the barbarian's head."

"Tell me something... No!"

"Gather all the ministers and share the joyous event in the palace."

When Emperor Mu's decree was issued, all the ministers were immediately escorted back from their homes.

They all stood in the hall, at a loss:

"Your Majesty summoned us back. What happened?"

"Could it be that there is a problem with the Royalist Army?"

"That shouldn't be the case. Although two-thirds of the northern border has been occupied, there are already 200,000 troops defending the king entering the Liang capital. Even if a few troops can't make it, it won't affect the overall situation, right?"

"..."

Are discussing.

A sharp eunuch's voice reached everyone's ears, and the huge court hall immediately fell silent:

"Your Majesty has arrived~"

As soon as he finished speaking, all the ministers looked at Emperor Mu.

Wait silently.

"Announce, Lord Liang, come into the palace." At the Emperor Mu's signal, the young eunuch shouted loudly.

He had just confirmed it, there were actually nine hundred barbarian heads.

The military achievements are true.

The most important thing is to win in the field.

Such an inspiring story should naturally be told in public.

As Liang Zhaozhong entered the palace, the ministers had a bad feeling in their hearts.

Especially as he talked about the use of the Fire Bull Formation and the defeat of the barbarians.

A group of ministers immediately jumped out to accuse:

"A hundred oxen are burning with their tails. Do you know that oxen are important livestock for farmers? Farming depends entirely on them. After this, only one or two of those hundred oxen will survive. Your Majesty, please punish the Liang Grand Administrator."

"Destroying farmers' production is a serious crime. Your Majesty, please punish Liang, the Grand Administrator!"

"I second the proposal!"

"..."

The ministers in the palace knew that this was far-fetched, but they just couldn't stand the idea of ​​a eunuch holding power and continuing to make achievements.

Even if the emperor was happy, they still wanted to disgust the emperor and Liang Zhaozhong.

As expected, Emperor Mu was so angry at their impeachment that his face turned green.

“Okay…Okay!”

"You are truly my dearest friends."

"Such a great victory has been described by you as hindering production. Have you forgotten that the barbarians almost massacred all the people in the northern border of Daliang?"

"Leaving cattle in the north, are we leaving them for the barbarians to destroy Liang?"

"You guys have ulterior motives!"

As soon as the words fell, all the ministers knelt on the ground.

What kind of emperor is the most terrifying? If the new emperor had just ascended the throne and Liang Zhaozhong disregarded orders, they would not be so afraid of the new emperor. In fact, their fear of Liang Zhaozhong would be reduced a lot.

But since Liang Zhaozhong returned from Beiliang Pass on the northern border, he actually turned against the new emperor.

The imperial power was combined with the power of life and death, and they were afraid of being killed by the previous emperor from the bottom of their hearts.

Naturally, they all knelt down at this moment.

"Since you say that the meritorious officials are guilty, I still want to reward them, and reward them handsomely!"

"Practice."

"Appoint Supervisor Shen Qian as an Earl, and grant him a fief of 900 hectares in Yungang Commandery, Jiangnan, a full fiefdom!"