The big bandit in the Red Mansion robbed Lin Daiyu at the beginning

At this moment, Jia Yucun almost blurted out a thousand MMPs in his heart.

Wang Ziteng, this damn old fox!

Jia Yucun had reason to believe that the ferocity of the rebels had already frightened many people in Jinling.

Especially now that three important officials in the court, including the Duke of Zhenguo and the Duke of Liguo, have died at the hands of the rebels,

Only the Duke of Shanguo, who was still leading tens of thousands of troops in Yeshan, Dayi Town, was struggling to resist, and apart from the miscellaneous troops of 80,000 to 70,000 in Jinling, there was no one else who could resist the people of Qingfeng Village.

The imperial army's siege of Qingfeng Village was nothing short of a huge joke.

Without a doubt, Jia Yucun knew that at this moment there must be many people in Jinling City who wanted to escape or make peace with the rebels.

There may be some people who firmly resist, but they are definitely not many.

Obviously, there were many people present whose status was higher than his, so Wang Ziteng asked him what this meant.

This is like throwing all the huge Jinling on his head.

If he said he would defend to the death, if Nanjing was captured by the rebels in the future, Wang Ziteng and others would definitely use his head to please the rebels and seek survival.

If he had said he wanted to negotiate peace or surrender, that would have been even better. From then on, everyone in the world would know that Nanjing was not defeated by General Wang and his men, but that it was because of his spinelessness that Nanjing surrendered to the rebels.

If he said nothing, what would a Jinling prefect who had no opinions have to do with anything, no matter whether the imperial court or Qingfengzhai would host the event in the future?

At this moment, Jia Yucun was filled with resentment and his face turned terribly pale.

Seeing Jia Yucun's silence, Wang Ziteng seemed not to notice his expression and continued to ask with a smile,

"Jia Futai, what do you think?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's eyes turned to Jia Yucun.

Jia Yucun's chest heaved violently, and he knew he had no choice but to speak.

After quickly pondering the matter in his mind for a while, he smiled and bowed to Wang Ziteng.

"General Wang, I am only the prefect of Jinling, responsible for the people's livelihood. I am honored by His Majesty to have entrusted me with the important task of herding the people."

"Since taking office, my thoughts and wishes have always been to put the people's livelihood first!"

After saying that, Jia Yucun showed an ugly smile and looked at Wang Ziteng.

"I am not good at warfare, so I should follow General Wang!"

Seeing that Jia Yucun was so slippery and unwilling to take the bait,

Although Wang Ziteng was angry, he was helpless.

He had to pretend to discuss with the generals and then listen to their opinions.

He prepared to send someone to Yeshan to contact Duke Shanguo, so as to invite him to Nanjing. No matter whether they fought or surrendered, won or lost, Duke Shanguo would be there to lead the charge.

After making certain arrangements, everyone dispersed one after another.

After everyone left, Wang Ziteng's expression suddenly became serious.

I returned to my study alone and thought for a long time before I looked up and called out to the door,

"Somebody come!"

Soon, a servant came in and bowed respectfully.

"master!"

Wang Ziteng leaned forward slightly and said in a deep voice,

"You must immediately take this official's name card and go to the Xue Mansion to invite Xue Pan to come to my house for a chat!"

"Yes!"

The servant immediately left respectfully.

……

Jinling, the Xue family residence.

In a separate courtyard in the front yard,

Xue Pan was flipping through the account book with a serious expression, and beside him, Linghu Chong was checking each one with an abacus.

After a long time,

Xue Pan looked up at Linghu Chong and said solemnly,

"Brother Chong, since the imperial court issued the order to seal off Yangzhou, the revenue of Fengzihao has dropped by 60% this month."

"Moreover, we have a large amount of supplies piled up and cannot transport them to Yangzhou. If this continues, I'm afraid we will miss out on important matters!"

Since Xue Pan officially joined Qingfeng Village, he learned a lot about the power of Qingfeng Village from Linghu Chong.

I also know that Qingfeng Village is currently at a critical juncture in its confrontation with the imperial court.

The Xue family used the Feng brand trade route to secretly purchase large quantities of supplies to support Yangzhou. Some big families in the city also did the same, making a profit from the premium price from Qingfeng Village, and no one said anything about it.