Ma Kun saw boxes of silver and gold piled up in the county government hall. Even if the value exceeded three million taels of silver, he kept asking what was going on. The servants and slaves who gave the money said that they were all voluntary donations.
Ma Kun didn't know what to say. Just now, he begged the gods and they only donated 120,000 taels of silver. Now, they suddenly took out 3 million taels of silver and said that nothing happened in the middle. How was that possible? He was not a three-year-old child. He had no choice but to wait here? He wanted to see if Wang Zhizhen could explain it to him. However, he was disappointed. Wang Zhizhen did not appear for a day.
He was at the front line, on top of the city gate. He was observing if the Sun Nation's 1st division had attacked the city.
The Sun Nation's First Army, General Shan Xian, had chosen another location to attack. As Nine Links City could only be attacked from one side of the city wall, Wang Zhizhen had already ordered people to reinforce the destroyed fortifications. Just like that, the Sun Nation's army finished blasting the city wall in the day and the Ancestral Dragon Kingdom's army repaired it overnight. At this time, everyone knew that if the city wall collapsed, they would die too. This was not the time to be afraid of death. Everyone understood.
"Oh no, the Sun Nation's army has taken a detour.”Wang Zhizhen put down the binoculars.
"Milord, there are cliffs on both sides. How can they take a detour?”Li Canghai asked from behind.
" When I said that we should move back, I meant that we should take a big detour. We should take a detour to our rear and attack Andong City. We blocked the Sun Nation's army's attack for ten days here, and the war dragged on for half a month. The three counties are not fools. "He will definitely think of turning around. If we go around the two mountains in front of us, we will only have to walk another 130 miles. Even if we march ten miles a day, we will arrive at the east side of Lu 'an City in ten days. Now, they are only bombarding us with artillery. I dare say that there is only a division and an exploration team in front of us. The main force of the enemy might have already bypassed the mountains on both sides of us and rushed towards Andong City. Immediately send someone to inform Vice Commander Nie Cheng and tell him to be prepared. Don't let anyone ambush him. However, with the current military strength of Andong City, I can easily stop the main force of the First Army. However, I'm afraid that they will be caught off guard after staying at ease for too long. I'll have to inform them! If Andong City is breached, we will be a dead city. We will be stuck in a dilemma.”
"Yes, my lord! This subordinate immediately sent a platoon to inform Vice Commander Nie Cheng.”Li Canghai went down to make arrangements.
"It seems that ending the war here as soon as possible is the most important thing for Andong City. The silver has arrived, right? It was time to go to the county yamen. Ma Shuai might be waiting anxiously.”Wang Zhizhen looked in the direction of the county government office.
"Men! Send someone to inform Wang Zhizhen that I want to see him.”Ma Kun said in the county government office.
"No need, Ma Shuai! I'm already here!" Wang Zhizhen walked into the hall as she spoke.
"What did you tell them? Why did they send all this silver to me and even say that they were donating? Who would donate all their jewelry, bracelets, rings, and gold! Don't tell me you don't know that this is 99% of the city's wealth. What do you want?”Ryan said anxiously.
"Ma Shuai! Calm down, I need this gold to buy a few heavy cannons. Didn't you say that we can't hit the enemy now? I just saw that the First Army's three county generals have already led their main forces to Andong City. I estimate that the battle for Andong City will start in two to three days. We have to eliminate the enemies in front of us as soon as possible. As long as Nie Cheng of Andong City leads more than 30,000 people, he probably won't be able to withstand the attack of the Sun Nation's First Army's three exploration teams and one division.”
"What kind of cannon costs three million taels?”
"If you just buy ten heavy cannons, who would be willing to transport them from afar? How much would they cost? They are not fools. They will only risk their lives to do the firearms business for us if they earn enough money.”
"But…"
"It's not like I'm not going to return it to them. Don't worry! Right, who donated a lot? Have you recorded everything?"
"Hey! Here it is! Just Yu Wentai alone donated 867520 taels of silver. Look at this box. It was sent by him.”
"Isn't it just silver? It's all the same!" Wang Zhizhen looked at it carefully.
"Kid, hehehe! There were times when you couldn't understand. Hehe!" Ma Kun smiled.
"I still have military matters at the front line.”
"Don't! Why did you leave halfway? I haven't finished speaking!”Ma Kun pulled Wang Zhizhen back and refused to let him go.
"Look! Other people's chests contained silver, jewelry, and gold, but Yu Wentai's chest was full of silver, not even a single silver coin. What does this mean…"
"Is he rich?"
"Right! He was not just rich, he was super rich. Gold in troubled times and silver in prosperous times. It was said that rich people would exchange their gold and silver at home for a 10:8 ratio. The taxes of the three provinces of Liaodong were 1.3 million taels. His net worth definitely exceeded this.”
"So what? You still came to send us silver."
"Who told you that? I mean, Yu Wentai has a daughter. She's 14 years old this year, about the same age as you.”Ma Kun narrowed his eyes, looking wretched.
"This turn is a little too big! I'm 22 years old this year. What's the difference? How was it the same? It's completely different!" Wang Zhizhen suddenly realized that he could not absorb the silver and gold in front of him. This was a big deal.
"I can't be the main wife, but I can still be the second wife. With such a father-in-law, wouldn't it be easier for you to get the money to buy firearms?”
Ma Kun saw Wang Zhizhen open the boxes one by one. He took a handful of silver and put them down. What was going on?
"Don't tell me you want his daughter to be his concubine? That wouldn't do. Otherwise, it would be a bad influence. Yu Wentai only had one daughter. He had so much money, so he would definitely give it to his daughter. With so much money, how could you have the nerve to make her a concubine? Besides! Yu Wentai also wanted his face. If his daughter became a concubine, where would he put his face? This is impossible!"
"Something happened!" Wang Zhizhen was depressed. He had spent so much effort, but he could not use it. [The System will not accept extorted money.]
"What happened?"
"I can't use this money. How can I buy heavy artillery?”Wang Zhizhen was at a loss.
"This gold and silver are all real! I checked every box when it was delivered!”Ma Kun said.
"It's not because of this, hmm! Anyway, I can't use these!" What should he do? Wang Zhizhen suddenly realized that things were out of her control, and things became urgent. If Nine Links City were to continue being bombarded by the Sun Nation's army, it would be breached sooner or later, and the outcome would be unimaginable.
Wang Zhizhen walked out of the county government office and saw that the streets were still deserted. The Sun Nation's army had been bombarding the city, and all the shops in the city were basically closed. After shopping for a while, he saw that there were still a few shops that were open. Wang Zhizhen walked into a shop and prepared to drink some wine to calm down. A servant girl and a young lady rushed in front of Wang Zhizhen.”
Wang Zhizhen was stunned! Who was this girl? So impolite!
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