Chapter 114: Opening the Granary to Save Refugees

Wei Xikang led the horse and reached out to take the bundle handed over by Jiang Jinshi.

Jiang Jinshi said: "There is some dry food and silver in here, keep it for you to use on the road. I hope you can arrive smoothly."

Looking at the big knife on the side of the horse, Wei Xikang said sincerely: "Big Boss Jiang has a heart!"

"If you can arrive smoothly at the Prince of Zhenbei's side, I also have a request!" Jiang Jinshi finally revealed his purpose at this moment.

"Big Boss Jiang, just say it!" Wei Xikang turned onto the horse, facing Jiang Jinshi's request without a bit of hesitation.

"There are many refugees in the nearby cities, and I can't bear to see it, so I want to do my best to save everyone. It will be inevitable to make some noise. The Prince of Zhenbei's side..." Jiang Jinshi never forgot his task of robbing the city issued by the system.

Wei Xikang waved his hand: "I can make the decision on this matter. Big Boss Jiang, do it with confidence, but I don't know how Big Boss Jiang plans to act?"

"Open the granary, save the refugees!" Jiang Jinshi's answer was sonorous and powerful.

"Since that's the case, Big Boss Jiang, go ahead and do it!" Wei Xikang didn't need to think at all. How could he not know that the grain in these cities was sold at sky-high prices just to harvest the blood of the people.

Moreover, he had already known the truth about the robbery of Jiangcheng. Jiang Jinshi indeed did not hurt the innocent, nor was he addicted to killing.

If sacrificing the interests of a few people could save most people, regardless of Jiang Jinshi's true purpose, this was a good thing.

His thinking had also changed a lot during his time in Yangguangzhai. The most real thing was that these people who joined Yangguangzhai lived much happier than those outside.

Instead of letting these people exploit the people, it was better to fulfill Jiang Jinshi and let more people live a happy life.

He didn't know when his thoughts had changed, nor did he know whether such a decision was good or bad, but he chose to believe in the man in front of him.

If he could still save the Da Qian Dynasty from fire and water, then he would turn back and drink with the other party, and he believed they would become very good friends.

"See you later!" Wei Xikang patted the horse and walked firmly toward the north against the afterglow of the sunset.

Jiang Jinshi was blinded by the sunset, squinted his eyes, and responded happily: "See you later!"

For him, his goal today had been achieved.

Going to 'confess' all this to Wei Xikang was not his whim. After chatting with Xiao Chunqiu, he thought of a way.

That was to let Wei Xikang go find the Prince of Zhenbei!

This move had several functions. The most intuitive one was that it could strengthen the morale of the Prince of Zhenbei and his subordinates, so they could resist the Xiongnu for a period of time.

That's right, just dragging time!

Jiang Jinshi didn't think Wei Xikang could turn defeat into victory under such circumstances. As the First Prince, loving the people like a son was not a bad thing, but he lacked some ruthlessness, which was very fatal in such a situation.

To say that he was not nervous when hearing about the Xiongnu would be impossible. Within his ability, he had to strengthen himself and accumulate more money and grain.

And resisting the Xiongnu for a period of time would allow him to do more things.

He sold a favor to Wei Xikang for the sake of the task of robbing the city, and also for the sake of the brothers below.

An interesting thing was that because the imperial court didn't respond to the memorials submitted by Beijiang, the positions of county magistrate in Jiangcheng and Qingcheng were still vacant until now.

The county magistrate was uniformly appointed by the emperor (through the Ministry of Personnel), and the governor had the crucial right of recommendation and assessment supervision, but could not directly arrange for the county magistrate to take office.

This also made Jiang Jinshi's salt business have no obstacles. The two routes from Qingcheng to Licheng, and from Licheng to Jiangcheng, were almost firmly grasped in the hands of Yangguangzhai.

Half a month ago, a group of people gathered dozens of people, intending to occupy the mountain as king at the former stronghold of Fengyunzhai, but were beaten to pieces by the two squad leaders sent by Jiang Jinshi, completely eliminating others' thoughts of coveting.

But all this was a small fight. Jiang Jinshi now had Wei Xikang's promise, so he planned to start robbing cities.

He didn't worry at all that the governor would deal with him. The main combat power of the entire Beijiang was concentrated under the Prince of Zhenbei. The governor's subordinates only had some city-guarding soldiers, which posed no threat to him at all.

Thinking of this, Jiang Jinshi turned and walked toward the mountain, Yan Wu and Xiao Hu followed immediately.

Jiang Jinshi teased Yan Wu: "If you want to go, it's still in time, while Old Wei hasn't gone far."

Yan Wu shook his head, his eyes looking toward the north, "Since the Young Master wants me to stay, then I will stay. I will wait here for the Young Master to come back."

"As you wish! Then follow me like Xiao Hu in the future!" Jiang Jinshi didn't worry about letting Yan Wu lead the team to be a mountain bandit, so he kept him by his side to be a guard.

This could also be considered Yan Wu's original job, but the person he protected changed from Wei Xikang to Jiang Jinshi.

The first thing Jiang Jinshi did when he returned to the stronghold was to find Li Xinyue, who was studying how to make glass.

"I plan to take Jiangcheng and Qingcheng first. Now Licheng is basically under control. In this way, the three cities are connected in a line, which is more convenient for us to do things."

Hearing this, Li Xinyue immediately expressed her agreement, "Okay, then the plan we mentioned before can be implemented!"

Jiang Jinshi had discussed with Li Xinyue that the price of her system buying things was much lower than the current market price, while the recycling price of nanmu or any rosewood was extremely high.

Why not buy wood at a low price for recycling, and then exchange it for grain to sell? The profit margin was not inferior to refined salt.

Even the glass that Li Xinyue was currently working on was originally prepared to be purchased from the mall and sold at a high price. Finally, seeing that there were more idle people in the stronghold, she simply found something for them to do.

Even if this technology leaked, it didn't matter. Now as long as Li Xinyue wanted to make money, there were countless products in the system that could harvest the money bags of most people.

But the most critical thing was the business route. Without a business route, everything was in vain. She was prepared to sell the things produced by Yangguangzhai to all parts of the Da Qian Dynasty, not just limited to Beijiang.

Jiang Jinshi taking the city was the first step to open up the business route.

This time was not like robbing Jiangcheng before; it was to firmly grasp the city in his own hands and manage and garrison it.

In other words, this was no different from raising an army to rebel.

But Jiang Jinshi was not afraid, and even vaguely excited. He couldn't imagine how fast his Yangguangzhai would develop once everything was ready.

As long as Wei Xikang could faithfully fulfill what he promised, then when the Prince of Zhenbei reacted, Yangguangzhai would have become a behemoth in Beijiang, which could not be easily shaken!

"What do you think is a better name for the chamber of commerce I established?" Li Xinyue was full of energy, preparing to do a big job after Jiang Jinshi took the city.

"Just call it Xinyue Chamber of Commerce!" ===== CHAPTER 115 =====