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The General’s House’s convention lobby.

Huo Liuge roughly explained the specific story of the Battle of Dezhou, and then Chai Yun explained Li Hu's latest plan. At present, Li Hu still placed his hope of defeating the Jurchens on the alliance of the three families. In other words, although he asked for help from the Song Dynasty, he did not put his hope of defending Datong on the Song Dynasty.

The change in Li Hu's strategy aroused the vigilance of Li Gang and Yuwen Xuzhong.

In this world, there are no eternal friends or eternal enemies. Li Hu first joined forces with the Jurchens to fight the Khitans, but now he joins with the Khitans to fight the Jurchens. In the future, he may also shake hands with the Jurchens and fight the Song Dynasty with the Jurchens.

Li Hu himself is a person who is good at adapting. Judging from his survival experience in recent years, he has dealt with all parties and obtained the best interests at the minimum cost. Whether he is cunning and shameless, or he is capricious, he has survived anyway, and his strength is getting bigger and bigger, so the Song Dynasty should win him over, use him, and use him as a favorable weapon to deal with the northern enemy. The Song Dynasty's current attitude is obviously wrong, and he wants to use him, and he wants to beware of him, and he also has the intention of cooking a rabbit and a dog. This will definitely not be able to get Li Hu's cooperation, and the troubles can be imagined in the future.

There is a prerequisite for Li Hu's plan, that is, to drag the Jin army to Datong and give the Khitans a chance to breathe. If the Jin army divides its troops and quickly attacks Yunnei, Li Hu's plan is probably difficult to achieve, but if you want to hold the Jin army down, passive defense is obviously not possible. Active defensive measures must be taken to launch an attack while defending.

War requires army, and even money, food and weapons. However, as the war grows longer, the financial situation of the rebel army deteriorates sharply.

Hu Tu explained the financial income and expenditure of the General Administration. In a simple sentence, it is difficult for the rebel army to support the autumn harvest. If the army fails to defeat the Jin army before the end of the rainy season, the rebel army's finances will collapse.

Li Hu was shocked. Before he left Datong, the rebel army's finances could still be maintained. How could the finances be in danger in a blink of an eye?

"What happened?" Li Hu asked, "What's wrong?"

"Risk." Hu Tu smiled bitterly, "The price of grain suddenly increased, and it tripled in one day. Today, it has increased tenfold. If it continues, not only will the people starve to death, but we will also become paupers."

"As soon as the grain rises, other things will rise. And it will rise wildly. I can't control it." Jia Yu, a military officer of the Warehouse, took out a document and told the prices of the main items in Datong Market. "Based on the current food prices, our municipal finance will be exhausted soon. If this continues to rise, I am afraid that one will not be maintained.

"What did you say?" Li Hu was furious and slapped the table on the desk. He shouted in a loud voice. "Zhim, who is doing this? Who is increasing the land price? He didn't want to live anymore. He dared to go against me. He arrested me and chopped me."

The room suddenly became quiet. Only Li Hu roared angrily.

"Calm down first." Luo Qinghan advised. "Things are far more complicated than you think. You can listen first. Then get angry after listening."

"The bitch has something to raise. I've made a fortune on my head. OK. I want to see who has such courage." Li Hu said viciously with gritted teeth.

Luo Qinghan knocked on the case table and signaled everyone to continue reporting.

"Now rumors are flying everywhere, the people are in panic, and riots have broken out in some places." The military ghost Ren of the Fa Caosi military officer continued, "There were rumors two days ago that the Tiger King was killed by the Jurchens, and the rebels were defeated on the front line. Many people were so scared that they began to flee. In order to stabilize the people's hearts, the three wives have been inspecting and appeaseing the people recently."

"Because some people were afraid to escape, the Song army blocked the pass, and the passage between Yi was blocked." Jia Yu said, "Madam Luo personally rushed to Ningwuguang for this and persuaded the people to stay for the time being. At the same time, she rushed to Daizhou and asked the Daizhou magistrate to reopen the pass to ensure that the road back to Yi was unobstructed."

"Stop talking nonsense..." Li Hu shouted sternly, "Tell me, who is the culprit? Are they those merchants?"

The whole room was silent. Li Hu was really afraid of people when he got angry. The war on the front line was not going well, and the Khitans defeated the rebels, and the situation became increasingly critical. Li Hu was imaginable. He annoyed him at this time, and was purely seeking death.

Hu Tu winked at the supervisor of the Du Shang Taxation Court, Mi Gu Lian, and told him to speak quickly. Mi Gu had no choice but to bite the bullet and whispered: "General General, if we don't have these merchants, we would not be able to buy the scarce supplies we needed from the Song Dynasty."

"Fuck, these people are going to eat me, Li Hu, can I tolerate it?" Li Hu roared angrily, "If you want to take advantage of the situation, you have to see the place. If you do something wrong on my Li Hu's territory, then it's just a word of death."

"Killing will definitely not solve the problem. On the contrary, it will make the situation worse." Hu Tu saw that Li Hu was really going to kill someone, so he hurriedly advised, "The current fiscal revenue of the Shuai Mansion mainly relies on Huiyi, and the various materials we need are also mainly obtained by Huiyi. Huiyi requires these merchants. If you kill all the merchants, the consequences will be unimaginable, so we must think of a safe way to solve the current crisis as soon as possible."

Li Hu took a few sips of cold water and tried his best to calm himself down.

"Tell me, what's the best way?"

"General General, killing people will definitely not solve the problem. If you kill people and no one sells food, the price of grain will rise even higher and you will starve people to death." Hu Tu said carefully, "The best way to calm prices is to open warehouses and release grain to suppress grain prices."

"Open the warehouse and release grain?" Li Hu looked at Jia Yu of the warehouse.

"General General, no, no... My army of more than 100,000 is going to have a meal, and I must ensure sufficient military rations." Jia Yu shook his hand quickly, "The price of grain in Datong soared mainly because the population suddenly increased, and they could not be supported by Yunshuo and several states. Therefore, if you want to completely solve the food problem, you must ask for help from the Song Dynasty."

"The people of the Song Dynasty have raised the price of grain and raised the price of other materials. The people of the Song Dynasty are taking advantage of the situation to rob us. At this time, we go to ask for help. A sheep enter the tiger's mouth and let it be slaughtered?" Sun Zheng, the military officer of Gongcao, said angrily, "The main thing we use to return to Yi is war horses, cattle and sheep, and we can only return to Yi, so the price was very low at the beginning. Now the people of the Song Dynasty saw us fighting, from official to business, they jointly reduced the price. A war horse only bought twenty stakes, and they changed hands, and they made eighty stakes, and they made sixty stakes. These people were too dark. The price of grain has already made money, and they still felt that it was not enough, and they had to make more money. They wanted to eat us with the belt bones."

"Didn't we have an agreement with Da Song?" Li Hu asked, "How much does a horse cost, how much grain and supplies are exchanged for? Aren't they all agreed upon? Do their government dare to breach the contract without authorization?"

"The people of the Song Dynasty are all shameless people, and they are in love with officials and merchants." Sun Zheng was so angry that his face turned red and his neck was thick, and he said angrily, "Their local governments said that there was a serious shortage of food and other materials, and they could only limit the quantity. In fact, they sold all these things to private merchants, and then private merchants sold them to us at a high price, and the difference between them was equally divided by officials and merchants."

Li Hu's lungs were so angry that he glared at Li Gang and Yuwen Xuzhong, hoping to scold them.

"Who are the generals, Caosi, Cangsi, and Xiansi on Hedong Road? Don't they know that I have defected to the Song Dynasty? Now behind the mountain is the territory of the Song Dynasty. The safety behind the mountain is directly related to the safety of the Song Dynasty. Don't they know?"

Li Gang and Yuwen Xuzhong looked at me, I looked at you, smiled helplessly, not knowing what to say.

"General General, this is the problem." Hu Tu said, "There is no one who keeps his word on Hedong Road. The Shuaisi, Caosi, Kurashi, and Xianshi are in charge of their own affairs. They all listen to the emperor and the court. They come from different factions, supervising each other and restraining each other. As a result, they cannot do anything well, and they will not be able to succeed or defeat."

Li Hu couldn't understand that although this official system could curb local forces, its consequences were also serious. Just imagine that such a large Hedong Road divides power into four, and the four bosses on the same level, and they all have to listen to the emperor. What if something happens? The mountains are high and the road is far away, and it takes a month to send letters to Yima. And even with the emperor's orders, the four bosses still have to discuss and make decisions. It is inevitable that they will quarrel with each other. The final result can be imagined.

Li Hu looked at Li Gang and Yu Wen Xuzhong, "Two, how can I deal with this matter?"

"General General, this matter must be submitted to the court first, and then the emperor will report to the emperor. The emperor will issue an order. The Hedong Road Xianshi will investigate the order. After the investigation is completed, the report will be submitted..."

"Okay, okay..." Li Hu interrupted Li Gang's words, "When this matter is handled, I will starve to death long ago. Is there a simple way?"

"The simplest way is to bribe." Li Gang said the truth, "I have bribed everyone who needs to be managed, from top to bottom. They get more money from you than from private merchants, so this is done."

"Where did I get that much money?" Li Hu sneered, "Can't you bribe the main officials of Caosi and Kurashima?"

"It's definitely not possible." Yuwen Xuzhong said, "Because you are just a big fat cow now, who will you kill if you don't?"

Li Hu was so angry that he punched the table and cursed.

The officials in the Supervisor's Mansion were angry, some sighed, and some were very calm. Many of them used to be fucking people. The fucking * of the Daliao and the fucking * of the Daxiong were exactly the same, and they were all the same. They were not surprising. To be honest, while the officials in the Daxiong made money, they also asked private merchants to transport food and supplies. This was considered good, but they were afraid that they would not give anything after making money. That was called black.
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