Zeng Xian didn't know yet that he had no more if, because his life was almost over!

Yan Song had already planned it, so he used his breakthrough point to use Xia Yan's idea of ​​being eager to make achievements or rushing to show his abilities and burying him in one fell swoop!

Yan Song's plan is very cruel. As long as he enters his game, he will become his pawn. Sometimes, even the emperor, Jiajing is led by him, playing like a dog, let alone Xia Yan.

At this time, even the salt merchants who participated later became Yan Song's pawns, and had to follow Yan Song's layout and go step by step.

They fantasized that salt-induced business could make a lot of money, so no matter how much filial Yan Maoqing wanted, they gritted their teeth and gave it to him.

So, next, what should I do if I don’t have enough money to provide food and salary to the border army in exchange for salt traction?

Yan Song also thought about this for them, or Yan Maoqing had already pointed it out to them when he accepted filial piety.

It doesn't matter if you don't have enough money. Please discuss with Zeng Xian. How much money should you transport it to Shanxi first to exchange for some salt entries, then exchange it for salt, sell it, and then slowly pay the remaining food entries and slowly exchange it for salt entries. In this way, will you slowly exchange all the salt entries and make money?

This guy is just attracting people to join the game. If you want money to be so easy to make money, then everyone will get rich.

Many times, a transaction that seems to be a sure profit but not a loss is a pitfall. Once you jump in, you will have to lose your skin even if you don’t die!

These salt merchants have already boarded Yan Maoqing's pirate ship and have almost spent the money. It is definitely impossible to pay enough food and salary to exchange it for salt from Zeng Xian on time, and then exchange it for salt to make money.

They could only follow Yan Maoqing's words and desperately fool Zeng Xian, first asking them to exchange some food and salary for some salt, and let them exchange some food and salary for salt to sell money. As for the remaining food and salary, they would definitely send it here one after another, otherwise they would have no choice and would be unable to deliver food and salary to the border town.

This is not all a lie, because they really have no money. If Zeng Xian didn't give them salt and exchange them for salt, they would really have no choice.

What else can Zeng Xian have? If these salt merchants cannot stand up and collapse, what should they do if the food and salary of the 90,000 army are lost?

He could only exchange some salt tracts for them according to the method proposed by the salt merchants, and let them exchange salt for money for money, and then send the remaining food and salary one after another to slowly exchange the remaining salt tracts.

At this moment, he was completely unable to get out of the pit. He exchanged salt for salt, then sold salt for money, and then collected all the food and salary for salt for salt. The time it took was not ordinary. It usually took at least several months for a lap. That's why the old salt merchants who are familiar with the road have this efficiency.

These new salt merchants have to be familiar with the channels, find people to transport salt, find sales, and find people to collect food. The efficiency is not ordinary. When they run around and then send the food and salary, the daylily will be cold!

Zeng Xian summoned a 90,000 army, and the first batch of food and salary sent by the salt merchant was less than one-tenth of the original one. In other words, even if he was still under his command, he would only have more than a month of food and salary. I don’t know when the rest would be.

The food and wages sent by these salt merchants were like drops of money. The ninety thousand army even had no meals, let alone any food and wages.

He summoned the army but did not give food and salary, and he didn't even have enough food. Wouldn't these border troops have any objections?

Of course it is impossible. You said you wanted to organize everyone to go to war, and it would be fine if you delay food and pay, but you don’t even have enough food to eat, and you will not let people live?

Before he could hold on for three months, the three towns in Shanxi were in chaos. No matter who he had no food to eat, he couldn't live. No matter how good the official reputation was, he would not give people enough food, and people would have any objections.

As the saying goes, "Before the troops move, food and grass will come first." In ancient times, the importance of food was irreplaceable, because if you don't have food to eat, you will starve to death. Tens of thousands of troops or even hundreds of thousands of troops will be completely unimaginable once the food is cut off, the consequences will be unimaginable.

In history, there were countless battles that were defeated due to food and grass issues, and in the Ming Dynasty, there were countless border troops that were mutiny due to food and grass issues.

If you don’t give people enough food, it would be strange if others don’t cause trouble!

Zeng Xian persisted for less than half a year, and the border troops in the three towns in Shanxi began to make a fuss. At first, hundreds of people made a fuss in one battalion, but later, it gradually turned into thousands or even tens of thousands of people making a fuss together.

What are you making trouble?

Of course it’s begging for food!

Why do you make a fuss?

Of course, we are looking for generals to lead soldiers, even governors, and the governors to make trouble, surrounding their camps, and not allowing them to leave if they don’t give them food. Some even catch the generals to lead soldiers and beat them up. If they don’t give them food, they will continue to fight!

This is the so-called mutiny. There are many mutiny like this in the Ming Dynasty. Zeng Xian encountered it when he was inspecting Liaodong and governing Shandong.

At that time, they were just leading troops and generals to deduct food and pay, which made the border troops unable to support their families, so it was easier to deal with.

But at this time, the border army had no food to eat. No matter how powerful Zeng Xian was, he could not calm down because he had no food in his hands!

Zeng Xian had no choice but to ask Xia Yan for help, and Xia Yan quickly allocated food and salary.

What can Xia Yan do? What else can he do besides discussing Yan Song?

Yan Song saw Zeng Xian’s letter of help sent by him, and he was extremely anxious on the surface, but he was very happy in his heart. It was done, and finally it was done. Xia Yan, you are dead!

Xia Yan didn't know that this guy was cursing him to die. After he handed the letter to Yan Song, he couldn't help but say angrily: "Yizhong, what's going on with Yan Maoqing? He asked him to issue more salt and urge all major salt fields to produce more salt to ensure the supply of food and money for the 180,000 border troops in the northwest. He was fine. Not only did he not raise food and money for the 180,000 troops, but he couldn't even get the food and money for the 30,000 troops. With such a wine bag, how could you choose him to serve as the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue in Nanjing?"

Hehe, this?

I won't tell you!

Yan Song pretended to frown and ponder for a while, then sighed: "Oh, Master Chief, Yan Maoqing has no choice. Yangming's lineage is secretly making trouble and has dismantled all the powerful salt merchants. He can only recruit some new salt merchants with little strength to replace them. These salt merchants were not strong enough, so they naturally could not provide enough food and salary to the border army at one time. However, as long as these people develop slowly and have enough money, the supply of food and salary will naturally keep up."

When Xia Yan heard this, he was stunned. It seemed that it was not really a fault for Yan Maoqing. Yangming's lineage was slandering him later. He had just taken office and it seemed that it was not surprising that he could not provide food and salary.

He thought for a while, but finally he could only grit his teeth and said, "The Yangming lineage is too bullying. When this official recovers, he will definitely make you look good!"

Idiot, can you recover?
Chapter completed!