After taking the imperial edict to the far city, Mo Zizai was not idle except asking Yang Yanzhang and others to rectify their military equipment and expand their army.

He personally ordered a soldier and almost killed the aristocratic family in Zhaoyuancheng.

After all, he had already said something about it when siegeing the city, but if these people and birds are not birding, don't blame him for being rude.

What's more, because of the news of the new policy, these aristocratic families were unwilling to be split up, so Zhaoyuancheng made a rebellion this time. A large part of the food and arms of the soldiers were provided by these aristocratic families. Mo Zizai felt no guilt at all if he killed them.

Since you don’t want to split the family, then physically split your body, which is very reasonable.

And while Mo Zizai was having a great time killing in Zhaoyuan City, Xu Boyuan and his men had already arrived in Yining City.

Because Yining City is in the hinterland of Yuanling County, Hu Ming never expected that Mo Zizai could issue an edict in one day, and he did not expect that Mo Zizai would send people to lurk into Yining City now. Therefore, although Yining City is very cautious, it does not restrict entry and exit. Therefore, Xu Boyuan and the others did not encounter any twists and turns when they entered the city.

At this time, Xu Boyuan and more than 20 people lived in a newly bought courtyard.

Because there were too many soldiers entering the city this time, it was too eye-catching to get together. Moreover, to be on the safe side, all the soldiers entering the city were divided into small teams, scattered in other places in the city. Except for Xu Boyuan himself, he knew their specific location, the rest of the people only knew their own locations.

As for Xu Boyuan's own position, only these people will know, and Xu Boyuan issued a strict confinement order to prevent them from going out.

In this way, even if someone betrays him, he will not be taken down by someone.

In the yard, Xu Boyuan sat opposite a middle-aged man in a gray shirt. The middle-aged man was slightly fat, and a hint of shrewdness flashed in his eyes from time to time, looking like a successful businessman.

"I have met Mr. Xu in Xialu Dafu."

After Xu Boyuan introduced himself, the middle-aged man bowed to Xu Boyuan, simply said his name, and did not introduce himself too much.

But Xu Boyuan knew that this person was the secret son of the imperial court who was placed in Yining City, and that this person could find him shortly after he drew a secret code on the door wall, which was enough to prove that this person was quite powerful in Yining City, so Xu Boyuan did not neglect and bowed to Lu Dafu, and then said, "Mr. Lu, you are polite, I wonder what the situation in Yining City is now?"

“It’s awful.”

Speaking of the situation in Yining City, Lu Dafu couldn't help but frown, revealing a hint of worry that was inconsistent with his appearance. "Some time ago, a man from Hu Ming suddenly came to Yining City, and as soon as he arrived, he undermined the county magistrate."

"With the support of those aristocratic families in Yining City, all the military and political power in Yining City is in the hands of this man named Hu Ming."

"Hu Ming?"

Before Xu Boyuan came to Yining City, Mo Zizai briefly told him about the situation in Yining City, so he still knew the name, but the specific one was not clear, so he asked: "What's the situation of this person? Have you found out?"

"I found out that this person seemed to have something to do with Qianjiang, but it is difficult to check the specific ones."

Lu Dafu shook his head and continued, "However, this man is very tough. After taking over Yining City, he immediately controlled all the merchants in the city. Now all rice, flour, grain and oil are in a state of military control."

"Also, he also spent a lot of money to recruit the people to build cities. In the past few days, bows and arrows alone almost filled the armory, and it seemed that he wanted to fight a protracted war with the court."

"Ha, a protracted war."

Xu Boyuan sneered. With Mo Zizai's four Golden Body Physical Cultivation, this siege battle cannot last. How long it takes to capture Yining City depends on how much loss Mo Zizai is willing to pay.

It would be too naive if this man named Hu Ming really thought that he could block the imperial army with the weak generals like Yining City.

Although he was a little disdainful of Hu Ming, Xu Boyuan did not say anything about it, but instead changed the topic: "Do you know the situation of the army in the city?"

“These are no secrets.”

Although the military matters are generally kept secret from the outside world, how could such a thing be hidden from someone like him who specializes in intelligence? So when Xu Boyuan asked about this, he directly answered: "There are a total of 50,000 regular soldiers in the city, and in addition to this, there are 50,000 civilians recruited by Hu Ming during this period. Normally, these troops are definitely more than enough to defend Yining City."

"Fifty thousand nationals?"

When Xu Boyuan heard Lu Dafu mention the civil servants again, he couldn't help but frown and asked, "Does the people of Yining City actually support Hu Ming so much?"

Before, Lu Dafu said that there were people in the city to help make weapons, and now he also said that there were civilians who helped defend the city. If the people of Yining City supported Hu Ming so much, it would be useless even if the city was defeated.

“It’s not.”

Lu Dafu knew that Xu Boyuan had misunderstood, so he explained: "Most of the people recruited by Hu Ming are actually semi-compulsive."

"In the city, there are aristocratic families who put pressure on the people, and Hu Ming also paid for the people to recruit the people to make weapons, and the prices were not expensive, so the people in the city could barely make weapons for them."

"As for those who guard the city, most of them are soldiers outside Yining City."

Speaking of this, Lu Dafu couldn't help but sigh, and then said, "In order to prevent the imperial army from replenishing supplies here, Hu Ming implemented the tactic of strengthening the walls and clearing the fields."

"He secretly robbed the towns near Yining City. Now it is not an exaggeration to say that they are barren and thousands of miles away near the county city."

"After these towns were robbed by him, he sent people to the places where he was robbed to recruit the villagers and let them guard the city. As for the conditions he offered were very simple, that is, to manage meals every day. If there were family members, they could also bring their families into the county town."

"This move is really too vicious. It can be said that he is using these people's own food to recruit these people to do things for him for nothing, and he can still have a lot left afterwards, which is simply a huge profit."

"This person is indeed a bit difficult."

When Xu Boyuan heard this, his expression was slightly correct. It was nothing to him to deal with the nearby people, but plundering the people could still make the people come to work for him, which was a little trick.

However, the people are not all fools. The civilians who were recruited by him must have people who can see through his conspiracy. After all, there are other troops near Yining City besides Yining City. However, they took the power of the Yining City army and dared not say anything even if they were dissatisfied.

If I want to disturb Yining City, I might be able to start from this aspect. After all, although these civilians are not strong enough, there are still 30,000 people. If they riot, Hu Ming will definitely be overwhelmed.

Xu Boyuan temporarily put this idea in his heart, then asked Lu Dafu again, and said, "Mr. Lu, we couldn't bring in the weapons when we entered the city. I wonder if you can get some weapons?"

“This is OK.”

Xu Boyuan thought that this request would make Lu Dafu feel embarrassed, but he didn't expect that he agreed directly. It seemed that he was not shocked enough. Lu Dafu took the initiative to ask: "Does the armor and the arrow of Mr. Xu need it in addition to weapons?"

"You can get armor and bows and arrows, too?"

When Xu Boyuan heard Lu Dafu's words, he was really shocked. Forget some weapons, they can still have armor. You should know that the thing can be regarded as controlled items and is generally not allowed to be bought and sold by the people.

As for bows and arrows, it is useless for ordinary people to ask for it. There are very few on the market, and it is even more difficult to get it in large quantities.

Thinking of this, Xu Boyuan suddenly felt that Lu Dafu might have wanted to make the number of people on his side wrong. He felt that he had only a few more than 20 people, so he added: "Mr. Lu, what I said is for large batches, and I have other uses, so there must be at least one thousand pairs."

"Don't worry, Mr. Xu, let alone one thousand pairs, it's no problem if it's two thousand pairs."

Lu Dafu had a hint of pride in his plain words. Seeing Xu Boyuan's expression a little confused, he smiled and explained: "Mr. Xu doesn't know that my identity in Yining City is in business."

"This business also includes the ordnance business. After the construction of many ordnances in Yining City, a small part of them had to be handed over to me first, so it is not a big deal to transfer some ordnance to Mr. Xu."

"this……"

When Xu Boyuan heard this, he couldn't help but feel speechless. The ordnance was logically issued by the court, and those who resell the ordnance were actually strictly damaging the interests of the court.

But Lu Dafu, the reseller of the army, was indeed the insider of the court who was placed in Yining City. The relationship here made him a little confused.

Therefore, after a moment of silence, he shook his head helplessly and said, "Is the military discipline of Yining City actually different from this level?"

Even if you dare to resell your own weapons to save your life, then what else can you dare not do?

"In the past, they thought that Yining City would not fight, so they naturally didn't care about these things."

When talking about the military discipline of Yining City, Lu Dafu couldn't help but shook his head disdainfully, "As for now, although he knew that he was going to fight, how could they stop after having tasted the sweetness?"

"It's just that because Hu Ming is now keeping his eyes on these things, they are a little restrained when doing these things."

In fact, Lu Dafu did not say something to Xu Boyuan that these reselling of weapons actually started very early. Strictly speaking, it was the result of the indulgence of the late emperor when he was in power.

The secret sons of the Imperial Army sold weapons and were allowed by the Emperor's emperor, and even this was instructed by the Emperor. Many of the secret sons of the Imperial Army were in charge of the ordnance business.

The court allocated the armies to the local area, and then sold them back and forth. After they recycled them, they re-allocated them to other places, which can be said to be a perfect recycling.

Although this is equivalent to giving money to the guards in these places for nothing, the combat effectiveness of local troops without these weapons will definitely decrease a lot. In this way, it will naturally be much easier to unify the Great Zhou Dynasty in the future.

Unfortunately, the old emperor did not last until this time, but instead made Mo Zizai less expensive now.

"It's good."

Xu Boyuan nodded without asking much. As long as the soldiers under his command have equipment, it is good. Although the soldiers of the Crime Camp are all in the bone-forging realm, they cannot be invulnerable to swords and guns. Compared with the lack of equipment, their strength will definitely be much worse. "I wonder, when can we get these equipment?"

"Let's wait three or four days."

Lu Dafu pondered for a moment, then said, "I need some time to arrange it, otherwise it will be easy to be discovered by others, and it will be bad if it is exposed at that time."

"It's okay, I'm not in a hurry. Just send someone to notify me when Mr. Lu is ready."

Xu Boyuan thought for a while, and said, "By the way, Mr. Lu, I still need to trouble you."

"I need you to investigate the specific situation of the civilians and men in the city who are being transferred, and to be responsible for the intelligence of the civilians and men. If possible, the more detailed the information in this area, the better."

"What civil servants' intelligence?"

Lu Dafu frowned and thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "This matter should not be difficult. The Yining City Army is not very concerned about these civilians. With my connections, I should be able to find the information you want, but I need some time."

"Let me do this, after I prepare the arms, I will give you all this information."

After hearing Lu Dafu agree, Xu Boyuan bowed to Lu Dafu, "I'll trouble Mr. Lu like this."

"Mr. Xu, please be polite."

Lu Dafu shook his head and said, "You and I are all doing things for the court, there is nothing to bother with you or not."

After saying that, Lu Dafu stopped staying for a long time. After explaining how to contact him again, he left directly.

After he left, Xu Boyuan asked someone to investigate the nearby people who were not following him, and immediately took the people to change to a house.

He did not suspect that Lu Dafu had a problem, but was out of careful consideration. After all, he was in the enemy's base camp. If Lu Dafu had a strange intention or was accidentally exposed, if he was still here, he would be very likely to be implicated.

So Lu Dafu left, and he moved his position. Anyway, with a new contact information, even if Lu Dafu had any problems, he would not be involved.

After living in Yining City for two days without any turbulence, the news that Zhaoyuan City was broken by Mo Zizai one day finally came, and the entire Yining City was in an uproar.

After confirming the authenticity of this news, the entire Yining City suddenly became martial law. The six gates were closed at the same time, and they were not allowed to enter or exit. The city also conducted strict inspections and stepped up curfews. Basically, when it was dark, no one was allowed on the streets.

However, these had nothing to do with Xu Boyuan. He hid in the yard. When the agreed day with Lu Dafu came, he pretended to be a pickup man and took away a thousand pairs of weapons in batches, and then distributed them to his subordinates who were hiding everywhere.
Chapter completed!