Hearing the complaints of a person with a very fleshy face, the faces of the people present changed. The head of the Feng family said coldly: "Shut up, Cao Yin, I want to die!"

Hearing the scolding of the Feng family leader, Cao Yin realized that he was not in his own home, but in Zhang Yuan's mansion. After muttering in a low voice, he stopped talking.

Seeing that Cao Yin was not speaking randomly, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. After all, Cao Yin's words just now were really disrespectful. If Zhang Yuan heard them, it would be fine to take him down on the spot.

Just as everyone was silent, the sound of soldiers and armor came from outside the room, and then Zhang Yuan walked in.

"Sorry, everyone, I have been waiting for you to inspect the city.

"The Marquis said nothing, it's just that we've come too early."

The head of the Feng family, who had a cold expression just now, immediately changed into a smile when he saw Zhang Yuan, "Besides, the Marquis worked hard and made great contributions to defending the city of the country. Even if we wait for you for a while, what can we do?"

"You are welcome to be polite to the head of the Feng family."

Looking at Feng Youcai, the smiling tiger, Zhang Yuan also squeezed out a smile. As a commander who led troops to fight, what he hated the most was dealing with these old foxes, but he was forced to do so at this time, even if he was reluctant, he had to come.

"Please wait a moment. I took off my armor and came to have a drink with you."

Zhang Yuan accused everyone of guilt and went directly to the back hall to remove his armor and change his clothes. When he came back, the hall was filled with food, but looking at these slightly shabby dishes, a hint of disgust appeared in everyone's eyes.

"The Marquis works hard for war, how dare you trouble the Marquis to invite us to a banquet."

Feng Youcai was obviously not interested in these seemingly vegetarian foods. When Zhang Yuan sat down, he didn't wait for him to let everyone have a meal, and immediately asked straight to the point: "If there is something that needs me to do, the Marquis might as well say it."

"Mr. Feng is talking quickly, and then I will not go around with you."

Zhang Yuan also understood their thoughts, and immediately said without any hesitation, "I was ordered to guard the East and lost four cities in a row, and would have been defeated by the emperor's order. If His Majesty had not been magnanimous, I would have been dismissed from office long ago."

"Now, Xunyang City is the last line of defense in Xunzhou. If this city is lost again, I will really have no face to be kind to Your Majesty."

"Don't say despairing words, marquis."

President Zhu, who was indignant before Zhang Yuan came, also smiled and said, "Who doesn't know that the Marquis of the Great Zhou Dynasty is good at using troops? With you here, Xunyang City will definitely be worry-free."

"I am not saying anything more discouraging. I am really short of food and salary in the army now. Even if I have great ability, if there is no supply of food and grass, the city will not be able to defend it."

Although I had known that Zhang Yuan came to ask them for money, when he heard Zhang Yuan say it in person, there was still a hint of surprise on everyone's faces. After a moment of silence, Feng You slowly spoke: "The Marquis is right. If there is no food and grass, this battle will definitely not be fought."

When everyone was stunned when they heard Feng Youcai say this, they just didn't wait for them to say anything, but before they could hear Feng Youcai continue to say: "If the Marquis does not abandon him, we are willing to jointly submit a discount and request the court to allocate funds!"

Hearing Feng Youcai's previous words, Zhang Yuan thought he was going to pay, but when he heard the latter, his anger suddenly rose. He took a deep breath, suppressed the anger in his heart, and said calmly: "Donald Feng, the imperial treasury is empty now. If there were food and supplies, it would have been allocated long ago. Why should we wait until today?"

"To be honest, I invite you to come today to raise some money and food. I hope you can help you see the feelings of the Great Zhou."

Seeing that Zhang Yuan was directly asking them for money regardless of his face, Feng Youcai showed a hint of embarrassment on his face, "Mr. Marquis, although we have some small products, we have many families, so the expenses are also high."

"But since the Marquis has spoken, I have to express it anyway."

As he said that, Feng Youcai took out a silver note that had been prepared from his arms, "This is five hundred taels, I hope the marquis won't be too little."

Others paid the money when they saw Feng You. Although they were a little unhappy, they still took out some of them in a scattered manner, but the total amount of the money was less than 1,000 taels.

Looking at the money that was less than a thousand taels, even with Zhang Yuan's cultivation, he could not suppress the anger in his heart. "You are so stingy, you can see that if this Xunyang City is lost, your land, money, and even your wives, concubines and family will fall into the hands of your opponent."

"I don't know that day, will you regret your failure to pull it off today?"

"What does the Marquis mean?"

Feng Youcai's expression also became a little gloomy. He looked at Zhang Yuan and said, "The marquis was responsible for the marquis. There was a shortage of food and grass, so he should also be transferred to the court."

"We are just a civilian. What does the war have to do with us? Why should the prince force us to fight against us?"

"I'm so hard at each other, what a hard at each other!"

Zhang Yuan stood up and looked at Feng Youcai and said, "You have been embezzling land, concealing land, bullying the market for so many years, and making a fortune. Now you are asking you to spend some money, but you are actually refusing."

"Are you not afraid of the land of Benhou Qinglianger and others?"

"Is the Marquis threatening me to wait?"

After hearing what Zhang Yuan said, Feng Youcai couldn't sit still and said sternly: "The military officer is in charge of war, and the civil servant is in charge of politics. This is the rule set by the Taizu."

"Even if we are clearing the land we are waiting for, it is the business of the Ministry of Revenue. When will it be the turn of the Marquis to do it?"

"It seems that the Marquis today is not just sincerely treating me to the banquet, but we will say goodbye first."

Feng Youcai, who had Qian Min support behind him, was not afraid of Zhang Yuan. He waved his sleeves and turned around and left.

After the person was finished, Zhang Yuan threw out the silver notes in his hand, "a group of selfish, greedy, short-sighted people."

"Don't you know the reason why the skin is gone and the hair is restored!"

"Mr. Marquis, don't be angry with them, it's not worth it."

Looking at Zhang Yuan, who was angry and angry, Zhao Chuan quickly came up to persuade him, "These people just want us to defend Xunyang City, but they don't want to pay for money, so they are irrational."

"I want the horse to run, and I want the horse to not eat grass. How can there be such a beautiful thing in the world?"

After venting, Zhang Yuan calmed down a little and said in a deep voice: "Zhao Chuan, if you go back, you will release the news and say that we will evacuate Xunyang and go to Fanyang City to garrison."

"If there was no movement in the army, I'm afraid they wouldn't believe it?"

Zhao Chuan hesitated for a moment and said, "And the morale in the army is now low. If the news is really spread, I am afraid that something will happen."

After hearing Zhao Chuan say this, Zhang Yuan also realized that he was a little emotional and shook his head and said, "Forget it, let it go now."

"Uncle, uncle, an emergency report from the capital."

Zhang Hu held a bamboo tube the size of a finger in his hand and ran in anxiously.

In the Dazhou, the emergency report is usually delivered by Xinying, which is large in size and fast in flight. It can fly here in half a day at most.

Zhang Yuan took the urgent report and after translating the encrypted content, he became dumbfounded.

"Zizai King launched a massacre, and more than 20 ministers were beheaded in the court. Hu Xiaosheng, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, was confiscated."
Chapter completed!