Chapter 027 Detective

The two talked about recruiting volunteers to strengthen city defense in Pingnan County, which seems easy on the surface, but it is actually very difficult. The main reason is that it costs money like water. Recruiting a hero costs 12 taels of silver. According to Zhao Wenxuan's idea, they need to recruit 12,000 people, so they have to spend a total of 12,000 to 24,000 taels of silver.

Lin Zimo, who is the main book of Pingnan County, is in charge of the financial revenue and expenditure of Pingnan County. He clearly knows that the silver in the county government treasury has long been named and moved by Zhang Chiqiao. Even if one or twenty thousand taels of silver can be obtained from the county's silver treasury, it is still not enough for the actual expenses to be incurred. After all, the food and drink of personnel, weapons and equipment, casualties pensions, etc. have not been included.

Lin Zimo, who was a businessman in his previous life, roughly estimated that recruiting a team of thousands of people would not be less than 50,000 taels of silver. It is impossible for this expense to be provided by the court. After all, Yiyong does not belong to the official establishment of the imperial army, so naturally there is no money. It only belongs to a team to protect the people, so the cost has to be solved by itself.

Lin Zimo knew that the provincial government would only give them the quota at most, but would not give them the money and weapons and equipment they needed. As for how to solve this large amount of money, he is still a little embarrassed. I have thought about using the seizure of Li Renjie's property as the necessary expenses. However, he and Zhang Chi have already made a deal, so the money has been ruined.

Lin Zimo, who played with the wine glass in his hand, could not raise taxes on the people and merchants, and was worried that they would make trouble again. It was not easy for me to calm them down, and it was impossible to make trouble for myself. He also thought of the notice posted by the county government to let them voluntarily join, but this deadly thing has no real benefit, and it must be difficult to mobilize them.

"Master Lin, do you agree with my suggestion to recruit volunteers?" Zhao Wenxuan looked at him face and said very seriously.

I can't trust him yet. I'm really afraid that he will be empty. After all, there are only 68 people in his 100-person team: "I'm a skillful woman who can't cook without rice. Besides, such a big thing can't be spared by the county lord. If he doesn't agree, we naturally can't do such a good thing for the people.

"As long as you support the recruitment of volunteers, then the two of us can lobby Zhang Zhixian." Zhao Wenxuan is full of confidence.

Even if he agrees, there will be no silver. Your idea is good, but without money, you can only talk about it. Lin Zimo, who shook his head, said helplessly, "I'm more worried that he will use this to scrape people's fat. If it provokes civil change, our trouble will be even bigger.

After listening to what he said, Zhao Wenxuan suddenly fell silent and couldn't think of a good solution for a moment. He also knows that there is no one without money. If there is no one, how can he talk about strengthening the defense of Pingnan County? He thought it was Han Xin who ordered troops, and the more the better, but the reality ruthlessly shattered his plan.

There was a hurried footsteps in the corridor. A fully armed soldier broke in and said, "Lord Baihu, there seems to be a rebel reconnaissance team outside the city."

Zhao Wenxuan and Lin Zimo's attention coincidentally looked at the soldiers who came to report. In an instant, the two got up with a very tacit understanding, looked at each other, and quickly went downstairs without much language communication. The three trotted all the way and climbed the wall as fast as possible.

Under the guidance of the soldiers, Lin Zimo looked into the distance. He saw more than a dozen people wearing all kinds of clothes, armed and scattered. As they walked, they observed the environment around Pingnan County. Lin Zimo is very worried about what will happen next. After all, the only armed forces in the city are Zhao Wenxuan's team of less than 100 people. Even if he wants to transfer the armed men in the government to defend the city, he may be a drop in the bucket. I guess that the detectives outside the city should be just a team of ways, and the rebel brigade will certainly not be too far away from here.

Lin Zimo, who turned his head, wanted to discuss how to defend with Zhao Wenxuan, but he didn't see him. I looked around the wall and still didn't find his figure. He was thinking that when Zhao Wenxuan went there, the gate was suddenly opened. Zhao Wenxuan, dressed in civilian clothes, was a white horse with a silver gun in his hand and rushed out first, while two or 30 people behind him also ran out in the direction of chasing him. Lin Zimo, standing at the head of the city, saw that Zhao Wenxuan and his soldiers were far away, and his heart really sweated for him.

Zhao Wenxuan rushed to a rebel closest to him, gently waved the long gun in his hand, and instantly stabbed the man through his whole body. He quickly pulled out his long gun, clamped his legs and ran to another rebel spy next to him. As soon as the rebel detective pulled out his waist knife, he was stabbed in the throat by the dancing long gun in Zhao Wenxuan's hand. The man's red blood immediately spewed out of the hole in his neck. In a moment, the rebel spy who was stabbed in the throat fell forward.

The remaining rebel detectives immediately panicked. After all, they didn't expect anyone to come out of the city. They turned around one after another and ran away. Zhao Wenxuan, who kept kicking, grabbed the reins with his left hand and rushed up with the long gun that was still dripping blood in his right hand. Those two-legged people will have four-legged horses running fast, so the rebel spies closest to the three positions were stabbed by him.

Lin Zimo, standing on the wall, saw a real one and had to admire Zhao Wenxuan's bravery. In an instant, I seemed to see the demeanor of Zhao Zilong in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. He suddenly scolded himself secretly and should not suspect that Zhao Wenxuan was a useless white-faced general.

Lin Zimo, who walked down the city, came to the gate to personally welcome Zhao Wenxuan's triumph. I saw that his white horse had been partially stained with red blood.

Zhao Wenxuan turned over and stood beside the horse, regrettingly: "Failure to annihilate all the detectives is a marked dereliction of duty."

"Zhao Baihu is too modest. You are not only brave, but also skilled in martial arts. Lin Zimo was impressed and wanted to worship his teacher and said, "If you don't give up, can you take me as an apprentice?"

I am not a momentary painstaking effort**, but feel that in this unpeaceful era and region, learning some fists and foot skills can not only protect themselves, but also protect others.

"Master Lin's book is overreputed." Zhao Wenxuan said modestly, "My martial arts are just ordinary, and I dare not take you as an apprentice."

In the scene that just happened, Lin Zimo saw it seriously and believed in his judgment. He believes that Zhao Wenxuan's martial arts are not unparalleled in the world, but can be called rare in the world. Since I can meet such a strong martial arts person, I will definitely not let it go.

"We haven't finished drinking yet. We should go back and drink it again." Lin Zimo is preparing a curve to save the national highway.

Zhao Wenxuan guessed that there should be no more big things, but he did not dare to be careless. He ordered his subordinates to strengthen their vigilance and asked them to inform him as soon as they found anything abnormality. The reason why he dared to rush out of the city to kill detectives was to show that there were a large number of officers and soldiers stationed in Pingnan County. He believed that some of the spies who escaped back would definitely tell the rebel generals the information obtained from the reconnaissance, and his role in misleading their decision-making was realized. However, he is only a slow plan, and the most urgent thing is to solve the problem of defending the city.

The two talked and laughed and returned to the private room of the restaurant. Although their previous dishes were taken away, it did not affect the mood of the two at all. Lin Zimo asked Xiao Er of the store to set up a rich banquet again to entertain Zhao Wenxuan.

Lin Zimo picked up the glass and smiled, "I toast Zhao Baihu. I wish you victory."

Zhao Wenxuan touched his glass and made his debut: "The crisis in Pingnan County has not been resolved, and I guess it has just begun. Our top priority is to solve the problem of bravery.

"You are not a family, and you don't know that firewood and rice are expensive. We can ask the above to send more troops. Lin Zimo was puzzled and said, "Why do you have to recruit righteous braves?"

"The court has sent a large army to prepare to eliminate the rebels." Zhao Wenxuan put down the glass in his hand and said, "We have to protect ourselves before the army comes. As for the army in the province, let's not count on it. If there is a self-defying force in Pingnan County, it can completely deter the rebel attack.

Lin Zimo saw that he was so sincere, so he did not hide his selfishness and said, "It's not that I haven't thought about it, but there's nothing I can do." Zhang Zhixian and I are neither one heart nor the same person. Even if I want to keep Pingnan County safe, there is nothing I can do. Tomorrow, we will take the bodies of the rebels to talk to him, and maybe there will be some turning point.

Zhao Wenxuan thought for a moment and said, "I am a martial artist who can only lead troops to war. As for the rest, I will listen to the main book of Lin.

"Don't call a forest book. That makes me feel raw. If we talk about the official rank, I will climb high." Lin Zimo made friends with him and said, "Since I am so close to you, we are still called brothers. At the age of 20, I don't know how old you are?"

"The first time I saw you, I felt like it was the same at first sight." Zhao Wenxuan said honestly, "18 years younger than you. Naturally, you are a brother, and I am a younger brother."

"That stupid brother is not talented, call you a virtuous brother." Lin Zimo said sincerely.

"Brother Lin is polite. You just need to call me Wenxuan." Zhao Wenxuan has a sincere attitude and holds fists in his hands.

Lin Zimo smiled cheerfully and grabbed his hands and said, "Then I'll call you Wenxuan."