Datang: Starting from Li Jiancheng

Chapter 151 Hou Junji returns without success
And even if the two sides did not reach an agreement and acted in excitement, he was still a general, and he still looked down upon a few government soldiers. What's more, even if they borrowed a hundred courage from the Zhang family, they would not dare to How is it really like to gather Hou Jun?

"Yes."

The soldier nodded and followed suit.

…………

Zhang House.

"My lord, General Hou put it up." The servant of Zhang's mansion leaned over to report.

Mrs. Zhang frowned when she heard the words, and looked at Mr. Zhang worriedly, "Master, this General Hou must have come here for food and grass, and maybe he found out that we secretly informed the big guys not to give him food and grass together."

"What should we do if he asks the teacher for the crime at this moment?"

Mr. Zhang snorted coldly when he heard the words, frowned and said: "Since he borrowed something, we have the right not to borrow it. He didn't have an imperial decree. What are we afraid of him doing?"

"That's right." Mrs. Zhang pursed her lips slightly, then straightened her waist, "We are not afraid of him."

"Just because he picked on us for no reason and put my son in prison for several days, we can't lend him this food!"

As soon as Mrs. Zhang finished speaking, Hou Junji led two soldiers into the door.

Mr. Zhang immediately stood up and leaned over to Hou Junji pretending to be obedient, "Caomin pays his respects to the general, what orders does the general have for coming here at this moment?"

Hou Junji smiled when he heard the words, and immediately waved to the two soldiers behind him: "Quick, bring the presents brought by this general and send them over."

"Yes."

The two soldiers responded, and immediately handed the things in their hands to the servant of Zhang's mansion.

"........."

Seeing this, Mr. Zhang frowned, but still pursed his lips and said, "What's General Hou's intention?"

"If you have something to ask, it's fine, why is this a gift? It's really a shame..."

Hou Junji also smiled when he heard the words, and then waved his hands and said: "I have been feeling sorry for you since I wronged your son last time, and it just so happens that I am free today, so I came to visit."

Mrs. Zhang snorted coldly when she heard this and said nothing.

Seeing this, Hou Junji touched his nose in embarrassment, then looked around and said, "Where is your son?"

"My son has gone out and is not in the mansion now." Mrs. Zhang said in a deep voice.

Then he glanced at Hou Junji impatiently, "If General Hou has something to do, just speak up."

"If you have nothing to do, you can go back first, the child is already fine."

Such an obvious order to chase away guests made Hou Junji's anger rise immediately, and his complexion became even darker.

But when he thought of the purpose of his trip, Hou Junji broke his teeth and swallowed it, continuing to maintain the stiff fake smile on his face.

"Since the madam said so, I really have something to ask the general."

Master Zhang frowned when he heard the words, "I don't know what orders the general has?"

"I can't talk about orders, but you don't know that the Turkic army is currently buying horses and food on a large scale, and I'm afraid they will attack the city again soon."

Hou Junji frowned, and explained in a deep voice.

Mrs. Zhang rolled her eyes speechlessly, raised her eyebrows and said, "Then General Hou may have found the wrong person. We can't do this march and fight."

"Ma'am, I misunderstood. This general didn't ask you to march and fight. It's just that the food and horses in the army are a little tight. I wonder if the government can provide some support?"

After saying that, Hou Junji looked at the two expectantly.

Mr. Zhang's face darkened a bit, then he shook his head and said, "General Hou, to tell you the truth, although our house looks rich on the surface, in fact it is almost out of rice."

"........."

After hearing the words, Hou Junji glanced at Mr. Zhang speechlessly.

Do you think I look like a fool?

Are you going to run out of rice?That Mrs. Zhang grew so fat by eating air?

Mr. Zhang also saw the emotion in Hou Junji's eyes, coughed a little awkwardly and continued: "We admit that our family did earn some money in the past few years."

"But this year there was smallpox, and the drought has already wiped out our family's wealth, and Hou Ye paid our family taxes and fees just after he arrived in Bingzhou, which made it even more difficult for us."

After saying this, Mr. Zhang pointed around and said, "General, if you don't believe me, take a look. There are hundreds of people in my mansion, all waiting for me to feed them."

"There is not much surplus food in the mansion. If it is given to the general, then everyone in my mansion will starve to death."

When Hou Junji heard this, the crease between his eyebrows deepened a little, and then he said in a deep voice: "You don't need to take out all the food, you only need to take a little, and I, the general, can find other people to make up the rest."

"If you are willing, you can pay less taxes and fees next time, and this food money will be treated as repayment."

After hearing Hou Junji's words, Mrs. Zhang stepped forward impatiently, "General Hou, our master has already said that our house is almost out of rice, so how can there be food to help you? "

"And to be honest, the servants in our house are almost unable to support them, and a group of them will be dismissed after a while."

Seeing this, Hou Junji's face became even darker, but he still suppressed the anger in his heart and said: "Master Zhang, Mrs. Zhang, please think about it carefully, if the Turks go south, we will be the first to suffer in Bingzhou."

"At that time, all the silver, food and horses you have saved now will be Turkic! In this case, please put aside your prejudice against Hou for a while."

Hou Junji's words can be said to be earnest, but also extremely humble.

But Mr. Zhang was still unmoved, "General Hou, we all understand the truth, if we have food, we will definitely give it to you, but now we really don't have any..."

"That's right." Mrs. Zhang pursed her lips, and then said coldly: "General Hou has the time to argue with us here, why don't you go to another house to have a look, maybe you can raise some food."

Seeing this, Hou Junji gritted his teeth, but finally endured it.

In any case, they are all relatives of the Qinghe Cui family, and they are existences that even Li Shimin fears.

He can't afford to provoke such a person.

Thinking of this, Hou Junji finally nodded resignedly, then cupped his hands at them and said, "In that case, I won't bother you, General."

Seeing this, Mr. Zhang heaved a sigh of relief, then raised his eyebrows and said, "Master Hou, take the things back. We are ashamed that we didn't help."

"Do not……"

Hou Junji subconsciously wanted to say no, but when he thought of his current embarrassing situation, he immediately changed his words: "Okay."

Hearing this, the two soldiers immediately stepped forward and took back the chicken, duck and pork that had just been sent out.

After all, if they were defeated this time, they might not be able to eat meat for the rest of their lives.

(End of this chapter)