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Chapter 650 A layman commands an expert

The small change was prepared by Jin Caosi and his men after a whole night of hard work, and was wrapped into loose small packages overnight for use.

The loose silver was wrapped in cloth bags the size of two fists, and each bag contained at least one hundred taels of silver.

Ten small packages make up a large package, which equals one thousand and two taels of silver.

Whether the bag is big or small, it is for the convenience of putting it on the catapult.

This was Zhou Chang’s idea last night, and he naturally wanted to witness it with his own eyes today.

When the Mirage Army beat the drums for the second time and the infantry advanced, Zhou Chang asked Jiang Meng to give the order and start using catapults to drop catapults over the heads of the enemy troops on the opposite side.

"Whoosh whoosh..."

The "silver bags" thrown out by the catapult were thrown into the sky, and the bags fell from the sky like flower buds about to bloom.

It smashed on the mirage army's heads before it even "bloomed".

It only scattered the moment it hit, like waves falling back into the sea, and then attracted a scramble.

"It's so expensive. One shot of fireworks costs one thousand and two taels of silver." Zhou Chang was dazzled and said with heartache.

Silver, one thousand taels at a time, thrown out, dozens of catapults working together, is much more expensive than fireworks.

So many wealthy families have volunteered to "donate" silver. After all the calculations with the people from the Jin Caosi last night, we were able to collect 200,000 taels of silver. It won't be long before it's all used up.

It wouldn't be enough to fill the gaps between their teeth if thrown into the sea of ​​people on the opposite side, but the silver was smashed into pieces last night, which is enough for the Mirage Army to pick up for a while.

In addition, the catapult can throw the broken silver far away, so the mirage army does not have to run to the foot of the city to pick up the silver.

As for the Mirage Army, according to Jiang Meng's original estimation, after yesterday's sudden incident, military discipline will be strictly enforced in the future, and looting and trampling incidents may not necessarily occur.

Zhou Chang disagreed. What military discipline?

The people of Mirage are all born as bandits, how can there be any real military discipline? Don't underestimate the instinctive greed in human nature.

Sure enough, when the first batch of silver was thrown out from the catapult, the neatly arranged Mirage Army was like raindrops falling on the calm water, immediately causing ripples.

Jiang Meng, who was watching the Mirage Army looting like beggars from afar, could not help but snort coldly: "Haha, it's true, His Royal Highness Prince Yi is wise and predicts things like a god."

As Zhou Chang watched, he suddenly felt uncomfortable.

When it comes to human nature, we are all human.

If one has food and property at home, who would be willing to go out to fight?

Look at the enemy's troop deployment today. Without the ladders and artillery vehicles used for yesterday's siege, there are people wearing armor and holding shields standing in the front row. I don't know if it was a deliberate arrangement, just waiting to pick up silver.

However, she also learned a lot of military knowledge from Gao Yuan yesterday. Those who can afford to wear armor are no longer ordinary soldiers. Ordinary soldiers are never much better than common people.

If this is true, it can only be said that even the job of picking up silver is no longer a job for ordinary people.

After the next few rounds of catapults were thrown, Jiang Meng also saw through it and said, "Humph, the mirage thieves are really shameless. Today they even picked out the sergeants and above to line up in the front. Are they just waiting to pick up silver? They are really shameless. I'm afraid they will retreat to the back when it comes to charging into battle."

Zhou Chang was also speechless. It turns out that it’s the same everywhere.

The small change continued to fall like raindrops.

Zhou Chang insisted on being a spectator: "Brother Jiang, do you also think that my money is great? Looking at the situation today, the other side will not come to make trouble if they have picked up enough."

Although Jiang Meng knew what Zhou Chang was planning, he still had reservations in his heart: "Your Highness Prince Yi is so optimistic, but I wonder how many days he can hold out if he keeps spending money like this?"

Zhou Chang's face fell instantly. This was only the second day. Considering it was the seventh day after King Xian's death, he would have to hold on for at least three more days.

Of course, she didn't plan to rely on herself for money, as she still had the Yuan family as her support.

As early as yesterday, she had asked someone to send an urgent letter to Yuan Qi. She didn't know how much silver Yuan Qi could raise to send over.

"We can hold on for one day, so don't worry, Brother Jiang. Just prepare your soldiers." Zhou Chang knew that she was forcing "an amateur to command professionals", so she put a lot of effort into Jiang Meng last night.

Jiang Meng remained silent again. He still could not be optimistic, but he had no other choice but to follow Prince Yi's idea.

Nothing goes wrong when you spend money.

There was not a single ounce of the 200,000 taels of silver left, all of it was invested.

The success was also due to the fact that the Mirage Army was very cooperative and only wanted to pick up the silver for free. After picking up the silver, they called off the troops without wasting a moment, and of course they did not forget to laugh loudly and shout loudly to demonstrate to the neighboring country.

Zhou Chang and Jiang Meng stood on the city wall together as they did yesterday, waiting until all the Mirage Army had retreated before going down the wall. They kept in tacit agreement and did not mention the Mirage Army's behavior of taking the money for free and making mockery.

But even if the commander did not mention it, such actions had already spread among the soldiers, and many people expressed their dissatisfaction and resentment in private.

Not only were they angry about the other party's ridicule, but they also sent huge amounts of money to the enemy.

This is like killing one's parents and relatives.

However, this is exactly the kind of emotion Zhou Chang wants. Having emotions is always better than having no emotions, and high emotions are always better than low emotions.

On the third day of scattering silver, or to be precise, starting from the second night, Zhou Chang also joined the sleepless team of raising silver.

The day before yesterday, the wealthy families in the towns near Maicheng heard the news one after another, and hundreds of them united and took the initiative to "donate silver." But according to the speed at which the silver was thrown out, they could not keep up.

The entire city of Mai had been completely looted by Zhou Chang's Jin Caosi.

After she managed to raise more than 200,000 taels of silver, Zhou Chang learned that the reason she was able to raise the money so smoothly was not because of the "Wartime Order", but because the Yuan family had already made private arrangements with her before she arrived.

The reason why the 100,000 taels of silver arrived so quickly on the first day was entirely due to the generous donation from the Yuan family's bank.

For this reason, Zhou Chang couldn't say a word. His heart ached whenever he thought of Yuan Qi.

However, the number of soldiers coming to pick up the silver from the Mirage Army increased day by day. Fortunately, as long as they picked up the silver, they would not attack, so both sides were at peace.

On the third day after Zhou Chang scattered silver, which was also the fifth day after King Xian's death, the soldiers of the Mirage Army even developed a habit. They felt that the silver thrown over their heads was not enough, and they would run to the foot of the city and shout to the people on the city wall, asking for silver.

It is said that it takes twenty-one days to develop a habit, but the habit of picking up silver is really impossible to cultivate because it costs too much money.

Throwing away two hundred thousand taels of silver is just a drop in the bucket.

If you throw away the two hundred thousand taels today, there will be nothing left to throw away tomorrow.

Lindong and Beiji City are both wealthy, but distant water cannot quench a nearby fire. Jiang Mengben did not fully agree with this idea, and now he is even less able to help.

When all the silver was thrown away on the third day, Zhou Chang was at a loss as to what to do next, when suddenly someone came to report that Yuan Qi had arrived.