When Chen Wenduan's brothers and sisters arrived at the camp of the Loyal Warriors, the commander of the Loyal Warriors had already led his commanders to wait outside the gate. Seeing the arrival of Lord Chen Wenduan, he hurriedly welcomed Chen Wenduan in.

After welcoming Chen Wenduan to the main account of the Daozhong Army, everyone sat down as guests and hosts.

Yue Zhongyong first said: "Lord Chen is a famous family, and now the saint is Zhenlong, when I see it today, it really deserves its reputation!"

"Where, Marshal Yue is polite, your family is really full of loyalty in my Great Song Dynasty, no one knows, no one knows, I really admire it very much. After listening to Yue Zhongyong, Chen Wenduan also said politely.

Yue Zhongyong continued: "Lord Qincha is polite, and I am very ashamed. ”

After finishing speaking, he introduced Chen Wenduan's generals one by one.

After completing these officialdom etiquette, it is natural to cut to the topic.

Chen Wenduan asked: "Marshal Yue, Ben Qin sent me this time to investigate the issue of arrears of military salaries for the sergeants, I don't know how Marshal Yue explained this matter." ”

Hearing Chen Wenduan ask this, Yue Zhongyong said to Chen Wenduan: "Report to Lord Qincha, this arrears of military salaries for the sergeant is indeed true, and I don't dare to deceive Lord Qincha." ”

Hearing that Yue Zhongyong really owed the sergeant's salary, Chen Wenduan couldn't help but be very surprised, so he immediately asked: "Marshal Yue's military salary is the money sent by the imperial court to support the sergeant's family, why do you have to owe it, you have been in the army for a long time, you should know, if this provokes a mutiny, it will be troublesome." ”

"Lord Qincha, about this arrears of military salaries, this marshal really has something unspeakable. Yue Zhongyong said.

"Then please Marshal Yue talk about it well, Ben Qin will go back to the Holy Lord, please ask the Holy Lord to make the decision for you. Chen Wenduan said.

Seeing that Chen Wenduan said so sincerely, not as domineering as ordinary Qincha, Yue Yongzhong said: " Lord Qincha, you know, my loyal army was recruited by itself, and the number of people recruited in recent years has expanded several times compared with the number when it was first formed, but the military salary sent by the imperial court is still determined according to the number of people in the past, and this year, the location of our garrison is also a year of great drought, and part of the limited military salary allocated by the imperial court must be used for drought fighting, so that the military salary is not enough at all, and there is no way, so we have to owe the military salary of the sergeant. “

Hearing Yue Zhongyong say this, Chen Wenduan asked: "Marshal Yue, the imperial court sends people to check the number of garrisons everywhere every year, and the number of your garrisons has increased, so according to the laws of the imperial court, it is natural that you should increase your military salary; “

Hearing Chen Wenduan ask this, Yue Zhongyong replied: "Lord Qincha, it is true that every year someone checks the number of newly added sergeants, but whenever we want the imperial court to ask for the salary of the newly increased sergeants, the imperial court always defaults on it for various reasons, as for this drought, I have already reported on the imperial court, but Prime Minister Shi Miyuan asked us to solve it by ourselves, saying that now my Great Song Dynasty is a peaceful and prosperous era, if we let the current saint know that we have a natural disaster here, it will make the saint unhappy." ”

When Yue Zhongyong finished speaking, he saw a lieutenant general sitting at the bottom of the hand get up and saluted Chen Wenduan, and said, "Lord Qincha, the last general wants to tell the truth for our Marshal Yue, I don't know if your lord is willing to listen?"

Chen Wenduan looked at this person, waved his hand, and said, "General, it's okay to say, I'm here to listen to your thoughts this time to figure out the things here." ”

The adjutant general immediately said to Chen Wenduan: "Actually, our application for the new increase in military salaries cannot be approved, to put it bluntly, it should be because this is that our lord is an upright official, and he is unwilling to bribe Shi Miyuan, and the chief officer of this military department is Shi Miyuan's cronies, so every time they deliberately embarrass us, we adults are really bitter and can't say it." ”

At this time, another general stood up and said to Chen Wenduan: "Lord Qincha, don't be afraid of your jokes, you and I Marshal Yue sold all the dowry of my wife in order to raise military salaries, and I ate the same meal as the sergeant every day, and I haven't received a salary for half a year." ”

Speaking of the excitement, several generals present spoke one after another about the current plight of the loyal army, and for a while, the big tent of the Chinese army was noisy and lively.

Seeing this scene, Yue Zhongyong shouted loudly and said: "Lord Qincha is here, what kind of system is it to be noisy and shouting, in this way, this commander will do it in accordance with military law." ”

After all this last night, Yue Zhongyong turned sideways and said to Chen Wenduan: "Let Lord Qincha laugh, these people are all martial artists, and they are used to being rude on weekdays, if there is any rudeness, please forgive Lord Qincha." ”

Chen Wenduan said: "Marshal Yue is polite and reckless, is this the true color of my big Song boy, what everyone says should be from their hearts, and Ben Qincha will not blame them at all." ”

After listening to Chen Wenduan, Yue Zhongyong said: "My lord has come here from Lin'an, and it has been a long journey, and it is very hard. ”

After listening to Yue Zhongyong's arrangement, Chen Wenduan hurriedly said: "The sergeants in the army are very weekdays, and Ben Qin has no need to hold any dinner here, so let's do it, just prepare dinner for us according to what Marshal Yue eats at night on weekdays, and send it to the place where Ben Qin Cha lives, as for Marshal Yue and the generals, they don't have to accompany each other, they are all busy with their own military affairs, if Ben Qin Cha has a place that needs your assistance, I will look for you again, do you think this is good?"

Hearing Chen Wenduan's request, Yue Zhongyong hurriedly said: "Your Excellency is the Qincha who came here by Feng Liao's holy decree, and here is to represent the current saint, if we treat you according to what you just said, then it will not only be disrespectful to you, but also disrespectful to the saint today, by all means, Lord Qincha." ”

Seeing that Yue Zhongyong still insisted, Chen Wenduan said again: "Marshal Yue, as soon as you and I see each other, don't be polite, if you treat me as your fellow believer, follow the arrangement I said." ”

Having said this, Yue Zhongyong knew that there was no point in insisting on his own arrangement, so according to Chen Wenduan's request, he personally led Chen Wenduan to the residence that had been arranged a long time ago, and said a few kind words to Chen Wenduan before leaving.

Not long after Yue Zhongyong left, the sergeant brought dinner.