Of course, it's not the main courtyard of the Plum Garden, but the backyard of the Plum Garden!

That dry well is right next to the big-leaved banyan!

Li Chenan only came here a few days ago, and of course he will not be mistaken.

"Lord Hui, it's in the plum garden. ”

"Where is the Xuanjia Battalion?"

"Outside the city, thirty miles. ”

"There are craftsmen from the Ministry of Works outside. ”

"We don't go out from the main entrance. ”

“...... From where?"

"Back door!"

......

The fence of the backyard has an inconspicuous door that is exactly the same color as the green bricks, and is also covered with moss!

If it weren't for Wang Zhengjinzhong to push the door open, Li Chenan would probably find out even if he had lived here for many years.

Passing through that gate was a gutter about three feet wide, and there was also a door on the opposite side of a wall.

Crossing the ditch, Wang Zhengjinzhong pushed open the door.

Behind the door is a clean yard.

There was an old man in the yard, a dog, a stable, and a dark carriage outside the stable.

When Wang Zheng and Jin Zhong appeared here, the old man just looked up, and the dog also looked up.

The old man stood up in silence, removed his whip from the wall, and walked to the side stable, where there were two horses.

He took the two horses out, put them in the carriage, sat down in the front room, and took out a brass cigarette gun pinned to his waist and put it in his mouth.

He took out another pinch of tobacco and stuffed it into the smoke pot, lit the fire, took a deep breath, and spit out a thick smoke.

The dog buried his head again, and curled up in the grass nest in the corner, just enough to catch the sun, which was already setting in the west.

Wang Zhengjinzhong opened the door of the carriage, "My lord, please get in the car!"

......

......

Regarding the arrangement of the Imperial City Division, Li Chenan was quite surprised.

But such a cautious act is enough to prove the importance and mystery of the Xuanjia Battalion.

It's just that the tunnel is connected to the plum garden, which is a little weird.

The former owner of the plum garden was Lu Ruyi, the county lord of Yun'an, and she and the county Ma Qiao Zitong mysteriously disappeared in the incident in the third winter of Zhaohua......

Could it be that you left this tunnel?

Or is it the backyard at this back door?

The emperor gave this plum garden to himself......

"Does the emperor know about this passage?"

"Back to my lord, the emperor shouldn't know. ”

"Does the emperor know about the Xuanjia Camp?"

"This emperor knows. ”

After a pause, Wang Zhengjinzhong whispered again: "Maybe it's because of the existence of this Xuanjia camp, the emperor ...... The emperor actually has some opinions about our eldest grandson!"

Li Chenan was slightly stunned, in this way, the emperor originally wanted to remove the eldest grandson Jinghong, the imperial city secretary, from the post of promotion, but he was afraid of the Xuanjia battalion that was only loyal to the eldest grandson Jinghong?

Li Chenan didn't believe in this very much, because this is a society where imperial power is supreme.

"Who is the old man driving?"

"Old Wei. ”

"Tell me about the situation in the Xuanjia camp first. ”

"Well, the current battalion of the Xuanjia Battalion is named Zhou Zheng, Chinese New Year's Eve, the origin of the subordinate officials does not know, but he must have been born in the army!"

"Why?"

"Because of those soldiers in the Xuanjia Battalion, except for martial arts and marksmanship, which were personally taught by Lord Changsun, Zhou Zheng was responsible for everything else. ”

"And what Zhou Zheng does is to train them, no matter the rain, snow, wind and frost, no matter the cold and heat...... I haven't been to that place much, but every time I go, all I see is training for them!"

"There is training in horsemanship, tactical coordination, etc., these things are only available in the army. Now the army of Ningguo ...... Except for the Shenwu Army of the Dingguo Marquis Mansion and the Chiyan Army stationed at Wuyaguan, the rest of the border army's subordinates said something that shouldn't have been said, they were all a bunch of rice buckets!"

Wang Zhengjin Zhong sighed suddenly, and said: "Actually, if you think about it, it's no wonder that those border troops, the treasury is empty, and the soldiers of those border troops can't even eat enough, so how can we talk about training? How can we talk about fighting?"

When he heard this, Li Chenan asked, "Where does the cost of our Xuanjia Camp come from?"

Wang Zheng Jinzhong was stunned, and suddenly grinned, "My lord, of course, it was the eldest grandson who thought about it before, but now that the eldest grandson has handed over the Xuanjia camp to you...... You'll have to worry about that in the future. ”

"Xia Guan is actually thinking, the eldest grandson is old, and he probably doesn't have the energy to find a way to get silver anymore!"

Li Chenan was stunned.

"Xuanjia Camp, how much does it cost per month?"

"Back to my lord, the eldest grandson once said that he said that half-grown children eat Lao Tzu to death...... Although those children are teenagers now, their training is more intense, and the amount of food they eat is probably greater than before. ”

"Lord Changsun said that if you want to train a good army, you must first give them good food, so their food has always been very good, much better than the food in our seven places. ”

"Actually, people don't eat much, and the biggest expense is those war horses...... My lord, those war horses are the best war horses that Lord Changsun got from the Red Plains!"

"A horse is worth three thousand taels of silver!"

"Three hundred, not just three hundred horses, but at least six hundred!"

This is not what Li Chenan knew, he looked at Wang Zhengjinzhong suspiciously.

Wang Zhengjinzhong explained: "Long-distance raids and battles, don't say that people can't stand it, then it can't stand it either!"

"So you have to rotate!"

"In addition, horses are also born, old, sick and die, so it is definitely not wrong to raise more. ”

"The war horse is different from the mule and horse, it can't just eat grass, it needs more to eat and fine food!"

"To put it mildly, a real war horse eats better than many people!"

"Now that the horses are past their best, it's almost time for a change...... My lord, you have to prepare at least two million taels of silver!"

Li Chen'an's eyes suddenly widened, but Wang Zhengjinzhong said again:

"Another expense is the armor of those warriors!"

"After all, the existence of this Xuanjia Army is not well received by the emperor, so it is not easy for Mr. Changsun to get the standard equipment from the Ordnance Department of the Ministry of War. ”

"Then the only way to find a folk blacksmith to smelt it. ”

"The price of a full-body armor, even if it is a little rougher, it will cost fifty taels of silver. ”

And the price of a long knife is about twenty taels of silver, and there are also some miscellaneous things, such as bedding for them to sleep, or shoes and boots, clothes, and so on. ”

After Wang Zhengjinzhong said these words, he leaned back slightly, and sighed: "Over the years, it has not been easy for the eldest grandson!"

"I'm glad you're here, my lord!"

He leaned over again and smiled very lewdly:

"Miss Zhongli is a rich man!"

"In addition, you have the status of the emperor's eldest son, and it is not difficult to come and go to the Ordnance Department to get some cheap equipment. ”

Li Chenan suddenly felt that he had become a wronged man!

"Just because the eldest grandson can't afford to raise this Xuanjia camp, let me take over?"

"My lord's words are not entirely true, after all, it is really worth it to have a Xuanjia camp that has been formed!"

As the two spoke, the carriage stopped.

Li Chenan got out of the carriage.

In front of you is a mountain with no end in sight!

"This is the West Mountain. ”

"The Xuanjia camp is in the West Mountain. ”

"The carriage can't move forward, please!"