Sending the seventh prince Mu Yi out of the border city to return to Beijing to pay the decree, Duanmu Xuan began to prepare for the matter of grain, grass and soldiers. On the contrary, there was no time to bother Situ Yan. Of course, Situ Yan is also happy to be quiet.

Duanmu Xuan first arrested some bastards in Dunhuang County who stole chickens and dogs on weekdays according to what he had discussed with Mu Yi, Wu Jin, and Situ Yan, and of course he would also give them some trumped-up charges. It's just that after all the calculations, there are only less than 200 people. Only then did he "gather" some homeless victims in Dunhuang County, but most of the victims had already received relief food at this time, and there were people willing to serve as military households.

The first two items didn't work, and the General's Mansion then posted a list to lure him, and he really adopted Situ Yan's suggestion. Only minor changes have been made.

That is, the household out of a Ding to go to the guard as a soldier is for the regular military needs to be conducted, tuntian, in addition to 3 buckets of Lu per month, 50 Wen, every year can also get a pound of salt, a horse of linen. In wartime, horses and weapons can be divided. And the military household needs to send more than one Ding to the camp with the main army, Sasuke is the main army. In addition, military households who cultivate more than 100 acres of military land are exempted from military service, and in addition to paying the tuntian tax, they can also open up the land on their own, and the output will be owned by the military household within five years. After five years, half of the tuntian tax will be paid, and the rest will be purchased by each team at 60% of the market price.

As soon as this list was released, the victims who had just received relief food rushed to the border city to join the army, after all, only one person in the family needed to go to the battlefield, and the others could enjoy peace in peace. You can even live a life of abundant food and clothing. Even the neighboring counties of Jiuquan and Zhangye also had people come to join the army.

It's just that there are some other regulations in the army, and Duanmu Xuan did not clearly inform them, after all, only by avoiding the important and taking the light can he win the public opinion and attract the people. Although this is a bit despicable, he is in a hurry to obey the power, and he must not disobey the emperor's will. And these people are all voluntary, and there is no such thing as a free lunch.

It was busy until mid to late February, and the soldiers were finally replenished, leaving only horses and grass, and the grain now had the relief grain of the court. It's not worrying, but the horses are different, there are no horses to buy in the border city, so they have to buy a large number of them from the Western Regions. The cost of the purchase alone is a huge amount, even if Duanmu Xuan uses the savings of the Guogong Mansion, he can't solve it, let alone this matter. He didn't want to bother his father, of course, he had to find a way to solve it himself.

Fortunately, the northwest border city is stable, the countries of the Western Regions have never invaded, and the army and civilians only need to garrison troops on the border, and there is no war. Therefore, there is no need for cavalry to go to the battlefield for a while, but no one knows how long this peace can last, so it is better to prepare early.

Although there are 400 war horses rescued by Wu Jin before, a cavalry battalion needs to raise 2,000 war horses, and some livestock to pull grain and grass, and a war horse is less than 30 taels. More than 100 taels, if you want to buy them all, you need at least nearly 100,000 taels of silver, every time you think about it, Duanmu Xuan will frown deeply, and he will be weak.

"Young master, your subordinates have counted all the money in your hand, but the left is only 10,000 taels, and you can't buy so many war horses? Why don't you write back to Beijing and ask the old master for help? ”

"No, I don't know how many people are staring at my father at this time, if my father takes out so much money at once. I am afraid that the impeachment will have to be handed to the emperor tomorrow. And in order to raise the Iron and Blood Team all these years, the family can't afford to pay so much money, so let's figure it out ourselves! Mo Feng understood the young master's worries, but there was no better way to do it right now.

"Young master. The subordinates are willing to arrest the ringing horses, so that some can also be collected! Mo Yu was also on the side to help find a way.

"A drop in the bucket, most of the horses raised by those ringing horses are horses (old horses), even if they are paid, they are embarrassed to use, at most they are pulling grain and grass!" It's not like these Duanmu Xuan haven't thought about it. It's just that the gap in the Northwest Army is too big now, and it can't be solved by one or two bandit dens.

"Mo Yu, you go and prepare the horses, let's go to the military tun, and Mo Feng stays behind!" Duanmu Xuan's heart was in turmoil, so he wanted to go to see Situ Yan in the military tun, maybe he could be in a better mood. Mo Feng was used to dealing with the affairs of the General's Palace, so he kept him.

"Young master, are you going to see Miss Situ? Is this excuse too far-fetched? Mo Yu didn't forget to say the last sentence before turning around, the young master obviously wanted to meet the beauty, but he had to find such a reason.

"Don't bother to go!" Duanmu Xuan glared at Mo Yu, so frightened that Mo Yu dared to say any more, and ran to the backyard.

Mo Feng looked at such a young master, but he hadn't seen Miss Situ for half a month, so he couldn't wait, and he also felt very helpless. But I also know that the young master has too many worries at the moment, and it would be good if he could go out for a walk. And maybe Miss Situ will have some way to help the young master solve these things, which will be better.

More than an hour later, the two appeared at Wu Jin's house, at this time Wu Jinren was still busy on the school grounds, only Situ Yan and Snow Wolf were at home.

Duanmu Xuan was not polite as if he was seeing an old friend, sitting on the kang and drinking tea, but he told Situ Yan all the worries in his heart.

"Brother Ziheng, I'm afraid I'm going to help you with this trouble, this purchase of war horses should be a matter of the imperial court, and you need real money to buy things, what can I do if you don't steal or rob?" Situ Yan thought this person was really funny, and he came from the border city to tell her this.

"Yan'er, you are different from ordinary women, I have no other intention to come this time, I just feel irritable and want to talk to someone!" Duanmu Xuan also knew that he shouldn't bother Situ Yan, but for some reason, the more annoyed he was, the more he wanted to see the beauty, so he had no choice but to run along with his heart.

"Brother Ziheng, Yan'er is the name of the little girl, in case others misunderstand, you still call me Xiao Wu, or little brother!" For Duanmu Xuan not paying attention to this, she also felt very helpless.

"It's abrupt and offended Miss!" Duanmu Xuan's mouth was quick for a while, but seeing that Situ Yan didn't like it at this time, he hurriedly apologized.

"The name is just a code name, I can't talk about offense, I'm just afraid that outsiders will misunderstand!" Situ Yan was actually afraid that Wu Jin would misunderstand, but her brother was watching her as an eldest lady, so he asked Duanmu Xuan to pay attention. And this kind of statement made Duanmu Xuan empathize, after all, in his heart, the name does not represent the background, but the hope of parents for their children.

Seeing that Duanmu Xuan was puzzled and did not leave, Situ Yan had to tilt his head sideways and think about the solution to this matter in his heart. This is ancient times, and there is no credit card, and you can't take out a loan, and you can't pay in installments, and the only way is to buy it with real money.

And Duanmu Xuan's move, it is obvious that the court will not give out this money, which is the most difficult thing to do. The two sat hard for a quarter of an hour before Situ Yan spoke.

"Brother Ziheng can borrow it from some powerful businessmen first, and then pay it back when the autumn harvest comes. Of course, there is a slight interest charge. When buying a horse, you can pay half of the money first, and the rest on credit, of course, this will also pay some interest. It's just that this interest can be offset by grain, cloth, or people, it depends on Brother Ziheng's plan? ”

"Yes, I've thought about it before. It's just that during the snow disaster, the magnates in the border cities were all offended by me, and even if they promised heavy profits, they might not be able to help? "It's not that Duanmu Xuan hasn't thought of this method, it's just that he offended these people too hard before, and no one was willing to help him at all.

"Merchants are mercenary, and those in border cities can't do it, so go to other counties to find and ask, and there will always be someone who is willing." Could it be that this merchant can still watch the silver in his hand and not make money. It's just that this benefit can't be allowed too much, otherwise it won't be paid. It is not only the general's face that is lost, but also the face of the imperial court! ”

"Good idea, Yan'er, ah, no, it's the little brother, thank you!" Duanmu Xuanyi was excited, and then he slipped his mouth again, and quickly changed his words, but let him be called Situ Yan Xiaowu like others. He was not reconciled, so he called back the little brother again.

Wu Jin got the letter and rushed back with the bolt at this time, and the two chatted for a while, and naturally rushed back to the general's mansion after a meal.

"Ink Wind. You and Mo Yu went out of the city overnight, went to Jiuquan County and Zhangye County, and went to the local rich merchants to borrow silver, and those who borrowed silver on the same day would have one stone for every ten taels of grain, and those who borrowed silver the next day would have one stone for every hundred taels of grain. Three days later, the borrower of the silver will pay back the money after the autumn, and tell them that the general will repay the money after the autumn! ”

"Young master, it's easy to borrow money and it's hard to repay it, even if it's the 100,000 taels of silver after the autumn, I'm afraid it's difficult to repay?" Mo Feng felt that the young master's idea was good, but with such a large sum of silver, the interest alone was an astronomical amount.

"As long as we have all the men and horses, the court will never watch these people starve to death again, and the court will have its own food and silver! And the silver is borrowed first, and then I will find a way! Duanmu Xuan thought that after Mu Yi returned to Beijing, he would naturally help him, so he borrowed it first.

"Yes. Subordinates receive orders! "Mo Feng and Mo Yu rushed to the second county overnight, of course, as soon as they entered the local area, they raised 100,000 taels of silver in just one day, and the war horses were distributed to the battalions at the end of March.

Duanmu Xuan is busy here, Situ Yan is not easy here, Wu Jin leads these hundred soldiers, and ploughs the fields every day, and some of the new people are typical thorns, looking for faults everywhere. Wu Jin was tired every day, but he still couldn't straighten it out.

Sitting at home at night, I couldn't even eat, I just sighed for a while, "These people are tired of raising horses, and they are tired of farming, and my little Bi Ma Wen is really difficult!" ”

It was the first time for Situ Yan to see Wu Jin like this, but she felt that Wu Jin had a bit of fireworks, "Brother, don't worry!" Since these people want to make trouble, they can't be treated well, govern the army strictly, and lead the troops with affection before they can become an army! ”

"Oh! What is Yan'er's opinion? These days, Wu Jin has long been accustomed to discussing everything with his little sister, and he can also see that this little sister is not only a little talented, but even thoughtful, and the depth of the city government is not inferior to aspiring men. Although there are still doubts in his chest, because Situ Yan always hides it well, it is not surprising now.

"Those who take the lead in making trouble will be severely punished by military law, and those who help them will be doubled in their conduct. Even his family members will be punished, but this punishment cannot be too severe, and if it is too heavy, it will be full of complaints and affect itself, but it cannot be too light, and if it is too light, it is better not to be punished. And reward those who are content with their duties, but if there are deserters, they will be severely punished! ”

Wu Jin listened to it and thought that this was the reason, but he couldn't find a suitable way for a while, and after thinking for a while, he said, "Well, I'll discuss it with Brother Lu and them again, and I'll tell you when the case is finalized!" ”

"Yan'er, did you think about letting Brother Lu and Uncle Sun be my commanders in the early days?" Wu Jin only remembered at this moment that when he was promoted, Situ Yan strongly supported these two people as his subordinates, and now he thought about it, as if the little sister had calculated that he would have what he had today.

"No, it's just that they were willing to help my brother when he was in the most difficult time, and this love always has to be repaid. And although these two people are not generals, they can be cautious, and they are suitable for this position! ”

"Yes, if there is no Brother Lu today, I am afraid that I don't know what to do on the school field? Let me, a literati, go and get a hundred martial artists, I'm afraid that this battle will be lost before it is fought! ”

"Brother don't forget to be self-effeminate, we said before, although there is merit this time, and the household has been transferred, but it is too early to abandon martial arts and follow the literature, at least we must make another meritorious deed, and we will be favored by the Holy Grace, so that my brother's previous sins will not attract criticism, and some villains will take care of it in the future!"

"yes, but that's not easy to say? Now that there is no war at the border, it must be even more difficult to make military merits again! And although he had a lot of contact with civil officials before becoming a brother, he didn't know much about these martial artists! ”

"Although they are not as good as the rules of the literati, they are better to deal with, as long as the brothers have clear rewards and punishments, strict military discipline, compassion for their subordinates, lead by example, and can win the battle, they will surrender!"

"Yan'er, where did you learn all this?" Wu Jin always couldn't understand how the little sister could become so different.

"I read the books, in order to survive before, I also went to the bookstore to copy the books, but I learned a lot from them!"

"Although this copy book is tiring, it is more suitable for you than setting up a stall to engage in business, but my Yan'er is a blessing in disguise, and now she can be a female general!"

"I don't want to be a female general, I! I just want to live our little life well, and go back to Beijing in the future to be my eldest lady! ”

"Okay, I must be motivated for my brother, so I can take my little sister back to Beijing as soon as possible!" Seeing Wu Jin smile again, Situ Yan felt more relieved.

In fact, Wu Jin wanted to resign from his official position and return to Beijing to follow the text when he received the holy decree, but Situ Yan's exhortation made him dispel this idea, if he returned to Beijing at this time, although he entered the imperial examination, it was not difficult to get a meritorious name, but after entering the court as an official, he was afraid that with the previous crime and punishment, it would be difficult to get ahead, it was better to make military merits again, if he could win the favor of the emperor, Chrysostom Yuyan, the future official career would be much easier, at least no one would mention this matter on the bright side, and if it was not very good in the future, the emperor would not turn out the previous sins again and punish them severely. After all, it's a talent that he himself has personally praised.

In fact, these Situ Yan also thought of it for a while, after all, she is only a person, and it is impossible to face it, so since the idea is her, she naturally has to plan for Wu Jin. He won't be left alone. (To be continued.) )