"Your Highness, is this....what the imperial court meant?" I don't know what those big clans in the court think, Huo Congyan is worried that this young prince is making his own decisions.

When Xiao Moheng heard this, his originally gentle eyes revealed a hint of stern brilliance, he looked at Huo Congyan expressionlessly for a moment, and said: "General Huo, the Yuan brothers are in trouble, and they will be able to go down the river in a few days, go straight to Jiankang, and then sweep through Jingkou, and now the imperial court is the time to use troops, aren't these homeless people in Jingkou the best people to resist the Yuan family?" Since the court has asked this king to deal with this matter, the general does not need to say much, just do it! His tone was already solemn, and there was a hint of fierceness on his handsome face.

Huo Congyan felt ashamed when he heard this, and his face was pale, so he could only bow down and reply: "Follow Your Highness's orders." With that, he immediately went to arrange for people and put up notices.

Qin Xin leaned against the door, looking at Huo Congyan's back with a warm and angry face, he was very dissatisfied with Huo Congyan's behavior just now, when did anyone dare to be so rude in front of his master, he turned his eyes to look at Xiao Moheng, and found that he didn't care at all, so he could only endure his anger.

"Qin Xin, you go out with me to have a look." Xiao Moheng walked out and commanded.

"Yes, master!" Qin Xin put down the hand that was crossed on his chest and said respectfully.

Although Jingkou City is small, it is located in the southeast counties to Jiankang must pass through, so there is an endless stream of business travelers, and the streets are even more bustling. However, due to the rebellion of the displaced people recently, the merchants in the southeast have taken more ships and do not dare to stay too much in Beijing.

There are three mountains on the first line of the river in Jingkou City, from west to east they are named Jinshan, Beigu Mountain and Jiaoshan in turn, now this mountain is full of homeless people on and down the mountain and near the city wall, there are hungry and dying, there are homeless people with baggage, and there are those who drag their families to lean under the trees or by the city wall.

Xiao Moheng looked at these haggard faces and confused eyes of the homeless people, his heart was sad, after the fall of Zhongzhou, every year there are homeless people to the south, I heard that this year's Dayan hunger, so many poor people went south, and the most homeless people from the south gathered in Guangling and Jingkou.

"Come and see, come and see, the court has posted a notice to recruit people into the army!" A big man ran all the way with his hands dancing and informing the people along the street.

At his shouting, a large crowd crowded the post, scrambling to see the content of the notice. For a while, there was a lot of noise, "It's true, it's true, we can all go and register for the army!" A young man said happily.

Immediately afterwards, Xiao Moheng saw the officers and soldiers all the way to post notices towards the place where the displaced people gathered, and then arranged for personnel to register at the city gate.

In a short time, a large number of men were waiting to be drafted, and the city gate was also surrounded by water. Those homeless people, although they were dressed in tatters, their faces were full of joyful smiles.

Xiao Moheng and the others have been out for a morning, in order to facilitate Xiao Moheng's meal, Qin Xin chose a private room with a window facing the street, and after a short meal, the two of them watched the scene outside by the window.

"Your Highness, your trick really works, I don't think that in three days, all the homeless people in Jingkou City will be conscripted into the army!" Qin Xin said with a smile, admiring his master in his heart.

Xiao Moheng looked at the bustling crowd outside the window, chuckled silently, this trick was exactly the strategy he discussed with the female military advisor beside him, "It's a pity that the homeless people abandon it, if you accept it, it will be a sword!" He still remembered her smiling expression, and a trace of warmth crossed his heart.

"Your Highness, there are also many homeless people in Guangling, so when is Your Highness going to Guangling?" Qin Xin opened his mouth and asked, although he was only a guard, he had been around Xiao Moheng for many years, and he was also quite concerned about the current political affairs.

"Guangling is not in a hurry first, and after the news reaches Guangling, naturally a large number of displaced people will cross the river and come to Jingkou." Xiao Moheng looked at the railing and said leisurely. After all, Guangling is still under Shi Bing's rule, and even if he marries, it may be difficult for him to surrender to death.

Qin Xin naturally didn't want to go to that floor, but he just thought that it would be better to save him another trip to Guangling. It's just that he doesn't know that Xiao Moheng's trip to Guangling is imperative.

For several days in a row, Xiao Moheng enjoyed the flowers and rested in Huo Congyan's mansion, and every day Huo Congyan would report for him about the enlistment of the displaced people, and when Qiulin led Huo Congyan over today, Xiao Moheng was playing chess with Wendu.

Huo Congyan saw that the two were playing chess seriously, so he didn't want to disturb, but he raised his sleeves from time to time to wipe the fine sweat on his forehead.

The careful Wen Du noticed this, he glanced at Huo Congyan, and saw that his brows were slightly furrowed and his face was sweaty, so he knew that he must have something difficult to repay, so he asked gently: "What worries the general so much?" ”

Huo Congyan was already a little anxious, he saw Wen Du open his mouth, hurriedly saluted, and said hurriedly: "Your Highness, sir, the displaced people in Jingkou have been properly settled, and even most of the displaced people in Guangling have crossed the river to enlist, and there are a total of 60,000 horses at the moment, but now the imperial court is in urgent need of military salaries, and the military food in the Jingkou granary is no longer enough, where will there be so much food to feed this huge army at this time and a half?" ”

He wiped his sweat as he spoke, which showed that he had already put a lot of thought into it, and he thought that there should be nothing he could do.

Hearing this, Xiao Moheng put down his chess pieces, raised his eyes and looked at him and said, "General Huo, you only need to allocate these tens of thousands of horses according to their respective characteristics, as for the later training and military salary, this king has already made arrangements!" Rest assured! ”

Huo Congyan was overjoyed when he heard that he didn't have to worry about the military salary, thinking that the Seven Princes were really capable, and it seemed that he was with the right person. So he replied convincingly: "Your Highness is full of strategy in his chest, and we clumsy people dare not reach it, and I hope that His Highness will give him more guidance, so that the ministers can grow and grow!" ”

Wen Du chuckled, after coming for so many days, he finally said a sentence that sounded pleasing to the ear, Wen Du got up, arched his hand and said: "This matter is still a lot of hard work for the general, as long as the general does his best, His Royal Highness will definitely not let the general suffer." He raised his eyes lightly and examined Huo Congyan's complexion.

Although Huo Congyan was a little roundabout, he was not stupid, he glanced at Wen Du, and finally understood what Wen Du meant, he waved towards Xiao Moheng, his face was calm, and his eyes were firm: "Cong Yan will definitely swear allegiance to His Highness in the future!" ”

Xiao Moheng finally smiled when he heard this, he got up and hugged Huo Congyan, "The general's words made this king happy, and this king also hopes that the general can guard the Jingkou for me and make contributions!" ”

"Cong Yan dares to disobey!" Huo Congyan bowed back again. Then he withdrew and began to arrange the selection of troops.

Xiao Moheng looked at his back with satisfaction, he came to this day step by step, and he knew very well how difficult it was to subdue a guard.

"Your Highness, there are many soldiers now, but it is difficult to find good generals!" He was not very worried about the military salary, he knew that the Seventh Prince had already made arrangements, but the generals of this army could not be trained in a short period of time.

Xiao Moheng smiled leisurely: "Then let's go to Guangling and solve these two problems!" ”

The next day, Xiao Moheng left Wendu in Jingkou to assist Huo Congyan in dealing with the affairs of the new army, and he took Qiulin and Qin Xin to Guangling.

Qiu Lin obeyed the master's instructions and hired an ordinary passenger ship, in the cabin, Xiao Moheng leaned on the edge of the couch, holding a celadon ear cup, slightly closed his eyes, and smelled the fragrance of tea repeatedly coming out of the cup. Across from him stood a middle-aged man in a green shirt.

He asked while drinking tea, "Your Excellency is the head of Yangzhou in Yiyun Pavilion?" ”