Qin Xiao was on duty at the Treasury Office for a few days, and he was bored and lazy, except for sleeping and reading books.

He is only a seven-rank commander in the military department, but he is the number one person in this Jiakushu Department, although Zhang Kuohai and others are respectful to Qin Xiao, and Xu Lang, the secretary of the order, does not dare to slack off Qin Xiao in the slightest.

There are two scribes in the first library, in addition to Xu Lang, there is also a person named Zhao Gui, but this person comes to be on duty every night, and there are eighteen treasury officials in the A Treasury Department, divided into two shifts of day and night, Zhang Kuohai is the head of the treasury officer, who is on duty during the day, and the other deputy is on duty at night.

Qin Xiao went back early in the past two days, and he hadn't even seen Zhao Gui.

On March 15, there was a notice before that Xue Keyong, the commander of the Yuzhou battalion, was going to collect weapons, so Qin Xiao arrived at the Treasury Office early in the morning.

I thought that Xue Ke would come back in the morning to get the weapon, but it was too late to wait until after lunch.

The Treasury Department has called a vehicle to transport weapons from Kyoto to Yuzhou, the road is not close, so it naturally needs a carriage, but the Ministry of War does not provide horses, and Yuzhou needs to bring its own horses, and this side only provides vehicles.

Generally speaking, no matter who came to receive the weapons, they would give the officials of the Treasury Department a little money for wine, although it was not much, but each person could still get a tael of silver, and some of the household could be subsidized.

There have not been many wars in recent years, so the weapons allocated by the imperial court to the outside world are not too much, and it is rare for someone to come over to receive weapons, but Zhang Kuohai and other treasury officials are all in high spirits.

"Qin Xiao, the official of the Xiaguan Jiazi Library, got the orders from above to assist Commander Xue in receiving weapons." Qin Xiao saw Xue Keyong, but he was the first to smile and smile.

Xue Keyong saw that Qin Xiao was less than twenty years old, and was a little surprised: "You are an official?" ”

There are fifty or sixty boxes of weapons, and ten carriages are needed to consign, so ten carriages are prepared here, and Xue Keyong got the official letter from the Ministry of War, and the first one is to come directly to the Jiazi library.

Xue Keyong is over forty years old, burly and tall, at first glance he is a brave general, and there are more than 30 officers and soldiers of the Yuzhou battalion with him, perhaps because he has exterminated the king's nest, and this time he entered Beijing to invite merit and reward, so including Xue Keyong, he is full of spirit and red face.

Wang Chao rose up in Yuzhou, led the refugees to capture several county seats, robbed the rich gentry's family wealth, and opened the official warehouse, and distributed money and food to the suffering people, so in a short period of time gathered thousands of people, at the peak there were tens of thousands of troops, when the Yuzhou camp was encircled and suppressed, it was a loss of soldiers.

Yuzhou is a big state, and the only soldiers and horses that can be used to suppress bandits are the Yuzhou battalion, but the Tang Dynasty has always been strict with the local states, and the maximum regular establishment of the battalion in each state is only 6,000 soldiers and horses, and the small local states even have only 3,000 soldiers and horses.

"This is the newly appointed Qin Commander." Xu Lang was holding the document beside him, and he was also very respectful to Xue Keyong.

Although Qin Xiao didn't know about the bandits in Yuzhou, he knew it very well in Kyoto.

Xue Ke became famous in a battle, and the saint even personally sent an envoy to praise him.

Xu Lang is naturally quite clear about these things, and he also knows that Xue Keyong is in the limelight now, and he must not be offended.

The Yuzhou army was defeated in successive battles, and the imperial court was furious, and even prepared to transfer troops from other state capitals to pacify the thieves, but he didn't want the soldiers and horses to move, but Xue Keyong defeated the main force of Wang Chao with an ambush battle, and killed two ticket commanders, Wang Chao escaped in a hurry with a very small number of people.

Wang Chao gathered a group of rabble, after the collapse, it is not easy to collect it, plus Yuzhou ordered to post a wanted notice, and a heavy reward for the heads of Wang Chao and others, since then Wang Chao has disappeared.

"My official seal is not on me." Qin Xiao patted his head: "What can I do about this?" ”

"Lost your official seal?" Xu Lang was also taken aback, that is, everyone else also changed color.

Xue Keyong saw that Qin Xiao was not only young, but also delicate, thinking that he must have entered the military department through a relationship, and he was the most disdainful of this kind of person, so he handed the official letter in his hand to Qin Xiao, and said: "Qin Ling, this is an official letter sent by your military department, I heard that the weapons have been prepared for a long time, let's not delay time, you make a seal, allocate the weapons to us, and we will leave for Yuzhou today." ”

Qin Xiao said with a smile: "The lower official will do it immediately." Reaching into his arms and pausing, Xu Lang saw Qin Xiao smile and couldn't help asking, "My lord, what's the matter..... What's wrong? ”

Qin Xiao hurriedly said, "Commander Xue, don't worry. Xiang Xu Lang said: "Xu Lang, you go to the north gate of Wudefang to take a look, I came in from there, and when I came in, I clearly held the official seal for the guards to check, and I must have been left on the way when I came over there." You take two people along the way to look for it and see if you can find it. ”

Xu Lang frowned slightly, Qin Xiao frowned and said, "Let you go to find the official seal, didn't you hear?" ”

It is not a small crime for an official to lose his official seal, if this matter is known to the ministry, the dismissal and dismissal of officials is still a trivial matter, and if it is not done well, he will lose his head.

Xue Keyong frowned and said, "You lost the official seal and it has nothing to do with us, but it delayed us in receiving the weapon, and we were bound to present it to the imperial court." The day before yesterday, thanks to the grace of the sage emperor, he summoned the general to the palace to meet him, and the sage personally instructed the general, no matter what he lacks, although he asked the court to receive these weapons, and returned to Yuzhou to continue to chase the king's nest. The "saint" on the left and the "saint" on the right in his mouth naturally intimidated the Treasury Department in the name of the saint.

Xu Lang had no choice but to take someone to find the official seal in a hurry.

"If you can't find the official seal, won't you be able to get the weapon today?" Xue Keyong was very displeased.

Xu Lang didn't dare to disobey, so he could only call the two of them, and was about to go to find the official seal, Qin Xiao stopped and said: "Give me the key, and move the weapon box out here first, so as not to delay time." ”

Xu Lang was stunned, a little hesitant, seeing Qin Xiao's cold eyes, he didn't dare to disobey, so he could only take the warehouse key and give it to Qin Xiao, the corners of his eyes jumped slightly, Qin Xiao had already said lightly: "Go find the official seal." ”

Qin Xiao led Zhang Bantou and the remaining two treasury officials, and took Xue Ke to the warehouse, the iron lock of the warehouse needed two keys, Qin Xiao and Zhang Bantou opened it together, and then said to Xue Ke with a smile: "Commander Xue, let's go in and pick up weapons." ”

Zhang Bantou hurriedly said: "My lord, according to the rules, people who are not from the military department cannot enter the warehouse, and we will go in and move out of the weapons we need." ”

Qin Xiao said with a smile: "Commander Xue, rest assured, this is a procedure, even if the lower officials really can't find the official seal, and the military department issues another official letter, the weapon can naturally be taken away." In this case, let's go to the warehouse first and select weapons for the commander. Then he said to Zhang Kuohai on the side: "Zhang Bantou, you send a few people to lead the horses to set the car." ”

Xue Keyong knew the rules, so in addition to his own and his subordinates' mounts, he also brought more than a dozen horses to pull the cart, Zhang Bantou didn't dare to delay, and ordered a few people to lead the horses to the cart.

I want Commander Xue to go in and choose weapons, since Zhang Bantou said that Commander can't go in, then ......! ”

"A small squad leader, also giving orders in front of the general?" Xue Ke can't look down on Qin Xiao, how can he look down on a small team leader.

"What do you mean?" Xue Ke's face sank: "The saints have summoned the generals into the palace, and even the palace generals have entered, why can't the warehouse enter?" ”

Qin Xiao hurriedly said: "Commander Xue, I just arrived at the Treasury Office to take office, and I don't know the rules here. I'm Ben

Qin Xiao followed Xue Keyong's side, looking very humble.

"Qin Commander, our Yuzhou battalion still has to suppress bandits, there are mountains of weapons here, you are the commander here, you naturally know which weapons are of the best quality." Xue Keyong was dressed in armor, and the sound of armor rubbing when he walked was extremely majestic: "You come to help Ben choose weapons." ”

He is the commander of the Yuzhou battalion, with thousands of good men under his command, and he has recently made military exploits, and he has been summoned by the saint when he enters Beijing, which can be said to be in the limelight, but at this time he was stopped by a squad leader, and he was very angry in his heart, and he actually walked directly into the warehouse.

Zhang Bantou was too frightened to say more.

Qin Xiao quickened his pace and led the way in front, Xue Keyong followed behind, and Zhang Bantou and Xue Ke also followed behind and entered the warehouse.

"It's a pity that there are too few armor weapons from the Ministry of War this time." Xue Keyong obviously entered the warehouse for the first time, and when he saw the mountains of weapons, he couldn't help but say: "I knew that there were so many weapons in stock here, so I should have asked for more." ”

Qin Xiao said: "Commander, the lower official has only been here for a few days, and he really doesn't know much about the situation here. However, Xia Guan thought that some things were the same, and the real good things were always hidden deeper, and Xia Guan thought that the best weapons should also be stored in the corner of the warehouse. ”

Xue Ke touched his beard and smiled: "This is a bit insightful. ”

"Don't dare, don't dare." Qin Xiao said: "Commander Xue led the defeat of the Wangchao bandits in a battle, and his fame moved the world, this is the real hero, and it is also the future is immeasurable. ”

Defeating the king's nest is Xue Ke's proud work, and hearing Qin Xiao say this, he is even more happy, although he still looks down on Qin Xiao in his bones, but he is not disgusted either.

"Commander, things are fine, not many." Qin Xiao said with a smile: "Ten refined combat knives will also be useful for a hundred kitchen knives." ”

Xue Ke laughed with a haha: "Interesting, Qin Lingzhi, I can't see that you are young, but your knowledge is extraordinary." Be a good errand, Ben will see that you have a bright future in the future. ”

Qin Xiao took Xue Keyong straight to the corner where the inferior weapons were stacked, stopped his steps, and asked Zhang Bantou, "Zhang Bantou, what kind of weapon is the other party here?" ”

"My lord, there are marks on it, those are barrier knives, this is the Mo knife .....!" Zhang Bantou broke out in a cold sweat on his forehead, glanced at Xue Keyong, approached Qin Xiao and said in a low voice: "My lord, Qiu Lingguan has instructed before, the weapons here can't be ...... It can't be dialed out. ”

His voice was very soft, but Xue Keyong stood aside, understood it, and sneered: "Sure enough, I collected all the good things." Ben is about to receive a thousand knives this time, brothers, move away! ”

"Commander Xue, since the former Qiu Lingguan has instructions, and the lower officials don't know about it, Zhang Bantou reminds us, let's ..... Let's ..... from somewhere else!" Qin Xiao said in a hurry, making a gesture to stop.

Xue Ke said coldly: "I don't know any Qiu Lingyi, I said Qin Lingyi, now this warehouse is in charge of you, and a small team leader is beside you to point fingers, are there any rules?" He stepped forward, pushed Zhang Kuohai away, waved his hand, and said: "Brothers, first move twenty boxes out, the saints all said that the Yuzhou camp can ask the court for anything, and Ben will move away twenty boxes of barrier knives to see who dares to speak." ”