Zhang Xiaowu hurriedly arranged for Ruan Qingwen to take a bath, rubbed the stinky mud all over his body, and prepared new clothes, Ruan Qingwen ate comfortably, as if he had been hungry for a month. While eating, he told Zhang Xiaowu about his experience, and Zhang Xiaowu was embarrassed.

Ruan Qingwen praised after eating a bowl of noodles: "This noodle is good, why have I never eaten such a delicacy?" Who invented this practice? This minced meat is also very good, and I bother Lord Zhang to have another bowl! ”

Zhang Xiaowu served him another bowl of noodles, and specially adjusted the meat sauce and green vegetables, before asking, "What does King Qin mean?" Is something happening in Longdu City that we don't know about? ”

"Not only do you not understand, but I am also confused." Ruan Qingwen wiped his mouth and said helplessly. He may have choked, hurriedly took a sip of turbid wine, snorted and snorted to eat the bowl of fried noodles personally prepared by Zhang Xiaowu, and then raised his head. Zhang Xiaowu thought he was full, but he didn't expect Ruan Qingwen to hand over the bowl and ask for another bowl. Zhang Xiaowu said that you might die if you eat it again, but he was embarrassed to stop him, so he served him half a bowl of noodles and reminded: "It's not good to eat too many noodles, Lord Ruan, don't you hear that some people eat to die?" ”

"You're right, I've been cold and hungry for days, and I'm dizzy." Ruan Qingwen controlled the amount of food so as not to be really strangled to death. He put down his chopsticks and took a sip of warm wine, feeling that his stomach was extremely warm and his whole person was much more comfortable. He suddenly wondered, "Why aren't you surprised by the prince's madness?" ”

Zhang Xiaowu laughed: "I thought he was killed by Dushanbo, but I didn't expect him to be alive, it's good to be alive, it's good to be alive." ”

Ruan Qingwen asked, "Are you going to take revenge on him and personally attack him?" ”

Zhang Xiaowu thought about it seriously, but shook his head: "Forget it, let him go crazy and let him live, wouldn't it be better than giving him a knife to make him happy?" Ruan Qingwen smiled bitterly, he finally stopped eating, and he vomited because he was too full to eat again.

After a full hiccup, Ruan Qingwen thanked him for his long time: "Thank you for the hospitality, Ruan is grateful." He straightened his body and said: "The snow covers the sky, Ruan has also become a destitute and poor person, the old love of the city lord is unforgettable and sincere, this meal saved Ruan's life, if the city lord Zhang is sent, Ruan has nothing else to say." ”

Zhang Xiaowu said: "Lord Ruan, you have been in the Qinglong Army for many years, can you meet the time when the army is not paid?" ”

Ruan Qingwen smiled strangely: "Is City Lord Zhang short of money?" ”

"Yes, yes."

Zhang Xiaowu had a sad face, he was really unqualified as a traverser, and he didn't have the innate ability of other traversers to make money. Other travelers either made glass after crossing over, or made soap after crossing over, or dyed cloth, or made salt, and even engaged in shipping. But before Zhang Xiaowu crossed over, he was just a library administrator engaged in network technology, he really couldn't think of a way to make money, he had no experience in making money, and he didn't have the means and methods to fool people, so he could only pull his hair and stare at him without fear.

The problem is that Mucheng at this time really needs money, and it is really difficult to do.

Ruan Qingwen's eyes turned, and he stroked his palm and analyzed: "The Ministry of War has not yet confirmed the ownership of the defenders of the wooden city, so all the soldiers and horses in this wooden city are the private soldiers of the city lord for the time being, so they have not been paid. ”

Zhang Xiaowu nodded violently and said, "Lord Ruan is really clear, and the court is not a dime. ”

Ruan Qingwen said: "The court is in a mess and can't take care of itself, how can it take care of Mucheng, and now the prince is crazy, and the court is unknown, but it is the time when the city lord is bigger." City Lord Zhang, if I am a member of the military department, I will worry that your wooden city is lonely, the army is sufficient, the grain and grass are abundant, and the weapons and armor are enough to expand by 100,000, if you have any more money, I will also worry that you will raise troops and stand on your own. ”

Zhang Xiaowu smiled dumbly: "It is because of infighting and suspicion in the Holy Han Empire that today's defeat of Qinglong has led to the ...... of the monarch and ministers."

Ruan Qingwen smiled weirdly and said: "I have a plan, which can solve the pain of the city lord's lack of military salary, but this plan is a poisonous plan to steal the sky and change the day, but I am afraid that the city lord will not dare to use it." Zhang Xiaowu hurriedly asked what the clever plan was, Ruan Qingwen said in a deep voice: "In October of the 27th year of Taiqian, the Qinglong Army was untrustworthy in the north, counting 180,000 soldiers of the 1st Regiment, 2nd Regiment, 3rd Regiment, 4th Regiment, 5th Regiment, 6th Regiment, 25th Regiment, 26th Regiment, 27th Regiment, 70,000 servants, a total of 250,000 people, and then sent more than 50,000 servants, or 300,000 people, to the Yajin camp in the 28th year of Taiqian and the 29th year of Taiqian. Do you know where these 300,000 people are eating, drinking, and paying for their salaries? ”

Zhang Xiaowu said: "I don't know. ”

Ruan Qingwen said: "Originally, the military salary and military expenses should be sent directly to the front line by the household department, but after the prince brought the silver out of the household department, on the grounds that the soldiers were not suitable to carry it on the expedition, it was temporarily stored in the Hengtong Money Village, one of the four imperial merchants. This Hengtong money bank is the world's first-class money bank, and its head is the head of the household department Shangshu Chiwen. Do you know who this Chi Wen is? ”

"Who?"

"Chi Wen is the prince's father-in-law." Ruan Qingwen said, "Their son-in-law and father-in-law have been playing a good trick, keeping the military salary of the household department in their own money bank, the preservation of this money village needs to be lost, 10,000 taels of silver will be lost for one year, 300,000 Qinglong Army's military salary and ordnance pension expenses for more than two years, the household department has issued a total of 2.4 million taels of silver, and in the past two years, a total of 900,000 taels of silver has been spent on the salaries of soldiers and soldiers, the expenditure on forging equipment, and the loss. Now there is 1.5 million taels of silver in Hengtong Bank. ”

Zhang Xiaowu was surprised: "How did Lord Ruan know such details? ”

"The salary of every soldier in the Blue Dragon Army, the death pension of every soldier, and every sum of money - I will calculate it." Ruan Qingwen stroked his beard with a smug expression, "I will be responsible for the overall calculation of the army's middle branches." ”

Zhang Xiaowu knew that Ruan Qingwen was the Sima in the army, but he didn't know what this Sima did, it turned out that the military Sima was responsible for calculating money in an army, which was equivalent to the chief accountant in the company, and he realized that his army was missing one of the most important pillars. Zhang Xiaowu couldn't help but laugh dumbly, an army without a military Sima can actually expand to its current scale, did he take shit luck, or are his brothers too honest? In the final analysis, the previous sense of crisis made everyone rally around Zhang Xiaowu, and once this sense of crisis is gone, perhaps contradictions will erupt.

That's why now Zhang Xiaowu has such a headache for military salaries.

Ruan Qingwen said: "Because it is not easy to carry the silver, Hengtong Bank used a kind of paper as collateral, and the prince named it the silver ticket, and anyone can go to Hengtong Bank to withdraw the silver with the silver ticket. This silver ticket is about 10,000 taels each, and there should be at least 1.5 million taels left by the prince's side. As long as these silver tickets are stamped with the crown prince's tiger talisman, they can be withdrawn immediately. He went one step further and said demagoguously: "The reason why the princelings contain the Zhang Party everywhere is because the prince is in charge of the army and the household is in charge of the money, and the officials of the Zhang Party want to do things but can't do it. But the prince is crazy, there is civil strife in Beijing, and who the new emperor is is not yet known, so far in chaos, if the city lord does not take the opportunity to seize the silver as soon as possible, I am afraid that after the court stabilizes the new emperor and ascends the throne, this silver will be taken away by others for nothing - if you are a member of the Zhang Dang, can you watch this money exist in Hengtong Money Village and not take it? ”

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