It's just that when it comes to the supply of money and food, there is a bunch of bitter water to complain about here in the Sincerity Bofu, and whoever asks the civil officials to get money is too dark.

In the past, when the civil and military Caojiang were set up together, the Wencao River only gave the soldiers nine coins of silver every month, and they could not buy a stone of rice in the market.

And Wu Caojiang is much more generous to his subordinates, in addition to a stone of monthly food, there are two coins and four cents of salt, vegetables and silver, in addition to adding rice to veterans, more than five buckets of rice per month, and less of rice also has one bucket and five liters.

However, after the dismissal of Wen Caojiang and the return of Admiral Liu Kongzhao, the imperial court provided the sailors with money and food according to this standard, and Liu Kongzhao had made trouble with the imperial court several times for this matter, but it was all fruitless.

Sincerity Bofu is still like this, not to mention Xingying, who was born in the Gaojie army, it is common for Shangguan to deduct military salaries, and he often fights with thieves on a hungry stomach, and finally he can only be promoted after he has to fight with real swords and guns.

Under such circumstances, maintaining good military discipline can only be an illusion, and although we have now reached the relatively rich Jiangbei region, the supply of money and grain is still the most important issue for everyone.

Although he knew that Liu Yongxi was not only sincere in response to the attack, but also received the full support of the cabinet minister Ma Shiying, this did not mean that Jingkou Town would be able to worry about everything in terms of money and food.

Fortunately, Liu Yongxi and Lu Zhenfei got 5,000 people with three months of money and food, and they didn't discount it at all, so they could have the current situation, but now it is a situation of sitting on the mountain.

Everyone optimistically estimated that the imperial court had given 3,500 people a salary, but when they received money and grain, they had to pay everywhere, and it would be very good to have 3,000 people in their hands, and if they couldn't do it, they could only get 2,000 people's money and food.

Moreover, the standard of money and food of the imperial court has not been determined, and the money and grain that finally arrives are only enough to supply 1,000 people, and I am afraid that Jingkou Town will not be able to find a way out at that time.

Liu Yongxi reassured the following brothers: "Don't worry, I have a solution to the problem of money and food, but you must listen to my command when the time comes!" ”

Whether they were born in Xingying or from Chengyi Bofu, these soldiers now responded in unison: "Please rest assured, as long as we can get money and food, you can let us cross the river with you!" ”

Although it is quite subtle, but across the river is Nanjing City, Liu Yongxi couldn't help laughing: "Then please listen to my dispatch at that time, if this ticket is completed, at least we can get the money and food that our Jiangbei Town needs for a year or two!" ”

Because Liu Yongxi is now acting as the deputy commander-in-chief of Jingkou, the force he leads now is also known as "Jingkou Town" or "Jingkou Army".

Although the strength of Jingkou Town is far inferior to the four towns of Jiangbei of Gao Jie, Huang Degong, Liu Liangzuo, and Liu Zeqing, not to mention the Zuo Liangyu Department with the largest number of troops, in Ma Shiying's eyes, this is the most trustworthy force of the imperial court in Jiangbei, and it is precisely because the strength of Jingkou Town is too weak and needs the full support of the imperial court, so he focuses on supporting Jingkou Town.

Jingkou Town has continuously received supplies of ordnance and military resources from Nanjing and Fengyang, although it has also given a lot of silver to all aspects, but purely in terms of equipment, it is not inferior to the four towns in Jiangbei.

The biggest problem now is that although we have 3,500 people in equips, how to arm 3,500 people with high efficiency is the key.

Liu Yongxi naturally has no big problem leading the five battalions, but Xingying, which has always maintained a strong independence in the past, is a big problem.

Although Liu Yongxi arranged many old people from the sincere Bofu to Xingying, and Xing Shengping was still busy with marriage in Nanjing, Liu Yongxi still decided to respect the tradition of Xingying and slowly infiltrate it in a form of drizzle and silence.

Although Xingying is still the same Xingying, Gao Jie and Mrs. Xing's control over Xingying is slowly decaying.

Mrs. Xing was very dissatisfied with Liu Yongxi's reply of "borrowing for another month".

Although Liu Yongxi promised that when Xing Ying went south, the 500 people would return 1,500 people, but Gao Jie and Mrs. Xing were more worried about whether Liu Yongxi would borrow or not, so they privately sent envoys with Gao Jie's troop transfer order to forcibly pull Xing Ying away, but the result was that Gao Jie and Mrs. Xing were completely disappointed.

If Gao Jie could have sent someone over to transfer troops two days earlier, he would have been able to drag Xing Ying away by at least a third or even half.

But now is the critical time for the expansion of the Xing camp, the sentry officer is waiting for the promotion of the battalion officer, the chief is waiting for the promotion of the sentry officer, and the veterans are also looking forward to the promotion of the chief officer, and in the end Gao Jie only dragged away more than 20 people, but the Xing camp reacted immediately, and returned some of the chief and veterans who were clamoring to return to the camp north directly to Gao Jie and Mrs. Xing.

It's just that in this way, Gao Jie and Mrs. Xing's influence on Xing Ying is weaker, and Liu Yongxi also began to recruit a large number of refugees from the north to expand their strength.

Since the Jingkou Army has "enough money and food to manage it," there is naturally no problem in recruiting soldiers, and there is even room for picking, and the quality of the recruits is good in every aspect.

It's just that there are more and more Shandong soldiers in the army, and even the same situation has occurred in Xingying, and now the number of Shandong soldiers has surpassed that of Qin soldiers.

Liu Yongxi decided to train recruits and veterans together, but although he personally focused on military training, his main focus was on preaching, so that these officers and soldiers knew what he was fighting for, and to minimize the influence of Gao Jie, Mrs. Xing and the imperial court in Jingkou Town.

In the past, Tong Yili was in charge of preaching affairs, but now Tong Yili, the head of the household department, was originally a celebrity in front of Queen Zhang, and Liu Kongzhao also felt that Tong Yili was a "soldier" and invited him to preside over the river master in the past.

Of course, Liu Kongzhao: This is just a gesture.

Recently, the Ministry of War has been calling for the establishment of a 50,000-strong Caojiang Water Division to be supervised by Wenchen, and it is also necessary to set up two general troops in Jiujiang and Jingkou, and even directly named the officials to Li Zhan in the matter to serve as Wencaojiang, so Liu Kongzhao asked Tong Yili, who has always been known for his "knowing soldiers", to deal with the offensive of civilian officials.

However, although Tong Yili is not good at responding to emergencies, he is the head of the road on paper, so he and Liu Kongzhao cooperate well, Liu Kongzhao feels that he will be inseparable from Tong Yili for a while, so he can only preach this matter Liu Yongxi himself.

Fortunately, Nandu already had experience in this area, and he had put together the corresponding grass platform team at that time, not to mention that there are still old people from the Sincere Bofu to help, so Liu Yongxi did not encounter any major problems in catching the knife himself, while Jin'er and Hui'er played the role of adding fragrance to the red sleeves.

It's just that when Jin'er helped to copy it, she saw a lot of fame: "Brother Yongxi, although you also said that you killed thieves and suppressed criminals, why did you focus on Beiyu?" This is completely opposite to the meaning of the imperial court! ”