Jin'er replied: "If we have enough money and food, we will naturally not make a big mess, but our more than 1,000 soldiers are now very much in the posture of putting Nanshan swords and guns into storage, and the most people who can really pull out to fight immediately are half of the people!" ”

Xing Shengping's old Gao Jie department feels that they have enough money and food now, and they are living a good life.

The brothers who followed Gao Jie and Mrs. Xing were hungry, and staying in Jiangbei was naturally the best choice.

In fact, "enough money and food" is a big killer to stabilize the morale of the army, although Liu Yongxi and Xing Shengping are not in the camp, only Jin'er and Hui'er, the two little palace maids, stay in Jiangbei in the name of Empress Zhang's trusted female officials.

However, during this time, Jiangbei not only had a stable military morale, but also a harmonious atmosphere between the military and the people, because of the key of "sufficient money and food".

Liu Yongxi advanced five thousand people from Lu Zhenfei, the governor of Huaiyang, through Empress Zhang's relationship in advance, and it was precisely with this money and grain that Liu Yongxi dared to follow Empress Zhang into Beijing calmly and leisurely.

But he still felt that Jin'er was too optimistic: "With Gao Jie and Mrs. Xing here, it will be difficult for the soldiers of Xingying to really be used by me, and I came back this time to solve this problem!" ”

Jin'er also felt the same way: "Mrs. Xing has already sent several envoys over, all of whom are asking Xing Shengping to return to the camp as soon as possible, how should we reply to Mrs. Xing?" ”

Mrs. Xing has now found herself in Liu Yongxi's big deal, Xing Shengping's camp is nominally the queen's army, but in fact, it is stationed in Jiangbei and has become a pawn used by Liu Yongxi.

Moreover, Empress Zhang's influence in the court is far less than expected, and she can be said to have lost her wife and lost her troops, so she now sends envoys from time to time to urge Xing Shengping to return to the camp as soon as possible.

Before Liu Yongxi crossed the river, he had already thought about how to reply to Mrs. Xing: "Tell Mrs. Xing, give me another month, as long as I have a month, I will return Xingying to them, and when Xing Shengping crossed to the south, there were less than 500 people, and I will pay him back 1,500 at that time!" ”

Now Xing Shengping is still in Nanjing, Zhang Luo, Mrs. Mei's ransom and marriage, and he can't cross the river for a while, which is a rare opportunity for Liu Yongxi

Since Mrs. Mei wanted to be good, she naturally saved the redemption silver for herself a long time ago, but Liu Yongxi greeted Mrs. Mei through Ma Chaocai's relationship: "The redemption silver has to be paid by a man, if a man can't even take out a few taels of redemption silver, wouldn't it be a practice for himself to marry in the past?" And after marrying into the Xing family, I have a little private money in my hand so that I won't be bullied! ”

Ma Chaocai and Mrs. Mei both felt that Liu Yongxi said very well, and they couldn't empty Mrs. Mei's private money before they got married, so although Mrs. Mei was willing to help with the redemption silver, Xing Shengping was still responsible for the lion.

And marriage is a big deal, Xing Shengping has to pass five levels and six generals to settle these things, if there is no sincerity Bofu behind his back, I'm afraid Xing Shengping will not be able to hold on at all.

Moreover, after Xing Shengping, the commander, set a precedent, several junior officers who crossed the river with Xing Shengping were also very moved.

Although Mrs. Mei once fell into the dust, she was almost no different from a fairy in the eyes of these little officers, not to mention that they couldn't even find a wife now, wouldn't it be a fairy life to have such a fairy to live with her, so they were busy finding a good Qinglou woman to live with.

And Liu Yongxi naturally fully supports their idea of settling down and buying a house, and only through this means can the influence of Gao Jie and Mrs. Xing be minimized, and Jin'er has completely understood: "Brother Yongxi is ready to take advantage of General Xing's absence to help him deal with the aftermath during this time." ”

Liu Yongxi said very confidently: "Before crossing the river, I had already negotiated with Xing Shengping!" ”

A man with a family and a man without a home are two different things.

Before Mrs. Youmei, Xing Shengping had been trying his best to maintain the independence of the team, and after deciding to marry a wife and have children to settle down, he had to move closer to the Chengyi Bofu.

Although Mrs. Mei is not a famous prostitute, but if she is sincere, Xing Shengping will naturally encounter many practical problems that must be solved if she wants to marry such a beauty with a lot of private money, so Liu Yongxi specially communicated with him several times.

And now Liu Yongxi took out the plan he had communicated with Xing Shengping: "This time, the imperial court appointed me as the deputy chief soldier of Jingkou, and it is also a military town, but how to move on the Xingying side, I discussed two plans with General Xing, and now I want to hear your opinions?" ”

The officers on the Xingying side are naturally eager to try, and Liu Yongxi's two plans are very sincere: "Now in addition to General Xing's own 100 people in Jiangnan, there are nearly 800 people in Jiangbei, and the first plan is that nothing remains the same, they are all the original old men, but the number of soldiers has increased to 1,000!" ”

But what everyone was concerned about was another plan, and Wu Ke, the sentry officer sent by Liu Yongxi to Xingying, immediately asked: "Uncle Chengyi, this plan doesn't mean much, you might as well talk about another plan!" ”

Liu Yongxi immediately gave another more sincere plan: "Now there are five posts in Xingying, and when the time comes, it will be changed to five battalions, and the sentinels will all become battalion officers, and the following will also be promoted, and each battalion will guarantee 300 people, but I have brought a lot of old people from the Sincerity Bofu this time, and they have to make appropriate arrangements!" ”

Compared with the first plan, which was almost completely unchanged, this one was even more popular.

Let's make a rough estimate, now each outpost in the Xing camp is 150 or 60 people, and after the reorganization, not only the sentry officers have become battalion officers, but also the lower ranks have been promoted and made a fortune, and the actual strength has almost doubled.

What's more, the Xing camp is no longer the original Xing camp, not only has Wu Ke, a sentry officer from the Sincere Bofu, but the composition of the troops is no longer all Qin soldiers, but there are many newly enlisted "Shandong soldiers", "Linqing soldiers", and "Huai'an soldiers", so someone on the Xingying side immediately raised a question: "Is there a battalion of 300 people on the side of the Sincere Bofu?" ”

Liu Yongxi gave a very clear answer: "Of course, it is also a battalion of 300 people, and the imperial court not only gives me the name of a deputy general soldier in Jingkou, but also gives me a number of 3,500 soldiers, and I have to settle this matter with a bowl of water!" ”

Liu Yongxi's reply made the old people on Xingying's side breathe a sigh of relief, although they felt that it was a bit petty to have 300 people as a battalion, but everyone also knew that since the imperial court only gave Xiao Chengyi Bo 3,500 soldiers, Liu Yongxi's current disposal is almost a bowl of water.

No matter who has selfish intentions, Liu Yongxi also has many sincere old people who need to be arranged, and it is naturally impossible to completely level the bowl of water.

Therefore, Xing Ying's side completely accepted Liu Yongxi's plan after a while, and they only had one question now: "Then what about the money and grain?" The imperial court is completely implausible in this matter! ”