It is said that there is a military management reserve warehouse in Luoyang City, which played an important role when the Ximen family attacked Luoyang, but when Tang Yuan came to pick up equipment with the military documents, he was shocked by the tragic situation in front of him.

There are some old equipment placed here all over the place, almost all the iron has been taken away, and the only remaining iron tools are also seriously rusted defective products, and it is said that there are weapons thrown at the head of the city by the people who died in the siege of Luoyang City at that time, these things are equipped with soldiers, it is simply a joke.

But something is better than nothing, Tang Yuan collected a lot of rags here, picked out the iron, beat it in the troops, made a thousand knives, a thousand spears, and then there was nothing left, carefully looked at the list of warehouses, and wrote "Signed" on the receipt of the military department.

"Xiaofeng, are you confused?" Tang Hu looked at a thin iron-like knife and said to Tang Yuan, "The iron we actually got is less than half of the iron on the list. Why did you sign it? ”

Tang Yuan smiled bitterly and said, "Didn't you see the signature of Cao Yun, the squire of the Ministry of War?" Who is Cao Yun, you don't know it, right? ”

"Who is it?"

"It's the brother of the guy you killed."

"You mean, this man is taking revenge on me?"

"Of course not." Tang Yuan waved his hand and said, "These are all the queen mother's own nephews, he embezzled military funds, what can I do with him?" Sue to Cao Sheng, the Xuanjia Army? Or do you want to go to the emperor? ”

Although there is not much equipment, there are still some tents and other things, to transport these things, you need a baggage truck, and those baggage vehicles brought from Chang'an have been seriously damaged, Tang Yuan applied for funding for maintenance to the Ministry of War, but the reply of the Ministry of War was "The Ministry of War has no money, I want to repair the car, and I will find a way by myself." ”

In the past, these things could be solved by Tang Zhen, but now don't touch that mold, since the Ministry of War said that there is no money, Tang Yuan found the Ministry of Industry and applied for cutting down trees, and the Ministry of Industry's reply is that the trees near Luoyang Baguan have a hidden effect and cannot be cut down, if you want wood, you take the money, and I will go outside to transfer it for you.

The emperor asked Tang Yuan to leave Luoyang as soon as possible, but in fact, Tang Yuan was more anxious than the emperor.

Seeing that winter was coming, the soldiers were still wearing single clothes, in fact, when they were in Chang'an, there were cotton clothes they wore last year in the armament warehouse, but when they left this time, Tang Xiao locked the warehouse and ordered his subordinates to keep an eye on it, don't let Tang Yuan take away a cotton coat.

"I heard that Jingzhou can be a little warmer than here, and after I went there, there was no fighting. As long as the army is not in the army, the soldiers are fine if they are cold, and they can't hide in the tent to keep warm. But if you march, it will be a big problem. Tang Yuan thought about it and decided to go to the emperor to solve this matter.

Emperor Zhao Ce smiled bitterly and said: "You still ask me for money, I am a real loner now, I can't even afford the queen's clothes, they are all sent by the Ministry of Rites according to daily expenses." If you don't have money, you can't leave, you see how much these books are worth, you take them and sell them, oh and, I've been painting some pictures lately, if you think it's valuable, you can take it too. ”

Why His Majesty the Emperor suddenly became decadent like this, Tang Yuan didn't know very well, probably he was tortured by the Queen Mother.

However, the emperor's words reminded Tang Yuan, "Your Majesty the Emperor, if you are really willing to sell paintings, you may be able to raise enough military expenses." I didn't want much, just 10,000 cotton clothes and money to repair the car. In fact, buying in bulk, there is not much money. A few paintings by His Majesty the Emperor may really be able to solve. ”

"What?" Zhao Ce's eyebrows and eyes were almost squeezed together.

Tang Yuan said unhurriedly: "Now, extravagance is prevalent in Luoyang City, perhaps this is also infected by the Southern Jin Dynasty. Although the treasury is empty, it does not mean that those wealthy businessmen in Luoyang City have no money. As long as they heard that His Majesty the Emperor was selling paintings, they would really pay a high price for them. ”

"What if they don't buy it, or give it a low price? Where do you put my face? Zhao Ce knocked on the table and said.

It seems that His Majesty the Emperor still cares about face, since this is the case, it is better to show that he was crooked just now.

Too lazy to argue with the emperor, Tang Yuan sat there without saying a word.

In fact, Tang Yuan's status was still quite transcendent at this time, and there were not many people who could be given a seat by the emperor.

Zhao Ce knew Tang Yuan's difficulties, and he would only come to beg him if he was forced to run out of tricks, but at this time, His Majesty the Emperor had no money, so he thought of Wu Yiyin, who was arranged by him to the household department, and Jingzhao Yin Cheng Daren, so he sent someone to call these two people in and ask for money.

As a result, these two really gave face, and they worked hard to promise to prepare a thousand taels, and it was almost winter, and the price of cotton clothes was rising, and a coarse cotton cloth also cost one or two silver, and one thousand taels could buy a thousand pieces, and what should the other nine thousand people do.

Tang Yuan returned home with a heavy face, in fact, after returning to Luoyang, he rarely went home, because he was worried that there would be problems in the army, and Chen Bao would not be able to suppress it alone. Who knows if there are still people infiltrated by the Tang Clan Gate Valve in this team, if anyone makes trouble, they must be suppressed by thunderous means. For example, this newly created weapon, Tang Yuan only issued it to Chen Bao's troops, and the others were still empty-handed for the time being.

Hearing that Tang Yuan had gone home, Meng Tao and Miss Tang Xiaomi ran to see him.

He forced some smiles.

Meng Tao's ability to observe words and emotions is not bad, and he can see at a glance that Tang Yuan has something in his heart, so he said: "Big things are not important, as long as people are still alive, other things can be handed over to God." How can there be a cut that can't be done, it's a big deal to catch ducks on the shelves, there are eight or nine out of ten, and there are six or seven if eight or nine are not successful. ”

Tang Yuan smiled bitterly and said: "You have a good heart, I see you, you will definitely be a little fat woman when you grow up." ”

Listening to Tang Yuan's comments on her appearance, the girl who became more and more shy. is no longer the little girl who accompanies Tang Yuan to throw money everywhere.

She and Tang Xiaomi each held an account book, on which were full of sketches and words.

When I opened Meng Tao's account book, I saw that the words were so beautiful, the handwriting was neat, and the calculations were accurate, and he was really a good master.

opened Xiaomi's account book again, and before the first page was opened, Xiaomi's face immediately turned red, and said, "Don't laugh at my ugly words." ”

"Huh." Tang Yuan smiled bitterly and said, "As long as you can see it." ”

As a result, when he opened it, Tang Yuan almost couldn't hold back, the writing was simply too ugly, there was no order at all, some words even had fewer strokes, and typos were all over the place.

However, looking at her account book, it is still very gratifying, Xiaomi is very meticulous in bookkeeping, and she has to record even a small amount of ten cents in the account. And what is happy is that the further back the ledger is turned, the clearer Xiaomi's words will be.

"Well, you two are doing very well, and I'm relieved that I will hand over this home to you." Tang Yuan looked at the inventory carefully, and there were more than 1,300 taels of silver at home, and he couldn't help but be surprised.