Chapter 144: Borrowing Grain

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When Li Dongsheng followed Pei Sheng to the big tent of the Chinese army, Li Jing was already on a horse. Seeing Li Dongsheng coming, he said directly: "Give him a horse." Li Dongsheng got on the horse in ignorance, and before he was ready, he heard the guards shouting: "Go." ”

In a daze, he set off with the large army, looking at the direction of Jinyang City. Li Dongsheng was relieved, fortunately he didn't go out to fight. If Li Jing knew that his nephew thought so, he would definitely scold: You are fighting as a commander, and the soldiers are waiting in the camp?

Soon arrived at Jinyang City, and the gate of the city didn't want Li Dongsheng to interrogate for a long time last time, but a bunch of people stood and were waiting in line to greet Li Jing. Seeing Li Jing and them coming, a thin old man walked out of the crowd, bowed down and said, "Xiaguan Cui Lei is the chief manager." ”

"Brother Cui, you and I don't have to be so polite." Li Jing stepped forward and held Cui Lei's arm.

"Etiquette should not be wasted." Cui Lei struggled a few times, and estimated that his strength was not as great as Li Jing's, so he straightened up by the way.

Then Cui Lei introduced the officials of Jinyang to Li Jing one by one, and after a commotion at the door, Li Jing and Cui Lei rode in front, and everyone followed behind.

Li Dongsheng was also crowded in the crowd, and he didn't know what Li Jing called him for. Pei Sheng was not there, and it was not easy to ask others, so he buried his head and followed the crowd.

Not long after leaving, it was Jinyang Mansion, Li Dongsheng didn't come that day, and now he has no interest in the office location of this official mansion, and he wanted to see the ancient buildings when he first came. If you watch it too much, you don't think it's interesting at all. There are so many styles of decoration in later generations, and there is only one here - Chinese style. There are no floor tiles yet, the best ones are wooden floors. It is also prone to insects.

After entering the mansion, Li Jing asked Li Dongsheng to follow behind, looking at Cui Lei's surprised eyes, Li Jing smiled and said: "This is the little nephew, take him out to see the world." ”

"Oh, it turned out to be Li Dongsheng of Chang'an, who has been admired for a long time. Pharmacist, you're so blessed. Cui Lei gave a response very appropriately.

"I've seen Cui Dayin." At this time, you must go up to salute, and you can't say that Li Jing has no tutor.

"It's easy to say, I'm going to talk to you when I'm done with business, everyone wants to meet you, and see what kind of character Wang Jingzhi can suppress Jinyang's first talent, haha."

Talking and laughing, Cui Lei welcomed Li Jing into the hall, Li Dongsheng stood behind Li Jing, and there were two people on the side, both of whom were not young, and they were probably Li Jing's think tank. The hall is elegantly arranged, but the seats are a bit strange. It seems that the two are very familiar with each other and should sit together, but when they sit down, they are divided into two sides, like an underworld negotiation.

After drinking a few sips of tea, Li Jing got straight to the point: "Cui Dayin, the emperor's edict has been received, this year's harvest is not good, the Turks have come to Koubian again, and the counties along the way have not paid enough grain and grass to the requirements, and now there is not much grain and grass in the army, the emperor means to borrow grain from various large families in Jinyang, and wait for our army to return it when the war returns, what do you think?" ”

Cui Lei coughed lightly and said: "Chief Manager, there are also difficulties here in Jinyang, the year was not good in the past few years, and there was no surplus grain in each family, this year the Turks came to attack, and many crops did not have time to be recovered, and it was difficult to borrow grain." ”

Li Jing smiled: "Really? There are so many big families in Jinyang, and they can't even raise military rations for tens of thousands of people? ”

"Alas, it's difficult, now everyone has a big business, and there are tenants to support, it's not easy."

"How much food can there be?"

"Five thousand stone at most. It is also squeezed out by each family. ”

"The emperor's edict can only be exchanged for five thousand stone of grain?"

"There is no way, the lower officials have also done their best, and the officials can't exploit the people."

Li Dongsheng heard that there was a shortage of food in the army and he was about to go on the expedition. Li Shimin asked Li Jing to borrow grain from the local wealthy families in Jinyang, but unfortunately the order seemed to be useless, and the local families refused to borrow it, so they threw 5,000 stones out to gag their mouths.

talked about stopping, pulling skin for a morning, Cui Lei still refused to let go, Li Jing was very annoyed, this Cui Lei didn't eat soft and hard, didn't eat oil and salt, just refused to agree to give military food. As the commander of this Turkic expedition, he blocked the way of many people, so he came out to give him a good look, and in his own territory, he couldn't come hard, let the soldiers rob it.

At noon, Cui Lei held a banquet in the house to entertain Li Jing, this old fox did all the surface work, so that you couldn't find any fault. After eating, continue to talk, what are the various tasks of recruiting people, treating wounded soldiers, and ensuring the safety of the station. Only then did Li Dongsheng know that there was such a thing in the war, and everything had to be carefully studied and conscientiously implemented.

Cui Lei's other things are implemented to the letter, that is, the food thing has never been loosened. It was dark, everything else had been negotiated, and the critical grain was still not promised. Li Jing was very disappointed: "Then let's stop here today, let's go back first, and ask Cui Dayin to hurry up about the food." ”

"Don't go back today, the chief manager has come from afar, the major families in Jinyang have prepared a banquet, please invite the chief manager to attend." Cui Lei invited, with a smile on his face, as if he was very sincere.

Li Jing was about to leave, but when he heard Cui Lei say this, he turned around and said with a smile: "Yes, since everyone is so sincere, then I won't spoil everyone's interest." ”

"Boss, please."

Li Dongsheng stood for a day, his legs were sore, his shoulders were still uncomfortable, and he really didn't want to eat, but as Li Jing's entourage, he had no right to say no, so he could only follow.

Cui Lei and Li Jing'an walked for a quarter of an hour, and arrived at a gate, the lights at the door were brilliant, countless lanterns were like a fire dragon illuminating the yard, and a group of people were waiting at the door. Seeing Li Jing coming, an old man came out and said, "The chief manager and Cui Dayin are here, we are really very happy, please." ”

Cui Lei said: "This is Wang Rui, the patriarch of the Wang clan. ”

Li Jing said: "When I first arrived in your land, I got to see all the fathers and elders, and I will trouble you with various matters in the future. ”

Everyone at the door said in unison: "The chief manager has an order, how dare he disobey." ”

After the shadow wall, I saw that the house occupies a vast area, facing a high-rise building, the two symmetrical wings of the main building are two platforms, and the middle is a garden, which is simple and solemn in appearance. At the back is a large and secluded garden.

Entering a hall, Li Dongsheng found that there were no pillars in this hall, and at a glance the entire hall was under his eyes, Li Jing and Cui Lei sat on the main seat, Wang Rui was accompanied, Li Dongsheng was arranged to the edge at this level, he wanted to stand behind Li Jing, but this job was snatched away by Li Jing's guards.

Li Jing smiled and said to Li Dongsheng: "You go to eat, I have been standing for a day today, this is Datang, who dares to do anything wrong to me?" Even if there is, it is also a mouse in the dark, and it can only do small actions. Dongsheng, you have to remember that you must be upright and upright in life and work. ”

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