Shen Leng's team arrived in Hanhai City in Northern Xinjiang, and now the general Wu Xinyu is not in Hanhai, and the one who stays here is Zheng Yougong, the general of Zhengsanpin in Northern Xinjiang, who is the most powerful general under Wu Xinyu, but whenever Wu Xinyu is not there, he stays behind.

Zheng Yougong is forty years old, which can be described as a man in his prime, not about age, but about career, but also a little embarrassing.

At the age of forty, if there is no great merit, it is already the pinnacle of the rank of a military general, so Wu Xinyu has written three times for Zheng Yougong, asking His Majesty to transfer Zheng Yougong back to the Chang'an Military Department.

It is impossible for Zheng Yougong to go further in Northern Xinjiang, he is one year older than Wu Xinyu, and it is impossible to take over the position of Wu Xinyu's general.

The only way is to let him go back to Chang'an, enter the military department or the cabinet, the military department is already old, and it will not be too far to retreat, and the current military department squire is promoted to the military department secretary without accident, and the vacancy of the military department squire can compete with Zheng Yougong's qualifications and age plus military merits.

His Majesty takes care of such a person, and with Zheng Yougong's age and merits, coupled with his understanding of the situation in the Black Army, even if he can't become a squire in the military department, His Majesty will keep him in the cabinet.

It would be good if he could be promoted to the second assistant in a few years, and the second assistant of the cabinet is from the first product, which is the right choice for Zheng Yougong.

Shen Leng and Zheng Yougong have met once but are not familiar with each other, Zheng Yougong and Wu Xinyu were both people who were trained by Tie Liuli, the general of Northern Xinjiang, although they were not Tie Liuli's sons, but they also regarded Tie Liuli as their father.

Because of this, he has great respect for Shen Leng, Tie Liuli's body was snatched back by Shen Leng desperately, and no one in the Northern Xinjiang Army has a sense of closeness to Shen Leng.

Hanhai City, after Zheng Yougong got the news, he went to the city gate to greet Shen Leng, and after seeing it, he hurriedly saluted, and Shen Leng helped him up: "They are all brothers in the army, why bother with so many rules." ”

Zheng Yougong said: "General, there are still rules to be had, and the people below can't be made to think that they can be with the general, whether they are big or small, and not respectful." ”

Shen sneered: "Just make a show...... I can't stay here for a long time, help me prepare two changes of clothes, and then prepare dry food for my people, Wang Gendong has to take people back to Dongjiang first, and Chen Ran and I are going to Chang'an. ”

Originally, Shen Leng also asked Chen Ran to hurry home, but Chen Ran said that he didn't agree to anything, Shen Leng is the old hen of many people, Chen Ran is Shen Leng's old hen, and now Shen Leng is not at ease wherever he goes alone.

"Okay, the things you need will be ready within an hour, the general will go to wash and change clothes first, and then talk about going back to Chang'an after dinner."

"There's no rush to eat."

Shen Leng turned his head and pointed to the mighty horse team behind him: "I came all the way back from Northern Xinjiang this time, and wiped out a lot of the Black Border Army that was broken up at the beginning, and now they are all horse bandits, and there are about eight or nine thousand war horses that have been robbed, you can ask your subordinates to count them, just leave no one to ride three horses for my people, and they will rush back to Eastern Xinjiang." ”

Zheng Yougong was stunned: "There are also seven or eight thousand war horses, and the war horses of the Black Martial Arts are all good horses, seven or eight thousand war horses, and the light cavalry that can expand at least five standard battalions." ”

Shen Leng: "Are you happy?" ”

Zheng Yougong nodded vigorously, hugged his fists and said, "I thank the general for the Northern Frontier Army!" ”

"Don't thank you, don't be in a hurry."

Shen Leng said: "According to the agreement between the imperial court and the grassland Da Aijin, every year the grassland sends 3,000 war horses to the guards and soldiers of Daning and the border armies of the four regions, and these 3,000 war horses are counted in the tax, and the rest is not enough for Daning."

Purchasing from the grassland, you also know what the price of the war horse is, so I will sell it to you at half the purchase price. ”

Zheng Yougong: "......"

Shen Leng: "Look at what kind of expression you have." ”

Zheng Yougong said: "General Wu is not in Northern Xinjiang, I don't dare to call the shots." ”

Shen Leng said: "It's okay, just tell me where the silver vault is, I'll take it myself, and promise not to take it more." ”

"Don't!"

Zheng Yougong hurriedly said: "Otherwise, I don't want these war horses." ”

Shen Leng: "Well, don't want it, it's okay, I'll send it back to Chang'an and hand it over to the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of War will be where it is, but according to the rules, all the expenses on my way will be spent by your Northern Frontier Army, I will issue you a receipt, and then you can go to the Ministry of War to ask for it, and the Ministry of War will definitely reimburse you." ”

Zheng Yougong: "It's strange that this kind of thing can be asked for money from the Ministry of War......"

Shen Leng said: "How do you know if you don't try?" ”

Zheng Yougong: "Let's talk about half price." ”

Shen Leng said: "Look, you obviously want to buy it, and you pretend not to want it and then bargain, you profiteers are really ...... Alas, it really left me speechless. ”

Zheng Yougong: "I am a profiteer......"

Shen Leng: "That's it, the whole thousand counts the money, and the remaining hundreds of horses are counted as what I sent, even if there are nine hundred and ninety-nine horses left, as long as it is less than a thousand, I don't want money." ”

Zheng Yougong's eyes lit up: "Okay!" ”

An hour later, Zheng Yougong looked at Shen Leng with a grudge on his face: "General, you must have counted it clearly in advance, except for the three horses left for each of the general's personal soldiers, there are still eight thousand and one horses left......"

Shen Leng: "Huh? Is it such a coincidence? It's one more horse. ”

Another hour later, Shen Leng's team replenished the foster care materials in Hanhai City, changed into new clothes, and left with all the things, Wang Gendong took Wang Kuohai and 200 personal soldiers to return to Dongjiang first, and Shen Leng and Chen Ran took 100 personal soldiers to escort the gold to Chang'an.

Zheng Yougong sent out of the city gate and asked curiously: "General, there are only more than 300 people in total, why do you have to go separately?" ”

Shen Leng: "The secret of heaven must not be revealed." ”

After saying that, he got on the horse and left.

Zheng Yougong grabbed Chen Ran and asked in a low voice, "What the hell is going on." ”

"Because General Wang Gendong and General Wang Kuohai didn't have an order at all, take them to Chang'an, in case the military department does not approve it, they have to obediently return to northern Xinjiang, the general asked them to go to eastern Xinjiang first, and if the military department does not approve it, the general can play a scoundrel."

Zheng Yougong looked confused, and said in his heart that there is still this kind of operation?

On the official road, Shen Leng sat in the carriage and counted with his fingers, Chen Ran couldn't help but ask when he saw that he was calculating: "Leng Zi, what are you counting." ”

Shen Leng said: "This gold is handed over to Your Majesty, I ask Your Majesty to grant the gold to the Anyang Dockyard, with this gold used to build ships, the scale of our sailors can be expanded again, so the gold is still our sailors, when we lead the ship, we will receive a batch of Shun, there should be still to be earned." ”

Chen Ran: "......"

At the same time, Chang'an.

The atmosphere of the New Year in the city has not subsided, the red lanterns on the street are still hanging, the weather is still cold, and the people in Chang'an City have money and leisure, so the business in the city is too good during this time.

The emperor is the same

In the past, he sat in the Dongnuan Pavilion and reviewed with the prince, and he read a copy of the prince's approval, and he was more and more sure of the ability of the prince Li Changye, so when he looked at Li Changye from time to time, there would be relief in his eyes.

Li Changye would also find this kind of relieved look, but he was not very happy, but he was more and more panicked and uneasy in his heart.

What happened to his father?

With his father's age, he is far from the time when he is short of energy, and now he is teaching him how to be a good emperor like this, Li Changye is scared, in fact, there have been rumors since a few years ago that his father has a physical problem, and he has secretly asked the people in the hospital many times, and the people over there are also divided.

"Ahh

The emperor suddenly sneezed, Li Changye hurriedly took a handkerchief and handed it over, and the emperor took it and sneezed twice in a row: "Ahh Ahh Hey? Is this who is calculating me? ”

The emperor said casually, and the people have a common saying, saying that when you sneeze, you will think about it, scold and calculate.

The emperor sneezed three times and then smiled: "If you calculate me, there is no one else." ”

Li Changye was thinking of his brother Li Changze, but when he looked at his father's face, he was not displeased, and he said it in a joking tone, so after thinking about it, what his father said was probably his own master.

"Shen Leng can still calculate what his father is, it is his father who calculates him."

After Li Changye said this, he felt that something was wrong, and quickly shook his head: "Erchen is wrong. ”

The emperor gave him a blank look: "Have I ever calculated against him?" ”

He got up and moved: "The urgent news sent back from Northern Xinjiang said that Xin Fengyue is dead, and he has done it again, and it is a great achievement to get rid of Xin Fengyue, so I am thinking about how to add some rewards, and you are saying that I am calculating him?" ”

Li Changye hurriedly shook his head: "No, no, Erchen is joking." ”

"Hahahaha......"

The emperor smiled: "Look at you scared." ”

He looked at Li Changye: "Let's put the fold aside first, you go to the cabinet to discuss with Lai Cheng and them, and see how to give Shen Leng and Wu Xinyu some rewards." ”

"The retainers obey."

Li Changye got up: "Erchen, let's go find Lord Lai." ”

The emperor snorted: "I asked Lai Cheng yesterday how the treasury is, in the past two years, the south has been unstable, first floods, and then plagues, the treasury has allocated a large amount of silver to relieve the disaster, and the taxes have been reduced for several years......"

The emperor sighed: "I originally wanted the treasury to allocate some silver to the Anyang dockyard, and then allocate some silver to the newly built Donghai dockyard, but it has been two years, and the Donghai dock has not been built yet, so it is time to urge." ”

He shook his head: "Although the Sang country is small, it is not easy to fight, the Sang people are fierce and united, and the sailors of Daning are difficult to supply on an expedition, so I want to make the sailors stronger, but ......"

Li Changye said: "Erchen was still thinking yesterday, it is better to set an example and reduce expenses from the palace. ”

"No, you don't."

The emperor said: "Daning is not stretched to this point, and the treasury will be full in the summer, you remember, this method will be used as little as possible, it will make the people uneasy." ”

Li Changye snorted: "Erchen...... Erchen actually always wanted to tell his father that Shen Leng had resumed his military position as the second rank and the title of Duke of the country, and this time he had made great contributions, so it was better to ...... Big Pillar Country? ”

The emperor thought for a while and smiled: "Stingy, let's go into a product again." ”