Chapter 77: The Crowd (Second Shift, Asking for a Monthly Pass)

"The chief grain pipe brings Haihui and Fuerhai to see you!"

In front of the big tent of the Chinese army, two officials stood there, and after a while, the sound of the report sounded, and then there was a dead silence in the big tent of the Chinese army, and no one answered, and after a while, I heard Dasu's slightly hoarse voice, which seemed a little gloomy:

"Come in!"

"Wow!"

The two of them agreed in unison, almost at the same time into the house, both of them are flag people, and Haihui also has some relatives with Dasu, after entering the tent, it seems a little casual, this Chinese army tent, although it is daytime, but it is also lit with butter wax, through the light you can see, this Chinese army tent is enough to have an ordinary six or seven rooms, the ground is covered with a layer of wood, just to prevent moisture, because the window of the cowhide tent is very small, so it makes the big tent appear a little dim, only a few rays of light from the window is reflected in, There was also the light that came in from the tent door, and it came in from outside the big tent, and I really couldn't adapt to the light.

After the eyes of the two gradually adapted to the light in the tent, they saw that there were seats on the east and west sides of the big tent, and the generals in two rows sat upright, and Dasu, who was the general of Annan, sat in the middle.

"Knock on the general!"

After Haihui and Fuerhai knelt down and saluted according to the rules, Dasu did not immediately let them take their seats. A face full of wrinkles will be even more expressionless, a pair of thin eyes on that face pressed under a pair of thick eyebrows, the narrowed into slits, but in fact small thin eyes, staring straight at these two grain officers, after a long time before speaking:

"You two are late, sit down!"

"General Xie!"

After kowtowing again, and after kowtowing again, the two of them walked straight to the two empty seats on the left side, Haihui and Fuerhai did not speak, they knew that this general must be something important to recruit the big guys over!

Could it be that he is going south with troops?

Just when Haihui was thinking about it like this. Over there, Dasu coughed lightly and watched the generals in the tent speak.

"Everyone!"

Da Su straightened his back, which was slightly hunched because of his age, and his face revealed a trace of blood, and he said unhurriedly.

"There are virtuous people in the world, I entered the customs since fifteen years ago, it can be said that the virtue of the heavens, only to be able to China, but so far, there are still some rebels, can not recognize the current affairs, initially based on the island, for the chaos of the coast, and now take advantage of the opportunity of our army to move in the southwest, attack the south of the Yangtze River. Jiangnan is the important place of grain and national taxation of the Qing Dynasty, which is related to the society of the country, Jiangnan is lost, the world is shaken, and the emperor hears it. But up to now, our Annan army has not yet converged, and the general led by Liu Fangming, the general of Ningxia, entered Hubei and attacked the pirates on the left road......"

When Dasu spoke, Gushan Ezhen Suohun, Baya Laqizhang Jinglaita and others were just silent, this Annan army was the elite of the Manchu and Han Dynasty transferred by the Qing court from the northern provinces, and the leaders of the troops were naturally important generals in the court.

"As the Minister of the Interior, Da Su has been in a high position and has led the army for more than two months, but he has not made any achievements. Pushing the pillow in the middle of the night, wandering in my heart, I am really ashamed and can't help myself! If this continues, not only will the court not tolerate it, but we ourselves, how can we treat the emperor? ”

Speaking of this, Da Su sighed softly, then his eyes narrowed slightly, then looked around at the generals in the tent, and then his eyes fell on Haihui's body, and said:

"Haihui, as a grain officer, tell the big guy, how many days of food is enough for my Annan Army?"

Hae Hui, who was named by Dasu, hurriedly got up and knelt down before replying.

"General Hui, it was originally planned that the grain and grass used by my Annan were all taken from Xuzhou, but because the granary of Xuzhou was burned by pirates, the grain and grass in the army at the moment is only enough for one month at most!"

Everyone who is doing it can't help but look at each other, these people here are all leading the army for many years, and they don't know that this grain and grass is only enough for one month, what it means for the army, almost means that the grain and grass are exhausted! Without food and grass, there is no way to fight this battle.

"This grain and grass is only enough for one month?"

Gushan Ezhensuo said urgently, his voice was sharp and bright, and as soon as he spoke, he attracted everyone's attention.

"This will directly make the local people raise food and grass, and if the local households are insufficient, they will be punished for the crime of aiding thieves."

As soon as the words came out, everyone agreed, for them, they had never been accustomed to asking the court for food and salary, especially at this time, let alone asking, the emperor over there was training in Nanyuan, and then asked for food and salary, maybe if the emperor was dissatisfied, the emperor would blame him, how could it be good?

"That is, at present, the grain in the north has to be used closely to the Beijing flag first, and the imperial court on our side must not take care of it, this has to let the local labor army, the local labor army is not labored, and when the grain and grass are cut off, what should we do? ……”

When he said this, the generals in this tent were already whispering:

"Isn't that the truth, you have to let the local labor army ......"

"It's not enough to have one place in Xuzhou, but you have to pull other places to work together?"

“…… Don't underestimate Xuzhou, Xuzhou is also a rich place! ”

"No wonder the last time I entered the city, I looked at the girls in the fireworks alley in the city, all of them were very smart!"

"Hmph, you have to let the bleeding ...... the place"

But it's just an instant, the minds of all the people in this account are put on the local labor army, this local labor army is their opportunity to embezzle, as long as the general here opens an opening, they can extort the place in the name of the labor army, even if Dasu knows, he will turn a blind eye, after all, the Qing Dynasty has its own national conditions, not to mention forcing the local government to take pay and offer food, if it annoys them and directly slaughters Xuzhou City, the court will not say anything at that time, Those historians will eventually put the slaughter plate on the pirates.

Even in the discussion of everyone, Dasu's face became ugly, he didn't expect that it was just the mention of grain and grass, and all they thought about was just silver!

"Your ......"

Looking at the people in this tent with cold eyes, Da Su snorted coldly.

"In addition to silver in these eyes, isn't there no world of the Great Qing Kingdom?"

Suddenly, everyone's discussion was shocked by Dasu's words, obviously they didn't expect that they would be labeled with such a hat.

"The general likes to joke, this, these brothers eat the court's money, so naturally they should share the emperor's worries......"