"Please make it clear."

After solving the problem of 160,000 guan, Yang Congyi felt a lot more relaxed, and he was not very worried about the problem of grain and grass.

I only heard Huang Dadao: "On the second day of October last year, the Xuanjiang Battalion received a batch of grain and grass from Jinhua County, Wuzhou, with 30,000 quintals in storage, and from your account records, the Xuanjiang Battalion transferred 35,000 quintals from Jinhua at that time. Although there is a record of Jinhua warehouse, the number is also 35,000 quintals, but Jinhua is only 100 miles away from Yiwu, and the road is smooth, only 100 miles away, why is there less than 5,000 quintals of grain and grass? How do you explain. ”

"Your Excellency also knows that the strength of our selection battalion is limited, and at the beginning of the construction of the camp, it was the four commanders who were transferred from Changguo County, Mingzhou, and these people began to build the selection camp as soon as they arrived in Yiwu, half of them went into the mountains to train, preparing for the challenge of the selection of generals in the near future, and half of the people began to level the ground, build barracks, school fields and handsome camps, in addition to sleeping and eating every day, they were working hard at other times, eight or nine hours a day, just like that, until the other forbidden troops who participated in the selection of generals came to the selection camp, and the barracks of the soldiers had not yet had time to cap. The time and energy of the soldiers were simply not enough, and thousands of craftsmen and civilians were recruited before and after, and the general camp was barely completed in October. In mid-October, the 41st Forbidden Army had already arrived in the camp for the selection of generals, and with a little rectification, the challenge of selecting generals would begin immediately, and the soldiers had no time to go to other places to raise grain and grass. Jinhua is hundreds of miles away from Yiwu, the road is not smooth, if you want to select the generals and soldiers to move on two legs, I don't know how much time it takes, the whole plan to select generals will be interrupted constantly, and keep delaying. In desperation, the selection camp could only entrust the errand of transporting grain and grass to the Wuzhou Yamen, because time is more important for the selection camp, as long as the grain and grass can be transported in time, the selection camp can carry out normal training and challenges. The adults asked why the records in the camp account of the general were mobilized 35,000 quintals, but the number of warehouses was only 30,000 quintals, and the difference of 5,000 quintals was the consumption of grain and grass transported by the Wuzhou Yamen on the road. Although the lower officials also know that their consumption on the road is a little larger, but the election camp can not transfer manpower, now is not a war, we do not have the right to arbitrarily recruit people, the election of more than 20,000 people in the camp to eat and drink must rely on the Wuzhou Yamen from the transfer, more consumption on the road, we can only admit, as long as the grain and grass continue, the soldiers will not starve to death if they eat a few bites less per meal. This is the reason why this batch of grain and grass is short of 5,000 quintals, which is a little more than under normal circumstances. ”

Yang Congyi explained the cause and effect clearly, and took the opportunity to complain a little.

Lord Huang didn't refute after hearing this, and then turned to the other two adults and asked, "Lord Zhang, Lord Li, do you two agree with Yang Congyi's statement?" ”

Lord Li nodded slightly: "Grain and grass transportation has been a big problem since ancient times, one is slow, the other is loss, the loss of 100 miles is 12, the loss of 1000 miles is 45 out of 10, and the loss of 1000 miles is 78 out of ten, and the use of soldiers for disaster relief has always been taboo to raise grain and grass across many places, in fact, the loss of grain and grass transportation is much or less, it is difficult to have a definite number, 35,000 quintals are transported from Jinhua to Yiwu, and the loss of 5,000 quintals is not too much, I think it can be understood. ”

Zhang Fu said directly: "Whether it is said in the past or not, we will wait until we go to Jinhua to verify and then make a conclusion." ”

Seeing that neither of the two adults had a clear objection, Lord Huang continued to ask: "On November 18, the general camp received 20,000 quintals of grain and grass from Jinhua County, Wuzhou, and your accounts record that 23,000 quintals were transferred from Jinhua, and these 3,000 quintals are also losses on the road, right?" ”

"Yes, the grain and grass from Jinhua, Wuzhou, and the selection camp are all entrusted to the Wuzhou Yamen."

"Then you talk about the batch of grain and grass transported from Quzhou on the 22nd day of the first month, the accounts show that the election camp mobilized 50,000 quintals of grain and grass from Quzhou at a time, but the number of people who entered the treasury of the election camp was only 40,000 quintals, and 10,000 quintals were lost along the way, and Quzhou to Yiwu was not too far, the loss was too much!"

Lord Huang took out his review record and continued to ask about the allocation of grain and grass.

Yang Congyi replied: "My lord, there is really no way to do this, Wuzhou and Quzhou are two places, and it is difficult to go to Quzhou to raise grain and grass." Although the imperial court gave the election general battalion 500,000 yuan in transfer vouchers, and they could go anywhere to allocate grain and grass, the election general battalion ran into a wall everywhere with the vouchers given by the household department, and every time they went to a place, it was either that the grain and grass in the warehouse were insufficient, or that the grain and grass in the inventory were of important use and could not be mobilized. Originally, I thought that with the household certificate, the general camp could go anywhere in the world to allocate grain and grass, but this was not the case, because the name of the warehouse was not specified on the certificate, and whether or not the grain and grass could be transferred depended entirely on the mood of the other party. In addition, the selection camp could not carry the grain and grass by itself, and finally the loss of the 50,000 quintals of grain and grass from Quzhou reached as much as 10,000 quintals, which was all out of the question. Xia Guan is just a small secretary of the front of the palace, and the two of them have no merit in joining the army, although the commander of the general camp is noble and noble as the king of Pu'an County, but if he does not come to the general camp for a day, few people will give face to the general camp, not only do not give face, do not assist, do not make stumbling blocks behind the back, and the whole camp of the general should be thankful. After returning to Beijing, can you ask when the king of Pu'an will be able to come to the general camp? If the king of the county doesn't come again, he won't be able to transfer the grain and grass when the batch of grain and grass in our granary runs out! ”

The three adults were slightly stunned when they heard Yang Congyi talk about the king of Pu'an County, and they didn't answer.

After a moment of silence, Lord Huang said: "You mean that the 50,000 quintals of grain sent by Quzhou lost 10,000 quintals on the way, you know that there is a problem, but you still received it according to 50,000 quintals, right?" ”

Yang Congyi immediately replied: "The lower officials didn't say that they knew, but they were a little suspicious that they exaggerated the loss of grain and grass on the road, but the election general camp is in urgent need of grain and grass, and if you don't accept the 50,000 loads of grain and grass they transported, the election general camp will run out of food immediately." Ladies and gentlemen, please tell the imperial court that the battalion of the selected generals has not been able to allocate grain and grass, and the grain in the granary can only last until late March at most. ”

"The problem of difficulty in the allocation of grain and grass will be coordinated and dealt with by the imperial court. However, as for the huge loss of grain and grass in Quzhou, your statement seems to be only one-sided at present, and we will go to Quzhou to verify. ”

Lord Huang said this, but in fact he had accepted Yang Congyi's explanation of the loss of 10,000 quintals of grain and grass in Quzhou.

"Thank you, sir! More than 20,000 people in the general camp are looking forward to it, and I hope that the imperial court can send someone to help us solve the problem of grain and grass as soon as possible, and the officials are grateful! ”

Yang Congyi saw that Lord Huang mentioned that the imperial court would solve the problem of grain and grass allocation, so he made another request, further stating the reality that it was difficult to raise grain and grass for the generals.

"Well, the imperial court will not pay attention to the allocation of grain and grass. We will put aside the issue of the loss of grain and grass allocated by the selected battalion, and we still need you to explain the issue of soldiers' rations. ”

"My lord, excuse me!"

Yang Congyi secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, as long as the problem of grain and grass loss was solved, there would be no more major problems in the accounts of the election camp.

"Judging from the accounts of the rations of the selected generals' battalions, the amount of food consumed by the soldiers of the first command in a month reached four hundred and fifty quintals, which was a full half more than that of other armies. Judging from the account books, there are now forty-five commanders in the election battalion, and the extra grain consumed every month reaches six or seven thousand quintals. ”

To Yang Congyi, Lord Huang was unceremonious, and continued to ask about the food, the food is consumed out of thin air every month, there must be moths among them, and finding problems is the main purpose of their coming to the general selection camp.

"Ladies and gentlemen, if you have been to the barracks, you will know that this excess food has entered the stomachs of the soldiers. When you look at your books, you may wonder why the armies are the same in number, but they receive different amounts of food. Here, Xia Guan explained to you that before the lunar month of last year, the amount of food received by the forbidden armies who came to participate in the selection of generals was exactly the same every month, but the number of each army has been different since the lunar month. This is because the amount of food each army receives every day from the lunar month onwards is linked to how long they train every day, and the training time of the whole army reaches five hours a day, with two catties of food per person, and if the training exceeds six hours, each person receives three catties of food, and if the training is less than three hours, each person receives one pound of food, and the training time is between three hours and five hours, and each person has one and a half pounds of food. It's not that the lower officials deliberately belittle the forbidden army in front of all the lords, after the forbidden army from all walks of life came to the general selection camp, there are only a handful of people who can insist on training for two hours a day, and the imperial court has allocated a huge amount of money of 1.5 million yuan, not for them to sleep, nor for them to come to eat for nothing, any bowl of rice given by the emperor and the court is a reward and must not be wasted! Any army that does not train with coolies, and who does not think about the safety of the Great Song Dynasty, is not worthy of being supported by the emperor and the imperial court! ”

The more Yang Congyi spoke, the more excited he became, and he was directly exposed to the three adults in front of the emperor and the court.

There was silence again.

Then Master Li asked: "The rations allocated by the imperial court to each army have always been a fixed amount, aren't you afraid that some troops will make trouble in this way?" ”

Yang Congyi replied: "The armies that came to participate in the general selection challenge are the best among all armies, and they all have the emperor and the court in their hearts. At first, some people were really unconvinced, after all, most people were lazy and hardworking, but fortunately, the general camp withstood the pressure, and it didn't take long for the 41st Forbidden Army to train for more than five hours a day. After several forbidden troops trained for more than six hours a day, they ate white rice at once, and they were able to eat enough at every meal, and within a few days, the 41st forbidden army trained for six hours a day. Later, we made a new rule that every day we would train the hardest working army and reward a meal of meat. I heard that the armies are now training harder. ”

He dodged the issue of camps and emphasized the exemplary effect of a well-behaved army.

"On the issue of the army receiving rations, we will go to the army to verify and confirm. Master Zhang, the question that the lower officials want to ask has already been asked. ”

Lord Huang turned his head and glanced at Zhang Fu.