Yes, King Chuang Lu Shi can't wait any longer, why can He Renlong and others wait? In fact, they were even more anxious than Lu Shi.

The original tepid battle of Weinan is what He Renlong wants to see and pleases the most in the reorganization of the new army, everyone is consumed like this, so that there can be a period of time without interference, and the reorganization and training of the new army with peace of mind, at a meeting, He Renlong said to several superiors with great joy: "God bless the Ming, let the thief be confused, so proud and arrogant squatting in Pucheng, attracted by our thousands of defenders, ten thousand signing, leaving us a month to train the new army, if it continues to develop according to the current optimistic situation, Just give me two more months. Looking at Zhang Yuan, who was full of bitter faces, he immediately changed his words and said: "As long as there is another month, I can train an army of 30,000 people who dare to fight and can fight, and by that time——"

The governor stroked his beard and took over the topic with a relaxed face: "General He is reasonable, on the one hand, God favors our country, and secondly, the pole is still just a pole after all, a group of things that forget their ancestors in order to eat a bite, all of them are reckless men with rat eyes, where do they really know how to fight in the military?" Where is a little bit of long-term vision? A little bit of a win gets carried away. At this point, he couldn't help but snort even more contemptuously, and then said: "As long as I wait until my Qinwang army comes back, and the two armies are combined, it will be the time when the thieves are wiped out." ”

"What my husband said is very true." Zhang Yuan sat in the last seat, flattering with a smile on his face, but immediately whispered: "It's just that this whole army of elite forces consumes a lot of money and food, and now the supply is greatly tight, and it can only last for half a month at most." ”

Li Yingzhi squinted his eyes and glanced at Zhang Yuan, this celebrity under Hong Chengchou is responsible for the preparation of this piece of grain and grass, and he is also a businessman, and at the same time, his true colors are also coming in handy, and the supply of grain and grass for these tens of thousands of new troops is quite proper. Then there are the fierce generals He Renlong, Hong Chengchou, what a character, a good subordinate of **, if he hadn't gotten his full help, he couldn't say it, this thief would have made himself anxious.

Seeing that the governor glanced at him, and then silently served tea and tea, Zhang Yuan hurriedly explained in a low voice: "The army needs a huge amount, in addition to the full allocation of the old ancestor, the rest also depends on the donation of the Yan'an gentry. However, after years of disasters and turmoil, coupled with the encirclement and suppression of thieves some time ago, everyone has done their best, so there is much more lack and powerlessness. ”

"Snort." Li Yingzhi snorted in his nostrils faintly. Crying poor, who doesn't know that you avenged your father and Jiao'er at the beginning, but this act of righteous indignation made you gain fame and fortune at once, not only promoted, but also as an official and businessman, so that your business can reach inside and outside the customs, as well as the south. He also united with those landlords and heroes, bought and sold officials, and faintly became the leader of the gentry and powerful in this Shaanxi land.

Now, the financial resources in your family's hands, I'm afraid that even the head of the Ming household department will be ashamed and embarrassed, not to mention raising tens of thousands of unpaid soldiers and horses, even if it is several times more, it is not a problem at all.

It seemed to see Li Yingqi's dissatisfaction, Zhang Yuan was panicked at the time, although he was rich and rivaled the country, but businessmen, at all times, were fat pigs in captivity in the hands of officials, and they could ruin their families in every minute, which could not be offended, so he hurriedly explained with sincere fear: "Old man, although the gentry in Yan'an and other places are difficult, everyone still cherishes the emperor's grace, and in this time of internal and external difficulties, they want to share the emperor's worries, so they still break the family and donate money, so they can barely maintain." After a few words, he peeked at it, Li Yingqi's face was slightly clear, and he hurriedly said: "However, from Yan'an to Xi'an, the original road was open, but now it is all in the place of thieves and troubles, and this grain and grass transfer has become a big trouble." All the baggage has to detour to Qingyang, not only the road is extended three times, the servant mules and horses, people eat horses and chew huge consumption, a stone of grain comes over, the consumption is more than ten times, and the horse bandits are rampant along the way, harassment and robbery along the way, and there are more people who are mixed into the servant to take advantage of the situation to cooperate, the loss is greater, at that time, Hong's husband Zu exhausted his efforts to transfer two thousand of the three thousand garrisons in Yan'an to escort and protect along the way, the two thousand garrisons are now almost lost, and there is not much left. ”

Speaking of this, I couldn't help but have a sad face and a deep pain.

It is true that this kind of loss makes him feel painful, these garrisons are all under the planning of Qian Zhongjun, and the old strength of the Zhang Jiajun that he has worked hard to build, and he still expects them to be promoted, this time it is a loss in vain, of course, it hurts.

Hearing this, Li Yingqi was not moved, straightened his waist, put down the tea bowl and asked the Shaanxi General Soldier sitting beside him, after all, he was a literati, and these things were indeed not very clear.

Seeing the governor's inquiry, the general soldier hurriedly bowed his hand, and replied respectfully: "What Lord Zhang said is extremely true. Then he couldn't help but sigh.

"Why does the general sigh?" Li Yingzhi was even more puzzled and hurriedly asked.

The chief soldier shook his head slightly and said: "Actually, Lord Zhang has worked hard to transport grain, not only does it consume a lot, but the most important thing is that he is also a disguised enemy." ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhang Yuan's soul was frightened at that time, and he burst out in a cold sweat, saying what to say, this mill has not been pulled yet, and he will kill the donkey.

One turned over, fell to the ground with a bang, knocked his head like a chicken pecking rice, and hurriedly defended himself: "Old man, Lord Zongbing, the lower official is wronged, the lower official and the thief have a common enmity, how can the lower official be the enemy?" Xiaguan—"

When the general soldier saw Zhang Yuan like this, he knew that Zhang Yuan had misunderstood, so he hurriedly stood up, stretched out his hand to pull Zhang Yuan, and when he pulled him, he felt that Zhang Yuan's whole body was like a swing, trembling.

"General Zhang misunderstood, misunderstood. I'm just helping you clarify the situation, how can I hurt you? The general soldier couldn't help but comfort while pulling.

When the general soldier just said that Zhang Yuan was the enemy, Li Yingqi was also surprised, but after all, a smart person understood the truth of the matter in a blink of an eye, a large amount of grain and grass was plundered by horse bandits and thieves along the way, is it not a disguised enemy? But he didn't really do it before he was confused. So he also stood up and comforted Zhang Yuan.

Zhang Yuan put his heart back in his stomach after some comfort and explanation, this false alarm made Zhang Yuan more aware of his low status as a businessman, even if he became an official, he couldn't do it, except that he would make the official bigger, big enough to protect himself.

When this little episode passed, everyone continued to discuss the military situation.

Li Yingzhi stood up, paced slowly, and said after a long time: "Since this is the case, then collect it locally, 30,000 new troops can't fight the thieves right now." ”

As soon as this plan came out, the other people in the lobby were silent, and they did not cater to it as before.

"Why don't you keep quiet, is there anything wrong?" Li Yingqi couldn't help but ask.

Together, everyone turned their attention to the real local parent official, the prefect Zuo Lianggong.

Zuo Lianggong was very distressed, the prince, the governor, and the prefect all worked in one city, but as a result, he was the leader of the shepherd side, but he really became an ornament, and his actual power was not as good as that of a master under the governor.

However, this is also good, the world is gradually chaotic, especially now that the thieves are rising, and they are just hiding, protecting themselves, and being a gourd without a mouth, so as not to cause trouble.

Zuo Lianggong saw that he couldn't do it, so he had to stand up and salute: "Lord Governor, it's impossible to recruit on the spot now." ”

"Why?" Li Yingqi asked inexplicably.

"If you go back to your lordship, first, the richest place in this province and the province has been left without a single crop after the implementation of the fortified wall and clearing the wilderness in Pucheng, and the people have either been driven away, or driven into various castles and villages, and there is no object to be levied."

Li Yingzhi nodded, this is the truth, there is no one, who else are you recruiting from? "What about the forts? The gentry should also learn from the Yansui villagers and contribute to the country. ”

Hearing this, the prefect Zuo Lianggong smiled even more bitterly, bowed slightly and said: "My lord doesn't know, before the bandits, the squires from all over the country can also donate some troops, but, as soon as this thief comes, although he does not attack the city, but the countryside has long become his world, once the official government goes to the countryside to raise funds, immediately fireworks are all over the way, and the thieves and cavalry are not in a moment, as well as the people who are thieves, with knives and guns, they all come with knives and guns, and now everyone can only stay in the city, so, so——"

"Bastard." Li Yingqi was furious when he heard this, and threw the teacup in his hand on the ground, "When is it, you are still so greedy for life and afraid of death, do you think that this governor is still unfavorable?" ”

In the face of Li Yingqi's thunderous anger, Zuo Lianggong just lowered his head, put his hands together and lowered his eyebrows.

scolded angrily for a long time, for this prefect who has been completely elevated by himself and has become an ornament, Li Yingqi also feels that he has been angry this time. After a long time, he calmed down his mind and said to Zuo Lianggong: "Won't you organize a large group of people to set off?" ”

"I have sent, last time I asked some rich families in the city to form a grain team, and there are as many as 500 people in a team."

"Well, it's done, it's going to be rewarding."

"As a result, there is still no return, and no one rushes back." Zuo Lianggong replied in a low voice and dejectedly. Without waiting for the governor to get angry, he continued to himself: "And it seems that the thieves are happy with us. ”

"Why?"

"They don't have a shortage of people and laborers in their bases, and that's what they do."

Silence, deathly silence.

"Your Excellency." Looking at the helpless Li Yingqi, Zuo Lianggong cautiously put forward an unprecedented suggestion, which is also an embarrassing problem: "Is it an adult to come forward and borrow some from the palace, as long as the prince is willing to give one-tenth, he can completely support the needs of the army for a year, as long as——"

Li Yingqi glared at Zuo Lianggong fiercely, aren't you disgusting me? The things in the prince's hand, did you see the past and take it out? During the New Year's holidays, I waited to bow down and celebrate, and the reward was only two taels of silver, and it hurt so much, let him take out one percent, wouldn't that kill him? I can't say it, the grain and grass were not borrowed, and when the matter was over, a letter of excerpts from myself flew to Beijing City, and let the little emperor who valued family affection cut himself.

This doesn't work, that doesn't work, is it really just a battle in advance?