After hearing this, Nan Ming nodded and said, "It's okay to ask the imperial court for grain and grass, but the imperial court also allocates a certain amount of grain and grass to the military camp every year. ”

After hearing Nan Ming's words, Mu Kun lowered his head and fell silent. With a leisurely sigh, Mu Kun knew that what Nan Ming said was not wrong, from the time he joined the army as a general until now, he has been a border general stationed in Yuzhou for so many years, the amount of military salaries, grain and grass allocated to him by the DPRK and China every year is limited.

Even since the drought and flood in the Celestial Empire, the grain and grass allocated by the DPRK to the army can no longer be enough to support the army's salary for a year, and he has to find his own way to supplement the army's salary.

Then Mu Kun was silent for a moment, and then spoke, "In this case, we may have to order the army to collect grain and grass from the people of Yuzhou, and then give them double or even double the usual price to collect grain and grass from them. ”

It is not impossible to collect grain and grass from the people during the war, just like the emperor of the previous dynasty, when he was besieged by the enemy in the city of Beiping, the grain and grass were insufficient, and the support of the rear army was also intercepted by the enemy on the way, and finally the emperor of the former dynasty was really helpless, so he had to collect grain and grass from the people in the city of Beiping, and promised the people of the pillar army of grain and grass after the war, and would give back with a lot of money.

Nan Ming agreed with Mu Kun's idea and said, "Collecting grain and grass from the people at a high price is the most effective and fastest way to get grain and grass. Only, where does the money for the levy come from? ”

They are not the emperors of the previous dynasty, and they do not have the right to give back to the people, and they collect grain and grass at high prices, so where will their silver come from? The amount of money required to levy grain and grass is not a small amount.

Hearing Nan Ming's analysis, Mu Kun felt like being poured a basin of cold water on his heart, the salary in the army was used as a subsidy for the soldiers, and there was also the cost of weapons in the army.

Only under their careful calculations can they barely survive the payment of military salaries next year.

Now, when grain and grass are to be levied at high prices from the people, where can the army have the silver to supply such a large expenditure? It's a headache.

Just when everyone was silent for a while, they were sad about the cost of this grain requisition. Jiuhuang, who had sat on the side and never said a word, finally spoke, "I think, there is someone who can help us about the silver. ”

Nan Ming, Mu Kun and the generals who were doing it all looked at Jiuhuang curiously.

"Who is the person in the mouth of the county lord?" Nan Ming looked at Jiuhuang Dao seriously.

When Mu Kun heard Jiuhuang's words, he had a moment of doubt, and he didn't know who was willing to spend so much money to support the army.

Then Mu Kun suddenly thought of something, looked at Jiuhuang, and asked uncertainly, "The person in the mouth of the county lord, is it?" ”

Seeing Mu Kun's reaction and everyone's curious appearance, Jiuhuang said, "That's right, that person is in our military camp, I believe that all the generals here, except for Uncle Nan, everyone else knows him, Su Ran, the young owner of Huayang Villa." ”

Su Ran? A trace of doubt flashed in Nanming's eyes, Huayang Villa He knew that the first villa in the Heavenly Empire was none other than Huayang.

There was a rumor that Huayang Villa was rich and rivaled the country, but he didn't know how the young owner of Huayang Villa could come to the barracks!

Looking at Nan Ming's doubts, without waiting for Jiuhuang to speak, Mu Kun had already explained, "In Xuyang, Lord Xu came to Yuzhou from Shangjing, thousands of miles away, and was robbed and killed on the way. ”

After listening to Mu Kun's explanation, the doubts in Nan Ming's heart were suddenly solved, and he said, "It costs a lot to levy grain, and we are going to levy more than 100,000 troops of grain and grass, or even more, in case of emergency." Is the young owner of Huayang willing to take out this silver? ”

"Although Su Ran was not born in Jiangmen, he also has a heart of loyalty to the country, not to mention that it is still what the county lord wants, how can Su Ran be unreasonable? What's more, it's just a little money, as long as he can contribute a little bit to the army, Su Ran is also happy. ”

Nan Ming's questioning words had just fallen, but he saw Su Ran block the soldiers who stopped him, opened the curtain of the tent, and walked in.

Mu Kun had seen that Su Ran had often been with Jiuhuang in the past few days and was not bored, but now he saw that Su Ran ignored his instructions and rashly broke into the camp tent, although he was willing to take out the silver money to collect grain and grass for the army, but Mu Kun was still unhappy in his heart.

"Although the owner of Su Shaozhuang was not born in Jiangmen, as the young master of a village and the future heir, he has a lot of books and ink in his heart, don't you know that the military order is like a mountain?"

Except for Su Ran and Mu Kun, everyone else who heard Mu Kun's words looked at Mu Kun with puzzlement.

Although Su Ran violated the military order by breaking into the camp tent privately, what they should do now is to collect grain and grass as soon as possible.

Nan Ming looked at Mu Kun, from the rumors to the first time he saw Mu Kun, and before Mu Kun said this, Nan Ming looked at Mu Kun, a young young general who was only in his teens.

His calmness, lack of chaos, and grasp people's hearts made Nan Ming sigh secretly, 'It is a great fortune that the Celestial Empire has such a talent', but he didn't expect that he would be so disregarding the overall situation now.

Su Ran listened to Mu Kun's words, there was no emotional fluctuation on his face, and his eyes looked at Mu Kun seemingly casually, but only the two of them knew that at this moment, the two of them had exchanged their eyes no less than hundreds of times.

The atmosphere suddenly became weird, just when everyone thought that Su Ran would be angry because of Mu Kun's words and unwilling to take out the money to support the army to collect grain and grass, but they heard Su Ran smile loudly, and said, "General Mu's words made Su Ran really ashamed, Su Ran was worried about the war between the Celestial Empire and Batu, and wanted to make a small contribution to the Celestial Empire, so he would break into the camp tent regardless of the military order, if General Mu thought that Su Ran's intentions were wrong, then Su Ran was willing to be punished by General Mu with a military order, and there would never be half a complaint." ”

Su Ran's words are extremely skillful, and he cares about the war of the Celestial Empire, as a citizen of the Celestial Empire, is it wrong to want to contribute to the Celestial Empire? Of course, there is nothing wrong with it, and even his approach will be loved by the people of the Celestial Empire.

It was precisely because he was eager to contribute to the Celestial Empire that he violated the military order. If Mu Kun punished Su Ran for this, then it would definitely be affected in the hearts of the soldiers of the Celestial Empire.

If this matter spreads, let the people of the Celestial Empire who have the same mind as Su Ran know, who would dare to support the army. After letting the people of the Celestial Empire know, they will definitely complain about Mu Kun. What's more, if this matter reached the ears of Zhao Yun, the emperor of the Celestial Empire, he would definitely suspect Mu Kun's motives.

Su Ran's words, from any point of view, were harmless to him, but they were harmless to Mu Kun.

Nan Ming looked at Su Ran, his appearance was a good son, but he didn't expect that his scheming was so deep.

Jiuhuang also heard the meaning of Su Ran's words, although because Mu Kun's previous words were wrong, he also touched his eyebrows even more because of what Su Ran said to Mu Kun.

Thinking about it, Mu Kun also heard the sound of Su Ran's words and understood the twists and turns. I knew in my heart that because of my recklessness this time, I had suffered a big loss in front of Su Ran, and I confirmed that I should be very careful when dealing with Su Ran in the future.

"Hehe, Master Su Shaozhuang laughed, Master Su Shaozhuang's thoughts, Mu Kun will report to the emperor. If there are more loyal and patriotic people like Su Shaozhuang in the Celestial Empire, I think my Celestial Empire will be a prosperous and prosperous world. ”

Seeing that Mu Kun had set a trap for himself, Su Ran did not answer Mu Kun's words.

If he takes over Mu Kun, then Mu Kun's words, 'People like him will make the Celestial Empire a prosperous and prosperous world', doesn't that mean that he is equivalent to the emperor and will govern a prosperous and prosperous world. If this is the case, then the royal family of the Celestial Empire will definitely try their best to suppress Huayang Villa.

Although Huayang is not afraid of the suppression of the royal family, Huayang's business is all over the world, but Huayang's main village and important business are still in the Celestial Empire and in Shangjing.

Then Su Ran changed the topic and said, "I then ordered my scholar to instruct Huayang's money village in Yuzhou to let them prepare all the money in the village, and then I will instruct Huayang's rice merchants in Yuzhou to stop selling rice and buy grain from rice merchants in nearby towns at a high price, so that they may be able to collect grain and grass faster." ”

Hearing Su Ran's words, everyone present nodded.

Huayang Villa's business spreads all over the world, and its financial resources are even richer.

With Su Ran's support and the help of the Su family's shops, I believe that this expropriation will be successful.

After Mu Kun heard Su Ran's words, he was also very happy, and then listened to him order: "Okay, this expropriation will be fully responsible for the owner of Su Shaozhuang, with Yumu assisting, what other proposals do you have?"

After the words fell, Nan Ming glanced at the generals, and then said to Mu Kun: "General Mu, I have a small request, and I hope General Mu can agree."

Hearing Nan Ming's words, Mu Kun said refreshingly: "I don't know what Uncle Nan wants?"

Nan Ming said: "There is a righteous son who has always wanted to join the army, and this time he is coming down to Yuzhou, with the army, and I hope that the general can see the thin side of the next and let him participate in the collection of grain and grass this time."

After Mu Kun heard Nanming's words, he thought it would be a big deal, but it was just such a small thing.

Since he is Nanming's righteous son, how could Mu Kun not sell Nanming's face? If it weren't for the sudden arrival of the army led by Nanming, perhaps Yuzhou would have been captured by Bass by now and became Batu's territory.

I saw Mu Kun smile and said: "It turns out that this is the case, Nan Ming can let your righteous son follow Yumu to assist the owner of Su Shaozhuang."

Seeing that Mu Kun agreed, Nan Ming also nodded and thanked him.

After Mu Kun arranged the personnel for the collection of grain and grass this time, he personally took the soldiers of the Celestial Empire to defend the tower of Yuzhou City Gate.