Zhao Junsheng's mouth opened wide and his eyes were stunned.

Yu Ji wondered: "Zhao Dutong, what's wrong with you?" Too little? ”

Zhao Junsheng came back to his senses, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly hugged his fists and said, "No, no, no, Zhao is overjoyed!" I lost my mind for a while, please forgive Master Yu! At the critical moment, the prince was sympathetic to his subordinates, and asked Lord Yu to tell the prince after he went back, the prince was gracious, Zhao was toothless and unforgettable, but the prince had an edict, and he would never give up his position! ”

Zhao Junsheng also had to admit in his heart that although Tuoba Jian was ambitious, he was still willing to spend money on his own people, although Tuoba Jian was a prince, he was not too rich, his mother Mrs. Yin's family did not have much power, nor did she have much property, so she didn't help him at all, and she was able to take out 5,000 stones, grain and grass and 5,000 pieces of cloth was already doing her best.

Yu Ji said with a smile: "Zhao Du is serious, the prince admires you very much, you are here to train soldiers and horses, guard the line from Nantian Fort to Da'e Mountain, don't worry about Gu Bi and others making it bad, the prince will block everything that is not good for you for you!" ”

Speaking of this, Yu Ji leaned over and whispered mysteriously: "The prince also has helpers in the court, and recently news came from the capital that His Majesty the Emperor intends to let the prince take the position of marshal of the Jinling battalion!" ”

Zhao Junsheng was stunned when he heard this, and then said to Yu Ji with a smile: "It would be great if this was the case!" There is a prince who presides over the military affairs of the Jinling battalion, and he will strongly support his humble position! He has ordered the defenders of Da'e Mountain, Tunqi Mountain, and Nantianbao to increase their defensive facilities, strengthen and increase the city walls and fortresses, step up the training of soldiers, and strictly guard against the Rouran people, and never let them enter the pass! ”

Yu Ji was very satisfied with Zhao Junsheng's attitude, got up and said, "Okay, Yu must tell Zhao Dutong's words to the prince." This time, Yu Mou secretly came to see Zhao Dutong, and he must rush back to the Jinling camp before dawn tomorrow, so as not to be seen, and the relationship between Zhao Dutong and the prince must be kept secret for the time being, and it is best not to let outsiders know! ”

"Understand, lowly and worthy! It's just that Master Yu Bo is about to leave when he first comes, and he hasn't even taken a sip of tea, so he can't help it! ”

"It's okay, it's okay, it's going to be a long time!"

One day later, Zhao Junsheng got Li Bao's report that Mulan came.

He immediately rushed to meet him outside the barracks, but found that Hua Mulan came with a large number of people escorting a large amount of baggage, and immediately greeted him and asked: "Mulan, aren't you training soldiers and horses in the Jinling camp?" How can I be free today? What are they? ”

Hua Mulan jumped off the horse and said with a smile: "Brother Junsheng, I have sent you a baggage, here are five hundred stones of grain and grass and some ordnance and armor, which I pulled out from the ration of Huaishuo Town, you will stand up for a while, and I will find a way to transport a batch to you in the future!" ”

Zhao Junsheng really didn't know what to say, he said, "Mulan, thank you!" It's just that you gave us the rations of Huaishuo Town, and General Pi and the other generals in Huaishuo Town must be dissatisfied! ”

Zhao Junsheng can imagine that Hua Mulan does not have a family background to support her, and she will inevitably face the exclusion and suppression of others in the army, which is not easy, but she still wants to send him so much grain and grass, and she must bear huge pressure.

Hua Mulan smiled and said: "Brother Junsheng, you don't have to worry, this matter was agreed by General Pi, General Pi has already written to the emperor about what happened in the Jinling camp, presumably His Majesty the Emperor doesn't care." When he knew that you sent the money to me, he scolded me instead, and asked me to use the money to buy grain, grass and military supplies to send to you, I have already sent someone to buy it, but I can't buy it within a radius of 100 or so can't be bought, so I can only go to other states and counties, and it may take ten days and half a month to ship it! ”

Zhao Junsheng was very puzzled, he knew the person of the leather leopard, although this person was born as the emperor's companion, but he had no family background, and he didn't have any money, and he wanted to gain a foothold in the army to entrap the generals, and he couldn't do it without money, so the leather leopard has been trying his best to make money, and this money is not because he loves money, but because he needs it.

The leather leopard actually didn't accept the money sent by Zhao Junsheng to Mulan, which made him very puzzled, is there too few leather leopards?

"Let's go into the camp and talk!" Zhao Junsheng put aside the doubts in his heart and said to Mulan.

Hua Mulan nodded, and beckoned the escort soldiers and coachmen to drive the cart loaded with baggage into the baggage warehouse in the barracks.

Zhao Junsheng led Mulan to the barracks lobby, and as soon as Mulan entered the barracks, she became a curious baby, "Brother Junsheng, I haven't been here for half a month, why has there been such a big change here?" This barracks is so neatly built, and there are wooden barracks, it is much more magnificent than before! ”

Zhao Junsheng said with a smile: "Isn't this coming soon, how many camp tents were crushed by the wind and snow in Jinling last winter, and how many soldiers and livestock were crushed to death by freezing to death, but I remember clearly, there is enough labor here, so I renovated the barracks first, and by the way, I also built a camp for those people to avoid repeating the mistakes of the past."

Hua Mulan nodded again and again when she heard this, and said, "Brother Junsheng's move is good, and I will also suggest to General Pi that the camp barracks be renovated after I go back!" ”

The two came to Zhao Junsheng's separate barracks, Zhao Junsheng poured a cup of hot tea for Mulan, asked her to sit down, and asked about the new army in Huaishuo Town.

Hua Mulan took a sip of tea and said: "The recruits have all been reported so far, and we in Huaishuo Town will train a group when they come, and they will form a building and immediately conduct drills." In order to speed up the progress and effect of the drill as soon as possible, I suggested to General Pi that he should be in charge of six buildings, and I would be in charge of four, and each of them would personally lead the team to drill, and the content of the drill was the same, and I was also responsible for military discipline issues. ”

Zhao Junsheng asked again: "In addition to Huaishuo Town, what other military towns are there in Jinling Daying?" ”

"There are also the Right Guard, the Xiao Cavalry Army, and Woye Town, Woye Town has also re-recruited soldiers and horses to restore the formation, and Yuan He has taken over as the town general! The Right Guard Army and the Xiao Cavalry Army have also replenished their soldiers and horses, and now there are nearly 30,000 soldiers and horses in the entire Jinling battalion! ”

Zhao Junsheng listened to these words in his ears, but it was another mood, Gu Bi, this guy is really poisonous, nearly 30,000 soldiers and horses have a huge demand for food, grass and military supplies, but this person does not allocate him a little heavy grain and grass, this is clearly to starve him and his generals to death!

"Okay, since you Gu Bi treated me Zhao Junsheng and the baggage battalion like this, then don't blame me for not being merciful, any orders from your Gu Bi in the future, Lao Tzu will not obey the order on the grounds that there is no military baggage, Lao Tzu will see what you can do with Lao Tzu!"

Zhao Junsheng was slandering in his heart, Hua Mulan remembered something, took out a letter and handed it to Zhao Junsheng: "I almost forgot about this, this is a letter from General Pi to you!" ”

"Oh?" Zhao Junsheng took the letter suspiciously, what did this leopard have to communicate with him in the form of letters?

He opened the letter and read it, and only then did he understand why the leather leopard didn't ask him for the money he sent to Mulan, it turned out that it wasn't that the leather leopard had become generous, but that this guy still wanted to get more money through his sale of customs clearance documents.

This year is only two months, and after the New Year, it is a new year, and Huaishuo Town can sell five customs clearance documents, according to the previous price, this time it can be sold for 5,000 gold.

Hua Mulan asked curiously: "Brother Junsheng, what did General Pi say in the letter?" ”

Zhao Junsheng weighed it, and no longer avoided Mulan, and said to her: "Presumably you also know that the imperial court's military supplies to the armies are limited, not unlimited supplies, and there is no need to worry about ordnance and armor, but other military supplies are not enough many times, if the army wants to train strong soldiers, it is necessary to ensure that the military supplies are sufficient, which requires the generals in the army to find ways to raise military expenses on their own. It's just that this matter has not yet been made public, just take the Jinling camp as an example, in addition to the Xiao cavalry army, the other armies have their own caravans to raise military expenses, Huaishuo Town is no exception, because I am the Jinling camp was originally responsible for the military logistics supply of the capital, so I am specifically responsible for this matter, General Pi's letter is to ask which caravan will be handed over to Huaishuo Town next year to raise military expenses! Your status in Huaishuo Town was not high before, of course I don't know about it, and I don't know about it, after all, this kind of thing is not good to say, it's better if you don't know, but now that you are the deputy general and military Sima of Huaishuo Town, you should also have the right to know about it, so I told you! ”

Hua Mulan frowned and said, "This kind of thing is not allowed by laws and regulations in the imperial court, right?" ”

Zhao Junsheng shook his head and said: "There is no relevant decree in the imperial court that prohibits the army from forming caravans to raise military expenses, but on the one hand, this kind of thing is not good to say, and it will bring a bad reputation to the armies; In addition, you also know that the caravan is to pay taxes to the imperial court, but the caravan of the army can be unimpeded at any pass in the territory of the Great Wei, and there is no need to pay taxes, so the imperial court will receive less taxes, if the emperor knows about this matter, I am afraid that he will be very unhappy, as for those ministers, it is difficult to say! ”

Hua Mulan immediately understood: "The emperor is unhappy because the whole world is his, and less taxes means less money he can use; And the ministers are only afraid that there are many people covering up this matter, because most of the caravans in the world are their vassals, and they often contribute money to them on weekdays, if the court orders a ban on this matter, it is equivalent to cutting off their financial routes, they will not ban it, and they may unite to put pressure on the emperor! ”

Zhao Junsheng was very relieved, and Mulan immediately hit the nail on the head.

At this time, Mulan suddenly realized and said, "No wonder······ Yesterday at the military meeting of the marshal's line, the ancient prison army said that you and your soldiers and horses are not very obedient to the dispatch, and there is a history of mutiny, and said that you borrowed 5,000 horses but refused to return them, and simply did not take him as a prison army in your eyes, and wanted to punish your crimes, but was opposed by King Yongchang, General Pi and Yuan He at the same time, it turned out that it was because you were their money bag, if something happened to you, their money bag would be gone! ”