Chapter 171: Insult from the Merchant
The next day, the 500 soldiers who originally lived in the school yard in the west of the city opened up a camp on the side of the Minzhou military camp under the leadership of Chang Le. All the tents and equipment brought by him were settled down and taken care of, but it took a morning, and in the afternoon, Chang Le took these five hundred soldiers into the barracks, accompanied by Qin Huaiyu.
Qin Huaiyu only heard that Xuan Shijing had trained a team of government soldiers in Dongshan County, but he had never seen the appearance of this team.
Obviously, in the three years in Dongshan County, these 500 soldiers have been sharpened into a sharp blade, and the only thing missing is the baptism of the enemy's blood.
The process of familiarizing these 500 soldiers with the 30,000 Minzhou army was only one afternoon, one afternoon, and Chang Le dispatched them, and one government soldier trained with sixty Minzhou troops.
Minzhou is mountainous, naturally indispensable jungle trees, Chang Le feels that training here, in terms of congenital conditions, is much better than Dongshan County, as for military food, that is what his own Hou Ye should worry about.
The equipment used in the training was naturally made by the Minzhou army going to the mountains to cut down trees and transporting them back, and the things were made, and those Minzhou soldiers looked at them stupidly, and they didn't know how to use them, let alone know that these things would be their nightmare for them in the next period of time.
If the Minzhou army is trained according to the Dongshan County government soldiers, the money spent is not a small amount, except for the army itself to go to the mountains and forests to pick up some food, the supply of the government is also indispensable, since it is to be supplied, it must cost money, fortunately, the grain stored in the granary of the Minzhou city government is enough to support a period of time.
Xuan Shijing's requirements are not high, it is enough to support 30,000 people for a month's training, and after a month, the army of Minzhou will confront Tuyuhun head-on, as long as it is handled properly, it is also very profitable to fight.
As for money, the team transporting military salaries on the Chang'an side has already set off, and the Shangzhou side will soon send back the things that Li Zhi took away, so that the Minzhou Mansion is only the military salary of the Minzhou army, which is a double share, and it is enough to transfer one share for training the army.
As for the money and grain stored in the treasury, when the war is over, everything will be available.
Qin Huaiyu and Chang Le lived in the barracks, and Qin Huaiyu also wanted to see how Chang Le trained these lazy Minzhou sergeants.
Among the government offices in Minzhou, only Xuan Shijing, Qin Bingyue and Gao Jun remained, plus the two small officials before, the grass platform team of the government was only five people, and in the face of a steady stream of daily things, Xuan Shijing could barely cope with it.
After receiving Xuan Shijing's orders, the caravan stationed in Minzhou immediately reloaded and went to Tuyuhun, and then the news of Tuyuhun would continue to spread to Minzhou.
In the hall, Xuan Shijing was sitting behind the bookcase, looking at the few merchants below.
These merchants were all asked by Xuan Shijing to let Gao Jun inform them to come, and they were all relatively large local merchants in Minzhou, who did overseas trading all year round, and also had dealings with Tuyuhun.
Xuan Shijing summoned them here today, also for the sake of training in the army.
"Today, I summoned you to this Minzhou Mansion, and when I wanted to come to Gao Jun to find you, I had already said the reason for some things, and Ben Hou wanted to hear it now, what do you think." Xuan Shijing looked at the people below and said.
One of the businessmen looked at his companions standing beside him, muttered, and then said: "Hou Ye, as a merchant in Minzhou, we should benefit the people of Minzhou, if Tuguhun comes to attack, we should also work together to resist foreign enemies, but it is close to winter, there are still many foreign accounts outside the lower part that have not been recovered, and there is really not much money left in hand, however, in order to show the support for Hou Ye's administration in Minzhou, after I am willing to go back, I will buy 500 catties of pork meat and send it to the camp to encourage the soldiers to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions." to defend Minzhou. ”
Obviously, these businessmen don't want to contribute money for no reason, as for the five hundred catties of pork meat, it is just a matter of a few dollars, so as not to slap this Hou Ye in the face.
"That's what you mean, the rest?" Xuan Shijing's gaze fell on the others.
"This ......"
Some people are unsure, but after feeling sorry for the money in their pockets, they have said that they will pay for some meat to send to the army, and the most is only that they will give out more than 900 catties of pork meat.
A group of masters who don't see rabbits and don't scatter eagles.
"Ben Hou might as well tell you the truth, there will be a battle between Minzhou and Tuyuhun, and the scale of this battle will not be small." Xuan Shijing said.
What does Xuan Shijing take to make a small fight, the more cheerful he is, the more bleak he is, the more oil and water can be fished.
The few merchants standing below didn't know what Xuan Shijing meant by saying this to them.
"Fighting a war is a thing that can make a fortune for Ben Hou, Ben Hou originally thought, everyone has money to earn together, since a few people don't plan to participate, then Ben Hou is not reluctant, Gao Jun, send off guests." Xuan Shijing said to Gao Jun.
"Yes." Gao Jun responded, and then turned to look at the several merchants in the hall: "Several, please." ”
Those businessmen looked at each other, and Xuan Shijing's words made them hear in a fog, although they heard the word fortune, but they couldn't figure out what this Hou Ye meant.
"Please also make it clear to Master Hou." One of the merchants, reluctant to leave, asked.
He had heard of Xuan Shijing's name, and he didn't know much about this Hou Ye himself, but he knew that behind the Shengtang Chamber of Commerce, it was this Hou Ye.
Today's Shengtang Chamber of Commerce is the leading chamber of commerce in the entire Tang Dynasty.
"Ben Hou can only say that now the Chamber of Commerce under Ben Hou's name has set off for Tuyuhun, as for what to do, Ben Hou is inconvenient to say more to you, everyone, please go back." Xuan Shijing said coldly.
For these merchants, from the time they said five hundred catties of pork meat, Xuan Shijing had no good impression of them.
No matter how poor the Minzhou Mansion is, there is no shortage of these dozen or so money from a few of them, is there a way to send them a meal? What's more, the Minzhou army fought with their lives against Tuyuhun, who was it defending? Aren't the biggest beneficiaries still these businessmen?
Since they were given the opportunity to humiliate Xuan Shijing in turn, there was no need for them to participate in this matter.
Xuan Shijing waved his hand and motioned for Gao Jun to send off the guest.
If it weren't for Gao Jun's own name, I'm afraid he wouldn't have been able to invite these people.