"Oh? What does Lord Liu mean by this? ”

Lu Chen asked pretending to be puzzled.

At this time, Liu Feng was no longer able to sit in his seat, but followed Lu Chen's side, and said with a shy face: "This official was also deceived by those thieves, so it caused Lord Lu to be unjustly imprisoned, which is really ...... It's really the fault of the official, and I hope Lord Lu can understand one or two. ”

"Oh, that's it......" Lu Chen lowered his head and flicked his nails, and said casually: "Since the county head did not intend to disobey the king's orders, the official can naturally understand it, but ...... The grain, grass, ordnance, and various reserves in my border city are already stretched, and if the barbarians invade again, the border army may not be able to support it. ”

"These are easy to say, easy to say......" Liu Feng smiled dryly.

"So, is the county chief willing to help the official?" Lu Chen said in surprise.

"This is natural, natural ......" Liu Feng is so sleek, how can he not hear the meaning of Lu Chen's words, at this time, even if he is stupid, he can understand what Lu Chen meant, he still responded with that flattering attitude, and said: "Lord Lu was ordered to guard the border pass and lead the army to resist the barbarian enemy. ”

As he spoke, he paused, and then followed behind Lu Chen and said with a smile: "I just don't know how much Lord Lu needs......"

"The affairs in the army, this official has already been handed over to General Xiao Wang to deal with, this, I'm afraid I have to ask General Xiao." Lu Chen pretended to say, in fact, he knew better than anyone how much the reserves in the border city were now, but he deliberately pushed this problem to Xiao Wang.

Xiao Wang is so smart, the eyelashes are empty, seeing this, he immediately arched his hand and said: "Back to my lord, my border army of 30,000 soldiers, until the lord takes office, make up for the arrears of the previous months, so in terms of military salary, the county can no longer support the next distribution, the supply of grain and grass is even more stretched, and there are less than 1,000 stones left in the army." As for the ordnance, after the last battle at Hulukou, although our army broke the barbarian enemy, due to the fire attack, the arrows were almost exhausted, and at this time, the army was empty of strong bows......"

His words couldn't be more straightforward, that is, to tell Liu Feng clearly that at this time, among the border army, there is nothing to want, there is no food, no armament, and everything is lacking.

Lu Chen glanced at Xiao Wang appreciatively when he heard this, but he still deliberately made a dissatisfied look and said: "General Xiao, Lord County, you are asking how much our army needs, why don't you tell Lord County Head directly!" ”

"Oh." Xiao Wang responded, and then said: "My lord, that's the case, our army's main advantage against the barbarians lies in the bow and crossbow, therefore, the last general suggested that 200,000 arrows should be immediately replenished to distribute to the battalions, as for the grain and grass, it is the top priority, if the soldiers are hungry, how can they still fight, therefore, the last general suggested that the grain and grass should also be supplemented to our army for March, and in terms of military salaries, the same is true, this is related to the stability of the army's heart, it is not important, and it should also be prepared 600,000 taels of silver......

From ancient times to the present, no matter what era, war, it is burning money, don't look at the series of amounts that Xiao Wang said seem to be quite huge, but in fact, after a real big war, these things will be digested.

This is also the reason why Lu Chen wants to take care of internal affairs. Without huge economic support as a backing, you can't afford to raise an army, and if you want to have your own economic system, then the internal affairs are undoubtedly crucial!

He can seize Liu Feng's handle today and blackmail and blackmail, but what about in the future? With Liu Feng's attitude of hating him to the core, is it possible to give him food, grass, ordnance and other supplies in the future?

The answer is clearly no.

Therefore, Lu Chen must now knock Liu Feng hard so that he has several months of inventory reserves, and during this period, he will also overhaul the internal affairs, believing that before this batch of materials is used up, the border city and county will be self-sufficient.

However, after listening to Xiao Wang's explanation, Liu Feng's face suddenly became extremely difficult to look at.

200,000 arrows, the county government can definitely get it, this is not a key issue, the key problem is that Xiao Wang asked for 600,000 taels of silver and three months of grain and grass supply for the border army.

You must know that the current border army already has an establishment of 50,000, 50,000 soldiers, and three months of food, which consumes an astronomical amount, and in the chaotic era of the world, food is sometimes more important than money!

This, this is equivalent to cutting meat on Liu Feng! If the latter's face can be good-looking, it will be strange!

"This ...... It's ......," he said, embarrassed.

Seeing this, Lu Chen raised his eyebrows and asked, "What?" What is the difficulty of the county chief? If this is the case, then the official is not reluctant, so he can only report to the king and ask the king to support him. ”

The threat in his words, how could Liu Feng not hear it, and he couldn't help waving his hand again and again and said: "No, no, no, Lord Lu misunderstood, I mean that there is no problem with 200,000 arrows, and the county government can send people to the border city at any time, but ...... The 30,000 soldiers' salaries for three months were really ...... for a while I can't prepare! ”

When Lu Chen heard this, he stared at him with a puzzled gaze, and Liu Feng hurriedly explained: "Lord Lu should also know that Pingyang County belongs to my Dafengbian County, located in a desolate location, the land is not fertile, and the grain production is not as good as other counties...... There's really nothing this official can do......"

When Lu Chen heard this, he couldn't help sneering in his heart, if Liu Feng was a good county leader, if he wasn't so corrupt, even if Pingyang County was remote, how could the county government not even have more grain in stock, and it wasn't that he would sell the grain collected from the counties at a large price, so as to fill his own pockets and covet his own pleasure! Therefore, just looking at his county capital, its luxury and floor area, if it is calculated according to the county head's wealth, I am afraid that Liu Feng will not be able to afford it even if he is an official for a lifetime!

His dirtiness and greed, Lu Chen didn't bother to talk about it, but said directly: "This official believes that in order to resist the barbarian enemy, the county head will definitely be able to think of a way to meet the needs of our army!" ”

"This ......" Liu Feng was dumbfounded, he didn't expect that Lu Chen didn't listen to his nonsense explanation at all, but was so tough and outspoken.

Seeing that he still refused to agree with a bitter face, Lu Chen's patience had been worn out, and he immediately shouted: "General Xiao! In my opinion, this matter should be reported to the king! ”

"Yes! The last general immediately prepared pen and ink for the adults. Xiao Wang said intelligently with cooperation.

It can be seen that Xiao Wang is leaving, Liu Feng immediately said urgently:

"Don't-don't, hehe...... Lord Lu, the official promised that the county government could take out 600,000 taels of silver and 200,000 arrows, but this grain and grass problem, Lord Lu has to give the official some time to raise it......"