Bo Ping asked to see him at this time, it should be that the barracks were starting to ferment, Li Zicheng thought for a moment and said, "Let him come in!" ”

"Yes, sir!" He Xiaomi turned around and walked out of the big tent and welcomed Bo Ping into the big tent.

Li Zicheng got up, "Bo Qianhu, look up for a long time, which gust of wind blew you here?" He Xiaomi: "Xiaomi, palm lamp, sit for Bo Qianhu and serve tea!" ”

"Yes, sir!" He Xiaomi was very busy, first lighting two candles in the big tent, then giving Bo Ping a wooden stool, and finally serving tea.

"Li Qianhu is polite!" Bo Ping smiled faintly, sat down opposite Li Zicheng, picked up the teacup with his hand, and gently opened it, and suddenly there was a strange fragrance.

At this time, it is only February, the new tea has not yet turned green, the tea leaves of the next year, not only are they very well kept, the tea quality is also extremely rare, the green is attractive, Bo Ping smiled bitterly: "Li Qianhu, such a pound of tea, even if it is not worth a cow, at least it is worth a sheep, right?" Li Qianhu is so big! ”

"Haha," Li Zicheng laughed, and the candlelight was constantly shaking, "Isn't this Bo Qianhu coming?" ”

"Hahaha......" Bo Ping laughed loudly, "Li Qianhu, if you and I hadn't sent troops together this time, I'm afraid we wouldn't have known each other, right?" ”

"Haha, Bo Qianhu is right, it is precisely because you and I are meeting for the first time, so there will be no thorns between each other, Xining and Zhuang Lang are both a family belonging to Ganzhou!" Li Zicheng also said haha, "Bo Qianhu's visit this time, I'm afraid it's not to evaluate tea, right?" ”

"Don't hide it from Li Qianhu, in the next sudden come, it is to fight the autumn wind."

"Autumn wind?" Li Zicheng was silent, stared at Bo Ping's face and said, "Bo Qianhu means ......"

"Li Qianhu, we are both Qianhu, it seems that Zhuang Langwei is much poorer," Bo Ping arched his hand and said: "I heard my brothers say that the soldiers of Xiningwei have salted fish and mutton soup every day, and the white flour steamed buns are also full, my brothers are not exaggerating, right?" ”

Li Zicheng frowned, and then said: "Yes, this is the food standard of the Xining Wei soldiers, but how can the brothers brag outside?" Bo Qianhu, if you cause any inconvenience to Bo Qianhu, I apologize for it, and I will punish these rabbit cubs when I go back. "It's also an arch.

"I don't have to apologize, after all, the soldiers are telling the truth," Bo Ping seemed to smile, and there was an indescribable bitterness on his face, "It's just ...... The brothers are a little greedy, Li Qianhu, is there any way for Xiningwei to make money? ”

"Bo Qianhu said with a smile," Li Zicheng's heart moved, it seemed that Bo Ping's pressure was not small, "We are soldiers, how can we make money, and it is not the food and salary allocated by the imperial court?" ”

"Food?" Bo Ping's face was a little playful, and said: "There are only you and me here, and I will say some things directly, brother, didn't Xiningwei drink the blood of the soldiers?" ”

"This ......" Li Zicheng smiled slightly, and said: "To be honest, I'm afraid there is no army that doesn't drink the blood of soldiers now, it's just that Xiningwei only eats empty salaries, and for the actual soldiers, the food and salary are full." ”

"Oh?" This time it was Bo Ping's turn to frown, "Xiningwei really didn't deduct the soldiers' salaries?" He didn't believe it, most of the empty salaries were collected in the guards, could it be that the hundreds of households and thousands of households who led the troops didn't have their own ideas?

"No," Li Zicheng shook his head firmly, "Don't hide it from my brother, Xining Wei's empty salary is arranged by Wu Shaoling, the eunuch of the town, not only Weili, but also thousands of households, there is also a certain share, and Weili has a tight grasp of the actual number of soldiers, so the thousands of households with soldiers do not dare to make a mistake." ”

Li Zicheng naturally won't say anything about fishing in the West Sea and shepherding sheep in Jinyintan, if Bo Ping wants to borrow money and grain, he can shirk it when the time comes, just kidding, at this critical moment, unless Bo Ping takes the initiative to move closer to himself, Bo Ping is the biggest obstacle and the most important bargaining chip in his plan.

"Hey," Bo Ping sighed, "Xining has Grandpa Wu, Li Qianhu is blessed, brother, I am in dire straits!" ”

Li Zicheng pretended to be surprised and said: "Could it be that Zhuang Langwei ...... There are still cases of deducting soldiers' salaries...... Isn't that brother ......?"

"Yes, so the brothers have long been greedy when they see the soldiers of Xiningwei eating, how about it, Li Qianhu, can you help the brothers?" Although Bo Ping was extremely eager, he had no bottom in his heart, after all, he and Li Zicheng were not familiar with each other, so he just pretended to be relaxed on his face.

Helping you a hand? Is it going to be a waste of what you are planning? Li Zicheng smiled secretly in his heart, but said in his mouth: "Bo Qianhu, how can my brother help you?" Is it possible to bring down the food of the brothers? ”

"That's not necessary, I'm afraid that Xining's brothers won't agree, right?" Bo Ping smiled bitterly: "Can Li Qianhu borrow some food from me, and let my brothers have a full meal, so that they can deal with these days." ”

"Borrow food?" Li Zicheng suddenly said with a bitter face: "Bo Qianhu, our food is all drawn according to the actual number of soldiers, if it is not paid at that time...... Mingren doesn't say dark words, Bo Qianhu, when will you return it? And how can I return it? ”

Bo Ping was speechless for a moment, he was originally counting on Li Zicheng's side to have some surplus food, and there was a slight possibility to help him, but Li Zicheng had already said that they were not landlords and old money, and there was no extra grain, if they wanted to borrow it, they had to return it in time.

But this is impossible, Li Zicheng really wants to borrow him food, he doesn't know that he can only pay it back in the Year of the Monkey, and Weili has already given him enough food, but these grains and salaries have been greedy by him, how can he spit it out again now? If he asks Weili again, he doesn't have to think about it, he came to Li Zicheng, just like he said, he really wanted to fight the autumn wind.

It's just a weekday, but now with Xiningwei as a comparison, the soldiers' liver fire is booming, and without some sweetness, I'm afraid it will be difficult to completely suppress their liver fire.

Bo Ping was helpless, so he had to put down his body and begged: "Li Qianhu, if you don't mix some salted fish and mutton, anyway, these are basically soups, put less meat foam, add a few more scoops of water, the same is fresh fish and mutton soup." ”

Li Zicheng still shook his head and said: "Bo Qianhu doesn't know, whether it is white flour steamed buns or salted fish and mutton soup, they are all customized, once the position of the ingredients is deducted, it is reported by the soldiers, and the head under the head will be moved, such a thing has happened in Xining before, so no officer dares to deduct military salaries." ”

Bo Ping was also helpless, he also knew that he had no friendship with Li Zicheng, and it was really difficult to let Li Zicheng take the blame for himself, but except for Li Zicheng, he really had no choice, so he had to lick his face and say: "Li Qianhu, there is really no way to work?" ”

"Bo Qianhu, we are all soldiers, but if there are some methods, we will definitely ...... I will definitely help my brother, but this is a matter of killing my head, and my brother is really ...... I also hope that Bo Qianhu will understand. After saying that, Li Zicheng arched down and shook deeply.

"Brother understands," Bo Ping didn't return the courtesy, got up and left his seat, and said in a hard voice: "Since Li Qianhu refuses to lend a hand, there is no need to be bored again, say goodbye!" He shook the corners of his clothes and turned to go.

Li Zicheng still had to explain two sentences, Bo Ping had already left the big tent, and He Xiaomi hurriedly came in, "My lord, Bo Qianhu ......"

Li Zicheng smiled slightly: "How is it, Bo Qianhu is not lightly angry, right?" ”

He Xiaomi scratched his head a little dazedly, "My lord, it turns out that you didn't quarrel?" Why was Bo Qianhu angry? ”

"What quarrel? Xiaomi, do you think I look like someone who likes to quarrel? ”

"My lord, it's not like ......" He Xiaomi shook his head and smiled, knowing that the adult did not suffer, he was relieved.

Before dawn, the firefighters of Xining began to stew the broth, and the aroma of the meat drifted south along the north wind.

In the Zhuang Lang battalion, a soldier was dazed, and before he could fully open his eyes, he smelled a smell of meat, and he struggled to brush his nose, "Meaty, ah, we also have broth." ”

A soldier in the neighborhood slapped him in the face, "Wake up, it's the broth of the Xining soldiers, you can only smell it in your dreams!" ”

"Xiningwei?" The soldier sat up with a bone, "Why does Xiningwei have broth, but we don't?" At the same time, when we eat food and errands, are we inferior? ”

"That's it, you go and tell Lord Qianhu!"

The soldier shrank his neck, and suddenly lost his words, for a long time, but he lay down with his clothes, "Since I don't get broth, Lao Tzu can't get up, Lao Tzu has no strength, so I have to have a good rest!" ”

Throughout the day, Zhuang Lang's military camp was constantly fermenting, full of soldiers' complaints, at the beginning, Bo Ping still according to yesterday's appearance, the soldiers who complained were beaten, and later, there were too many such soldiers, and he didn't bother to pay attention to them.

At night, Liu Yunshui quietly came to Li Zicheng's marching tent under the cover of darkness, "My lord, the effect has appeared!" ”

"Oh, let's talk about it." Li Zicheng said lightly, when Bo Ping came to visit last night, he decided that his plan was about to succeed, but he didn't expect it to come so quickly, he originally thought that it would take at least three days before there would be some signs he hoped for.

"My lord, last night Bo Ping added a steamed bun to each soldier, and slapped the troublesome soldier on the board, barely suppressing the soldier's bullet, but the soldier's mood is still there," Liu Yunshui said in a low voice: "Since this morning, the firefighters have returned to their original quota, according to the brothers' reports, Zhuang Langwei's soldiers are obviously dry firewood and may burn down the entire military camp at any time." ”

"Yunshui's analogy is very appropriate," Li Zicheng said: "Bo Ping is looking for death, adding steamed buns to the soldiers, isn't it clearly telling the soldiers that only by making trouble can they have a full stomach?" I was worried that there was a distance between the dry wood and the fire, but now it seems that he is fighting the fire with a salary! ”

"My lord," Liu Yunshui smiled evilly, "My lord, do you want the brothers to add more fire?" ”

"Yunshui, Zhuang Langbing's resentment has risen, Bo Ping just wants to press now, I'm afraid it's not easy, there is no food, everything is in vain, your people, don't do too much," Li Zicheng thought for a while, and said: "Have you made all kinds of preparations?" ”

"Yes, my lord, the brothers have slept for half an afternoon, and they have already recovered their strength."

Li Zicheng beckoned, let Liu Yunshui get close to him, and whispered a few words.

"Yes, my lord, my subordinates understand!" Liu Yunshui saluted, turned around and left Li Zicheng's big tent, and soon disappeared into the night.