The high-ranking generals who participated in Li Xiang's plan to make a fortune made some regulations, and then they went home, those who went home, those who went to their houses, and those who went to the barracks went back to the barracks. The more than 20 battalion commanders and more leaders who were basically satisfied with the regulations taken out by Shangguan finally put an end to the scene of saliva and fist fighting, and went home with fist prints and footprints in a harmonious atmosphere of calling brothers and brothers, and their hearts were full of fire.

Li Xiang hadn't rested yet, and was drinking strong tea with Cheng Jianghai, "The news from Jiangnan hasn't come yet?" I don't know how my cheap father-in-law is doing? ”

Cheng Jianghai sorted out the large and small pieces of paper, sorted them into several books with fish glue, and raised his head while touching his neck, "There should be no problem in dealing with the Fang La thief army, Liu Datong was a brave general of the Great Zhou before he went up the mountain, and he did not indulge his subordinates in the past few years in Mingyue Village, but on the contrary, he also cultivated hundreds of cronies." Now with the material support of Mingyuezhuang, coupled with the two fierce generals Xiong Dachun and Liu Yuan, not to mention chasing the dead and chasing the north, at least it will not pull General Han Shizhong's hind legs. ”

Li Xiang sighed, he really didn't know the bottom in his heart, Fang La, who was in the original time and space, was a hero who broke into a great name and eroded several provinces, "I hope so, Su Su chatters every day, and she is always worried about her father." With my father-in-law's strength, I hope I won't be defeated......"

"呲 ~ Zhuangli began to sell products to Shangluo and Luoyang and other places, I thought I could breathe a sigh of relief and take more money and grain to use in Bianjing. I didn't expect the consumption in the army to be so large, and the 3,000 people who supported my father-in-law were so struggling, and the Great Zhou raised millions of soldiers...... "Li Xiang originally wanted to take out part of his share and renovate the rented backyard of the Ma family, and by the way, also repair Ma Rulan's room in disrepair. I didn't expect the consumption of the army to be so amazing, now there is no drama, Li Xiang began to have a specific impression of the heritage of the Great Zhou, and he was most afraid of comparing everything.

Cheng Jianghai touched his chin and pulled out the list of materials that Liu Chengdong asked to deploy, "Winter clothes, quilts, food, wine and meat, and rewards, this is a big expense." The repair of equipment, the bereavement of family members and the medicine for treating injuries are a large sum, plus the consumption of charcoal, salt and other miscellaneous things, hiss~~~ It is really amazing, and the public middle school of Mingyuezhuang can fill this hole in time. ”

"A lot of expenses are not available in the army of the Great Zhou, let's talk about this military salary first, even if it is a forbidden army, it would be good if half of the military salary could be paid, where it is like the Great Unified System, and the sergeant will be paid to make up to sixty percent. There is also wine and meat, if the soldiers of the Great Zhou do not disturb the people, it is rare to eat once a month. In terms of treatment of injuries, in addition to a few elites, only the generals above the head of the capital can get better medical treatment, where is like Liu Datong's army, the injured personnel not only have a pension, but also someone to take care of them. ”

After listening to Jiang Hai's words, Li Xiang realized that he had ignored the limitations of the Great Zhou era. The soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty are very hard, and "a good man is not a soldier" does not only refer to the future, but to all aspects. It is a common phenomenon that military salaries are uneven, family members do not have enough to eat, weapons cannot be maintained, and drills are a mess. In normal times, they also have to work for the royal family, wealthy families and officials, and in some places, the box army is not so much an army as a people's husband.

The Western Army, which can still be beaten, and the Forbidden Army with the largest number of people, are another scenario. It is common to cheat, kill, and harass the people, and from time to time there will be incidents of killing Shangguan or fleeing with the people. In this context, Liu Chengdong's 3,000 soldiers were able to eat and clothe themselves, and they could taste meat every once in a while. The wounded are treated, and there is a generous pension for the dead, which is even more rare. Subsequently, as Cheng Jianghai analyzed, the pressure on money and food increased greatly.

Li Xiang knew what Cheng Jianghai meant, but some things can't just be considered about money and food, Li Xiang touched his chin that had a short beard and said: "My father-in-law has discussed it with me a few times, but there is no way, so I gritted my teeth and held on." ”

"A few months after my father-in-law recruited An, he was going to lead the troops to the battle, and the Nanyang Xiang Army was so erosive that my father-in-law didn't even recognize all his subordinates. In order to speed up the rectification and not to lose shame on the battlefield, we had no choice but to win the hearts of the people with sufficient money and food and generous pensions. The army has the strength to fight, and the father-in-law has the grasp of meritorious service, so that Mingyuezhuang can be preserved, and the money and food are second, which is one of them. ”

"My father-in-law's cronies ate and drank well in Mingyuezhuang, and there is no reason to go out to fight for Da Zhou and the villagers, but they have to starve, so the hundreds of people brought by my father-in-law must at least maintain the treatment of the elder brother's camp." Speaking of this, Li Xiang also smiled a little bitterly, it is easy to go from thrift to luxury, and it is difficult to go from luxury to thrift, and the treatment is not good. "So the problem is, the people in our village eat and drink spicy, injured and have medicine, but let more than 2,000 people from the Nanyang Xiang Army drink soup, how can the military heart be guaranteed? This is the second one. ”

"My father-in-law has just recruited An, and he is fighting in Jiangnan, so he can only strictly restrain his subordinates, otherwise it will not be good to be sued by the Great Confucian to the court. The gentry did not give money, and the father-in-law could not intrude on the people, so the lack of money and food could only be made up by himself, which was the third. ”

Li Xiang spread his hands, "The public middle school collapsed for a time, and it was largely due to this. To be honest, I didn't expect it to be so difficult to maintain a combatable army. This is still a waterway down the river, and the loss on the way is not very large, if it is a thousand miles by land...... Originally, I thought that the income of the public middle school was already very high, but now I know that it is not enough to see, and I still need to work hard. ”

Cheng Jianghai listened carefully, but his heart turned over the river, "Where does Mingyuezhuang only have such potential, just stick to the rules and don't stretch out your hand to Zhuang Min." Hidden wealth in the villagers, the owner of the village is very big! The owner, no, the lord has so many monthly shares, most of them are lent to the public middle school for turnover, and the copper money in his hand is never squandered, and most of it is given to the future master and mother to spend casually......"

"This kind of open-mindedness that doesn't put money in his eyes, this kind of person who doesn't care about beauty and enjoyment, and this kind of considerate soldier who doesn't skimp on money and food. There are more and more displaced people in Ganliang, northern Shaanxi, and Hedong, and Fangla is so arrogant, and the situation in the north may change greatly at any time, and natural disasters have continued to ...... Hehe, it's best for Da Zhou to hold on, otherwise the lord will take advantage of the situation......" Cheng Jianghai, who was in obscenity, was a little excited, and unconsciously began to grind his teeth, and from time to time he made a sound.

Li Xiang saw that Cheng Jianghai began to grind his teeth again, and knew that this ambitious boy who was bent on assisting Mingjun in his rebellion began to wander again. Li Xiang didn't bother him, just looked at Cheng Jianghai obscenely. I don't know when this strange master-slave relationship began, and I would have buried Cheng Jianghai on someone else, but Li Xiang felt that it was nothing. Lewdness? It's normal, and I do it a lot......

Cheng Jianghai woke up from the daydream of joining forces and horizontals, assisting Ming Jun, conquering the world, and establishing a new dynasty, and found that the incense in the corner was burned, so embarrassed, he quickly pleaded guilty. Cheng Jianghai shouted in his heart to damn it, since his eldest brother was killed, why can't he change the problem of daydreaming at every turn? I want to become a strategist in troubled times, I want to become a character who guides the country, and I can't become a god stick if I can't travel outside the world at every turn, what image do I have? !

Li Xiang motioned for him to get up and speak, and put the two vegetarian dishes on the small table, and put the freshly cut meat aside, waiting for the iron plate on the charcoal stove to heat up. Waiting for Cheng Jianghai to sit down with a red face, Li Xiang said slowly: "I can't rest tonight, eat something to fill my stomach first, and then check the accounts with me later, and I will have to step up the sorting out of tomorrow's myriad things." I hope it will be a success. The plan is in the people, and the success is in the sky, so if you can't do it, you can only ask for a cheap master. ”

Cheng Jianghai was deeply touched, he knew that the owner of the village did not have any style of everyone, nor did he have any royal skills. But some small habits of the owner from time to time always make people's hearts warm, make people feel valuable but dare not be presumptuous, and let people stand up and speak. So Cheng Jianghai wiped the corners of his eyes, "The lord is relieved, with the cooperation of the Great Xiangguo Temple and the generals of the forbidden army, and the support of Lin Dayou's brothers, the lord's plan this time will definitely succeed." ”

Li Xiang nodded, not realizing that Cheng Jianghai had quietly changed his address to "lord". He put the meat slices on the iron plate, and the sound of "zizi" and the fragrance stimulated the nerves of the master and slave, and Li Xiang said while adding spices: "I have been planning for so long, and I finally want to see the real chapter." It is also good to open up a part of the market, after all, the gentry have mastered the township and the court, and it is normal to take advantage of more, and it is inevitable. ”

In the middle of the night on the eve of the winter solstice, there were also several governors of Da Zhou. The New Year Festival is approaching, the Great Week is thousands of miles, hundreds of millions of people, and all major events must be decided.

Zhao Ding returned to the picture and immediately showed his superb wrist. Some officials and wealthy businessmen in Huainan went too far in the previous floods, causing a large number of young and strong people who had been brutally eliminated to go all the way south and cross the Yangtze River to join Fangla, which boosted Fangla's strength. Hangzhou was actually attacked in one fell swoop, and Zhao Xiang was furious and presided over the punishment of a group of big bureaucrats. The county magistrate who directly led to the destruction of Ye Yuzhen's family was unable to enjoy the thousands of acres of land donated by others after all, and the whole family was exiled to the turbulent Lingnan.

Of course, there were opponents in the court, and some people were stumbling openly and secretly. But some people in Huainan are really not like words, the mud is not good and goes down, it is too ugly. There is also a big clan in the south of the Yangtze River, Su Ru, who wrote a letter and cried about how a certain family in Jiangbei was not a thing, did not appease the victims, and forced so many killings to defect to Fangla, and the official gentry of Hangzhou Mansion were empty.

Zhao Ding took advantage of his strength to severely punish a group of people, and then a series of reserved programs such as pardon, co-optation, and inducement were all the same. But Wang Huang, who inherited Cai Jing's huge legacy, still has an advantage on the bright side, and Zhao Ding and Li Gang want to do things, but they often have to compromise.

Zhao Ding's study has several charcoal basins, and the earth dragon is burning under the bricks, and the smell of incense fills the whole room, which is extremely comfortable and quiet. The calligraphy and paintings on the surrounding walls are taken care of every day, and the quiet beauty of ink is displayed in the warm flame of the candles. Compared to here, Li Xiang's secret room is extremely shabby.

Li Gang and Yu Yunwen looked at the words and sighed again and again, only to see Li Gang pointing to this character and saying: "This is the true work of Wang Shusheng back then, which was almost destroyed in the war between the Sui and Tang Dynasties." ”

Yu Yunwen nodded, "Wang Shusheng's demeanor has been unparalleled for thousands of years, but it is a pity that he died young. Wang Xizhi of this time and space died of hemorrhoids, Yu Yunwen didn't say much, and after saying this, he realized that it was wrong, and skillfully changed the topic.

Zhao Ding walked in, asked the scholar who had placed the tea set to go out, and asked Li Gangyu Yunwen to sit down after the ceremony, "Invite Li Xiang and Father Bin here late at night, mainly to sort out some recent major events." The New Year is approaching, and many things must be made up of ideas, so that they can communicate with Wang Xiang. Li Xiang is an old man, and he has always felt young, so he is going to suffer Father Bin. ”

Yu Yunwen didn't even dare to say that he didn't dare, Li Gang arched his hand and said that he would accompany him to the end, and Zhao Ding began to cook tea. Sencha was popular among scholars, and its ceremonial beauty and long taste were regarded as the benchmark by many Confucians.

During the time of a pillar of incense, Li Gang and Yu Yunwen admired the tea art practiced by Zhao Xiang of the Great Zhou Dynasty during his exile. I saw that Zhao Xiang first took out three delicate small tea cakes, boiled them on a low fire and let them cool, and several spices and tea salts were mixed in the space before the water boiled. After that, use jade utensils to crush the tea cake finely, scoop out a spoonful of boiling water, put in the tea powder, and pour back the boiling water that was scooped out before after the water boils, "Yuhua saves boiling".

After three boils, divide the tea, and the first three bowls are the best. Zhao Ding's thin and slender fingers operated like flowing water, and the three of them raised their glasses and tasted them slowly. Not surprisingly, two exclamations rang out in the study.

"Good tea!"

"Good tea!"