Qingfeng Village Camp. Command post.

You, Fu Tianliang, Zhang Bao, and Wu Shun discussed the matter of training.

You asked Fu Tianliang: "Brother Fu, about riding archery, what was the limit of your previous training?" ”

"Ride for a day and night or 300 miles at a time, while maintaining a strong fighting ability."

You shake your head and say, "Not enough." Far below the capabilities of the enemy army. We must break through this limit and surpass the enemy's capabilities through hard training. ”

You say, "Zhang Bao, according to this standard amount, make a training arrangement that gradually improves every day." From the day after tomorrow, everyone in the army, including me, must achieve this increasing amount of training day by day, no matter how painful and difficult it is to persevere. If you don't train to this level, no one, including me, is allowed to rest. It is better to break all the bones than to lower the standard. Brother Fu, please be responsible, the personnel who will not be able to meet the training capacity will be eliminated and returned to the camp outside Yantang Pass, and then according to the roster I checked, new soldiers will be added in turn, and the total number of 500 will remain unchanged. Those who have reached the training capacity on every day of the month can take turns to rest for 5 days next month, those who are close can be given 3 days off and go home to visit, and those who have traveled far can be increased by one month, and they can be given to their homes through the official post. The extra military salaries do not need to be submitted to the Huaizhou Mansion for instructions, and they will be withdrawn from my own Anlin County food income, Shunzi, you are responsible for this matter. ”

Zhang Bao looked at the standard you wrote and was dumbfounded: "Commander, this, this, isn't there a mistake in writing?" ”

You categorically replied: "There is no mistake." You read that right. ”

Zhang Bao said: "How is it possible to maintain such a large amount of continuous training? How can people stand it? Even people can stand it, and horses can't stand it. ”

You say, "You haven't tried it, so you know you can't stand it." You ask Wu Shun what he thinks of this training volume. ”

Wu Shun took the standard you wrote and glanced at it, and he said, "In Qingchuan, this is the basic training amount for our practice. This is how the Commander and I survived. The amount of training required for the Commander Exercise is even greater. If everyone's physical fitness is similar to mine, you should grit your teeth and be able to withstand it. Of course, it will be very hard. It is necessary to remove several layers of skin. ”

You say: "The enemy is also people, they are worse nourished than we are, and they are unstable, and there is no reason why we cannot surpass them." ”

You say, "Horses are not a problem. I have asked my father's friend Mr. Wei to go to Rongxian Bazaar to buy war horses, and after purchasing all of them, it can reach the configuration of three horses per person. In the future, if possible, according to the configuration of one person and five war horses, the war horses are used in turns, and the horses are not changed. This fee is also paid from my Anlin Food's income first. If we apply normally, the Huaizhou government will definitely not agree to us to buy another horse, and we will definitely report it to the imperial court step by step, causing unnecessary turmoil, and it may make the matter unsuccessful. It's better for us to solve it ourselves and don't let Huaizhou know. This matter is also in charge of Junko. Junko, you don't have to say it to your father. My father's family has a big business, a lot of expenses, and he is also responsible for coordinating the defense of Lingnan, and the treasury is not surplus, and the eldest brother and the account office are also careful every year, and they can only cope with it by all means, so we don't want to increase the burden of our father and the hard work of my eldest brother. ”

Wu Shun said, "Yes." ”

Fu Tianliang said: "Commander, why bother. Anlin is your private property, is the foundation of the future family, Anlin is very small, the annual income is meager, and if you have to spend the cost of these soldiers and horses, you will almost have no income, no matter how frugal, your identity, all kinds of expenses will always have to have. How can it all be used for military spending? ”

You say, "With my father's fiefdom here, I always have a way to think of my own necessary expenses." Anlin is my fiefdom, but it is also a county of the country. The income from the mining is taken from the people and used for the public, and it is used for what it wants, and there is nothing wrong with it. Nowadays, the country is in frequent wars, military spending is tight, and the country's military expenditure must be spent on the blade, and non-combat troops like ours cannot afford to spend more military expenditure, otherwise, they may attract impeachment by the officials. If we provoke the official to admonish and ban it, it will affect our overall plan. ”

"Miss, is this a letter from Junko? What does the letter say? ”

Junko said that the elder brother decided to use his income from Anlin Shiyi to buy horses for the new army and supplement the military pay. He also said that he meant not to let his father know about it. ”

"Huh?" The maid said, "The young man went to the city of Tongcheng, didn't he get nothing at all?" ”

"Go, you quietly ask the account office to help Shunzi calculate, in addition to the expenses listed by Shunzi, how much of his food income can be left every year?"

"Yes."

"Come back. Be sure to be quiet, don't let the eldest brother know. Arrange for reliable and honest people to do it for him. The eldest brother must avoid the person who is in the account room, lest the eldest brother speculate wildly, cause some troubles, and spoil the elder brother's affairs. ”

"Miss. The ledger is calculated. After these expenses, only twelve taels of silver were left each year. According to the instructions of the young lady, they were all handed over to reliable people to do it, without going through the eldest prince. ”

"Very well arranged. It's just, what, is there only so much left? His own ordinary use is not enough. I have to give a reward when I come back during the New Year's Festival. ”

"Do you want to talk to the master and help him?"

"Not good. We cannot help him against his will. ”

I thought for a moment and said, "So be it." If he has enough of his own use, let it all come out of my name. On weekdays, you can also help me clean up my expenses such as decoration fees, jewelry fees, and snacks, and you can save them. At least the cost of his New Year's reward should be enough. He is a person who is busy with big things, and we should take the initiative to help him take care of these small things, and don't bother him. ”

I said, "I'll write in my reply." You also instructed the person who came to deliver the letter for Junko to tell Junko that if the money was still not enough, he must tell me. I can still think of something for him. ”

"Yes. But, miss, what can you do? Since you were a child, you haven't saved a penny of private money. ”

"I have my own way of this. You just have to ask someone to come.

I went back to my room. Walk over to the dresser.

I sat there for a moment, took a silver key from the drawer of the dressing table, and opened a dark compartment underneath the dressing table.

There was a silk bag.

I opened the cord on the bag.

A faint silver glow spilled out of the bag, and the entire makeup table lit up.

I took one out of the bag and placed it in the palm of my hand.

It is a perfect and flawless pearl of the night.

Thinking of you, I held the silk bag tightly in the palm of my hand.

That army, which was my father's life, is now your ideal.