Li Ba was like a resentful woman at the moment, and complained with red eyes: "Inspector Qiyu, the government of this Dengzhou Mansion is a person from Li Xing's father-in-law's line, and the grain and grass salaries of my Weihai Guard are all controlled by it, and the military salaries are less than thirty percent, and the grain and grass are more Chen Gu, and more of the grain sent every month is moldy. Weapons and artillery were even more ornamental, and no gunpowder was delivered. ”

The last general came to him several times to find a theory, but this Xiao prefect tried his best to excuse himself, and finally avoided it, and his subordinates had no choice but to order the sergeants who did not need to be sentry to open up the wasteland and farm the land on their own. The ten old horses in the barracks were still bought by the generals from the horse dealers, and the food in the barracks was almost self-sufficient, and the soldiers had been abandoned for more than half a year, and the morale of the army had been weakened, and the subordinates were incompetent to disgrace the superintendent! ”

As soon as Li Ba said this, his voice was already a little choked, a dignified nine-foot man was forced to such a point, it seems that the grievances suffered are indeed not small.

"Smack!"

A loud bang suddenly sounded in the quiet tent, Zheng He's face turned red, a solid wooden table next to him was slapped away by his palm, and the person stood upright, pointing at Li Ba and scolding: "Okay, you damn Li Ba, why don't you report to me when you encounter such a big event, and let the soldiers of more than 300 people in Weihaiwei and other fortresses become like this, you still have the face to say that it is not your fault." ”

Hate iron does not become steel, this is the true portrayal of Zheng He at this moment, he used to follow Zhu Di with Li Xing, Hou Xian, Wang An, Ma Jing and other five people are all celebrities who follow Zhu Di, after Zhu Di ascended the throne, Zheng He was reused by Zhu Di because of his outstanding performance. This made Li Xing and the other four feel the crisis, and then they united to squeeze him out, and took advantage of Zhu Di's idea of building a navy to push Zheng He into this position, so that he could not accompany the emperor.

Since he took office as the Naval Governor, Zheng He has clearly felt that his relationship with the emperor is gradually estranged, especially Li Xing and others who blow the wind in their ears from time to time, as long as Zheng He has a little sore foot and is caught by him, he will die. Now Zheng He's position on land is struggling.

Its troops stationed in the coastal areas, like Li Ba, have no less than a dozen places, and Zheng He, who has already felt the omnipresence of the crisis, is always recruiting talents who can be used for himself. But if you want to find someone who can be placed in the palace, can be reused by Zhu Di, and has the ability to compete with Li Xing and other four eunuchs with heavy fists, this is tantamount to climbing to the sky.

In the past year, he has also promoted more than a dozen of his own people, but the results have lasted less than a month, and they have been beheaded at worst, or they have been dismissed from office and put in prison, and none of them can succeed. It wasn't until Tang Ming's appearance that he saw a glimmer of hope again, but he still needed to observe more, but now that something like this happened in Weihaiwei, Zheng He was about to be unbearable.

"Bang, bang, bang!"

Seeing that Zheng He was angry, Li Ba knocked his head three times, and when he looked up, his forehead was already bleeding, and he said in a loud voice without wiping it: "When the last general happened half a year ago, he sent people to the sea to find the overseer, but the twenty soldiers who could be sent out were no news, and the last general was helpless!" ”

Zheng He's body shook for a while, and he almost couldn't stand, Tang Ming saw this and immediately stepped forward to help him sit down, but Zheng He's chest was still churning, as if he was hit head-on by a wild buffalo that was running wildly, and it was uncomfortable.

"Poof......."

A mouthful of blood still couldn't suppress the gushing out, Zheng He seemed to be able to catch his breath at this time, and his face was no longer as red as just now, and his face had become bloodless in a moment.

In the big tent, chickens and dogs jumped in an instant, and they all carried Zheng He to the tent with pale faces and hurriedly carried Zheng He to rest, and the two little eunuchs who were waiting with them shouted and screamed to find the accompanying imperial doctor to heal.

After a period of busyness of people turning over their horses, the big tent gradually calmed down. After the diagnosis of the imperial physician accompanying the army, it was found that Zheng He was fine, but he was just angry for a while, as long as he meditated and cultivated for a while, it would be fine, but the imperial physician still ordered that it was not appropriate to go in and disturb the superintendent now, and everyone had to stay outside the big tent and wait.

Li Ba and the three guards who followed him did not get up, and still knelt straight in the big tent. A black face was full of distress, and after learning that Zheng He was fine, he relaxed his nervous expression slightly.

Tang Ming looked at Li Ba with interest, feeling that this rough man was a little ridiculous, his big black face was covered with blood and dust, and he turned into a big flower face, but he put on a serious look. His clown appearance made people laugh uncontrollably, and the more he looked at it, the more funny Tang Ming felt, and finally he couldn't hold back his laughter!

Originally, it was quiet in the big account, and Tang Ming's laughter immediately attracted everyone's attention, especially Li Ba, who glared at him with a pair of bull's eyes. He was very curious about Tang Ming's identity from the moment he saw him, and saw that he was not a little eunuch, but he could follow the superintendent.

And what made Li Ba most curious was the wolf, with snow-white fur, huge size, and a pair of eyes that showed fierce light from time to time, all of which made people feel cold. But this wolf unexpectedly obeyed the command, Tang Ming had Xiaobai by his side, and there was no doubt that he was covered with a veil of mystery in front of people who didn't know his identity.

"Who are you, and why are you laughing for no reason?" Li Ba's honest face had a hint of anger, and he asked angrily.

Tang Ming was out of control, holding his stomach with his hands and laughing, although he knew that it was inappropriate for him to be like this at the moment, he really couldn't hold it back. For a while, the entire big tent was filled with Tang Ming's laughter!

Li Ba suddenly stood up, went straight to Tang Ming's side, and reached out to grab his chest, but suddenly, Xiao Bai let out a wolf howl, cracking open his bloody mouth, revealing a mouthful of white teeth, as long as Li Ba's hand dared to touch Tang Ming, Xiao Bai would definitely pounce and bite hard.

Only then did Li Ba remember that Tang Ming still had the wolf Xiaobai by his side, and his body that rushed forward instantly froze, and he didn't dare to take a step forward. A trace of embarrassment floated on his honest face, neither advancing nor retreating, so where was the stalemate.

Tang Ming was taken aback by Li Ba's sudden action, and hurriedly stopped laughing and took two steps back. What are you kidding, Li Ba just went through a big battle last night, and the murderous aura on his body has not yet subsided, especially at this moment, he is still bloodstained on his body, looking at his tall and big appearance, if he is punched casually, it is estimated that he will be crippled if he does not die.

Tang Ming didn't want to use his small body to test Li Ba's fist, if he accidentally threw his life here, it would be really sad. Knowing that he was wrong, Tang Ming hurriedly bowed his hand and said humbly: "The junior brother is a small clerk in the superintendent army, just now the junior brother has something wrong and I hope the general will not be surprised, the junior brother is here to accompany you!" ”

As he spoke, he hurriedly called Xiaobai, who was ready to pounce out at any time, back, and accompanied him with a smile on the side. Li Ba had steps to go down, so he took the opportunity to retreat, but he was not forgiving, and said in a loud voice: "You a little clerk dares to laugh loudly at the general here, if you don't punish you, I'm afraid it will be difficult to seal Youyou's mouth, if the general goes out, wouldn't it make people laugh at my Weihaiwei has no military discipline." ”

When Li Ba heard that Tang Ming was just a small clerk, he was relieved and couldn't help but look down on him. In the army, Li Ba, a person who only knows how to kill the enemy, is most annoying to these poor scholars. As the saying goes, useless scholars are scholars, and these poor sours will only move their mouths, and if they really do something, they will achieve nothing.

Tang Ming is not an immortal, of course, he can't see through Li Ba's thoughts at the moment, but what he means is to punish himself for his rudeness, and he is also curious about how he wants to punish himself, so he asked casually: "I don't know how the general wants to punish the lower officials?" If there is a reason, the subordinate will also be punished. ”

"What is reasonable, does General Ben need a reason to punish you as a little clerk in this barracks, and you can tell such a joke." Li Ba smiled disdainfully, thinking that his prestige in the military camp was so strong, and the sergeant under his command dared to disrespect him, and today this poor sour dared to be in the big tent, laughing at himself in front of everyone, and he couldn't run away with a dozen military sticks.

"Oh, the general's words are not right, although the subordinate is a small secretary, but he also works beside the superintendent, in terms of rank, the subordinate is indeed inferior to the general, but you also have to understand that the subordinate is not under your jurisdiction, if you really want to punish me, I'm afraid you have to ask the superintendent!" Tang Ming saw that Li Ba was becoming more and more arrogant, and couldn't help but hit him a little.

Li Ba was provoked by Tang Ming, and his temper flared up again, and he rolled up his sleeves and wanted to step forward to fight, but an old man who looked like a master behind him immediately stepped forward to stop him, and then whispered a few words in his ear. Li Ba glared at Tang Ming fiercely after hearing this, then stopped saying anything, and walked back dissatisfied.

The old man who looked like a master turned around, bowed his hand politely, and said with a smile: "The little old man is the chief praise of General Li, and the contemptible Huang has also studied the science of arithmetic for many years, and he thinks he has a lot of experience. I just heard that the young man is also a praiser, and he must not be able to take charge of the knowledge of arithmetic under the overseer. The little old man is itchy and wants to ask for advice. ”

Come on, if you can't use force and want to write now, can you do arithmetic? Tang Ming is not afraid at all, if there is an eight-strand text, or even if it is not, it is estimated that Tang Ming will be able to admit defeat immediately, needless to say.

"Xiaguan Tang Ming, just learned a little bit from his teacher, how dare the light of fireflies compete with the sun and the moon, Huang Zanhua is a master of arithmetic, how dare the kid compare with him." Tang Ming was secretly happy in his heart, but he was still modest on the surface.

"Hmph, it seems that the shaft is a person who doesn't learn and has no skills, only knows how to sneak around and shoot horses, and he doesn't even dare to compete with Xiao Lao'er! I was still thinking of pointing you over, but it seems that you have no ink on your chest. Huang Zanhua seemed to have settled on Tang Ming, and he insisted on humiliating him in front of everyone, and he didn't say anything at all.

"Now that Huang Zan's words have come to this, the kid can only ask for a word or two." The corners of Tang Ming's mouth hooked up a hint of curvature, and there was a hint of a smile on his face, someone actually sent him to the door to find abuse, then don't blame him for being ruthless.