Chapter 133: Yue Yang's help
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Hearing this, Yue Yang couldn't help but ask curiously, "Governor, is this ......?"
Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help laughing and said: "Lord Yue, the official forgot to introduce you, this is the official's praise Yang Tinglin, who has followed the official for many years. ”
The so-called praise painting in ancient times is actually the meaning of counselor, its functions are very similar to modern staff officers, are to give advice, don't look at the praise of the painting this position is inconspicuous, but generally the main general's henchmen can take on.
Yue Yang didn't dare to slack off after hearing this, and quickly stood up and hurriedly bowed his hand to him: "It turned out to be Mr. Yang, disrespectful!" ”
"Don't dare, don't dare!"
After Yue Yang and Yang Tinglin saluted each other, they sat down again.
After sitting down, Yue Yang picked up the famous thorn on the table and asked Lu Xiangsheng curiously: "Governor, isn't the governor of Xuanda Lord Zhang, how can you make this payment...... Is it ......?"
Lu Xiangsheng just smiled but didn't speak, and Yang Tinglin on the side hurriedly interjected: "So that Lord Yue knows that the governor has taken over the post of governor of Xuanda by the grace of the emperor, and now he is about to go to Datong to take office. ”
"Your Excellency has won the prize." Yue Yang smiled bitterly: "As the saying goes, people are afraid of being famous, pigs are afraid of being strong, this Wuli Village has just become a little famous, and this trouble will come to the door, and the staff sent by Master Zhang just now is proof." ”
"Humph!"
Lu Xiangsheng on the side snorted coldly with a cold face; "This Zhang Zongheng has really lost the face of the imperial court, and a thousand war horses are worth nearly 100,000 taels of silver, which is a loss for what he said. I really don't know how such a greedy man came to be the governor. ”
"I'm afraid he didn't know that his black gauze hat had been taken off by the imperial court before he sent his staff." Yang Tinglin on the side also sneered.
Yue Yang nodded and said, "Yes." Fortunately, it is now the governor who has entered Shanxi, otherwise the general will be sad. ”
The crowd said a few more words. Lu Xiangsheng smiled and said to Yue Yang: "Lord Yue, this official is a few years older than the idiot, so how do you think of it?" ”
In these years, the word to call people is an intimate expression, and Yue Yang hurriedly arched his hand and said: "That's the honor of the last general!" ”
"Well, that's good!" Lu Xiangsheng groaned for a while and said, "Since this is the case, this official will talk more deeply. The official went all the way, and after arriving at Wuli Village, it was now full of humidity and updated weather. This also proves that your ability is indeed not small, but Sage Yun: If you are poor, you will be good alone, and if you are good, you will help the world, since Zhenghong is quite rich now, why not worry more about the court and the emperor? ”
Lu Xiangsheng's words were very vague, and Yue Yang thought for a while before he understood what he meant. The meaning of Lu Xiangsheng's words is that since Yueyang is so rich, now the imperial court's finances are depleted. Why don't you pay more silver taels to the imperial court to share the worries of the imperial court.
Hearing this, Yue Yang couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart, this Lu Xiangsheng was really as upright as the history books said, almost cute, he pondered for a while and said: "So that the governor can know that although the last general has a bumper harvest this year, there are tens of thousands of displaced people under his command. Coupled with the huge cost of raising soldiers, this food is only enough to eat. Even if you want to hand it over to the court, you are powerless, and besides, even if the last general wants to hand it over, I am afraid it will attract criticism from the government and the opposition. It is better to do things step by step. ”
What a smart person Lu Xiangsheng is, Yue Yang said. He immediately understood what Yue Yang meant. Yue Yang's words contain two meanings, one is that he has no money left to give to the imperial court now, and he has more than enough money to give. The second is that the Chinese people have always pursued the golden mean, paying attention to the first bird of the gun, and others are desperately evading taxes one by one, but you jump out yourself to pay more taxes, aren't you slapping us in the face? Needless to say, if Yue Yang really wanted to do this, he would definitely be hated by others, and it would definitely be indispensable to be blocked from other quarters in the future.
Lu Xiangsheng sighed lightly and was silent, at this time a maid came forward with a tray to serve tea, Lu Xiangsheng took a sip of the teacup and began to ponder, and for a while the atmosphere in the hall fell into a somewhat strange silence.
After a while, Yue Yang felt that Lu Xiangsheng put down the teacup and looked at him and wanted to say something, but he wanted to say something, but Yang Tinglin on the side secretly gave Lu Xiangsheng an obscure look.
Seeing this, Yue Yang couldn't help but be a little curious, he looked at Lu Xiangsheng and said sincerely: "Governor, when you first arrived in Shanxi, there must be a lot of things to do, I don't know what to do with the governor of the last general, but it doesn't matter, as long as it is within the reach of the last general, the last general will never shirk." ”
"This ......"
Lu Xiangsheng was still a little hesitant, and finally sighed and said, "Zhenghong, this official does have some things that he wants to bother you, but he doesn't know how to speak. That's it, Boxiang or you talk to Zhenghong! ”
Yang Tinglin, who had been waiting a little anxiously, hurriedly surrendered his hand to Yue Yang: "Lord Yue, I really don't hide it. Although the governor has also trained a Tianxiong army in the past two years, he is short of food and clothing, and his weapons and armor are also incomplete. This time to Datong to take office, although it is expected that Zhang Zongheng will not dare to resist the order, but Datong has always been a place where soldiers must fight, and its chief soldiers Yang Guozhu, Wang Pu and others are not easy to match, if they take the Tianxiong Army to Datong to take office, they may be seen clearly, because the governor wants to ask Lord Yue if he has any extra weapons, armor and grain and grass can be helped. ”
Hearing this, Yue Yangxian's originally fair face turned a little red, obviously because of shame. Seeing the expression on Lu Xiangsheng's face, Yue Yang couldn't help but sigh in his heart, this Lu Xiangsheng is really a kind person, he can't even open his mouth to borrow money, how can it be like that Zhang Zongheng is a thousand war horses with one mouth, as if his buddy owes him, this person just can't be compared.
Yue Yang, who was emotionally moved in his heart, smiled and said: "Lord Governor's words are serious, how can a loyal minister like the Governor who is dedicated to the public not have the gift of not helping?" The last general immediately ordered people to prepare 3,000 mandarin duck battle jackets, 5,000 waist knives and spears, and 5,000 quintals of grain (100 catties each). As for the armor......"
Speaking of this, Yue Yang hesitated for a moment and said: "The last general does have some armor here, but the armor of the last general is very different from the standard armor of the Ming Dynasty, and the last general will not give it to the governor." It's better to do this, the end has just mined a mine in the near future, and iron smelting has begun these days, and the end will let people transport the pig iron to Datong for the governor to forge by himself, what do you think? ”
When Yue Yang said that he would give him 3,000 mandarin duck battle jackets, 3,000 pieces, 10,000 spears and spears, and 5,000 quintals of food, Lu Xiangsheng and Yang Tinglin were so pleasantly surprised that their hearts began to beat violently, and when they heard that Yue Yang had even allocated pig iron to exercise his armor, Lu Xiangsheng felt that his breathing began to become rapid, and he quickly shook his hand and said: "Zhenghong is too much, too much, so the armor is not necessary, right?" ”
There is a strange phenomenon in the army of the Ming Dynasty, in addition to the cavalry, everyone has armor, in addition to some officers in the infantry, those small soldiers, including firearms soldiers, are without armor, and the so-called mandarin duck battle jacket is only a battle jacket, which has no protective ability. But for Yueyang, a person from modern society, it is simply unthinkable for soldiers to wear unprotected clothes to go to the battlefield and fight with people.
Yue Yang said loudly: "This is not good, the soldiers guard the border pass to serve the country, how will the people of the last general let the soldiers fight with the Tartars like this, this armor must be matched." In this way, the last general immediately asked someone to allocate 100,000 catties of pig iron to the governor, if it is not enough for the governor to send a letter to the last minister, the last general will think of another plan for the governor to make up! ”
"Good...... Then the official thanked Zhenghong for the soldiers! Hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng, who seemed to be calm, was a little excited and couldn't help himself, and his eyes were a little red.
Lu Xiangsheng secretly calculated in his heart, according to the ordinary green cloth iron armor of the Ming Dynasty, each pair of iron armor uses 50 catties and 8 taels of iron, and 100,000 catties of iron armor can make about 2,000 pairs of armor. Let's talk about the calculation of ordinary waist knives and spears, a knife and gun uses ten to fifteen catties of iron, and the amount of iron used for five thousand knives and guns alone is five to seventy thousand catties, and now the price of one catty of pig iron in the Ming Dynasty is about one penny and five cents of silver, so Yue Yang just casually said that the silver cost of 100,000 catties of pig iron alone will be fifteen thousand taels of silver, plus those knives, guns, and grain and grass, without sixty or seventy thousand taels of silver, it can't be done at all, and his favor is great.
Lu Xiangsheng, who was already so excited that he couldn't help himself, stood up and said to Yue Yang Zhengrong: "Zhenghong's kindness will never be forgotten by the official, so let's do it, the official can't ask for your things in vain, your pig iron is bought by the official, and the silver taels will be sent to you immediately after the official arrives in Datong!" ”
Looking at this upright and cute pillar of the Ming Dynasty, Yue Yang smiled heartily. He waved his hand slightly and smiled: "The governor's words are wrong, the governor will inevitably spend more money on the Jin this time, and your hand is definitely not rich, if you give all the silver to the general, wouldn't your life be even more sad?" Let's just say it, when you go back, the last general will send someone to escort you to Datong. ”
"Then I'm tired of Masahiro."
Lu Xiangsheng is also a person with a strong personality, and he quickly calmed down after the excitement. It's just that he has a deeper affection for Yue Yang in his heart. He just arrived, after arriving in Datong, he naturally continued to erect his prestige, in ancient times it was actually very simple to lead troops, in addition to the prestige of the main general, there must be food in his hands, otherwise he can't even fill his stomach Who will listen to you? With the weapons, armor and food provided by Yue Yang this time, it was of great help to Lu Xiangsheng to quickly master Datong and the army at the border pass, and it was Lu Xiangsheng who was so grateful to Yue Yang.