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Not to mention Yueyang, who gritted his teeth after receiving the news, Lu Xiangsheng, who was funded by Yueyang, finally came to Datong Mansion after about ten days of travel, Zhang Zongheng and he went through the handover procedures and immediately left Datong as if fleeing for his life in the direction of the capital, so far Lu Xiangsheng finally became the commander of tens of thousands of border troops in Xuanzhen.

Sitting in the signing room of the Governor's Palace, Lu Xiangsheng was drinking tea while holding a roster to check, while Yang Tinglin was leading a group of staff members to count the family wealth left by Zhang Zongheng, and next to them was a stack of account books.

Yang Tinglin, who had been sweating profusely for two hours, came over angrily and said to Lu Xiangsheng angrily; "Dong Weng, this Zhang Zongheng is too much, judging from the account books, the soldiers of Xuanzhen have not been paid for three months, how dare he be so bold?"

"No money for three months?" Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help but be stunned, and said in surprise: "It's impossible, didn't the imperial court just make up Xuanzhen's food and salary for two months last month, why didn't Zhang Zongheng go down?" ”

"Nope." Yang Tinglin put the account book in front of Lu Xiangsheng and said: "You see, it is clearly written here that the soldiers' salaries are not only only until February, but also that the salaries of the soldiers are only 30% of the actual salary, this Zhang Zongheng's heart is too dark, is he not afraid of the soldiers to mutiny if he goes on like this?" ”

Lu Xiangsheng's face also darkened, since the middle and late Ming Dynasty, most of the troops in the court who can fight are recruits, under the influence of good men who have been circulating for thousands of years, the people who come to serve as soldiers are some children of farmers who live in poverty, and the only reason for them to join the army is for the military salary on Weibo. The thing these people hate the most is also the deduction of military salaries. If they knew that the imperial court had already paid the army, but it was deducted by the people above, no one dared to guarantee what the angry soldiers would do.

Looking at the account book in front of him, Lu Xiangsheng didn't have to think about it to know that the military salary for these two months must have been deducted by Zhang Zongheng, Lu Xiangsheng couldn't figure it out, isn't this guy afraid of the soldiers at the border gate making trouble? Once the soldiers mutinied, it could not be eliminated with a few words, and their heads would be cut off by the soldiers who made a fuss.

Looking at the silent Lu Xiangsheng, Yang Tinglin reminded: "Dong Weng, now that Zhang Zongheng has run away, then the next thing is our business." You've got to figure it out! ”

"yes!" Lu Xiangsheng woke up at this time. Now he is the governor of Xuanda, if the soldiers mutiny, it will be his own business, but he hates that Zhang Zongheng for deducting food and salary, but in the end he let himself carry the black cauldron. Thinking of this, Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help gritting his teeth and said, "Zhang Zongheng." We're not done with this! ”

After getting angry, Lu Xiangsheng asked again: "Boxiang." How much silver do we have now? ”

Yang Tinglin thought for a while: "Dong Weng, when we left Beijing, the emperor gave us 30,000 taels of silver. Along the way, thousands of soldiers of our Tianxiong Army spent three thousand taels. By the way, when you came out of Yingzhou Mansion, Lord Yue also gave you five thousand taels of Cheng Yi. Now we have thirty-two thousand taels of silver left. ”

"Thirty-two thousand taels?" Lu Xiangsheng frowned, shook his head and said: "This bit of silver is still too little, judging from the roster, there are more than 30,000 soldiers in Xuanda Border Town, and this bit of silver can only be paid for one month, which is still not enough." ”

Looking at Lu Xiangsheng, who was frowning, Yang Tinglin cautiously reminded: "Dong Weng, according to the rules, we don't need to pay it all, only half of the actual salary is enough, so that we are equal to two months' salary." ”

"No!" Lu Xiangsheng said angrily: "Boxiang, you have also followed me for seven or eight years, when did you see me only half of the actual salary, I Lu Xiangsheng never did this kind of thing of drinking the blood of soldiers!" ”

Yang Tinglin spread his hands helplessly: "That...... Then the only way to ask the court for silver is to ask for it. ”

"Is there any silver in the imperial court?" Lu Xiangsheng, who had just returned from the imperial court, was very clear about the current financial situation of the imperial court, and he shook his head and said: "At present, the autumn harvest has not yet arrived, where does the household department get the silver!" ”

Yang Tinglin blurted out: "Then ask the emperor to allocate the money!" ”

"Where does the emperor still have money!" Lu Xiangsheng smiled bitterly.

"Then there's no way." Yang Tinglin sighed in disappointment, looking at the few staff members who were still busy counting the numbers, he suddenly remembered something and said eagerly to Lu Xiangsheng: "Dong Weng, maybe someone can lend us silver." ”

"Who is it?" Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help but ask with joy on his face.

Looking at Lu Xiangsheng, Yang Tinglin said word by word: "It's our North Road guerrilla general, Lord Yue!" ”

"Yue Zhenghong!" Lu Xiangsheng was overjoyed at first, and then sighed: "Thinking that Yue Yang just gave this official so many weapons, armor and food, it is already benevolent and righteous, how can we open our mouths to him again." At least this official can't pull this face. ”

"Then there is no way, we can only use the silver on hand to ease the grievances of the soldiers first."

Speaking of this, Lu Xiangsheng and Yang Tinglin looked at each other and smiled bitterly......

On May 16 of the seventh year of Chongzhen, after two days of hurrying, Zhang Zongheng, who was in a hurry to return to the capital, took his 300 family members and domestic servants to drive more than 100 carriages to a forest less than 20 miles away from Shaguo Fort.

Shaguobao is located in the eastern part of Shanxi, a hilly area, where the jungle is dense and the road is rugged, which is very difficult, Zhang Zongheng led his convoy to walk in a long line of convoys on the narrow road.

Although Zhang Zongheng has been the governor of Xuanda for several years, he does not know how to ride a horse under the civil official system, and even if he can, he disdains to ride a horse. At this moment, he poked his head out of the car, looked at the sky outside the window and said to Ni Zhongyun, a staff member who was riding a horse on the side: "You immediately tell the people in front of you to speed up, you must rush to Shaguo Fort before dark, my eyelids jumped along the way, and I always felt that something bad was happening." ”

"Yes!"

Soon, a few shouts came from the front of the convoy, and the convoy sped up and drove towards the front. A convoy of more than 100 vehicles drove through the silent woods, and the constant sounds of unknown animals around them were very insightful.

"Bang!"

Suddenly, the wheels of a large cart fell into a mud pit, because the mud pit was too deep, although the coachman kept whipping the carriage, but no matter how hard the pack horse tried, the car could not get out, and finally the axle broke, the whole car fell on the road, and several large boxes also fell out.

"Bastard, how did you drive the car, even the axle was broken!" Ni Zhongyun, who rushed to hear the news, was so angry that he whipped the coachman and scolded, "You bastards, don't you hurry over and put the box away, and then hurry up to fix the axle, if you delay the adult's business, be careful of the skin on your body!" ”

With Ni Zhongyun's scolding, more than a dozen family members hurriedly came over, put the inclined vehicle with all hands and feet, and the two family members walked to the side of the box scattered on the ground and grabbed the handle of the box to lift it. Who knew that this box was unusually heavy, and the two of them couldn't hold it until they were halfway up, causing the box to fall to the ground, and the lid of the box was opened, and the contents were scattered all over the ground.

I only heard a metal crash sound, and a burst of white light stunned the eyes of the people around, and it turned out that the box was full of silver.

Seeing the scattered silver, the eyes of the people around him were almost all straight, and the eyes of several coachmen were in a dull state.

"Smack...... Smack......"

Seeing such a situation, Ni Zhongyun was furious, stretched out his hand and gave the two family members two leather whips and scolded loudly: "You two stupid pigs, what are you doing? Don't hurry up and put things back together, hurry! Otherwise, I'm not kind to you! ”

Under Ni Zhongyun's scolding, these family members came back to their senses and prepared to pack the silver scattered on the ground, but at this moment, a rapid sound of horses' hooves sounded from the side, and soon the sound of horses' hooves came to their side, and a knight with a face covered in black armor also appeared in front of them, and soon a burst of machine brackets sounded, and arrows shot towards the people on the road...... (To be continued......)