Lin Jiantai's price made Deng Wei stunned, Shi Dayong and Jiang Wanli were also taken aback, even Pei Shaokuan heard this amount and secretly said: Lin Jiantai can really make a price, but with the help of dredging, he dared to ask for 10,000 taels, this is not a slander!

looked at the general soldier Deng of the Sichuan army with a little sympathy, and said in his heart that if the other party had 10,000 taels of silver, I was afraid that he would not ask for this, so he could go directly to Gonggong Gao, why bother to pass through your Lin Jiantai layer and let you swallow another copy from it.

At the same time, he was a little worried, Deng Wei just asked for more grain and grass to be dredged on his behalf, and asked for some cotton clothes to keep out the cold, Lin Jiantai dared to open his mouth, not to mention the Jinzhou army that offended his father-in-law. According to his pricing method, wouldn't he want to ask Shi Dayong for 100,000 taels? No matter how rich Shi Dayong is, I'm afraid there won't be so much, right? If you have a lot of money, you can't negotiate this business, and it must be yellow.

If the deal is yellow, won't the benefits of Shi Dayong's promise after the success be gone? If this is the case, it will be a duck that flies to the beak, which makes people feel distressed.

Thinking that the benefits were gone, Pei Shaokuan's cheeks couldn't help twitching, and he secretly glanced at Shi Dayong, suffering from the mask covering, I don't know what kind of face the other party will have, but it is estimated that it is not green.

Shi Dayong's face is not green, but it is also very distorted, I saw Lin Jiantai and the Sichuan Army, the general soldier surnamed Deng, was very enthusiastic about the past, and was very sympathetic to the Sichuan Army's experience, and his words were very embarrassing, so he just patted his chest and said that this matter was on him, and the general soldier Deng was moved to tears. It also made Shi Dayong calm down, thinking that this Commander Lin was really a good talker, and there should be no problem with what he requested, but he didn't know that the next change in Lu Dao made him dumbfounded

In order to express his gratitude, he immediately took out the two thousand five hundred taels of silver tickets, saying that the five hundred taels were a thank you gift to Lord Lin, and the other two thousand taels were asked to be used by Lord Lin to dredge the father-in-law on his behalf.

Asking someone to do things is naturally to give filial piety, and there is still a thank you gift among the people, and it is not uncommon for this officialdom to be above it. In these years, asking people to do things is a matter of money, and it is easy to do things with money, but if you don't have money, ghosts won't pay attention to you.

Therefore, Deng Wei handed the silver to Lin Jiantai, Shi Dayong naturally didn't think there was anything wrong, he himself came to send the silver, and he couldn't talk about laughing at people for taking bribes or anything. Fifty steps without laughing at a hundred steps, you can do what you have to do, if you don't do it, you can't do it, there are still more than a thousand big mouths waiting in the house. If there is no longer a supply of food and grass, Shi Dayong can only pat his buttocks and slip away.

This money is nothing but things outside the body, if you don't bring it in life or in death, what's the use of staying with you, it's worth spending it. If Chen Shi's wealth can be used to buy life-saving food for his subordinates, Shi Dayong is a hundred willing.

Here, Lin Jiantai's hand has also been stretched out, his face is still smiling, he looks very conscious, and he has no intention of pushing, as if this benefit is that he should take the same.

However, when his hand was just stretched out halfway, and he hadn't touched the silver ticket yet, when he heard Deng Yu say that it was only two thousand five hundred taels, and he could only take five hundred taels, and the other two thousand taels were for Gao Qidive, Lin Jiantai's face immediately twitched up and down nervously, and his hand stopped in mid-air, although the corners of his mouth were still smiling, but his words changed.

He first said that when he first came to office, he was not familiar with the affairs of the camp, and he did not have much friendship with Gao Gonggong, and since the supply of food and grass for the Sichuan army was set by Gao Gonggong, it was difficult for him to interfere. If you take the liberty of interfering, I am afraid that it will make Gao's father-in-law unhappy.

This said this, and suddenly Deng Yu was stunned, you couldn't say it well just now, why has it changed now?

But he reacted quickly, and immediately understood that it must be the other party who thought that there was less silver, so he hurriedly said cautiously: "The last general also knows that things are a little tricky, and it is difficult for Gonggong Gao to dredge up, so he asked the adults to come forward on his behalf." If the adult thinks that the amount of money given by the high father-in-law is too little, then please show the adult, how much is appropriate for the general? ”

Deng Wei said that it was for Gao Qiqian, but no one in the tent could hear it, he was clearly referring to Gao Qiqian, but secretly he was talking about Lin Jiantai. If you say it thoroughly, it will be how much money you Lin Jiantai need to help.

Officialdom does things, after all, there are still some rules, so many people are present, and it is not good for Deng Jian to directly ask Lin Jiantai how much silver he wants.

Who would have thought that Lin Jiantai didn't have such scruples as Deng Yuan, he opened the skylight and said something bright, paced two steps with his slightly chubby body, and then said directly: "Brother Deng, since you have found the official in this matter, the official will naturally not push you out." In this way, if you really want to get things done, then pay 10,000 taels. ”

"Ten thousand taels?!"

Deng Yu was so shocked that his eyes almost fell out. The two thousand five hundred taels were still made up by him and Wang Hong with great difficulty, and where there was any silver in the camp, at most they could only make up another thousand taels. Lin Jiantai opened his mouth to say 10,000 taels, didn't he want them to die!

Not to say that they can't take it out, even if they can take it out, they won't be stupid enough to agree to each other. With these ten thousand taels of silver, they can't do anything. Take 5,000 taels out to honor Gao Qiqian, and I'm afraid that things can be done.

The purpose of looking for you Lin Jiantai is just to have an intercession person, because going directly to Gao Qiqian is inevitably a little raw, after all, after coming for so many days, he and Wang Hong have not gone to Gao Qiqian for food and grass, nor have they visited too much, but they have only gone twice because of military affairs, and they have not handed over any filial piety, and now they suddenly went to Gao Qiqian to ask for food, grass and cotton clothes, and it is difficult to ensure that Gao Qiqian has no idea. I am afraid that the grain and grass of the Sichuan army will be stuck in the high and hidden most likely because I have not received benefits, so there is a person with enough weight to dredge and coordinate from it, and this matter can be solved. As long as Gao Qiqian speaks, the people below will naturally not be stuck with the grain and grass of the Sichuan army anymore, and they can have more grain and grass, and then replenish a batch of cotton clothes, and they will be able to survive this harsh winter. Otherwise, it is really worrying to freeze to death every day.

But Lin Jiantai is too greedy, and the price he offered has far exceeded Deng Yuan's psychological limit, and he can't accept it no matter what. Even if he and Wang Hong smashed the pot and sold iron, they couldn't make up the 10,000 taels.

"10,000 taels is too much, the adults don't know the situation of the last general of Lu Dao, the second year of Chongzhen went north to the king of Qin, the last general has not gone back, he has been sent by the imperial court in the past few years, and it has not been a good birthday for half a day, and the imperial court has not paid out one or two military salaries. At present, the last general really can't come up with any silver anymore, don't hide it, the two thousand five hundred taels of silver are still made up by the last general and the general Wang, the last general is really poor, and his brothers are really bitter

If you don't believe me, please go to the camp of the last general, and see what the last general's soldiers are wearing and eating, and many of them don't even have cotton clothes, my lord! For the sake of the brothers under the last general, who are starving and working hard for the court, please dredge it up on your behalf! ”

Deng Wei begged bitterly, but he had to kneel for Lin Jiantai. Shi Dayong and Jiang Wanli on the side were sympathetic when they heard it, and they couldn't imagine that the Sichuan army would be embarrassed and difficult to do this. Although the Jinzhou army is now in danger of running out of food, after all, the soldiers are still warmly dressed, but listening to what Deng Zongbing said, there are already soldiers in his battalion who have frozen to death, and there are not a few who suffer from frostbite, which is really miserable compared with the Jinzhou army.

It seems that this surnamed Deng is still a good official, and he knows that he is fighting for the soldiers under his command to survive, but he is not like a bad general who completely drinks the blood of the soldiers and eats empty salaries, Shi Dayong thought so, and sighed secretly, feeling that he was connected. There is even more inexplicable grief and indignation, anger at the situation of both sides, and an indescribable sadness, I can't imagine that he Shi Dayong will have to rely on bribery to survive

Deng Wei's bitter pleading made Pei Shaokuan, who had never looked down on foreign soldiers and horses, a little moved, but Lin Jiantai turned a blind eye, unmoved like a stone heart, and did not let go at all. After arriving at the end, Xu was impatient to listen, so he spread his hands and said clearly: "Brother Deng, to be honest, it's useless for you to complain to this official, this official is in charge of the Beijing camp, not your Sichuan army, let alone the commander of this army, so you just cry with me for a day, and this official can't help, after all, this grain, grass and materials are stuck in the hands of Gao Gonggong, without him to speak, how can this official dare to allocate to you without authorization." Speaking of this, Lin Jiantai coughed dryly, and then said: "But no matter how difficult it is in this world, there is always a way to solve it, as long as your brother Deng has the heart and is willing to spend this money, things will definitely be done." When the time comes, it will naturally be possible to solve the problems in your camp, your brother Deng is better, and the soldiers below are also better, you say, isn't that reasonable? ”

Deng Wei was stunned by Lin Jiantai's question, his face was as stretched as a donkey's face, and he said bitterly: "My lord, it's not that the last general doesn't want to give out this silver, but the last general can't take it out, please be accommodating, you see, how about the last general take another thousand taels?" Deng Wei also recognized Lin Jiantai as ruthless, gritted his teeth and added an extra thousand taels, and I don't know if Wang Hong will admit this account after he goes back, if he doesn't admit it, this blood will be big.

The saliva was dry, only one thousand taels were added, Lin Jiantai really didn't have a good face now, the previous hypocrisy and hypocrisy instantly drifted away, and he returned to his chair with his negative hand, and coldly stacked a sentence, "Ten thousand taels, below this number, there is nothing the official can do." ”

"Your Excellency!" Deng Wei stood there dumbfounded, unable to say a word, he knew this Lin Jiantai, he was a bastard who recognized money and didn't recognize people! If he asks for it again, the other party won't let go!

People who don't have a time to drink cold water and plug their teeth, today you Lin Jiantai is unkind and unjust, he will always have a bad luck time in the future, when the time comes, see how Lao Tzu cleans you up!

Deng Wei gritted his teeth and cursed, so angry that his calves and stomach trembled slightly.

Lin Jiantai was not afraid that Deng Wei would hate himself, seeing that the other party was standing there without moving, he obviously couldn't take out 10,000 taels, and he no longer instigated him, and waved his hand to send off the guest, "If you can't take out this silver, then please go back." The official still has a guest, so I won't send Brother Deng, Brother Deng, please! ”

The word "please" dragged on for a long time, intentionally or unintentionally with a bit of sarcasm, Deng Wei listened, his face was red, but he didn't dare to attack.

He swallowed his anger and hugged his fists: "Since the adults are unwilling to help my Sichuan army, then the general will not be able to nag anymore, so I will leave!" After speaking, he turned around and was about to leave the account, but someone behind him stopped him: "Mr. Deng, please stay!" ”

Well?

Deng Yu turned around suspiciously, and found that it was the big man who had been sitting on the side with a mask on his face that stopped him.

"You?" Deng Yu didn't know why the other party wanted to stop him.

Pei Shaokuan and Lin Jiantai are also strange, and they don't know what Shi Dayong is going to do when he stops Deng Yu.

Shi Dayong nodded at Deng Wei with a smile, then turned around and owed Lin Jiantai, raised his head and said, "My lord, the last general is willing to give this ten thousand taels of silver for General Deng and the soldiers of the Sichuan Army." ”

"You're out?!"

Deng Yu, Lin Jiantai, and Pei Shaokuan were all stunned when they heard Shi Dayong's words, and Jiang Wanli was also surprised, not understanding why the general wanted to give this money for others.

10,000 taels is not a small amount, the day of the first victory of the Da Ling River, the Son of Heaven was overjoyed to allocate internal funds to reward the Songshan army, but only 10,000 taels of silver, his old Songshan army needs less than 15,000 taels of military salary a year, but now for no reason to give this 10,000 taels for the Sichuan army that he never knows, which makes Jiang Wanli very puzzled. But since the general has done it, he will not object, presumably the military has his intention to do this.

But what can the Sichuan army, which is even poorer than himself, have to make a general's decision? Jiang Wanli racked his brains and couldn't figure out what Shi Dayong's intention was.

"You mean you gave him 10,000 taels of silver?"

Over there, Lin Jiantai had already stood up, with an unbelievable expression, it is difficult for this Shi Dayong to be related to Deng Yu, otherwise why should he be the boss of this injustice. Even his mother's relatives can't take out 10,000 taels of silver for no reason!

Pei Shaokuan scolded the surname Shi in his heart for being crazy, crazy, your own thing hasn't been done yet, but you gave 10,000 taels to others for nothing, isn't this fucking crazy, can you do such a stupid thing?

Deng Wei was surprised and delighted, he couldn't believe his ears, he looked at this big man wearing a mask in a daze, and didn't understand why the other party would help him, this is 10,000 taels, not 100 taels, he and he don't know each other at all, but the other party actually said that he was going to go out for himself, which really surprised Deng Wei and couldn't figure it out.

10,000 taels to give it to yourself, this favor is so great! Deng Yu was inexplicably excited, and he was afraid that this big man was playing by himself, so he looked at the other party with apprehension.

Shi Dayong said to Lin Jiantai with great certainty: "My lord, the last general is willing to give this ten thousand taels of silver for General Deng's soldiers." ”

"Do you have 10,000 taels?" Lin Jiantai didn't believe that the other party could come up with so much silver.

Shi Dayong didn't speak, but turned his face sideways and ordered Jiang Wanli: "Bring the things over." ”

"Yes, General!"

Although Jiang Wanli didn't understand, he didn't hesitate at all, and he carried the package he had been carrying in his hand to the table in front of Lin Jiantai very neatly.

Shi Dayong commanded in a deep voice: "Open." ”

Jiang Wanli untied the knot on the package as he said, and the moment the package was opened, Lin Jiantai's eyes suddenly straightened - it was all ten taels of gold ingots!

"Here are five hundred taels of gold, which is equivalent to five thousand taels of silver, and the remaining five thousand taels are counted in the transaction between the last general and the adult, as long as the adult is willing to do the business of the last general, the last general will be transported together later." After finishing speaking, Shi Dayong paused for a moment, and deliberately emphasized: "It's all real money, and it will never be in arrears." ”

looked up, but found that Lin Jiantai was looking greedily at the pile of gold ingots, and his somewhat fat face was shining golden under the light of the candle flame.