"Don't hide from Zhentai, the last general is here to ask for help, I hope that Zhentai will be able to allocate 300,000 stone of grain from the stock to solve the urgent needs of our army for the sake of our army's thousands of miles to aid Laizhou, and I will remember this great kindness in Jinzhou!"

Yang Yufan's youth made Jiang Wanli a little surprised, but even if he said his intentions straight to the point, he was playing tricks, when he came, Shi Dayong asked him to buy grain directly from Laizhou, and he did not hesitate to spend a lot of money, but when the words came to his mouth, he opened his mouth first to ask for food. Although he knows that he has a lot of belongings, which can be regarded as a windfall, Jiang Wanli is still a little distressed about spending lavishly. He is also planning for the future, it is imperative for the Jinzhou army to expand the army, and there are more places to use silver in the future, not to mention anything else, that is, food, clothing and housing, and the silver required for a year is also amazing, not to mention the ordnance and armor equipped for the soldiers, as well as the wolf cavalry that spends money like a bottomless pit.

Only by making careful calculations can we live a good life, from Songshan all the way to the present, the bigger the family business, the more we must cherish it, and it is always a point to save a point. Jiang Wanli didn't think that his request was excessive, the military food in Laizhou City should have been transferred outside the Guan, and the Jinzhou Army was from outside the Guan, so the food in the city was his own, and now he was polite, the other party had no reason not to allocate food.

"Three hundred thousand stones?" Hearing this number, Yang Yufan sneered, "What a big breath, it will cost 300,000 stones at once, it seems that you know the details of this Laizhou City." Jian raised his eyebrows, and then changed his words and said, "This official heard that your Jinzhou army recruited rebels all the way, and really gathered a lot of soldiers and horses. ”

"What do you mean by Lord Zhentai?" Jiang Wanli's heart suddenly, this question is too damning.

"How? Hehe, the official also asked casually, you don't have to think about it. Although Yang Yufan had a smile on his face, he didn't look like he was smiling, and there was obviously a bit of vigilance in his eyes.

Jiang Wanli is not like Cao Bianjiao's newborn calf, and he also has an experience of grinding people's hearts, which is already clear in his heart, knowing that the other party is suspicious of what his own soldiers and horses are doing outside the city, he can't help but smile bitterly, shake his head and say: "Lord Zhentai just said badly, the rebels are rebellious ministers and thieves without a king and a father, and my Jinzhou army is the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, the rebels are prosperous and the Ming Dynasty is prosperous, and the officers and soldiers are prosperous is the luck of the Ming Dynasty, how can the two be compared?" Could it be that Lord Zhentai hopes that my Ming soldiers and horses are not as strong as the rebels and thieves? ”

The same rhetorical question, the same intention, Yang Yufan smiled, smiled, his eyes fell on Jiang Wanli's face, and the corners of his mouth slanted and asked: "I don't know if your general has ever hung a seal?" ”

The so-called hanging seal refers to the general seal of the general officer, and the person who hangs the seal in the town can be called handsome, such as Mao Wenlong and Zu Dashou. Shi Dayong is only a general in Jinzhou, and he has never even been a deputy general of the general army, so how can he have a seal to hang. Jiang Wanli replied honestly: "Back to Zhentai, my General Shi has not been sealed, and now he is a general in Jinzhou, under the command of the governor of Liaodong. ”

"General?" Yang Yufan nodded meaningfully, and then asked, "I don't know if Jiang Shoubei knows that I have tens of thousands of generals in the Ming Dynasty?" ”

"Daming is not a general with tens of thousands of troops, but if my general does not contain these rebellious troops, I am afraid that it will cause more harm to the local area." Jiang Wanli's heart sank, and he knew that things were a little tricky, "But at the moment, it is also an expedient measure, when the overall situation is completely decided, our army will be dismissed, so as not to poison the place, and then maybe you will have to work to the Zhentai Lord." ”

"How General Shi does it is his business, this official is the chief military officer of Tongzhou, and this Laizhou is also a rescue, just like your Jinzhou army, my Tongzhou soldiers and horses are also guest troops, but I can't control how your general does." However, this grain is not easy to allot, and it needs to go through the formalities, otherwise, the official has no right to allocate it. Yang Yufan has a businesslike appearance.

If you can't get food, you can't buy food, Jiang Wanli is anxious: "Our army has tens of thousands of horses stationed outside the city, if there is no food and grass, the consequences may be unimaginable." ”

"Lord Zhu Dadian, the new superintendent of the imperial court, will arrive today, and then you can ask your general to go and apply for the transfer." Yang Yufan was unmoved.

"Lord Dutang is still in Ludi, but I don't know how many days it will take, but the grain and grass in our army can only last for two or three days, I really can't wait, and I hope that Lord Zhentai can be accommodating." I know that there is not much grain collected from Dengzhou, and now that tens of thousands of mouths have been added, if there is no food, how can I get it, we can't let these tens of thousands of people kill each other.

"When I came, my general explained that if it is inconvenient for Zhentai, our army can buy grain at market prices." There is no way, at this point, Jiang Wanli can't be allowed to feel sorry for the silver, after all, what the Jinzhou army urgently needs most at the moment is food, not silver. Denglai Chidi is hundreds of miles, and no amount of silver can buy food.

"300,000 stones are bought at the market price, but it's a lot of money, and I can't see that your general is very wealthy." Yang Yufan showed a thoughtful expression, but he was still unmoved, and only said: "The grain in the treasury is the grain of the state, not the private grain of the official, how can the official have the right to sell it." Well, it's not that there is no way, right now, the eunuch Gao Gonggong is stationed in Xiaoguanzhuang, if your general doesn't want to wait for Lord Dutang to arrive, you can also go to Gao Gonggong to apply for transfer. Gao Gonggong is a close attendant of the Son of Heaven, and he sent the army to supervise the army, knowing the predicament of your army, there is no reason to disappoint it. ”

"My general and Gao Gonggong had a festival before, and I am afraid that there is no way to ask for it." Jiang Wanli also told the truth, at the moment, it is not a matter of asking for food from Gao Qiqian, but he has sent troops to suppress it, and I don't know if it will really fight.

Yang Yufan didn't know that Shi Dayong and Gao Qiqian had a festival in the past, and when he heard Jiang Wanli say this, he waved his hand: "Then I have no choice, you go back and tell your general, just say that this official can't help, and ask him to think of another way." ”

As he spoke, he was about to get up to see off the guests, but this time, Jiang Wanli couldn't calm down, and said in a hurry: "My lord, aren't you afraid that our army will run out of food and tens of thousands of tigers and wolves will cause trouble?" ”

Hearing this, Yang Yufan's face sank, and he snorted coldly: "There is a fortified city in Laizhou, and Li Kong has been helpless for several months, no matter how strong your Jinzhou army is, what can you do?" There are more soldiers and horses outside the city, and you are not the only one, so this official does not believe that your Jinzhou army dares to wave troops to attack Laizhou! If you really want to do it, what is the difference between your Jinzhou army and the traitors? It's a shame that you are still talking about what the soldiers and horses of the Ming Dynasty are, hmph, are there any officers and soldiers attacking their own cities in this world! ”

Before Yang Yufan finished speaking, Jiang Wanli knew that he had lost his words, and he was also neat, so he hurriedly hugged his fists and pleaded guilty: "The last general is also angry for a while, don't blame Lord Wangzhentai, I am the soldiers of the Son of Heaven in Jinzhou, and the soldiers and horses of the imperial court, how can I do such a rebellious thing." ”

"Angry words are also words." Yang Yufan is also young, and he is unforgiving, and he glared at Jiang Wanli with angry eyes.

Jiang Wanli was speechless by him, anxious, but he didn't know what to do, so he was stalemate for a moment, Yang Yufan was a little impatient, and when he was about to signal his subordinates to send off guests, he saw Jiang Wanli suddenly look up at him and asked, "I don't know if Lord Zhentai can be trusted by Li Kong?" ”

Hearing this question, Yang Yufan immediately waved his hand in disgust, and said shamelessly: "Cunning as a fox, as evil as a tiger and wolf, how can you believe it, this official grew up in the army, and he knows this kind of person no better." ”

After hearing this answer, Jiang Wanli calmed down a little, nodded and said: "Now that Li Kong and the others are asking Gao Gonggong to surrender, the last general dares to ask your lordship, how will the imperial court deal with them, will they behead the two of them for their crimes, or let the two of them take their posts and continue to stay here in Denglai?" ”

Yang Yufan was stunned, his cheeks twitched, and he said with some hatred: "I'm afraid that most of the adults in the court still want to use these people, they have been making trouble to appease them a few days ago, and now that the thieves have surrendered, they are naturally happy." ”

"The last general also thought that the court would continue to use them." Jiang Wanli sighed, "When the army returns, do you dare to guarantee that Li Jiucheng and Kong Youde will not rebel again?" ”

"The world is impermanent, how dare the official guarantee this matter." Yang Yufan snorted slightly.

"The last general heard that Li Kong and the others had deceived Governor Xie and Zhu Governor into surrendering out of the city, but the adults never went out of the city and closed the city gates, so it can be seen that the adults have no trust in these people. Don't hide it from my lord, my general also doesn't believe that Li Kong's generation will sincerely return to the imperial court, my general thinks that this is just a strategy for the two to save their lives, just wait for the army to return, the two will inevitably rebel again, so my general decided to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, leaving no half of the disaster. ”

"Oh? Cutting the grass and eradicating the roots? Yang Yufan was a little strange, "What is your general going to do?" ”