In fact, this remark is very simple, just ask for money and food, winter quilts, and Xiong Wencan to ensure that when he is not in Fujian, others will interfere less in the affairs of his territory! And he also wants to control a good port on the eastern side of the mountain as his bridgehead.

Xiong Wencan felt a toothache while listening, hissing and inhaling cool air between his teeth, and secretly scolding this bastard in his heart, he really dared to open his mouth, not to mention the arrears, but also to open a salary, and to pay another three months' military salary, how much silver does this cost!

Even if a soldier's salary is one or two halves of silver a month, 8,000 people are 12,000 silver, and Yu Xiaotian and his guy will need half a year's military salary, which is 70,000 taels of silver, plus the salary for at least one person to pay a month's military salary, and another 12,000, adding up to 84,000 taels of silver for military salary alone.

This is only these 8,000 land soldiers, this time to transport these land divisions to the north, it is inevitable to use boat divisions, and the number of sailors is estimated to be no less, at least more than 3,000 people, and maybe even four or five thousand people, which is tens of thousands of taels of silver.

That's not a small amount! What's more, Yu Xiaotian also wants him to prepare a large amount of grain, if the grain is not good over there in the future, he will definitely come back to him to ask for it, this matter is probably a bit troublesome, Fujian itself is mountainous and has few fields, and the grain is not enough, Yu Xiaotian wants so much grain at this time, even if he empties the granaries in various places, I am afraid he may not be satisfied with Yu Xiaotian's requirements.

But these things that Yu Xiaotian wants are indeed the truth, they don't pay for the arrears, and they have to go north to the bitter cold place of Denglai to work hard, and the soldiers are not stupid, let them do what they do, the food is not enough, and they have to work, which is equivalent to letting the horses not eat grass, and let them pull the carts, and the livestock will not work hard, let alone people.

In addition, the north is much colder than Fujian, and Yu Xiaotian's subordinates are all southern soldiers, and if he suddenly runs to that kind of cold place, he will definitely not adapt to the climate, and he will freeze to death with a lot of frostbite and fight a war when it is cold? Spank the ass!

And most of Yu Xiaotian's elites are the masters who have been pirates, they are the real proud soldiers, and he doesn't dare to say that the loyalty of these people to the court is not as high as that of the Dongjiang Army, and even if they can't get it right, they are not as good as them.

If the gang of guys brought by Yu Xiaotian can't eat enough and don't have enough clothes, and they can't get their salaries, who dares to guarantee that after these guys pass, will there be a farce of mutiny? If, after they went, they had no winter clothes to wear because of the lack of food and wages, and they made a disturbance in the local area, then they would not be going to quell the rebellion, but to add to the chaos.

It is rumored that Kong Li launched a mutiny this time because of a chicken, and these guys are afraid that they will dare to make trouble because of a needle.

When the time comes, he, the governor, is thousands of miles away, and there is nowhere to press if he wants to, and these guys have left their hometowns, and after a long time, no one dares to say that they will do a good job over there.

Therefore, this time Yu Xiaotian was ordered to go north to quell the rebellion, not only about his honor and disgrace, nor only about the honor and disgrace of the 8,000 soldiers, but also directly related to his Xiong Wencan's future.

Well done, he Xiong Wencan will rise to prominence in the future, Yu Xiaotian did not do well, and he also caused trouble, and he Xiong Wencan is the only one who carries this black pot.

So Xiong Wencan could only grit his teeth and admit it, but he bargained with Yu Xiaotian in terms of quantity, and it was okay to make up for the arrears, and it was okay to issue a salary, but he had to pay three months of military salary in advance, and he had no money in hand, so he could only send it to one month at most, and if it was more, it would be said later!

In terms of military rations, he tried to find a way to ensure three months' military rations as much as possible, and he also gave Yu Xiaotian an idea, asking him to ask for some from the prefectures and counties along the way when he stopped along the way.

As long as there is a slight threat, those prefectures and counties along the way can only pinch their noses and admit it, and after this way, at least they can raise some more military rations, at least to meet their needs for half a year without much problem.

In terms of winter clothing, no one in Fujian grows cotton, even if there are people, the number is very small, but the area of Songjiang Prefecture is the main production area of cotton, the world has been in turmoil in the past two years, and the cotton cloth in Songjiang is unsalable, and cotton farmers can not find a market for cotton.

Yu Xiaotian's trip has passed, he can stop in Songjiang Mansion and blackmail Songjiang Mansion, and it is estimated that he can also get some cotton and cotton cloth to deal with the emergency, Xiong Wencan can send someone to immediately start the matter to the imperial court, and ask the emperor to ask about this matter, and the officials of Songjiang Mansion probably dare not do it.

In addition, the weather is getting warmer immediately, and after two months, the temperature in the north has warmed up, after Xiaotian led the troops to the north, the temperature will not freeze to death, if the winter clothes are not prepared in time, hold on, give him a little time, before the winter this year, the winter clothes are ready, and ensure that if the winter counterinsurgency has not completely ended, it must be sent to Yu Xiaotian.

As for the question of Yu Xiaotian directly controlling a good port in the north, Xiong Wencan also took it for granted, and asked Yu Xiaotian what place he wanted, Yu Xiaotian directly named Jiaozhou Bay, that is, Qingdao Port in later generations, where is the largest natural port in the north, if you don't want anywhere, wouldn't it be stupid?

So Xiong Wencan pondered for a while, and felt that this request was reasonable, after all, Yu Xiaotian was leading the southern soldiers and horses to the north, and a large number of materials and personnel needed to be transferred.

And this matter can't be handed over to the Shandong officials to do, he knows very well the efficiency of the Shandong officials, pulling each other, plus the lack of money, if they are allowed to do it, let alone a few months, even if they are given two years, they may not be able to do it well, and the cucumber dishes will be cold by then.

So Xiong Wencan immediately nodded, and promised to write a chapter in person, to make this matter clear, to show his interests, and strive to hand over the area around Fushan and even Jiaozhou Bay to Yu Xiaotian for temporary control, as a material transfer base for Yu Xiaotian's Fujian soldiers in the north.

and Yu Xiaotian mentioned that when he was not in Fujian, others should not take the opportunity to meddle in the affairs of his territory, Xiong Wencan of course was as good as a stream, patting his chest and promising that he would never let people go to these troubles.

So Yu Xiaotian pretended to be reluctant, nodded and agreed, as for the time of sending troops, Yu Xiaotian was still hesitant, unwilling to make up his mind to set a date for departure, and deduced that the food and salary were not in place, and it was necessary to mobilize people and horses for drills, and a large number of ammunition and materials had to be prepared.

Xiong Wencan was anxious when he heard it, but in the holy decree, he specified that after Yu Xiaotian received the holy decree, he would rush to Denglai to obey the order within two months at the latest, and within two months, it would be to resist the decree, and no one could say what else would happen on the road, plus Yu Xiaotian had already made up his mind to extort some food and salary along the way.

If he didn't lead his troops to Denglai within two months, this matter would be troublesome again, so Xiong Wencan urged Yu Xiaotian again and again to set off as much as possible, don't delay.

Now the wind direction at sea is not right, and the speed of the boat going north will be very slow, and this time is really unbearable!

Yu Xiaotian doesn't seem to take the holy decree seriously, and only after three delays and finally agrees, after half a month at the earliest, he can swear to set off, no matter how early it is!

Xiong Wencan could only pinch his nose and nod his head and agree, within half a month, the money, food and materials promised to Yu Xiaotian will be delivered to Yu Xiaotian, even if it cannot be transported to Weitou Bay, it will be transported to various places along the coast of Fujian first, and when the boatmaster travels, he will load the ship directly in these coastal places, which can save time and manpower and material resources.

And Yu Xiaotian said that sending troops after half a month is already quite face-saving, because in this era, large-scale long-distance mobilization of troops, even if it is only a few hundred miles away, it is not easy to move the army, and it is necessary to make a lot of preparations in advance, and the combat readiness level of the Ming army in peacetime is also very poor, not to mention the material reserves, the preparation time is as long as half a year, and the short time is three months.

Therefore, Yu Xiaotian's promise to leave after half a month is by no means perfunctory Xiong Wencan, but it really needs such time.

In fact, does Yu Xiaotian really need half a month to prepare? The answer is definitely no, Yu Xiaotian actually started to arrange this matter in advance half a year ago.

The deployment and storage of various materials, the deployment and preparation of ships, the scheduling and training and mobilization of personnel, as well as the production and reserve of various weapons and ammunition, in the past few months, the Seawolf has not been calm at all, and the production system can be said to have been fully prepared for this war.

The reason why Yu Xiaotian did this was also to make a gesture, otherwise as soon as the holy decree arrived here, Xiong Wencan flickered, and he opened up, which was too obvious, and a discerning person could guess that Yu Xiaotian was ready to go on the expedition a long time ago, in that case, I am afraid that someone would secretly say that he had ill intentions.

Of course, in the past half a month, it is still needed, at the very least, to gather the troops dispatched this time, and also to calculate, take the chicken feathers as arrows, send people to the front station in advance, and notify some coastal prefectures and counties that were targeted by Yu Xiaotian along the way, explaining that he wants to stop over there for supplies, what things and materials are needed, and ask them to prepare in advance.

(Wow, it's cool to look at the list today, and a few more chrysanthemums have exploded!) Hehe! It's all the brothers who help! Thank you so much! In addition, I would like to give special thanks to zjwynj, zhao55555, a drunken person, and Coke plus some ice for their tips! In addition, there is also sad news, brother, I have been sick again in the past two days! And the baby daughter also has a cold and fever! I have Meniere's syndrome, this is dizzy! It's a spinning dizzy! Lying down feels like you're on a boat, flickering! It's hard to die! ）