Chapter 508: The Frontline
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On the day of delivery, Yang personally took his two shopkeepers and a group of men to the military headquarters with 30,000 winter clothes.
In charge of receiving the Yang family was one of the directors of the Treasury Department, named Dou Chengtong, who was forty-six years old. On weekdays, Dou Chengtong is in charge of all kinds of military supplies in the military department, and he has long eaten with a fat brain and a big belly, if he didn't know that this winter coat was the face of the Chu Wangfu and the second prince, and the person who came was still the queen's mother's family, he would not have come to see him in person.
In the yamen of the Ministry of War, Dou Chengtong rarely smiled with a smile on his face: "It turned out that Mrs. Su personally came with the shopkeeper, which is really disrespectful and disrespectful." You have to say that it is okay for the lower officials to go directly to the house to receive the goods, so why bother Mrs. Su to make a trip. โ
The other party's attitude won Yang's heart very much, and she immediately remembered another main purpose of this delivery.
Smiling implicitly, Yang looked around, quietly took out a money bag and handed it over: "It's been a hard trip for Director Dou, this bit of silver will buy some tea for Director Dou to drink, but I have a small question I want to ask......"
has long been accustomed to being given gifts, Dou Chengtong took it and was quite satisfied, he laughed hesitantly: "What Mrs. Su said, we rough people are used to everything." Even Mrs. Su worked tirelessly for the soldiers in front of her, rushing out so many winter clothes to support, and when the King of Chu returned victoriously, His Majesty would definitely reward him for his meritorious deeds. At that time, the Marquis of Weiyang Mansion has done great good deeds, and the queen mother happened to give birth to a little prince, so it was the three joys! โ
"TOEFL, TOEFL."
Seeing that the other party's attitude was so good, Yang became more and more proud, and said: "Then I dare to ask Director Dou, although the money for the purchase of winter clothes is not given by the military department, but the price of each winter coat, I don't know if Director Dou knows?" โ
As long as the goods are delivered, you can get the money, and this money has been prepared by the household department a long time ago, and it will not be delayed. Dou Chengtong did not doubt her, and said with a smile: The purchase quantity of the military department is estimated by the commander above, and then reported to the household department for accounting. A piece needs at least four or five taels of silver, otherwise it is worthy of the soldiers who fought bloodily in front of it, right? Hahahaha......"
Four or five taels, or the least? Could it be that there will be seven or eight taels?
Yang's heart moved, and he secretly scolded Luo Qingluan for being bloody, but his face was silent. After saying a few words to Dou Chengtong, the people below had already counted the number and came in: "My lord, 30,000 winter clothes, yes, they have been counted." โ
Wait for Dou Chengtong to open a delivery note. Son, Yang took it and left the yamen of the military department, and his face became gloomy in a blink of an eye.
Princess Chu, it's really a good idea! I thought she wanted to help, but it turned out that she had worked hard for two months, and she enjoyed it. Seven or eight taels of winter clothes, Luo Qingluan changed hands and concealed half of it, although the Weiyang Marquis Mansion earned nearly 100,000 taels of silver this time, but Luo Qingluan only moved the most skinny, and the income was not less than her, where was the Yang family willing?
Along the way, he scolded and scolded in his heart, and after he went back, Yang immediately told his mother-in-law Sun about it.
"Am I right? Princess Chu is calculating us, you go to work hard for her, but she earns half of your silver behind her back, if we don't know, we really think she is a bodhisattva! Sun was very dissatisfied.
After being angry for a while, Yang thought of something, but smiled again: "Mother-in-law, fortunately, I changed a batch of winter clothes this time, and bought 10,000 cheap ones from outside and handed them over, so Master Dou didn't find out, and we earned more than 20,000 taels!" โ
Sun Yixi: "What, didn't you only buy 10,000 pieces, how did you earn more than 20,000?" โ
Yang was very proud: "The cheapest winter clothes I asked people to find." The boss Liu in the west of the city happened to have 10,000 winter clothes saved up the year before last, and I offered him one or two pieces of silver, and he agreed. Then it was sold to the military department, which is the difference of more than 20,000 yuan......"
"Only a tael of silver? How is it so cheap? Sun frowned: "Could it be that there is a problem with the winter clothes?" Can you see clearly? This is a military thing, if something goes wrong, she can't help but ask.
didn't take it to heart at all, this matter was also handed over by Yang to the shopkeeper below to check, how could she have the patience and energy to check one by one? Hearing this, she said: "Mother-in-law, don't worry, then Boss Liu has been in business for so many years, where will there be problems, he is not afraid of offending our Weiyang Hou Mansion?" Even if these 10,000 winter clothes are worse, but those who are soldiers, which one is not strong, a little clothing is enough, and it is not those weak daughters who are not in the way. โ
Thinking about it, Sun nodded, and Yang took out the slip that Dou Cheng opened again. Zi smiled: "Tomorrow, my daughter-in-law will go to the second prince to exchange the silver, and then go to Fuxiang Pavilion to buy an old ginseng for my mother-in-law and come back to make up for it." โ
"Hehe, no need, this money is not easy to earn, don't spend it indiscriminately...... the two said and laughed, completely immersed in the joy of this large income, and got carried away.
A few days later, Luo Qingluan received some small gifts from Su Yi.
It's not very valuable, it's just some small snacks made by the palace chef. Crispy jujube cake, crab roe peas, Sixi siu mai, mint crystal slices, pear paste candy, etc., are all set on a table full of exquisite and cute.
It was Ruyi and another little eunuch who sent something, and Ruyi smiled and said: "Thank you to Princess Chu, the matter of the Marquis of Weiyang is in my heart, and after the little prince is born, I will invite Princess Chu into the palace and thank you well." โ
"The queen mother is too polite, she can't thank you."
Luo Qingluan naturally knew why Su Yi wanted to thank her, it seemed that Su Yi knew about the fact that the Yang family had earned a lot of money. Even if the Yang family doesn't say that it is Luo Qingluan's credit, Su Yi has known it for a long time, and he must thank Luo Qingluan.
Luo Qingluan also asked her to bring Su Yi some small clothes made by herself, both male and female. The red little belly pocket, the blue little shoes, the pink little socks and the little hat are very cute, originally Luo Qingluan did nothing to do for the baby in his womb, and now it is nothing to give some to Su Yi.
It's just that before leaving, Ruyi quietly handed Luo Qingluan a letter, which was written by Su Yi.
The secluded place unfolded, and Luo Qingluan knew that Su Yi was telling her about the follow-up after Zhuang Cairen's death last time. Under the ambush set up by Nangong Qing, he finally caught the instigator behind the scenes, and finally said that the instigator was Nangong Wan'er after torture to extract a confession.
In the words on the letter, Su Yi looked shocked, but she didn't expect Nangong Wan'er to be more and more ruthless now. After Luo Qingluan read the letter, it was unexpected, but it was reasonable, since Nangong Wan'er didn't succeed the first time, it was normal not to give up, but this time since Nangong Qing caught the evidence, he wouldn't be spared easily.
Su Yi only said euphemistically that Nangong Qing severely punished Nangong Wan'er, but fortunately, Su Yi did not cause substantial harm, and Nangong Wan'er cried and knelt down to intercede, and moved out of the Queen Mother. Although Nangong Qing was angry and angry, he finally didn't kill him.
"This princess really deserves it! The mind is too vicious, and she is to blame for making it now. Dai Yue said angrily, very unwillingly.
"After all, she is a princess, Your Majesty's favorite sister, and Nangong Wan'er is lucky, otherwise if she really hurts Su Yi, I am afraid that she will be a dead end." Luo Qingluan sighed, but there was a faint feeling of unease, I don't know if it was really Nangong Wan'er's luck, so she gave up again with a small punishment and a big commandment.
Nangong Wan'er's purpose was to deal with her, so she controlled Su Yi to threaten, this time she did not threaten Su Yi, but also exposed her crimes, and was severely punished by Nangong Qing. According to Nangong Wan'er's temperament, unless she is really repentant, she will never give up.
can't be careless because of this, Nangong Wan'er has even done murder, as long as she doesn't deal with herself, she will definitely not rest. Luo Qingluan secretly raised her vigilance, especially during her pregnancy, and never had any accidents.
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The border between Western Chu and North Vietnam.
The Gobi Desert, which was originally a vast expanse, is now covered by heavy snow, and there is no grass growing in the past, and the rocky surface is vast, and the white one is like a holy carpet. Only within ten miles of the border city of Xichu was the snow cleared, and only the snow mixed with mud and slag was trampled by countless soldiers.
Only 30,000 troops were left here to defend the border city, and the remaining 170,000 went to the situation of North Vietnam, and they did not return for half a month. But every five days, there would be news that the herald would bring back to the front, saying that the king of Chu and his soldiers had occupied the border city of North Vietnam, and would continue to attack after repairs.
The soldiers who stayed behind were very interested, and they wished that they could follow the king of Chu, fight bloodily, and kill the enemy bravely. When the heralds returned, everyone stopped their drills and listened to the news of victory from the front under the orders of their respective generals.
Pei Liao is the supreme general who stayed in the border city, and the second-rank deputy general who is responsible for the 30,000 people.
From the first time Nalan Ye led the troops against North Vietnam, Pei Liao was only twenty-eight at that time, and he was only a third-grade adjutant general, but this time he and many familiar colleagues, when Nalan Ye attacked North Vietnam again, he was already the deputy general in charge of the 30,000 army.
The days of staying in the rear seemed very boring, although Pei Liao would practice with the soldiers below every day, but where could he endure such loneliness, he always felt that his hands were itchy if he didn't fight with the North Vietnamese people on the battlefield.
But there was no way, from the very beginning, when the king of Chu led an army of 200,000 to take the initiative to attack North Vietnam, Pei Liao only fought one battle, less than an hour. The North Vietnamese border guards were caught off guard, did not have any preparation at all, and were directly beaten and retreated.
In this battle, Pei Liao was heroic, but he didn't enjoy it. Originally, I wanted to take advantage of the victory to pursue, but I didn't expect that the North Vietnamese soldiers had no power to fight back at all, and the 50,000 troops stationed here were directly captured 20,000, 20,000 escaped, and the remaining 10,000 were directly killed.
All the soldiers of Xichu were excited, and such a victorious victory was the most inspiring. The name of Nalan Ye, the king of Chu, became more and more famous, and after Jaguar was sent back to the capital, he was quickly rewarded by His Majesty.
It's just that the order that made Pei Liao unable to lift his spirits came soon.
The king of Chu decided to leave the 30,000 people led by him to be in charge of logistics, including the follow-up supply of grain and grass, military salaries, and various military medicines. Nalan Ye's expression was very serious when he left, saying that this was a big battle about the hundred years of glory of Western Chu, and it must be won, so any link is important, so Pei Liao must stick to the rear.
Helpless, Pei Liao could only obey the order, and took 30,000 people to practice every day, passing the news to and from the capital and the front, looking forward to it but helpless.
"My lord, the military supplies sent by the Ministry of War have arrived." On this day, one of his own soldiers opened the tent and walked in, standing upright and saluting.
"Just in time!" Pei Liao immediately came to the spirit and immediately went out of the camp to check.
The day before yesterday, I received news from the herald that I needed to supply grain and grass again, especially winter clothes. It is said that the snow in North Vietnam was heavier, and the soldiers of Western Chu were dressed more thinly, and another batch of winter clothes needed to be distributed. Pei Liao calculated the time, and the military supplies were about to arrive in the next few days, and they really came today.