Jia Liang couldn't help but burst when he heard this, as soon as he came, he focused on people's livelihood, first paid attention to people's livelihood and water conservancy, although he had made achievements in less than two years, he didn't expect that the people's livelihood was so unbearable, and there were no decent weapons in the army, how could he protect his family and defend the country?

"Why didn't you mention it when I transferred troops to build the dam?" Jia Liang is really on fire now: "The imperial court allocates hundreds of thousands of taels to the garrisons in various places every year, don't tell me that the silver is gone!" ”

When Zhang Lin heard this, he became even more angry, the temper of the military general was not as gentle as that of the civil official, and he yelled at Jia Liang with his neck: "Hundreds of thousands of taels? The last general has been stationed in Guangzhou for more than ten years, but he has never seen so much silver.

"The guards of the special bank are all civil officials, and the adults ask us generals for silver, which is the wrong person! We're still waiting for the silver to eat and feed Matthew's weapons. My lord has searched the entire camp at this time, and he can't find a whole ingot! ”

Jia Liang was stunned, but his face turned black in an instant.

He was not angry because of the confrontation of his subordinates, but because the situation of greedy ink was too serious.

Originally, he thought that there would be civil unrest because the people were poor. Then the first thing he did when he took office was to solve the problem of poverty among the people, so that the flood would become smaller, so that everyone would have land to grow and food.

But now he finds that there are too many problems he has overlooked.

Ink greed has always been the most serious problem in history. There are no official or military generals, all of them have such moths, which make the social machine unable to function and make the people miserable.

Jia Liang originally wanted to send troops to save people, but who knew that he found his direction, which was really wrong. The people below have their own responsibilities, it's not that they don't do things, but they can't do what they want to.

Because of the greed for ink and those bottomless pits, the civil and civil officials have no money, and the military generals have no power.

Jia Liang's silence made Zhang Lin a little afraid, he roared happily when he roared, but he regretted it after roaring.

This is the governor of Liangguang, the largest leader of Guangdong and Guangxi. Both civil and military affairs, what kind of illness did he commit to lose his temper at his highest commander?

Just when Zhang Lin was trembling and couldn't help but want to kneel down and confess his guilt, he suddenly heard a soft sigh from the governor, and then he smelled: "Rectify it first, send out the ships that can be sent out first, and only inspect and not use force." If you can find the victims, report them quickly and make plans. ”

Zhang Lin was stunned, and immediately knelt down to receive the order, and got up to go out of the camp to make arrangements. His military advisor followed him closely, and when he left the barracks, he felt like he was wet.

"General, don't be impulsive anymore, it's good that the governor has a good temper, if you change the previous one, does the general still want to be involved again?"

The military advisor said helplessly: "We have been in this poor country for more than ten years, doesn't the general want to move?" ”

Zhang Lin turned around and said impatiently: "Move, move, move, urge me to move every year." I have no record, how can you tell me to have the face to mention this word? Now this person doesn't look like the previous ones, from the day he dared to transfer troops to build a dam, I knew that he was not one of those wastes all the way in Beijing.

"Now that the military order is in place, complete the task first, and don't talk about the rest! Go and bring me my armor, and I'll send my troops myself!" ”

When the military advisor heard this, he wanted to persuade him, but when he saw the general's resolute eyes, his heart lit up, and he immediately turned around and shouted, asking people to get the general's armor.

Jia Liang sat in the account, very depressed. Hearing the general's armor called outside, he said in his heart that this Zhang Lin seems to be a good general, but it's a pity that the brave man has to be trapped by this mundane thing.

It is really hateful that the governor himself should ignore such a serious problem.

Annoyed for a long time, Zhang Lin's military advisor came in from outside, saw that Jia Liang was still meditating, and came up to persuade: "Don't worry, Lord Governor, the villain immediately sent someone to contact the Fujian side and let them go down the river. ”

Jia Liang suddenly remembered something, took out the jade pendant in his arms and looked at it for a long time, and suddenly slapped the table hard, and the dilapidated low table almost collapsed in response, but fortunately, he finally persevered.

"I'll just say it!" Jia Liang handed the jade pendant to the military advisor, and hurriedly said: "Quick, send someone to send this thing to the Fuzhou Governor's Mansion quickly!" It must be made clear that this is a token on the wounded, and even more so, the cause and effect must be explained. ”

The military advisor took the jade pendant tremblingly, and asked, "My lord, should we take the water route or the land route?" ”

Jia Liang slapped the table again: "Confused! Do you have a boat to go so fast by water? ”

The military advisor hurriedly said: "Our ship is not good, but the ships of those merchants are fast, and the Spanish merchants have a kind of sailing boat, as long as the sails are erected, they can travel thousands of miles a day." If you go to Fuzhou by land, you have to take a lot of detours, and you can only run there in at least seven days. But if we borrow a sailboat, we can get there in three days. ”

Jia Liang hurriedly said: "If you go to find a credible person, you must have someone who is smart and able to speak well." ”

The military advisor understood, went out and called someone, and came in again after a while, followed by a half-grown boy, who looked like he was only fifteen or sixteen years old.

"My lord, this is General Zhang's brother, Zhang Zhen. He has been running around with the general since he was a child, and he knows the rules of the army best, and he was also born clever and able to speak. ”

Jia Liang was overjoyed, he only felt that there were still materials to be made in this army, and not all of them were incompetent. He beckoned Zhang Zhen to step forward and pulled up Zhang Zhen, who just wanted to salute.

"Listen, go to the docks first, find a man named Benjamin, and let him prepare my dhow. You go all the way north, and after you go to Fuzhou, you do this and this, and so on. ”

Zhang Zhen listened word for word, and repeated it after listening, Jia Liang listened to what he said word for word, and his heart was even more settled.

"Go and go back quickly, my dhows all have my family badges, and I want to come all the way unimpeded, and no one will come to offend. But remember, you must travel day and night, and you must not be resupplied for more than an hour. ”

Zhang Zhen replied: "Don't worry, my lord, if the matter is urgent, I'll go!" ”

After that, the young general turned around and took the jade pendant and ran out of the account, Jia Liang heard him shout "Horse", and then a sound of horses' hooves gradually faded away.

The military advisor walked outside the account and watched Zhang Zhen leave, then returned to the account and said to Jia Liang with a smile: "God really help me, it turns out to be Governor Li's family, so Governor Li has no reason not to take action." ”

Jia Liang also breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately, he had only been here for two years, and he had been in Beijing before. The governor of Fujian and Zhejiang also took office only the year before last, and he also met with him in Beijing. He had seen similar jade pendants on Governor Li, but he hadn't seen many of them, so he couldn't remember where he had seen them for a while.