Qin Tai's words immediately calmed down Tan Lun, and Tan Lun not only let go of Qin Tai, but also retreated to his bed. He tried his best to calm his mood, and he was also thinking about Qin Tai's words.

Tan Lun said after a long time: "Did you guess or know?" How did you guess it? ”

Qin Tai sat down calmly, his face a little more serious and serious. He said: "Brother Zhang has written to me many times, saying that I am destroying myself by doing this. After my appointment and dismissal, I knew that Brother Zhang had given up on me. In fact, Brother Zhang has already done his duty, and if it were me, he would have to give up. Even Brother Zhang gave up on me, but your Brother Tan said to help me for Brother Zhang? How much do you think I'll believe it? Besides, Brother Zhang didn't talk about you in the letter, so it can be seen that Brother Zhang doesn't know the real purpose of your visit, or he doesn't think there is any need to trouble you. Ignoring everyone's reactions, you asked the hotel to invite me. It can be seen that you have not only received clear instructions from King Yu, but also thought about it in advance. The conditions I offered were something that an official could not agree to casually, but you not only agreed, but also wrote to me in person. When ordinary officials do private affairs, it will never be so obvious. You are not an adventurous person, let alone a reckless person, so I know that Brother Tan has a task ahead of you. ”

Tan Lun smiled bitterly and said, "It seems that what Zhang Juzheng said is not wrong, I really can't underestimate you." Zhang Juzheng once told me that you are too righteous and don't like to play politics and power tricks. Otherwise, your skills are definitely no worse than the two auxiliary ministers today. I thought Zhang Juzheng was really praising you too much, but it turned out to be true. Your analytical skills and observation skills are really good, even I would be sorry for myself. It's a pity that you only have the people of the world in your heart, no king, let alone a court, and you can't be a good official. Zhang Juzheng once said to King Yu, your mind is a little rebellious. You say that you have no kingly righteousness in your heart, no stakes, and everything is based on the majority of the people. An official like you is not suitable for officialdom, and you will either disrupt the order of officialdom and be in a different place, or you will cause a big coup d'état. Therefore, he strongly advised King Yu not to see you and to reuse you. It really seems right. You know I'm using you, you know that you won't end well with this thing or not, but you still do it. You are not thinking about helping King Yu, nor are you thinking about helping the emperor, but about helping the people of Fujian. If Fujian had grain and money, you would be desperate to open a warehouse and release grain to help the people. A person like you is a good person and a saint, but you are definitely not a good official or a loyal minister. ”

Qin Tai said lonely: "The emperor is a man, not a god, nor a dragon. He's just an ordinary person. The people are also people, and they are a great people. Why turn your back on a large group of people for the sake of one person? Could it be that his will alone is more important than the lives of millions of people? He can be pampered in the capital, he can cultivate himself, and he can seek immortality, but what should the people do? The people don't want to live forever, they don't want any glory and wealth, they just want not to starve to death and not be killed. In fact, everyone knows that the rebellion of the Japanese is just a trivial matter, and if there is no connivance of some people, not only will the Japanese invaders not be able to cause trouble for so long, but they will also not be able to disturb the people along the coast of our Ming Dynasty. As long as the imperial court and that one are determined, they will not be rampant in the coastal areas of the south of the Yangtze River for decades. In this way, how many people died in Daming? How many people don't have to be displaced? How many orphans and widows can make a good living? How many women are not instigated? Fujian Province will not be so chaotic, and there is no need for me, a petty official in charge of prisons, to go to Fujian to stabilize the situation. Who is responsible for all this? Did he ever think about his fault? ”

Tan Lun felt more and more that Qin Tai was outrageous, not only could this kind of person not be able to return to Beijing to be a Beijing official, but also an ordinary magistrate. It's really only suitable to stay in the Criminal Department, specializing in solving cases and autopsies. Otherwise, as soon as he opened his mouth, he would be killed, and his family would be affected.

Tan Lun also simply said straight to the point: "You say, how do you want me to help you?" ”

Qin Tai said: "Brother Tan, Lord Tan. If you really want to help me, help me find more soldiers, more food, and more supplies. Prepare me some more medicine for plagues and infectious diseases. As for the silver, I will also ask for as much as I want. But can I exchange some of it for copper coins, and leave some of it with you to help me buy food? Then there are the wagons and tools for transporting grain. There's so much food and supplies to be shipped, isn't it? ”

Tan Lun shook his head with a headache, spit out a big mouthful of turbid breath and said, "Soldiers can't give too much." Five hundred veterans of the Qi family army will be given to you, and one thousand five hundred ordinary Qi family soldiers. The rest will give you another 3,000 trained recruits. There are 5,000 people in total, which is my limit. They are all local Fujianese, not only understand the local language, but also are not prone to friction. I will also help you solve the food matter, five coins of silver and one stone of miscellaneous grains. I will send you 10,000 stone grains to Fujian every month. I'll give you some of the daily necessities, and I'll also hurry up and send you the medicine you want. As for the carriage or something, I'll solve it for you this time, and next time you'll have to figure it out yourself. I don't have enough people here to supply you indefinitely. As for the copper coin, you take the silver to the household and ask for it to be exchanged for copper coins, and it is estimated that they will be happy to exchange it for you. ”

Qin Tai thought about it, five thousand soldiers should be enough, that is, ten thousand stone of grain a month is a little less. He said, "Can I take another 20,000 stone of grain this time?" In the future, 20,000 stone grains will be sent to Fujian every month? Anyway, you can put it on the account, and we'll calculate it together in the future. ”

Tan Lun's voice almost squeezed out from between his teeth: "Okay, just do it." ”

Returning to his residence, Qin Tai was constantly happy. Five hundred experienced veterans of the Qi family army are worth it with one enemy and five enemies. The 1,500 Qi family troops who had been on the battlefield were not weak in combat effectiveness. Even the three thousand soldiers who have been trained are several times stronger than the ones they have found temporarily. With 5,000 well-equipped warriors in hand, retreating can secure one side and advance to deal with the invading enemy. 20,000 stone of grain, plus the 15,000 stone that has been promised, is a total of 35,000 stone miscellaneous grain. That is to say, nearly 7 million catties of grain, if it is in hand, the people of Fujian will not have to starve, at least no one will have to eat people. The transportation problem has also been solved, and there is no need to worry about the transportation of so much grain.

After waiting for two days, all the silver was transported to the barracks, and Tan Lun looked strange from the side. Didn't you say 100,000 taels of silver? How could there be 150,000 taels of silver? What happened to the extra 50,000 taels of silver? Is Qin Tai corrupt? Or was it given away for nothing by the officials?

When Qin Tai told Tan Lun that he wanted more, Tan Lun did not beat Qin Tai on the spot. I don't know how to pay back the 100,000 taels of silver in the future, but now I want 50,000 taels of silver. Does this Qin Tai really think that this money was given for free and there is no need to pay it back? Thinking that if Qin Tai didn't come out of the money, he wanted Tan Lun, the guarantor, to pay it back, Tan Lun even had the heart to kill Qin Tai.

Qin Tai didn't say much, and directly returned the 30,000 taels of silver from the household department to the household department, not to say that he didn't want to, but to exchange it for strings of copper coins. When it came, it was three silver carts, escorted by a dozen soldiers. When I came again, it was amazing, thirty silver carts, more than 170 people escorted. Everyone thought there was a move, and they followed to watch the excitement together, but they didn't expect that there were copper coins inside, which disappointed everyone.

Five thousand soldiers also came, Qin Tai didn't understand military affairs, but from their spirit, these soldiers were full of energy, and they were not very old, and they belonged to the strong first-class soldiers. There were several types of soldiers in the Ming army, and the worst were the old and weak soldiers. Then there are the Hanako soldiers who have not had enough to eat for a long time, and they have almost no weapons and equipment. Their equipment and weapons were replaced by them for food, and they had long since rotted in their stomachs. Then there are the "big-headed soldiers", that is, soldiers who have not been on the battlefield, not only do they not know the real meaning of combat, but even their weapons cannot be used normally. Then there are the first-class soldiers, although some of them have never been on the battlefield, but they are all refreshed and full of spirit. You can definitely fight the enemy without losing everything. The last type is elite soldiers, that is, soldiers like the Qi family's army. Not only have they experienced the battlefield, but they have also crawled out of the pile of dead, and their courage and combat effectiveness are unmatched by even the Japanese Bandits. Soldiers like the veterans in the Qi family's army are no longer soldiers in the ordinary sense, they belong to secret weapons, killing machines, and enemy nightmares.

What Qin Tai has to wait for is for his subordinates to show Xiaoxiao, Xiaolingzi, and "Ma Sandao". There is also the food that Tan Lun is preparing. With so much grain, no one can prepare it right away, it takes time to prepare, and it takes time to transport it to Nanjing. Of course, in order not to affect the morale of the frontline in Zhejiang or Jiangsu, and not to affect the people's hearts in all parts of the Yangtze River, this batch of grain Tan Lun was transported from the mainland. Not only is the price of food cheaper than here, but there are definitely enough of them. Tan Lun used the name of military rations to purchase these grains. As a result, the food is not only abundant in quantity, but also in quality. No one dared to do anything with the army's food, because it was for the soldiers on the front line. If anything goes wrong, it is a crime of collaborating with the enemy and treason.

Soon after, Zhan Xiaoxiao and Xiao Lingzi returned, and "Ma Sandao" also came back the next day. The reason why they came back so quickly and at such a coincidental time was because they rushed back separately after learning the news that Qin Tai had been removed from his position as a criminal department by the Criminal Department.

Zhan Xiaoxiao was the farthest, when he was in his hometown in Sichuan, he heard that Qin Tai had been dismissed. After hurriedly talking to his parents, he hurried back non-stop, and met a little Lingzi who was in a hurry day and night on the road.

Xiao Lingzi not only rushed back, but also brought a message from Qin Tai's parents. Qin Tai's parents mean very simply, the court doesn't want Qin Tai to come back if he does it. Qin Tai's father taught Qin Tai to do business, and Qin Tai's mother arranged for her son's marriage and married a beautiful and virtuous wife. It's okay to be a Taiping businessman.

After "Ma Sandao" learned about the adult, he ignored the obstruction of his family and rushed to Nanjing overnight. It was still the slowest to arrive, because the "Ma Sandao" ran on both feet. Although Zhan Xiaoxiao and Xiao Lingzi are far away, they run on four-legged horses. On the road, two fast horses died at a trot, and it cost nearly thirty taels of silver. It is the one who spends the most money on the road among the three.