Ling Jingyang also mentioned Zhang Xianzhong's Western Army in the land of Bashu, all of them are hard stubble, their army is helpless in the south of the Yangtze River, and they will be eaten by other forces if they go.

Zhang Luofu's face was flushed by Ting Jingyangding, "My lord, you can't sit here and wait for death, right?" ”

"I came to Fenzhou for grain, grass and military salaries, the people's livelihood has improved under your rule in Fenzhou, and many families have come to settle here, before the summer grain harvest, I want to get grain, grass and military salaries in the hands of these people."

"It's... The landlord's family has no surplus food? ”

Zhang Luofu didn't speak for the family, he thought that the family was also very embarrassed, and was swept away by the Dashun army and the Qing army, and the families who could survive suffered a lot of losses.

"They have grain and grass, and they have silver, but you don't see it, I will give you a task to raise 200,000 stone of grain and grass and three months' military salary within a month."

Ling Jingyang's military salary to the officers and men of each army is two to three taels of silver per person per month, half a stone of coarse grain, and a small amount of condiments such as salt, and there are more than 20,000 people in the whole army.

"This... My lord, it's okay for you to let me charge into battle, I can't do this work as a rough man, so you still let the royal governor do it, right? ”

Ling Jingyang said expressionlessly: "There is no food, grass and military salary, our soldiers and horses do not need to go out of Shanxi, they will disintegrate on their own, and when the time comes, will you use your head to fight with Jiannu?" ”

Zhang Luofu seemed to be struggling, and finally said sadly: "If I hadn't tried, I would have killed a few people who didn't give money and grain and grass to scare others, maybe I could have collected grain and grass and military salaries?" ”

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"It's better to save it, you let Lin Erle come to see me tomorrow morning, and make a hole in him, maybe he has grain, grass and silver."

Zhang Luofu didn't understand what Ling Jingyang meant, but he still obeyed the order.

After he left, Ling Jingyang came to the courtyard, Yue Ling took more than 20 personal soldiers to guard at night, and the other personal soldiers were partially resting, and some were cruising near the courtyard, Ling Jingyang and Yue Ling said: "What do you think of this Pingyao City?" ”

"My lord, Pingyao City is much bigger than Yicheng, but it's just not suitable for defense.

The city wall is not high, there are many civil buildings in the city, and it will catch fire as soon as it is burned, if I am the defender of Pingyao City, I will pull the army outside the city, so as not to be burned by the enemy. ”

"Well, there is progress, be smart at night, don't let someone be yin here."

Ling Jingyang went to bed early this night, and when he woke up the next day, he saw Yue Ling with a person outside the door asking for a meeting, and he didn't bother to wash up, so he let Yue Ling and another person in.

After entering the door, Ling Jingyang saw that it was Lin Erle, Lin Erle was sleeping in the mansion last night, and was awakened by a knock on the door in the middle of the night.

hurriedly woke him up and said that Commander Zhang was coming.

Lin Erle was also puzzled, why did Zhang Luofu come to him so late?

Zhang Luofu coldly threw down a sentence: "Lin Erle, Governor Lingdu will summon you tomorrow, you have to honor Governor well, and I want to find a big tree for you and other families." ”

Without waiting for Lin Erle to react, Zhang Luofu left with his own soldiers, which made Lin Erle almost sleepy, riding a fast horse and running back and forth in various families in the city, many large courtyards were blocked in the middle of the night, many people scolded and scolded, and when they saw that it was Lin Erle, they immediately closed their mouths and welcomed him to the house.

Lin Er told Ling Jingyang about the matter of summoning him tomorrow and the family with good relations, and the smart man immediately realized that this was a good opportunity to enter the imperial court, and he didn't have to nest in Fenzhou, and he was afraid that the Dashun army and the Qing army would kill him all day long, and that night, the major families had scraped together 20,000 silver, as well as rare treasures, and asked Lin Erle to send it over early tomorrow morning.

Lin Erle finished this, the sky turned white, he hurried to the big courtyard where Ling Jingyang stayed, and introduced himself to Yue Ling in front of the door, he was Lin Erle, a fellow knowledge of Fenzhou, and he received a call from the governor of Lingdu as soon as possible last night, and specially came to the house to wait for the summons.

Yue Ling was waiting for him at the gate, and Lin Erle said, "Lin Tongzhi, don't be polite, come with me to meet the adults." ”

Lin Erle and Yue Ling waited in Ling Jingyang's bedroom, and it was not until Dao Ling Jingyang woke up that the two entered the door to see Ling Jingyang.

Ling Jingyang greeted Lin Erle very gently: "Lin Erle, are you early?" ”

Lin Erle speaks very straight, but he knows how to measure himself. "The lord summoned him, and the lower officials didn't dare to slack off, so he specially prepared some silver to honor the lord."

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is very smart, deliberately did not say that the silver was military salary, but gave it to Ling Jingyang, so as not to arouse Ling Jingyang's wariness of him.

But Ling Jingyang's next words made him feel like he was late to see each other.

"How much silver?"

"Twenty thousand silver, and some strange treasures, a little heart, not respect."

Ling Jingyang admired Lin Erle's straightforward temperament and did not beat around the bush with him.

"Lin Erle, did you use this silver to buy a way into the imperial court?"

The calmer the tone, the more lethal the words he spoke, but the more lethal he felt, Lin Erle suddenly felt a chill in his back, and it was Yue Ling who was looking at him from behind with an iron knife.

"My lord, this is our Lin family, and there are other families who give your adult a little heart, your adult is not familiar with the land in Yicheng, and this silver can be used to buy some fields and mansions, and you can also buy some maids and servants to serve your lord."

In Ling Jingyang's opinion, what Lin Erle said was some nonsense.

"Lin Erle, do you think this Fenzhou is too small?"

Lin Erle's expression froze a little, and Ling Jingyang said again: "Fenzhou is too small, and the imperial court can't nest in Yicheng, and it always has to go back to the capital." ”

This is to tell Lin Erle that if you want to go further in the imperial court, you have to exchange things for things, what is worth in these years, only grain, grass and silver, Lin Erle tentatively opened his mouth to Ling Jingyang.

"My lord, our Shanxi family is dedicated to the imperial court, as long as the imperial court can return the capital, we are willing to contribute money and efforts."

"Lin Erle, Jiannu temporarily retreated, we are in Henan, Shanxi to recover dozens of states and counties, I will set a tone for you, Zhixian 20,000 taels of silver, Zhizhou 60,000 taels of silver, down one level less than 5,000 taels of silver, there is not enough silver, it is feasible to use brown rice."

Ling Jingyang didn't feel guilty at all, because he didn't care about this, Chongzhen's court was not his court, he sold all Zhu Youzhen's officials, and the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies was the real center of power, as long as external forces did not infiltrate the Governor's Mansion, everything else could be sold.

"My lord, where are we for an official and a half-job, as long as the imperial court can recover the world, even if we are allowed to go to Qinzhou empty-handed, as well as the prefectures and counties of Henan, we are willing to go."