"You mean that the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Industry, and even the Ministry of Household with you have asked His Majesty for internal funds?"

Wang Yingjiao, the head of the household, came to Zhang Gui in civilian clothes and told Zhang Gui about it, Zhang Gui also felt bad after hearing it, and confirmed it with Wang Yingjiao.

"How could the old man hide it from his uncle! It's just that this time the amount of money that His Majesty needs to allocate is quite large, and more than 12 million taels of silver are needed. ”

Wang Yingjiao replied.

"It's a matter of pinching, I know that the silver that Wei Zhongxian copied over there will probably be about 10 million taels! It is clear that he doesn't want His Majesty to have the money to train soldiers and horses. ”

Zhang Gui sneered, and then said to Wang Yingjiao in a slightly reproachful tone: "Dasi Nong, they do this, why do you do the same?" ”

"The Shandong patrol reported that the earthquake in Yuncheng and Juye required 1 million taels of silver for disaster relief; The Shaanxi patrol also came to report, the Guyuan Prefecture earthquake, also needs a million taels of silver for disaster relief, the disaster is like fire, I can't help but report it, Uncle Guo! ”

"What's more, I was inspired by my uncle and thought that the people of Beizhi were very heavily apportioned, so I asked for an edict last month to exempt the people of Beizhi from additional distribution, and the household department also gave money to the people of Beizhi to buy grain seeds and reclaim the famine, and now the household department has spent the last bit of silver."

"Now, suddenly there is a need for disaster relief, and then the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Industry sent a letter to ask us how much money we still have in the Ministry of Households, saying that we want to solve the problems of arrears of hundreds of officials, arrears of salaries of the border army, and arrears of wages for the projects of the three major halls. When the time comes, I'm afraid I'll have to ask Your Majesty for money! Now only His Majesty has money. ”

"After all, it is well known to everyone that Gonggong Wei is now wantonly raiding the homes of Liu Yixiao and other collaborating enemies and rebels, and this means that even if the internal funds left by the temple are used up a lot due to the construction of the imperial mausoleum and the new wars in the southwest and Shandong, Your Majesty should still have a lot of internal funds now."

Wang Yingjiao replied.

Zhang Gui nodded after hearing this, and asked, "Then you tell me, what do you want me to do?" ”

Wang Yingjiao immediately got up and bowed to Zhang Gui: "Naturally, Uncle Guo still speaks for the people of the world." ”

"I see what you mean."

Zhang Gui smiled, and then reminded: "But Your Majesty's silver is not so easy to take, I hope that Da Si Nong will not lose his old face at that time." ”

"Sending off!"

Immediately, Zhang Gui put down the teacup.

"Resignation."

Soon after Wang Yingjiao left, Zhang Gui suddenly asked, "Is Xiong Tingbi here?!" ”

Han Jue immediately appeared in front of Zhang Gui with Xiong Tingbi and promised, "Enfu, Xiong Butang is here." ”

After Xiong Tingbi was released, he was reinstated by the Apocalypse, and assisted in the teaching affairs of the Armed Forces Academy with the title of Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of War.

And Zhang Gui supervised the teaching affairs of the Wubei School, so he was Xiong Tingbi's boss in the establishment of the Wubei School.

Zhang Gui also took the initiative to let Han Jue pass Xiong Tingbi.

As soon as Xiong Tingbi came, he gave Zhang Gui a deep bow, and choked up: "The Manchu Dynasty ministers and doctors, but I didn't expect that only the uncle of the country was willing to speak for us, and asked the uncle of the country to accept the worship of our people, in order to thank the great grace of saving my life!" ”

Immediately, Xiong Tingbi bowed to the ground and bowed.

Zhang Guiyin heard him say this, so he had to accept his gift, and then personally helped him up: "This governor is also a virtuous person for the country, why should the public be like this." ”

As he spoke, Zhang Gui invited Xiong Tingbi to sit under him, and said: "Now the Martial Arts Academy is still being prepared, and the instructor and the students have not yet been decided, so you can't do the things of the Martial Arts Academy at the moment." It just so happened that the governor selected another 3,000 young men for the imperial court, and was ready to be organized into the soldiers of the Xishan battalion set up by His Majesty's decree, and the governor had long heard that the public had the talent to train soldiers, so he asked the governor to stay in Xishan, and took the official letter of the governor to train these 3,000 young men for His Majesty, and at the same time commanded them to garrison Xishan. ”

Xiong Tingbi stood up and said yes.

Zhang Gui asked people to take an official letter stamped with his own commander of the Jingying Pass and the Great Seal to Xiong Tingbi.

Then, Zhang Gui asked Han Jue to take Xiong Tingbi to see the three thousand young men, and he himself passed Sun Yingyuan, the criminal officer of the West Factory, in, and asked, "How did you do with the few nights you recommended?" ”

In order to make a fortune by cracking down on commercial and trade crimes in the future, Zhang Gui had already recruited a number of outstanding soldiers in the border army through Sun Yingyuan, a military attache who had experience in the border army, and entered the Xichang as an official school, and asked these people to investigate all kinds of smuggling, hoarding and other profiteers for the Xichang.

And the first thing he targeted was the large smuggling and traitor group of Jin Shang!

For Zhang Gui, whether it is the expansion of the industrial scale of Xishan in the future, or the expansion of soldiers and horses in Xichang, and the training of soldiers for the emperor. All need silver, it is not enough to expect Wei Zhongxian to raid the house, and after Wang Yingjiao found him just now, he realized that it was very necessary to use the West Factory to make a fortune.

Therefore, Zhang Gui couldn't wait to ask Sun Yingyuan now, he had arranged for Sun Yingyuan to send a night away from being recruited by the West Factory to investigate the situation of all kinds of profiteers.

At this time, after Zhang Gui asked, Sun Yingyuan immediately replied: "Governor, they have sent news that they have verified that on the third day of the next month, several traitors in Zhangjiakou Fort will send the last batch of materials this year to Shenyang, and they have figured out the route. ”

Zhang Gui nodded after hearing this: "Very good!" This is the first major smuggling case that my West Factory has handled, and there can be no mistake! ”

"Humble duty understands!"

Sun Yingyuan replied.

Here, after Sun Yingyuan answered, Zhang Gui said: "Then implement it according to the original plan, and set off in three days!" ”

"Yes!"

Three days later, Zhang Gui personally led his 800 Jiading and Sun Yingyuan's 500 Xichang official schools to sneak out of Dabaiyang Fort and set up camp on the bank of the Qingshui River.

Sun Yingcheng, the garrison on duty at Dabaiyang Fort, is Sun Yingyuan's brother, and has taken refuge in Zhang Gui through Sun Yingyuan's relationship, and at this time he also brought two hundred Ding Jingqi and followed Zhang Gui to the Qingshui River.

Sun Yingcheng said to Zhang Guiyu: "Uncle Guo, the news that I just got from my humble position, our marshal is expected to come to our fort in five days." ”

Zhang Gui nodded: "Then it seems that we have to intercept this group of profiteers who are trying to transport grain to Shenyang within five days, and successfully enter the customs." ”

As he spoke, Zhang Gui asked a Xichang named Jiao Lian brought by Sun Yingyuan who would not accept it at night: "Can the caravan from Zhangjiakou arrive here in five days?" ”

Jiao Lian replied: "Back to the commander, there should be no mistakes, our people have served as the guardians of the caravan in the caravan, and they have already found out clearly, once the caravan appears, he will ride over on horseback, and in the name of archery and pathfinding, he will use the method of inserting three arrows in one place at the same time to inform us of the news." ”

As soon as Jiao Lian finished speaking, he immediately stood up, excitedly pointed to the three arrows inserted next to a stone in the distance, and said, "Uncle Guo, they are already coming!" ”

Zhang Gui couldn't help but his heart beat faster after hearing this: "Tell me to go down and prepare to fight!" ”

"Yes!"

Man Gui, Sun Yingyuan, and Sun Yingcheng agreed.

Zhou Neng, who was in Zhang Gui's team, couldn't help but hug the turtledove in his hand tighter, and began to shake his hands and take out the paper shell bullets.

Paper shell ammunition is a loading method popularized by the family ding team after firearms training, and every soldier must prepare paper shell ammunition before the battle, which is more convenient for shooting.

Dada!

Not long after, the sound of horses' hooves was heard.

Then, there was a large caravan with thousands of mule carts, pulling a large amount of supplies.

"Attack!"

Zhang Gui immediately gave the order.

Sun Yingcheng and Sun Yingyuan each outflanked the caravan with 200 cavalry, blocking the front and rear of the caravan.

At the same time, the Jiading teams on both sides also formed a phalanx of armored infantry with firearms, swords, shields, and spears and marched towards the caravan.