It is said that "the soldiers and horses have not moved, and the grain and grass go first." ”

But at this moment, the late Tang Dynasty at the beginning of the troubled times had to be changed to "money and grain first".

If you dare to withhold and not give, the good outcome is to be expelled, and the unlucky ones will be killed directly, and they will recommend someone to be there.

Extremely bloody and direct.

But as long as you have enough money and food, these people still have a simple contract spirit, that is, they take money and sell their lives, and they are really braver than Chang'an Nanbei Ya on the battlefield, and they do not hesitate to sacrifice their lives to fight.

Li Jie had to raise food on this trip, and also used a lot of money to attract local envoys to enter the Guanqin King, so he could only deduct the eldest son in the treasury of these state capitals.

Standing at the head of the Pujin Bridge, I looked back at the bridge deck that seemed to be still in the wind, thinking that if it weren't for the Huangchao Bingkou Pass Inner Road, I was afraid that the bridge deck at this time was full of merchant convoys coming and going, and the bridge toll alone was an extremely considerable income.

And these have all gone into the pockets of the envoys of the river festival before, and they will not hand over a single point at all.

"Pujin pays 200,000 yuan per year, and it is controlled by moderation."

More than 200,000 yuan, and every year, enough to support an army of 10,000 people.

And think about the salt tax, which is even more wealthy...

He clicked his mouth, and he was even more interested in the money in the Puzhou treasury.

Walking only two miles, I saw a military town in the middle of the river, a few days ago Wang Chongrong led troops to be stationed here, but now there are only hundreds of people left behind, guarding some of the baggage in the army.

Li Jie looked at Song Wentong beside him, "This is your territory, the new official has taken office with three fires, how can you shake these big bosses and coarse people without the king's action, right?" ”

"This is the duty of the last general, where is the need for His Highness to bother!"

Song Wentong, as a freshly baked envoy of the river festival, naturally could not accompany Gao Silun and Zheng Congyan in the same state, and always had to go around various places in the river.

One is to show his face, and the other is to deter those large and small military leaders.

Moreover, Li Jie could not stay in the river for too long, and all matters related to raising grain and grass still had to be handled by him.

Song Wentong beckoned, and a Yu Hou with a pennant on his horse's buttocks went straight to the military town and notified the tooth soldiers inside to come to greet him.

Li Jie wanted to laugh when he looked at the popularity of the face representing Song Wentong's identity, which was too small.

Normally speaking, the flag of the envoy of a large army town like Hezhong Hedong is no longer a recognition flag, but a big flag, which is the handsome flag mentioned in the romance.

There are triangular and square shapes, and there are all kinds of birds and animals painted on them, divided into various colors, depending on personal preference.

Wang Chongrong's big silk is a green wolf, and Zheng Congyan's is a crane.

Of course, it can't be in the shape of a dragon, but the phoenix flag has been used, for example, the big silk of the Fengxiang Festival makes Zheng Zheng is a black phoenix with wings spreading.

Song Wentong didn't care,

"You can't use Wang Chongrong's side, but please ask His Royal Highness to help me think about what should be painted on the flag at the end, there is really not much ink in our stomachs."

Li Jie pondered for a moment,

"Turtles, dogs, geese and cows each represent filial piety, loyalty, chastity, and sincerity, which one do you like?"

As soon as he finished saying this, his eyes flickered, looking at Song Wentong deadly.

The latter almost didn't think about it, rushed out,

"Wild geese!"

Sure enough, you guy has a relationship with the word Zhen!

Li Jie sighed secretly and said with a smile, "Well, when you enter Puzhou, this king will personally send you a goose-patterned flag, hoping that you can be loyal to the Tang Dynasty!"

It didn't take long for Yu to wait in front of him, and several armored fangs hurried over, dismounted and bowed.

"The last general will welcome the late, and I hope that His Royal Highness King Shou will forgive his sins!"

Li Jie pointed to Song Wentong beside him, "This will be your leader in the future, can you be the deputy envoy of the river festival?" ”

The tooth generals glanced at each other,

"Back to His Royal Highness, the previous deputy envoy Sun Jie was originally a top ten general under Wang Chongrong, I heard that you picked Wang Chongrong to death in front of Tongzhou City, this morning he took a hundred former Qubu and a few carts of money and silk from the east, I don't know where to go."

"What, how many cars?"

Li Jie's mind is now full of money and food, and if these cars are all made of money or gold nuggets, I am afraid that there will be 100,000 yuan.

"Where is the judge of the branch in the army, and you will let him take it easily?"

"Back to Your Highness, the branch judge also left with him."

"Very good!"

Li Jie nodded again and again, turned his head to look at Song Wentong,

Song Wentong immediately understood that this was a good opportunity to give him a military neutrality, and just now he was thinking about how to burn these three fires, and someone immediately handed him a torch.

He stepped out of his horse, looked at the few generals in front of him and said: "You and the rest of the army are out of their responsibility, and they should have beheaded the army immediately, but it is the first offense, so let's write it down for the time being, and quickly go to the light cavalry in the Qi army to stop it with this section commander!" ”

In less than half an hour, Song Wentong took a hundred good men selected from Li Jie's motley army, together with a few tooth generals, from 200 people, to chase and kill the escaped deputy ambassador.

Li Jie and Meng Zhaotu led their own personal guards, which had been expanded to five hundred, into the military town in front of them.

This military town is really like a military camp, the difference is that there are no tents, all kinds of large houses with various civil structures, only these big houses have a mansion in the center, this is the military palace where the Jiedu envoy is stationed.

Of course, with the Great Jiedu envoys of the level of the river festival, their military government is not limited to this place, and there are similar military offices outside every city under their rule, which is convenient for them to patrol everywhere.

Li Jie was in a hurry to enter Puzhou, and did not stay in the military mansion for long, but ran into the treasury and took a turn.

This lap made him very satisfied.

Even if he was taken away by the deputy ambassador for a few carts, there were still a large number of Kaiyuan Tongbao and brocade silk fabrics piled up in the warehouse, and a small amount of gold nuggets were stored in a small warehouse.

Although gold is not yet the equivalent of currency in circulation, it can be exchanged for large amounts of money, and it is much more convenient to carry than copper coins and brocade silk.

As for the silver...

At present, this thing may be rarer than gold, so let's talk about it in the Ming and Qing dynasties!

Li Jie originally managed the internal affairs of the Shouwang Mansion to record the affairs of the army, but the old man is now in his sixties, so naturally he can't take it with him, since he returned to Chang'an with Li Yi, the branch official who has been with him is a person named Zong Hui.

Zong Hui was originally Cang Cao, the guard of the left prison, he used it very easily, and later the general of the left prison guard committed suicide because of the burning of grain and grass in Chang'an, and Li Jie directly transferred him to his side.

Soon, Zong Hui took a few small officials who were originally on duty in these treasury to finish counting, and then returned.

"Today, this military town stores about 10,000 stone of grain, corn, grain, wheat, 30,000 yuan of money and silk, weapons, equipment, and two seasons of military clothing, or can equip 3,000 people."

Li Jie took a breath.

This is just the inventory of a larger military government in the river, not to mention the money or anything, 10,000 stone is equivalent to almost 600,000 kilograms of grain, which is enough for the entire army and people in Chang'an City to drink rice porridge for a few days!

"That Puzhou Thorn Shi is really damned, and he dares to say that there is a shortage of grain and grass in the city! This king will talk to him for a good time! ”