"Oh, Zhang Dudu is here, please take a seat."

Dong Sheng heard the sound of footsteps, and saw that Zhang Chenghuai was coming in plain clothes, so he hurriedly gave him a chair to sit on.

"Lord Supervisor, has there been any progress in begging for money and food from the imperial court yesterday?" Zhang Chenghuai dusted off his chair and sat down.

Dong Sheng said with a smile: "I got a reply from the Ministry of War this morning, saying that the money and food will arrive in a few days, but I can teach the generals not to worry." ”

"In that case, it's time for the New Deal to start planning, right?" Zhang Chenghuai asked with a sideways face.

"What are you...... What do you mean? Dong Sheng looked at him nervously.

Zhang Chenghuai patted his knees and smiled lightly: "I don't mean anything else, I'm worried about adults." Now that everything is in place, if we do not draw up a perfect strategy as soon as possible, and then delay it, I am afraid that it will not be conducive to the new policy. ”

Dong Sheng was very surprised by the change in his attitude, his eyes were stunned, and he secretly thought to himself: "I can't guess this person's thoughts, I don't know if he really supports him, or if he has been instructed by Cunzhao to have some plans...... However, it is beneficial and harmless to implement the new policy as soon as possible, what can he get out of it? If this opportunity is taken to make the governor want to the new policy, it will be a great achievement. ’

didn't think about it anymore, and nodded at him: "The words of the governor really woke me up." My idea is to let the eastern and western defense lines be connected from end to end, forming a cobweb, instead of making isolated cities everywhere and restricting the enemy army with one or two important towns, wasting nearly a thousand miles of vast territory in vain. ”

Zhang Chenghuai was very unimpressed, only feeling that he was talking broadly, but at this time, he had to obey Cunzhao's arrangement, and he had to praise it: "The strategy of the prison army is far-reaching, I have been defending at the border for many years, but my knowledge is not as good as yours, I am ashamed and ashamed." It's just that such a project is very huge, I don't know how much it will cost? I hope you will give me a quasi-number of lowly positions, and I will be prepared. ”

"I've already accounted with someone in the military department, let me write it out to the governor."

"Good!"

Zhang Chenghuai thought that he had fallen for the plan, and hurriedly helped him get pen and ink and lay the paper.

Dong Sheng wrote while thinking about it, and in half an hour, he roughly listed the expenses for it.

"A total of more than 200,000 taels ......of silver was spent," Zhang Chenghuai looked at this large amount of money and was taken aback, "The border gate can't make up all this money!" ”

Dong Sheng smiled: "You misunderstood, this project cannot be completed overnight, it needs to be implemented slowly, and you must not be in a hurry." In this way, it will take at least two years. ”

"That'...... Can Zhang take this note back and study it carefully? Zhang Chenghuai raised his eyelids slightly, and cautiously made the final request.

"Of course, you can take it." Dong Sheng only responded with a fluttering sentence, and Zhang Chenghuai was relieved and stuffed the note into his sleeve.

In order to conceal his true intentions, Zhang Chenghuai also discussed with him the details of the new policy, such as where the castle should be built, how many soldiers should be stationed, whether to reclaim the fields, and so on, all of which made a detailed analysis. Although Dong Sheng was still wary of him, he didn't keep much in this matter.

Zhang Chenghuai completed the task given to him by Cunzhao without any mistakes, but he was not very happy, returned to the barracks with a blank face, and handed over the note.

"Thank you!" Cun Zhao was very happy in his heart, and patted him on the shoulder excitedly.

"There's nothing to thank, it's just a matter of business." Zhang Chenghuai replied with a sullen head, not like modesty.

Cun Zhao smiled bitterly a few times in embarrassment, ignored him anymore, and asked his henchmen instead: "You say, how should this 'account book' be used?" ”

"Needless to say! It must be taken out of context, saying that he Dong Sheng is eager to make contributions, and he will achieve immediate results within a few months. When the officials and people in the city heard this, didn't they complain? "The henchmen have come up with ideas.

"Zhang Dudu, what do you think?" Cunzhao listened, smiled ill-willedly, and asked Zhang Chenghuai.

Zhang Chenghuai replied firmly: "As long as the power is still in my hands for a day, I will not tolerate the act of betraying the country for personal gain!" You can make trouble yourself, but it's best not to involve my generals, let alone make the border urgent. That doesn't do anyone any good. ”

"Zhang Dudu, you still don't understand, without us, the border defense is the foundation for the rebellion of the rebellious ministers and thieves!" Cun Zhao's eyes almost burst apart, covered with intricate bloodshots, "Since you claim to be loyal and patriotic, you should defeat the Ye Party at any cost!" Otherwise, even if they have won thousands of miles, it is also the work of the thief party, and it is to pave the way for them to rebel! ”

"Saving the ban, I am loyal to the ...... of the country" Speaking of this, Zhang Chenghuai was dumbfounded. Yes, if the Ye Party is asked to complete this major event of Zhongxing Sheji, the first thing to bear the brunt of is the country itself. This strange tear really made him at a loss.

But the governor did not doubt his own thinking all along, and believed that it was really true, but he had not yet found a reasonable explanation. So he straightened his emotions a little and said: "Zhang seems to have no room for refutation in front of Lord Si Ban. But I have a scale in my heart, and I don't need outsiders to teach me. ”

Cun Zhao was about to respond to his words, but he heard footsteps outside the room, and hurriedly pushed open the door to look, and saw a small colonel bowing his hand: "Ladies and gentlemen, Dong Jianjun has something to discuss in the big tent, please go quickly." ”

"Got it......" After Cunzhao dealt perfunctorily, he turned his head and smiled at Zhang Chenghuai, "That official hopes that this scale will be biased towards justice." ”

The crowd didn't pay much attention to the meeting, thinking that it was just an ordinary meeting, so they were very relaxed, far from the tense and depressing atmosphere of the first day.

Dong Sheng doesn't have to worry about it at all, everything will develop unhindered according to the assumption in his mind, as long as his thinking is clear enough.

Seeing that all the generals had arrived, Dong Sheng was not in a hurry, first approved some ordinary official duties, and patiently discussed them for half an hour; One of the most important is Zhang Chenghuai's proposal to divide troops to defend the fort, although this is a signal of the Chen Party's seizure of power, but Dong Sheng refused to be distracted by this, because of a small loss, and finally agreed to this request. Cunzhao heard this boring little thing, and began to yawn, looking left and right, thinking about the outside world, and didn't care about him at all.

Dong Sheng looked up and saw him like this, he was very happy, and said secretly: "This guy is proud now, look at what he will look like after that!" Then he suddenly changed his words and asked coldly: "Do you know that Duke Du Wude treats you and others with kindness?" ”

All the generals bowed their hands and said: "We have been fighting from Du Gong for many years, but he has always treated us as brothers, and there has never been a fight." We are waiting to support him like a new parent, how much kindness there is, do you need to say it! ”

"What do you think of this official?"

"You ......" everyone's faces changed suddenly, and they immediately fell silent.