Chapter 79: Food Arrives
He lowered his head slightly, his dark pupils were like a faint fire burning in the dim light, and his snort was close at hand, and the warmth swept in, rushing into Ji Rongjin's limbs.
Time stands still.
The little lady's panicked appearance was reflected in Yan Tao's eyes, her back was slender and soft in the warm palm, and her fingers couldn't help but move.
The vest itched, waking up Ji Rongjin, who was stunned, and silently found that he was falling in someone's arm, uh...... This style of painting made her ears warm, she stood up suddenly, turned around and stepped into her room, and closed the door with her backhand.
Fortunately, I was afraid that a female guest would come at that time, and both rooms had doors leading to the bathroom, otherwise I don't know how embarrassing it would be, Ji Rongjin patted his heart and leaned directly on the floor.
Yan Tao looked at the empty palm, raised his eyes, and his gaze fell on the closed wooden door.
It's embarrassing, it's so embarrassing, the person surnamed Yan won't think that she wants to throw herself into her arms to seduce him! Ji Rongjin picked up the pu fan and shouted, and after a while, the ear heat slowly subsided.
Forget it, no matter what he thinks, after a busy day, she is also tired, and when the sound of water in the bathroom sounds, she is already asleep.
Yan Tao is a person who has marched and fought in the army, even if he is a general, it is impossible to have servants to serve him anywhere when he fights.
Half an hour later, he returned to the small study in the bedroom with his wet hair draped, sat at the window desk, wiped his hair in the evening breeze, and looked out the window at the inky blue starry sky.
Leisure and tranquility, just like his mood at the moment.
Suddenly, there was a sound of hurried and light footsteps in the corridor, and the thoughts that had just been released slowly converged with the footsteps of the limbs.
Kang Tai gently pushed open the door and whispered happily, "Your Highness, I'm back safely." ”
Yan Tao got up suddenly, "How much grain did you bring back?" ”
Kang Tai's two index fingers are crossed.
"One hundred thousand taels?"
"Yes, Your Highness."
Yan Tao threw away the towel, took the robe and left.
Kang Tai hurriedly followed.
When he walked to the door of the second room, Yan Tao paused and turned his head to look at the closed room, the corners of his lips fluttering in the night.
Kang Tai's voice was very small, "Your Highness, Ji Niangzi is your lucky star." ”
He took his hand and turned his head to look at the night sky outside the corridor, the moonlight is so good tonight!
Ji Rongjin didn't know that Yan Tao left the courtyard in the middle of the night, and woke up naturally, pushed open the door and looked at Chenguang, I was afraid that it was eight or nine o'clock, strange, why was there no one? Could it be that a prince also sleeps lazy?
She was wondering when the courtyard door opened, and someone came by stepping on the daylight.
"Your Highness......" Seeing that he was radiant and looking good, Ji Rongjin thought that he had come back from morning exercise, and hurriedly went down the corridor steps.
Yan Tao is long, wearing a dark round-necked robe, standing with his hands in his hands, wide shoulders and narrow waist, clear and clear, under the sun, his eyebrows are like ink paintings, and his temples are like knife cuts.
Ji Rongjin casually blessed him, looked behind him, outside the courtyard gate, a group of soldiers carried and carried, it seemed that they were all food.
"This is ......," she asked Xiang Kangtai.
Kang Tai smiled: "I didn't have time to come in a hurry yesterday, I took it today, where to put it?" Ji Niangzi ......"
Ji Rongjin was thinking about how to open his mouth and let them bring the grain, but he didn't expect Yan Tao to be upright, and he brought the grain, smiling like a crescent moon, "Follow me." He happily led them to the kitchen utility room.
Lord Hao stood behind His Highness, His Highness's eyes kept falling on the little lady, the smile was gentle and patient, the master was in a good mood, and they were also in a good mood.
"Go to the study."
"Yes, Your Highness."
Half an hour later, Ji Rongjin learned that the king of Liaodong had transferred grain from the south, and later learned from Qiao Qingyu that the transferred grain was secretly bought from the south by Yan Tao in the name of a merchant.
"The court doesn't raise soldiers?" She wondered.
Qiao Qingyu said: "It stands to reason that the court should transfer grain and pay soldiers, in fact, all dynasties and generations are like this, subordinate to that prince, and generally supported by the harvest on the land of that palace." ”
Liaodong is poor and white, and if there are living people, he is already very worthy of the king of Liaodong, and it is not easy to collect taxes in Liaodong to feed the army.
"So His Highness is eating the old book?"
"If this continues, the old Ben will not have enough to eat."
Indeed, at this time, the Northeast had not yet produced rice, only one season of wheat was grown, and the yield of wheat was low, so it could only maintain the local and common people's livelihood, and there was no surplus to feed more than 30,000 soldiers.
This is something that Wang Yantao of Liaodong wants to worry about, she Ji Rongjin will not worry about it, her eyebrows moved, "General Qiao......"
The little lady whispered softly, which frightened Qiao Qingyu and shuddered, "Ji Niangzi, why are you talking like this?" ”
"......" How did she speak, was there anything wrong? Ji Rongjin stared at Qiao Qingyu incomprehensibly.
Obviously on a hot day, Qiao Qingyu felt that his vest was cold and swishing: "You usually yell at me, and even kick me with your feet, what's going on today...... It's strange to me in the tone you used to speak to Your Highness...... It's no wonder I'm not used to it. ”
The one hundred and eighty pound man twisted like a little daughter-in-law.
"Vomit ......" Ji Rongjin was almost vomited by him, and kicked him with his outstretched foot, "Who is the steward who went to the south to buy, help me introduce him." ”
"You can find Your Highness about this!" Qiao Qingyu rubbed the kicked leg with a look of grievance.
"If I dare to find Your Highness, do I still need you?"
"Why don't you dare." Qiao Qingyu muttered in a low voice, "You women's pillow wind is more useful than anything else." ”
I'll go! Ji Rongjin went up on three feet again, "Let you talk nonsense." ”
Qiao Qingyu turned around and fled, he didn't dare to talk about things without His Highness's consent.
The yard was too small, and what was happening outside the yard could be seen clearly by Kang Tai in the corridor, but his voice was too small to hear it all.
Ji Rongjin came back from outside the hospital, worrying as he walked, if her fruit wine, jam, preserved fruits, and mountain treasures and strange medicines were brought to the south by Yan Tao's subordinates to be sold, would he agree?
Seeing Kang Tai on duty at the door of the study, Ji Rongjin hurriedly approached him lightly, "Steward Kang, do you want to go to the kitchen to drink some mint tea?" ”
Drinking tea is fake, something is real! Kang Tai glanced towards the study and nodded, "Thank you Ji Niangzi." ”
The two went down the hallway steps to the kitchen.
Asking people to do things, but also to maximize benefits, Ji Rongjin did not speak directly, but said something seemingly insignificant.
"Steward Kang, I heard that the food will be stable after that, right?"
"Pretty much."
"Then after these soldiers have eaten and drunk enough, they have nothing else to do except school training?"
Isn't it true that when you go to war and practice when you don't fight?
"What Ji Niangzi means......" Kang Tai didn't understand what he wanted to say.
Ji Rongjin coughed and deliberately said straightforwardly, "Steward Kang, don't you think that after eating and drinking, you will have nothing to do?" ”
"Will it?" Kang Tai was a little unimpressed, His Royal Highness was strict in governing the army, and ordinary soldiers did not dare to make mistakes.
Ji Rongjin guessed a little from his expression: "Also, if there is a big place in Liaodong, the most prosperous place is the section from Shanglin County to Linchun County, and in other places, there are only a few families in hundreds of miles, can these taxes feed more than 30,000 troops?" ”
This is also where His Royal Highness has been worried, Kang Tai's expression suddenly became serious: "Ji Niangzi means ......"