"Borrowed food?"

On the Zetian Palace, several important ministers of the empire were separated, and Lin Muyu and Tang Xiaoxi stood in the central aisle together, looking up at Qin Yin on the throne.

It seems that Tang Lan is the most sensitive to the matter of borrowing grain, after all, the household department is directly under his control.

"What's the matter, Duke Lan?" Qin Yin said in surprise, "Isn't the empire able to provide even three million catties of grain?"

"Your Highness......"

Tang Lan looked embarrassed and said: "After His Royal Highness ascended the throne, he gave amnesty to the world and halved the tax revenue, so the funds and food of the household department are very tight, and three million catties of grain does not seem to be much, but ...... Your Highness doesn't know, a soldier's ration is about two catties a day, the ration of a 10,000-strong army is 20,000 catties a day, and there are nearly 200,000 troops stationed around the empire, and we just provide 400,000 catties of food for these armies every day, which is already quite tight, and if you give it to the demon clan, I'm afraid it will ......."

Tang Xiaoxi bit his red lip and said, "But these three million catties of grain are too important for the demon clan, and they can even save 100,000 people from the demon clan......

Lin Muyu intercededed: "Lan Gong, you are in charge of the household department, and if you squeeze it a little, you should still be able to make up three million catties of grain, right? If it really doesn't work, we can buy it with money, it's always okay." ”

Tang Lan clenched his fists and said: "Commander Yu doesn't know, today's harvest in Lanyan City is not too good, besides...... Transporting grain from Lanyan City to the Endless Forest, the chariot could not be used in the jungle, so they could only use the people to carry it, and it would take at least fifteen days to reach the Endless Forest with the footsteps of the people, and they had to eat one pound of grain every day, and fifteen days was fifteen catties of grain, and thirty catties back and forth...... A folk man can carry a maximum of 60 catties of weight on a long journey, so it is not 3 million catties to transport grain to the demon clan, but 6 million catties..."

Tang Xiaoxi's beautiful face was gloomy: "But grandpa ......"

Tang Lan looked at Tang Xiaoxi, looked at his favorite granddaughter, his eyes couldn't help but soften, and said, "But Xiaoxi don't worry, grandpa will find a way for you, these six million catties...... The treasury will give two million catties, and the rest of the four million catties will be raised by grandpa for you, don't worry, the first batch of grain will be on the road tomorrow. ”

Saying that, Tang Lan looked at Qin Yin respectfully and said, "Your Highness, it's okay to be so ignorant?"

Qin Yin nodded and smiled: "The demon clan is our vassal country, we should rescue, as long as we can save the demon clan in danger, no matter what, thank you Lan Gong for taking such great pains to contribute to the country." ”

Tang Lan: "Thank you, Your Highness, for understanding the minister, by the way, ......"

"Lan Gong has something else to do?"

"Yes. ”

Tang Lan clenched his fists and said: "Recently, the Gentian Battalion seems to have built a lot of new camps on the edge of the jungle in the north of Lanyan City, and when the old minister's people inspected the city, they saw a lot of people who did not belong to the Imperial Army holding swords and wearing armor and were training fighting tactics, and there were quite a few of them, at least 30,000 people, and the people of the Lingbei Mercenary Regiment seemed to be there, I don't know if Your Highness knows about this matter?"

Qin Yin was stunned for a moment and said, "I know...... Those are the external reserve combat power of the Gentian Battalion. ”

"But Your Highness. Tang Lan raised his head and said: "The imperial military law strictly stipulates the number of each legion, once someone recruits soldiers privately, it will be regarded as a rebellion, and please ask Your Highness to investigate." ”

"If that's the case......" Qin Yin slowly stood up, her eyes were full of smiles, and said: "The Gentian Battalion commander Lin Muyu has a meritorious role in saving the country, and the Gentian Battalion has continuously defeated the armies of the Demon Clan and the Boxer Kingdom on the Qinling Mountains, greatly boosting the country's prestige, and immediately draft a decree to expand the Gentian Battalion, with an upper limit of 50,000 people, in line with the will of heaven and the will of the people, I think Duke Lan and Grandpa should have no objections, right?"

Tang Lan was stunned.

Su Muyun bowed with a calm face, but didn't say anything.

However, several generals of the Su family showed a look of indignation, and one of them was Su Yong, the commander of the Iron Blade Army of Dusk Rain City, and said with his fists clenched: "Your Highness, now the empire is experiencing a catastrophe of food shortage, and it seems unreasonable to expand the army when the people can't eat enough food, and please ask Your Highness to think of the people of the world." ”

"Is that so?" Qin Yin looked at Su Yin and said, "Grandpa Lan, Grandpa, in fact, Xiao Yin has a decision, I plan to reduce the income of all officials in the empire by two percent from next month, and use this money to encourage land reclamation, planting, and other livelihoods, what do you think?"

Su Muyun bowed and said: "The old ministers support His Highness's decision, but they are worried that those ministers who are used to living a good life will be unconvinced. ”

"It doesn't matter, they'll be convinced. ”

Qin Yin smiled slightly: "Let's write a holy edict, when the empire is in danger, all the ministers will be reduced by two percent, in addition, to expand the gentian battalion, the weapons, grain and grass, war horses, etc. needed will all be provided by the military department, and they must not be slackened." ”

Everyone clasped their fists in unison: "Yes, Your Highness..."

On the side, Xue Ling, the secretary of the military department, looked at Lin Muyu with a smile and said, "Congratulations to Commander Yu, who has finally been promoted from a battalion commander to a regiment commander." ”

According to the imperial military system, an army of less than 20,000 people can only be regarded as a battalion and regiment, and an army of more than 20,000 can be called a regiment, and there is no upper limit to the number of a regiment, and the prestige and power of a regimental commander is obviously far higher than that of a battalion and regimental system.

"Thank you, Lord Xue Ling. Lin Muyu smiled humbly: "In the future, the Gentian Battalion will have to rely on Lord Xue Ling to take care of it, otherwise we will not be able to supply food, grass, weapons, etc., and this number will be useless." ”

Xue Ling laughed and said: "Commander Yu, rest assured, His Royal Highness personally ordered that I will bow to everything, and I will not let the Gentian Battalion be neglected in the slightest bit in terms of military supplies." ”

"Well, thank you. ”

......

In the afternoon, a hundred carriages full of grain left Lanyan City to go to the town demon pass, Tang Lan took Tang Xiaoxi's affairs very seriously, this kind of efficiency was really impressive, according to Tang Xiaoxi's instructions, after this batch of grain arrived at the town demon pass, it was sent to the endless forest by the Zhenguo army of Tang Town, and the demon clan in the endless forest would also send people to pick it up, so that the rations and manpower of the people were saved, but it was not as terrible as Tang Lan described.

It's just that Tang Xiaoxi still can't forgive Tang Lan, he just promised him to go back to the Duke's Mansion for dinner in the evening, and still followed Lin Muyu with dozens of guards knights in the afternoon.

Lin Muyu's task in the afternoon was to check the newly built camp of the Gentian Battalion, in fact, he was very uneasy, although Situ Sen was also a high-ranking imperial general before, but after all, he had been a big hooligan for four years, and his style of acting had slowly changed, unlike Wei Qiu, Fengxi and others who adhered to their duties.

Unsurprisingly, the Gentian Camp was in chaos in the newly built camp outside the North City.

Lin Muyu led a thousand Gentian battalion heavy cavalry slowly into the camp, both sides were full of tents built haphazardly, and no one filled in the mud in one place, in the wilderness, many Heavenly Decision disciples from the slums were competing for the only few pieces of gentian battalion battle armor and military emblems, one by one, their faces were red, and on the other side was a bard sitting in the mud playing the horse-head harp, surrounded by a group of gentian battalion recruits, shouting, and a few recruits from the five big and three thick were wrestling in the farther away, and some even opened a gambling game。

Tang Xiaoxi looked at it with a pair of bright eyes, and couldn't help but smile: "I said Commander Mu, your Gentian battalion recruits look really good...... I really don't know how you're going to ** them ...... in the future."

Lin Muyu's face was like ashes: "I'll go...... I'm... Someone, Stuart, bring him to me..."

"Yes, Commander..."

In the chaotic crowd, Situ Sen rode his horse, wearing the rank of captain of ten thousand with two gold stars around his neck, wearing a fiery red gentian battalion general's robe, and respectfully hugged his fists on his horse and said: "The last general will see the commander..."

"Stuartson. ”

Lin Muyu stretched out his hand and pointed to a group of people in the camp and said, "These ...... Is that the recruit you brought me? You used to be an imperial general, did you lead troops like that?"

Situ Sen said solemnly: "The commander doesn't know, this group of people was originally some scoundrels, and it is not so simple to train them into real imperial soldiers, it is not something that can be completed in a day or two, because they are not able to adapt to the life of the military camp for the time being, and the Gentian Camp does not have a camp, so I have approved them to go to the Flower Restaurant PC in Lanyan City twice a week. If conditions permit, a concubine may be taken into a room, but she shall not be brought into the barracks, a fight is allowed once in three days, but she shall not be killed, and it is allowed to pick out her nostrils during tactical training, no more than three times a day. ”

Lin Muyu was so angry that he was about to faint with Venus in his eyes: "Situ Sen, you ...... You're using my gentian camp as a cattle herd......"

Wei Qiu also said: "Situ Sen, there are you leading troops like this?"

Situ Sen immediately glared and said: "Wei Qiu, don't think that you are the deputy commander is great, sue you, my Situ Sen can defeat you in three moves as long as he uses fifty percent of his strength, the commander can scold me Situ Sen, you Wei Qiu does not have this qualification..."

Wei Qiu was almost angry to death.

Lin Muyu squinted his eyes and asked, "General Situ Sen, do you really plan to lead troops like this? Can such a gentian battalion really fight the demons? I'm worried......

Situ Sen smiled respectfully, his eyes were full of deep meaning, and said, "Commander, if you trust me Situ Sen, you will give me full responsibility for training recruits, don't worry...... Once we really face the demons, I dare to guarantee that these grandsons will immediately forget all about the ** in the flower building, and carry the blades with us to sacrifice their lives and die with the demons..."

"Hmm. ”

Lin Muyu nodded approvingly and said with a smile: "Perhaps, only blood can make them realize what war is like, and there will be such an opportunity." ”

Situ Sen nodded: "Commander, further north is the camp of Ah Xue's Third Legion, and the Lingbei Mercenary Regiment will definitely satisfy you." ”

"Well, let's go. ”

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