The tenth day of September.

There are very few pedestrians in the streets and alleys of Jimo Camp City, and the sun in the sky is like fire, as if it is about to evaporate all the water vapor on the ground before giving up.

In the general's mansion, a sweaty man stood in the side room, and it was the man who was selling fruit at the door of the armor supervision office a few days ago.

At this time, General Zhang Youxun was holding a few pieces of straw paper in his hand, and he was carefully looking at the handwriting on it, and after looking at it for a while, he looked up at the man from time to time, as if to verify whether the information on it was true. Seeing the man's affirmative nod, Zhang Youxun continued to look down, but his brows were furrowed more and more.

Mao Xingyi, Wang Ye, and Dong Bihui, the three guerrilla generals, stood behind Zhang Youxun, and they all stretched their necks to read the contents of the straw paper.

After a while, Mao Xingyi, Wang Ye, and Dong Bihui finished reading the content, looked at each other a few times, and then sat back on the chair, Zhang Youxun looked at the man standing with a solemn face, waved his hand, and said, "Go down and rest, and go back to the account room to get a reward of five taels of silver." ”

"Hehe, Master Xie, in the future, but there are orders, the little one will definitely die!"

The man bowed and retreated with a flattering face, and Zhang Youxun said to Mao Xingyi, Wang Ye, and Dong Bihui: "Liu Yan has built such a large military workshop in front of Fushan, and he has transported twenty or thirty carts of iron and other things within a few days, what is he going to do!" Where did he get all this supplies? ”

Dong Bihui said: "With so many materials, how many troops can be built?" He is a guerrilla general, even if he has thousands of new troops in his hands, he can't use so many troops, unless Liu Yan has a heart of disobedience! It's better to report Liu Yan to the court and see how Liu Yan defends himself! ”

Mao Xingyi and Wang Ye looked at Dong Bihui with a foolish look, Zhang Youxun also coughed, and said: "Although Liu Yan is unruly, he is not a big traitor, and he still has merit to the country. ”

Zhang Youxun, Mao Xingyi and Wang Ye are not Dong Bihui's simple-minded and well-developed limbs, knowing the seriousness of the matter, they must not only suppress Liu Yan, but also cannot directly force Liu Yan to rebel, and there must be room for everything. If Liu Yan is really forced to rebel, just a few thousand new troops can turn Shandong upside down, who will put down the rebellion at that time? Anyway, the imperial court will definitely arrest the generals of the Jimo battalion for questioning!

Mao Xingyi said: "My lord, it is pointless to discuss how much military equipment Liu Yan can build now, he has trained and expanded the new army, which was approved by Lu Duchen and Yan Futai, we can't argue about Liu Yan in this matter, and Lu Duchen and Yan Futai will do their best to protect Liu Yan." ”

"And what do you think?"

Mao Xingyi thought for a while, and suddenly said with a wicked smile: "The current situation is: Liu Yan's large-scale construction of military equipment has a basis to follow, where does the money and food for his military construction come from, naturally there will be a set of rhetoric, even if the adults want to expose Liu Yan's corruption and perversion of the law, there is not much success, who has no means to make money as an official now?" But there is one thing that Liu Yan can't hide......"

"What is it?"

"Armament! Lots of well-equipped troops! ”

Mao Xingyi said: "Why is Liu Yan's new army so powerful? The strength of the soldiers of the new army is one thing, and part of the reason is that the new army is equipped with the excellent equipment built by Liu Yan! The lord is Liu Yan's superior, and he ordered the requisition of the military equipment of Liu Yan's department and the deployment to the rest of the departments, which is reasonable and legal, even if Liu Yan reports to Lu Duchen and Yan Futai, it still makes sense! ”

"Could it be that Liu Yan can still disobey? If this is the case, the adults just happened to sue Lu Duchen and Yan Futai to see how Liu Yan defended himself! ”

Zhang Youxun laughed and said, "Why didn't I think of it? Isn't he Liu Yan arrogant? Okay, this official will let that Liu Yanbai work hard and make wedding dresses for the three of you! ”

Wang Ye and Dong Bihui also laughed, and the two of them looked forward to a large number of sophisticated troops being transported out of Liu Yan's army and all pulled into their own army, and even both of them saw Liu Yan's angry and helpless expression, and their hearts were happy.

Zhang Youxun pointed at Mao Xingyi and said: "This matter is a hard trip for Mao's guerrillas, after the matter is completed, those excellent military equipment, you Mao's guerrilla priority equipment." ”

"Haha, then the general will thank you first!"

The next day, Mao Xingyi took a team of family members to Liu Yan's guerrilla office, and after taking out his waist card to report it, he swaggered into the mansion and went straight to the main hall in the front yard.

After Mao Xingyi came in, while looking around, looking at Liu Yan's furnishings, he found a topic and said, "Hehe, Liu Guerrilla is so interested, this is reading...... Analects? ”

Liu Yan put down the book in his hand speechlessly, and saw the words "Lu's Spring and Autumn" written on the cover: "It seems that Mao Guerrilla doesn't know many words, I read Spring and Autumn!" ”

Mao Xingyi's face froze, he snorted coldly, then took out an official document, put it heavily on the table, and said: "Let's get down to business: this is the military order of the general, ordering Liu Guerrilla to immediately prepare 3,000 sets of armor, 8,000 spears, 10,000 pairs of swords, shields, bows and crossbows, etc., in addition, the general flintlock bird guns of your new army should also be prepared with 5,000 rods, which will be prepared within ten days, and transported to the school yard in the city, and the staff general will deploy all departments!" ”

Liu Yan picked up the military order and looked at it, and then said lightly: "So many troops, enough to equip one or twenty thousand elite soldiers, where do I have a little guerrilla general?" Your Excellency, this is deliberately embarrassing me. ”

Mao Xingyi sneered and said: "Guerrilla Liu, I advise you, it's better to be honest." Since I have come here today to give the order, it means that the general has obtained enough evidence, and these weapons seem to be huge, but for you Liu Guerrilla, it is just a drop in the bucket, and this matter is by no means difficult. ”

"Oh?"

Liu Yan built a new site for the construction of the Soldier Armor Supervision Office in front of the Thousand Households in Weifu Mountain, Aoshan, and he didn't want to hide it, after all, a large number of people and craftsmen were mobilized to build a large number of buildings, and they couldn't hide it if they wanted to, Zhang Youxun and others could know for sure, and it was strange that they didn't know.

It's just that Liu Yan didn't expect that Zhang Youxun actually started the idea of preparing for the army, and he was still ready to take it by force, so he came directly to order the requisition, which is really a big face!

Liu Yan asked: "You just said the evidence, what kind of evidence, can you show it?" ”

Mao Xingyi proudly took out a few pieces of straw paper, put them in front of Liu Yan, and said: "Liu Guerrilla take a closer look, this is the number of iron, charcoal and other materials that have been transported into the Qianhu Institute in Fushan during this time. ”

Liu Yan picked it up and looked at it, Mao Xingyi thought he had a plan, so he continued: "Liu Guerrilla has to look carefully, so many materials have been transported in, and the scale of the newly built military workshop is so large, how many troops can be built? How many troops did you Liu guerrilla hoard before! The recruitment of generals and adults is already very face-saving for you, don't be ignorant ......"

Before Mao Xingyi finished speaking, he looked at Liu Yan in surprise, only to see Liu Yan tearing up with both hands with a smile, tearing up the pieces of straw paper, and then the scraps of paper flew all over the sky.

"Mao, where is your evidence, why haven't I seen it?"

Mao Xingyi was annoyed, but still said loudly: "I, I still have a manuscript, it's useless if you tear it up!" ”

"Whatever you want."

Liu Yan said: "I tore up these pieces of waste paper in front of you, which is to give you face." Otherwise, with a few pieces of waste paper, you will want to come and blackmail me, joke! ”

Mao Xingyi slapped the table angrily and said loudly: "The evidence is ironclad, how can you quibble!" ”

Liu Yan asked: "Then let me ask you, do you have a guerrilla signature on your so-called evidence?" ”

"This—This isn't."

"That's right."

Liu Yan stood up suddenly, pointed at Mao Xingyi's nose, and said loudly: "The paper that Lao Tzu hasn't signed is the in the toilet!" If you mess around again, don't blame me for not being merciful and letting people kick you out! ”

"Okay, you Liu Yan, count yourself ruthless!"

Mao Xingyi said angrily: "But the order of the general is here, even if it is to make trouble with Lu Duchen and Yan Futai. When the time comes, if Liu Guerrilla can't come up with troops, I see how you can explain to the generals! ”

"Haha."

Liu Yan laughed and said: "I, Liu Yan, did build my own military equipment, but it was not enough for my own use, and you have to report it truthfully to General Zhang after you go back, which can be regarded as a transaction." If General Zhang still doesn't give up, I don't think it's going to wait for ten days, it's good to come over in these two days, everyone will tear their faces directly and see who suffers! ”

Mao Xingyi didn't expect Liu Yan to be so tough, he didn't pay attention to Zhang Youxun, the official, and he couldn't tell the truth for a while, so he said tentatively: "You have to think about it, the following crimes are serious crimes in the Ming military law, and when the time comes, the generals will report it, and Lu Duchen will not be easy to maintain!" ”

Liu Yan didn't bother to pay attention to Mao Xingyi, waved his hand, shouted to see off the guest, and picked up the scroll in his hand and continued to read.

Mao Xingyi was angry when he saw this, and walked away.

"Your Excellency."

Miao Shao has been waiting outside the door, and when Liu Yan and Mao Xingyi quarreled just now, he had the heart to go in to stop him, but in the end he couldn't help but not go in.

At this time, Miao Shao saw Mao Xingyi leaving angrily, so he came in and said: "My lord, that Zhang Youxun is a Shangguan after all, if he really tears his face with him, it will be quite troublesome for adults, after all, the county official is not as good as the current management." Why is this today, my lord? ”

Liu Yan said: "Now that Aoshanwei is going well, the autumn harvest is about to begin, and it is a critical time. And I still have a few plans to implement here: build a new workshop to expand financial resources, expand the army again to replenish the military resources, continue to improve the constitution of the Chamber of Commerce, etc., which one is related to our future victory or defeat, and there is no room for sloppiness. ”

"But Zhang Youxun and the others are sleeping soundly next to the couch, they stay in the dark, they don't know when they will jump out and stumble, I don't know when they will rush out of the bad things, this is something I can't tolerate. Since ancient times, there has been a principle of preventing thieves for a thousand days, and the energy of this official should be focused on managing the political army, and not wasted on these inconsequential conflicts! ”

Liu Yan said and put down the scroll in his hand, and said in a cold voice: "So, since the pus has risen, it is better to cut through the mess with a quick knife and directly pick it with a knife, whether it is pus or blood, and you will see it with a knife!" ”

Miao Shao's heart sank, and he suddenly remembered the rebellious army that was killed by Liu Yan outside the city of Qianhukou in Xiahe Village, and then thought of Zhang Youxun and others, and suddenly shuddered: "After all, it's Shangguan, adults won't really start directly, right?" ”

Some people died, but not completely......