Hu Hai's itinerary was turbulent.

The carriage and horses traveled day and night, and arrived at Yingshou in one day and one night, and then changed to a big boat to enter Yunmengze, went straight down to Xiangshui, and then changed into a small boat, entered Lingnan from Lingqu, and just stepped into the South China Sea, Hu Hai followed Ren Ao's advice and settled in Panyu, but he was told that Zhao Tuo and other generals had rushed to Xiangdi a few days ago.

If Hu Hai wanted to see it, he could only go to Xiangjun.

On an early morning morning, Hu Hai reached the seat of Xiangjun and was in the dust.

This is a remote town that is very different from the Central Plains.

The low brick and stone houses were arranged crookedly, and the two narrow streets were also crooked, and from time to time there was a stream of water flowing by the side of the street, and under the scorching sun, there were very few people walking on the streets, but all of them were straw sandals and short clothes, shirtless and dark, but compared with other places, there was a huge bamboo top.

This kind of bamboo weaving is known locally as a hat!

Hu Hai's team of hundreds of people was just shuttling through the streets.

On both sides of the street, there are several small storefronts with up to two or three rooms, piled up with all kinds of strange-shaped bamboo utensils, as well as various red and yellow curved objects, and the dilapidated door panels and chess pieces are painted with various colorful and slightly mysterious images such as snakes, fish, turtles, and elephants.

But many more are simply unrecognizable.

Hu Hai sat in the carriage, looking at the different things on both sides of the street, but his face was very unsightly.

He was a dignified son of Qin, and he was originally set in Panyu.

As a result, Zhao Tuo and others said that there was a situation on the Xiangjun side and needed to be stationed, so they didn't discuss it with him at all, so they directly told him to go to Linchen.

Bang!

Hu Hai lowered the curtain and said coldly: "Zhao Tuo is really bold, I finally came once, not only did I not arrange it in advance, but also asked me to come to this kind of broken place, if it wasn't for the order I received, otherwise I would have turned my face and left directly." ”

"I'm so."

Hu Hai scolded in the carriage.

Zhao Gao's eyes moved slightly, and he said with a smile: "Don't be angry, after all, the South China Sea has not been calm for long, the environment is bad, and the Baiyue people are dissatisfied with the imperial court, and from time to time they lead people to cross the border to provoke, General Zhao Tuo disregards his hard work and sits on the frontier, which is really for the sake of the empire. ”

"Childe, let him go for once."

Hu Hai glanced at Zhao Guo coldly, and finally didn't say anything more.

It's just that the dissatisfaction on the face is visible to the naked eye.

Soon.

Hu Hai arrived outside the camp of the great army.

As soon as he stepped into the stone gate of the Qin Army's shogunate, Hu Hai's face became even more ugly.

Not only the strong smell of herbs that could be smelled everywhere, nor the sad looks of the soldiers who hurried in and out, but the simplicity of the shogunate's greeting of him, which made him feel great humiliation, the army's camp was actually made of mountain stones, and the rough stone flake walls did not have a single piece of wood, but a large cowhide tent supported by large and small bamboo poles.

The soldiers who greeted him were even more terrifying.

They are all thin and dark, their eyes are frighteningly big, their cheekbones are amazingly high, and their mouths are so big that they don't have the kind of sturdy and strong people of Xianyang Lao Qin, and even the soldiers around them don't have leather armor and iron armor, let alone the vigorous iron crown, everyone is wrapped in a collar of black cloth on their upper body, and they are biased away from the hakama, which is weird and indescribable.

In Hu Hai's eyes, these people in front of him were not Qin Jun's sharp soldiers at all, but barren refugees who were struggling to make a living.

Not even as good as a homeless.

Hu Hai had a gloomy face and stepped into the shogunate's tent.

Zhao Gao and Ren Ao followed suit.

When he entered the military tent, he was immediately greeted by a general.

"The last general, Zhao Tuo, see the son."

"Chen Lu Jia sees Childe."

"Minister, Yang Wengzi, see Gongzi."

“.”

Nearly ten generals saluted.

Hu Hai had a cold face and said dissatisfiedly: "Zhao Tuo, you let me go so hard, I told you early in the morning, I want to come to Panyu, why don't you go, but let people lead me to this Xiangjun Linchen?" What do you have in mind?! ”

Hu Hai was not used to it at all, and directly confided his dissatisfaction.

Hear the words.

Zhao Tuo said with a look of grievance: "Son, the last general is really wronged, now the leader of Baiyue Ji Jun attacked the three counties of Nanhai, Guilin and Xiang County a few days ago, and there were a lot of injuries in various places, and the last general has asked His Majesty last month to ask for an order that the Ou Yu army led by Ji Jun will be recruited again in the near future, intending to completely defeat the Yue people and completely stabilize the South China Sea." ”

"The war is approaching, how dare the last general stay away?"

"It's just that because of this, I neglected the son, and the last general really didn't dare to argue."

"Please forgive your sins."

Zhao Tuo's tone was very low.

Hearing Zhao Tuo's words, Ren Ao seemed to think of something, and also said helpfully: "Childe, what General Zhao Tuo said is indeed true. ”

"I heard some time ago, three years ago, the imperial court captured Lingnan, and set up three counties in Lingnan, Guilin, and Xiangjun, but the Yue people have been fighting back, many times across the border to attack and kill soldiers, and the Yue people are very familiar with the terrain of the three counties, a little careless, let it hide in the dense forest, the South China Sea soldiers are tireless."

"Because of this, the imperial court ordered the third expedition to Baiyue, intending to completely flatten Baiyue and completely sweep away the Ouluo area where the Yue people gathered."

"General Zhao Tuo is probably busy with the military, so he neglected his son."

Hear the words.

Hu Hai's face softened slightly.

It's just that I still can't get a face.

He is a dignified prince of Qin, but people point fingers at him, what is the reason?

Looked at.

Zhao Gao said with a smile on the side: "General Zhao Tuo is busy with the military, we went south this time, it is indeed a little uninvited, the general can't leave for a while, it is also reasonable, now that the son has arrived in Linchen, in fact, he didn't really take it to heart, but he was bumpy on the road for a long time, and he was somewhat irritable, which was a bit inappropriate." ”

Zhao Tuo arched his hand and said: "The war in the south is about to start, I don't know why the prince came?" ”

Hu Hai's face was gloomy, and finally he didn't breathe anymore, and said: "I came here this time to reward the army, and I originally brought some imperial wine with me, wanting to reward the army, but the road was bumpy, and the soldiers I accompanied were not enough, so I left all the imperial wine in Panyu." ”

Hearing Hu Hai's words, Zhao Tuo's face was different, and he looked at Hu Hai suspiciously, his eyes uncertain.

He was very curious, why would the army be Hu Hai?

Is it normal and improper Fusu?

Could it be that something is going on in the DPRK?

Although his heart was full of suspicion, Zhao Tuo was still grateful: "It is the last general who has made the prince hard, so the imperial wine will stay in Panyu for the time being, and it will not be too late to drink it when the army returns from victory." ”

"The last general will thank Gongzi for the 500,000 soldiers in the South China Sea."

The rest of the generals bowed in unison.

Hu Hai looked at Zhao Tuo and the others, a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth, and said: "You don't have to be in such a hurry to thank you, I really didn't bring the imperial wine this time, but I still brought other things, General Zhao Tuo led the army to guard the South China Sea, the hard work is high, and the soldiers are also very hard, the court is grateful for the hard work of the soldiers, and specially mobilized millions of money and grain to reward the army, and use this to cash the money and reward for the South China Sea." ”

A word fell.

There were no surprises in the field, but there was an eerie silence.

Looked at.

Hu Hai frowned.

He was a little puzzled by the reaction of Zhao Tuo and others.

The imperial court has given so much money to the army, shouldn't it be happy reasonably? Why can't you see half of the excitement?

Don't they want the court to give them a reward?!

Zhao Tuo lowered his head and glanced at a person behind him with thin squinting eyes and thick lips and a round face, his eyes showed a touch of panic and uneasiness, but Zhao Tuo quickly calmed down and said in a deep voice: "The last general will thank Your Majesty, the court, and the prince for the money reward, it's just."

"There's something wrong right now."

"What's wrong with giving out a reward?" Hu Hai's face was displeased.

Zhao Tuo smiled bitterly and arched his hand: "Gongzi also saw the situation in Lingnan along the road, the soldiers are skinny, and when they followed the Central Plains, they were completely like two people, the environment in Lingnan is too bitter, and the officers and soldiers in the army want to return to their hometowns more than Qian Bu." ”

"More than three years ago, the imperial court captured the three counties of Lingnan, and at that time the imperial court requisitioned 500,000 merchants, conscripts, and Qin people to come to Lingnan.

"After a few years of relief, the sergeants and soldiers have gradually let go of homesickness, if the money reward is given at this time, I am afraid that the soldiers will be suspicious again, the court really wants to give them up, and then the army is afraid that it will not be able to suppress it, and the war is imminent, and the ministers really dare not take such a risk."

"The millions of rewards brought by Childe will be considered to be distributed in other names."

Then.

Ren Ao was puzzled: "General Zhao Tuo, how could the imperial court ever think of giving up the soldiers?" In recent years, the imperial court has requisitioned hundreds of thousands of people, and also relocated many people in Guanzhong, just to calm the people's hearts. How did this rumor in the military come about? ”

Zhao Tuo's eyelids jumped.

His eyes narrowed into a slit and he sighed, "Because of homesickness." ”

"The homeland is difficult to leave, many soldiers in Lingnan, many people have been coming to Lingnan for nine years, and these years the imperial court has been committed to the migration of households, this migration is not the past cattle, sheep, carts, horses, goods and wealth, but to the army population to the south, which is greatly relaxed for women, so the plan is not to make these hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the South China Sea?"

"This matter has already been decided by the imperial court."

"Some veterans have been in the army for many years and have long been aware of this."

Speaking of which.

Zhao Tuo sighed and said: "The mountains and rivers are restored to the sea frontier, if the army is to be stationed for a long time, and it is fundamental to live in peace, from ancient times to the present, a man with a woman is a home, without a woman, everything has no roots." ”

"After some measures of the imperial court came down, many people have been aware of it, so the army's military spirit has been greatly shaken, in recent years, our generals have been committed to stabilizing the army's morale, if the imperial court suddenly distributes money and rewards, I am afraid that many soldiers will have a sense of returning home, and what will happen in the army at that time, the last general is really difficult to predict."

"The last general is also thinking about the stability of the army."

The tent was quiet.

Regarding Zhao Tuo's words, Hu Hai instinctively felt that there was a problem, although he did not grow up as fast as Fusu, but under the influence of his ears and eyes, he had somewhat grown up, how could he not notice the inappropriateness?

Just like Ji Heng said, the hustle and bustle in the world is fame and fortune.

How could a soldier not love money?

What made him even more confident was that he knew the follow-up of the imperial court, and knew that the imperial court would let the soldiers go back, but there were more or less conditions, he had seen the difficult conditions in Lingnan, but he was more convinced that if the imperial court allowed the soldiers to go back, even if they went to Kanto, they would be very happy.

Because Lingnan is too bitter!

Hu Hai shook his head and said directly: "I'm afraid this won't work, I, Hu Hai, came to reward the army on the order of His Majesty, and I also distributed money and rewards on the order of His Majesty, how can I change my course?" If this is transmitted to the DPRK and the Central Committee, will it be necessary to bear a charge of disobedience? I, Hu Hai, will never disobey His Majesty's edict. ”

"General Zhao Tuo."

Hu Hai was thinking about asking Zhao Tuo to mobilize the soldiers, and then he felt that it was inappropriate, after all, the big war was imminent, if something happened, he was afraid that there would be danger, he didn't want to let himself take risks, so he turned his head to look at Ren Ao who came with him, and asked: "Ren Ao, tell me, how to distribute the soldiers' money now?" ”

Ren Ao pondered for a moment and said: "The lower official thinks that when the order is ordered to the armies, it is distributed in the specification of 'exposing the head', and there is no need to mobilize a large number of soldiers, or the soldiers rotate, first distribute a batch, and then distribute one batch after another, but this move may take a few days, so the lower official thinks that it is better to distribute the money and rewards directly, but it must be announced to the whole army, and no greed for ink can be connived." ”

"Those who dare to bend the law for bribes will be dealt with according to military law!"

"No mercy!"

Hear the words.

Zhao Tuo's face was a little ugly.

He gritted his teeth and said: "Childe, if it causes homesickness in the army, I am afraid that the ministers will not be able to suppress it." ”

"Please think twice."

Hu Hai pursed his lips and said disdainfully: "General Zhao Tuo, I think you are too worried, even if the soldiers are homesick, but the money is real, they really can't go home at the moment, but they can send these money cloths back, and the environment in Lingnan is difficult, with these money cloths, the lives of the soldiers will also be greatly improved, isn't this a good thing?" ”

"I don't think it's going to be okay!"

Looked at.

Zhao Tuo did not persuade again.

It's just that the gaze is more and more cloudy.

Not much.

Zhao Tuo and other generals all left, and only Hu Hai was left in the big tent.

Hu Hai did not sit on the ground.

Instead, he urged Zhao Gao to burn some mugwort to repel mosquitoes and flies.

The environment of Lingnan is hot, there are many mosquitoes and flies, when passing through a water depression, Hu Hai saw a group of mosquitoes like a black cloud, Hu Hai's face was white at that time, he grew so big, it was the first time to see so many mosquitoes and flies, and now staying in this small and stuffy shogunate, he felt that there were countless mosquitoes around him.

Soon.

Zhao Gao ignited the mugwort.

There was an extra fragrance in the big tent, which also made Hu Hai's complexion a little soothed.

He slowly sat down on the fur, looked at Ren Ao and Zhao Gao, and asked curiously: "I think something is wrong with what Zhao Tuo said just now, what do you think?" ”

Ji Heng only said that he should do what he was told, and don't interfere in other things, but now the situation has obviously changed, in order not to give birth to too much right and wrong, he also decided to discuss it with Ren Ao and Zhao Gao, at least let himself know in his heart, so as not to really poke into any big problems.

He didn't want to get into trouble this time.

(End of chapter)