I don't want to be king

Arhat stepped aside when he heard this.

Lin Yi's hand touched the child's withered head, and the child subconsciously wanted to avoid it, but when he saw Luo Han's staring eyes, he could only stand obediently and rub his head casually.

"Study hard, and you will become a pillar of our Daliang Kingdom in the future."

"I will definitely succeed in the future!"

After the child heard this, he said with certainty.

"Then what do you want to do in the future?"

Lin Yi followed up and asked.

The child raised his head and said loudly, "I want to be a general!"

"Hahaha……"

The children next to him were all laughing, as if they had heard the funniest joke in the world.

The child didn't change his face, and still insisted, "I will definitely be a general!"

Lin Yi looked at the immature face in front of him and said with a smile, "Yes, you must stick to your dreams. If you give up, they will laugh at you again."

"Hi, my name is Shen Ping, what's your name!"

Seeing someone affirming himself, the child asked excitedly.

"Lin Yi, one day you really become a general, and you will know who I am."

After Lin Yi finished speaking, he left without looking back.

"Lin Yi..."

After the child read a few sentences silently, he memorized the name.

Accompanied by Uncle Kuan, Lin Yi looked around the village again, but there were still low thatched huts everywhere, and most of the people couldn't eat enough.

It is estimated that there is only one Luo family and a few wealthy households who can eat enough.

"Excessive taxes."

Lin Yi once again realized the exploitation of the low-level people by the feudal bureaucracy.

Sometimes, some things cannot be changed with a single order.

There are policies and measures to counter.

Even if imperial envoys are sent around to make inspections, the fundamental problems cannot be solved.

Everything is determined by the economic basis.

In the evening, the road surface was hardened by the sun.

Luo Qi stood at the entrance of the village, reluctantly seeing off his master.

Du Yinniang rode on the horse without looking back.

It was getting dark, and the group finally arrived at the crowded town of Tonga River.

Different from other towns, there are city walls, guards, and garrisons here, just like a small town.

"What kind of black-hearted people are these?"

Lin Yi was hungry, and sitting in front of a bean curd stall, he said with emotion, "It's really lawless to even pay an entrance fee.

Who is the garrison here? "

He was still aggrieved.

Pan Duo hesitated for a moment and said, "My lord, there are more than [-] troops stationed here, and the leader of the army is Pang Long, who cannot support the army. Lord He Jixiang is in charge, so let them raise their own funds to attack some bandits and cause public outrage. The evil gentry is also stretched thin, and can't even supply horse feed.

As far as his subordinates know, this section of the road was originally a dirt road, and Pang Shoubei had no choice but to organize officers, soldiers, and common people to build the road so that they could travel together even in rainy days.

According to Liang law, it is not illegal. "

"Pang Long? This guy is still a garrison now?"

Lin Yi is no stranger to this name.

Used to be his bodyguard.

And the old man in the palace.

Wei Yishan, Liu Kan, Jiang Zhen and other youngsters who came out of the three wars can overwhelm him!

Luo Han said, "The year before last in Saibei, we disagreed with Tao Yingyi and had a conflict. We almost met swordsmen. In fact, we committed the crime above. General Shen Chu punished him with military law. He turned a guerrilla general into a garrison and dispatched him to this place."

Lin Yi said angrily, "This guy is indeed two hundred and five."

Then he drank the last sip of tofu curd in the bowl, stood up and said, "Go, go and see if this dog is dead."

Pan Duo led the way, and after inquiring about pedestrians, he finally found the camp of the garrison.

Surrounded by a wooden fence, inside is a row of thatched houses made of stones.

Lin Yi frowned and said, "How poor are you?"

Arhat went in to report.

After a while, a horn sounded in the barracks.

As soon as Juma withdrew, the officers and soldiers had already assembled, and when Lin Yi walked in, a large group of people were already kneeling in front of him.

Pang Long sobbed, "My subordinates will see the prince, the prince is a thousand years old!"

"My lord is a thousand years old!"

The officers and soldiers below spoke in unison, and the voice resounded through the world.

"Get up."

Lin Yi didn't say much, and went straight into the nearest room.

Inside were two long rows of earth kangs, with tattered quilts on them. Lin Yi rubbed them casually with his hands. Under the sunlight, moldy dust and old cotton wadding danced wildly.

"Is this how miserable you are?"

"The subordinate is guilty!"

When Pang Long looked at He Wang Ye in front of him, it always felt like a dream!

How could he and the prince come to such a rural place!

Lowering his head, he said, "My lord please punish me!"

Lin Yi didn't even look at the teacup in front of him, but said calmly, "Although this king doesn't like officers and soldiers doing business, he didn't completely prohibit it. Even if you go out to serve as guards for merchants, you won't live in such a cowardly way, right?"

Pang Long smiled wryly and said, "Your Majesty doesn't know that during the First Battle of Saibei, food and grass were scarce, and this battalion under him was a reserve force. His subordinate Erlang wanted to make contributions, so he ventured in a bit, but had no choice but to raise part of it by himself.

Even if he actively responded to the prince's market economic policy, planted land, built roads, set up checkpoints, and broadened the source of income, it was still a drop in the bucket, and his subordinates still owed Yan Kuisheng more than 3 taels of silver.

There are 500 taels per month just to repay the interest. "

The reservists are raised by stepmothers, and they are given priority to the forward battalion. When the forward battalion is fed and drunk, when it is their turn, it will be a problem to even have enough to eat!

On the battlefield, fighting for one's breath is secondary, the main thing is to get ahead!

However, if you don't charge ahead, how can you stand out?

No food, no armor, no weapons...

In short, it is nothing.

In order to be able to achieve anything, they were forced to borrow money...

"okay,"

Seeing the bearded Pang Long crying, Lin Yi suddenly felt a little uncomfortable, "Hurry up and find a way to mend this hole."

He wanted to fill up the hole for Pang Long!

However strength does not allow it.

If he dared to promise Pang Long blindly, He Jixiang would definitely find him desperately!

Neither the imperial court nor the Ministry of War has any money!

He Jixiang can't wait to drink porridge every day!

"The subordinates are bold,"

Pang Long hesitated for a moment, and boldly said, "Please, my lord, prepare the garrison camp to go to sea with the rich merchants of Jizhou!"

"You landlubber want to go to sea?"

Lin Yi said in surprise.

Pang Long said helplessly, "My lord, many maritime merchants in Phoenix City have asked the garrison battalion to go out to sea as guards. However, due to the restrictions of Liang Law, the subordinates dare not do it alone. They have already consulted the Fifth Army Commander's Office. His Excellency has not given any instructions yet. answer."

Lin Yi said, "They won't hire someone from the navy?"

Pang Long said, "Master Jiang Kan has a limited number of sailors."

In the Mansion of the Commander-in-Chief of the Five Armies, the navy division is the richest!

Accompanying a sea merchant on a boat can earn tens of thousands of taels of income!

As far as this navy battalion is concerned, they still love to take care of it!

Where is it like their garrison camp, father does not love mother or mother!

After the road was built and collected some money, it was scolded by the people!

Lin Yi pondered for a while and said, "Sure."

"Thank you, Lord."

Pang Long wept with joy, he didn't expect that the difficult thing in his opinion could be solved so easily!

Lin Yi stood up again, then went out of the room, looked at the slowly setting sun, rubbed his brows and said, "Why are there so many messes, every day is not good."

He really wanted to lie flat and ignore these complicated affairs.

Chapter 520

But, just think about it.

From the moment he left Sanhe, he has no turning back.

He wanted to stop, and the people under him who followed him to make a living would not agree.

Everyone followed him to Ankang City without hesitation, not only to pin their heads on the waistband of their trousers, but also the future and life of the whole family and clan.

If he hesitates a little bit, many people will follow suit!

For example, the natives of Ankang City like Shen Chu and Zhurourong, the whole family, wives and children, no longer have to live.

There is no turning back when you open the bow, because people will really die.

His opponents, King Yong, King Jin, and even Emperor Delong, who looked like a sick cat, had to tear him and everything around him to pieces.

Pang Long walked to the side, and said cautiously, "This subordinate is incompetent, let the prince bother, and this subordinate will definitely make persistent efforts and move forward bravely."

Lin Yi rolled his eyes at him and said, "I haven't seen your skills improve, and you have learned a lot from the scene."

"My lord is wise,"

Pang Long breathed a sigh of relief. He used to be He Wang Ye's bodyguard. Although He Wang Ye didn't value him very much, he knew He He Wang Ye's temperament very well. If He Wang Ye could show his temper on his face, it meant that he was really fine. He laughed and said, "As long as I have a little way, I don't dare to make the prince suffer."

Lin Yi thought for a while and said, "It's not in compliance with the rules to ask you to go to sea. Once this is done, if the troops stationed in Jizhou and Qizhou follow suit in the future, what will you ask me to do?"

At this time, he felt that he was a little rash just now, and he agreed too readily!

The reservists are also officers and soldiers!

Officers and soldiers should stick to their posts!

If the officers, soldiers and generals ran around all over the place, wouldn't it be a mess in the future?

One day in the future, if someone wants to rebel, it will be very simple, and 10,000+ rebels will be gathered under the city of Ankang without anyone noticing...

Maybe his head will be lost inexplicably!

"My lord..."

Pang Long laughed, because he knew that what he told the prince was the truth. If there is someone to follow suit, the officers and soldiers in Jizhou must follow suit. Everyone is poor. Anyway, money is easy to earn at sea, so they all go To make a living at sea is, what kind of future can one have as a pawn!