Quan Yutianxia GL

General Chu was flattered that Master Bai took the initiative to stay overnight, and after quickly giving up half of the bed quilt, he immediately shrank down.

Thousands of troops are roaring in my heart: rub over!hug it!kiss down! ...

But I kept shouting over and over in my head: Bai Dangjia is not happy, Bai Dangjia is not happy, Bai Dangjia is not happy...

In the end, General Chu had no choice but to let them rebel and roar, lying there straight and pretending to be a zombie.

Bai Su lay down for a while, looking at the lights in the tent, her expression was a little dazed, but no matter what, she also made up her mind that she would not go back to her tent tonight.

It was only a few days apart, but in the past few days, she couldn't help but think of Chuning, what she said, what she did, her occasional nonsense, and her Every moment around you.

This was the first time in Bai Su's life that he cared so much about a person.

It seems that without knowing it, every inch of space and time around me has been invaded, and once I feel empty, I feel at a loss.

Chu Ning didn't know what Bai Su was thinking at the moment. She wanted to comfort Bai Su, but she was so nervous that she didn't know where to start. With her eyes closed, she vaguely felt that Bai Su seemed to be lifted up and sat up. She opened her eyes slightly, and saw Bai Su leaning out from above her, dimming the bedside light.

Against the hazy light, Bai Su's good-looking face gradually appeared in sight. Chuning couldn't help reaching out to touch it, and finally wrapped his arms around her, and pulled her into his arms.

If at the beginning, it belongs to the appreciation of the sidelines.

If later it was the sustenance and illusion caused by the loneliness of the strange world.

So what now?Is it love now?

Anxious because of her frowning.

Reluctant because of her sullenness.

This heart that wants to get close to her, hug her, and protect her is already full of love and affection?

Sorrow arises out of love, fear arises out of love, and with the person he misses in his arms, Chuning has a sad and terrified dream.

In the dream, there is a road with no end, covered with thorns, swords and swords on both sides, bloody storms, crying and shouting...

Chuning trekked through thousands of mountains and rivers, and finally found this road. However, Bai Su stood on the other side of the road and looked back at her.

Her eyes seem to have crossed thousands of mountains and waded through thousands of waters, and can see through the shadows of swords and swords and bloody winds, and see through her dark background and boundless future.

However, Bai Su only glanced at her, softly and compassionately.

Immediately, turn around and leave.

The wind and snow submerged her back, submerged the traces of her existence.

In the afternoon of the next day, the angel came quickly, and not only brought the emperor's praise, but also several carts of water, wine and pork and mutton food to reward the army.

Chuning received a reward of 300 taels, and Gao Zhimin received a reward of 500 taels.Chu Ning did the math, these bounties combined with wine and meat are less than 6000 guan - this reward, for an army of as many as [-] people for the first time, it is really not enough, especially this one In the case of more than a thousand army casualties.

The imperial decree didn't mention the matter of casualty compensation at all. Chu Xin knew that there was probably nothing to do, and at most he hoped that the generals who received the reward would have a conscience and share some of the bounty.

Let Chen Fu take the guards to carry the bonus to the accompanying financial accountant Bo to enter the account. Chu Ning took the two sisters, Chunhua Qiuyue, back to the account. He didn't see Master Bai, so he had to lie down in dismay, and began to complain to the outside world.

In fact, General Chu was not sick. It may be because he recently stayed by the head of Bai Da’s house and stole incense and jade to nourish his nutrition, so he attracted relatives to visit him. a serious illness.

After the angel announced the reward, he was invited by the fifth prince Li Zhan to have a heart-to-heart talk. The two talked about something, and when the angel left, Li Zhan's face darkened.

Su Mingyue came out from the inner tent and took two maidservants to clean up the tableware. Seeing Li Zhan's gloomy expression, she wanted to ask, but she was worried that she might be suspected of having ulterior motives, so she didn't make a sound.

Li Zhan took the initiative to call Su Mingyue over, turned away from the left and right, and said annoyedly: "Father is still too partial after all, I and the first prince are from the same mother, obviously more like father than the first prince, but father has always been They all regard the eldest prince as the foundation of the country."

Li Zhan has been good at martial arts since he was a child, and he can use a long sword to straddle a war horse. He also invited famous teachers to teach military strategy and strategy. It was decided to make him the crown prince.

"But so what?" Su Mingyue has long been involved in the battle for the throne, and she knows the reasons for it in detail, so she skillfully persuaded: "Although the eldest prince is quick-witted, he is too weak, and he is not as good as His Majesty. The frontiers are expanded and the power shakes the barbarians, so three wastes and three establishments. Now His Majesty personally entrusts the three armies, but only one prince of His Highness sits in the east to march, isn't this helping His Highness?"

"If it had been before today, His Royal Highness would have believed Mingyue's words." Li Zhan sighed, "However, my Royal Highness just learned today that my father actually conferred Li Rui, the daughter of King Song, as the princess of Yingchuan, and ordered her to be the princess of Yingchuan." Your honor, lead the Eastern Expedition Army and report to the Grand Sima, and take full responsibility for the dispatch of supplies for this Eastern Expedition."

"How could this be?" Su Mingyue said in amazement: "In this journey to the east, first there was Zhaoyi's female general Chu Ning, then there was the head of the Donglai Merchant Gang Bai Su, and now there is the army chief Sima Li Qingci... ...Your Majesty's actions, don't you think this Eastern Expedition is a child's play?"

Because of the founding daughter Hou Yun's white clothes, this court is extremely lenient towards women. When General Yan Bufan marched eastward, Mrs. Yan accompanied the army and worshiped the general with military merits, but no one expected that now the emperor would send two female generals and one female Shang put it on the battlefield of the Eastern Expedition, what is the purpose of this move?

At the same time, Bai Su also looked at a secret report and thought about it: "The emperor is still old after all. He wanted to pave the way for Li Zhan, but he was afraid that he would be full-fledged, so he involved Li Qingci in this battle for the reserve position." .”

"Even if she doesn't come to the west of Liaoxi, she may not end well just because the king of Song holds the military power in Huben." Feng Jiuqing sighed: "If the abolished prince's faction gains power and negotiates peace with Xianbei, they will definitely marry her away , Chang'an City... can't accommodate her anymore."

"It's a pity that the king of Song is old, it's a pity that Li Qingci was born in the clan by mistake, and it's a pity that she was a daughter by mistake." Bai Su repeated three regrets, picked up another secret letter, read it, and handed it to Feng. Jiuqing.

Feng Jiuqing took the dense, glanced at it a few times, and said in surprise: "It seems that this military chief Sima should not be underestimated!"

"On the day when I took office, I sent the memorial to the emperor for the reform of the luggage." Bai Su nodded and said: "I ask the imperial court not to recruit conscripts, but to hand over the luggage to merchants with cars and boats for transportation."

Feng Jiuqing heard the words, and calculated: "If the imperial court enlists servants to send the luggage to the west of Liaoning with carts and horses, and the turnover is shifted, the floating consumption will be [-]% to [-]% low, and [-]% to [-]% high. But if it is handed over to merchants Transporting it by boat and following the big river into the sea to the west of Liaoning not only saves people eating and chewing horses, but also shortens the transportation time, and the floating cost is no more than [-]% at most."

"Less than [-]%." Bai Su added: "Take my Bai family's merchant ships as an example. There are [-] riverboats, excluding the crew, with an average load of [-] stone. The journey of a hundred miles only takes six or seven days, and even crossing the Bohai Sea to the west of Liaoning, it will take no more than ten days at most.”

Sixteen river boats, each trip to the Bohai Sea is 60 stones, which is almost 20 catties. If a soldier eats three catties of grain every day, theoretically speaking, every time the Bai family merchant ships transport one One trip, enough rations for [-] soldiers to consume for a day.

And on each merchant ship of the Bai family, the total number of rudders, bowmen, anchormen, sailors, and direct warehouse managers does not exceed 30 people. As far as it is concerned, it is just a drop in the bucket.

However, if this batch of grain is delivered to the servants of the imperial court, the capacity of human carts or horses is no more than two stones. To transport the same amount of grain to western Liaoning, it is feasible to use more than 2000 people. The food consumed on returning may be more than that sent to the Eastern Expeditionary Army.

Therefore, I have to admit that the new Eastern Expeditionary Army reported to Da Sima, and indeed made an excellent suggestion to the imperial court.

"Although the proposal is good, will the court officials and powerful families agree?" Feng Jiuqing doubted: "After all, this is a big piece of fat."

Generally speaking, in addition to the rations of the servants and horses, there are layers of exploitation by the escort officials in the floating consumption of these food supplies. This is not only known to the ministers in the court, but even the emperor knows it very well, so change this This method of transporting grain since ancient times is equivalent to grabbing meat from the bowl of the court officials.

"It's not yet known." Bai Su thought for a while, and then said: "However, the current situation cannot be controlled by them."

Feng Jiuqing asked in surprise, "Why?"

"This has to start with the fifth prince, Li Zhan. In order to accumulate wealth, Li Zhan used wealthy merchants from all over the place to attack, scaring the merchants and merchants from all over the place into panic. Seeing that I pushed the Donglai merchant gang to the emperor's eyes, merchants from all over the place also formed In the name of supporting the Eastern Expedition, donate money and food to the imperial court." Bai Su said: "Because the Donglai Merchant Gang was the first to come forward, the emperor granted a lot of convenience. And these latecomers are much more powerful than the Donglai Merchant Gang. For example, Shanxi merchants donated 20 taels of silver to the imperial court in one go. The Xin’an merchant gang is even richer, and 30 taels of silver almost stunned the entire imperial court."

"What about Qin Shang and Yue Shang?"

Feng Jiuqing didn't expect that these low-status businessmen would gather so much money, and they were almost dumbfounded by the string of numbers.

"The Qin merchants gave the imperial court two thousand war horses and fifty thousand shi of grain. I heard that the leader of the Yue merchants has also arrived in Chang'an City on horseback and is negotiating with the imperial court."

"The Jin merchants, Qin merchants, Wu merchants, and Xin'an merchant gangs are all old merchant gangs that have been handed down from the Qin and Han Dynasties. They are naturally rich in financial resources. In addition to your Donglai merchant gang, as well as some large and small merchant gangs that are still on the sidelines, the imperial court This time, I'm afraid I won't get less than a million taels of silver?"

"If you count the big and small business gangs in other counties, then 200 million is definitely worth it." Bai Su said, "However, it depends on the court's attitude."

"This attitude is not difficult to guess. Two million taels of silver is not a small amount. The court must not let go. Even if the court officials are willing to be willing, the emperor will not be willing." Feng Jiuqing said: "Each soldier in the Eastern Expedition is paid eight dollars a month. Baiwen, 200 million taels is enough to support 200 soldiers until the end of the year."

"That's why Princess Yingchuan's proposal is at the right time." Bai Su said: "If the imperial court is unwilling to take out other benefits and hand over the transportation of the luggage to the merchants, it will only take the lowest three-tier floating consumption, and everyone will be happy. .”

"But how can powerful families and officials be willing to do so??"

"If you can't bear it, you have to give up. Over the years, they have eaten too much, and it's time to cut their flesh." Bai Su's eyes turned cold, and said: "23 years ago, General Yan Bufan personally supervised the construction of warships for the expedition to Donghu. Five hundred ships, but after this battle, this batch of warships has been reduced year by year, and now the entire imperial court has less than a hundred ships... Huh! As everyone knows, when my Bai family's sea boat passed by Liaodong a few days ago, there were still people I saw with my own eyes several warships that had been reported as destroyed long ago."

Feng Jiuqing was startled when she heard the words, but it wasn't because Bai Su knew all about the affairs of the court, but because she thought of Xianbei, and murmured: "Could it be that these Xianbei rangers were transported here on the warships of the past? Why not send it to Donglai? From Liaodong to Donglai, it is closer than sending it to Jizhou."

"I have also thought about this issue." Bai Su said: "Although Donglai is closer to Liaodong, bandits and pirates were rampant before, and now there are many salt households in the coastal area, which is not as desolate as this place."

"Junior Sister's words are reasonable, but I have an even more terrifying idea."