Half an hour later, the central army was in the tent.

It was completely contrary to the lively atmosphere of the Spring and Autumn Period dreams of getting promoted and becoming rich happily before. At this moment, the generals of the border army in the tent did not dare to show off their grand atmosphere. They looked at their eyes and noses, as if they were statues of mud-shaped wood in the temple.

As mentioned before, King Qing Qiansui was extremely strict in his military administration. In other words, he had a very bad temper. The generals didn't want to "share the wealth and honor" before they could "share the common people", so they had to hold hands and run to the guillotine.

“How is the loss?”

After a long time, King Qing Qiansui came up with these five words from his teeth. A group of border generals looked at each other, and the one closest to him spoke: "The forage farm has lost more than 60%, the armory warehouse has lost more than 70%, and the grain warehouse..."

"What's wrong with the grain warehouse?" King Qing Zhao Che mentioned it, and sweat spread on the forehead of the general over there. After trembling for a long time, he was defeated under Zhao Che's wolf-like gaze.

"The grain warehouse burned more than 90%..."

"Ninety percent, ninety percent—300,000 troops—300,000 troops are about to gather here. What will you eat when the lonely army is going to eat?! Lone, Lone King——"

King Qing Zhao Che's chest rose and fell a few times before he could stabilize. At that time, he had an idea: "Hurry, send the light cavalry to Sanshan Pass! Control the pass, and then collect food and grass in the Hetao area. The army also set off as soon as possible to eat in the Hetao area!"

Speaking of which, Zhao Che has not wasted these nine years. He came up with an idea immediately.

"The Hetao area is only 200 miles away from our army's base, and it will be a day after a quick horse. The Sanshan Pass defenders are also considered a border army sequence. Taking the token of the Lone King is enough to take over the place. The Hetao area is rich in water and grass, and it is a granary with a number of grains in the world. Even if the 300,000 troops under the Lone King have all gone, there is no need to worry about food."

He said that, but many border generals were still confused. Military rations, how big the matter is, it is not tolerated at all: "If you fucking the matter early and divide your troops into several directions, you might have lived in Tianjing City at this moment. The men are so well-off.

I am so happy to be acclaimed. What do you have to show off your people? I have to gather 300,000 troops together and then head south. Not only will I delay my kung fu, this supply is also a big problem. Although the Hetao area is rich, but the 300,000 troops have passed by like locusts, I am afraid I can't stand it. Because of how powerful food is, I don't believe you, a veteran who has been a soldier for nine years, don't know..."

Seeing that the prince was in a good mood, the surrounding border generals breathed a sigh of relief. But soon, another equally big problem was placed in front of the prince - Qian.

"This... Wang Shuai, last month, the military pay from Tianjing was not sent, and the soldiers were already a little dissatisfied. In addition, the army was driving, the rewards needed, and we went south to clear the lord... If the money was not enough, the soldiers would probably..."

"What will happen?! What can it happen?! Gu is the commander of the border army! Can the soldiers under Gu still rebel?!"

Although he said that, King Qing Qiansui was really embarrassed. The banner he had put forward was to say that it was to clear the emperor's side, and to say that it was to rebel if it was ugly.

The border army is his soldier, but it is also Da Xu's soldier. The border army is brave, but they are all rebellious. One is afraid and the other is unruly. No matter how you think about it, something will happen. If you don't spend enough money, you might say that the 300,000 army will have to turn from a tool for him to fight for the world into a knife that kills him.

"What about those business banks?! Didn't they say they supported the orphans?! The two major business banks in Jiangnan and Shuzhong have been so much care from the orphans in the north. The orphans even turned a blind eye to their delivery of food and supplies to the Di people. Now is the time for them to repay the orphans! They ask them to donate! At most, they will give them some benefits after they ascend to the throne!"

The situation became even more critical at this moment, but Zhao Che's mind was still moving so quickly.

Looking at Zhao Che's appearance as if he was hungry and wolves, the border general who knew about the matter did not dare to neglect it. He quickly replied: "We have gone to the branches of these two stores in the Northland these days and said that we would like to serve them. However, the heads there always refused to let go. He insisted that you personally ensure that you should completely open up trade with the Di people, open up the maritime ban, and hand over the trade rights to the two stores. Only then did they willing-"

"——Fuck you, don't want to give me the fuck! Send troops here! I will deliver the branches of the two stores in Beidi to the Guwang! If they don't give it, we will take it ourselves! There are other Beidi merchants and big players - who want them to donate to the Guwang army! If you refuse - that is the rebellion, you know what you should do."

Listening to the murderous orders of the general king, the generals felt chilling. However, the murderous aura of the general king was enough. However, the rationality was a little less. How much would it cost to eat a horse? The northern part was sparsely populated and not rich. Even if you scrape it up, how many children could you get from killing someone? To repay the service, money, and military expenses, it depends on the two major commercial banks.

War is not a matter of one or two days. Originally, the border troops in the north had a monthly military pay from the imperial court. After this time, it was gone, and only by reaching an agreement with the two major commercial banks could we get a steady supply of silver. If we offend others at this time, we would be fishing in the dry pond.

What makes people even more speechless is that the assets of the two major commercial banks in the North are actually just a drop in the bucket. Zhao Che was fishing like this and could only catch a few small fish fry. This is really... stupid.

There were still people from the group of border generals. When they heard the order of King Qing Zhao Che, they couldn't help but mutter in their hearts. Can the soldiers of the border soldiers really succeed with such a brave fool with such a brilliant ambition and courage?

"I got on the pirate ship."

At this moment, many border generals said this in their hearts. However, since it was a pirate ship, it was naturally easy to go up, and it would be difficult to go down. If you encounter a sky with high winds and high waves, you will not blame others if you touch the reefs together.

"I'll blame them for their bad luck."

In the forbidden palace, Zhao Hong and Zhao Ruier and his sister walked towards the old emperor's bedroom. As they were talking, they talked about the second brother who was respectful at the border.

"Most of the food, grass and weapons were destroyed, and the salary was not allowed to go out. Sanshan Pass was blocked by Gu's minions. Tsk, it's a desperate situation. After Gu ascended the throne and became emperor, a decree will be carried out, and there will be no one who will rush to make a confession for the second son."

"The emperor's brother is also a magic trick." Zhao Ruier said in a complicated mood.

"It's not considered a little clever." Zhao Hong was in a very good mood when she heard her sister who had been very strong since childhood praise her, and then she answered Zhao Ruier's other questions:

"When it comes to food, grass, and weapons, these are the top priority of the army. How could it be destroyed by you, the emperor, so simply?"

"It's very simple, you're robbing yourself." Zhao Hong smiled gently, and it seemed like he was singing about the wind and the moon, rather than telling the conspiracy.

"The custodian robbed himself?" Zhao Ruier didn't react for a while. After a while, she asked in disbelief: "Brother, did you bribe the border generals who supervised food, grass and weapons?"

"Yes. It's not right." Zhao Hong kept it a secret again, which made Zhao Ruier anxious. He acted coquettishly at his elder brother, the eldest brother, and then he was willing to say it for a while.

"If you rely on the mountains and rivers to eat water, you will find a way to resell military rations by relying on the warehouse. Rui'er has heard of this kind." Zhao Hong asked. Zhao Rui'er's command was under the control of 200,000 imperial guards. This kind of reselling military supplies is not as simple as "heard of". The order to kill the rats has exceeded three digits. He nodded naturally at the moment.

"Reselling military rations and military supplies, we naturally have to find a good buyer. Gu Lao had already wanted Gu's business to control most of the trade in the north. The Western Regions, the grasslands... these straight and crooked ways were controlled in their hands. Even if the orphans didn't go to find them, they would come to find the orphans. Next, officials and businessmen colluded with each other, officials protected each other, network of relationships, chains of interests... and jointly reselling military supplies. This matter became bigger and bigger, and it became bigger and bigger...

Rui'er, do you know? In fact, a while ago, Gu sent a lot of funds to buy military rations from the North. The amount was so big... Haha, even if the fire didn't burn, the supply from Tianjing would be less than the military rations stored in the North, and the food they still had was not enough for the 300,000 border troops to eat, and it was not enough for them to fight from the North to here. You said that such a big handle fell into my hands. If I handed it to my second brother who was so angry, would they still have the life to survive?

So, when I sent someone to force me to survive, they could only help me to burn this fire, destroy all the corpses and traces. In this way, even if the second brother is angry, there is no way. Such a large-scale action proves that the opponent's level is so high that it is not that they can compare with the warehouse. And the scale is large, so there are only many people involved. If the law does not blame the public..."

"It turns out..." Even Zhao Hong said this, even Zhao Ruier felt chills on her body and couldn't help asking another question: "Since that's the case, why did the emperor still set off this fire?"

"First, the degree of 'no' is much better than 'very little'. Second, because I don't burn this fire, how could the 300,000 border troops know as soon as possible that there was something wrong with their food?"

After Zhao Hong said this with a smile, it was not just Zhao Ruier, but even the Demon Lord Yi Qiuyue and the Taoist, who had been watching the development of this matter in the sky, felt from the bottom of his heart... chilling.
Chapter completed!