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Zhao Junsheng spread his hands: "General, it's hard for a smart woman to cook without rice! The Law Enforcement Office has no money and can't afford the food and drink of 6000 people!"

"Money, money, money, you know you want money! I think you want money!" Wan Dugui's face turned dark, and he shouted: "Boss Liu, give him money!"

Unexpectedly, Liu Zhubo stood up and said with embarrassment: "General, the subordinates think that the board and lodging of the royal driver and the accompanying army, officials, entourage, and palace personnel will be responsible for themselves, so they only brought 3000 horses and horses for two days. cost!"

Chapter 82

The atmosphere was embarrassing, and there was no money to clean up the emperor and his entourage!

Tuoba Lang couldn't help laughing: "You can't even pay for the meals for His Majesty and his entourage, Wan Dugui, you, the general of Suiyang and the prefect of Liang County, are too miserable, right?"

Wan Dugui was about to refute, but the eunuch Zong Tai couldn't stand it any longer, and quickly stopped him, saying: "The two generals don't need to be angry, this time your Majesty will go out, the imperial court has special funds to spend, and the local governments will not be burdened." .It’s just that I’m here first, and I didn’t bring any money, so I asked General Wan to think of a way to pay in advance, and when the royal driver arrives, our family will only give this money!”

Speaking of this, Wan Dugui had no choice but to say to Liu Zhubo: "Liu Zhubo, no matter what you think of this general, first put together the money and give it to Zhao Junsheng, and the father-in-law will replenish it for you." !"

Master Liu had no choice but to agree first: "Yes, General!"

"Okay, our family should rush back overnight to report to His Majesty, so we won't stay any longer, and leave!" Zong Tai said and left.

"Eunuch Zong, I'll see you off!" Tuoba Lang immediately chased him out.

When the two came to the post station, Tuoba Lang caught up with Zong Tai and asked, "Elder-in-law, do you really have a special fund to cover the expenses along the way?"

Zong Tai shook his head and smiled wryly: "You have a good idea. The princes in the court are all stingy masters. How can they be willing to take money from the treasury to spend on the southern tour? Naturally, His Majesty will not care about these trivial matters. All the expenses were paid by the local government, and the imperial court didn’t take out a single coin! The reason why our family said this just now is that we don’t want you to fight with Wan Dugui. Don’t think that Wan Dugui seems reckless, but he is actually very shrewd Very, they were singing the oboe just now, they just didn't want to be taken advantage of!"

Tuoba Lang asked suspiciously: "What if he asks you for money tomorrow?"

"Of course our family has no money to give him, so we can only delay it. When Yu Jia leaves Liang County, he can only admit it!"

Tuoba Lang was stunned for a long time before he realized, and muttered in his heart: "Can you still do this?"

At this time in the lobby of the inn, Wan Dugui said to Liu Zhubo with a smile on his face: "You did a good job! Zhao Junsheng also did a good job. I am worried that you will mess up the situation without knowing the situation!"

Liu Zhubo had a smile on his face, while Zhao Junsheng was in a daze. Only then did he realize that the two were singing a double reed, and he also inadvertently joined in the fun, cursing in his heart: "It's really not a son of man, Keep me alone in the dark, if I just agreed, how can I have the money to buy ingredients? I can’t take someone to grab it, right? If someone impeaches me at that time, my sesame official will definitely move my head; or I can’t finish it Task, let the emperor drink the northwest wind, and this head will not be able to keep it! You..."

Zhao Junsheng had resentment in his heart, but he didn't dare to show it. He knew that Wan Dugui would have no money at all from Zongtai, because Ling Shi Peijin told him one thing, he had a good fellow from his hometown in Xingyang. Officer, this person wrote a letter to Pei Jin, in which he casually mentioned that the emperor and his entourage ate and drank in Xingyang for three days, but they didn't take out a single copper coin, all of which was paid by Xingyang County.

The emperor, the accompanying ministers and the guards should not be allowed to eat too poorly. They would buy the best and most expensive ingredients for fear of neglecting these people.

Zong Ai will definitely shirk or delay the payment. Even if the imperial court has special funds to support it, the money will not be allocated to the local government, or more than half of it will be withheld in the middle.

However, the local government will definitely not be willing to bear this shortfall. Since it does not receive subsidies from the imperial court, it will definitely pass the loss on to the common people and find various excuses to increase taxes. In the end, it is the common people who suffer.

Zhao Junsheng thought for a while, and thought it necessary to remind Wan Dugui, don't pass the loss on to the people of Liang County when the prefect's mansion suffered a loss, he cupped his hands and said: "General, this subordinate understands what's going on, but The subordinates think that the general may not be able to get the money from the father-in-law. Whether he has the money or not, he will not necessarily give it to the general. Even if he does, he will only give a small part of it. In the end The prefect's mansion has to pay for them to eat and drink for free! If he delays, how dare you do anything to him, General?"

Wan Dugui stared: "

he dare? "

Zhao Junsheng shook his head and said, "General, I'm afraid you underestimated their courage to make money!"

Wan Dugui's expression fluctuated, and he waved his hands: "Go and prepare, the general will think about this matter again!"

Walking outside the lobby, Zhao Junsheng asked: "Master Liu, what should we do now? What about the money? If you don't have money, you can't do anything. Don't let me take people to rob the common people. I won't do it even if you beat me to death." of!"

Master Liu said with a thin smile, "Well, the Ge family in Ge Township is a big family here, and almost all people with the surname Ge in the world come from here. Ge Qingyuan, the head of the Ge family, and I are best friends. Take this letter with you and find He borrowed two hundred gold to buy ingredients for the time being!"

Zhao Junsheng found Liu Zhubo's smile was fake and absolutely insincere, he took a careful look, opened the letter and glanced at it, his expression changed: "Liu Zhubo, this is just a letter of introduction, you should write one An IOU, otherwise, why would Patriarch Ge lend the money to the lower officials? Also, the IOU must be signed in your name or in the name of the Prefect’s Mansion, otherwise I won’t go!”

"What the hell, why is this kid so shrewd?" Master Liu cursed inwardly, and had no choice but to turn around and enter the post station to write a new letter in the name of the prefect's mansion, stamp it with the great seal of the prefect's mansion, and hand it to Zhao Junsheng.

Zhao Junsheng took the letter and checked it, but found no problem, so he went to Zhao Ting to borrow fifty soldiers, and rode overnight to Ge Township, six miles away, to find Ge Qingyuan, the head of the Ge family.

The sound of horseshoes alarmed the entire village. Some strong men and guards thought that bandits were coming, and they all took hoes, shovels, poles and crude weapons.

Surrounded by a group of strong guards, Ge Yuanqing came out and asked, "May I ask what the official is doing here late at night?"

"Is it Mr. Ge, the head of the Ge family? Bo, the governor of the prefect's mansion, sent officials here to discuss matters with the head of the Zhao family!"

Ge Yuanqing welcomed Zhao Junsheng and his party to his house, served tea, and asked: "Zhao Canjun, Mr. Liu has no friendship with this old man. I wonder why he asked you to come and discuss with him?"

Zhao Junsheng was taken aback for a moment, and in his heart he scolded Liu Zhubo, an old bastard, for deceiving him, saying that he and Ge Qingyuan were close friends, it was his nonsense!

But the matter has come to this point, it is not easy for him to turn around and leave, after all, he has come, if the matter is not done, how will he explain it when he goes back?He had no choice but to ask Ge Yuanqing to invite all the idlers out, and then hand over the IOU.

Ge Qingyuan took a look at the IOU, smiled slightly, and said: "Zhao Canjun, I'm really sorry, my Ge family has been struggling with money recently, and there is no money to borrow!"

Zhao Junsheng knew that Ge Qingyuan would say that, no one would lend such a large amount of money to someone he didn't know, even if he was a member of the government, and moreover, people in the government couldn't borrow it. It would be strange to get it back after borrowing it .

Zhao Junsheng pondered for a while and asked: "Clan Chief Ge, thousands of soldiers and horses have come to the station six miles away today, and most of the officials from Liangjun's prefect's mansion have come. Do you know why they are here?"

Ge Qingyuan was taken aback, and said: "I heard that the old man still wanted to visit General Wan, but it was getting late, so he couldn't go there!"

Zhao Junsheng looked left and right, and said in a low voice: "The emperor of this dynasty is coming, and he will arrive tomorrow!"

"Ah!" Ge Qingyuan's expression changed, and he stood up involuntarily.

"Master, don't get excited!" Zhao Junsheng walked over to appease Ge Qingyuan, and then whispered in his ear: "There are 5000 people in total including the royal driver, accompanying ministers, soldiers and horses. It’s good for the landlord, but it was too late when the prefect’s mansion received the news. General Wan arrived with his officials before he had time to make too many preparations. If the accompanying soldiers and generals didn’t have wine, meat and food, God knows what they would do. As a matter of fact, you must know that all those people are fierce barbarians. Ge Township is the place closest to the post station and has the largest population. The biggest wealthy household here is the first to bear the brunt!"

In fact, before Zhao Jun was born, he wanted to understand the plan of Wan Dugui and Liu Zhubo. If the court really didn't give money, the prefect's mansion would naturally not pay for it. They wanted to pass the loss on to the wealthy households along the way. It is better to pass the loss on to ordinary people,

But it's not advisable. Don't rich people deserve to die?Should he be taken advantage of?

Chapter 83 Take it from the people and use it for the people

Ge Qingyuan was really frightened by the possibility that Zhao Junsheng said. This Ge Township is the birthplace of their Ge clan and the land of their ancestors. He couldn't imagine what it would be like for those barbarians to rush to Ge Township to loot. But it must be horrific.

Ge Qingyuan sat down on the ground, and shouted with grief and indignation: "You are the government, don't you want to protect the people? How can you let those barbarians loot and slaughter the people?"

Zhao Junsheng walked up to Ge Qingyuan, knelt down and sighed: "That's why the government sent officials to ask Patriarch Ge to borrow some money to buy wine and meat to feed the barbarians, so that they won't do evil!"

Ge Qingyuan, who is old and mature, of course understands that the prefect of Liang County is unwilling to spend money to buy wine and meat, but wants to cut meat from rich households like them and let them bear the losses. If a civil servant is the prefect, of course he would not do this If you offend the rich households in the whole county, they will distribute the losses to the common people equally, but Wan Dugui is a general and likes to kill fat pigs.

"That's all, a little money, it's just something outside of the body! Come on, prepare a hundred gold!" Ge Qingyuan got up from the ground with a pale face and ordered to his son.

When Zhao Junsheng saw Ge Qingyuan's appearance, he also felt a bit sad about the death of a rabbit and a fox, and he felt quite uncomfortable.

But Zhao Junsheng still reminded: "Clan Chief Ge, it's two hundred gold, not one hundred catties!"

However, Ge Qingyuan handed over the IOU to Zhao Junsheng, and Zhao Junsheng asked doubtfully, "Chief Ge, what is this?"

Ge Qingyuan smiled bitterly and said: "Zhao Canjun, don't think that I don't know what you plan to do. This one hundred gold is enough to feed 2 people for two or three days. They can't stay in Ge Town forever, can they? What about the money, old man?" I don't expect your government to pay it back, just treat it as a safe purchase!"

What a sensible person!Zhao Junsheng couldn't help sighing, he clasped his fists to Ge Qingyuan and said, "Thank you, Patriarch Ge, for supporting Xiaguan's errand. If there is any possibility, Xiaguan will ask for the money back for Patriarch Ge!"

Ge Qingyuan just shook his head, wishing he could send these plague gods away immediately.

Zhao Junsheng did the math. At the current prices, if one hundred gold is used properly and not spent indiscriminately, it can feed 2 people for two days. However, the emperor's royal driver only stays in Gexiang for one night and eats two meals. Sixty or seventy gold, but that's not how the accounts are calculated. It takes a lot of labor to prepare meals for 5000 people. How many cooks can the Suiyang Garrison have?Should the livestock be slaughtered?Who will do it?