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The two changed their clothes and went directly to the big tent.

They met soldiers who were practicing on the road, and the two of them didn't go directly to them. Instead, they stood still and watched them finish their drills, and nodded before leaving.

The soldiers were already familiar with the extra people in the barracks, especially the two young generals Rong Jingxuan and Xie Mingze. When Feng Bairui announced their military positions, the unconvinced commander came up Express dissatisfaction openly and secretly.

Rong Jingxuan didn't say anything, but Xie Mingze directly stepped forward and said: "You are dissatisfied, you can compete with me one by one. However, I have studied with famous masters since I was a child. If you win like this, you are ashamed to win. How about using only your right hand and dancing your dagger in response?"

When he said this, the dissatisfied general flag was naturally even more annoyed, and rushed over with a spear.

Because Feng Borui is good at wielding long swords, there is only one team in the brave army who abandons swords and uses long spears and long swords. This general flag is a good hand with long spears. He doesn't need a shield and dances with both hands. It must be rustling.

On the other side, Xie Mingze just stood there indifferently.

He held a dagger in his right hand that was usually used for self-defense, but it was only an inch long. The soldiers present all thought that Xie Mingze would not win, because it was really difficult to fight a spear with a short weapon, not to mention that Xie Mingze only used one hand.

However, under the order of the centurion, Xie Mingze jumped up, and before the general flag could react, he quickly dodged behind him. of the neck.

"Why, do you want to continue?" Xie Mingze asked with a smile.

He and Rong Jingxuan are always inseparable. Compared with Rong Jingxuan's serious and cold face, he is always smiling. In addition, he only obeys Rong Jingxuan's orders, so the soldiers think he is Rong Jingxuan's subordinate. .

The lower ranks are naturally stronger than others.

However, at this moment, he won the challenge in the blink of an eye. It can be said that it is clear at a glance what his kung fu is.

Rong Jingxuan stood aside, raising the corners of his mouth rarely.

He took the lead and clapped his hands: "Very well, in the Valiant Army, there are no absolute generals, and no absolute soldiers. As long as they have military merits, anyone can sit in our position, understand?"

Rong Jingxuan remained motionless from beginning to end, but for some reason, his words convinced the soldiers present, and they couldn't help being aroused.

There is no soldier who does not want to be a general!

Later, before the eldest princess and the others arrived at Yongwu, Rong Jingxuan, Xie Mingze, Zhong Qi, who served as the supervisor, and Ning Yuan 21 had been practicing with the soldiers.

When they switched to their own weapons one after another, those soldiers realized that Xie Mingze was not using a short sword or a long sword, but a long halberd, which is more difficult to use among long weapons.

Now, everyone is completely convinced.

The weapons used by the four of them are not uniform. Rong Jingxuan not only practiced swords, but also used spears and sticks.As for Zhong Qi's whip, Ning Yuan Twenty can use almost all the weapons in the barracks, and no soldier can defeat him.

What's more, all four of them can use firecrackers.

This made the soldiers envious.

The Firearms Battalion of the Valiant Army has been very famous throughout Da Chu for more than [-] years. Its existence has deterred the islands in the sea and kept Lingshi Wuhe from crossing the border.

But now, Da Chu's firearms camp has become history.

In the 35th year of Yongyan, Emperor Min ordered that all the firearms battalions of the four major battalions be transferred to Beijing.After that, the term Huoqiying completely disappeared among the Da Chu army.

If the Firearms Battalion was still there, Chen Shengzhi would have no hope at all.

Although the Firearms Battalion was gone, the soldiers were still thinking about it, because it was the most special team in the battalion, and they were better than ordinary soldiers in terms of uniforms, official positions, and silver.

They are all elite soldiers.

What Rong Jingxuan and the others want to do most now is to recruit soldiers first, and then to reorganize the Ningyuan Guards Cavalry and Firearms Battalion.

The two came all the way to the big tent, and Ning Yuan Shishi was already waiting outside.

Seeing the arrival of Rong Jingxuan and Xie Mingze, he hurriedly stepped forward to salute, and reported in a low voice: "He is the Lord Magistrate of Fengning County."

Rong Jingxuan paused.

The whole Dachu has a vast territory, and there are tens of thousands of civil and military officials.

It was impossible for him to look at them all, but at least he had seen all of the county guards and second-rank officials.

Lang Ningyou, the current governor of Fengning County, was a Jinshi in the second list in Yongyan's 31st year. His policy theory was very well written. Rong Jingxuan remembered that he was ranked fifth in the first class at that time. He was young and handsome, and he was really young and talented.

Since the 32nd year of Yongyan, Rong Jingxuan came to Beijing every three years to report on his work on behalf of Emperor Min.

Rong Jingxuan, the former magistrate of Nanyun County and now the governor of Fengning County, has naturally seen him many times.

His Fengning prefect was hand-picked by Rong Jingxuan.

Of course, Xie Mingze also remembered this person, he only remembered that Lang Ningyou was very young, he was a Jinshi in high school at the age of 21, and now he has become a second-rank senior member before he can stand, he is quite a person.

Ning Yuan Shi took two steps back after he finished speaking, Xie Mingze stopped and said hesitantly: "See you? Why did the third uncle ask us to come?"

Rong Jingxuan thought for a moment.

When he escaped from Yong'an, he did not come to Fengcheng. He only vaguely remembered that Fengning County and Li'an County were hit by natural disasters.

Rong Jingxuan knew why he did that.

Because the treasury has no money at all.

Since the 35th year of Yongyan, there have been natural disasters year after year, whether it is a severe drought or a severe flood, whether it is a snow disaster or an avalanche, disaster relief is needed everywhere, and money is needed everywhere.

After a disaster, the local area has to be exempted from taxes. This part of the tax money is gone, and additional disaster relief money has to be added in. It won't be long before it can't support it.

Rong Jingxuan almost broke a piece of silver into an eight-petaled flower, and the palace expenses were reduced several times, but it was still unsustainable.

This is also the reason why Da Chu's army was defeated so quickly.

Because there is no military food and silver.

Without money, what kind of war do you fight?

Chen Shengzhi occupied the most affluent Pingling and Luodu at the beginning, and with the support of private salt dealers, he finally let him fight all the way to Yong'an.

But now that he himself has become the emperor, those treasuries have become his. Although there is not much treasury silver in it, he is certainly unwilling to spend it on the people.

Chen Shengzhi is suspicious, selfish, and short-sighted.

Rong Jingxuan thought every day in his last life, if such a person was kicked out of the throne, would he be worse than him?

No one could give him an answer, because at that time, although Chen Shengzhi's Shuntian army won and overthrew Da Chu and became emperor himself, but he came to power and did not implement benevolent governance, and the people lost confidence in him in a blink of an eye.

This is why Rong Jingxuan was able to mobilize the army quickly.

Compared with Chen Shengzhi, his reputation is much better.

It was not for nothing that he worked hard for more than ten years as the prince.

He also somewhat believed in his own eyes.

When Fengning County and Li'an County encountered such a catastrophic year, Lang Ningyou suddenly came to the Yongwu Camp, which already explained the problem.

"See, why didn't you see me?" Rong Jingxuan said.

After he finished speaking, he motioned Ning Yuan Twenty to lift the curtain and walked in directly.

Xie Mingze followed closely behind.

In the big tent, the old Hou Ye Feng Bairui was chatting and drinking tea with a young man. The man was wearing the most ordinary long gown and looked refined.

Rong Jingxuan and Xie Mingze went in so suddenly, the man turned his head to look, and stood up from the chair in shock.

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty...?"

Rong Jingxuan smiled slightly: "Lang Aiqing, long time no see."

Lang Ningyou was in a daze for a moment, muttering: "No wonder..."

No wonder it took so much effort to enter the brave camp. The soldiers at the gate questioned him three or four times before letting him in. When he reached the gate of the big tent, a cold-faced young man searched him again. Late.

If he hid the former "emperor" at home, he must be careful not to let anyone enter the house.

Rong Jingxuan and Xie Mingze walked to the front and sat directly on the sides.

Before Feng Bairui said anything, Lang Ning took two steps back in a panic and said, "Your Majesty, please take your seat, please take your seat."

Rong Jingxuan and Xie Mingze looked at each other, and they both saw smiles in each other's eyes.

It is impossible for Lang Ningyou not to have received the imperial edict. Now that Chen Shengzhi has ascended the throne and Da Chu changed his name to Da Chen, it is impossible for Rong Jingxuan to be His Majesty.

As a second-rank courtier of Chen Zheng, he can still have this attitude towards Rong Jingxuan and Xie Mingze, at least in terms of face, he is correct.

Rong Jingxuan didn't make any excuses, he stood up and took the original seat of Lang Ningyou, and Xie Mingze sat directly on his left.

Old Hou Ye still didn't move.

Xie Mingze pointed to the position on the right side of the old Hou Ye, and said with a smile: "Master Lang, the current situation is special, please sit down and talk."

Ronning's friends are a bit barren.

I think he is also a person who is about to stand, and he is also a member of the party. It is too unreasonable to see Rong Jingxuan and Xie Mingze, two young people who are not yet twenty, so nervous.

But for some reason, Rong Jingxuan's courage made him startled, and the smile on Xie Mingze's face made him even more restless.

Chen Shengzhi closed the city for a month, searched the city day and night, and then sent spies everywhere to search for the whereabouts of the two of them, but they have not been found so far, which is really admirable.

The point is, the brave army chose this hideout very well.

Fengcheng is facing a famine now, because the grapes have not been seeded this summer, and most of them have been frozen to death by the rain and snow. There are already people looking for odd jobs everywhere, fearing that there will be no harvest in autumn, and the whole family will have to drink the northwest wind.

This is not counting the agricultural tax that they default to not have to pay.

Because in the old days of Dachu, there was no need to pay taxes in such a disaster year.

Up to now, the people in Beier County don't know that they are struggling to survive this year's disaster, and their vision of working hard next year will never be realized.

Because next year, they won't pay taxes at all.

If they fail to pay, their fields and houses will be confiscated. Without their fields and homes, they really cannot live.

The Ronning Friends Club came to the Bravery Camp just to deal with the soldiers and see if they could borrow the people from the farmland to replant food, and save as much as they could.

He had just spoken halfway to Feng Bairui when he was interrupted by the old Hou Ye.

Old Hou Ye held the tea and said calmly: "There will be two old acquaintances coming later, you should talk to them in detail."

Lang Ningyou was a little surprised at first, but now that he saw the two of them, he understood everything.

The brave army has been controlled by Rong Jingxuan.

In other words, the brave army has never been surrendered by Da Chen, and it is still the last reliance of the Rong family.

After a while, Lang Ningyou's mind changed.

Perhaps... Borrowing land is not the only way out.