Zhu Changxun, who felt sorry for his money, stood up after scolding the civil and military officials in Luoyang, and the two sturdy eunuchs and two servants who served next to him hurriedly stepped forward to support him, and then the group left the main hall and went back to the backyard, leaving only a group of stunned officials.

Yin Luzhong, the political envoy Lu Dayou, and the envoy Yue An glanced at each other, and said to Yang Feng with a wry smile: "Grandpa Guo, the prince has always been in poor health. This one...... It's inevitable that your temper will be a little faster, don't be surprised, as for the rest of the food and salary, the officials and others will try their best to raise it. ”

Yang Feng nodded: "Yes, but my lord hopes that you can hurry up, the grain and grass in the Jiangning army are only enough for a few days, if the food and salary do not come tomorrow, my lord can only lead the army back to Jinling." ”

A trace of unhappiness flashed in Yin Luzhong's eyes, but he still smiled forcefully: "This is a certain ...... A certain ......"

Although Yin Luzhong invited Yang Feng to live in the city, he insisted on going out of the city and returning to the barracks, and Yin Luzhong and others were not easy to persuade again, so they could only watch Yang Feng return to the city under the support of the generals and family members.

After Yang Feng left, Yue An snorted lightly: "A martial artist is a martial artist, so he disregarded the righteousness of the imperial court, and actually used the withdrawal of troops to blackmail the government, even ignoring the minimum loyalty?" ”

Yin Luzhong frowned, "Lord Yue said cautiously, after all, the Duke of Xinguo is an important minister of the imperial court, and the Duke of Guogong who His Majesty has enshrined is not something that we can criticize." ”

Yue An shook his head lightly: "Lord Governor, it's not that this official doesn't know how to be respectful or humble. As His Majesty's most important confidant, the Duke of Xinguo is an important minister of the imperial court with heavy troops, and he has been loyal to the country and bravely killed thieves, but what is he talking about now? Is it the right thing for a courtier to coerce us into raising food for him, and to retire if he can't meet his demands? ”

Looking at Yue An, who still had a righteous and awe-inspiring look on his face, Yin Luzhong coughed lightly: "Okay, Gong Xinguo can't help himself, Lord Yue, can't you be considerate?" ”

Luoyang General Zhou Qi and others were silent, although they were also very jealous of Yang Feng, but as a military general, the least common sense was still clear.

What is the most important thing about the expedition of the great army since ancient times? It is nothing more than the word salary, without food, even the most elite troops will collapse in an instant, and there have been too many examples of war throughout the ages to prove this.

Why was Zhao defeated in the Battle of Changping a thousand years ago, Zhao Kuo was killed in battle, and 400,000 troops were captured by the Qin people? Isn't it because the grain route has been cut off? If Zhao Guo's grain route was not cut off, even if Zhao Kuo was incompetent, it would not be so easy for Bai Qi to eat the 400,000 Zhao State army, and even if he could eat it, I am afraid that Qin Guo would have to break a few big teeth.

The same is true now, if the more than 20,000 Jiangning troops outside the city have no food, no matter how elite they are. As the head coach, Yang Feng asked them to provide food and salary, after all, people are here to help them fight the rogues, is it possible to let people bring their own dry food?

Lu Dayou, the political envoy, was a little impatient when he saw what Yue An wanted to say, "That's it, what's the use of talking about this now." Xin Guogong also said that if he didn't see the food and salary tomorrow, he would withdraw his troops and return to Jinling, so you still think about what we should do if there is no Jiangning army and thieves coming, right? ”

Being scolded by Lu Dayou like this, Yue An was also dumbfounded, and he muttered for a long time: "What else can I do, let's get together and see how many things are left in the official treasury, it's a big deal, let's give him all the silver and food in the official treasury." ”

Yin Luzhong glared at him fiercely, "Lord Yue, are you drinking too much, don't you know how much silver and grain our official treasury in Luoyang has?" Do you want to tell Xin Guogong this in person? ”

Yue An stopped talking, the current official treasury is so empty that he can almost run a mouse, and it is estimated that he can't even make up 10,000 taels of silver, if he really wants to give Yang Feng this little thing, it is estimated that people will turn around and leave immediately.

"So be it." Lu Dayou thought for a while and said: "King Shicai Fu said that he was willing to give 100,000 taels of silver and 10,000 loads of grain, Ming'er, let's come to King Fu's Mansion first to send these grains to the camp of the Jiangning Army, and solve this urgent need first, what do you think?" ”

Yue An said: "What about the rest?" One hundred thousand taels of silver has been released, but there is still a gap of 15,000 taels of food, which is the big one. There is a big drought this year, and now it is difficult to buy food even if we have silver, where can we get this fifteen thousand quintals of grain? ”

Everyone frowned, during this period of time, the price of grain has risen to three taels of grain per stone, if a large amount of grain is suddenly bought, the price of grain may rise to what extent.

"That's good." Yin Luzhong suddenly snorted lightly, "There is a large amount of grain in Luoyang City, but it is not only the Fu Wang family, which family of other rich gentry does not have a large amount of grain in stock?" Let's visit them one by one and let them give a part of each household. ”

"Hmm...... Lord Yin is right, now that the world is difficult, if you want to exterminate the Liukou, you can't rely on the government alone, and those rich gentry can't stay out of the matter, and you have to do something. Yue An and Lu Dayou also agreed.

After the three bigwigs of Luoyang City finished discussing, Yin Luzhong turned to Zhou Lu and other generals who were standing aside and said: "General Zhou Bing, now the Liukou is forcing Henan Mansion, Huaiqing Mansion doesn't know how long it can resist, you have to rectify the soldiers and horses after you go back, if it is ......"

"Report ......"

A hurried voice came, and everyone turned their heads to see that a cavalryman wearing a mandarin duck jacket hurriedly came on horseback, jumped off the war horse after coming to everyone, and said in a panicked voice: "Everyone, it's not good, Huaiqing Mansion was lost last night, and Gao Yingxiang still led the army of thieves to Luoyang City!" ”

"What ......"

The news of the loss of Huaiqing Mansion quickly spread throughout Luoyang, and the civil and military officials who got the news were all panicked, and even King Fu, who was "blackmailed" with 100,000 taels of silver and 10,000 loads of grain, couldn't take care of his distress, and without waiting for Yang Feng and Luoyang's officials to urge, he ordered to open the treasury and send the silver and grain to the camp of the Jiangning army outside the city overnight.

Yin Luzhong and the rich gentry summoned the rich gentry to raise food and salaries also went very smoothly, and the remaining 150,000 quintals of grain were also sent to Yang Feng in the afternoon of the next day, as if they were afraid that Yang Feng would not be satisfied, and the rich gentry in Luoyang also sent an extra 500 pigs, 300 sheep and thousands of poultry.

"Hahaha&......"

There was a burst of laughter in the tent.

Yang Feng sat in the center of the big tent, and the generals sat down on both sides.

Gou Xingma said with a smile: "The last general thought that those officials in Luoyang were really incompetent, but it turned out that they were also afraid!" ”