(); Lingnan border.

When Xiao Wang returned, Wang Shuang had already begun to withdraw his troops, and when he returned to Lu Chen, the latter also asked, "You didn't encounter any difficulties on this trip, right?" ”

"Back to the king, it's going well, looking at the appearance of the king of Chu, he should have already had the idea of retreating." Xiao Wang said.

Lu Chen glanced at him with a smile and said, "The King of Chu had the idea of retreating, and it was also after Wang Shuang's defeat, which is also the reason why this king transferred the Pingzhou army. If the Chu army attacks the wind, if the war goes well, the king of Chu will definitely not stop, and the king of Chu will feel the pain when he is subdued in a battle, which is also the consistent style of the Chu state. ”

"I'm Wang Yingming." Xiao Wang hurriedly said respectfully.

"Huh? You've learned to pat yourself on the back. Lu Chen gave him a funny look.

When Xiao Wang heard this, he hurriedly said: "Weichen's words are true, my Wang Xiongcai is strategic, and he is the first male lord in the world......"

Before he finished speaking, Lu Chen quickly interrupted him and said: "Okay, okay, this king's will, reward the three armies tomorrow, the soldiers of our Feng army, the battle is hard, especially the Pingzhou army, follow this king, fight in the south and the north, just repelled the Chu army, and in a few days, it will be another expedition." ”

Hearing this, Xiao Wang thought for a while and said, "King, there are still a lot of dried meat and wine in the army, which can be taken out and distributed among the soldiers below. ”

"How about dried meat." Lu Chen said: "The soldiers fought hard, they risked their lives, I'm afraid I haven't eaten a meal of meat and drank a meal of wine for a long time, this time to reward the three armies, this king wants to kill cattle and sheep!" ”

"But, but in the army, there are no live cattle or sheep." Xiao Wang said.

Lu Chen said: "Then immediately send an order to the head of Lingnan County and let him hurry up and prepare!" ”

"No!" Xiao Wang hurriedly responded.

The Pingzhou Army is indeed fighting hard, and it is also the most warlike army in the Feng Army, and it is also appropriate to reward the three armies, and Lu Chen's royal order was soon transmitted to Yu Mingyuan, the head of Lingnan County.

After the latter received the royal order, how dare he slack off, and immediately began to prepare, and the government paid for it, and began to buy cattle and sheep in the county on a large scale.

Subsequently, Yu Mingyuan personally brought a large number of farmers and drove herds of cattle and sheep to the army.

After seeing Lu Chen, Yu Mingyuan hurriedly knelt on the ground and shouted: "Yu Mingyuan, the head of Weichen Lingnan County, knock on my king"

"Lord Yu is flat." Lu Chen raised his hand slightly, and after Yu Mingyuan got up, he asked with a slight smile: "Have you done everything to explain to Lord Yu?" ”

"Back to the king, everything has been done, and the cattle and sheep have been sent to the army." Yu Mingyuan hurried back.

Lu Chen asked again: "These cattle and sheep should be raised in captivity by the common people, and Lord Yu didn't rob them, right?" ”

Hearing this, Yu Mingyuan was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "King Mingjian, Weichen, as the head of Lingnan County, how dare he know the law and break the law, these cattle and sheep are all purchased from the people at a higher than ordinary price." ”

"Yes, that's fine." Lu Chen nodded.

At this time, Yu Mingyuan looked like he wanted to speak and stopped, moved the corners of his mouth, and said, "The king, Weichen still has one more matter, and he wants to report to the king." ”

"What's the matter?" Lu Chen glanced at him.

Yu Mingyuan said: "I want to ...... I would like to ask the imperial court to allocate some gold and silver ......"

"Huh?" Hearing this, Lu Chen couldn't help frowning slightly: "Why do you need gold and silver?" Is the Lingnan Treasury insufficient? ”

"No, no, no, it's not." Yu Mingyuan hurriedly explained: "The gold and silver in the treasury are still no problem with the normal expenditure in the county, but there are several arch bridges in the county that are about to collapse, and the official road post station is old and in disrepair and needs to be repaired. ”

This kind of trivial matter, according to the normal situation, it is impossible to reach Lu Chen's ears, because the amount of money involved will not be very large, and it will generally be dealt with by the right minister, but this time Lu Chen happened to be here, and Yu Mingyuan also thought about telling the king directly, wouldn't it be simpler. Because according to the procedure, if you really wait for the gold and silver to be approved from the imperial court, then I don't know how many days it will take!

And after listening to his explanation, Lu Chen also asked helplessly: "How much do you need?" ”

Yu Mingyuan first swallowed his saliva, and then cautiously stretched out a finger: "One...... One million taels ......"

"What!?" When Lu Chen heard this, he almost laughed angrily, he stared at Yu Mingyuan, shook his head and said, "Lord Yu, build a few arch bridges, even if you rebuild a post station, it won't cost so much gold and silver, right?" ”

One million taels of silver, of course, is nothing to a country, and Lu Chen is not reluctant to make this money, but he thinks that Yu Mingyuan is pit the country's money!

Seeing this, Yu Mingyuan hurriedly knelt on the ground and explained in a trembling voice: "King Mingcha, Lingnan is an old city, and there are still many places in the county that need to be built, although they are all small renovations, but one million taels is probably enough." ”

Hearing him say this, Lu Chen also understood, and after thinking about it, he said: "Okay, this king can give you instructions directly, but this million taels, if Lord Yu is deceiving this king, the nine clans will not be able to protect it!" ”

"Oh king! Weichen is bold, and he doesn't dare to bully the king! Yu Mingyuan hurriedly kowtowed.

"Okay, get up." Lu Chen waved his hand, and then said: "This king, this king will also send someone to check on this matter, you can step down." ”

"Yes, Weichen welcomes the king to visit Lingnan at any time." As he spoke, Yu Mingyuan also saluted again, and then withdrew.

In the afternoon, the barracks were bustling.

"Quick! Catch it, catch it, don't let it run......" A soldier shouted, carrying a kitchen knife, slaughtering cattle and sheep.

The gang was very busy, many of the gang leaders were shirtless, sharpening their knives, and some soldiers were sharpening kitchen knives, while saying to the people around them: "Brother, have you heard, there are so many cattle and sheep, but the king personally ordered the county head of Lingnan to send them." ”

At that time, people's living standards were not high, ordinary people, it was difficult to eat a meal of beef and mutton, even if they raised cattle and sheep, they were all sold, reluctant to eat themselves, and now Lu Chen was rewarding the three armies, and he held a banquet, and the sergeant of the army had already drooled.

"Isn't it, this time it's a blessing! The king is still the most concerned about our Pingzhou army. A soldier answered.

Another soldier said: "That's, don't look at it, there are still many veterans in our army, and they are all following the king from Pingzhou......"

People are lively, and this time the army, of course, Lu Chen can't only reward the Pingzhou army, Ai Hu, naturally among them.

At dinner that day, Lu Chen set up an open-air banquet, he was wearing a royal robe, wearing a crown on his head, and he was on the main seat directly above, and on both sides below it were the lieutenant generals of various armies, and then below, there were countless soldiers sitting together in threes, threes, twos, and twos.

People gathered, and when the food and drinks were ready, he also stood up with the wine glass on the table.

As he, the king, got up, everyone below immediately followed suit, and people looked at Lu Chen, who was holding a wine glass and said in a loud voice: "Soldiers! Do you have meat in your bowls? ”

"Yes!" People immediately spoke in unison.

"Good! Then eat meat in large chunks and drink in large gulps! Dry! Lu Chen said directly and boldly.

The king was like this, and the soldiers below felt cordial, and the people took their cups and said, "To the king!" ”