The car traveled for several days, and approached the territory of Bozhou in the evening of the third day, and when he arrived in Bozhou, Su Jin was going to part ways with the team, so Su Jin ordered to stay at Majiayi in the north of Bozhou for one night, and set off on the second day after resting for one night.

Majiayi is a small official post, all of a sudden ushered in so many officers and soldiers, the post station officials are busy enough, fortunately, everyone has dry food, the problem of eating is not difficult to solve, but the accommodation is not enough, a few people are crowded in a leaky house, where these Janissaries have suffered this hardship, can not help but complain, shouting when the post station officials and several miscellaneous servants scolded the dog's blood.

In the early winter, the weather was oppressive, and there was no good place to rest, so it was no wonder that they cried out, and at last they had to cut down several trees and make fires in various houses, so that they settled down.

Su Jin didn't have the heart to care about them, so he ordered someone to invite Long Zhen to come to his house to talk, and when he was leaving, he naturally had something to explain.

Long Zhen was really careful, he took a large pile of firewood and raised a fire in the small earthen stove in the house, and took out a small oiled paper bag from his bosom like a trick, but when he opened it, it was a roasted oily fat chicken.

Su Jin was surprised: "Where did you get this?" ”

Long Zhen said with a smile: "Passing by Fuliji in the morning, I heard that the local roast chicken is more delicious, so I bought a few, so that the adults can rest assured that the distinguished guests in the carriage have already sent two." ”

Su Jin smiled and said: "It's still Commander Long who is careful, this time with your help, you will get twice the result with half the effort." ”

Long Zhen said with a smile: "Where did the envoy come from, what do you share with each other when you are on an errand for the emperor, come and come, just this roast chicken, let's drink two cups?" I thought that the weather should be warmer the further south I came, but it wasn't much warmer than Bianliang, and the hands and feet of people who were still cold were numb. ”

Su Jin said: "That's natural, this place is only three days away from the capital, and the weather has not changed so much." ”

Seeing that Long Zhen took the wine cup and brought another pot of wine out of his arms, Su Jin hurriedly said, "Didn't you say that alcohol is not allowed in the barracks?" You don't have this rule in your forbidden army? ”

Long Zhen was stunned for a moment, and said with an embarrassed smile: "Yes, yes, forget about this stubble, but this is not a war, tomorrow I will break up with adults, I am afraid that it will be harmless to drink two cups of wine and wine." ”

Su Jin thought for a while and said: "That's right, then let's drink a few less, but you have to promise me that you can't drink all the way to Luzhou Mansion and then to Yangzhou Mansion, it's easy to make mistakes when drinking, this errand can't afford mistakes, if it is done badly, you and my heads are afraid that we will have to move." ”

Long Zhen laughed and said: "The envoy is too worried, and the envoy is a young talent, this errand will definitely be a success." ”

Su Jin waved his hand and said, "Don't take it lightly." ”

A hint of coldness flashed in Long Zhen's eyes, and then he was covered by a smile: "Okay, listen to the words of the envoy, after tonight, until Yangzhou Mansion, the humble promise is not to drink again, come on, come on, Lord Envoy, the wine is hot, first dry this cup to warm up." ”

Long Zhen raised his glass and gestured to Su Jin, Su Jin had to take the wine glass and drink it, and praised: "This wine is really strong, drink it and burn all over your stomach." ”

Long Zhen tore a steaming big chicken leg and handed it to Su Jindao: "Then you don't need to say?" This is the wounded soldiers of the Northwest Army when they returned to the capital to recuperate, it is said that they also used this wine to light a fire on the front line of Yanzhou. ”

Su Jin was amazed and said with a smile: "Your path is quite wide, and there are acquaintances in the Northwest Army. ”

Long Zhen chewed on the chicken leg and said vaguely: "They are all eight Qiu brothers with heads, and it is not easy for them not to know each other." ”

Su Jin nodded and said, "That's right, it's really hard to be a soldier." ”

Long Zhen said: "It's good to meet Shangguan, life is better, and when you meet some generals who don't care about life and death, it's even more pitiful to be a soldier." ”

Su Jin smiled and said, "I think you are a good general, and your brothers are not bad to you." ”

Long Zhen smiled, and suddenly said, "By the way, there is something I almost forgot." ”

After that, Xi Xi Suosuo untied a cloth bag from his waist, made a heavy rattling sound, stretched out his hand and patted it in front of Su Jin, and said, "Your Excellency, you take this." ”

Su Jin stretched out his hand and pinched it, "What is this?" ”

Long Zhen said nonchalantly: "A little bit of the brothers, buy some wine for the envoy." ”

Su Jin was surprised: "What does this mean?" Where does this money come from? ”

Long Zhen said: "Didn't the envoy the day before yesterday hand over the salary to the lowly post and ask the lowly post to pay it on his behalf?" Speaking of which, the envoy may not know that there is an unwritten rule in the army, whenever he receives a salary, he will pay some money and silver to the officials, which is done according to the rules. ”

Su Jin said: "How many are here?" ”

"Each person is filial piety to one hundred wen, a total of two hundred people, and the three-month salary is just sixty yuan." Long Zhen squinted his eyes and drank his wine.

Su Jin said: "How do you get this money?" This is the hard-earned money of the brothers. ”

Long Zhen said: "This is the rule, adults must accept it, if you don't accept it, it means that you don't take care of your brothers, I'm afraid it will cause everyone to panic." ”

Su Jin frowned and said: "How can there be this truth, the world is a strange news." ”

Long Zhen smiled: "Your Excellency, it's not arrogant, I'm afraid you don't know as much as I do, in the army, there is such a saying, generals are like Bodhisattvas, these money is said to be filial piety to you, in fact, in everyone's hearts is filial piety to the Bodhisattva, this money is spent to keep yourself safe, if it is returned, it is a bad sign of this trip, in fact, the generals who are willing to take people's hard-earned money, but you don't take them will be uneasy, the war and errands can't be done, what do you say you can do?" ”

Su Jin smiled bitterly, and such a statement was really incredible, but looking at this Long Zhen's sworn appearance, it didn't seem like he was faking, so he threw the money bag to Long Zhen and said: "In this case, you take it, I don't lack this money." ”

Long Zhen hurriedly waved his hand and said: "This money can't be taken, if the brothers know about it, don't you blame me for breaking their feng shui, don't you want to shirk it, everyone follow you, in addition to running a smooth errand, you also have to settle down with peace of mind, right?" You are taking this money, which can be regarded as relieving the brothers. ”

Su Jin really has nothing to say, it is not true to say that he is a bodhisattva, but the intention of the soldiers to give him this money can be guessed a few points, go out to do errands, who doesn't want to take care of Shangguan, the so-called 'when the official moves his mouth, and breaks his leg when he runs down', Shangguan is unhappy and will change his way to toss people, who wants to be tortured every day, this is the truth that everyone has learned after a long time.

It's okay to do this kind of errand, if you are on the battlefield of the two armies, the treatment of the soldiers who have honored the soldiers and the soldiers who have not honored the money and silver is between life and death, not to mention anything else, the order of the offensive formation will arrange you to the first echelon, basically you will lose half your life; Arrange you in the last row, and with a little luck, you'll be able to get out of the way, and the rest of the money will make sense to you.

Those who don't know how to lift up the money in their arms become a corpse, what does that money mean to them?

Of course Su Jin understands this truth, what Long Zhen said is not without reason, he follows the local customs, although he doesn't want this money, but in order to make everyone feel at ease, it doesn't hurt to stay for the time being.

"In this case, I will keep this money for my brothers first, and when the errand is done, I will return it to them."

Long Zhen said with a smile: "That's the matter of the envoy, I can't take care of my humble duties, I drink and drink, the day is almost over, I finish eating and drinking, and I won't delay the farewell of the adults and the female dependents." ”

Su Jin said: "Where did the female dependents come from? ”

Long Zhen said: "Don't hide it from me, there are clearly two women in the car, although they cover their faces, but they can see that they are Tianxiang and the country, and the adults are so blessed." ”

Su Jin frowned and said: "If you don't care about it, you shouldn't have seen it, and if it's an extraneous branch, I won't agree." ”

Long Zhen's face turned red, and he covered up: "The envoy is not allowed to joke with his tender skin, and he doesn't say anything about his humble duties." ”

Su Jin also realized that his words were too heavy, and he also smiled: "Brother, I am young, and I speak a little impulsively, and the dragon commander is not strange." ”

Long Zhen was polite, drank the last glass of wine and got up and said, "Envoy your lordship, you rest, go to inspect and inspect at the same time, and at the same time arrange people to keep vigil." ”

Su Jin nodded and said, "Go ahead." ”

Long Zhen turned around halfway and then turned back and asked, "Your Excellency, you will have to split up tomorrow, now can you tell me what you will do after you go to Luzhou?" ”

Su Jin thought for a while and said: "Okay, I'll tell you in advance, I have 500,000 stone of grain in Luzhou Mansion, Yangzhou is in turmoil because of grain, so you take 200 brothers to hire a big boat to take this 500,000 stone grain to Yangzhou Mansion, this matter is very important, I thought that you would be told by someone when you arrived in Luzhou, since you asked, it didn't hurt to simply tell you." ”

Long Zhen smacked his tongue and said: "500,000 stones, the envoy is a big deal." ”

Su Jin said: "This is the grain of more than a dozen of my merchant friends, which is dedicated to the imperial court this time for the purpose of calming down and giving relief." ”

Long Zhen said: "Let the lord rest assured, even if he risked his life, he would escort this grain to Yangzhou safely." ”

Su Jin said: "Be careful, don't make a mistake, once something happens, you and I will have to die." ”

Long Zhen said: "Don't worry, my lord, but do you mean to take the waterway?" ”

Su Jin said: "Isn't it convenient to go down the river?" ”

Long Zhen frowned and said: "I'm afraid that the waterway is a little tossed, not to mention the endless tossing of the upper and lower boats, when you arrive in Yangzhou, you still need to abandon the boat and go ashore, the south is drought, the canal can only pass small wooden boats, how can there be a waterway to transport goods to Yangzhou?" Besides, the people there are not familiar with the place, and if they delay again, they are afraid that there will be branches, this is all food, who doesn't look at the food now. ”

Su Jin said: "I'm afraid it's even more unsafe by land, 500,000 stones, the largest cart is only loaded with a few hundred stones of grain, so I'm afraid it will take thousands of cars, and it's okay to get together a few hundred in a small Luzhou, where are there so many ox carts?" ”

Long Zhen pondered: "There should be no problem in terms of safety, my two hundred cavalry gallop back and forth to guard, Luzhou to Yangzhou is an official road, the road is dry and easy, the distance is only more than 400 miles, and Yangzhou will be arrived in seven days; It's just that this cart pulling grain has to think of a way, but if it can't be done, you can go to nearby states and counties to collect it. ”

Su Jin thought about it carefully and said: "You are like this, you can send someone to detour to Tianchang, Tianchang County Ling Li is my friend, tomorrow I will hand you a letter, you look for him to help you think of ideas, in addition, Huainan Road also has a lot of big cars, hired is, in short, you must be shipped, it is really not possible to take the waterway, although it is bumpy, but to Yangzhou around the freight development, when there will be no problem of insufficient capacity." ”

Long Zhen said: "Come on, it's handed over to the humble position, I can't do this thing well and I won't have the face to see you, it must be done properly within fifteen days." ”

Su Jin patted him on the shoulder and said, "Thank you for your hard work, I'll go to Yangzhou to do errands first, and when you arrive in Yangzhou, let's have a few drinks." ”