After returning the salute, the girl just didn't know what to do, she lowered her head with a red face, twisted the corners of her clothes with both hands, and after a while, she secretly looked up at Dong Ce, but saw that Dong Ce was looking at herself with a smile, and suddenly felt a panic in her heart, as if she was frightened by something-

"I, I ......"

She seemed to want to say something, but when she opened her mouth, she didn't say anything, turned around, and left in a panic.

Dong Ce looked at her departing back, how did he look at it and feel that he had a sense of running away, and a playful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Although Liu Ruozai is not greedy, if he achieves his position, he will naturally have a lot of income, which is the unspoken rule of officialdom, and he is inevitable. But even so, Liu Ruozai's eunuch bag is definitely not rich, and in the entire military preparation mansion, it seems that there is only one person who can dress so rich and luxurious - his precious daughter.

The scene just now, in fact, just happened in just a dozen seconds, the girl just left, the old steward came out of the flower hall, stretched out his hand to lead, and said with a smile: "Your Excellency, please come in." ”

Dong Ce arched his hand: "It's hard work." ”

He entered the flower hall, and the old butler muttered to himself with some confusion behind him: "Huh? Why is it gone? I just seemed to hear the voice of the eldest lady......"

Dong Ce smiled in his heart, and when he entered the flower hall, he saw Liu Ruozai reviewing official documents behind the case, and on the table in front of him, there was a thick stack of documents.

It's like every time Dong Ce comes.

Dong Ce knew in his heart that this was not that Liu Ruozai was snubbing himself - with his status, there was no need for this at all, he was too petty - but that this soldier was indeed extremely busy. In front of him, it seems that there is always a boundless amount of official documents to deal with. He is definitely the most diligent of the officials of the Ming Dynasty that Dong Ce has ever seen, and there is no one, and even this range includes Dong Ce himself. Only Yang Sichang, the governor of Xuanda, said it.

It's just that this old man seems to have too much time to review official documents, and he also immerses himself in them and can't extricate himself, as if as long as he signs orders and makes decisions one by one, things can be solved. In fact, this is not the case at all, how can there be less cases of yang and yin? 、

In fact, he should really go down and take a look and learn more about the real situation.

Dong Ce didn't make a sound, just closed the door and stood quietly with his hands hanging on the side.

After a full cup of tea, Liu Ruozai took a long breath, pushed the official document in front of him, put the pen away, leaned back on the backrest, and let out a long breath.

Exhaustion.

I don't know if it's an illusion, Dong Ce always feels that although he hasn't seen him for a short time, Liu Ruozai seems to be a little older than the last time he met.

It seems that he only saw Dong Ce at this time, and Liu Ruozai said lightly: "Coming?" ”

Dong Ce nodded: "Yes." ”

Liu Ruozai's voice was a little hoarse, he took a sip of tea and moistened his throat, only then did he feel better.

Dong Ce said with concern: "Adults are all over the people, and they must be well nurtured, don't work too hard." ”

"Hey, look at what you said, the old man's body is quite tough." Liu Ruozai waved his hand, stood up and walked around the room twice, stretching his arms and legs, his action obviously proved that Dong Ce was his own, so he was very casual. You know, with his status, it would be rude to make such a move.

"What's the matter with coming over this time?" Liu Ruozai asked.

"There are still a lot of things to do during this time...... Dong Ce smiled: "The first thing is to report to your subordinates the roster of soldiers and family members of Panshi Fort, and I hope to receive money and food as soon as possible, and the family is almost out of rice." ”

Dong Ce squeezed out a bitter smile on his face.

"Is it really that simple?" Liu Ruozai glanced at him, Dong Ce nodded hurriedly, and said, "How dare your subordinates deceive your lords." ”

"It's not that you dare to deceive the old man......" Liu Ruozai thought for a while, pondered for a moment, and said: "You are indeed much more difficult than others, after all, you are self-made, you have nothing, which is naturally weaker than others." In the meantime, the consumption is naturally large. ”

Dong Ce hurriedly echoed: "Who said it wasn't...... There are not many families under his subordinates, and they are basically recruited homeless. After all, these outcasts are also my Ming people, since they can be trusted, they come to my rock fort, how can their subordinates abandon them? Every household has divided the cultivated land, to reclaim the cultivated land, only the manpower is not enough, but also to have ploughing cattle, farm tools, seeds, these alone, is a huge expense, these years, the price of ploughing cattle are soaring, more than eight taels of silver to buy one. It's just that the cultivated land is reclaimed, and it will only be harvested this summer, and the heavens are so unpretty, I don't know how much grain can be planted at that time...... These days, the homeless people are raised by their subordinates, and the food every day is all white silver! The hateful profiteers took advantage of this opportunity to hoard Juqi, and the price of food was also extremely high, which made people smell and change. ”

The more he talked, the more bitter it became, and by the end the tears were about to fall. Dong Ce couldn't help but secretly admire himself in his heart, his ability to act is getting more and more sufficient. The longer you stay in officialdom, the more powerful this ability becomes.

Liu Ruozai did not doubt him, and after listening to his words, he was already a little moved.

"It is wonderful that you have this compassion for the people." Liu Ruozai sighed, he wanted to say something, but he didn't say it after all.

There are some things that he also knows, but he just knows what he knows, so what can he do? The forces behind the grain merchants are extremely large and unfathomable, and even he can't afford to provoke them.

Sitting back on the chair, Liu Ruozai stretched out his hand to Dong Ce: "Take the roster to the old man to take a look." ”

"Yes." Dong Ce answered, took out the roster from his arms, and handed it to Liu Ruozai.

There are two copies of the roster, one for the family and one for the soldiers of Fort Rock. Speaking of which, the former is his private army, while the latter is the force of the imperial court. Of course, in practice, there is no difference.

The roster of the family members is much thinner, after all, the number of family members he reported is only a "measly" 80 people, and the name and age written on the roster are only written on the roster, and there is no other detailed information, so naturally it does not take up much space.

In fact, the roster of the soldiers of Fort Rock was not thick, it was about twenty pages, and in the hand it seemed to be nothing more than a thin, light booklet. But these two fluttering pamphlets are about thousands of taels of silver every month, as well as large quantities of various materials.

This time, Dong Ce reported a total of 600 soldiers and 80 family members.

In fact, he only has 300 soldiers, and his family is only 50 when he is full, and half of the names on this roster are fabricated.

The figure of the former is not very exaggerated, after all, Panshi Fort is also at the same level as Zhenqiang Fort and Zhenlu Fort and other military forts, and Dong Ce's official position is also a real garrison, and he is also highly equipped with the rank of commanding the officer, so the soldiers under his command are naturally not too few.

Compared with other provinces, because the geographical situation of North Hebei Province in Datong Town is very important, and the military forts also occupy more important areas, the scale of the military forts is generally larger than that of other provinces, and the number of soldiers is also larger.

For example, the east road under the jurisdiction of Yanghe Road, under the jurisdiction of six guards, three ethics, the edge of the 96 miles and four points. The strength of the six garrisons and three guards under the Yanghe Daodong Road is: Yongjia Fort, one member of the internal garrison, one member of the fort, and one member of the general headquarters, three hundred and seven cavalry, and eighteen horses; Wayaokou Fort, one member of the garrison, one member of the fort, one member of the general guard, four hundred and fifty-two flag soldiers, and twenty-one horses; Zhenning Fort, stationed in one of the guards, three hundred and two banner troops, sixteen horses; Zhenkou Fort, one member of the garrison and one member of the fort, three hundred and ten banner troops, and seventeen horses; Zhenmen Fort, one member of the garrison and one member of the fort, 493 banner troops, and 45 horses; Fort, garrisoned with four hundred and sixty-six banner troops and forty-five horses; Jinglu Fort, garrison one, 513 banner troops, 86 horses.

These military forts under the jurisdiction of Hebei Province, the town border forts, have one garrison, 699 officers and soldiers, and 82 horses and mules. Zhenchuan Fort, one garrison, 674 officers and soldiers, 70 horses and mules. Hongci Fort, one garrison, six hundred and eight officers and soldiers, ninety-two horses and mules. Zhenqiang Fort, garrison one member, one thousand and fifty-three officers and soldiers, two hundred and sixty-eight horses and mules. The fortress was garrisoned, with 420 officers and soldiers, and 34 horses and mules. Zhenlubao, one garrison, 266 officers and soldiers, 47 horses and mules.

Jinglu Fort, the military fort with the largest garrison on Yanghe Daodong Road, only has 513 officers and soldiers, while most of the military fort garrisons in North Hebei Province have more than 600 troops, and the largest Zhenqiang Fort has even exceeded 1,000, which can be said to be extremely large.

Although there was a Zhenlu Fort that dragged its feet, there were only 266 officers and soldiers, but that was because Zhenlu Fort was not divided into sides, and there were only seven fire road piers, so there was no need for many garrisons at all.

It can also be seen from this that the military forts in North Hebei Province are generally larger in scale and have a larger number of garrisons. Of course, this is only a figure on paper, and only the local generals themselves know how many they really are. However, the number of people on this roster is the number recognized by the imperial court, the number recognized by the officials, and the number of people on the basis of military salaries. It's not that there are people who worry about the real number, but there are few, and most of them are thinking about how to benefit themselves through this.

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