At this time, he could already conclude that Liu Ruozai had invested another investment in Bai Tianfu, and his support, although it was not as strong as himself, was also extremely generous and powerful. It seems that this person is really extremely cautious, even if he performs so well, he is not completely at ease.

Dong Ce also understands in his heart, I am afraid that in the hearts of many people, compared with himself, Bai Tianfu, who is still a general, has a higher official position, and has a wider range of experience, is more trustworthy.

After writing it, Liu Ruozai stamped it, handed the note to Bai Tianfu, and said: "With these many things, this winter, you must at least compile and train at least three hundred elites!" The official allocated these materials according to the name of the approved 300 soldiers, but if you actually have only 112 soldiers, the officer can only give you 112 men for next month's salary. ”

"But!" He added: "The military salary of six cents of silver per soldier will not be in arrears, and there will be a bucket of rice every month after that." ”

It is not easy to give this military salary, after all, the military salary of the soldiers of the Nine Sides has to be scraped off thirty percent before they leave the capital, and the monthly military salary of the local soldiers is set at one or two, I am afraid that it is the salary and silver transferred to Liu Ruozai's hands, and one person is these.

He wasn't greedy at all.

Holding the slip and looking at the handwriting written on it that represented different materials, Bai Tianfu trembled with excitement. Hearing Liu Ruo = one = this = read = novel Zai said this, he knelt down with a plop, kowtowed again and again: "The last general thank you for your love, although you have no place to die, you only die for your adult, and you don't dare to say a word!" ”

"It doesn't matter if you don't want to die, as long as you train a strong soldier for this official, that's it!" He stared at Bai Tianfu and said softly. Then he smiled faintly: "Remember, every month after that, I will have to go to Zhenhe Fort to receive it, and I will not pay it in advance." With that, he got up and got off the stage and strode away.

Bai Tianfu stood there, his face full of joy that could not be concealed.

Dong Ce stepped forward and said with a smile: "Congratulations to Lord Bai." ”

Bai Tianfu was in a very good mood, and he also smiled and said something to Dong Ce, he still had something to do, so he sued and left.

Dong Ce was fine for a while, so he took Yelu Lili and a few around the city, and at a glance, it was just dilapidated. The traces of Jiannu's abuse that day were shocking, and everyone scolded them. After a little turn, it didn't make much sense to go back to the station.

After a while, Liu Ruozai's family came over to deliver a message, saying that the adults had agreed to leave in the afternoon.

This time, in addition to the groom, Liu Ruozai also brought three or five family members over, responsible for serving tea and pouring water, and this one came to deliver the letter from the second door of his house. When leaving, Dong Cesai gave him a small silver ingot of two taels. Liu Ruozai himself is not corrupt, and when his family grows up, there is no oil and water to make money, but Liu Ruozai is not unsympathetic, and he also acquiesces to the people around him to accept some benefits. He is well-connected and knows that this thing can't be pinched.

And Dong Ce has always paid attention to having a good relationship with the people around his boss.

Sending away the smiling Changsui, Dong Ce was about to go to dinner - he got up too early and didn't eat, and this Hongci Fort didn't look like it could have a restaurant, but some villagers from Siye came here to sell meat and vegetables, and Dong Ce asked Zhou Zhong to buy it and make it himself.

The sound of iron armor was sonorous, Yelu Lihe held a cooked copper shovel in his hand, strode from the outside of the barracks, followed by a person, wearing a set of green cloth iron armor, short and strong, Dong Ce glanced at him, and felt a little familiar.

"Sir, he wants to see you." Yelu Lihe called Dong Ce the master at the beginning, but Dong Ce always felt that it was similar to Jiannu's side, so he asked him to change the title of the master like other family members.

The man knelt on the ground and kowtowed, and said, "Master Dong, the little one is the family in Lord Bai's mansion, and Lord Bai has set up a banquet at home, I don't know if you appreciate it?" ”

Dong Ce's heart moved slightly, and he nodded with a smile: "Reply to your family, this official will definitely go at noon." ”

At about eleven o'clock, Bai Tianfu invited someone to invite him again.

Dong Ce took Yelu Lihe and Wang Hun out of the barracks with the family, all the way to the north, but was led to the arrow tower at the north gate. Perhaps because it was not the main point of attack of Jiannu at the beginning, the arrow tower of the north gate is still very well preserved, the two-story pavilion-style building, the wall made of heavy blue bricks is covered with dense shooting holes, and the green tiles have shown a heavy dark gray after years of precipitation, like the lead clouds piled up in the sky when the rain is coming.

The ten-meter-high castle tower towers above the city walls, giving people a huge pressure.

Outside the city tower, the two Bai Tianfu family members were standing there, and when they saw Dong Ce coming, they all respectfully hugged their fists and saluted.

Dong Ce left Yelu Lili and the two of them outside, and in the meantime, he naturally had nothing to fear.

Upstairs, the second floor of the arrow tower is empty, the ground paved with blue bricks is very clean, only two mats are laid out in the position of the window, things sit opposite, a small table is placed in the middle, and a few kinds of wine and food are placed on it. Bai Tianfu was already sitting on the mat in the east, and when he saw Dong Ce, he stood up to greet him, stretched out his hand and said with a smile: "Lord Dong is here, I have missed the welcome, please forgive me!" Is this a seat? ”

Dong Ce laughed: "Lord Bai invites you, it's a big face for your subordinates, how can you not come?" But the Lord is waiting. ”

"Lord Dong is so polite!" Bai Tianfu grabbed his arm very affectionately, and the two sat separately, which is the so-called arm into the table, which is the most common way for people in this era to show closeness.

The two sat separately, and Dong Ce's left hand side was a large window, facing the outside of the city. This is the commanding height of Hongci Fort, from this point of view, the city is more than ten miles outside the city are seen clearly. From afar, you can see a large number of abandoned fields overgrown with weeds, and the village that has been turned into ruins is charred and black.

Dong Ce smiled slightly: "Bringing the wine to the wind was done by the ancient scholars, but I didn't expect that it was the two of us martial artists sitting here today." ”

Bai Tianfu was born in a family of generals, although he can't do scientific research, but he has been familiar with poetry and books since he was a child, and he is not such an illiterate person. When he heard this, he smiled bitterly, and suddenly pointed to a place outside the city and said: "Lord Dong, this official wants to build a tower and a pier fort there, in which twenty archers and firecrackers are stationed, and dozens of stones of grain are hidden. How? ”

Dong Ce looked in the direction he pointed, and saw that there was a small hill, about seven or eight meters higher than the flat ground, a radius of about twenty meters, and a distance of less than forty meters from the city wall.

"That's great!" Dong Ce nodded, and said in a deep voice: "If Jiannu comes from the south, if he attacks the city, then the arrows on the fort will be fired in unison, and they will attack the flanks and flanks." If Jiannu attacked the fort, the city wall could cover its wings. This fort is small but strong, and Jiannu had to be attached to the ant-annexed siege city, even if it could be taken, it was also a heavy casualty. ”

"But such a fort will cost at least two hundred taels of silver to build one." Bai Tianfu sighed: "It's a pity that the official has no money!" ”

He pointed to the ruins in the city again: "This official wants to rebuild Hongci Fort!" ”

Then he sighed heavily: "It's a pity that the official has no money!" ”

"This officer wants to strengthen the soldiers trained by his soldiers and make them a strong army, so that the Tartars can also see that my Han family is not all cowardly and incompetent!" There was a touch of pain on his face: "It's a pity that the official doesn't even have enough food to feed them!" ”

Dong Ce listened to him silently, and suddenly said, "Didn't Lord Bingbei Dao allocate a lot of food to you?" Each soldier also has a bucket of folded rice per month. ”

"Not enough!" Bai Tianfu sighed: "These grains are not only eaten by those soldiers, this official now has five hundred military households under his command, how can he ignore them?" Not to mention the 100 stone of grain, which is the folded rice of the officers and soldiers, it must also be gathered and distributed to the people. If the soldiers let their stomachs go to eat, some of the people will starve to death. ”

Dong Ce nodded silently.

In the past few years, prices have been high, and even the salaries of those soldiers have been used to buy food, and I am afraid that it will not be enough. And people are selfish, who is happy to see their military salaries being taken?

"Lord Bingbei Dao is very kind, and he has nothing to say to us, and this official only has gratitude in his heart. But some people are different. Bai Tianfu sneered: "When this official came to Hongci Fort to take office, he asked for 500 soldiers in Datong Town, but he didn't give it alive or dead, and only gave 500 military households!" It dragged on again, and as a result, the agricultural season was delayed, and more than 500 families could only starve when they came here. ”

He was quite emotional at this time, and slammed his fist on the ground with a thud.

Dong Ce could only nod silently.

To put it mildly, those military households are really burdensome, if there are only a few hundred soldiers, Bai Tianfu's life will be much better.

After a while, Xu felt his gaffe, Bai Tianfu took a sip of wine, and ate two mouthfuls of food.

After a long while, he spoke: "I have iron armor and weapons, but I don't have enough food. The soldiers are starving to death, they are all dying of hunger, how can they wear armor and carry out the army? But ......"

He shook his head and didn't say anything more, but Dong Ce could guess the few words he didn't say: Liu Ruozai had already given him enough, and if he complained and asked for it again, it would be too uncertain.

At this point, Dong Ce had basically guessed Bai Tianfu's intention to invite him over, but in this situation, the sooner he spoke, the more unfavorable it would be to himself, so he just ate and drank wine, and said a few painless clichés.

Seeing him react like this, Bai Tianfu blindly pretended to be stupid, and knew that the master in front of him was not easy to deal with, and it was a matter of expecting him to speak. He had no choice but to put away his chopsticks, stared at Dong Ce and said, "Master Dong, if the Ming people don't say dark things, the official will say it directly!" I invite you to come here this time, I hope you can help you one or two. This official heard that Master Dong has a lot of food, and I hope that it will be convenient for the face of my colleagues, you can rest assured, we don't ask for it in vain, buy it with silver! It's just that if there is some money that is not enough, you may have to put it first. ”

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