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The dry branches of the imperial capital have sent out tender shoots, but the grass and trees in the palace of the king of Qin are still sluggish, the wind from the desert is getting colder and colder, and the news from all sides shows that after spring, the turmoil in the desert is inevitable, and the king of Qin has complained to the court several times, but the court has nothing to do except let him raise his vigilance.

Since the late autumn of last year, when the desert showed signs of instability, Qin Wang Yanwei has been paying close attention to the movement of the desert, and in this winter, he moved most of the armory in Chang'an to the five passes of Longshan, and gathered a large number of supplies in Gaoping.

But the problem is still serious, the biggest reason is the lack of troops, the main force of the border army of the Great Jin Dynasty is distributed in the three states of Liang and You, Yongzhou due to the natural barrier of the Muus Desert, there are not many garrisons, and the main force is concentrated in Ningwu County north of Liupan Mountain.

Ningwu County is bordered by Saiwai in the north, Yimuus Desert in the east, and the Yellow River in the west, which is a passage for the Hu people outside the Saiwai to invade the Great Jin Dynasty, but the Hu people have rarely entered the Guanzhong Plain from here since ancient times, and the reason is that Longshan in the south of Ningwu County is Longshan.

The terrain of Longshan is dangerous, it is a natural barrier in the pass, for thousands of years, this Longshan does not know how many times to help the Central Plains people resist the attack of the Hu tribe outside the Saiwai, the Central Plains people fully realize the importance of Longshan, and build five passes along the Longshan mountain road, these five passes have blocked the Hu people outside the Saiwai Hu nationality in the north of Longshan countless times.

Once the Hu invaded Ningwu County, the Central Plains wanted to support, and they had to cross the rugged and difficult Longshan, on such a mountain road, the time spent and the materials consumed were very amazing, so the King of Qin transported the materials to Wuguan in advance, and at the same time gathered a large number of materials in Gaoping outside Wuguan.

Fortunately, the scope of this year's snow disaster is not large, and the affected population in Yongbei is only 100,000, which is much less than last year's disaster victims, but even so, the pressure felt by King Qin is still very great, and the reason is still that there is no money and food.

It's not that the treasury has no money and grain, last year it was allowed to be in Ningwu and Yongbei mutual markets, and the tax revenue in the market supplemented part of the treasury shortage, in addition, the harvest in Guannan last year greatly eased the tension of the treasury, if it were not for the rebellion of the Hu people outside the Saiwai, this year would be very easy.

But the stuff went out, the court asked him to pay close attention, but there was no other support, which made the palace very dissatisfied, but the dissatisfaction was dissatisfied, things had to be done, originally thought that after the spring, the imperial court would provide grain support to Yongzhou, but the king of Qin heard the news, the imperial court's financial use was very tight, and the land inventory of Chen Guo and the reform of Yangzhou Salt Administration, which were originally planned to increase taxes, were not going well, and there was no hope of increasing taxes so far.

In view of this, the king of Qin had to ask Liu Han for 50,000 silver, which was not only to house the snow disaster victims, but also to replenish the weapons of the Chang'an arsenal.

But will Liu Han accept it? The last time he asked for money, Liu Han was already very unhappy, and the tone of his reply was already a little unpolite, almost telling him clearly that he couldn't do this in the future.

This made King Qin very angry and wanted to punish Liu Han severely, but was stopped by Luan Xuan and Bai Pu, these two people had seen Liu Han with their own eyes, and Liu Han's performance in the imperial capital was getting better and better, others were not clear, Luan Xuan and Bai Pu were very clear, and even decided King Qin's decision to some extent.

"Look, this time he only gave 30,000. King Qin's face was gloomy, his white and smooth face was covered with clouds, last time he wanted to beat Liu Han, but was stopped by Luan Xuan, and now this Liu Han is becoming more and more presumptuous, not only giving less money, but also daring to threaten faintly.

Luan Xuan breathed a sigh of relief: "Anyway, I still gave 30,000 yuan, prince, don't be angry, according to the original agreement, 30,000 silver will be given after ten years, and now he has also given it, which shows that he still has the prince in his heart." ”

These words did not bring the slightest comfort to the King of Qin, before he spoke, he carefully calculated, less 50,000 silver is not good, Chang'an arsenal is almost empty, to fill it up will need 20,000 silver, the remaining 30,000 to repair the five passes of Longshan, and to part of the border army to make up the arrears, because the treasury is perennial to make ends meet, the border army arrears are very common, not only the Yongbei Ningwu border army is seriously in arrears, even the Liangzhou border army is also seriously in arrears, the Yongbei border army has several small-scale mutinies, the mutinous soldiers fled to the outside of the Saiwai, and some even fell into the grass.

In the past, there were no border troubles, and the arrears were not very important, but now the soldiers are going to fight, and there is no money, who will work hard!!

"That's true, but 30,000 silver is still not enough," Bai Pu added on the side, he was still the same kind of ugly appearance, his cotton robe was wrinkled, and his hair was a little scattered, but his eyes were very clear today.

Now there are only three of them in this study, but these three people are the core of the Qin Palace, the brain of the entire Yongliang and Liangzhou.

"Alas!" Luan Xuan let out a long sigh, putting Liu Han to give 30,000 silver has already been counted as face, but the minimum is 50,000 silver, this gap is still 20,000, what about getting 20,000 silver?

"Can the Gate Valve Family think of a way again?" Bai Pu proposed, King Qin was even more irritable when he heard this, the Gate Valve Family had mobilized many times, but this time they were only willing to give 20,000 pieces of silver, and even the Huangfu family, which had always been the most active, only gave 2,000 taels of silver, and the 50,000 silver that could be opened to Liu Han was the result of the calculation after having 20,000 silver.

"First ask the imperial court," Luan Xuan's tone was more decisive, looked at King Qin and said: "Lord, our Yongliang Erzhou can't afford this burden, so we can only ask the imperial court. ”

"What about the 30,000 silver? first replenish the arsenal or pay the arrears first?" asked King Qin coldly.

"Arsenal, of course. Luan Xuan and Bai Pu replied in unison, the two glanced at each other, and Luan Xuan explained to King Qin: "The arrears can be convincing, but there is no bow and arrow, what do soldiers use to fight, so replenishing the arsenal is a top priority!"

"Time is already a little insufficient," Bai Pu glanced out the window and sighed deeply: "The Yellow River has thawed, and spring on the grassland will come a little later, even if it is May, there is still a month, can the Chang'an arsenal be prepared in a month?"

King Qin and Luan Xuan were silent, the swords, armor, bows and arrows of the arsenal were all produced by the Chang'an workshop, which was subordinate to Gongcao, under the management of Chang'an Mansion, with 1,000 craftsmen, and could produce 20,000 bows and arrows per month, 1,002 bows, 1,000 strong crossbows, 20 crossbows to defend the city, and 3,000 swords of various kinds,......

With the production capacity of the Chang'an workshop, it will take at least three months to fill the Chang'an arsenal.

"Actually, it's still too late," Luan Xuan said tentatively, "Let's buy it." ”

"Buy?" King Qin frowned, and Luan Xuan nodded: "According to the regulations of the imperial court, private workshops are not allowed to produce military products, but.... , Lord Wang, in fact, the popular swords, bows and crossbows on the market are all produced by private workshops, their quality is not bad compared with military products, and even higher, of course, their output is not higher than that of Chang'an workshop, in addition, Yongzhou's salt and iron have been opened, and there is no shortage of iron raw materials for making swords, so we purchase from the people, which is completely feasible. ”

"But if the court wants to ask, what should be the explanation?" asked King Qin rhetorically.

"First go up and ask the court to allocate it, if the court transfers, we will save this money, if the court does not allocate it, we have to agree to our local production and supplement, and agree that we order ordnance from civilian workshops. ”

"This method works. Bai Pu nodded, the white beard shook in front of his chest, and King Qin was silent for a while before taking a deep breath: "Okay, that's it, Luan Xuan, you draft a note for me and report it to the court as soon as possible." ”

Luan Xuan breathed lightly, hurriedly agreed, and was about to sit down to write a note, when King Qin asked again: "The turmoil in the desert is imminent, although the current intelligence shows that they have not taken and attacked my Ningwu County, but this king has to defend, and the military deployment must also be stepped up, Mr. Bai, Luan Xuan, what do you think?"

This is another problem, the elite soldiers of the Great Jin Dynasty are mostly concentrated in Liangzhou and Youzhou, Yongzhou is not much, and the main forces are concentrated in Ningwu County, and the two counties of Yongbei in the Muus Desert: Shangjun and Xinyuan are weak.

What's even worse is that in the past two years, the snow disasters in Yongbei have been repeated, the local residents have continued to flee the famine, the local officials are tired of running for their lives, and the armament is relaxed, not to mention the beacon fire on the border, even if the Yugu and Xiazhou are governed, the city wall has been in disrepair for a long time.

But these two counties have the Muus Desert as a barrier, the King of Qin is not very worried, he is most worried about Ningwu, this is the main channel for the Hu people to invade the Great Jin, even if the Hu people can't beat Longshan, but just invading Ningwu can bring countless troubles to the Great Jin.

Bai Pu and Luan Xuan were silent, and after a long time, Bai Pu sighed: "The focus is still on Ningwu, Shangjun and Xinyuan, there should be no big problem, remind them to pay attention to the movement of the desert, the beacon tower on the border, and be vigilant at any time." ”

"Sir is right," Luan Xuan also nodded and said: "Lord Wang, the focus is still on Ningwu, Ningwu now has 8,000 troops, distributed in the three counties of the county, and there are more than 2,000 people in the beacon tower on the border, in addition, there are more than 3,000 people in Wuguan, Lord Wang, according to reason, this force is enough, at least it can temporarily stabilize the situation in Ningwu." ”

King Qin shook his head, walked to the edge of the bookshelf, took out a copy from a pile of official documents, and handed it to Luan Xuan: "This report is the report that he secretly handed in after I sent Xi Feng to inspect Ning Wu last autumn.

In fact, there are only 5,000 people, and the quota of the five levels is 7,000 people, and now it is 3,000, less than half, which seems to be okay, but in fact, there are only 2,000, not even 30 percent. ”

King Qin's face was terrifyingly gloomy, and Luan Xuan and Bai Pu were both startled, and the difference was too big.

"How dare they do this!?" Luan Xuan flipped through the numbers, the report was very detailed, not only the number of garrison troops, but also the types of troops, the five passes were all infantry, and two thousand of the five thousand people in Ningwu were cavalry, and the two thousand cavalry were all concentrated in the county and pacified, and they were commanded by the partial general Sitai. This Sitai is a member of the Yongzhou Si family, and it is said that there are samurai cultivators, but no one knows what it actually is.

Eight thousand troops were the Ningwu garrison stipulated by the imperial court, but in fact there were only five thousand, and the extra 3,000 were naturally eaten up by officers at all levels.

Luan Xuan looked up at King Qin, his eyes were full of doubt, this report was obtained last year, so why not deal with it, the border armies of Yongliang and Liangzhou are under the jurisdiction of King Qin, and King Qin also disposes of them within his own authority, and there is no need to ask the court for instructions at all.

King Qin saw his dissatisfaction and shook his head bitterly: "The border army has been in arrears for a year and a half, and there has been no salary for a year and a half, the soldiers have fled, and those who have died in the grass valley, I don't know how many, how can I deal with it!"

Luan Xuan lowered his head silently, Bai Pu sighed, and King Qin added: "The equipment of the Chang'an arsenal is all seven or eight years ago, how much can be used, no one knows, I originally planned to take this opportunity, in addition to making up the equipment of the arsenal, and then check the previous one." Can... All this requires silver, but what about silver? where is this Liu Han! damn it!"

King Qin and his annoyance, the one that Luan Xuanti mentioned, he didn't think about it, but the problem is that the court has no money, and only God knows how effective this road is.

I thought that if I got 50,000 silver from Liu Han, I could at least make up for the equipment in the arsenal and make up for some of the arrears, but I didn't expect to be rejected by Liu Han bluntly.

"What about the county soldiers?" Luan Xuan looked up at King Qin again, and eagerly suggested: "You can temporarily supplement the county soldiers to the border army." ”

The population of Ningwu County is not large, so the quota of county soldiers is 3,000 people, if it is a large county in the interior, the strength of the county soldiers is mostly between 5,000 and 8,000, and the strength of the super county with a large population may reach 10,000.

"County soldiers," King Qin took out another official document to Luan Xuan, Luan Xuan hurriedly opened it, and King Qin had already said faintly: "In the past few years, the continuous snow disasters, the county soldiers of Ningwu County have also fled a lot, and the remaining number of soldiers is only 1,600 people. ”

"No troops, no salary, nothing, this ......" Luan Xuan's mind suddenly went blank, and it took a while to come back to his senses, Bai Pu sighed heavily, this is an unsolvable situation.

The room fell silent, and Luan Xuan held the file in his hand, as if holding a thousand catties of boulders.

Bai Pu let out a long sigh.

"All the questions are focused on silver," King Qin's voice was bitter: "During this time, all this king has dreamed of is silver, and he has never felt that silver is so cute, hehe!"

King Qin laughed dryly twice as if he was self-deprecating, Bai Pu frowned, his expression was a little displeased, and Luan Xuan also sighed: "I am rich in the world, but I didn't think about it, I can't even pay the soldiers' salaries today, how can I get it if I go on like this!"

"Lord Wang, there is a saying that should not be said. Luan Xuan bowed down and said to King Qin, King Qin nodded: "I know what you want to say, but this is my Great Jin, not the Great Zhou, my Great Jin has governed the world for eight hundred years, and the people will not abandon my Great Jin." ”

Luan Xuan wanted to argue, but he opened his mouth but didn't say a word, Bai Pu thought for a while: "If there is really no way, let Luan Xuan go to the imperial capital once, well, let Xi Feng also go, Xi Feng and Taiwei report the military situation, Luan Xuan will go to Hu Cao to urge the silver, if Hu Cao does not give it, he will directly meet the emperor, Your Majesty will not sit back and watch Ning Wu suffer!"

"The Hu people don't dare to offend my Great Jin for the time being," King Qin shook his head and said: "After ten years of repair, the desert is gradually recovering, but the Great Desert Zhuhu is still trembling in the face of my Great Jin, and the mind of committing my Great Jin is not daring to have, this spring the desert is turbulent, but after ten years of repair, the reintegration of the forces between the Hu people, the problem is that if I don't interfere with the Great Jin and let the Hu people integrate, when they are integrated, my Great Jin will have to face the rebellion of the Hu people!"

Luan Xuan and Bai Pu nodded almost at the same time, and Luan Xuan looked at King Qin: "Lord Wang, just let me go, by the way, talk to Liu Han, don't pay too much attention to personal gains and losses!"

King Qin thought for a moment and nodded heavily.