Chapter 153: Jingzhou Army’s Payment Record

Before Zhuo Wenzheng left, Qu Yanwu came again. The Governor of Jiangbei was wearing court clothes today, standing in the hall and bowing: "Your Highness, the order to go north to suppress bandits has been issued."

Qin Lei stood up and said, "Okay." Instead, he asked Bo Shang Saiyang, who was standing on the side, and said, "Have the marshal arranged the place?"

Bo Shang Saiyang bowed and said loudly: "I just received the news that Qin Youde, the commander of the Dongying of the Infantry Army, led 20,000 infantry troops in the headquarters, and had reached the valley five miles north, and could be launched at any time. The other three generals each led the headquarters, totaling 50,000 water infantry troops, which had already moved north along the canal and could reach the Fancheng area of ​​Xiangyang within two days."

Qin Lei nodded and smiled at Qu Yanwu who was shocked and said, "Go, Lord Qu. Let's start hitting the first gong for the show."

As he said that, he got up and walked to the back hall. Bo Shang Saiyang asked curiously: "Prince, what are you going to do?"

"Take a shower, change your clothes, and have a sleep..."

The Jiangbei Guards were divided into 12 guard stations, stationed in each prefecture and were responsible for one side's defense. According to the organization, there should be more than 30,000 people, but in fact there were less than 15,000. Jingzhou, as the capital of Jiangbei, should have a David Station of 10,000 people, but everyone knows that Jingzhou Guards counted the chefs and prostitutes, and only five thousand people could breathe on their legs.

Hu Luowen is the leader of this garrison, also known as the Jingzhou Captain. His family was a local rich family. Before the New Year, he raised debts and raised 100,000 taels of white silver to buy this shortage. He still clearly remembers that when his ex left office, gold and silver alone pulled a full eight carts. So at that time, he was full of confidence in the plan to recover his cost within three years and earn another 100,000 within five years.

However, things did not go as expected. When he had just understood how to fill the roster of the garrison and figured out how much share it was to pay for the Shangguan, Hu Luowen was shocked to find that the salary that must be received for the fifteenth month began to be delayed, and the amount was getting smaller and smaller. Until three months ago, it was even half.

This made Hu Luowen extremely angry and went to the General's Mansion to find him, but Ma Guangtian, who was receiving the gift at the time, had already patted his butt and left. The new General Gu confiscated his money, so of course he would not give him a good face. He scolded him and scolded him back.

Hu Luowen, who knew that he was in the wrong, could only endure it. When he came back, he endured the pain and paid all the money. He didn't make a profit that month. Who knew that it would be even more excessive. In the past two months, he simply stopped paying. He went to General Gu again, and he was not so hard. He could hide if he could, and hummed and perfunctorily.

Those old soldiers quit. You officials are not counting the vacancy, but now you have been thinking of us real big-headed soldiers. Under Hu Luowen's intentional indulgence and even incitement, this is why there is a big fuss in Wangjiang Tower.

At that time, Gu Pei promised to pay the owed wages within ten days, and it was now the tenth day. Early in the morning, more than a dozen officers from Jingzhou Guard gathered in Hu Luowen's tent and clamored.

In fact, Hu Luowen called them to suppress the bandits for the governor. The group of officers were furious when they saw that it was not a document to pay wages. A military officer shouted, "If you don't give me food and have to work? How can you do such a good thing in the world? If you don't go, don't go!"

Someone immediately echoed: "Yes, don't go, don't go!!"

Some people even rolled up their sleeves and shouted, "If you don't pay your salary today, I'll go and sell it to the General's Mansion!"

"It's not only the general's mansion, but also the prince who is the guarantor. I heard that he lives in Qingcui Villa, and the things there are always valuable. Let's move a few items out."

"Yes, just do it!"

For a moment, Hu Luowen seemed to be in a bandit's nest, and the group of subordinates became the mountain kings who were about to go out to rob. Inside him, he gradually felt like he was gathering in the mountains and forests and killing people and robbing people. He shouted in his heart, "I'm still 84,000 taels away to recover the capital."

Thinking of this, he slapped the table and attracted his eyes, and then hissed: "If you don't give money today, we'll get it myself!"

His subordinates looked at the lieutenant who was usually a coward and knew how to make money and finally showed some courage and couldn't help but howl.

When the sun was far west, the documents from the Governor's Office came again. A team led a hand to avoid the envelope in the hand of the commander and handed it to the only literate lieutenant in the room with both hands.

Hu Luowen took out the letter and read it carefully. He repeated it several times but didn't see a word of money. Instead, he raised an extremely harsh reprimand for them.

Hu Luowen was completely immersed in the pain of bankruptcy, and there was no need to care about the governor's order. He slapped the letter on the table and screamed: "Brothers, search the guys. Let's go and reason!"

Seeing that the lieutenant looked unlucky, the subordinates knew that there was no chance at all. They shouted and cursed themselves and gathered the same angry soldiers on the school ground. Without mobilization, they screamed and carried their swords and guns, rushed out of the camp, and followed the lieutenant to run towards Qingchuan Lake.

Jingzhou Wei Camp is not too far from Qingcui Villa. One hour later, the group of soldiers and bandits had already appeared in front of the open gate of the villa.

Hu Luowen and others discussed that after all, this place is now a royal mansion, so it is better to be polite and then soldiers. So they asked their subordinates to wait outside first. They only walked towards the gate with seven or eight guards.

Three feet away from the gate, a young general in military uniform appeared at the door, and then two rows of guards with spears ran out from left and right, blocking the main gate in the blink of an eye.

Hu Luowen and others were startled by this formation and turned around and turned around, but they thought that there were thousands of brothers behind them watching, and became tough again. Hu Luowen beat the young general opposite and said rudely: "This young general, the last general Hu Luowen, is the commander of the Jingzhou Guard. Today, on behalf of our 10,000 brothers, I would like to see the prince. Please report it to you."

The young general was Bo Shang Saiyang. He looked at the few people with a contempt, snorted coldly, "Wait." Then he turned around and went.

Bosang Saiyang came under the grape trellis in the backyard, where there were two recliners, one old and one young, each wearing loose casual clothes, as if he was enjoying the cool air. However, the old man looked restless, as if he was sitting on a stove, and he could not tell that he was enjoying it. Looking at the young man, he leaned comfortably on the recliner, and there was a beautiful girl with a mature charm next to him, who occasionally gave him a bright red strawberry.

Seeing that Bo Shang Saiyang came over, the old man immediately stood up and asked anxiously: "Are they really here?"

Seeing the old man's panic, Bo Shangsai contemptuously said, "This old guy is alive as a dog, and he is still the governor, why can't he withstand so much trouble? Fortunately, Qin Lei is on the side, and he dare not be too presumptuous. He barely politely said, "More than 5,000 people are outside the door, fully armed, and it seems that he is going to flatten the villa."

Governor Qu calmed down when he heard this. He sat down on the recliner again and said to Qin Lei on the side: "Your Highness is a clever idea, they are indeed here."

Seeing that the adults were about to talk about things, Ruolan, who was serving Qin Lei, stood up and bowed to leave. Qin Lei secretly grabbed her little hand, made the girl blush and left the scene as if she was running away.

Looking at Ruolan's back as she was leaving, Qin Lei chuckled and said, "The letter is so ugly that they are afraid they will hate Lord Qu to death."

Qu Yanwu laughed and said, "When the incident didn't happen, the lower officials were still worried. But now, they are not afraid of anything." As he said that, he picked up a strawberry from the plate and took a bite, as if he was biting the guards outside.

Qin Lei greeted Bo Shang Saiyang and sat down, pointed to the strawberries on the table, and smiled and said, "Eat some fruits and play with you, and go out in half an hour."

Bo Shang Saiyang sat down as he spoke, picked up a strawberry, looked at it calmly, but did not eat it. Qin Lei and Qu Yanwu looked at each other, not knowing what he was going to do. After a while, Bo Shang Saiyang slapped his head and showed a sudden look on his face. Then he ate the strawberry with a happy expression.

Qin Lei asked curiously: "Saiyang, what have you figured out?"

Bo Shang Saiyang swallowed the strawberry, looked at Qin Lei with admiration, and said loudly: "The cloud of military tactics has declining again after one go. It turns out that Your Highness is using a tired military strategy."

Qin Lei laughed and said, "It's true." Then he turned around and stopped leaving him. In fact, Qin Lei only wanted to drag Qin Youcai and the others to complete the arrangement, but he didn't expect anything to do in one go.

After half an hour, Bo Shang Saiyang, who had eaten a stomach full of strawberries, appeared in front of Hu Luowen and others.

Hu Luowen and others had been impatient for a long time. If the other people in the royal palace had not had a good attitude, they even pushed a few buckets of sour plum soup for the soldiers to drink. They must have rushed into the mansion. Seeing the young general come out, they hurried forward and asked, "What do you say to the prince?"

Boshang Saiyang patted his stomach and said with a smile: "Go in."

After hearing this, Hu Luowen and others were about to go in. But Changge, who was blocking the road, still refused to take down. Hu Luowen said angrily: "Do you want to fool people?"

Bo Shang Saiyang said arrogantly: "If you remove the weapon, you don't understand these rules."

Hu Luowen and his wife were already anxious to wait, and they didn't want to talk much with this stupid Qing. They felt that there were so many troops outside, so they didn't know how they could do anything. Just solve it.

So they took off their swords and handed them to the guards of the royal palace. The long spear then put them away, and the few people followed Yantouqing into the royal palace with anger.

Along the way, the beautiful scenery of Qingcui Villa was stunned by the local buns I had never seen on the market, and I felt that I was wandering in the paintings in the nineteenth rounds. As I walked, I followed into the dark corridor and couldn't see anything at once.

A military officer said regretfully: "How could there be such a dark hole that is so terrifying? It's like a beautiful woman with a big fur on her nose."

Hu Luowen was also a talented man in the Jingzhou army. He sneered and said, "Old He, don't understand, this is called winding paths and secluded. After this section, it is a beautiful scenery like a fairyland. Do you believe it?"

The person next to him understood and suddenly said, "Just like that kiln sister, you blindfold your eyes first, and when you open your eyes, my mother will come, Aries!" It immediately caused a lot of laughter, and it seemed that they all felt the same.

Several people walked forward with excitement, but could not find the exit. At this time, someone found something was wrong and shouted: "That young man is gone!"

Before he finished speaking, a thick smoke poured in. When he smelled the pungent smell, several people felt drowsy and fell to the ground in a short while.

Bo Shang Saiyang outside the corridor looked at the black curtain that was temporarily hung, and widened his eyes and asked, "Prince, why don't these people know that they broke through the curtain?"

Qin Lei smiled and said, "Maybe I'm afraid I can't afford it." He turned to Shi Gan next to him and said, "Remember it, the smell is too pungent and the effect is too poor. It must be used in a closed environment. It is recommended to purify it."

Looking at Bo Shang Saiyang who looked like a curious baby, Qin Lei smiled and said, "My subordinates have studied some gadgets, but they only found an opportunity to test it today, but the effect is not good."

Bo Shangsaiyang was dumbfounded and said, "It's not good if you smell it?"

Qin Lei didn't want to say too much to him, so he changed the topic: "You can close the door now and let the guards go to the wall, so you can't really make a fuss in."

Bo Shang Saiyang said unexpectedly: "Your Highness, don't you run out of your way?"

Qin Lei didn't react for a moment, and Bo Shang Saiyang explained again: "Are you going to do it in one go?"

Qin Lei smiled and patted Bo Shang Saiyang's head, and said wisely: "Soldiers are invisible, don't read military books to death. Do you understand the changes?"

Bo Shang Saiyang nodded solemnly and said, "I understand, you are so awesome, Prince."

Qin Lei lamented in his heart, who is playing with whom?

The soldiers of Jingzhou Guards who were sitting in the shade of trees suddenly found that the gate of Qingcui Villa was closed, and then hundreds of men in black holding crossbows appeared on the wall.

Even the fool knew that the lieutenant who went in to negotiate was hacked and was about to get up in a mess. But he didn't know that it was okay to sit, so he felt a sensation in his abdomen. At first, there were one or two people, but then they all seemed to be contagious, and they all hugged their stomachs and screamed.

The left-behind officers then realized that the sour plum soup had been added just now. In fact, they were also careful at that time, and asked the young eunuch who delivered the water to drink it first. Seeing that the boy had drunk a big laxative, it was fine for a long time. Then they felt relieved and boldly took it. Who knew that the person was using chronic laxatives, which only occurred at this time.
Chapter completed!