"Yes!" Zhao Chuan agreed with excitement. He never dreamed that this new county guard was so powerful. Isn't this the adult he was looking forward to day and night!

He was excited that the other two thousand soldiers were not far from being too short. Today, they came to surround the county capital. Everyone was already trying their best to find the county’s first statement! They didn’t expect that they could really get these supplies!

"Report to the Lord! My subordinates have completed the inspection. This time, our army's materials totaled 300,000 taels of silver and 50,000 sets of soldiers and armor!" After some inspection, Zhao Chuan came to report excitedly.

"Yeah!" Lu Chen looked calm and composed, waved his hand and left directly.

If the value of one or two silver taels in this world is converted into modern times, its purchase value is equivalent to about one thousand yuan now. But even though there are such a huge amount of 300,000 taels, there are 30,000 defenders in the border town. If they really want to be distributed to the soldiers, each person will only be about ten taels of silver, which is about ten thousand yuan.

It was learned from Zhao Chuan that the border army had not paid military pay for half a year...

Watching Lu Chen pull boxes of supplies from him, it is impossible to say that Liu Feng doesn't feel sorry for him. I don't know how long it took him to save money. Lu Chen this time was like cutting his body with a knife, but now he can't do anything to Lu Chen.

After Lu Chen and his group left with the supplies, the old butler of the county capital came up carefully and said tentatively beside Liu Feng: "Sir, Lu County is brave and dares to commit such a crime. That's a total of 300,000 taels of white silver..."

The more he said this, the more sad Liu Feng felt, and hurriedly said: "Hurry up! Go and call General Qin!"

The Qin general he mentioned was named Qin Long, and he was the general of the Pingyang County Army.

The place where the county army was stationed was not far from the county capital. The housekeeper understood what he meant and after responding, he prepared to go to the county army to intercept Lu Chen.

But as soon as the housekeeper took his front foot, before he had taken two steps, Liu Feng quickly stopped him and waved his hand and said, "It's not appropriate... It's not appropriate, you'd better invite Mr. Zhang to come here."

Seeing that Liu Feng suddenly changed his attention, the housekeeper was unwilling to accept it: "Sir! Lu Chen and others are lawless. If they are allowed to leave..."

Before the housekeeper finished speaking, Liu Feng interrupted him with one hand and said impatiently: "If you ask you to go, go! What should I do? I don't need you to teach you!"

"Yes!" The butler was startled and did not dare to say more. He quickly turned around and ran out of the county capital. Not long after, the butler of the county capital led a middle-aged man dressed in a scholar into the mansion.

In the study, the maids helped Liu Feng and the people brew tea, and were sent out by Liu Feng waved his hand.

After drinking a sip of tea, Liu Feng sighed lightly, then looked at the middle-aged man sitting by his hand and said, "Mr. Zhang, I asked the butler to come to invite the gentleman late at night. I really need to ask Mr. Yu if you have something to do... I guess Mr. Liu has already told the gentleman about the whole story on the way..."

"Yes, sir, the villain already knows the whole story, but I just don't know what the adult means..." the middle-aged man asked tentatively.

This person's name is Zhang Tao. He has a sharp-mouthed cheek, two beards on his lips, and a folding fan in his hand. When he was talking, his small eyes also followed the thief.

Zhang Tao was barely a little knowledgeable in his stomach, but this person was a very sinister character, a cunning villain who could take no consequences for his own benefit. Most of his cleverness and knowledge were used on this.

Although Zhang Tao is insidious, he is Liu Feng's confidant. The latter has always regarded him as his think tank. Whenever he encounters any ideas he can't control, he will ask Zhang Tao to discuss. Liu Feng has always respected Zhang Tao's opinions very much. It can also be said that Zhang Tao is Liu Feng's dog-headed military advisor.

After learning that Zhang Tao had already known the whole story, Liu Feng stopped talking nonsense and said straight to the point: "Sir, although I can charge Lu Chen and others for rebellion today, and can mobilize the county army to catch all their troops in one go, you also know..."

He deliberately did not finish his words because he knew that Zhang Tao would definitely understand his meaning and concerns.

Sure enough, after hearing this, Zhang Tao smiled leisurely and said, "My Lord understands that it is correct for General Qin to mobilize the county army to intercept Lu Chen's unit. Because judging from Lu Chen's previous performance, once the Lord goes to suppress it on the charge of treason, he will definitely be able to fight back. In this way, the matter will be a big deal..."

Seeing that Liu Feng just listened and didn't say anything, Zhang Tao knew that he had made the point. He continued: "Lu Chen had just arrived in the border town to take office less than a day. If the adults said he had rebelled, I'm afraid no one would believe it, and the court would not explain it, and the superiors would definitely send someone to investigate."

As he spoke, Zhang Tao leaned forward and suddenly lowered his voice: "What's more, the former county magistrate Wang had just died not long ago. If Lu Chen died again as soon as he took office, then..."

After a pause, he sat upright again and bowed, "So the subordinates think that it is right for the lord to not transfer the county army to block it."

Liu Feng nodded while listening. It seemed that his think tank was still very good and he could understand his worries and concerns. Fortunately, he did not act impulsively at the beginning. Otherwise, if he really wanted to make a big deal, he would probably have his past actions turned out to be revealed after investigation. At that time, even if he had ten heads, he would probably not be able to save it.

He rubbed his hands and said a little unwillingly: "I know what the sir said. I thought that Lu Chen, the new border county guard, was like the previous county guards, and was a soft persimmon, but who would have thought that this guy was so bold and dared to openly lead troops to surround the capital of our county! This... this is simply a robber!" It was incredible! He added another sentence in his heart.

"Sir, can't bear to leave those supplies?" Zhang Tao asked with a smile.

"That's a total of 300,000 taels of silver and 50,000 sets of arms!" Liu Feng said with heartache.

Seeing this, Zhang Tao turned his eyes and said, "It is not impossible for him to recover these supplies."

Hearing this, Liu Feng suddenly felt energetic and asked hurriedly: "Oh? What are the good plans sir?"

"Sir, you can use the old method!" Zhang Tao said word by word.

"Sir, I mean... let Wu Yue lead the horse bandits to snatch the supplies halfway?" Liu Feng smiled bitterly.

In the past, Zhang Tao helped him make a plan, using the horse bandits to intercept the materials, and then sent them back intact, and then reported to the court himself, asking the court to allocate silver. As for the suppression of the bandits, he was not the final decision. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!