Chapter 300 Honor and disgrace are tied to one city
Jiang Wan walked down the city wall.
The chaos in the rebel camp in the distance is still going on, and it seems to have no intention of stopping. People who are not muddy have gone out, and it is not a matter of time to come back as much or as little as they want. The defense on the top of the city has three
It seems that he doesn't have to worry about it if he is on duty for thousands of households.
He, the commander of the Nanhai Guard, was the most leisurely one on this night when a fight could break out at any time. Even Xu Xianchun and Xu Caining each had their own errands and did not dare to relax at all.
When Jiang Wan returned to the temporary guard commander, someone was already waiting for him. When Jiang Wan saw this person, he couldn't help but feel a headache.
To be honest, in his opinion, the prefect of Yan'an Prefecture is much more difficult to deal with than the bandit army outside the city.
"Commander Jiang, is there nothing serious going on in the city? I heard that the bandit army is in chaos on its own?"
"We have already sent people out to attack and harass at night!" Jiang Wan nodded: "We, the Nanhai Guards, are guarding the city top. Lord Song, don't worry. As long as I, the Nanhai Guards, are here, the Yan'an Mansion will be safe and sound!"
"I have never worried about this!" Song Gun laughed: "The tiger and wolf troops commanded by Jiang have excellent combat power, even worse than the frontier army. The people in the whole city can see it. Today's victory is great. Now it is said that the city
Many people here have set up longevity tablets in honor of Commander Jiang, and I pray for you every day, Commander Jiang!"
"Ha!" Jiang Wan laughed and waved her hand: "There's no need for this kind of thing. Your government office should also give you a little guidance to stop doing this kind of thing. It has spread to the capital, but for me,
The future is not good!"
"Is Commander Jiang still worried about his future?" Song Gun smiled very hypocritically: "In the eyes of Commander Jiang, the civil unrest in Shaanxi is just a trivial matter. When Commander Jiang returns to Beijing, he will definitely be promoted.
Commander Jiang is young and promising, he will definitely be a pillar of the imperial court and a pillar of the country in the future!"
"Okay!" Jiang Wan shook his head: "If you have anything to say, just say it. The more pleasant your words are, Mr. Song, the more I feel a little guilty. I always feel that what Mr. Song says next will be difficult to deal with.
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"Today, the more than 4,000 people who Commander Jiang moved in from outside the city have been settled in the Tianshuijing Hutong area from Dongdaying!" Song Gun smiled awkwardly: "It's not that Song questioned Commander Jiang's decision.
It’s just that after these more than 4,000 people entered the city, the rations for these people were a bit too much for the government to bear..."
"It's only been an afternoon, and the government office can't bear it?" Jiang Wan looked at the other party and smiled teasingly.
"It is indeed too much to bear!" Song Gun nodded solemnly: "There is indeed some surplus in the government's treasury from the salt and grain sales a few days ago, but in Song's heart, these surpluses cannot be touched, even if it is
The people in the city are out of food, and I won’t release even a grain of food from these treasury!”
"What do you want to do?" Jiang Wan frowned, a cold light flashing in his eyes.
"This is the military rations hoarded for the Nanhai Guard. No one knows how long the bandits will stay outside the city. No one knows if this group of thieves has been repelled, whether another group of thieves will come back!" Song
Gun said calmly: "The people can be without food, and some people will starve to death, but if the Nanhai Guards officers and soldiers guarding the city are so hungry that their hands and feet are weak, then there will be no Yan'an Prefecture..."
"Actually, from the time these people entered the city until now, the government has not allocated a grain of food to these people, and some people have already started to make trouble. So I came to ask Commander Jiang what to do about this matter?"
Now that the words have been spoken, Song Gun feels confident. Anyway, he will never give the government's food to the refugees. His attitude is here, how to deal with these refugees. Since Jiang Wan has let these people in, then
Let Jiang Wan take care of it.
"Where is the grain store in the city? Is it still open?"
Jiang Wan asked thoughtfully.
"At this time, the government has already issued a notice to the grain store. It can increase the price, but it is absolutely not allowed to close!" Song Gun said: "With their grain stores, there should be no food shortage in three to five days!"
"If that's the case, it's easy to handle!" Jiang Wan let out a long sigh of relief: "By the way, Mr. Song, since our Nanhai Guards were stationed in your Yan'an Mansion, you have always said that the food and wages of the Nanhai Guards are yours in Yan'an.
The government is responsible for it. So far, our Nanhai Guard has never been short of military rations, but we have never seen one tael of silver in military pay!"
He opened his fingers and calculated: "We count the regular soldiers of Nanhai Guard as 5,600 people. Forget it, the fraction will not count. We count it as 5,000 people. I don't distinguish between officers and soldiers. One person is worth 20 taels a month."
In terms of money, I, Nanhaiwei, have been in your Yan'an Mansion for more than a month now. I can ask you for the salary of 10,000 taels of silver per month from your Yan'an Mansion. It shouldn't be too much!"
"Ah!" Song Gun opened his mouth. He didn't expect Jiang Wan to come out like this suddenly.
"This, this..."
"My Nanhai Guard officers are still fighting bloody battles for the Yan'an Prefecture and the traitors. Don't you, Mr. Song, want to tell me now that your Yan'an Prefecture doesn't want to pay this salary..."
"Come out!" Song Gun gritted his teeth: "My Yan'an Mansion will definitely come up with this money. Even if the government office doesn't have it, the people in the city will have to help Commander Jiang come up with it!"
"Well, just use this money to buy food from the grain merchants in the city to supply these refugees!" Jiang Wan said: "As for the market price and how much the money can buy, there will be people and government officials here.
We have carefully calculated it here, and it will not cause you to suffer, nor will it cause us to suffer, so don't worry!"
He shouted to the outside: "Come here, ask Mr. Zhou to come over. I have something to discuss with him..."
"Mr. this week...? Who is it!"
"Oh!" Jiang Wan said casually: "He is a Juren who suffered a military disaster, and he is just staying here temporarily. I think it is not difficult for him to settle accounts and other things, but he has some great talents that are underused...
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While talking, Zhou Jue had already come over from next door. Jiang Wan introduced him to Song Gun, then smiled with his teeth: "Master Song and Mr. Zhou will discuss this matter. I am busy with military affairs, what else does Master Song have to do?"
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"The safety of the people in my city depends on Commander Jiang!" Song Gun looked at Jiang Wan and sighed longly: "I hope Commander Jiang will see that I, the people in this city, will raise funds for Lord Jiang's troops.
For the sake of military pay, we must not allow the traitor army to get involved in Yan'an Mansion!"
"Lord Song!" Jiang Wan looked at him and sighed: "I, the Nanhai Guard, were ordered to quell the rebellion. If I were defeated in Yan'an Mansion, do you think I, Mr. Jiang, still have a future?
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He shook his head, pointed at him, and then at himself: "You and I are the same. Our wealth, life, wealth, and future are all in this city. No one can escape, and no one can leave!"