The biggest spoils Chen Qing received were tents. He was allocated 700 tents, and they were all Jin Bing's sheepskin tents, which were warm in winter and cool in summer.
Secondly, there are war horses. Each of the five thousand soldiers has a war horse. This is something that the soldiers of the Eastern Route Army could not imagine. This is also an advantage of the Western Army.
The camp has been set up, and the 700 tents are in order. The commanders and generals above have their own independent tents.
There are also military accounts, staff accounts, military affairs accounts, warehouse accounts, etc...
But compared with the Eastern Route Army, the Western Army also has one biggest shortcoming, and that is food. Especially now, almost all the generals of the Western Army are facing a common crisis, which is lack of food.
This was all the fault of Wanyan Wushu, who emptied all the official rations in various states and counties, and these grains were burned by Chen Qing's army, which led to Wanyan Wushu's defeat and the huge loot.
Only there is no food.
Therefore, when generals take charge of various places, they will face empty warehouses without a grain of food.
Chen Qing can't take care of others, but now he has to take care of the food problem of his five thousand people.
In the afternoon, Chen Qing summoned Zheng Ping and Yang Yuanqing to discuss countermeasures. Several civil servants were also present.
Zheng Ping has been promoted to commander by Zhang Jun, while Yang Yuanqing is still the commander. When the official edict comes, he will be promoted to deputy commander at most.
When Chen Qing saw that Zheng Ping was about to speak, he knew that he was going to start complaining again, and his eyes widened, "Don't say any more nonsense that I knew why I would have done it today. Now we have to solve the food problem and say something useful."
Zheng Ping was silenced in advance, so he could only say angrily: "If you are short of food, you have to buy it. When everyone goes to the merchants to buy food, the price of food will skyrocket. It is better to buy it yourself. The sooner the better, while the price of food is still there."
It hasn’t gone up.”
Chen Qing nodded, "This sentence makes sense. The key is where to buy it?"
"We must go to Bashu! We can't go to Guanzhong to buy it!"
"What about transportation?" Chen Qing asked again.
Zheng Ping scratched his head and said, "I'm not sure about this. There must be a way."
Next to him, Zhou Kuan, the Marquis of Yu, said with a smile: "I have a way to solve the problem of grain transportation!"
"Marquis Zhou Yu, tell me!"
Zhou Kuan walked to the map and pointed to the Zitong County Road south of Jianmen Pass: "We can rent a few large warehouses at the Zitong County Wharf. The grain purchased from all over Bashu will be stored in the large warehouses by water first, and then we will hire two teams.
The Shudao mule team has been delivering food to us all year round, so we can go through Xianren Pass, thus ensuring our food supply."
Another Yuhou, Zhang Miao, added: "The control must establish a special military ration transfer operation, including the procurement, transportation, security, transshipment, etc. of military rations. This is a major matter and must be taken seriously."
Chen Qing couldn't help but said happily: "The plan you two have is very good. I would like to ask you two to discuss it and write a detailed plan and hand it over to me within two days."
The two of them bowed and said, "You must submit your report on time for your humble position."
When Chen Qing saw that Yang Yuanqing was about to speak but hesitated, he smiled and said, "If Yuan Qing has anything to say, feel free to say it!"
Yang Yuanqing said slowly: "Actually, the plan proposed by General Zheng and the two Yu Hous is very good, but it will take two or three months at the earliest to be effective. Water from afar cannot quench the thirst of the nearer. Our current dilemma must be solved first, at least
Solve the food problem for three months."
"Does Yuan Qing have any ideas?"
Yang Yuanqing said: "The way is to buy grain, but just buy it nearby. Previously, the controller mentioned buying sheep from the Qiang people and buying grain from farmers. In fact, we also forgot about a large household that may have grain."
Chen Qing smiled and said: "But you mean the wealthy gentry in Qinzhou?"
"Yes, they must have food in their hands."
Chen Qing nodded, "That makes sense. Let me find a solution for the big families in Qinzhou. Now there is one more thing. We must have money in our hands. Only with money can we buy food. Two hundred thousand taels of silver is part of it. We also need
Get back the hidden property in Zhongnan County as soon as possible."
The staff member Zhang Xiao, who had been silent, stood up and walked to the map, pointed at the map and said: "We can take the Xianren Pass to Hanzhong, then take the Luotan Road from Hanzhong to the north to Guanzhong, and then use the mule team to take the Zhongnan Trail to transport the money out, and then leave
There should be no risk in returning the same way."
After a pause, Zhang Xiao said meaningfully to Chen Qing: "I want to remind the commander that we must transport the money back before Zhu Shengfei takes office. Wu Dutong can still turn a blind eye. Once Zhu Shengfei takes office, these properties will definitely disappear."
There are waves, we only have twenty days at most."
Zhang Xiao's reminder alerted Chen Qing. He had met Zhu Shengfei. Although this person was not a treacherous person, he was definitely a cold-hearted person with a strong scholarly spirit.
It is indeed very dangerous for him to find out about this wealth.
Chen Qing pondered for a moment and said to Yang Yuanqing: "We happen to have four hundred carts, so I would like to ask Yuan Qing and Niu Gao to lead a thousand soldiers to complete this task. I will write a letter to Wu Dutong and give him the task."
Make it clear and he will let you go all the way through the pass."
Yang Yuanqing nodded, "I will leave tomorrow!"
.......
The military camp is still under construction, and hundreds of soldiers are busy building walls. The soldiers use glutinous rice lime mortar. They boil a stone of glutinous rice until it is very sticky and mix it into the lime mortar. Although there is no cement, the stone wall is built.
It is still very strong and difficult to collapse.
Dozens of other soldiers were building sentries, using wood to build a three-foot-high sentry tower, which was basically flush with the city wall. Standing on the tower, one could have a clear view of the military camp and its surroundings.
At this time, Zhao Xiaoyi ran over and said, "Controller, there is someone looking for you outside!"
"who is it?"
"He seems to be the general magistrate of Qinzhou, his surname is Wang."
He came back so quickly, and Chen Qing greeted him immediately.
I saw a man in his thirties standing at the gate of the military camp. He was wearing a Tsing Yi and a small hat. He had a Chinese character face, thick eyebrows, a big nose, and dark skin. He looked quite majestic. The people following him
It was Du Min.
Chen Qing came forward with a smile and said, "I'm sorry to bother Wang Tongpan to come to the door in person!"
Wang Tongpan's name is Wang Huai. He is the eldest son of the Wang family, the largest family in Qinzhou. He has high prestige in Qinzhou. He was unanimously elected by the gentry in Chengji County as the administrative officer of Qinzhou. He is mainly responsible for maintaining order, suppressing thieves, and having cases.
From time to time, he also has to sit in court to hear cases and decide various conflicts and disputes.
Wang Huai quickly bowed and saluted, "It's really disrespectful for me to be humble and not know that the commander is coming, but I am very happy for the commander to come."
"Wang Tongpan really welcomes me here?" Chen Qing said with a faint smile.
"How can you not welcome me?"
Wang Huai sighed and said: "I am from the Song Dynasty, but I am suffering under the iron heel of the Jin soldiers. I watch the Jin soldiers killing people unscrupulously and insulting women, but I can't do anything about it. That kind of humiliation is really unbearable. I look forward to it every day."
The Song Army has finally arrived."
Wang Huai said it very sincerely. In fact, Chen Qing also understood that a wealthy family like the Wang family would have a very prosperous life in the Song Dynasty, but in the eyes of Jin Bing, they were just fat sheep, and the entire family lived on the line of life and death. This feeling was indeed unpleasant.
Feel good.
"Master Wang Tong, please come to the big tent to speak!"
Chen Qing invited Wang Huai to his central army tent. The soldiers brought some stools and they sat down respectively.
Chen Qing pointed at Du Min and said with a smile: "Du Min once worked for our army at Jianxiao Pass. I didn't expect to meet him here. He introduced me to some situations in Qinzhou."
Wang Huai also smiled and said: "Du Min is very conscientious and conscientious. When I was away, there was no one in the prefectural government office. Du Min was the only one who stood firm. I admire him very much for this. I have appointed him as the chief minister to join the army. From now on, the governor of the prefecture will
He will be in charge of all government finances."
Du Min blushed a little and stood aside in embarrassment.
Chen Qing laughed. He was promoted so quickly. This Wang Huai is very smart!
Wang Huai added: "General Chen must also know that the humble post is a wild way to go. It is not an official appointed by the court. It is just a temporary recommendation from everyone to maintain the situation. Once the court appoints a state official, the humble post will immediately hand over power."
Chen Qing shook his head, "The current situation is chaotic and there are not so many things to pay attention to. I don't care whether Wang Tongpan is appointed by the court. The key is to be able to stabilize the situation and do things. I will write to the emperor in the future to explain the situation and ask the court to officially appoint Wang Tongpan.
.”
Wang Huai was overjoyed. He was afraid that Chen Qing would be a person who pretended to be an official and only recognized the rules of the court. Otherwise, he would not be able to serve as a general judge. Du Min also told him that Chen Qing was very pragmatic, and now he felt it personally.
, indeed so.
Chen Qing smiled and said: "I heard from Du Min that Wang Tongfan went to the countryside to collect taxes. How is the situation?"
