"It's nothing." He Lingchuan patted him on the shoulder, "It's fate that we meet again thousands of miles away. If you have any requests, just ask. I will do my best if I can help."
The Lu family's talents were withering, and they finally managed to produce two young generals, who were his cousins and nieces. Now Lu Qingbang was defending Bailie against foreign aggression, and He Lingchuan certainly hoped that he could persevere.
"Thank you Brother He!" Lu Qingbang also felt strange that he was not the type to make friends, but as soon as he saw this "Brother He", he felt a sense of intimacy.
"Isn't the situation on the eastern front very bad?" Lu Qingbang was at the age when he was depressed, but his eyebrows were not cheerful. He Lingchuan judged that it was probably because of the war on the front. After Bailie veteran Miao An was injured, the conflict with Yaguo
The future seems unclear.
"On the contrary, two months ago, my sister and I won several games in a row and pushed Yaguo's army back beyond the border. After that, they have not invaded for a while."
"Oh?" He Lingchuan looked surprised and gave a thumbs up, "That's great. Are you still worried after winning the battle?"
In fact, all this news had reached him a long time ago. After nine months of his careful management, the intelligence system of the Yangshan Islands was much more complete than when he first arrived.
Lu Qingbang sighed: "I used to watch my grandfather fight, and even if he won, he would always look sad. I didn't know what it meant at the time, but now that I am leading the army, I understand that Bailie has Bailie's troubles."
He Lingchuan smiled and said: "Is it because the frontline food and salary provisions are insufficient?"
Lu Qingbang was startled: "How does Brother He know?"
"The troops who go to the front line will face this problem nine out of ten times." Yuan Kingdom's northern front line is fighting against Da Sima. It is also a day-long worry about food and pay. The soldiers are so hungry that they howl like wolves. General Ke Jihai even rushed back to Yuandu from the front line to beg for money.
He Lingchuan borrowed millions of silver from Yuan Kingdom. Yuan Ting immediately treated him like a boy who was good at making money, and his attitude from top to bottom was extremely good.
"Besides, I also heard Mr. Lu say that last winter, he donated more than 800 sets of winter clothes to the front line out of his own pocket." He Lingchuan said with a smile, "At that time, Mr. Lu was drunk and scolded your uncle all night long.
He said that the front line was short of food and pay, but he didn't even bother to solve it, and he only sent the money to the west."
Lu Qingbang's uncle is the clan leader Lu Zhensheng, and "west" of course refers to Mou Guo.
He Lingchuan and Lu Sanluliu have maintained a long-term trading partnership. The two deer were wary at first, but as time went by and there were too many welcomes and gifts, they became unable to withstand He Lingchuan's precise feeding of sugar-coated bullets.
Lu Zhensheng and his son were hostile to He Lingchuan, but Lu San and Lu Liu were friendly with him and always ate and drank together.
Mr. Lu Liu is more restrained, but Mr. Lu is a big talker after drinking. Once he drinks too much, he will shake off all the affairs of the Lu family.
After scolding him all night? Lu Qingbang was ashamed. It seemed that the third uncle had already said everything that should and should not be said.
Since people already knew it, he didn’t hide it:
"When my grandfather led the army, there was a difference in salary every time, and the soldiers were dissatisfied. The additional winter clothes ordered by the army last autumn were not delivered until mid-December. In the end, the third uncle had to pay for it himself, otherwise the eight hundred soldiers would have to pay for it.
It’s going to be freezing.”
He looked at the bonfire on the beach and sighed: "There is still food, but it is actually not enough. It's just that my father subsidizes the front line every now and then. The supply line is short and the losses on the road are very small, so it looks good so far."
Master Lu Liu was distressed for his son who was fighting in the war. He was short of food and clothing on the front line. Of course, Master Lu Liu had to find a way to help.
Thanks to the money he made in the past year and a half, he was able to afford the subsidy.
Where did the money come from? Of course most of it came from He Lingchuan.
This was He Lingchuan's intention. Before his identity was revealed, there was no stronger alliance than the relationship of interests. In addition, he did not want to sit back and watch Bailie's soldiers go hungry and suffer from cold, and he did not want to see Bailie being fattened by Yaguo.
beat.
He Lingchuan showed a sudden realization: "No wonder Lu Liuye, a big grain merchant, ordered thousands of stones of grain from me for the first time. It turned out to be to support the Eastern Front. In this case, I will give some discounts on the price."
Lu Qingbang said gratefully: "Thank you so much, Brother He."
"No thanks, I don't like Yaguo either." He Lingchuan said lightly, "I have tribes under my command that are being hunted by Yaguo."
Lu Qingbang shook his head: "The Yaguo people tried to burn down our granary twice. They didn't go to the empty granary at all, which shows that they know our logistics quite well."
In the puddle not far away, another crab poked its head out and tried to figure it out. He Lingchuan popped out a pebble and instantly scared the crab back. "You won the battle, so logically these are not problems."
There is nothing that cannot be solved by winning a battle. If there is, just win a few more battles.
"It's a problem, it's a problem in Bailie." Lu Qingbang scratched his head, "My father ranks sixth in the clan, and he is not the head of the family. I have just returned from studying abroad for only a year, and I only have a little experience on the battlefield."
At this point, he suddenly became speechless.
He Lingchuan finished his words for him: "Is your problem that you can't win the support of your master's family for the front line?"
Lu Qingbang scratched his head, it was really effortless to talk to smart people. He was not comfortable talking about those things in the clan.
"First of all, you have to know what the master family thinks." He Lingchuan analyzed it for him, "Lu Zhensheng, as the head of the Lu family and the master of Bailie, should have put the welfare of Bailie people first and the security of the border.
First, but he chose Mou Guo first. From the perspective of the responsibilities of the master, it was dereliction of duty."
Lu Qingbang was speechless.
He Lingchuan knew that it was inconvenient for him to express his agreement, so his silence was his acquiescence.
This was not just the sentiment of Lu Qingbang alone. As far as He Lingchuan knew, the Lu clan was also very dissatisfied. Not to mention, Lu Zhensheng's eldest son, Lu Qing'an, had quarreled with his father on this issue several times.
"But from Lu Zhensheng's point of view, the second son Lu Qinglin is only one step away from success, so of course he must do his best to help. As Lu Qinglin's status in the country rises, Bailie's importance also rises. As long as
Emperor Mou allowed Lu Qinglin to return to his place of origin to lead the army - as far as I know, there are many such precedents - Bailie was safe from then on. Regardless of Qingguo or other neighboring countries, Bailie must be respected.
"
Lu Qingbang was about to speak but stopped.
"But there is a problem. Before he achieves his goal, that is, during this period, Bailie is isolated and helpless. Mou Kingdom is fighting Bejia. As long as it does not think that Yaguo can swallow Bailie in one go, it will not
We will send troops to help; but the people of Luqinglin are in Mou State, and the water far away cannot break the fire of Bailie."
He Lingchuan patted Lu Qingbang on the shoulder: "The reason why you are fighting so hard is because Bailie has no money. Bailie was originally rich, but while delivering food and wages to the country of Mou, he also had to deal with the excessive demands of the country of Ya, gold and silver.