The heavens from Bailuyuan

Chapter 403 I Won the Bet, It's up to You
With his move of using his own force in the Shengyi Army, although it is not possible for all the soldiers of the Shengyi Army to look up to him, but with this start, it is not a big deal for him to fully control the military power of the Shengyi Army in the future. It's hard.

The rest will take time to adjust.

And after confirming the number of Shengyi Army and ordering generals on this day, Bai Gui quickly began to train soldiers and horses in Jingnan Mansion.

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Zhang Zai, the great Confucian who created Guan Xue, once counted the military expenditures of the Song Dynasty. In Dashu, there are more than 5000 million yuan in money, and the cost of raising soldiers is about [-] million yuan, which is one sixth of the wealth, and soldiers account for five of them."

To what extent did the Song Dynasty drink soldiers' blood and eat empty wages?

It is mentioned in the history of the Song Dynasty that there were only dozens of cavalry in the first command of the horse army of the imperial army, and only two to 300 soldiers in the first command of the infantry army.You must know that the reorganization of the first battalion of the horse army is 400 people, and the reorganization of the first battalion of the infantry army is 500 people, and the shortage of soldiers can account for between half and two-thirds.

"During the reign of Emperor You, the horse army consisted of 500 men and the infantry army consisted of [-] men. The Taiping was long, but the soldiers were lacking. A battalion of horses might only be dozens of cavalry, and a battalion of soldiers was less than one or two hundred. And there were many generals and schoolmen. , give ten times as much to the soldiers, and the relocation is like a lot of damage." - "Song History"

The prosperity of the Northern Song Dynasty was only for Bianjing.

The redundant soldiers, redundant officials, and redundant expenses in the Song Dynasty have reached the point where it is hard to return.

Da Song was not rich, but extremely poor and weak.Although there are many territories under its rule, its actual strength is no different from that of the slightly larger separatist forces in the past dynasties.Because the mobilization ability of grassroots organizations is not good enough, the national power is empty and thus sluggish.

The imperial court did not allocate much food and salaries to Baigui Shengyi's army, and it may also be the tradition of corruption that plucks the geese's feathers and hands up and down. The food and salaries for Shengyi's army are only [-] soldiers, and as for the horse army, only [-] horsemen are given. Food and pay.

The salary of the horse army is different from that of the infantry army. Generally speaking, the salary of the horse army is much higher than that of the infantry army.

The transshipment envoy in charge of this matter said directly, "Sheng Yi's army only has [-] horse troops, and the rest are mule troops. This is not a horse army. Please ask General Bai to go back."

This sentence made Bai Gui speechless.

Officially in the Southern Song Dynasty, there was no such thing as the mule army. If they were all horse troops, the money given by the court would be too much. If they were infantry troops, the monthly expenses of the Shengyi army would not be able to bear it.

However, Bai Gui directly asked Liu Qi, the magistrate of Jingnan Prefecture. Liu Qi still has some reputation in the court. He said a few words, maybe the court has a good impression of Bai Gui. The original amount of [-] horsemen will be allocated some additional salary every month, and this matter is considered to be over.

Although there is still a lot of vacancies, Bai Gui is not without recruits.

He discussed with the generals of the local Xiang army, and asked the generals of the local Xiang army to lay off staff more severely. When the soldiers and horses are inspected, they can just let the soldiers of the Shengyi army fill up the number.

Allocate part of the money for the empty salary to Sheng Yijun.

In other words, the Shengyi Army received the food and salaries of the soldiers of the Local Xiang Army.What I received was not one copy, but several copies.

Everyone is a colleague, and Bai Gui's connections are even more powerful, and Liu Qi, the governor of the state, is also Bai Gui's uncle. After these local Xiang army generals heard about it, they simply gave Bai Gui a lot of profits.

This is not because the Xiang army in these places is so bold, but it has long been common for soldiers from other armies to receive their wages. At this moment, Bai Gui is "decentralized" to Jingnan Mansion. Logically speaking, these generals should give Bai Gui this The powerful faction gets a share.

Putting everything together, Bai Gui finally made up enough food and pay for Sheng Yi's army.

Enough food and wages.

Sheng Yijun began to transform.

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Two months passed in the blink of an eye.

Bai Gui was walking on the streets of Jingzhou City, and went to a restaurant, ordered a plate of stewed mutton, and a cup of rice wine, and sat casually on the wine table facing the street, listening to the diners' high-spirited chatter.

"I heard that Jin Wushu is getting old. I heard from a merchant in Beijing that Jin Wushu felt cold during the daytime, so he asked his servants to use charcoal fires to keep warm every day and night."

"Shangjing is in Liaodong, and it is already extremely cold, so it is reasonable to keep warm."

"Emperor Wanyan Quan of the Kingdom of Jin is getting more and more stupid. I heard from the people of the Kingdom of Jin that the emperor of the Kingdom of Jin deliberately got drunk, and then killed his empress Pei Manshi, his younger brother, and some concubines... ..."

"Isn't Wanyan Quan a Mingjun? His Tianju New Deal has been done well."

"..."

diners talk.

Jingzhou City is located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, beside the waterway, people come and go, and there are many merchants, especially now that only half of the country is left in the Southern Song Dynasty. After the peace talks in Shaoxing, the commercial exchanges between the Southern Song Dynasty and the Kingdom of Jin became more and more prosperous.

At the moment it is in the territory of the Southern Song Dynasty.

Although wine shops "don't talk about state affairs", state affairs are often what most people pay attention to. The state of Jin has no control over the discussions of merchants in the Southern Song Dynasty, so most of these merchants talk about the internal affairs of the state of Jin.

"Jin Xizong's Wanyan is fatuous..."

"In 20, which is the [-]th year of Shaoxing, three years later, he was assassinated to death by Hailing King Wan Yanliang, and then he was deposed as Donghun King."

"And the famous Jin Wushu will also die of illness next year, in the 18th year of Shaoxing."

"There is civil strife in the government and the decline of famous generals. This is a good time to plot."

Listening to the diners' discussions, Bai Gui thought silently.

He doesn't know what changes will happen between the history of this world and what is recorded in the history books, so hearing is believing, and seeing is believing. From what the diners said just now, he probably judged the moment at this moment only based on this scaly claw and combined with historical data. Jin country's internal affairs.

"However, if you want to attack the Jin Dynasty, it is impossible to rely on Zhao Song alone."

"It is impossible for Zhao Gou to carry out the Northern Expedition..."

Bai Gui thought to himself.

The peace negotiation in Shaoxing was initiated by Jin Wushu. Now that Jin Wushu is still alive, it is impossible for the Kingdom of Jin to attack the Southern Song Dynasty.

"If you were in the Tang Dynasty, there would be no such dirty things, and you would fight as soon as you said it."

He sighed.

He casually took out a sheet of paper from his arms, put it on the dining table, and then left.

On the street, there is a lot of traffic.

Jingzhou City is an important city in the world at this time, and there are dense shops on both sides of the street.

"Huh? Officer Bai?"

"Officer Bai!"

Suddenly, shouts came from behind Bai Gui.

The sound is like an oriole.

One stop is a young woman.

Bai Gui guessed who it was, he turned his head, and among the chaotic crowd, he saw a woman in a white shirt in the street, wearing a white veiled hat, and her whole body was white.

And the one accompanying the woman in white was a maidservant in blue.

The three approached and went shopping.

"Miss Bai."

"Unexpectedly... I met you in Jiangling City. Isn't your home in Gusu City?"

Bai Gui asked curiously.

Jingzhou City, also known as Jiangling City.

"Since my family returned to Gusu, I have always cared about Mr. Bai, and after inquiring from many sources, I found out that Mr. Bai is going to Jiangling City to take up your post..."

Bai Suzhen said with a smile.

In the words, they all express admiration for Bai Gui.

Not at all embarrassed.

"But the concubine sees Mr. Bai and you sigh. I don't know why?"

Bai Suzhen asked again.

"There's nothing to say..."

"Now the world is peaceful, and the officials have no intention of the Northern Expedition."

Bai Gui sighed, "In the year of peace, martial arts are useless! I heard from the merchant who traveled to and from the Kingdom of Jin that Jin Wushu is old and is about to die. It is a pity that there is no chance to fight in this life."

If most people heard his words, they would think he was lying.Who is Jin Wushu, a famous general in the world, but he is just a fledgling junior.

However, although this sentence is arrogant, it also shows pride.

Bai Suzhen has seen Bai Gui's bravery, and she doesn't think that Bai Gui is talking empty words. She thought for a while, and smiled lightly: "The imperial court has no intention of attacking the north, but the Kingdom of Jin has the image of attacking the south..., Mr. Bai One just needs to wait for the time, there is always time available."

"Miss Bai is no more than a woman and child, so how can she judge state affairs?"

Bai Gui shook his head with a look of disbelief.

"Okay, you rude warrior. My sister kindly persuaded you, but you didn't thank me, but instead talked about my sister."

Xiaoqing had a look of indignation on his face, beating and hugging the injustice.

"Xiaoqing!"

Bai Suzhen scolded.

Although Xiao Qingming's status is only a maidservant, but Xiaoqing is only Bai Suzhen's maidservant, not Bai Gui's, so people who know a little bit of etiquette will not reprimand her personally.

And Bai Suzhen's reprimand can be regarded as resolving the matter.

"Mr. Bai, how about we make a bet?"

"Will the Kingdom of Gambling Gold send troops south to attack Song Dynasty in the past three months?"

"If I win the bet, you have to promise me to do one thing. This thing will not be difficult for you to do, and it will be good for you. If I lose the bet, what will you do?"

Xiaoqing secretly licked her tongue and said.

It's a profitable business after all.

"It's just a small gamble."

"So what if I promised."

Bai Gui shook his head and said softly.

　After midnight, there will be one or two more.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)