please make me king

Chapter 1182 Room and Board
It is said that Zhu Dadian, the governor of water transportation and governor of Fengyang, and the governor Yang Sichang discussed to make a decision, then counted the troops and ran all the way to Wen County.

Nawen County is located about [-] miles southeast of Huaiqing Prefecture, [-] miles away from Xiuwu County, and [-] miles away from Meng County.

This place is not as important as Hejin like Meng County, nor is it as controlling the surrounding counties as Huaiqing Mansion, so its military significance is not very important.

Zhu Dadian and more than [-] people from the bidding camp under his command, including Li Chongzhen, Yang Yupan, Mou Wenshou, and Zhang Shiyi, traveled for two days. On the second afternoon, they saw the city wall of Wen County from afar.

"Junmen, let's go into the city to rest for a while?" Seeing that the sky was getting late and the red sun was about to fall, Yang Yupan, the general soldier of Fengsi, couldn't help but asked for instructions.

The officers and soldiers first traveled twice a day and one night, covering a hundred miles.

It was so easy to rest for one night, but the next morning they were sent to attack the enemies in Meng County. For two consecutive days, they traveled a hundred miles, and the soldiers were a little tired.

"That's fine, but the first thing is that the soldiers can't enter the city, so as not to disturb the people; the second thing is that after a night's rest, everyone must leave in time tomorrow morning, so as not to miss the military plane." Zhu Dadian hesitated for a moment, and couldn't help but make three chapters.

"It's easy to say, easy to say!" Yang Yupan, Li Zhongzhen, Mou Wenshou, Zhang Shiyi and others couldn't help but promise immediately after hearing the words.

It turns out that according to the Ming Dynasty system, officers and soldiers marching in the interior should be provided with board and lodging by the passing states and counties.

The food and salaries during the battle are planned by the imperial court, and the governor is responsible for the transfer.

It's just that now officers and soldiers are fighting in the interior, whether it is counted as a march or a battle is a matter of confusion.

The so-called "know the elegant meaning by hearing the strings", since I met the county town earlier, how could Zhu Dadian not know what everyone was thinking?
In fact, under the rule of the Ming Dynasty, there are many natural and man-made disasters, and there are not many prefectures and counties left. How can ordinary prefectures and counties be rich?
As for the imperial court, if there is food and payment.Then why did Zhu Youjian, Emperor Chongzhen, call on officials to accept donations some time ago, which caused the incident of Li Guorui, Marquis of Wuqing?

Therefore, at the beginning of the governor's appointment, the first difficult thing is to raise food and salaries.

Regardless of how other people raise food and salaries, Zhu Dadian, the governor of water transport, is the first to get the moon because he is close to the water.

Who is he?

He is the Governor of Water Transport!

He should handle all the grain exported from Jiangnan to Beijing's Shuntian Mansion.

In terms of corruption, accepting bribes, and playing tricks, Zhu Dadian has always been unwilling to be inferior.

But if he was asked to intercept the grain and grass transported by the water and use it for other purposes, he would not dare to lend him ten guts.

Even so, Zhu Dadian devoted himself to research for some time, until he discovered a way to "get rich".

It turns out that most of the grain transported by water is the tax paid by various places in the south, and it needs to be collected together to facilitate transportation and transit.

Since grain needs to be brought together, the Ming court took advantage of the opportunity to build warehouses along the Grand Canal for easy storage and payment.

Among them, the four cities along the Grand Canal, Huaian, Xuzhou, Dezhou and Linqing, all have warehouses, which usually store more than one million shi of rice.

Taking advantage of his power, Zhu Dadian first wrote to the imperial court to apply for mobilizing part of the stored grain for military training and military rations.

After the imperial court agreed, he first defaulted on the soldiers' salaries, and waited until the price of grains soared to transfer the grain sales to pay the salaries.

In this way, once you enter and exit, you can earn thousands of taels of price difference, which is quite important for "hoarding odds".

In this way, Zhu Dadian was able to fill his own pockets and maintain his troops, making him a "business genius".

Now this "business wizard" leads a group of small "business wizards", looking at the Wenxian County in front, his eyes are shining, as if he found a "business opportunity".

"Come here, tell the county magistrate in front that the governor of the Water Transport to suppress the bandits passed by here, and quickly prepare food and lodging for us, otherwise we will be punished as colluding with the bandits, and there will be no mistake!" Zhu Dadian couldn't help sneering.

The soldier got the order, quickly followed Zhu Dadian's military order, and hurried to Wen County.

Not long after, the soldiers came to the city, and saw that the gate of Wen County was closed tightly, and there were thirty or fifty people standing sparsely on the city wall, wearing ordinary civilian clothes.

He couldn't help shouting arrogantly: "Where is the magistrate of Wen County? Hurry up and listen to the order!"

"I'm... I'm an official, I don't know... I don't know what... military order?" Hearing the words from the city, a man walked out, he was only in his twenties, and he had a somewhat refined and calm demeanor.

The soldiers under the city were stunned for a moment, and they couldn't help but soften their tone and said: "The Governor of Water Transport, Zhu Dadian, led all the soldiers and horses here, and ordered you to prepare food, lodging, food and grass, and there must be no mistakes!"

"Food and lodging?" The magistrate of the city couldn't help being surprised, as if he couldn't believe his ears.

Wen County is just a small county, how can it take on such a "heavy task"?
If it was put elsewhere, the soldier would have frightened and reprimanded him long ago.

It's just that he saw that the county magistrate of Wen County was so young and quite generous, and he didn't know which family he was a disciple of.

This guy has acted as a messenger and a lot of messengers, and he has a bit of knowledge. It is inevitable to watch people order food, for fear of offending people who should not be offended.

"If there is any difficulty, can you let me into the city and explain it in detail?" He couldn't help laughing.

"So...so good!" The magistrate of Wen County pondered for a moment, then nodded, and motioned for a strong man with a big knife to glance at him.

The strong man got the order and went down from the tower.

Not long after, with a muffled sound, the gate of Wenxian City opened a gap one person wide, and the person who came down just now signaled the soldier to enter.

The soldier got down, led the horse and took a closer look. He saw that the man who came to meet him was about forty or fifty years old, and he was quite strong.

"Please!" Seeing the soldiers leading the horses, the man couldn't help pushing the city gate hard to make the gap wider for the horses to come in and out.

"Good job!" The soldier couldn't help shrinking his pupils, and praised him.

The city gates in this era are relatively heavy, and it usually takes three or five people to open and close. This person can push the city gate by himself, but his strength is not trivial.

"It's ridiculous, but it's just a peasant's trick!" The strong man smiled honestly, grabbed the big knife beside him, and stretched out his hand as a gesture of invitation.

"Good man, if you want to serve in the army, I can recommend you to be a personal guard under the governor's command!" The soldier couldn't help but praise him.

"Thank you for your kindness, but I am nearly fifty years old and have no plans to leave my hometown for the time being." The strong man smiled honestly and declined the soldier's solicitation.

"Let's go, go see your parents!" The soldier gave him a regretful look, and then he got down to business.

The two of them walked for dozens of steps, and happened to see the magistrate who had just come down from the city tower, and couldn't help laughing and said: "This is not a place to talk, I wonder if we can choose a remote place?"

"No need!" Nazhixian waved back the dozen or so men around him, and stepped forward a few steps.

"There is no outsider in front of me, please speak if you have something to say."

"Okay, how courageous!" Seeing that he was a scholar with such a bearing, the soldier couldn't help but praised him, and then laughed.

"This matter is difficult to say, but easy to say. If you hadn't met a kind-hearted person like me, I'm afraid you wouldn't even know how to die!"

The soldier's words were quite rude, but Wen County Magistrate answered the words without any change, "How do you say that?"

"Wen County is a small county. Although it can't provide food and lodging for more than ten thousand troops, can't it afford a governor, several generals, and generals?" The soldier couldn't help grinning.

"As long as the arrangement of a few masters is clear, what are the remaining tens of thousands of soldiers?"

(End of this chapter)