The First Young Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 1028 Purchasing Supplies

"Yes." The two brothers responded.

As soon as the goods arrive now, it is natural to take them to the barracks first to reassure the soldiers. After such a long delay, the hearts of the barracks should also float. After this time, give those soldiers a certain amount of peace of mind, and the rest For a few days, train well and prepare for the next battle.

"It's been so many days, and I don't know what happened to the barracks." Xuan Shijing sighed.

When I first came to Minzhou, I really felt like I was going to waste everything, and in Minzhou, except for one caravan, which can be said to know the basics, the rest are no different from the deaf and blind. After more than ten days, Minzhou The situation in the state has stabilized, and the news from Tuyuhun is also coming in a steady stream.

Sure enough, judging from the situation of the Tuyuhun people, it is inevitable for Tuyuhun to enter the Tang Dynasty this autumn to fight the autumn wind. Apart from Minzhou, Xuan Shijing also sent people to Hezhou to prepare together. These foreigners, on the surface, Respectful to Datang, honestly being a vassal state, using some tributes in exchange for more generous rewards every year, but in the bottom of my heart, I just use Datang as a fat sheep that can be used, once I can’t eat, It is time to focus on this fat sheep.

Anyway, the attitude was better afterwards and I admitted my mistake, so I just came here.

"Master Hou, the things from our family's caravan are also among them, what should we do with them?" Qin Bingyue asked.

"Dispose of all the things that should have been given to His Majesty on the Mid-Autumn Festival." Xuan Shijing said: "In exchange for money, tell the two little officials to bring their friends over. The Marquis wants to see them."

"En." Qin Bingyue nodded, and went to look for the two minor officials.

In Minzhou City, some local snakes are still very useful. The friends of the two petty officials belong to this type of local snakes. Help collect some money to make a living. Such local snakes rely on connections or influence in the local area. If they are asked to do things, as long as they are paid generously, they will not dare not do their best or be greedy in the process of doing things, because doing things At that time, this kind of local snakes all had the power of Xuan Shijing.

If you still want to hang out in Minzhou City or in Datang, it is not a good choice to offend Xuan Shijing in this regard.

This is a more conscientious local snake.

Soon, two petty officials brought a few of their friends to the hall of the government office.

"See Lord Hou." Several people clapped their hands together.

"Excuse me, now there is a lot of money from the government office. Except for the military pay for the soldiers in the barracks, the Marquis wants to entrust you to buy some supplies on your behalf." Xuan Shijing said: "All the money comes from the government office. In addition, the Marquis will give each of you [-] yuan as a reward, but you need to remember that I don’t need people who play tricks on their own.”

Xuan Shijing glanced at the few people standing below, and handed the two written lists of supplies to the two small officials: "The two of you will take the lead in the purchase of supplies, and all the things you want to buy are here. On this list, whether to buy from local merchants or scattered purchases from ordinary people, you can handle it according to your discretion, if any unscrupulous merchants sit on the ground and raise the price, they will all notify Benhou and wait for Benhou's order to act, understand?"

"Yes, I would like to follow Lord Hou's order." Several people clapped their hands in response.

Watching a few people leave, Xuan Shijing suddenly felt that the manpower of the government office was insufficient. Fortunately, there were no major cases in Minzhou City these days, and there was still a parent officer busy working there. This parent officer was sent by the court. Even if you can't go anywhere, it's not easy to work under Li Zhi's pressure for three years. If Li Zhi wants to replace this seat with his own people, the person sitting in this seat must be physically and mentally exhausted for the past three years Find ways to save yourself.

Fortunately, everything has come to an end.

As soon as Xuan Shijing came, he couldn't ignore his merits, and he would definitely report to Chang'an when he had the opportunity. Maybe this lord would just wait for the promotion if he had the opportunity.

There are chances for external officials who want to be promoted. For example, when Xuan Shijing, the parent official of Minzhou, comes, his time will come. Therefore, the parent official will show his face more diligently in front of Xuan Shijing. .

Xuan Shijing is not Li Zhi, after seeing through Li Zhi's thoughts, he resolutely stopped being close to Li Zhi, a prince, and now the emperor is still alive, what trouble can he find.

Xuan Shijing is different. Xuan Shijing, who is now sitting in Minzhou, is a teacher of kingship in the eyes of the county magistrate.

Hearing that a large amount of goods came from the governor's mansion, the county magistrate's mind became active, thinking to himself, presumably the governor's mansion is just at the time of employing people.

Thinking in this way, the county magistrate brought two small officials to the governor's mansion.

"See Lord Hou." In the hall of the government office, the county magistrate and two minor officials stood in the center, bowing their hands to Xuan Shijing.

"Why is the county magistrate free to come over today?" Xuan Shijing asked with a smile, and at the same time signaled the county magistrate and the two minor officials to take their seats.

"There is nothing going on in the yamen today, so I went to Lord Hou to see if there is anything that needs help." The county magistrate said.

"It's just right for the county lord to come, and Benhou is short of manpower." Xuan Shijing said with a smile: "Benhou just transferred a batch of money from Shangzhou to pay the military salary owed by the generals. , In addition, the Minzhou Army has been undergoing high-intensity training for more than ten days. There is a shortage of supplies in the government office. Although Benhou ordered some people to buy them outside, they are still stretched. I am afraid that the supply is in short supply. Entrust the county monarch to purchase a large amount of food, pork meat and other materials from the people in the name of the government for military funding."

The county magistrate nodded: "It's not a difficult task, just put up a notice in the government."

"Indeed, but what this Marquis is afraid of is the local merchants in Minzhou. He is worried that they will raise prices against the government at this juncture. First, they will not be able to supply the army, and second, the common people will also be unlucky. The commotion is getting bigger and bigger, and at this moment, Benhou can't think of any other way." Xuan Shijing sighed.

The county magistrate stroked his beard and thought for a while, then said: "It's easy to say, there are always special measures in special times. In years, there are often unscrupulous traders who raise prices on the ground, which finally angered the court. They killed many people back then. Since then, the court has established laws. In years of disasters, unscrupulous merchants set prices on the ground to resist the court. It is a felony Discussion."

(End of this chapter)