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Chapter 457 Small talk
Early the next morning, after breakfast, Xie Sheng kindly invited Fourteen and Zuo Qiuyue to inspect his West Camp.

But was declined.

Moreover, the county king and his wife did not show any enthusiasm for going to the army.

This made Xie Sheng very puzzled, and so did the others.

Didn't he say that he would take the five battalions into his own hands? Was it just a feint?Heavy thunder and little rain?
Then what is the reason for doing so?
Everyone was puzzled.

But except for Xie Sheng, the other four are very happy, which is good news for them.

……

The main generals of the five battalions were called to the banquet place yesterday to answer the questions that Fourteen and Zuo Qiuyue asked them.

At first they thought it was just chatting, because Fourteen raised some irrelevant questions.After asking a few more questions, Cai Pang even became a little impatient.I feel that Shisi obviously doesn't know anything about military affairs, but he insists on slapping his face and pretending to be fat, and he also pretends to be nondescript.

And Zuo Qiuyue at the side was silent from the beginning, sitting there like a vase.

This couple is simply wasting their time!
Zhong Yanqing is not as impatient as Cai Pang, and his intuition tells him that this princess is definitely not as stupid as she is showing now.

But he couldn't figure it out, why would she do this?
The battle she put up was not small, she asked, and a few people sitting across from them were remembering.Write hard and write very seriously.

A total of five people took notes when the five camp owners were about to answer the fourteenth question.

Zhong Yanqing remembered these people at yesterday's banquet because their backgrounds were too prominent.

The Zheng family, the Lu family, the Cui family, and the Wang family, the children of the four top gentry families, unexpectedly all went to seek employment under the command of the King of Henan.

There is also a man named Kang Simu, who has a high nose and deep eyes, and his pupil color is different from that of ordinary people in the Dali Dynasty. This man is the aide who has been following the county king to inspect the finances of various states and counties some time ago.Come to think of it, he should be a person who is good at arithmetic and tax law.

"Princess!" Cai Pang finally had his last trace of patience exhausted by Fourteen, and stood up "Teng", "We still have something to do in the army. If you don't have any important orders, the last general will leave!"

"Presumptuous." Before Fourteenth, Zuoqiu Yue or Meng Changhuai could speak, Cai Ting immediately scolded, "The prince and princess are here, how can you be rude? Sit down!"

"Brother..."

Cai Ting stared back at Cai Pang's subsequent words.

He has passed his forty years and was reprimanded in public, so he naturally loses face.After a moment of bluish red color surged on his not-so-white face, he finally dared not contradict Cai Ting, and sat down with a cold snort and flung his sleeves.

"General Cai Pang, don't worry." Fourteen seemed to be a very good-tempered person. Even in the face of Cai Pang's rude behavior, he didn't change his color, and still said with a smile, "I know very little about military affairs, so the matter No matter how big or small, you have to ask the generals carefully before you can rest assured."

"Princess, ask." Xie Sheng glanced sideways at Cai Pang, who was still angry, and said pointedly, "If you want to know anything, just ask. If others don't answer, I will answer."

When Cai Pang heard this, he almost spat out a "dog leg".

But he didn't dare to scold, because he was afraid that after scolding, it would be Xie Sheng's fist that greeted him.

Zuo Qiuyue personally added water to Fourteen's teacup, and she picked it up and took a sip.

Gently put the teacup back on the table, a smile that was not the same as before was raised at the corner of his mouth, and it disappeared in an instant.

Meng Changhuai, who was sitting at the bottom of Zuoqiu Yue, happened to look up and saw this smile, he was startled suddenly, and a bad premonition gradually came up.

"Next question." Fourteen said slowly, "May I ask, generals, what was the annual salary of each battalion in the past five years?"

"Crack." There was a soft sound, and it was the man who was temporarily acting as the head of the Peking University camp, and the cup fell down on the table.The tea quickly spread on the table, and broke off from the edge of the table, turning into water droplets and falling on the man's clothes.

He slapped quickly, but after slapping twice, he found that the hall was suddenly quiet and the sound of needles dropping could be heard, and the movement of slapping water stopped unconsciously.

"I also know that various expenses in the military are complicated and difficult to calculate, so you don't need to give me very precise figures, just make a rough estimate." Shisi seemed not to have noticed the sudden change in the atmosphere, and his tone was as calm as before.

"...Princess." Xie Sheng replied first, "This needs to be calculated in detail by taking out the account book, which is impossible to estimate. I only care about the payment of the mausoleum army salary, and I don't care about the account. If the princess wants to know, I will ask someone to calculate it. come out to you."

Cai Pang's face became gloomy.

Cai Ting lowered his eyes, his eyes were hard to distinguish.

Zhong Yanqing stared at the teacup in his hand, thoughtful.

"Then how much is the annual cost of replenishing weapons in the army?" Fourteen continued to ask, "Even if there is no war, there should be a certain amount of money in the army for replenishing weapons."

"I know that." Xie Sheng replied with an approximate amount, "I just made it up this spring, and I personally watched it at the time."

"Where are the other generals?" Fourteen looked at the others.

"Except for the ZhongDaYing, the shares of the other four camps are the same." It was Meng Changhuai who answered.

Fourteen nodded, expressing understanding.She glanced back and drew everyone's attention, only to see the five people headed by Kang Simu lowered their heads to record at the same time.

Meng Changhuai never expected that Fourteen would start with the accounts when taking over the Five Great Battalions.

This couple, really...

"What kind of standard is the clothing and shoes that the soldiers are given out for a year?"

"What about the daily meals?"

"How long do you work out every day?"

"When will the military salary be paid every month, and can it be paid on time every time?"

"If you are accidentally injured in the military, is there any corresponding subsidy? What are the different levels of subsidy?"

"How is the cultivation of the military fields? How much grain can each camp produce each year? Where does the grain go? Is it directly stored in the granary or sold for money?"

……

One question after another, the complexions of everyone at the table gradually turned pale.

Even Meng Changhuai's complexion was not good. Since the establishment of this dynasty, the army of Henan Province has never fought again.If the balance is too long, dogs will get tired and lazy, let alone people.

And Henan Dao is rich, especially in the past ten years, the granaries in the middle of the road are overflowing.Therefore, the money allocated to the army has also increased. After all, there is no shortage of money financially.

But after the money was sent to the army, Meng Changhuai asked himself that he didn't know how much of it was actually used.

He is good at governing the people, not good at governing the army, and all affairs of the five battalions are entrusted to his generals.

But judging from the faces of these chief generals, the questions Shishi asked seemed to have hit their sore spots.

Meng Changhuai was ashamed and angry. He gave them all the power, but these did not deserve his trust!

It was approaching noon, and Shisi had been talking all the time, feeling a little tired in his throat.

Zuo Qiuyue handed her another cup of tea, then took over her work and continued to ask questions about the army.

Several people originally thought that the prince was as inexperienced in military affairs as Meng Changhuai, so they just sat quietly and willingly acted as a foil for the princess.

But after Zuo Qiuyue spoke, they immediately realized that their thoughts were wrong.

……

Under the heavy atmosphere, no one dared to come in and ask if they wanted to bring lunch.

So lunch was saved, and the conversation in the hall continued from early morning to afternoon.

Until Yinzhu knocked on the door and came in, came to Fourteen's side and whispered: "Princess, everything is done."

(End of this chapter)