I have lived forever since the end of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 49
Surabaya County seems to be peaceful and peaceful, and the roads are as usual.

Ordinary people only occasionally noticed that the soldiers heading out of the city appeared more frequently recently.

But this is not a big deal for them.A group of soldiers flashed past, and disappeared in the blink of an eye, leaving no deep impression at all. It was just a small episode in life, not even a topic of conversation.

But at this time, the atmosphere in Pengcheng's grassroots management organization is completely different from that on the street. It's like a summer cloud appears above the head.

"There must be a big battle going on, and it seems that this period of time will not be free." Lu Matong sighed, turning over the bamboo slips in his hand and reading them again and again.

As a small official in charge of grain and grass, he still has his own sensitivity to what the records on the transfer of grain and grass in the bamboo slips represent.

Now grain and grass are being collected on a large scale and transported to the north by civilian husbands.This deja vu scene was completely reenacted half a year ago before Xiang Liang led his troops to Qidi.

"Hey, let's have some fun while we have time to rest. Anyway, my Shangguan is so busy that he has lost weight." The person sitting next to him who responded was Wu Zhong, who worked under the supervisor Ma Yin who was in charge of the horses.

Lu Matong put down the bamboo slips in his hand, curious gossiping: "Isn't your Shangguan the most leisurely person on weekdays? What's wrong this time?"

There are not many chariots in Pengcheng, only one or two thousand, and Xiang Liang basically took them away when he left for the expedition, so the total number of chariots in Pengcheng is probably less than three hundred.

In this period when cavalry was not used to fighting, if there was no chariot, Yin, the supervisor of the horses, would naturally be at ease, and basically no one would go to him for business.

Wu Zhongwang glanced around and found that other people were busy with their own business.

Then he approached Lu Matong and said in a low voice: "You don't know, the new Chen Zuoyin asked my Shangguan to prepare at least [-] war horses within ten days. This request really killed our Shangguan."

"Three thousand war horses, this request is not too much." Lu Matong, who was in charge of food and fodder across the mountains, looked puzzled. He recalled the data and said, "There is a lot of fodder allocated to you on weekdays. According to the figures last month, your horses are more than [-] horses."

"It's impossible to have so much." Wu Zhong shook his head angrily and amusedly, "After passing through several hands, at least one-third of the fodder must be buckled, and the rest can fall into the mouths of those beasts."

Lu Matong frowned slightly, cursing secretly in his heart: "You lions usually open their mouths and ask for fodder to feed the horses, but after a long time, it turns into copper coins and eats them in your own mouth.

On the contrary, the officials in charge of food and grass, if they didn't arrange the food and grass of the soldiers properly, they would cause complaints. "

However, his inner dissatisfaction did not show. After all, Wu Zhong in front of him was just like himself, just a small official who handled errands. He could pick up some small money occasionally, so it was definitely impossible to eat his mouth full of greasiness.

He said helplessly: "Even if you Shangguan deducted one-third of the grain and grass, then according to the amount of fodder you usually ask for, it should be enough for Chen Zuoyin's request, right?"

Wu Zhong shook his head again: "Oh, old Lu, you don't understand these things. What Chen Zuoyin wants are war horses. We have [-] horses here now, of which [-] are pack horses, which can't meet the requirements of war horses at all.

Now there are not many Pengcheng military vehicles, and I don't know what is the use of finding so many war horses. "

Lu Matong smacked his lips after hearing this: "That's true. I'm afraid that if you Shangguan don't handle it well this time, it will be a big problem."

"Don't curse our Shangguan, if something happens to him and I'm involved, you won't be able to see me in the future." Wu Zhong coughed, "However, Your Majesty attaches great importance to the upcoming war, and there are really a few big men who made him suffer."

Lu Matong hastily said according to his usual habit: "Brother Wu is rich and noble, what will happen to you, you are a person who will be appointed as a marquis and worshiped as a minister in the future, you are still worried about this."

Wu Zhong also replied knowingly: "Even if I am appointed as a Marquis and Prime Minister, I am afraid that I will still need to rely on you a lot in the court."

The two smiled at each other.

Don't ask, asking is business bragging.

Seeing someone raised his head not far away, Lu Matong sat up a little bit, picked up a bamboo slip and pretended to read it.

After waiting for a while, he saw that no one was paying attention to his fishing, so he turned his head and whispered: "Brother Wu, hurry up and continue."

"Say what?" Wu Zhong was taken aback.

Lu Matong reminded: "It's those few who suffered because of the bad luck, you just said."

"Oh." Wu Zhong came to his senses, he just forgot about it because of business bragging.

He asked mysteriously, "Do you know the institution directly under the king? It's the one who stands in the hall and never speaks."

"Is there such a person?" Lu Matong thought for a moment, "I can't remember, you should just say it."

When Xiang Liang was there before, the official system was a mixture of the Chu system and the Zhou system, and there were quite a few redundant officials. As for Xiong Xin's change of the official system to the Chu system, it also did not solve this problem, but made the situation more complicated.

Wu Zhong breathed lightly and said: "It's Bu Yin. He publicly predicted that the result of the upcoming war would be good luck, but at the private banquet, he said that the result of the divination was made up by him, but in fact the divination was a big disaster.

This word spread for two days, and finally it reached the ears of the king, who was furious when he heard that the king was thundering.When he went to court the next day, no one saw Bu Yin. "

After hearing this, Lu Matong was short of breath.

The shamanism is prevalent in the Chu region, and when it comes to things like divination and destiny, destiny will more or less believe in it.

And Bu Yin is the person in charge of divination. In the hearts of ordinary people, he is able to communicate with the gods and predict the future.

"Actually, you said the result he calculated... well, it's hard to say." Wu Zhong whispered with some fear.

The two were silent for a moment.

Lu Matong regained his composure and said, "Actually, it doesn't matter what happens to us, not to mention that if wubu really worked, Chu would not have fallen to the hands of the Qin army in the past."

"It seems that what you said, Brother Lu, makes sense." Wu Zhong nodded in agreement.

Lu Matong smiled and said: "When the battle breaks out, it will be our soldiers from Great Chu who will fight, not the group of liches. They disturb the morale of our soldiers and they should be beheaded."

As soon as he finished speaking, a messenger hurried in outside the door, holding a large pile of bamboo slips in his arms.

Seeing this scene, the officials sighed one after another, showing a look of mourning.

Judging from the number of bamboo slips, it is known that there are countless things that need to be dealt with by them, and it is estimated that they will not be able to relax for a moment.

Lu Matong and Wu Zhong looked at each other, ended their small talk helplessly, and fell into the busyness brought by the cloud of war again.

(End of this chapter)