Daming: If I find a great-grandson, I will teach an emperor through the ages

Chapter 230: Li Jinglong’s trouble, Grand Master, save me!

Ying Tianfu.

Duke Cao's Mansion.

Unlike Lan Yu, who was fighting life and death on the front line, and Guo Ying and Geng Bingwen, Li Jinglong was rarely at ease these days.

Before the Ming Dynasty was preparing to attack the Ottomans, Zhu Xiongying merged Lan Yugeng and Guo Ying as the main generals, and Cao Guogong Li Jinglong was appointed as the general manager of grain and grass.

The attack on the Ottomans was of great importance. Zhu Xiongying once told Li Jinglong clearly that there should be no mistakes in the allocation of grain and grass this time. All the grain and grass in the country could be deployed at his disposal. The only thing is that the frontline soldiers must have sufficient food and grass without interruption.

Li Jinglong also swore to Zhu Xiongying, patting his chest and promising that he would definitely make the soldiers on the front line full.

In fact, the position of general manager of grain and grass is relatively a leisurely job. All you need to do is arrange the manpower and transport grain and grass reasonably.

Only the initial deployment work needs to be a little troublesome. Later, it only needs to be done step by step. Now Li Jinglong only needs to go to the munitions office after going to court every day to ask about the status of the grain and grass transportation, and then go home to rest. On the contrary, it is better than Before, when I was busy with official duties all day long, I felt much more relaxed.

At the end of the day, Cao Guogong went to the military supply office, thinking that he would return to his house later and continue to make tea and bask in the sun.

However, when he arrived at the munitions office, he saw a group of people coming and going in a panic. An official from a hundred households saw him, and his expression immediately turned bitter.

But Li Jinglong was unwilling to go to that kind of place. This urgent report had just been sent back, and not many people knew about it yet. Wouldn't it be known to everyone if he went to a crowded place?

When the housekeeper Lao Zhang saw that he insisted on waiting here, he welcomed him in. After serving him a cup of tea in the lobby, he went to work on his own business, leaving Li Jinglong alone, sitting there scratching his head and waiting.

Think of a way, think of a way...

Li Jinglong slapped him on the head angrily.

"You ask me what to do, how do I know what to do?"

Li Jinglong frowned, came to the Hundred Household Official, turned to look at the hurried crowd around him and asked:

"What's going on? It's such a mess. What does it look like!"

Now he can hand over the main work to his students and devote most of his energy to educating his little cub.

He hurried all the way to Grand Master Cao's house, but was told by the housekeeper that Cao Wei was not at home at the moment, and was probably at a scientific research institute or manufacturing bureau.

Li Jinglong's legs became even softer. If this matter was reported to the emperor and he was really held accountable, could he afford it?

But before doing that, Lan Yu first went to Grand Master Cao's house.

These officials from one hundred households have been following Li Jinglong. They are considered direct descendants of Li Jinglong and are relatively close to him on weekdays. I saw him take out an urgent report and said like a mourning heir:

"Sir, it's bad, there's something wrong with the food and fodder!"

It was not until after noon that Cao Wei returned home.

At some point, a little head popped out of the door, his eyes were shining, and he asked thiefly:

Li Jinglong's heart sank when he heard it, and he hurriedly grabbed the emergency report and read it. After reading it, his eyes almost went dark and he sat down on the ground.

In addition, Cao Wei had already reached the age when it was time for Cao Lin to study, so Cao Wei handed over this task to his student Xie Jin. Now Xie Jin would come to Cao Mansion for a few hours every day from the Research Institute to teach Cao Lin. Lin teaches Confucian classics.

"Sir, should we report it to the court first?"

Because Cao Wei's control has become stricter, Xiao Cao Lin has become more honest during this period, but it is still difficult to change his naughty nature, and he will make some noise if he can't stand it.

"How...how could it be possible!" Li Jinglong was swaying, and Baihuguan helped him to stabilize his body.

Yes, go find Master Cao!

In fact, many people later realized that Lan Yu's incident was that Zhu Yuanzhang was preparing to take action against Lan Yu. In order to protect himself, Lan Yue cleaned up all the people around him.

Thinking of this, Li Jinglong didn't care to say anything else and walked away. Baihuguan called him from behind, as if he didn't hear him.

"who are you……"

"Sir, what should we do now? If the food and grass cannot arrive on time, it will be a serious crime!" Baihuguan asked anxiously.

Since Cao Wei was able to save the dying Lan Yu, he must have a way to deal with the problem at hand.

As for why Zhu Hanming was not allowed to take care of Cao Lin...

Mrs. Cao is pregnant with her second child, how can she yell with this bastard every day?

When Cao Wei returned to the house, he was told by the housekeeper that Li Jinglong was waiting for him in the lobby. When he came to the lobby again, he saw Cao Lin standing next to Li Jinglong, and Cao Guogong who was sitting had a look of despair.

"Cao Lin, what are you doing again?" Cao Wei frowned and shouted in a deep voice.

In his opinion, Li Jinglong's desperate look was caused by Cao Lin.

"Ah, father, I didn't do anything, I just talked to him for a while." Cao Lin said, moving to the door, and then ran away.

Cao Wei didn't believe him. He had never met Li Jinglong, so he couldn't say anything.

"My youngest son is naughty and makes Duke Cao laugh." Cao Wei bowed his hand towards Li Jinglong.

"It's nothing," Li Jinglong waved his hand, almost crying but without tears. Cao Lin did just talk to him, but it also made Li Jinglong extremely painful.

Cao Lin's small mouth never stopped for a moment, like a Tang monk reciting a mantra, constantly mumbling and asking questions in Li Jinglong's ears.

"Are you here to see father for business?"

"What good things did you bring for father?"

"Huh? If you didn't bring anything, then you're screwed! Father will definitely not help you."

"What does dad like? Candied haws on a stick."

"Do you know Sun Houhou...Do you know Nezha? If you don't even know this, then what do you know..."

Li Jinglong had always been pretentious, and now he couldn't stand Cao Lin's nagging. He thought a thousand times in his heart, if this was his son, he would have slapped him to death, but now he has something to ask for from Cao Wei. Naturally, I have to be polite to Cao Lin.

After finally waiting for Cao Wei to come back and Xiao Cao Lin left, Li Jinglong just breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Cao Wei ask him:

"Cao Guogong is not dispatching military supplies at the munitions office today, so why are you here?"

Li Jinglong's heart suddenly rose to his throat again, his face couldn't help but twitch, and he laughed and cried:

"I'm here because I have a favor, and I want Master Cao to help me."

"Huh?" Cao Wei glanced at him in surprise, wondering when did he become a professional helper?

However, Cao Wei still said: "Let's talk." After all, Li Jinglong has been waiting here for a long time, so it seems a bit uncomfortable to ask him to go back directly. "This...this," Li Jinglong didn't know how to speak for a while. There was something wrong with the grain and grass transported to the front line! If this kind of thing is serious, it can be treated as a felony.

Li Jinglong waited for a long time before finally taking out the urgent letter from his sleeve and handing it to Cao Wei:

"Master Cao, there is something wrong with the grain and grass shipped to Ottoman."

When Cao Wei heard this, he felt as if he had been electrocuted. He jumped up from his chair and glanced at the urgent report.

One section of the route for transporting grain and grass from the Ming Dynasty to the Ottomans passed through the desert area of ​​the far west. When transporting grain and grass this time, there happened to be a sandstorm. Not only was all the grain and grass destroyed, but there were also many casualties.

After reading the urgent report, Cao Wei slapped the huanghuali table next to him, causing several cracks on the table, and asked sternly:

"What's going on? Why doesn't the food follow the planned route?"

Cao Wei and Zhu Xiongying decided on the original grain delivery route together. Although there was not much desert area, only about ten miles, for the sake of safety, they still took a detour to avoid that part of the desert.

Now the team transporting grain and grass walked through the desert, resulting in a large number of grain and grass destruction and casualties. As the general manager of grain and grass, Li Jinglong could not escape the blame.

"I, I... I did this for the sake of the court. Taking a detour will not only increase the transportation time, but also increase the consumption of food and grass, so... I asked them to take a shortcut."

Li Jinglong finished stammering, and Cao Wei was already pointing at his nose.

"You, you are confused!"

"For the imperial court, why do you need to save the loss of food and grass? Only this time we can capture the Ottomans in one battle, and the loss is not even a drop in the bucket!"

Li Jinglong was crying, almost crying, and wanted to defend himself:

"Grand Master, I really have no selfish motives! It's all for your Majesty and for the sake of Ming Dynasty."

"you!"

Cao Wei wanted to punch him in the face. No wonder he didn't do anything today and just stayed here waiting for him. He made such a serious mistake in his relationship.

"I can't help you with this matter. You should go to His Majesty to plead for mercy." Cao Wei thrust the urgent letter into Li Jinglong's hand again and turned away.

"Grand Master Cao, you can't just die without saving me!" Upon seeing this, Li Jinglong knelt down on the ground, holding Cao Wei's clothes tightly and begging, with runny nose and tears.

"Previously, Duke Liang had one foot in the gate of hell, and Grand Master Cao was able to pull him back. This time, Grand Master Cao can't ignore my life!"

Cao Wei threw his hand away and joked, how could he save him?

Blue jade can also clean up the house in order to protect itself. Li Jinglong was acting in a treacherous and treacherous way, causing the military supplies and food to be destroyed. How to remedy it? Food and grass cannot be sent to the front line, it just cannot be sent to the front line, and it cannot be false in the slightest.

The destruction of food and grass was a small matter, but the 20 troops on the front line were implicated in the defeat of the war. The sin was huge!

A war is nothing more than the number of soldiers, the quality of weapons, and the supply of food and grass. These three factors can directly affect the outcome of a battle.

Now, because Li Jinglong wanted to save a little bit of food and grass, a large amount of food and grass was destroyed by sandstorms. The army on the front line was destined to lose part of the food and grass supply. Without food to eat, how could the soldiers fight?

If Lan Yu, Geng Bingwen and Guo Ying could figure out a way to hold on for a while until the second batch of grain and grass was delivered, the war would still be fought.

But if Lan Yu and the others cannot find a way to supply food and grass in time, the Ming army will be defeated! Cao Wei and Zhu Xiongying have been planning for such a long time, and their plan to conquer the Ottoman Empire will go to waste!

Not to mention that when Zhu Xiongying heard the news, he would not spare Li Jinglong. Even Cao Wei wanted to slap this idiot to death!

When Zhu Xiongying appointed Li Jinglong as the general manager of grain and grass, Cao Wei felt that something was wrong in view of Li Jinglong's famous name in history, but unfortunately Li Jinglong had a good father, and Li Wenzhong's name was too loud, so it was difficult for him to say anything.

Furthermore, the matter of providing grain and grass is not too difficult now that the Ming Dynasty has prospered. Grain and grass are abundant in various places, and the transportation route of grain and grass has been finalized. Li Jinglong only needs to make reasonable arrangements. Can.

But he never expected that Li Jinglong could do such a simple thing to pieces. Cao Wei really couldn't figure out how could the son of Cao Guogong Li Wenzhong be so incompetent?

"This matter is extraordinary and needs to be reported to Your Majesty as soon as possible. I will go to the palace to report immediately. Duke Cao Guo, will you go with me?" Cao Wei asked while trying to control his anger.

Seeing that Li Jinglong didn't answer, Cao Wei walked out of the house and walked towards the palace.

Li Jinglong stood blankly in the lobby, looking at Cao Wei's back, his heart felt cold.

He knew that he was finished.

There was a problem with the food and grass this time. If the consequences were not serious, he would at most suffer some physical pain and be fined for several years. However, if this led to unfavorable frontline battles and the anger of the entire army, he alone could not bear it. Damn it, Zhu Xiongying will definitely take action on him!

The more Li Jinglong thought about it, the more terrible he felt. Unable to control his tears, Li Jinglong then covered his face and cried.

Cao Wei didn't waste a moment here. After entering the palace, he went straight to Zhu Xiongying's study.

"My lord, Cao Wei would like to see your Majesty."

Then a eunuch welcomed Cao Wei in.

Zhu Xiongying was originally smiling when he saw Cao Wei, but when he saw Cao Wei's frown, the smile on his face faded.

"Master, what happened?"

Cao Wei opened his mouth and told what happened when Li Jinglong came to his house just now. The food and grass were destroyed and the frontline army could not be reached in time.

After hearing this, Zhu Xiongying became furious and overturned the desk in front of him. The memorial was scattered all over the floor, and his eyebrows almost stood up.

"Ridiculous! Where's that guy Li Jinglong! Why doesn't he come!"

Cao Wei shook his head and sighed: "I must be afraid of being punished by His Majesty."

"Does he think that if he doesn't come, I won't be able to do anything to him?"

"Come here! Go and find Li Jinglong for me!"

Cao Wei stopped him and said: "Your Majesty, the most important thing at this time is not to hold people accountable, but to find ways to continue to provide food and grass to the front line."

"If we go into a big fight to deal with Li Jinglong at this time, it will definitely make people panic. Besides, Li Jinglong is the general manager of grain and grass this time. He is responsible for all matters related to transporting grain and grass. To deal with him at this time, who will replace the general manager of grain and grass at the moment? Location?"

After Zhu Xiongying heard this, he stamped his feet angrily, apparently gnashing his teeth in hatred for Li Jinglong.

"Then what do you think we should do, Grand Master?"

"There is no other way. For the current plan, we can only ask Li Jinglong to arrange the next delivery of grain and grass as soon as possible. I hope Liang Guogong and the others can persist until then."

(End of this chapter)