Imperial County Magistrate

Chapter 538
Arriving at Wu Mansion, Zhao Kang saw Wu Xinyi, which felt a little strange.

"Did you not rest well?"

Zhao Kang looked at the slightly tired Wu Xinyi with some doubts. She didn't drink much wine last night. Besides, Wu Xinyi drank so much that she got drunk twice. She didn't necessarily vomit once, right?

"No, I'm just a little tired."

When she saw Zhao Kang again, Wu Xinyi felt a little guilty and her eyes averted. She took advantage of Zhao Kang's drunkenness last night and indulged him so much. She didn't know if he noticed it this morning.

"You should rest more when you are tired. I heard from my servant that you took care of me for half the night last night. Thank you very much."

Not hearing the weirdness in Wu Xinyi's words, Zhao Kang laughed.

"I will, by the way, are you here?" Wu Xinyi responded hurriedly.

Zhao Kang said with a smile: "It's not a big deal. Please give me the list of those grain merchants yesterday. I will ask the Ministry of Revenue to find them. With them, the grain will be enough for a short time."

"Then, you don't have to worry about the follow-up supplies. I'll let the Ministry of Revenue figure out a way."

"I understand, I'll write to you right away."

Wu Xinyi nodded and stood up. Zhao Kang saw that her feet were weak for some reason and quickly stepped forward to help her.

Most of her body threw herself into Zhao Kang's arms, and Wu Xinyi's beauty turned pale.

The familiar smell lingered, making her heart beat violently, and she couldn't help but think of the madness last night.

She wanted to push the person around her away, but the pain in her body made it impossible for her to do anything.

"what happened to you?"

Zhao Kang didn't pay attention and asked with concern. He sniffed the fragrance coming from the other person's body and couldn't help but wonder.

The smell of this fragrant powder is so familiar.

"No, it's nothing, just my legs are a little weak."

His face was red and hot, he lowered his head and didn't dare to look at Zhao Kang, and he didn't even dare to speak loudly.

Zhao Kang: "Are you sick? I want the imperial doctor to take a look at you?"

"No, no need. Just let go of me. It's not good for others to see you."

The woman whispered, Zhao Kang quickly let go, and then asked his servants to get pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

After adjusting her mentality, Wu Xinyi wrote down the names one after another and handed the list to Zhao Kang: "These are the grain merchants who were at the Lairen Building yesterday. They all agreed to donate grain to you."

Wu Xinyi couldn't help but smile as she said that, where is the donation?
It was clearly Zhao Kang who used rogue means to rob it.

Looking at the list, Zhao Kang chuckled and said, "It's a donation, but that's just a warning to them. The money they should give should still be given. Okay, that's it. I'll leave first. You have to pay more attention to rest."

"I know, Zhao Kang!"

Seeing that the other party was already planning to leave, Wu Xinyi hurriedly called out.

"What's wrong?" Zhao Kang turned around.

"No, it's nothing. You have to be careful when you go out to fight."

After all, it is difficult to say a thousand words, and can only be turned into an instruction.

Zhao Kang smiled and nodded: "I understand, see you later."

"See you."

He was the only one left in the empty lobby. He forced himself to go to the room and open the bed cabinet.

A square of snow-white scarf is printed with dots of bright red, like red plums blooming on the snow.

Wu Xinyi looked at the shocking red color and felt a sense of shame in her heart.

He seemed a little too shameless, but fortunately he didn't seem to notice.

Inexplicably thinking of her third sister, Wu Xinyi's eyes looked a little strange.

……

After leaving Wu Mansion, Zhao Kang came to the Ministry of Household Affairs.

When the officials saw him, they quickly saluted and greeted him, and Zhao Kang waved his hand to signal everyone to go about their business.

"National Division."

Shangshu Zhang Mingyuan rubbed his hands and smiled.Zhao Kang: "I heard from the housekeeper, have you ever looked for me?"

Zhang Mingyuan nodded hurriedly: "That's it. Last night, the official called everyone to calculate the accounts. Except for the casting of cannons, various expenditures were reduced, and about 60 taels of silver were evenly distributed, so I wanted to report to you. "

Zhao Kang nodded with satisfaction: "Good job."

As he spoke, he took out the list of grain merchants and handed it to Zhang Mingyuan and said, "The people here promised me yesterday that they would donate grain for military ration."

"They should still be in the imperial capital today, and the guards in uniform are keeping an eye on them. You should go and ask for food from them."

Zhang Mingyuan was overjoyed and flattered him: "It's really different when the Imperial Master takes action!"

Zhao Kangxiao: "Buy it with them at [-]% of the market price of grain. Tell them for me."

"I will remember their achievements and I will compensate them twice as much as I take from them!"

"Your Majesty understands."

Zhao Kang: "This matter should be implemented as soon as possible. The army will go out in three days!"

"As ordered!"

After settling the matter of grain and grass, Zhao Kang went to see Li Yuan, Minister of War.

He was busy, and the head of the Ministry of War was not idle for a moment. He integrated the existing troops and worked with all the officials of the Ministry of War to study several routes for dispatching troops.

Seeing Zhao Kang coming, he took Zhao Kang to discuss.

Li Yuan's plan was very solid, and Zhao Kang couldn't find any faults. He nodded and said, "Just follow your ideas. Also, how many cannons do we have now?"

"In addition to the first 25 doors, seven more doors have been built recently, and they will all be put into use after testing."

Zhao Kang nodded: "Fifteen defenses, I will take away the rest."

"clear."

Finally, three days later, all the ordnance and food supplies were ready.

A large army gathered outside the imperial city. The White Tiger Army and the Suzaku Army were all present, with a real strength of more than [-] people.

In addition to the army craftsmen and others, a total of 8 people went on the expedition together.Fifteen thousand of them were used to pull artillery grenades.

Although the overall strength of the troops is not large, if you look closely, you will find something terrifying.

Because all of these [-] troops are wearing battle armor, for this war Jingguo has used all the armors it has made from mining and smelting steel over the years!

With a total of fifty thousand armors, this kind of skill could only be produced when the Zhou Kingdom was at its peak.

All civil and military officials were present to see him off.

Zhao Kang was wearing a military uniform and straddling a long spear diagonally. This spear was a weapon that jumped out of the palace arsenal and was named Longraoliang.

It is a rare magic weapon.

Zhou Long next to him was also wearing a battle armor, and he was a little excited after not going into battle for a long time.

Under the morning light, the silver armor shone brightly.

Master Yang walked out on crutches. After all these years, Master Yang was really getting older.

At this moment, his face was full of red and he said: "I wish the Imperial Master a smooth trip, and I hope that I will win every battle!"

Zhao Kang laughed and said, "Borrow me from the old teacher's good advice!"

Zhang Mingyuan stroked his beard and said with a smile: "National Master, the army is about to leave. Why not compose a poem to boost the morale of our army?"

The eyes of the people around him brightened up, and Li Yuan laughed and said, "Yes, I am the best scholar in the country, no! I am the best scribe in the world! At this moment, I should use my poems to help our army's military power!"

Turning around and looking at the soldiers one after another, Zhao Kang couldn't help but feel excited and shouted loudly.

"Why don't you say no clothes? The same robes as your son. Wang Yuxing's teacher, repair my spear. I share the same hatred with my son!"

"Why don't you say that you have no clothes? You are in the same pool with your son. Wang Yuxing's teacher, repair my spear and halberd. Work together with your son!"

"Why don't you say you have no clothes? I have the same clothes as my son. Wang Yuxing's division, repair my armor and soldiers. Walk with my son!"

All the soldiers shouted three times together.

Li Yuan murmured: "Sirs like this, looking at the world, who can defeat them?"

(End of this chapter)