The Red Mansions Across the Four Seas

Chapter 235 To create a miracle

The next drink was dull.

Li Yuan made this decision in front of Jiang Shilang, obviously determined.Even if it is reported to the emperor in a few days, nothing will change.

Jia Min knew that it was useless to say anything else, so he drank for a while, excused something, and left first.

The only thing that gave him some comfort was that Li Yuan gave him the power to expand the army and the power not to be restrained by General Ning Guta.

This power is actually quite large.This means that within a radius of several thousand miles under Bu Kui's jurisdiction, he is the ruler.

However, this power seems to be useless.

Although the territory is large, the people and things that can be managed are very limited.It is nothing more than the more than 1 refugees and tens of thousands of residents in Buquebun.

As for the indigenous tribes on the vast land outside, the imperial court has almost never implemented effective jurisdiction and governance.Not to mention that there are still those Ross cavalry outside.

Give you a planet and ask you to be the emperor of this planet.However, you are the only one on the entire planet, what is the use of the emperor?

Jia Min left, leaving Li Yuan and Jiang Shilang to continue drinking.

Jiang Shilang's errand was settled, and Li Yuan also grabbed Jia Min to fill Bu Kui's hole.

However, the two were not at all excited.The atmosphere became dull instead.

"Is it okay to tell him to go to Bukui?"

"What if it doesn't work? Whoever is asked to go, no one is willing to go. The candidate has just been decided here, and before the announcement is made, a lot of intercessors came, and some entrusted it to several grand scholars. , some were entrusted to the palace, and what's more, they were entrusted to the emperor."

"So you take Jia Min as a scapegoat?"

"That's not true, maybe he can really do something."

"Do you believe this? Even if he has some skills, after all, he is only 15 years old and has never fought a war. What can he do? If he comes back alive, he will be lucky."

Seeing what Jiang Shilang said, Li Yuan fell silent.

In fact, he didn't expect Jia Min to do anything.

Before that, he thought about giving up Bu Kui.It's just that this matter is too sensitive, so he didn't bring it up.If someone caught the little braid and said that he abandoned the ground and was afraid of war, he couldn't bear the responsibility.

Now that Jia Min is caught and pushed up, he can handle it for a while.I hope that Jia Min can live a little longer there, and when he is no longer in the position of Minister of the Ministry of War, what happens in the future will not be his business.

When Jia Min returned to the gate of the Ministry of War, Feng Ziying and Wei Ruolan had finished their work and were waiting for him there.

"A good news, a bad news, which one do you listen to first?"

"Of course we should listen to the good news first."

Feng Ziying said.

"The good news is that you've all been promoted."

"What kind of good news is this, we all know it. Wasn't it just settled in the morning?"

"The ones in the morning are the ones in the morning. On the basis of the morning ones, they will be upgraded to another level."

"Officer Min, no way, no matter how worthless this official is, he won't be promoted to a higher level in such a short time, isn't it too fast?"

Wei Ruolan still couldn't believe it.

"Well, Chief Min, what about the bad news?"

"The bad news is that we are stationed at Pu Que."

After Jia Min finished speaking, he got on his horse and left.

"What kind of bad news is this? Isn't it the garrison of Bu Kui? What? Bu Kui? Chief of Defense Intelligence, did I hear correctly?"

"Yes, Chief of Staff Feng, you heard it right, it's Bu Kui. However, the previous news seems to be bad news too."

When they returned to Yeduju, Jia Min locked himself in the room without seeing anyone.

When others saw his unkind expression, no one bothered him.

After dinner in the evening, Jia Min was like this again.Until Haishi, Jia Min found Feng Ziying, Chen Yejun and Wei Ruolan.

Jia Min explained to the three of them about escorting the prisoners and garrisoning Bu Kui.Only then did they confirm that Jia Min wasn't joking with them, and that he was indeed going to garrison Bu Kui.

They also knew a thing or two about Bu Kui, so they naturally knew what it meant.

"This Li Yuan is really black-hearted, isn't he just pushing us into the fire pit?"

"There are so many old people who don't need it. If we newcomers are sent to Bukui, isn't it just sending us to death for nothing?"

"Going to Ningguta is enough to talk about, but we are even asked to go to Bukui. There are a lot of soldiers training, and there are so many regular soldiers who will not go, why do you have to ask us to go?"

"This time, can I come back?"

Jia Min waited for a few people to complain for a while, and then spoke.

"This matter is already a fait accompli and cannot be changed. In two days, it will become the emperor's will. Therefore, from now on, we must give up our illusions and prepare to do things down-to-earth."

"I know that someone is plotting against us behind our backs, and it's mainly aimed at me. So, I'll give you a chance to choose."

Jia Min stood up and stared at the three seriously.

"Usually, we are friends. However, being friends doesn't mean you have to go with me to have bad luck. So, you can choose to go with me, or you can choose not to go. If you don't go, don't have any burden , we are still brothers. I will come forward to negotiate with the Ministry of War to remove you, and your future will not be affected by this.”

"Officer Min, you are wrong to say that. You are our officer, and we are brothers. Will we go with you at this time? There is no reason for us to stay when you go."

Feng Ziying was the first to express her opinion.

"That's right, Chief Min, the Chief of Staff is right. We are a collective. Naturally, we advance and retreat together, we live and die together."

Chen Yejun also became serious.

"Of course we won't quit. Besides, the children and soldiers of our families are all here, so why should we quit?"

Wei Ruolan finally touched on another point.

Although they have now been incorporated by the imperial court, they are all the soldiers of each family. As the leaders of each family, they naturally have no reason to withdraw.

"Well, you really didn't disappoint me. We don't have time to complain, we must start preparing from now on."

"Now, I assign the main tasks for you in the near future."

"About the escorting of prisoners, the main points are as follows: First, regarding the marching route. Starting from the imperial capital, going to Tianjin Wei, and taking the water route from Tianjin Wei, this section can save nearly ten days compared to taking the land route."

"Then, land at Niuzhuang in southern Liaoning, and then go overland to Bukui."

"The Chief Intelligence Officer will set off in three days. He will follow this route, survey the marching route along the way, and arrange food and accommodation along the way. Those who have a military platform will camp in the military platform, and those who do not have a military platform will camp in the wild."

The so-called military platform is a military station.

"After landing in Niuzhuang, 50 carriages were purchased locally, plus harnesses, mules and horses. After landing, all the prisoners rode away in carriages."

Let the prisoner go in a carriage?Several people felt strange.

Prisoners who have been exiled have never been in a carriage.All on foot.

"Who pays for the carriage and horses?"

"We spend our own money."

Spend your own money and ask the prisoner to go in a carriage?Is this necessary? Isn't this used to prisoners?
"I know what you're thinking, but. We're going to have to settle."

Jia Min also felt that his idea was too abrupt, so it was necessary to explain it to them.

"Taking the waterway is to save time, and asking the prisoner to take a carriage is also to save time."

"Our soldiers are all on horseback, and our supplies and food are all pulled by carts. If the prisoners walk, they can't keep up with our speed. We have to sacrifice speed to catch the prisoners, which will inevitably delay more on the road. time."

"In addition, asking prisoners to ride in a carriage can greatly extend the daily marching time. You only need to rest for three hours a day, and the rest of the time can be used for traveling."

"The time on the road is shorter, and the consumption of food and drink along the way is also less. The purchased carriages and horses are also useful when they arrive in Bukui, and they have to be purchased there if they can save money."

"Under normal circumstances, it takes nearly four months to travel from the imperial capital to Bukui. If we go this way, I estimate that we will arrive in two months."

"Why does it take two months? Because these two months are very precious. Where is the preciousness? It is because we can catch up with next year's spring plowing after we arrive in Bukui. When we get there, we can have more than half a month of spring plowing In this way, our food and vegetables for next year can be arranged."

"Actually, it's not just about food and vegetables, there are many other things that we can take the initiative in. You will know in the future."

"The second item will be handled by Chief of Staff Feng. Tomorrow, you will go to the Ministry of Punishment to find Jiang Shilang and do two things. One is to transfer the files of these prisoners, and after you come back, you will conduct screening."

"What is the screening? It is to group each person according to their charges, sentence, crime type, gender, age, etc. When the time comes, group similar ones together. Every group of 12 people, from these 12 people, select When a prison leader comes, let him be responsible for the management of this group, which will save us a lot of effort. Each group will be a carriage at that time. Even the driver will be out of the prisoners."

"The second item, just like what I said, asked Jiang Shilang to order the prison to improve the food and strengthen the physical fitness of the 500 prisoners from now on. In return, I will try my best to let all the 500 prisoners arrive at Bukui alive .”

How could it be possible that all 500 people arrived in Bukui alive?

Although they had never personally escorted the prisoners, they still knew something about escorting the prisoners to the place of exile.

In the past, when escorting prisoners to Ninggu Pagoda, it was not uncommon for people to die of various reasons such as illness, starvation, freezing, and being bitten by wild animals on the way.If [-]% of the [-]% can be delivered to the local area, it is very good.

Now that it is three or four thousand miles away, and it is icy and snowy, how can it be possible to keep 500 people alive?

"We can do what others can't do. We just want to create a miracle."

Jia Min stood up and walked to the window, even though it was already winter, he opened the window.

"Actually, this is not a miracle, it's just something we should do. The real miracle is in Bukui. He is waiting for us to create."

"Three brothers, I am very glad that you chose to be with me, and I am also proud of having brothers like you. Bu Kui is like a blank sheet of paper, waiting for us to draw the latest and most beautiful pictures. The vast world, A lot to do."

"Those who plot against us, they are doomed to fail. One day, we will come back and liquidate them."

"Those who want to see our jokes are destined to be disappointed. One day, they will regret it."

"I promise you today that I will lead you to create the greatest glory."

Feng Ziying, Chen Yejun, and Wei Ruolan followed Jia Min's gaze and looked out the window together.

Although there is no moon, the stars all over the sky are shining brightly.

Although the windows let in bursts of cold, they all had a feeling that their blood was boiling.

(End of this chapter)