Chapter 113: Money is not worth spending

"It is an honor for me that you are here. How can it be difficult for me? Logically, the troops in the capital are all my subordinates, but you also know how chaotic the army in the capital has become. It is divided and each one is trying to gain power.

I do not expect them to regard me as their chief, nor will I blame them for neglecting me. As long as they see my good qualities and are willing to give me a chance and let me be their chief, I will treat all the soldiers equally."

He stepped forward and patted Deputy General Yao on the shoulder, "Brother Yao, there aren't many people I admire, and you're one of them. You've relied on your own strength to lead your brothers in the army of Beijing, advancing step by step cautiously and never giving anyone a hard time.

I am only delighted that Brother Yao can come today. Brothers, you haven't had dinner yet, right? Go to the kitchen and get some food. Were any of you injured during the chaos just now? We have a doctor from Qihuang Street here with plenty of medicinal herbs. Please come and see me."

After Shen Zhao's words, Deputy General Yao's face turned slightly red and his smile became more sincere.

He stopped holding it and said to Chen Zhao with gratitude: "Thank you, General Chu, for thinking highly of us. From now on, we will be General Chu's soldiers and will definitely not hold him back."

Then he instructed the soldiers behind him: "Brothers, General Chu has agreed to our proposal. From now on, brothers, you must remember that we are General Chu's soldiers and must not do anything to discredit General Chu.

General Chu said that we brothers should hurry up and have our meals. If you are injured, please go see a doctor. General Chu will take care of you."

Everyone cheered when they heard this: "Thank you, General Chu, General Chu is so righteous."

Deputy General Yao led 500 people to join the army, which made Shen Zhao's heavy heart ease a lot at this moment.

Seeing everyone enthusiastically welcoming the five hundred people, his eyes became more determined.

The beginning is always good. As long as she develops step by step in the direction she expects, sooner or later she will stand in an unshakable position and protect everyone she wants to protect.

Chen Zhao had dinner with everyone else and returned to his tent.

As soon as the man entered, a figure appeared in front of him.

Shen Zhao was shocked. This person seemed strange yet familiar to her.

Isn’t this Chu Yi whom she sent out?

When Chu Yi left, he was wearing a neat black robe. Although he was still wearing black robe now, it was hanging on his body in tatters.

His face was covered with bruises and purples, especially his eyes, which were black and blue. One of his eyes was swollen like a steamed bun, and he could not open his eyes until he squinted slightly.

Didn't she ask him to go to the Minister of Revenue's residence to find Du Qian'an? How did he get beaten like this?

Could it be that Chu Yi is a person who looks strong on the outside but is weak on the inside? He seems mysterious and powerful, but is actually a coward.

This shouldn't be the case. The secret guard around Chu Mu can't be a coward.

Shen Zhao's eyes made Chu Yi feel aggrieved. What kind of look was that, General?

Even though he was beaten so badly, the general still looked at him inquiringly.

Especially that look seemed to say that he was a useless secret guard.

"Master, I have fulfilled my mission and delivered your secret letter to the Minister. The Minister asked me to bring it back to you."

Chu Yi handed over the small wooden box hidden in his chest with both hands. He was a useful man and he had completed the task assigned to him by the general.

Although the process was not pleasant, he did not disgrace his reputation.

Chen Zhao took the small wooden box uncomfortably. She understood the look in the secret guard's eyes. Well...was her suspicion too obvious just now?

It's so embarrassing to be seen by others.

"How did you get these injuries?"

Chu Yi heard this, his eyes filled with resentment, "I was beaten by the assassins of the Minister's Mansion. I didn't expect that the Minister of Revenue would have a group of assassins, and those people's moves were fierce, and they all attacked with the intention of taking my life.

This subordinate almost died this time, and was fortunately saved by the Minister of Revenue at the critical moment. Otherwise, this subordinate would not be able to see you now."

Although Shen Zhao didn't see it, he could hear the danger.

However, she was more interested in Du Qian'an. He actually brought a group of assassins to Beijing to take up the post. The Du family must be holding back.

Fortunately, Du Kang sold himself to the old woman, otherwise she might not be able to keep Du Kang and control Du Qian'an.

"Thank you for your hard work. Have a good rest. Your salary will be doubled this month." Chen Zhao looked at Chu Yi's miserable appearance. She didn't know how Chu Mu usually rewarded them.

There's nothing wrong with giving money, after all, who doesn't like money?

Chu Yi's eyes widened. His master actually told him that he had worked hard and cared about him and asked him to have a good rest.

He had been seriously injured before, but his master had never expressed any concern for him.

My heart feels so warm, and the wounds on my face and body no longer hurt.

A pair of starry eyes blinked at Shen Zhao.

He was the first secret guard that the master had shown concern for. No one else had this honor. The injury he suffered today was truly worth it.

Moreover, the master wanted to increase his salary. The master was very poor, so poor that the salary he could give to these secret guards was really very little.

It was extremely pitifully little. Every time they saw the lady raising the salaries of the people in the mansion, they, the secret guards, also longed for a raise.

Unfortunately, the master is not the lady, so she has no money to give them.

He was really excited. His master must have saved money to increase his salary this month.

"I thank you, my master."

Chen Zhao was deeply moved by Chu Yi, and she decided to take good care of these secret guards in the future and how harshly Chu Mudi treated them.

She just said a word of concern and gave him a one-month salary increase.

Look, the child was so moved that her eyes were filled with tears. She almost hugged her and cried.

"Go back and rest." He took out a silver ingot from his waist and said, "Go find a doctor to treat your injuries."

Although there is a doctor in the camp now, she does not intend to let Chu Mu's secret guards appear in the camp.

If secret guards appear in front of people at will, can they still be called secret guards?

When Chu Yi left reverently holding a silver ingot as if offering an offering, Chen Zhao became more determined to treat these secret guards well in the future.

Give them a higher salary so that they will be touched every day.

Now only Shen Zhao was left in the tent.

She opened the wooden box Du Qian gave her, and an envelope appeared in front of her, with a stack of banknotes underneath the envelope.

Shen Zhao put the letter aside and took out the silver notes. The top one was a five thousand tael note, followed by one thousand tael notes and one hundred tael notes.

Shen Zhao counted them and found that there were ten bills of 5,000 taels each, totaling 50,000 taels.

There are thirty notes with a face value of one thousand taels, totaling thirty thousand taels.

There are 200 bills with a denomination of 100 taels, totaling 20,000 taels.

The total amount of these silver notes is 100,000 taels.

She didn't have that much money on hand, and the camp was in urgent need of money, so she could only instruct Chu Yi to ask Du Qian'an for money.

Shen Zhao put the banknote close to her body and opened the letter Du Qian'an gave her.

He was even more frugal with words than Chu Mu, and spoke in a simple and clear sentence.

There is still an outstanding debt of 900,000 taels.

Looking at the words "nine hundred thousand taels", this money is really not enough.

Not only does she have to conquer the army in Beijing and establish her own power, but most importantly, she has to make money to support her subordinates.

After you provide the great god cat to eat raw pickled body swap, the general tore his white moonlight