Chapter 37 Asking for Salary
Halfway through the meal, Jin Sui stood up and walked around. Hei Hu followed him, chewing on a wolf leg, and said repeatedly:
"This wolf meat is really chewy! Has Your Majesty eaten it?"
Jin Sui shook his head: "This king does not like wolf meat."
Black Tiger was very regretful: "I was saying that I would take my brothers to hunt some wolves tomorrow! What does the prince like to eat? Do you like bear paws?"
Jinsui shook her head repeatedly. She didn’t like any wild animals!
She did not go to the place where the soldiers who hoarded land gathered. She knew what these lower-class people were thinking. Everyone would become restrained if she went there.
Just watching those people eating from afar, the apparently unpalatable bean rice, but because it was mixed with some broth, everyone's eyes lit up.
The children would not put down their bowls until they were full! As for the big pancakes that were given to them, the children happily ate them.
The adults secretly hid it in their chests, obviously wanting to take it home and leave it for their children to eat slowly.
The women did not dare to get close to the campfire; they just sat far away and assisted the fireman in a flattering manner.
They were given a bowl of soup and half a piece of bread, but they were reluctant to eat a single bite and called their children to come and eat.
Jin Sui felt very upset. She had seen refugees in Luocheng, but she didn't expect that the lives of the border guards were just as hard! And when a war broke out, the first to lose their lives were the border guards.
I heard earlier that the people at the border were like leeks in the fields, being harvested one after another by foreign enemies.
She felt that she had immersed herself too deeply in the identity of the King of Li.
She was obviously just an ordinary citizen, so why did she have the concern for the country and the people that a great man should have? However, she couldn't control others. Since this border city was hers, she had the responsibility to make sure these people had enough food and good food!
At this time, she heard Wei Qingquan let out a very loud scream, and then seemed to start arguing with Han Xing and the others.
She hurried over and found out that Wei Qingquan learned that the prince had distributed the five thousand taels of silver from the sale of the treasure to the soldiers who came to pick her up, and there was less than a thousand taels left.
He scolded Han Xing for not persuading the prince, because the entire Black Feather Camp had not received military pay for three months. This money should be taken to the border town for use!
However, Chief Clerk Cheng looked at Jin Sui with admiration.
Jin Sui waved his hand and said, "Stop arguing. What are you talking about, Wei Zhubo? How long has it been since the Black Feather Camp received its salary?"
Wei Zhubo said with great sorrow: "Three months! If we had these five thousand taels of silver, we could have paid the soldiers' salaries."
Jin Sui disagreed with his words: "What do you mean, Wei Zhubo? The military pay should be paid by the court. The five thousand taels are the reward from the king to the soldiers. Does this mean that they don't need to pay the military pay because of the reward from the king?"
Wei Zhubo was stunned for a moment, as if he had not expected the King of Li to say so. He was speechless and explained: "But, but the court can't give it out, Your Majesty, you have silver..."
Jin Sui interrupted him: "It is my business if I have silver. I want to use it to reward soldiers, squander it, or eat, drink and have fun. What does it have to do with the court?"
It's like I won 10 million in the lottery, but the company still pays me 3,000 yuan! You can't stop paying me 3,000 yuan just because I have 10 million yuan, right?
She turned to Cheng Zhubo, who was in charge of the military pay, and asked, "What did you do if the court didn't give you money?"
Cheng Zhubo spread his hands and said, "I went to the outside of Yanzhou City to wait for Lord Muzhou to ask for military pay, but was beaten out."
Han Xing testified: "Yes, Cheng Zhubo must go there three times a month."
Jin Sui laughed angrily. You are really unprofessional in collecting debts. She waved her hand and said, "Get ready. Tomorrow, all the soldiers of the Black Feather Camp will follow me to collect military pay!"
The captain of the farmland storage army, who heard the news, also came over and asked flatteringly:
"Your Majesty, we haven't received our military pay for three months. Can I go with you to ask for it?"
Jin Sui nodded and said, "Of course! Get ready, we'll go to Yanzhou City as soon as it gets light tomorrow morning."
Hei Hu reminded quietly: "Your Highness, you said yesterday that you wanted flowers to pave the way, and you went to Yanzhou City only because the governor came to invite you."
Jin Sui finally understood Han Xing's feelings of kicking this fool every day, and she wanted to kick Hei Hu right now! "If the king doesn't enter the city, he will sit outside the city gate and wait. If you don't pay the military salary, we won't leave!"
Wei Qingquan was shocked. How could a prince do such a shameful thing?
He hurriedly advised: "You don't have to do this, Your Majesty. You should meet with Li Zhoumu first and discuss it."
Jin Sui asked Cheng Yu, "What do you think, Mr. Cheng?"
Cheng Yu drank the wine in his cup, laughed and said, "Tomorrow, the prince will ask for military pay, and I am willing to lead the way!"
Jin Sui also laughed out loud. She turned to Wei Zhubo and said:
"Master Wei, please stay here. Don't worry. I will help you get your share of the military pay."
Many people did not sleep all night that day. Han Xing organized half of the people to stay behind, and the other half to follow the prince to Yanzhou City.
Jin Sui just entered the space to get things. He took out all the white coats and asked Hei Hu to deliver them to the woman. He sewed them into long strips of cloth overnight and wrote on them: "Give me back my military pay", "Give me back my hard-earned money", "Three months without pay, the border soldiers are starving to death", "The border soldiers sacrificed their lives and the soldiers storing farmland shed their blood. Li Muzhou, give me back my military pay", and so on.
She wrote it herself, and Hei Hu was so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth for a long time. Why did it seem that the prince was very skilled in asking for military pay?
Jinsui thought that if they were going to make a fuss, they should make it bigger, otherwise there would be no point in making a small move.
As for Wei Zhubo, this move completely offended Li Zhoumu.
Jinsui didn't take it to heart at all. This was evident from the fact that the Yanzhou officials didn't allow her to enter the city. There was no room for easing the tension between the two sides.
Li Zhoumu was transferred every three years, so he certainly didn't want to get involved in the royal family's affairs. In order not to offend the Queen and Prince Yu, he naturally stayed away from Prince Li.
Anyway, I don't expect to have a good relationship with the Yanzhou officials, so getting the actual silver is the important thing.
Besides, she believed that if she helped the Black Feather Army and the Tuntian Army to obtain military pay, these two armies would become her iron armies.
Isn't it more useful to get a loyal army than to please Li Muzhou?
Daybreak soon arrived, and the soldiers were very excited because they were going to ask for their military pay. They simply cooked up the leftover soup from last night, had one bowl each, and then packed up and prepared to set out.
The army that stored farmland had no horses and could only follow on foot.
Before departure, Jin Sui held a mobilization meeting and said directly, "If you don't unite, no one can help you! I will stand up for you today. If you back down halfway, I will never care about you again in the future."
Only if we unite and work together can we let those arrogant Yanzhou troops see that the most inconspicuous border troops and farmland storage troops are also powerful.
It is only natural to pay back the money owed! Don't back down, don't be afraid.
Don't be afraid that Governor Li will hold you accountable later, I will take responsibility for everything.
As long as this king is alive, you are my soldiers, and this king will definitely keep you safe! Perhaps no superior has ever spoken to them so sincerely and stood up for them.
Everyone was very grateful and shouted excitedly that they would never back down and would stand by the prince until death.
Hei Hu got his prop gong again, with Cheng Zhubo, who was still drunk, beside him, and the group went to Yanzhou City in a mighty manner.
When Lizhou Mu received the news that King Li was leading an army to Yanzhou City.
He sneered, "He can't even endure one night, so he thinks I will allow him to enter the city? He must not be allowed to camp in Yanzhou City."
"If he asks to see me, tell him I'm not in the city."
After all, he is a prince, so you can't do anything too embarrassing. Just avoid him.
When Jinsui and the Heiyu Camp arrived outside Yanzhou City first, the people of Yanzhou, especially the children of the wealthy families, who had heard the news a long time ago, all ran to the city wall to watch the excitement.
Prepare to see this King Li make a fool of himself.
The Yan family, the largest family in Yanzhou, naturally heard the news. When Yan Jiulang, the current head of the Yan family, heard his younger brother Yan Shiyi invite him to join the fun, he shook his head and said, "Boring!"
Yan Shiyi smiled and said, "That's right. No matter who he is, when he comes to Yandi, he has to abide by the rules! A dragon must coil up, and a tiger must lie down!"
"Nineth Brother won't go, I'll ask Twelve Lady to go with me."
(End of this chapter)
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