Chapter 2275: Luxury (April Monthly Pass Plus 11)
As for who is disgusting and who is kind, it is not clear.
Manbao said, "I'll definitely ask General Meng about this when I get a chance."
"Why not with Guo Zhao?"
"I'm not familiar with him, so it's hard to ask." Manbao said, "General Meng still has the connection to me, asking for medicine."
General Meng sent someone to purchase a batch of the medicines she and Zhou Liru had made these past two days. He had personally experienced the efficacy of the medicines Zhou Man had made, so he was trying hard to get along well with them recently.
However, he only communicated with Zhou Man when he bought medicine, and more often he communicated with Bai Shan, so he was more familiar with Bai Shan. General Meng, who was sitting in the restaurant opposite watching the excitement, saw the two people standing outside the crowd watching the excitement, and immediately waved to call them.
As a result, as soon as he raised his hand, he felt the stretching of the wound on his abdomen. He immediately stopped shaking it. He slowly put down his hand and covered his stomach. He took a deep breath and asked his personal guards to go down and ask for help.
Well, although it’s a bit slow, it doesn’t hurt my stomach.
Bai Shan glanced at Bai Erlang, Liu Huan and others who were still in the crowd, then turned around and went up to the teahouse with Manbao. For the first time, he did not stand with his friends, but watched the excitement of his friends from another angle.
It feels... quite special, but not bad at all.
Manbao was also watching with great interest. After standing at the window for a while, he sat down at the table to drink tea and asked General Meng, "Don't you live in the Protectorate? Is it okay for you to come out and watch General Guo's fun?"
General Meng laughed and said, "Xizhou City is so small. What happened yesterday is known to almost everyone today. One person without me won't make a difference, and one person with me won't make a difference either. General Guo is busy, so he definitely doesn't have time to ask where I've been."
"But your stomach wound hasn't healed yet, and you still have to lead the troops to intimidate Tubo. When will you be able to go to the battlefield?"
General Meng: "...Sir Zhou, although you are the imperial physician, you are not as experienced as I am in treating injuries. How can you stay at home with such an injury? That will only slow the healing process."
He said, "For this kind of injury, you should walk outside more often. As long as you don't cause the wound to open wider, it'll be fine."
If Manbao wasn't a doctor, he would have believed it, because he said this so seriously, as if it were true.
Bai Shan couldn't help laughing and asked, "Where's General Guo? Is he out suppressing bandits again?"
"Yeah, I'll go a little further this time, and probably won't be back for three or four days."
Bai Shan straightened his face and said, "In that case, there is one thing I can't wait for him to come back to ask, so I can only ask General Meng."
General Meng was curious, "What's the matter?"
"Does General Meng know about the feud between General Guo and Minister Liu?"
General Meng: "Is that the case? Wouldn't it be better to ask Master Liu?"
Why ask him? It's not good to talk bad about people behind their backs, right?
Bai Shan said: "Liu Huan doesn't know. It's because he doesn't know that General Guo has been sending things to our yard recently, but there are some bad rumors outside, so we feel strange. We don't know whether General Guo is close to him, or..." The meaning is self-evident.
In fact, it is not surprising. This group of people are very sensitive to people's likes and dislikes. They felt whether General Guo was malicious or kind on the day they entered the city.
General Meng became conflicted.
Bai Shan lowered his voice and said, "General Meng, just tell me. We originally wanted to ask General Guo about this matter, but unfortunately, he happened to be out. Otherwise, we would have had to ask General Guo himself."
"Don't," General Meng quickly stopped him. "If you ask the master directly, not only will you not get the truth, you might actually annoy him."
Bai Shan said in distress, "Yes, but we can't just accept it for nothing, right? General Guo is giving us gifts, and the rumors are just a little harsh."
General Meng glanced at their guards.
Bai Shan paused, but nodded to Daji.
Daji then led his men out and stood guard at the door. After General Meng's personal guards also left, he said, "I don't know much, but I heard that Minister Liu doesn't like General Guo's style."
"What style?"
General Meng looked embarrassed. This was the first time he had spoken ill of someone behind their back, but he was also a little excited. However, he was cautious and didn't speak out without hesitation. Instead, he tilted his head and thought for a moment before he said carefully, "General Guo is a bit... extravagant."
He laughed awkwardly and said, "That's understandable. After all, he's from the Xuzhou Guo family. He grew up in a wealthy family, but later suffered a lot during the chaos in the world, so his daily expenses are a bit extravagant."
Thinking about the food and daily necessities he had lived in the Protectorate during this period, General Meng felt uneasy. He said, "Minister Liu is the opposite. He's frugal. Although they have different styles, as long as they don't commit crimes, this kind of thing is just something he wouldn't tolerate. But..."
He glanced outside at Liu Huan and said, "But Liu Huan's grandmother is General Guo's cousin, and the two are quite close. Minister Liu couldn't help but give him a few more words of advice. Over time, their relationship has become too bad."
General Meng paused, his voice becoming even deeper as he spoke softly, "There's one thing I heard my father mention. One year, General Guo led an army independently to attack Xue Yantuo's tribe. It was autumn and winter at the time, and the snow fell early, freezing many soldiers to death. General Guo reported the deaths, but it was only reported by the military supervisor. The supervisor believed that the Ministry of Revenue had not prepared enough cotton-padded clothes for the soldiers, which led to the freezing to death and frostbite."
"But Minister Liu checked the records and thought that no one in the army should have frozen to death. At that time, there were many wars and the national treasury was severely depleted. The Ministry of Revenue was very strict about military equipment. But my father said that although it was very strict, the Ministry of Revenue would calculate the amount of money that should be given."
He lowered his voice and said, "For example, that year my father also led an army. We had the same number of troops and the same armaments as General Guo. We also led an army against Xueyantuo, but one route was east and the other was west. However, there were no casualties among our army because we had fought DTZ the year before and obtained a lot of spoils. Not only could my father keep some for military supplies, but he also distributed a lot to the soldiers for their own use."
"The Ministry of Revenue knows all of this," General Meng said. "It's a tacit agreement, so the Ministry won't pursue it. But they'll reduce the amount given when preparing for military preparations. The army has spoils from last year's war that can make up for this shortfall. Furthermore, the soldiers have received a fair share, and if they need food and clothing, they'll buy their own cotton-padded clothes if the army doesn't have enough. But..."
Bai Shan understood, "But General Guo didn't?"
General Meng sighed and said, "Who knows? Anyway, the soldiers under General Guo are quite poor."
See you tomorrow. It's late today. Let's go to bed first. The monthly tickets will be doubled at the end of the month. You can vote at the end of the month.
(End of this chapter)
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