Chapter 265 Only Zhou Ru'an could have done something so offensive!
He quickly replied, "It's in the open space outside the treasury."
Wei Dongzhu fell silent. In such an obvious place, there was no way he could have made a mistake.
There are only two possibilities: either the date on the document is wrong, or Sun Qian misremembered it.
According to Sun Qian, it is more likely that the document was written incorrectly.
Shen Lanxi: "Are you sure the person you're handing over to is from the Ministry of Revenue?"
This question stunned both Sun Qian and Wei Dongzhu.
Who else could be outside the treasury if not someone from the Ministry of Revenue?
"Even if someone is impersonating someone, they wouldn't dare to be so audacious, would they?" As far as Wei Dongzhu knew, there were heavy guards outside the treasury, and those soldiers took turns on duty day and night. When the silver was handed over, those soldiers couldn't have been just for show, could they?
Shen Lanxi glanced at Wei Dongzhu, who immediately fell silent.
"You just need to answer me whether you can confirm that he is someone from the Ministry of Revenue."
Seeing her cold tone, Sun Qian immediately said, "It's certain. They have documents from the Ministry of Revenue in their hands and are wearing official robes from the Ministry of Revenue. It's impossible for them to be fake!"
Shen Lanxi: "How can you be so sure you know them?"
Sun Qian slowly shook his head: "I don't know him."
Shen Lanxi: "How long have you been escorting the grain and provisions? Don't you know anyone in the Ministry of Revenue?"
Sun Qian was taken aback, and then he immediately thought of something.
"I know some people who handle silver at the Ministry of Revenue, but not really. They're just familiar faces. The people who handed over the money to us that night, I don't recognize any of them!"
Shen Lanxi wrote this down.
"Why didn't you tell me this before?" she said coldly, her tone carrying a sense of pressure.
Sun Qian felt a chill in his heart and hurriedly said guiltily and regretfully, "I always thought the silver was lost on the road, and I never thought that the silver might be stolen before the handover."
He felt utterly wronged, as if his escort team was the scapegoat.
Shen Lanxi's voice carried a warning tone as she said, "Think about it again!"
Sun Qian did try, but he really couldn't remember anything.
Seeing that she could get nothing more out of him, Shen Lanxi said, "You are an important witness in the case of the theft of the Wei family army's provisions. In order to prevent any accidents from happening to you, you will stay in the Zhenbei Army from now on. After the Northwest is pacified, you can return to the capital with us!"
Sun Qian nodded.
"To prevent you from being silenced, I will not report your appearance to the imperial court," Shen Lanxi continued.
Sun Qian understood Shen Lanxi's concerns and quickly nodded, saying, "Thank you, General, for protecting me!" If the news of his survival were to leak out, he might become a wandering ghost at any moment.
Wei Dongzhu: "I'll assign him to our left-wing army!"
Shen Lanxi: "Okay!"
If you were to ask who in the world most wants Sun Qian to be safe and sound, besides her, it would be Wei Dongzhu.
After settling Sun Qian in, Wei Dongzhu returned to Shen Lanxi's place.
"I've assigned Sun Qian to the first team at China University of Petroleum."
Shen Lanxi: "Anyone who can keenly sense being silenced and escape it must have a backup plan. Don't be too suspicious of him; see who's behind him."
Wei Dongzhu's eyes flashed, and he asked, "Could Yan Huai also be alive?"
Sun Qian and Yan Huai were assigned to the same group, and then they fell off the cliff together.
Shen Lanxi raised the corners of her mouth: "Most likely!"
"I will go to the recruitment office tomorrow. You should urge Zhou Ru'an to ask the imperial court for provisions!"
Wei Dongzhu: "We've been urging them for the past few days, but the court hasn't given us a reply yet."
Shen Lanxi sneered: "Then go borrow it. Zhou Ru'an isn't a prince. Didn't His Majesty grant him special privileges? Let him go and borrow from the cities in the Northwest!"
"No one but Zhou Ru'an could have done something so offensive!"
Wei Dongzhu thought of the other cities in the Northwest, and his eyes turned cold.
“Previously, when our Wei family army borrowed grain from the cities in the northwest, they made all sorts of excuses to say they didn’t have any. If it weren’t for our Wei family army guarding the last line of defense, they would have been ravaged by foreign tribes long ago.”
Shen Lanxi scoffed, "That's because your Wei family army is too loyal to the emperor and loves the country." To put it nicely, they are loyal to the emperor and love the country; to put it bluntly, they are inflexible.
"The idea that if a ruler commands his subjects to die, the ruler has no choice but to die is utter nonsense!" Shen Lanxi said disdainfully.
"Resisting foreign invaders is not just a matter for our Zhenbei Army. Why should the other cities stand idly by? They're still a long way from wanting to govern themselves."
As Wei Dong recalled the indifferent garrison commanders of each city, his eyes flashed with a cold light.
"I'll go find the Second Prince right now." He wasn't willing to wait even a quarter of an hour.
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Recruiting office.
“In recent days, very few people have come to join the army. Sometimes we don’t see a single person for two days!” Shen Conglian sighed.
After looking at the recruitment roster for the past ten days, Shen Lanxi closed the roster.
In the last ten days, fewer than two hundred people have come to join the army. This cannot continue!
"Where is Military Advisor Che?" she asked Cheng Zheng, who was standing beside her.
The latter wrote: "Relieving the relocated population within the city!"
Fifteen minutes later, Shen Lanxi met Che Mingyuan.
"I've already moved all the remaining residents from several nearby villages to the city in the past few days. The next step is to resettle the people in the prison." The prisoners in the prison need to be carefully screened. Che Mingyuan doesn't trust anyone else to do it and wants to keep an eye on things himself.
Shen Lanxi: "We will post notices in the military, and if any family members are willing to come and follow us, the military will cover their travel expenses, provide them with housing, and arrange their livelihood."
Che Mingyuan: "..."
"This... costs too much money."
Shen Lanxi: "If you want money, go find Liu Yanhui."
Che Mingyuan: I've forgotten about the salt mine and those people who went to raid for gold.
Shen Lanxi continued, "If they are unmarried and have someone they like, the military will provide them with money for their wedding and allocate them housing."
"If both are unmarried and in the military, and are willing to marry, the military will provide silver, housing, and care for any children born, with the military providing special personnel to raise them until they are eight years old."
Che Mingyuan's eyes widened as he listened. Could they really recruit soldiers like this?
Shen Lanxi: "Regarding the relocated population, provide them with settlement funds, housing, and assistance with making a living, based on their individual circumstances. You can arrange these things as you see fit!"
Che Mingyuan quickly grabbed the paper and pen from Cheng Zheng's hand and wrote it down. These notes could be divided into many details, such as those who were transferred from prison and those who were exiled. These people could be given houses and jobs, but not money.
Looking at his empty hands, Cheng Zheng helplessly pulled out another set of paper and pen from his bag.
Why does Che Mingyuan always like to snatch his paper and pen?
After finishing writing, Che Mingyuan thought of another question.
What if there aren't enough houses in the city?
Shen Lanxi: "If there's not enough room, build houses. Otherwise, with so many people moved here, are they all just sitting there vacant?"
This involves money and food.
Shen Lanxi could tell what he was thinking just by looking at him.
"Don't worry, Zhou Ru'an will soon be able to get us money and supplies!"
Che Mingyuan turned to look at Ban Sicao, and after she explained, Che Mingyuan couldn't help but sigh.
I only knew that their general was brave and skilled in military strategy, but I never expected that he also understood the way to govern the country and maintain peace.
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