Tibet

Chapter 261 Hot Silver
Zhang Xianya said in a low voice: "There is still a piece of income that is illegal, has the Jiedushi told the general?"

"Is it related to mining?"

Li Ye suddenly remembered that Gao Xianzhi had indeed mentioned that Anxi Army also had gold and silver mines in Suiye. Could this be a hint to himself?
Zhang Xian nodded, "The Anxi Army has a silver mine near Baoda Army City in the north of Suiye. The imperial court doesn't know the existence of this silver mine, and Gao Shuai directly sends people to manage it. We don't know how much silver it produces every year, but Gao Shuai will give Chen Bingma envoy 1 taels of silver every year, and for three years, Chen Bingma envoy has sealed up this batch of silver, and the ten tael of silver has not been touched."

"why?"

Zhang Xian sighed and said, "Old Chen said that even the border supervisors don't know about the silver mine. Once the incident happens, Gao Shuai will definitely put all the responsibility on him. If he dares to touch the money, he will die." Now, as long as the money is not moved, even if the incident happens, he will be able to explain it clearly."

Li Ye understood very well, with Gao Xianzhi's greed, how could he send 1 taels of silver to Chen Fengzhong every year, obviously he was going to make him take the blame, Chen Fengzhong was very clear about this.

Li Ye suddenly realized something, Chen Fengzhong desperately wanted to transfer back, I am afraid it has a lot to do with this silver mine, Gao Xianzhi let himself be the envoy of Suiye soldiers, is it also related to this silver mine?Let his grandfather protect him at critical moments.

"Where is this batch of money?" Li Ye asked immediately.

"In the warehouse, it was sealed up by the envoy Chen, should the envoy go to have a look?"

Li Ye immediately stood up and said, "Take me to have a look!"

There are two warehouses in the government office, one is called the tax warehouse, which is used to store tax money, soldiers’ military pay is also stored here, and the other is called the case warehouse, which stores money and items belonging to the government office. Of course, there is also a grain warehouse, and Official sheep stud and more.

Li Ye followed Zhang Xian to the case warehouse. The case warehouse consists of three large rooms. The warehouse looks small from the outside, but it feels quite big when you enter. There are various items piled up, such as sheepskin, cloth, wood, medicinal materials, and a lot of other items. , Li Ye even saw a set of fire fighting tools.

"Why are there no weapons?" Li Ye asked.

"Weapons are in the special armor depot, together with the grain and grass depot, in the west of the city!"

At this time, Zhang Xian used a key to open an iron door. The iron door was rusty, and it creaked open, which was very harsh. Inside was a small house, about twenty square meters, and the wooden box on the ground was full of money. , not only the Kaiyuan Tongbao of the Tang Dynasty, but also coins from other countries. There are also two large bags of dinar gold coins on the shelf, which are thousands of pieces.

Zhang Xian pointed to more than a dozen large boxes with seals in the corner and said: "This is it, a total of 3 taels of silver, all sent by Gao Xianzhi, Lao Chen didn't dare to move at all, if he moved, he would not be able to tell in the future .”

At this time, Li Ye saw that there was still a handover record hanging on the wall next to him. He turned to the last page. As expected, it was the resignation count, and there was a handover signed by Chen Fengzhong's Zhang Xian.

Zhang Xian hurriedly said: "As long as General Li and the humble office have a handover and signature, the money will have nothing to do with the humble."

Chen Fengzhong was cautious, but Li Ye didn't care. He was worrying about how to pay the three hundred subordinates. The three hundred subordinates were rewarded, but the salary was not. They were not in the military register of the Ministry of War, although the Pei family could pay for him for a year or a half. , but the Pei family cannot always pay, Li Ye has to find a way by himself.

The 3 taels of silver was simply timely rain, and solved the big problem of military salary for him.

This batch of money was hot money to his predecessor Chen Fengzhong, but not to Li Ye.

Zhang Xian said again in a low voice: "The humble official suggests that the 3 taels of silver be handed over to the Jiedushi, and ask him not to send any more silver in the future. It has nothing to do with the general at all."

Li Ye shook his head and said, "Let's handle the handover, and I will use the 3 taels of silver to pay the military salary!"

Li Ye then came to the barracks and met with the soldiers. There were 500 soldiers stationed in Suiye City, plus Li Ye's 800 soldiers, there were 100 soldiers, and another [-] soldiers were stationed in He Lie. There are [-] soldiers stationed in each small city, including General Peiluo City, Dongcheng City, Yezhi City and Baoda Army City.

In the big tent, Li Ye and all the generals gathered together. Everyone knew about Li Ye. In the battle of pulling Khan, Li Ye's name shook the river. All the countries in Sogdia knew him, and naturally the soldiers of the Tang army in Suiye also knew about him.

"We are not the Suiye Tang Army, we are the Suiye Farm Reclamation Army!"

A general joked: "Businessmen and people in Suiye City call us that."

"Is it that exaggerated?" Li Ye asked with a smile.

Captain Yang Xubin smiled and said: "It's not an exaggeration. We planted 30 mu of wheat fields, raised 1000 sheep, 1000 head of cattle, more than [-] camels, and countless chickens and ducks. Fishing in Rehai, we use goat milk to make cheese, brew goat wine, and plant more than [-] acres of melons, the general, tell me, are we the agricultural reclamation army?"

Li Ye nodded, "Do it yourself and have enough food and clothing. This is not a bad thing in a peaceful era. It can improve the lives of soldiers and their families. But in the future, everyone will start training. Let me tell you in advance that this year may explode. It's a big battle, everyone knows it."

"Who are you going to fight with?" Everyone asked one after another.

"It should be the Great Food Army. The previous battle of pulling Khanna was a rehearsal, probably in the second half of the year! The Great Food Army will attack Hezhong in an all-round way, so starting tomorrow, the army will start training. Three months later, I will send The cavalrymen of three thousand Pulling Khan pulled them over to conduct confrontation training with everyone, and I hope that you will not be defeated by the cavalry of Pulling Khans."

"The general can still command the cavalry that pulled Khan?" Several generals asked in surprise.

Li Ye nodded, "Commander Gao officially named the [-] new army in Bahana the Ningyuan Army. It was named after my rank as General Ningyuan, so the commander of this Ningyuan Army is me. I am not just a broken leaf soldier. At the same time, he is also the guardian of the country of Pullhan, Ye Hu, that is, their national teacher.

Ladies and gentlemen, I hope that the Suiye Tang army is not only stronger than the Khan's army in terms of equipment, but also in terms of army combat effectiveness, I also hope that the Tang army is far stronger than the Khan's cavalry. "

For a few days, Li Ye spent his inspections. He went to the five small cities attached to Suiye City to inspect them. These small cities are actually not small. If there are enough troops, each small city can station two to three thousand people. But now the total strength of Suiye Army Town is only 3000, so each small town can only station [-] soldiers like pepper noodles.

In addition to making inspections, Li Ye also started the intensive training of Suzaku's mental method. Compared with two years ago, he is not only more mature in mind and body, but also stronger and stronger, and his understanding of Suzaku's mental method is also more profound.

He can also feel that Suzaku's mental method has entered a new stage, it can be said that it has entered a mature stage, that is, the late stage.

On this day, Li Ye came to Yezhi City for inspection. Yezhi City is close to Rehai, and there is a shallow water bay called Yezhi Bay. , deeper than many shallow seas.

At night, Li Ye dived into Repulse Bay. Atami is today's Iksai Lake. Its name is Atami, but the actual water temperature is still very cold. It is formed by melting ice and snow from high mountains. Its water color is dark blue, which means that the water is very deep. , is also relatively cold.

Li Ye trained at the bottom of Rehai Lake. There was only one bay, and the lake was as deep as six or seven meters. The lake water was extremely clear. He stood on a big rock and waved his armor-piercing spear for training. The big deep-water fish were disturbed and fled away in panic.

Since he first trained with polo clubs at the bottom of the well, last year he trained with knives at the bottom of the river, and this year he trained with heavy armor-piercing spears at the bottom of Atami Lake, the speed in the water not only did not weaken, but accelerated. What was mentioned in the Suzaku mental method has been achieved. After stopping training for a period of time, practice again. If there is no regression, it will become stronger. If you can chop ninety knives within a stick of incense, the Suzaku mental method is basically successful. up.

But you have to continue to practice hard for about three months, let it stabilize, and you will be able to reach the realm of great success.

Li Ye swung 28 times in one breath, kicked his feet, and rushed to the surface of the water like a fish. The strength of his legs was so strong that even if he carried a sixty-pound armor-piercing spear, he couldn't press him to the bottom of the water. It was unimaginable even last year.

Li Ye rushed out of the water, took a big gulp of air, took a short breath, and dived to the bottom again.

(End of this chapter)