Chapter 38

Yun Qijun did not come slowly. They stayed in Yangcheng County for several days before they arrived at Jingnan County, the most important foundation of Zhao Yuanjin.

The two brothers, Qingyuan and Qinglin, sitting opposite each other, were looking at the secret report in their hands. Their faces were obviously confused.

This restaurant is actually one of the many secret strongholds set up by lingcangshan in the south. It is usually run by its own responsibilities, and it also takes the advantages of accumulating wealth for the clan, purchasing living resources, spying and collecting intelligence, looking for children with root talent, and replenishing blood for the clan.

“…… Zhao Yuanjin's subordinates still have a few capable people who have been following us for so long. "

For a long time, the cloud Qi Jun side passes the first light way.

"It's just that we didn't do it, or none of those nasty guys would survive." Qinglin Taoist said disapprovingly.

"It's just a bunch of ordinary people who obey orders. What's the matter?"

Yun Qijun smiles with disapproval. Her jade hand reaches out and takes the secret newspaper. She looks at it at will. Her smile in her beautiful eyes fades away: "this Zhao Yuanjin has developed very well recently, which is far beyond my prior estimation. It's unbelievable."

Taoist of Qingyuan nodded: "yes, according to the information above, the number of new troops under his command is as many as 40000, and with the original 30000 troops, the total force has reached 70000! It is said that 30000 people will be recruited. How can a small vassal who was almost wiped out a few months ago have such a rich family background to support such a huge army? "

How many troops a vassal can have depends on many factors. Of course, the most important is financial resources. Only when we have enough money and food can we raise our troops and our elite soldiers.

If you want to recruit and train elite soldiers on a large scale, the amount of money and food needed is by no means a small amount. It is absolutely impossible to describe it as "spending money like water". In all dynasties, military expenditure has always been a heavy burden on the imperial court, but it is also an essential cost to maintain the stability of the country.

In terms of the size of the army, Zhao Yuanjin can no doubt be regarded as a great prince with the appearance of a hidden dragon. However, his territory is only three counties, and he is still a new one. In theory, he can not provide enough money and food to support such a huge army.

It has been two years since Wu zhence started his career in Huaiyang. Now he has nine prefectures and the support of lingcangshan and many southern clans. At present, he has only 100000 troops under his command, and only 40000 new troops are being trained.

Wu zhence didn't want to continue to expand the army, but his own financial resources could not support it. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers ate horses and chewed corn, white flour and grass every day to make several mountains. Once there was a war, all kinds of consumption would be even more exaggerated!

I'm not afraid to be laughed at by others. The Wu surnamed Qianlong now owes a lot of debts. Many of the ious are issued in his own name, the creditor Naturally, they are the rich families in the south. In any case, we should borrow resources such as money, grain and rice, fine iron, cloth, timber and so on.

After winning battles in the future, seizing more land, killing a number of unsatisfied rich landlords and depriving them of their property and wealth, they will naturally be able to pay their debts and borrow more resources by the way.

This kind of borrowing money to fight a war, paying off the debt after winning the war, and borrowing more debt to expand and develop by the way. Many vassals and princes play in this way. Even the European powers that dominated the world in the early 20th century, such as Britain, France, Germany and the Soviet Union, borrowed a lot of debt from the richest United States at that time.

Some greedy and tyrannical vassals and princes will also apportion taxes and corvees to the common people. Even taxes for many years to come will be collected ahead of time. They will squeeze out the last trace of oil and water from the common people regardless of the consequences, so that they can have more capital to expand.

What about losing? There is no need to ask this question. Since ancient times, the world has been fighting for dragons. If it fails, it will die. The loser dies and the family dies, and the creditors only have to admit that they are unlucky. It's good not to be settled by the winner after the fall. How dare you hope for more?

Wu zhence's financial situation is quite good among the princes. After all, he is a potential Qianlong, and many people are optimistic about him and willing to invest and bet. However, Zhao Yuanjin, who was isolated from the situation, obviously did not have such convenient conditions. How could he have the capital to expand the military force so wildly?

Qinglin Taoist added: "what's more, according to the information collected by our people, the food level of Zhao Yuanjin's army is quite good, and they can eat meat every day. Especially when marching and fighting, dundundun is full of fish and meat. Even all the horses are fed with millet grain, which costs It's ridiculous

Wu zhence's close guard and pro army could not have such a good treatment, let alone ordinary soldiers? In the long run, Zhao Yuanjin's army will have a lot of advantages in physical fitness, morale and endurance of horses, and it will be the same with the elite troops of the imperial court.

"Under normal circumstances, Zhao Yuanjin could never have provided so much refined food and meat to support the army in such a luxurious way. The imperial court could not afford such a practice. It seems that there must be great secrets in him that we don't know. "

"Is there another hidden sect helping him secretly? And more than one... " Qingyuan Taoist speculated.Yun Qijun shook his head firmly: "it's impossible. Except for our lingcang mountain, there are only a few top sects in the town. If any one makes a move, we can't miss the wind."

The circle of friars is so large that we have known each other for hundreds of years. It is impossible to conceal something for a long time.

Just like Ling Cangshan, when he decided to support Qianlong, he said hello to several other families in advance. The high-level officials formed some tacit understanding. No matter whether they succeed or not, the infighting of each family is limited to the younger generation of disciples who have gone out of the mountain for training, and can not affect a higher level. In particular, people and immortals are not allowed to go out and do things to the younger generation of other sects.

"In this case, we must find out the truth of the matter as soon as possible, otherwise we really want to let it go. Before long, Zhao Yuanjin will grow to the point of great power and difficult to control, which is a greater threat to Wu zhence than the imperial court."

"I mean it, too." Yun Qijun nodded his head.

Now that he has chosen the support object, the remaining Qianlong princes will automatically become the enemies of zongmen, and Wu zhence can solve the problem by himself. If you can't, then try to bear some connections and sacrifice the path of several younger disciples to eliminate it in advance.

Before that, of course, we have to find out the secret of Zhao Yuanjin. If we can get it successfully and use it by the clan, it would be great.

so in the next few days, the three men got rid of the eye liner of tracking and tracking, and kept wandering around the city. They secretly contacted some identities of the dark eye liner. After finding no harvest, Yun Qi Jun decided to act alone.

Late that night, the inner descendant of lingcangshan Taoist school sneaked into the Jiedushi mansion alone. After exploring for a circle, he still found no abnormality. On the contrary, a group of masters guarding the mansion noticed the clue and had to retreat ahead of time.

Zhao Yuanjin doesn't have the help of immortals. However, there are still some martial arts experts the day after tomorrow. There is also a master level master in the congenital level. She came here not long ago. With the advantage of geographical location, she can find the trace of Yun Qijun. After all, she is not familiar with the internal environment of Jiedushi residence, so it is inevitable to make a business trip.

After that, Yun Qijun went to the barracks outside the city, and still had no harvest. With Qin Feng's warning in advance, Zhao Yuanjin was extremely concerned about confidential matters, and some sensitive things were hidden extremely tightly.

Finally, as a descendant of lingcang mountain, Yun Qijun, who has nothing to do, simply no longer wastes his energy. He requests to meet the governor.

She planned to ask Zhao Yuanjin face to face. If the two sides failed in their talks, they would have to resort to thunder.

After receiving the famous post, Zhao Yuanjin gave a reply after a little consideration, saying that he would meet her formally the next morning.

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