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Chapter 79: The Crisis Is Coming

"Train the new army?" Yuan Sanyi's eyes widened when he heard this, and it seemed even more surprising than hearing that he would rob a vote again.

Lu Haoshan nodded and said seriously: "That's right, train the new army."

"Official army or private army? Is there any organization? Is there any supplies?"

"It's considered a private force, without organization, everything depends on its own supply."

"Brother Shan, you are not on a whim." Yuan San decided to pour some cold water on him to make him sober: "It is not a matter of training a new army overnight. It costs a lot. The monthly military pay is a huge expense, but the proportion of the use is still small. In addition to military pay, daily food is also a considerable expense. Then the training ground, weapons, armor, horses, injury expenses, pensions, rewards, etc. This is simply a bottomless pit. Just look at the officers and soldiers of the garrison. There is so much land that can't be supported. You only have tens of thousands of people in Jiangyou. It's already difficult to raise so many clerks. You still have to raise an army? The court will not agree, and the people will not buy it. You are planning to use this 20,000 taels to raise an army, right?"

This is not a child's house play. Yuan San found that he was increasingly underestimating this sworn brother. He was bold, meticulous, and often unexpected. However, it was a bit whimsical to want to raise an army by himself.

Besides, does Jiang You have to support the army? As a sworn brother, Yuan San has to remind him of this extremely smart little brother.

Lu Haosheng knew that Yuan Sanshu said was a fact and said this from a kind intention, but he still said with a firm look: "San brother, I know your kind intention, but I have decided to do it. I would like to ask the third brother to fulfill it."

Before Yuan San could speak, Lu Haoshan immediately said: "As for military expenditure issues, I have made plans early in the morning. At that time, I will use tea and horse trading so that I can earn military expenditure while practicing."

"Tea Horse Trading?" Yuan San was shocked and stared at Lu Haoshan and said, "Brother Shan, although this tea horse trading is huge profits, the water in it is too deep, so you must be careful."

Yuan San also heard of the tea and horse transaction. You're welcome to say that except for the emperor and a few powerful figures, the others are all small characters. Although the profit is large, the risks are also high. Especially the political situation is unstable, the uprisings continue, and mobs are everywhere. Sometimes the imperial decrees are not easy to use, and the danger of going out for business is even higher.

Lu Haoshan said confidently: "Stern Brother, don't worry. I plan this matter carefully. You will know that at that time. Please be more careful with me."

"Brother Shan, what are you doing? There are yamen runners in the county yamen. If there is something wrong, those garrisons will not stand by. It is just for personal safety. The twelve of us asked themselves that protecting your safety is not a problem. Why do you still need to train the army? This is not a joke." Yuan San advised earnestly.

"San brother, I said all this to live a better life. Do you believe it?"

"Although I don't know what you are going to do, since you are a brother, what you are going to do, the third brother will definitely support you." Yuan San sighed and finally compromised.

I originally wanted to persuade him, but when I saw Lu Haoshan's confident and firm eyes, my heart moved. For some reason, I suddenly felt very expectant. Yuan San suddenly wanted to see what height he, the "uneasy" mountain brother, would grow to? In addition, there was another reason. Lu Haoshan was only a small county magistrate, and his annual salary was only 30 to 40 taels. If he did nothing, what would he use to support this private guard? You must know that dozens of people rely on him to support him, and war horses are no exception. This kind of war horse will lose weight if it is not enough for three days, and the annual fee can be as high as three ordinary soldiers.

People eat horses and chew them, but they only go out but not in. Even if they are rich and silver, they will sit and eat the mountains of nothing.

"Thank you, Brother San, all the money has been marked and you have to do some tricks before you can use it. Our company will allocate it to you from the county government."

"Okay, you can do it."

After exiting the cave and pretending carefully, Lu Haoshan said to himself as he walked: "Well, it's time to build a stronghold nearby here." There is no place to put so much money, so it's a bit unreasonable to store it in the cave. Fortunately, Yuan San and the others were training nearby. With them watching, the safety of this money is not a problem.

Is this a big family business?

With a longing for the future, Lu Haoshan and Liu Jinzhu rode straight to the county government.

"Hey, sir, look, isn't Zhang Yunhui standing at the door?" When he was about to arrive at the county government office, Liu Jinzhu pointed at the person at the door and said loudly.

Lu Haoshan looked at it and said, yes, Zhang Yunhui was walking around the county government gate, looking very anxious, shook his head and rode his horse over.

"Sir, you're back." Before the yamen runners moved, Zhang Yunhui walked over first and said anxiously: "It's so anxious that the officials are."

"Wait for me? Zhang Zhubu, what happened?" Lu Haoshan asked in surprise. Zhang Yunhui usually pretended to be deep and confident. Even though he heard that the tax silver entrusted by Cao Hu was robbed yesterday, he didn't see him say anything. Now he ran to the county government office to wait for him, and he didn't know what happened?

Zhang Yunhui said anxiously: "Sir, where have you been? The subordinates can't find someone to find you. Hurry up, the prefect is waiting for you in the hall."

What, Lord Prefect?

Lu Haoshan felt a little excited: What is coming is finally coming.

If I were Lu Wenhua's original deity, I would naturally go to meet him openly, but I would not like Shangguan. At most, I would give some "little shoes" to wear, which was not dangerous. The problem was that I was fake. Since I took office, I have never seen this prefect. When I gave him gifts during the Chinese New Year, I also sent someone to bring gift lists and never visited him in person. It was considered a very unceremonious thing. Now that the boss is patrolling here, he will see him even if he doesn't see him. For a moment, Lu Haoshan's heart was in chaos.

From fake to now, Lu Haoshan has become the role of a county magistrate, treating himself as a county magistrate of Jiangyou. Every word and action, every move has a bit of the aura of a county magistrate, but it is not true that Lu Haoshan is not sure now whether the dead Lu Wenhua knows whether the current prefect is acquainted with the current prefect, or even has a master-disciple relationship, etc. In ancient times, I like to recruit students, like banquets and poetry meetings, etc. The circle of scholars is small, not big. Once the prefect finds that he is not himself, everything will be over.

His own status, fame, the money he plundered, the care for Yuan San and his family, etc., all his power comes from the position of county magistrate. Once exposed, everything he did was in vain. Lu Haoshan now regrets not transferring the money: once the matter is revealed, all this will be a wedding dress for others.

He was careless, and he had been living a very easy life. He never thought of any emergency plan, let alone figure out the details of the possible intersection. For example, the prefect of Long'an Prefecture, Lu Haoshan only knew that his surname was Cheng and his name was Tieshan, and where was his person? What do you like? Whether he had old friends with Lu Wenhua, etc., it can be said that he had a dark eye and had no idea. Now that the crisis is coming, he remembered to pay attention. Unfortunately, everything is too late.

"Sir, what's wrong? Are you okay?" Seeing Lu Haoshan's face strange, Zhang Yunhui said with concern on his face.

"Oh, it's okay, I didn't expect the prefect to come suddenly, and I was a little surprised."

Zhang Yunhui said anxiously: "Sir, let's talk about these things later. The magistrate has been waiting for you for half an hour. You can go and see him quickly."

"Okay, I'll go now." Lu Haoshan gritted his teeth, turned around and walked in.
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