"Borrow grain."

In Zetian Palace, several important officials of the Empire stood alone, while Lin Muyu and Tang Xiaoxi stood in the central aisle together, looking up at Qin Yin on the throne.

Tang Lan seems to be the most sensitive about borrowing grain, after all, the Ministry of Revenue is directly under his control.

"What's wrong, Mr. Lan." Qin Yin said in surprise: "Can the empire even provide three million kilograms of food?"

"Your Highness..."

Tang Lan looked puzzled and said, "After Your Highness ascended the throne, he had amnesty for the world and the taxes were reduced by half. Therefore, the funds and grain of the Ministry of Revenue were very tight. Three million kilograms of grain seemed not much, but... Your Highness didn't know that a soldier's food was about two kilograms a day, and the rations of ten thousand troops were 20,000 kilograms a day. There were nearly 200,000 troops stationed around the empire. We just provided these troops with 400,000 kilograms a day, which was already quite tight. If we gave the demon clan, I'm afraid..."

Tang Xiaoxi bit her red lips and said, "But these three million kilograms of food are too important to the demon clan, and it can even kill 100,000 less people..."

Lin Muyu pleaded with love: "Duke Lan, you are in charge of the Ministry of Revenue. If you squeeze a little, you should be able to make up three million kilograms of food. If it really doesn't work, we can always buy it with money."

Tang Lan clasped his fists and said, "Master Yu doesn't know that Lanyan City's harvest today is not very good. Besides...... The chariots cannot be used in the jungle. They can only use the civilians to carry it. It takes at least fifteen days to reach the endless forest with the civilians' footsteps. They have to eat one pound of grain every day. Fifteen days are 15 pounds of grain, and one pound of food is 30 pounds each... A civilian carries up to 60 pounds of weight through a long journey, so transporting grain to the demon clan is not three million pounds, but six million pounds."

Tang Xiaoxi's beautiful face was gloomy: "But grandpa..."

Tang Lan looked at Tang Xiaoxi, looking at his favorite granddaughter, her eyes couldn't help but soften, and said, "But Xiaoxi don't have to worry, grandpa will find a way for you. These six million pounds... The national treasury costs two million pounds, and the remaining four million pounds are grandpa to raise you. Don't worry, the first batch of grain will be on the way tomorrow."

As he said that, Tang Lan looked at Qin Yin respectfully and said, "Your Highness, I don't know how good it is."

Qin Yin nodded and smiled: "The demon clan is our vassal state. We should rescue it. As long as we can save the demon clan in danger, everything is fine. Thank you Mr. Lan for his efforts to contribute to the country."

Tang Lan: "Thank you, Your Highness, for understanding the old minister, by the way..."

"Lan Gong has something else."

"yes."

Tang Lan clasped his fists and said, "Recently, the Gentian Camp seems to have built many new camps on the edge of the jungle in the north of Lanyan City. When the old ministers patrolled the city, they saw many people who did not belong to the Imperial Army holding weapons and wearing armor and training tactics for fighting. There were still a large number of people, at least 30,000. And the people from the Lingbei Mercenary Group seemed to be there, and I don't know if Your Highness knows about this."

Qin Yin was stunned and said, "I know... those are the backup combat powers of the Longtan Camp."

"But Your Highness." Tang Lan looked up and said, "The Imperial Military Law strictly stipulates the number of people in each legion. Once someone recruits troops privately, it is considered a crime to cause trouble. Please ask Your Highness to observe clearly."

"If that's the case..." Qin Yin slowly stood up, his bright eyes full of smiles, and said, "Lin Muyu, the commander of the Longtian Camp, made contributions to saving the country. The Longtian Camp has defeated the demon clan continuously on the Qinling Mountains. The army of the Yihe Kingdom has greatly boosted the national prestige. He immediately planned to expand the Longtian Camp, with a maximum of 50,000 people, which is in line with the will of heaven and the public opinion. I think Mr. Lan and grandpa should not have any objections."

Tang Lan was stunned.

Su Muyun bowed calmly, but said nothing.

However, several generals of the Su family showed an indignant look. One of them was Su Long, the commander of the Iron Blade Army of Muyu City, and said with a fist: "Your Highness, the empire is now experiencing a disaster of food shortage. When the people are not full of food, they have expanded their army. This seems to be inconsistent. Please also ask Your Highness to remember the people of the world."

"Is that true?" Qin Yin looked at Su Long and said, "Duke Lan, grandpa, actually Xiao Yin has a decision. I plan to reduce the salary of all officials in the empire by 20% from next month, and use this money to encourage land reclamation, planting and other livelihoods. What do you think?"

Su Muyun bowed and said, "The old minister supports Your Highness's resolution, but he is worried that those ministers who are used to living a good life will be dissatisfied."

"It's okay, they'll be convinced."

Qin Yin smiled and said, "Print the Holy Imperial Edict. When the Empire is in danger, all ministers will reduce their salary by 20%. In addition, to expanding the Gentian Camp, all the weapons, food, war horses, etc. required will be provided by the Ministry of War and must not be neglected."

Everyone clasped their fists together: "Yes, Your Highness."

On the side, Xue Ling, the Minister of War, looked at Lin Muyu with a smile and said, "Congratulations to Commander Yu, you have finally upgraded from a battalion commander to a legion commander."

According to the imperial military system, an army less than 20,000 people can only be considered a battalion organization, while an army more than 20,000 can be called a corps. There is no upper limit for the number of a corps, and the prestige and power of a corps commander are obviously far higher than that of a battalion and regiment. The biggest beneficiary of the expansion of the gentian camp is tantamount to Lin Muyu. Now he is an indispensable existence in the imperial army.

"Thank you, Lord Xue Ling." Lin Muyu smiled respectfully: "In the future, Lord Xue Ling will rely on Lord Xue Ling to take care of us, otherwise we will not be able to supply food, grass, weapons, etc., so the number of people will be ineffective."

Xue Ling laughed and said, "Don't worry, Commander Yu, I will do everything myself and will not let the Longtian Camp be neglected in military supplies at all."

"Yeah, thank you."

...

In the afternoon, a hundred carriages loaded with food left Lanyan City and went to Zhenyao Pass. Tang Lan was very respectful of Tang Xiaoxi's affairs, and this efficiency was really impressive. According to Tang Xiaoxi's instructions, after this batch of grain arrived at Zhenyao Pass, the army of Tangzhen's Zhenguo was sent to the Endless Forest by the Tangzhen Army, and the demon clan in the Endless Forest would also send people to help. This saved the food and manpower of the people, which was not as terrible as Tang Lan described.

However, Tang Xiaoxi still seemed unable to forgive Tang Lan, but just promised him to go back to the Duke's Mansion for dinner in the evening, and in the afternoon, he still brought dozens of guard knights to Lin Muyu's side.

Lin Muyu's task in the afternoon was to check out the newly built camp of Longtan Camp. In fact, he was very worried. Although Situ Sen was also a senior imperial general before, he had been a big gangster for four years and his style of conduct had slowly changed. He was not as committed as Wei Qiu, Feng Xi and others.

As expected, the Gentian Camp was very chaotic in the newly built camp outside the North City.

Lin Muyu led a heavy cavalry of a thousand-man Gentian Battalion slowly into the camp. Both sides were filled with tents, and no one filled the mud in the ground. In the wilderness, many disciples from the slums were competing for the only few Gentian Battalion battle armor and military emblems, one by one, and one by one, blushed. On the other side was a bard sitting in the mud playing the horse-headed fiddle. A group of recruits from the Gentian Battalion were yelling around. They shouted. There were also several recruits with big and thick wrestling competitions and even gambling.

Tang Xiaoxi looked at her bright eyes and couldn't help but burst into laughter: "I said to Commander Mu, you, the new recruits from the Gentian Camp, look really good... I really don't know how you will ** them in the future..."

Lin Muyu's face was ashamed: "I'll go... I'm so angry. Come on, where is Situ Sen, come and find him for me."

“Yes, commander.”

In the chaotic crowd, Situ Sen rode his horse, wearing two Venus captains' ranks between his neck, wearing a fiery red robe of the Gentian camp, respectfully clasped his fists and said: "I will meet the commander."

"Stu Sen."

Lin Muyu reached out to a group of people in the camp and said, "Are these... the new recruits you brought to me? You were once an imperial general. Is there anyone who led the troops like you?"

Situ Sen said solemnly: "The commander doesn't know that these people were originally some rogues. It's not that easy to train them into real imperial soldiers. They can't be completed in one or two days. Because they are not able to adapt to the life of the military camp for the time being, and the Longtan Camp does not have a camp girl, so I have approved that they can go to the Hua Restaurant in Lanyan City twice a week. If conditions permit, they can take a concubine in a room, but they cannot be taken into the military camp. Fights are allowed once within three days, but they cannot be killed. None can be picked during training in tactics, no more than three times a day."

Lin Muyu was so angry that she was almost fainting with Venus: "Situ Sen, you...you treat my gentian camp as a cattle herding farm..."

Wei Qiu also said: "Situ Sen, there is someone like you who leads troops."

Situ Sen immediately glared and said, "Wei Qiu, don't think it's great to be the deputy commander. Let me tell you, as long as we use 50% of our strength, we can defeat you within three moves. The commander can scold us Situ Sen. You Wei Qiu does not have this qualification."

Wei Qiu was almost pissed to death together.

Lin Muyu squinted his eyes and asked, "General Situ Sen, are you really planning to lead troops like this? Can such a gentian camp really fight with the demons? I'm very worried..."

Situ Sen respectfully clasped his fists and smiled, his eyes full of deep meaning, and said, "Commander, if you trust me, Situ Sen, give me the full responsibility of training recruits. Don't worry... Once we really face the demons, I can guarantee that these grandsons will immediately forget all the people in the flower building, carry the weapons and fight with us to sacrifice their lives."

"Um."

Lin Muyu nodded in praise and smiled: "Perhaps only blood can make them realize what war looks like, and there will be such a chance."

Situ Sen nodded: "Commander, further north is Axue's Third Legion camp, and the Lingbei Mercenary Group will definitely satisfy you."
Chapter completed!