All Heavens and Worlds Modified History System

Chapter 28: Tripping someone up behind their back and talking business face to face

"Father."

After Chen Ran left, Wu Sangui, who was tall, white-faced and full-faced, sat in front of Wu Xiang. "I always feel that General Chen..."

"Do you look down on me?" Wu Xiang smiled carefreely, "It's nothing serious, don't take it to heart."

Looking at his son who looked unwilling, Wu Xiang comforted him, "Chen Ran wanted to be Yue Wumu and Huo Huqi. Naturally, he would look down on a man like you who is not good at fighting and is also a businessman."

"Him?" Wu Sangui, who had a good impression of Chen Ran before, was now angry and full of hatred because Chen Ran did not respect his father. "He just won two battles by luck, and he dares to call himself Wu Mu Huqi?"

"It's not luck." When Wu Xiang said this, he immediately became serious. "Don't underestimate this man. He has real skills."

"My father used some money and sent someone to find the people from the Santun Camp and find out their secrets."

"He was originally just a small flag commander, but he was valued by Zhao Lujiao and Zhou Yanru, and worked his way up to the position of a thousand commander."

At this point, Wu Xiang said sternly, "What makes this person different is that he is not greedy!"

"what?"

Wu Sangui was like hearing a terrible joke, "How is it possible? In this day and age, how can there be people who are not corrupt?"

"This is true." Wu Xiang was also full of disbelief. "He doesn't eat empty salaries, nor does he exploit soldiers, and he certainly doesn't resell military supplies."

"Then where does he get the money and food to train his troops?"

That’s the crux of the matter.

The imperial court has been in arrears with food and wages for years, and the people can't even get enough food to eat, so how can they train their troops?

"When Jizhen was rioting for military pay, the imperial court did provide three years' worth of military pay at once." Wu Xiang looked thoughtful, "But that amount of money and food was not enough for him to train a strong army. I heard that he has many armored men under his command, and the muskets he uses are all high-quality. I really don't understand where he gets the money and food."

“This person has great ambitions.”

Wu Xiang warned his son, "Whether he wants to be Yue Wumu or Huo Huqi, that is his own business. As for you, if you don't want to associate with him, don't offend him."

"Yes." Wu Sangui snorted, "I understand."

The next morning, Zhang Shize went to visit Chen Ran again, but learned that General Chen had already left the city and went to the military camp outside the city.

Feeling helpless, he had to ride out of the city with a group of his followers to look for the Jizhen military camp.

Unexpectedly, he was stopped outside the military camp gate.

"You are blind!" The servant of the Duke of England's mansion jumped up and down and yelled, "This is the young master of the Duke of England's mansion! Get out of here immediately!"

The soldier guarding the camp gate looked coldly at the group of people in front of him.

They didn't say anything, but just drew their goose-feather knives.

Anyone who trespasses into the military camp will be killed without mercy.

"Back off!" Zhang Shize saw the soldiers' fierce eyes and immediately scolded the servants.

He is from a family of military generals, so he naturally understands the warriors who have fought in battles and seen blood. When they get angry, they don't care if you are a young master of a mansion.

After getting off his horse, Zhang Shize hesitated for a moment, then put on an ugly smile and said, "Please inform General Chen that Zhang Shize wants to see you at the Duke of Ying's mansion."

The soldiers looked him over and then said, "Wait."

After about an incense stick of time, Wang De, who had already completely surrendered to Chen Ran, quickly came to the camp gate and said, "Young Master, my master wants to see you."

Zhang Shize breathed a sigh of relief and was about to lead his men into the camp, but was stopped by Wang De, "Young Master, according to military law, outsiders are not allowed to enter."

"The young master is from a military family. He has a position in one of the three camps, so he is considered a member of the army." At this point, Wang De pointed at the servants in the Duke of Ying's mansion and said, "They are not good enough."

"Bah! In the past, we were able to enter and exit the three camps freely. Why do you have so many rules here?" Some servants who didn't know the seriousness of the matter felt that they were being despised. They jumped up and down and said, "What a filthy place! How dare I enter it?"

To make a living under the feet of the emperor, even if you are a beggar, you must show enough power and never let yourself be looked down upon by those country bumpkins.

In the past, they were reluctant to go to places like military camps.

But something new happened today. I was actually stopped by someone.

"Shut your dog mouth!" Zhang Shize was furious. "Slap yourself in the face, don't stop!"

"I'm sorry for my poor discipline."

Wang De looked at him without saying anything, then turned around and led the way into the camp.

The servants were uneducated and could barely recognize a few words, so naturally they didn't understand the rules here.

Zhang Shize has been exposed to relevant knowledge since he was a child, and he knows that this is not directed at him, this is military regulations!

The three major camps had long forgotten this military rule. Anyone could enter the camp and hang out there. They were no longer considered part of the army.

"Strict military discipline is the essence of a strong army!"

The military is a violent institution. Without strict military discipline, the only result is loss of control.

After carefully observing along the way, Wang De walked in the huge camp for a long time and finally arrived at a huge camp.

After entering the camp, Zhang Shize was stunned.

There were crowds of people in front of me, all of them were women wearing thick cotton-padded jackets!

"This, this, this"

Chen Ran didn't notice Zhang Shize's arrival. He continued to steadily distribute travel expenses and dry food to those women who still had relatives to rely on.

There were about several hundred women who had relatives to rely on, and each of them was given twenty taels of silver and twenty kilograms of dry food.

It’s not that I’m reluctant to give more, but giving too much is not a good thing, it will harm them instead.

After distributing the items, Chen Ran called the escort agency staff who had been waiting for a long time to come forward. "Listen carefully, I will only say this once." Chen Ran said solemnly, "You will not lose a penny of silver. You must send the people to their relatives safely. If the relatives do not accept them, then bring them back safely."

"Being safe and sound does not only refer to one's life, but also to no humiliation. If it starts with you, everyone in the escort agency will be killed!"

At this point, Chen Ran glanced at the chief escorts of the four major escort agencies in Beijing one by one. "I know you all have people behind you. Today I tell you clearly that I don't care about your backers. Do you understand?"

The four chief escort leaders have traveled far and wide and are well-informed, so they naturally know that the Lord Chen in front of them is not joking.

If anything really happened to these women, people would really dare to slaughter everyone in the escort agency.

With awe in their hearts, they all bowed together, "Please rest assured, sir!"

Chen Ran signaled Zhu Laitong, "Arrange the troops to follow and either bring back the receipt or the people. If anything happens to the people, the whole team will be killed."

Don't blame him for making trouble, this era is just too dark.

These women who plan to go to live with their relatives are basically young and beautiful.

If the arrangements are not made properly, it is almost foreseeable that she will be humiliated on the way and then sold to some brothel.

From the emperor to the civil and military officials, all turned a blind eye to the suffering of the people.

Chen Ran is different. He has a heart from the modern world and is unwilling to go along with the crowd.

I will help if I can, to the best of my ability.

Those women who were planning to go to their relatives kowtowed to Chen Ran with tears in their eyes before leaving.

Grateful for his great kindness.

Not only did it save them from becoming slaves and being ravaged by the beast-like Jian Nu, but it also provided them with a way out.

Anyone with a shred of conscience will be grateful.

Hundreds of people left, but more than ten thousand women still had no way out.

Their relatives were abducted and slaughtered by the Tartars, and their homes were looted and burned by the Tartars.

They had no way to go and nowhere to go, so they could only beg Chen Ran for shelter.

"I will be moving to Dongjiang soon." Chen Ran, standing on the platform, raised the iron tube in his hand and shouted, "You can go with me. When the time is right, I will find a single and suitable match in the army to marry. If you don't want to get married, you can also get some land to support yourself, or work in a textile factory."

"If you are willing, you can rest in the camp for a while. If you don't want to, if you have any ideas, tell us now!"

The women remained silent and no one spoke.

Seeing this, Chen Ran walked down from the platform and told Zhu Laitong, "Don't lack food, clothing, and tents for them. If they get sick, seek treatment from a military doctor."

In fact, Zhu Laitong felt that Chen Ran was too soft-hearted.

According to his idea, the right way would be to find the most beautiful women among them and share them among the generals, and the rest would either be allocated to the soldiers or sold for money.

What's going on now. "Don't worry, Zihou. I'll take care of this."

After finishing the things here, Chen Ran walked towards Zhang Shize who had a shocked look on his face.

"Young Master, you are here to see me. Is there something important?"

Zhang Shize, with a complicated expression, was silent for a while. After a long while, he slowly spoke, "It's nothing serious. It's just that our ancestor invited Zihou to come to the mansion for a banquet."

"It's not a good time today." Chen Ran shook his head bluntly, "I have already made an appointment with someone in advance to discuss something important."

After witnessing the previous scene, Zhang Shize suddenly felt a little gloomy and waved his hand, "It's okay, let's talk about it tomorrow."

After saying that, he turned around and left without saying anything more.

"Tomorrow? Tomorrow the emperor will go to the Imperial Ancestral Temple to offer captives and celebrate the victory."

Chen Ran was not trying to fool Zhang Shize. Someone had indeed asked him to meet to discuss important matters.

The agreed location was Zhao Luejiao’s residence in the capital.

The people who made the appointment with them were the generals of Liaozhen.

There are many generals in Liaozhen, and it is impossible for all of them to run to Zhao Lujiao's house. If that were the case, the emperor would not be able to sleep at night.

The group that came was led by Zu Dashou, and there were about seven or eight people.

Eat, drink, listen to music, watch dance, taste tea and chat.

Once these procedures are completed, we can finally get down to business.

"The Ministry of War has completed the investigation." It was Wu Xiang who spoke, and his mental state was not very good.

There was no other way. He had been negotiating the price with Chen Ran's logistics manager Liu Youfu for a whole day but hadn't gained any advantage. Of course, he was not in a good mood.

"It has been decided that 3,419 heads of the Tartars and 4,128 heads of the Mongolian tribes will be taken."

Wu Xiang yawned tiredly. "Marshal Zhao, General Chen, how much can you sell to me? Liaozhen has nothing else, but I can still afford the silver."

The important issue discussed in this private meeting between Liaozhen and Jizhen was the purchase of heads.

For ordinary soldiers, heads were worth silver. For example, the head of a real Tatar could cost as much as fifty taels.

But for military generals, heads are military achievements and are essential items for promotion.

It's not just themselves and their own nephews and nieces, but more importantly the big and small flag generals, hundred generals, battalion generals, thousand generals, and garrison commanders under their command.

If you want your younger brothers to be loyal and obedient, you must give them benefits.

"I don't want money." Chen Ran knocked on the table in front of him. "I want a horse."

(End of this chapter)