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Zhang Xian lowered his voice and said, There is still some illegal income. Did the Jiedushi tell the general?

Is it related to mining?

Li Ye suddenly remembered that Gao Xianzhi had indeed mentioned that the Anxi Army also had gold and silver mines in Suiye. Could this be a hint to him?

Zhang Xian nodded, The Anxi Army has a silver mine near Baoda Military City in the north of Suiye. The imperial court does not know the existence of this silver mine. It is directly managed by the commander-in-chief. We don't know how much silver is produced every year, but Marshal Gao will give Chen Bingma Shi 10,000 taels of silver every year. For three years, Chen Bingma Shi has kept this batch of money sealed, and not a single tael of silver has been touched.

Why?

Zhang Xian sighed and said: Old Chen said that even the border supervisors didn't know about the silver mine. Once the incident happened, Marshal Gao would definitely put all the responsibility on him. If he dared to touch the money, he would be dead. Well, as long as the money is not moved, he will be able to explain it clearly even if the incident happens.

Li Ye understood very well that with Gao Xianzhi's greed, how could he send 10,000 taels of silver to Chen Fengzhong every year? It was obvious that he was planning to let him take the blame. Chen Fengzhong was very clear on this point.

Li Ye suddenly realized that Chen Fengzhong's desperate desire to be transferred back might have a lot to do with this silver mine. Is Gao Xianzhi's decision to serve as Broken Leaf Soldiers and Horses also had something to do with this silver mine? Let his grandfather protect him at the critical moment.

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

It's in the warehouse and has been sealed up by Envoy Chen. Do you want to take a look at it?

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 dedicated to storing tax money. Soldiers' military salaries are also stored here. The other is called the regular warehouse, which stores money and items belonging to the government office. Of course, there is also a grain and grass warehouse, and Official sheep and horse farm and so on.

Li Ye followed Zhang Xian to the library. The library consisted of three large rooms. The warehouse didn't look big from the outside, but it felt quite big after entering. There were piles of various items, including sheepskins, cloth, wood, medicinal materials, and a large number of other items. , Li Ye even saw a set of fire-fighting tools.

Why are there no weapons? Li Ye asked.

The weapons are in a special armory, together with the grain and grass warehouse, in the west of the city!

At this time, Zhang Xian opened an iron door with a key. The iron door was a little rusty and creaked loudly when he pushed it open. Inside was a small room, about twenty square meters, and the wooden boxes on the ground were full of money. , not only Tang Dynasty Kaiyuan Tongbao, but also coins from other countries. There are also two large bags of dinar gold coins on the shelf, with thousands of them.

Zhang Xian pointed to a dozen large boxes with seals in the corner and said: This is it, a total of thirty thousand taels of silver, all sent by Gao Xianzhi. Old Chen doesn't dare to touch it at all. If he does, he won't be able to explain it clearly in the future. .”

At this time, Li Ye saw a handover record hanging on the wall next to him. He turned to the last page. Sure enough, it was the resignation count, with the handover signature signed by Chen Fengzhong and Zhang Xian.

Zhang Xian said quickly: As long as General Li signs the handover with the humble post office, the money will have nothing to do with the humble post.

Chen Fengzhong was cautious, but Li Ye didn't care. He was worried about how to pay his three hundred subordinates. There were rewards for the three hundred subordinates, but no salaries. They were not included in the military rolls of the Ministry of War. Although the Pei family could pay for him for a year and a half. , but the Pei family can’t always pay, Li Ye has to find a way on his own.

This 30,000 taels of silver was a timely gift, helping him solve the big problem of military salary.

This amount of money was a hot commodity for his predecessor Chen Fengzhong, but not for Li Ye.

Zhang Xian whispered again: I suggest that I give these 30,000 taels of silver to Jiedu Envoy, and ask him not to send any more silver in the future. I will have nothing to do with the general at all.

Li Ye shook his head and said, Let's go through the handover. I will use these 30,000 taels of silver to pay military salary!

Li Ye immediately came to the military camp and met with the soldiers. There were 1,500 troops stationed in Suiye City. Adding Li Ye's 300 soldiers, there were 1,800 people. There were also 500 soldiers stationed in He Lie City, General Pei Luo City, Dong City, Ye Zhi City and Baoda Military City each had a hundred soldiers stationed in them.

In the big tent, Li Ye and all the generals were gathered together. Everyone knew about Li Ye. In the battle with Khan, Li Ye was famous in the river. All the countries in Sogdia knew about him, and the soldiers of the Tang army in Suiye naturally knew about him.

We are not the Broken Leaf Tang Army, we are the Broken Leaf Farming Army!

A general joked: The merchants and people of Broken Leaf City call us this.

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

Captain Yang Xubin smiled and said: It's not an exaggeration. We have planted 30,000 acres of wheat fields, raised 300,000 sheep, 6,000 cattle, more than 1,000 camels, and countless chickens and ducks. We are still here We fished in the Broken Leaf River and Atami, we used goat milk to make cheese, brewed goat wine, and planted more than a thousand acres of melons. General, tell me, are we a land reclamation army?

Li Ye nodded, Do it yourself and have enough food and clothing. This is not a bad thing in peacetime. It can improve the lives of the soldiers and their families. But next, everyone will start training. Let me tell you in advance that there may be an outbreak this year. It’s a big war, and everyone needs to be aware of it.”

With whom? everyone asked.

It should be the Food Army. The previous Battle of Bakhna was a preview. It is estimated to be in the second half of the year! The Food Army will fully attack the river, so starting from tomorrow, the army will start training. Three months later, I will Three thousand Bukhan's cavalry are here to conduct confrontation training with everyone. I hope you will not be defeated by the Bukhan's cavalry.

General, can you still command Bahan's cavalry? Several generals asked in surprise.

Li Ye nodded, Commander Gao officially named Ba Khan's three thousand new army the Ningyuan Army. It was named after my rank, General Ningyuan, so the head coach of this Ningyuan Army is me. I am not just a soldier. At the same time, he is also the protector of the country of Bukhan, Ye Hu, who is also their national advisor.

Everyone, I hope that the Suiye Tang Army will not only be better than the Bukhan Army in terms of equipment, but also in terms of the combat effectiveness of the army, I also hope that the Tang Army will be far stronger than the Bukhan Cavalry.

For several days, Li Ye spent his inspections. He visited five small towns affiliated with Suiye City. These small towns were actually not small. If there were enough troops, each small town could station two to three thousand people. , but now the total strength of Suiye Army Town is only two thousand, so each small town can only station a hundred soldiers like pepper noodles.

While on inspection, Li Ye also began intensive training in the Suzaku Mental Technique. Compared with two years ago, he was not only more mature mentally and physically, and physically stronger, but also had a deeper understanding of the Suzaku Mental Technique.

He himself can also feel that Suzaku's mind method has entered a new stage, which can be said to have entered a mature stage, that is, an advanced stage.

On this day, Li Ye came to Yezhi City for inspection. Yezhi City is close to Atami. There is a shallow bay here called Yezhi Bay. The water is not deep, with an average of only six or seven meters. However, the water in Atami is extremely deep, with an average depth of two hundred meters. It is more than 100 meters deep and is deeper than many shallow seas.

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

Li Ye was training at the bottom of Atami Lake. It was just an inlet, and the lake was six or seven meters deep. The water was extremely clear. He stood on a large rock and wielded the armor-piercing spear to train, creating powerful shock waves. Big fish in deep water were disturbed and fled away in terror.

From the first time he trained with a polo pole at the bottom of a well, last year he trained with a sword at the bottom of the river, and this year he trained with a heavy armor-piercing sword at the bottom of Atami Lake, his speed in the water not only did not weaken, but accelerated. This is what Pei Xingyan is doing in What is said in the Suzaku Mental Technique is that if you stop training for a period of time and practice again, if there is no regression, but instead become stronger, and you can chop ninety knives with one stick of incense, the Suzaku Mental Technique is basically successful. .

But we still need to continue practicing hard for about three months to stabilize it and then we can reach the state of Dacheng.

Li Ye waved twenty-eight times in one go. He kicked off his feet and rushed towards the water like a fish. His legs were so powerful that even if he was carrying a sixty-pound armor-piercing gun, he could not hold him down. Underwater was unimaginable even last year.

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