Steel Dynasty - Chapter 339

[Chapter 339 Shanzi Camp]

“Your Highness, is this really for the School of Physics?”

Lin Wentao said excitedly in Bowen College.

The students from the School of Physics looked at the 50,000 taels of silver notes in Xiao Ming’s hand and their faces turned red with excitement.

They were all poor scholars before, and they had never seen so much silver, exactly fifty thousand taels of silver.

Xiao Ming nodded, “This is what I promised you, and it is naturally given to you, but there is one thing. This money is a public expense for the School of Physics, and is not set up for personal gain. This money will be paid by The college’s administrative office will manage it, and every expenditure will be reported to the government.”

Lin Wentao nodded, which means that in addition to the fees provided by the government, they also have a special expense. For a fee, they can purchase the experimental supplies they personally need.

“Thank you, Your Highness, we will use this money carefully.” Lin Wentao was smiling. Last time, he was kicked out of the textile workshop because of lack of money. Now that they have money, they can do whatever experiments they want. experiment.

There is no need to go through layers of declarations, you can just collect the money yourself.

Xiao Ming nodded, handed the silver to the college’s administrative office, and explained its use.

In addition to Xiao Ming serving as the dean of Bowen College, there are also several old scholars in the college who are responsible for teaching writing.

In addition, they are also responsible for some affairs in the college. This is the college’s administrative office. Otherwise, there will definitely be trouble in such a large Bowen College without anyone keeping an eye on it every day.

After putting the money into the college’s warehouse, Xiao Ming inspected Bowen College. Different from before, Bowen College now has a strong learning atmosphere, and students can often be seen discussing together with textbooks.

This scene made him very happy. Everything was difficult at the beginning. He believed that Bowen College would become more and more formalized as time went by.

After dealing with Lin Wentao’s matter, Xiao Ming left the academy and went straight to the Governor’s Mansion.

Now that the war is at a stalemate, he needs to sit in the Governor’s Mansion and issue orders based on the news at any time.

Yunzhou.

An army slowly entered Yunzhou City.

What kind of army is this? Mixed in the marching team were old men in their fifties, young men under fifteen, and some who looked very treacherous, like criminals.

Walking on the streets of Yunzhou City, this army seems to be ready to fight at any time, and at the same time it seems to be ready to escape, and at the same time it is ready to plunder.

The people of Yunzhou City would always be frightened when they passed by. Compared with the strict military discipline of the Qingzhou Army, this was simply a makeshift army.

In fact, these were indeed the 30,000 troops that King Wei put together before he left.

Among them are generally old and weak soldiers who have been laid off from the army, some are new recruits who have just shown their signs and have not yet received training, and some are death row prisoners in cells.

“This is King Wei’s army. Can such an army protect our logistics line?” Lu Fei spat hard as he looked at the scattered army of King Wei.

Niu Ben sighed deeply, and King Qi issued an order for them to wait for King Wei’s army to rush to Jizhou together in order to protect the transportation line.

But in his opinion, an army like this is more dangerous than a mob, because in his opinion, these people will mutiny at any time.

“Your Highness must have never imagined that this Shanzi camp would be so bad.” Luo Xin said, crossing his arms.

He is not unfamiliar with this kind of army.

In the Great Chongqing, the problem of empty pay for the army was very serious, and the same was true for the fiefdoms surrounding the vassal kings, so sometimes an army seemed to be there, but in fact it was not.

Once these heads are needed during a war, the army will temporarily recruit strong men to fill the number.

Such an army has no combat effectiveness at all and will quickly collapse once a battle begins.

In the past, he could accept it, because each general was more or less good, but since coming to Qingzhou, he gradually could not accept this kind of army that was free of charge.

Because in Qingzhou, no general dared to take empty pay.

Niu Ben was extremely strict in running the army. The most important thing was that he was deeply trusted by the King of Qi. There were several generals in Cangzhou who were eating their pay. After they were discovered, these generals were executed by Niu Ben himself.

The heads are still hanging on the top of Cangzhou City like the Qin family and other traitors.

When Xiao Ming learned the news, he became even more furious. He ordered the six states to conduct a thorough investigation of the generals who were cheating on their wages, and all generals involved in cheating on their wages were executed without exception.

For a time, the troops of the six states were cleared, and no one dared to cross the thunder pool.

However, this also shows the great influence of the style of the local army in the Chongqing Kingdom. This influence did not affect the Qingzhou Army.

Because the Qingzhou Army is the direct line of the King of Qi, it is under his personal control and has strict discipline.

However, the armies of the other five states still inevitably suffered from the rotten disease of Great Chongqing.

Now seeing King Wei’s army, Luo Xin instantly understood what kind of army it was, an army that was depleted, a group of improvised soldiers.

A ragtag bunch.

The colorful world of Jiangnan, the willow streets and flowery alleys have made many troops forget what war is.

“There is no other way. General Luo Quan has sent people to urge us to Jizhou City several times. The imperial army is already on the way. We have to surround Chagatai on both sides.” Niu Ben frowned, “Go tell King Wei’s people to repair We will set off for Jizhou tomorrow. We can’t wait any longer. Before Bei Shan arrives, we must lift the siege of Jizhou, otherwise Jizhou will be the outpost of barbarians attacking Qingzhou.”

Lu Fei nodded, turned and left.

At the front of the team was a group of generals from the King of Wei’s army. He walked to the front and blocked their way and said: “Everyone, I am Qingzhou Military Academy Lieutenant Lu Fei. My commander-in-chief invites you to leave the city with the Qingzhou Army to Jizhou tomorrow morning. I hope you will Don’t delay your journey.”

The general at the front of the team had mouse-like eyes. He glanced at Lu Fei lightly and said disdainfully: “A little captain dares to stand in front of our horse, get lost. , let your governor come to see me.”

The contemptuous attitude of the Shanziying general made Lu Fei angry. This army had already made him very angry, and now the general was so arrogant. He said angrily: “You are worthy of seeing me.

My commander? Bah!”

The general of Shanziying was furious when he heard this, “The little captain of the Qingzhou Army actually behaved in front of our King Wei’s army. He is so brave. Come and capture him. Teach him a lesson and let him know who is more powerful, the King of Wei or the King of Qi.”

Immediately, the general’s guards got off their horses and pounced directly on Lu Fei.

At this time, the Qingzhou Army resting around them felt something was wrong. They stood up from their resting places one by one, walked behind Lu Fei, and stared at the unkind visitor of Shanziying with murderous intent in their eyes.

(End of chapter)