The second time he returned to Qiao Mansion as a guest, Long Xiang felt a little unreal. The politeness of his mistress Chen made him feel uncomfortable.

Even the aggressive Qiao Wei showed her due politeness at this time. Although she was still as cold as ice, she was already looking at Long Xiong and her rare smirk.

What about the original nobility and indifference? What about the gap between the great clan and the Guizhou head?

It’s not a Hongmen Banquet at first but a respectful person at the beginning, right?

Qiao Yiqiang's friendly eyes and Qiao Wan's sweet smile made Long Xiang feel sincere.

In the original world, Longxiang has participated in countless drinks and can easily deal with any occasion, so he always maintains a humble attitude when he comes to Qiao's house to attend the banquet.

Smile when you should, and toast when you should, and answer politely and eat and drink happily. These actions made Qiao Rui secretly appreciate them, saying that he was a seedling in the officialdom.

Seeing the banquet ending in a pleasant and lively manner, Chen's words calmed down the hall.

"Yunqi, I want to borrow someone from you. I wonder if I can give up?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Qiao Rui and Qiao Yichang turned their heads to look at Chen almost at the same time. Qiao Rui's eyes were filled with complexity, and he thought to himself, "Madam, you can't hold back." Didn't you tell you to wait for a while before talking?"

Qiao Yichang was full of gratitude to his mother, while Qiao sisters turned their attention to Longxiong.

"Uh..." Long Xiang was stunned when he heard this, and quickly responded with a smile: "Of course there is no problem, do you want to borrow Luo Yicheng?"

Chen gave Qiao Rui a wink, as if he was saying that Long Xiang promised to be readily, but you were just thinking about it yourself, and then turned around and smiled and nodded.

"Yun Qi knew it right away. Jay Chang'er was eleven years old and was slowly getting in touch with the matter in the camp. Now he lacked a entourage to give him some advice. Luo Yicheng was a life-saving general. I want to borrow him to teach Jay Chang'er. He will never lose his fault. But you are so talented, are you really willing to do it?"

Long Xiang stood up and folded his fists: "I am the general's soldier. My wife wants to use Luo Yicheng, which is the blessing he has cultivated. When the general returns, he will arrange it and let him report to Qiao Mansion tomorrow morning."

"Thank you, I'll give you a cup."

Chen raised his wine glass to indicate that Long Xiang saw sincerity in his eyes, saying that his mother was worried about her children's education, and it seemed that parents had the same for thousands of years.

"The last general dare not accept it. The last general is Jing General, Mrs. Jing..."

Long Xiang bent down and picked up the wine glass and drank it all. The heroic feeling he showed inadvertently made Qiao Yi very envious, and he thought that he would do this in the future and be a heroic man.

After the banquet, Qiao Yichang took the initiative to get up to see Longxiang off.

Seeing the tall and short back disappear, Chen shared with Qiao Rui with relief, "General, Ji Chang'er has really grown up. Let's not talk about cultivating him into Sun Ce, at least it can't be worse than Long Xiang, right?"

"Longxiong is not bad..." Qiao Rui waved his hand gently and walked towards the bedroom alone.

The general is annoyed that I am taking my own decision? Chen sent Qiao Wei, Qiao Wan went to rest, and moved the lotus step towards Qiao Rui.

Qiao Rui was also fast at night. Chen went back to the dormitory and closed the door, asking meaningfully: "Is the general blaming me? Didn't you see Long Yunqi very happy?"

"Happy? That's Yunqi knows how to be a human being..." Qiao Rui shook his head when he heard this.

Chen frowned and asked with anger, "Can you not be a human being? There are fish and meat at the banquet today. I am afraid that Long Yunqi will not have such a good meal in his life, and I don't know what's wrong with asking him for someone..."

"Mrs. I don't know that the last time Long Xiang was demoted for losing food, the government did not give him any pensions for his family members who died in battle. He tried to plead for his husband, but the superiors did not agree. Alas..." Qiao Rui sighed deeply when he was halfway through his words.

"Young and strong can still farm and survive. If the young and old do not have military rations, they may not be able to survive..."

Because of Longxiang, Chen had a brief understanding of military households. Ordinary soldiers did not directly pay wages. When the strong men in the family were summoned to join the army, the government would regularly give food to their families.

Long Yuan died in Fengqiu that year. Although the orphan Long Xiang received some pensions, he lost his long-term source of living, so he was kept in the mansion by Qiao Rui. Most of the defeated and dead soldiers were selected by the government.

For ordinary people who have no value, they are not considered human in the eyes of rulers.

"These people should have been helped, but in the end they couldn't stand their hunger and left Shouchun one after another. I guess Longxiang and the others had tried their best... I feel ashamed..." Qiao Rui fell on the couch after saying that.

Only then did Chen realize why Qiao Rui was unwilling to speak. She walked over and sat down with guilt and said softly: "Born in a chaotic world, there are so many helpless things. If you take care of the general in the future..."

Even if Chen did not mention it, Qiao Rui would do this. He felt guilty for the soldiers' family and gratitude for Long Xiang and Luo Yicheng.

After returning to Shouchun, Qiao Rui went to the South City Gate when he had time. He shared his experience in leading troops, and the other hand, it showed that he valued Long Xiang and also shocked Cao Xing.

Although Qiao Rui was able to rank among Yuan Shu's army, he was a mediocre general in the end of the Han Dynasty. His ability to manage and use troops was not outstanding. Long Xiang asked himself that he was not a talent for a general.

The result is like a teacher who graduated from a third-tier university, sharing his experience in the college entrance examination with students who can only get into junior college. The teacher talks very well, and the students are "shocked" when they hear it.

As for Qiao Rui's intimidation to Cao Xing, it is completely icing on the cake. As a project manager and workplace expert, Long Xiang's ability to lead a team is one order of magnitude higher than Qiao Rui.

Long Xiang is almost never angry, but is loved by everyone under his command. Cao Xing is used to the superior who "subjugated people with martial arts". Instead, he has no idea about the "smiling tiger", so he is cautious and well-behaved in front of Long Xiang.

After a period of recruiting, training and preparation, Longxiang's Qu troops were transferred from Shouchun City Defense and re-assigned to Qiao Rui's command to listen to him.

Locust plague and drought gradually became a trend, sweeping over Xu, Yu, Yang, Jing and other prefectures. Among them, the Huaihe River Basin was the most serious. Grain production cuts were a foregone conclusion that year. The daily rations of the battalions without war tasks were also greatly adjusted and reduced, so that all new and veterans complained.

In July of the autumn, Zhang Xun, Qiao Rui and other generals collectively wrote a letter to report that the ministries were at risk of a shortage of food and mutiny, and requested Yuan Shu to increase the food rations for the soldiers.

Regardless of the people and the hardships of the soldiers, Yuan Shu's life has not changed at all.

Seeing that the generals wrote a letter to ask for food, Yuan Shu threw the problem to Yan Xiang and said, "Since the army is so difficult, let the counties and counties open the treasury and adjust the stored grain to Shouchun. If there is not enough food, the rent and tax will be collected in advance for one year."

Yan Xiang was shocked and hurriedly came out of duty to report: "Your Majesty, we have been using troops all the time. The treasurys of the counties are empty. In addition, this year's natural disasters are not collected, so where can we still receive rent and taxes? I'm afraid that all the locals will have to provide relief to the victims, otherwise there will be a scene of refugees everywhere and starving people... "

"But the soldiers are hungry, who will help me conquer the world?" Yuan Shu ignored the lives of the people.

Yan Xiang replied: "As the saying goes, increase revenue and reduce expenditure, the only way to lay off some soldiers..."
Chapter completed!