"It's all caused by the war in the northwest, not just in Yanling, but everywhere.
The imperial court has recruited millions of soldiers and servants from various places to transport grain, grass and horses to ensure that the soldiers on the front line fight.
And around us, Da Qi, Da Zhao, and even the Kingdom of the Sun and other countries across the sea are also eager to take advantage of the opportunity to seize the land of Da Chu.
So, we have to guard against them over there, it's troublesome." Ding Zhendong sighed with worry on his face.
"Oh, I forgot, isn't Sir Alex the deputy commander of the regiment training?" Zhao Zhilong slapped the horse's back suddenly and said.
"Master Zhao, I am the deputy envoy of Jiangzhou regiment training, and I don't care about the affairs of Yanling County." Tang Wen said quickly.
"Yanling County is also from our Linghai Province. Sir, the country is in trouble, and you are a royal noble, so you should share the country's worries, right?" Ding Zhendong said.
"Yes, Sir, since you are willing to accept the refugees from Moyun Village, why don't you give them a home?
Firstly, they have a home and a stable life. Secondly, and more importantly, they have saved our garrison camp.
Otherwise, our garrison camp will have to be relocated, and we don’t know where to move, which will require a lot of manpower, material resources, and financial resources.
What's more, neighboring provinces are also eyeing us, and Tianying River is our best place to garrison.
It's only about twenty miles away from Ningxi Province. If something happens, you can get there in less than half an hour." Chu Zhao said.
"I had a bad relationship with Mr. Qin at the beginning. Mr. Qin didn't give me a penny or a tael, so my Tang family had to pay for the recruitment of soldiers.
Therefore, I could only prepare the servants into soldiers, including clothes, swords, etc., all of which were paid by my Tang family.
In this case, I made a request to help eliminate pirates around Koh Samui. However, I will not participate in anything else.
Mr. Qin also agreed. At that time, I was afraid that he would regret it, so I had to sign a contract.
Moreover, Koh Samui has been attacked by pirates twice, and my Tang family was almost wiped out.
If we are transferred here, who will help our Tang family protect Samui Island?" Tang Wen said.
"This is indeed the truth. Mr. Qin didn't give the lord a penny, so how could he have the nerve to touch the Tang family's soldiers." Zhao Zhilong nodded in understanding.
"Sir, we are all from the Chu State. You should put the overall situation first and overcome all difficulties. This Tianying Valley garrison must be preserved." Ding Zhendong said with a serious face.
“It’s not easy to clean up this smelly water, it’s smelly, dirty, and even toxic.
It requires a large number of manpower, and they also need food and accommodation every day.
If your clothes are damaged by smelly water, you have to buy new clothes, etc., which requires a lot of money." Tang Wendao.
"It can be converted into battle merit for you, one battle merit for each person." Ding Zhendong blurted out.
"Then we'll probably have to send one or two thousand people," Chu Zhao said.
"Too many, I have to think about it." Tang Wen shook his head and said, so the group wandered around the military camp for a while, washed themselves up and prepared to eat.
"Master Zhao, Tang Wen must be captured. This is related to our garrison. This is an order." Ding Zhendong called Zhao Zhilong and Chu to the side to discuss important matters.
"But he is a soldier from Jiangzhou. Besides, Mr. Qin didn't give me a penny, so how could he have the nerve to mention this?
Moreover, what people say makes sense, but if it is suppressed forcefully.
We have to pay for that, so where will our garrison camp get the money?" Zhao Zhilong said.
"Ask Zhang Hongjiang, he is a county official." Ding Zhendong hummed.
"He cried even more miserably than me, but I also know that he has been having a hard time recently. I heard that he spent a lot of money on the six-door branch." Zhao Zhilong shook his head.
"We might as well get the Lord drunk tonight, and then trick him into issuing a military order." Chu Zhao gritted his teeth and said.
"This method is good, but it is a bit unethical for us." Zhao Zhilong shook his head.
"This is the best way. Otherwise, what else is there? Otherwise, I will sign with him. If you want to hate me, just let him hate me." Chu Zhao asked.
"Okay, Mr. Chu can share the country's worries, and the matter is settled." Ding Zhendong nodded.
"It's just that we can't be too unreasonable. Let's give him some benefits. Otherwise, we can't blame us too much afterwards, right?" Chu Zhao thought for a while and said.
"Just report more battle merit, it will be counted as double. Report a little more for personnel, and report a few more discounts on the silver expenses, and it will almost double." Ding Zhendong said.
Ding Zhendong certainly feels fresh about food cooked with modern methods.
However, this guy didn't forget his purpose.
He and Zhao Zhilong formed a partnership, and Tang Wen had already received a secret report from Chu Zhao, and soon became drunk.
Moreover, he signed the military order in a daze. When Tang Wen woke up, naturally he became furious.
Zhao Zhilong and Ding Zhendong acted to comfort and persuade, and finally, Ding Zhendong agreed to allocate ten black cannons to Tang Wen.
Promising to double his military merits, Tang Wen finally scolded Chu Zhao and had no choice but to accept it.
"Master Chu, I have made you feel wronged." Afterwards, Ding Zhendong patted Chu Zhao on the shoulder affectionately and consoled him.
"Serving the country and serving the adults is what Chu Zhao should do." Chu Zhao looked determined.
"Okay, good, good, I will report your contribution truthfully." Ding Zhendong laughed.
"Master Ding, I am about to leave Tianying Gorge. Chu Zhao is good, and he has actually entered the middle stage of the fourth grade.
His skill is even higher than mine. He is very familiar with my Tianying Gorge.
If Shangfeng sends a new person down, it will take a while to prepare." Zhao Zhilong said.
"Yes, but Chu Zhao is too young and needs to be sharpened. This time he is escorting grain and horses to the front. If he can make a contribution, there is hope." Ding Zhendong nodded.
"Resolutely complete the mission. As long as I, Chu Zhao, am alive, I will not let the food, grass and horses be lost." Chu Zhao looked determined.
"Okay, we need such courageous and courageous soldiers, work hard." Ding Zhendong nodded repeatedly.
Tang Wen had already led his men and horses back to Mo Yun Village again. He carefully climbed up the hillside and almost went crazy with joy.
There was actually a pool on the hillside, about a mile in diameter, and oil was still bubbling out.
Tang Wen discovered that the sand and gravel had been washed down the hillside by the oil that had emerged previously.
The oil stored in the pool is quite clean. If it is loaded back to Yunhai City, it can basically be sent to the refinery for refining.
The system has an advance cache function before it is turned on, and a delayed cache function after turning on time travel, which lasts for about five days.
Therefore, Tang Wen made a prompt decision. After explaining Luo Yiwu, he asked them to go back and recruit people to clean up.
I shouted in my mind, "I am a big landowner", and suddenly, the oil in the pool was sucked in.
A full 7,000 tons were loaded. Tang Wen discovered that the oil pool suddenly sank. It was estimated that it would not be impossible for it to fill up again in a month or two.
This will be our own oil mining base in the future.
Tang Wen stepped into the gate, and with a flash of green light, he returned to Yunhai City.
He immediately told Zhao Jiang that he had hired many large oil tankers near the refinery, and on a dark and stormy night, all the oil was loaded into the tankers.
According to the trend of international crude oil that day, Tang Wen got a discount of 8.50%, and 30 million fell into his pocket. This money came too easily.
Of course, Tang Wen now has a big appetite, and he can no longer look down on tens of millions, which is a bit useless.
After changing the route, Tang Wen took a plane to the country of Milu.
The 1.5 million taels of gold exchanged by Chu State were converted into silver bricks, which fully exchanged for 29 million taels of silver.
The remaining 300,000 taels were sold for nearly 3 billion, and returned to Dadong Kingdom to purchase supplies.
There is no need to bring cement when traveling back this time, so most of the space for salutes is freed up.
Mainly purchases steel bars, trucks, excavators, gravel crushers and other equipment.