After passing the awkward expression, Wu Sangao pretended to smile calmly and asked: "Si Yelang, if you really like armor, I can save you a set of Shanwen armor, gilded iron armor, and fine steel.
A complete set of hoods, brass belly protectors and silver gauntlets make you look majestic and majestic.
"Really? Li Siye chuckled and said: "This is good, I like to collect such things."
He immediately stopped smiling, pointed seriously at the two Hu women beside him and asked Wu Sangao: "Can't they understand what we are saying?"
Wu Sangao looked dazed and shook his head in confusion: "They are women from Kangju and do not understand the Mandarin of the Central Plains."
"Well, what I want is not this half-suit."
Wu Sangao smiled and replied: "I can get five sets and six sets."
Li Siye raised two fingers and waved them in front of him: "I want one hundred and twenty-three sets of armor."
"What do you want with so many armors?"
Wu Canjun stood up from Hu's bed in shock. Wu Nu, who was leaning next to him, was unexpectedly pushed to the ground by him, letting out a plaintive groan.
"To tell you the truth, most of my Congling guard armors are old, rusty, damaged and lost. I need to purchase a batch of new armors. If I report them to the Protectorate, I don't know, I will have to wait until the year of the monkey and the month of the horse. That's why I came to you now.
"
"Are you crazy?" Wu Sangao stared at him in disbelief: "In a shabby place like Congling Shouchou, the soldiers have never been on the battlefield since the Shouchou City was opened. Why don't you buy them armor?"
, it is better to buy them some wine and meat, these people still accept your love."
Li Siye snorted and said, "What are you talking about? Do I, Li Siye, need anyone's sympathy? The purchase of armor cannot be delayed. Although they have never been to the battlefield before, it does not mean that they will not go to the battlefield in the future."
"But you want too much! Ten sets and eight sets are no problem, one hundred and twenty-three sets, this, this, this..."
"Don't worry, I bought these armors at full price, and you won't lose a penny. You, Anxi Cangcao, are qualified to use funds to buy armors from the Shaofu Prison Office. I gave you the money, and you
Just go buy it and get it back."
"This is not a matter of money! If it were swords and guns, it would be fine. Every piece of armor has been stored in the treasury and registered. You suddenly took away one hundred and twenty sets of armor. What if the guardian had a whim one day and wanted to
Check the treasury, the loss of one set is enough to move my head!"
"I'll bring you the money in advance, and you can replenish it as soon as possible to the Office of the Agricultural Bureau. There won't be much mistake."
Wu Sangao said hesitantly: "Should this matter be explained to the Protector first?"
"If I need to find the Protector for explanation, I can just go to the Protector directly. Why should I go to you? I just want to go through you, my third-highest brother, for this matter, and I hope you can keep the secret for me."
Speaking of this, Wu Sangao could understand Li Siye's motives and situation to some extent. It must be the gang of soldiers captured by Congling who had lost all their armor. When Li Siye took office, he inherited the mess made by his predecessor, and he couldn't bear to do it.
The subordinates resorted to military law, so they thought of buying armor.
It's just that he didn't understand what Li Siye meant at all. This Li Shou envoy not only wanted to help his subordinates replenish all their armors, but also equipped them all with superior armor to give them the strongest protection in the Anxi army.
His kind of thinking is incomprehensible to people like Wu Sangao.
Wu Sangao gritted his teeth, grabbed the short beard on his chin and said: "Okay, today brother will risk his life to help you!"
…
The Cangcao Treasury of the Duhu Mansion is located against the main hall of the Duhu Mansion. In Lai Yao, the governor only had to climb to the second floor of the palace and look north from the window to see what was about to happen in the courtyard of the treasury.
When Wu Sangao led Li Siye and his entourage to the courtyard, he was quite panic-stricken. For this reason, he specially arranged a subordinate to monitor the activities upstairs in the Duhu Mansion.
The armor warehouse is located in a specific yard, covering a very wide area. The warehouses are all made of wood, a bit like a modern workshop.
Wu Sangao ordered the clerk to open one of the warehouses. After opening the door, a rusty smell immediately emitted. The thin-scaled armor and armor were piled up into two hills. Li Siye picked up the armor from the pile, and some armor
The nails were rusty, some of the nail braiding had fallen off, and the nails fell off with crackling noises.
Wu Canjun came up behind him and said with a smile: "These armor piles have been here for many years. Although they are damaged, they can still be repaired and used."
But Li Siye shook his head: "No, the armor plates are not gilded with copper and are prone to rust. Is this all the junk in your warehouse?"
Wu Sangao was in disbelief. He shook his head and defended: "Your subordinates are all ordinary soldiers. They are good if they have armor. What else do you want them to wear?"
"Mingguang Armor."
Wu Canjun stared at him blankly, put his hands behind his back and smiled: "I don't have time to joke with you."
"Who is kidding you? What I want is the Mingguang Armor."
"no."
"I have money."
"It doesn't matter if you have money. This is for the Captain and General Mo Dao of the Imperial Guard. If you wear it for the people you are guarding in Congling, isn't that asking the Imperial Guard to chop off my head?"
Li Siye: "Then let's go a little lower and just want armor?"
"Impossible. This kind of officer's armor needs to be customized. If it's not suitable for you, you can't wear it."
He stretched out his hand and pointed back, pointing at Fujimu and Tian Zhen and said: "Don't I have two brothers here? You can give them two sets of clothes according to their needs. Don't be too shabby. I just want you to have two sets."
Wu San's anxious spit flew around, hitting Li Siye's face like steel nails, but it bounced back: "No! The two of them are just captains! You let a seventh-rank official wear a gold belt around his waist?"
Try it! It’s against the rules.”
He really didn't expect that Wu Sangao would compete with him on armor without making any concessions. The biggest concession was to provide all high-quality fine-scale armor, and these fine-scale armors were only qualified for elite troops to wear.
These armor points were hidden in the straw of the carriage many times and transported away. For this reason, Li Siye paid Wu Sangao more than two million yuan. By doing this, he finally replenished the missing armor points of Congling Guards.
There is no need to take the blame for the dead Lao Shou.
After they left the treasury, Wu Sangao personally sent them outside the courtyard of Cangcao's treasury. His sallow and white face looked a little better, and he repeatedly told Li Siye: "Go back and make these one hundred and twenty sets of armor old as soon as possible."
, don’t let anyone see it, otherwise brother’s future will be over.”
Li Siye naturally knew this truth. Armor, like the Mo Dao, was a contraband item under the law. It could not be buried with people and could not be kept privately by the people. Selling it to the enemy was a sign of supporting the enemy. If you were not a soldier, owning it was a sign of rebellion.
Why is it that when generals retire, they are called to take off their armor and return to their fields? If you resign and announce your resignation to the emperor, your armor must be returned to the emperor. You can take your weapons home with you, but not your armor.
Zhou Yafu once asked to buy some armor to be buried with him, and was labeled as a rebel. From this point of view, the people in the Congling Guards were really brave enough, and they even dared to sell the armor to the enemy for the sake of drinking.