Li Ke briefly counted the amount of salt, then suddenly turned his head and said to the centurion.
"Did you count it wrong? I counted it, and it was clearly only 120,000 jins."
The centurion was stunned for a moment.
"That's right...I counted it several times."
Li Ke seemed a little impatient and waved his hand.
"The king said 120,000 jins, that's 120,000 jins. Let the logistics people count it again."
"Yes, Your Highness."
Although the centurion was a little confused, he still obediently found the logistics people.
Unexpectedly, the logistics staff listened to his words and were very speechless.
"Are you stupid? How could His Highness, King Wu, make such a mistake? The extra eight thousand kilograms was deliberately left by His Highness to us, so you are not allowed to take it into account."
There are many more doorways in places like the army than outside.
Just like after the city is broken, the soldiers can search for three days. This has always been an unwritten rule.
During these three days, any harvest will not be counted in the logistics, but will be divided among the soldiers themselves.
Soldiers are also human beings, and they have needs and families to support.
When the amount of military pay is obviously not enough to support demand, we have to start elsewhere.
Of course, the upright Majesty Li Er was very disgusted with this kind of behavior. A few years later, Hou Junji had a deep conflict with him because of this.
This is also the reason why Li Ke didn't say it clearly.
When the logistics told others about Li Ke's decision, there was a burst of cheers in the military camp.
Eight thousand kilograms of table salt is still the most expensive refined salt on the market.
Each person can get ten kilograms, plus the military merit of defeating the Turkic army.
Their harvest this time can be said to be very rich.
"I have long said that His Highness King Wu is not an ordinary person. If you follow him, you will definitely have meat to eat."
Old Liu, whose wound was almost healed, laughed and said.
"Come on, before coming here, who said you didn't want to go to a place like Hexi where birds don't poop?"
His colleagues exposed him ruthlessly.
Old Liu suddenly turned red in the face and muttered, "Can we call it grumbling about military matters?" and other scene-like remarks such as "His Royal Highness King Wu is a thousand years old" and "Your Majesty is wise."
Suddenly, the military camp was filled with joy.
In short, Li Ke's decision brought his reputation in the military camp to a higher level.
On the way back, I carried more than 100,000 kilograms of weight.
But the speed of the team was even faster than when they arrived.
In Lanzhou City, Li Ke met the governor again.
"Has Your Highness completed the mission?"
Xiao Chengan said with some surprise.
Although he hid it well, the look of astonishment on his face still flashed away.
"Why, does the Governor have doubts about my ability?"
Li Ke said with a smile.
"I don't dare, my subordinates."
Xiao Chengan shook his head hurriedly.
"Don't worry, I'm just joking."
Li Ke patted him on the shoulder.
"I am in a hurry to return to life, so I will not exchange greetings with the Governor. Next time we meet, the Governor must prepare a banquet. I look forward to the day when I get drunk with you."
"sure."
Xiao Chengan forced a smile.
Seeing Li Ke leaving, his face gradually darkened.
Calling his subordinates, he raised his hand and received a slap.
"Didn't you say that Achamul Khan is a hero among men? Why can't he deal with an army of only 800 people?"
The subordinate covered his face and said a little aggrievedly.
"Sir, Achamul Khan is indeed one of the braver Turks. I don't know what went wrong with this failure."
Xiao Chengan was silent for a long time, then waved his hand and said.
"Does Chen Moxi know about this?"
The subordinate shook his head.
"Tell him that Suchak is still alive and he should know what to do."
"What happens after that, my lord?"
The subordinate continued to ask.
"after?"
A smile appeared on Xiao Chengan's face.
"Donggong will take care of the rest for us."
Seeing the smile on Xiao Chengan's face, a cold feeling arose in the subordinates' hearts for no reason.
He shook his head hurriedly to throw away the unreasonable thoughts in his mind, and hurriedly took the order and left.
…
At the same time, news from Li Ke was also received in the palace far away in the capital Chang'an.
"What, you said Ke'er is done?"
Li Shimin was so shocked when he heard the good news.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Wang Meng nodded.
"His Royal Highness King Wu has collected enough salt, and even exceeded the quota by 20,000 kilograms."
"What is the quality of the salt? Can it be used for food?"
Li Shimin asked eagerly.
"According to the news from Lanzhou, the quality of the 120,000 pieces of table salt is the same as that of green salt."
Wang Meng bowed slightly.
"Congratulations to your majesty, congratulations to your majesty."
As the chief eunuch, he does not need to have any position.
Whichever prince behaves well or badly, he will report it truthfully.
His Majesty is still in his prime, all he needs to do is stand firmly by Li Shimin's side.
Who will be the emperor in the future has nothing to do with him.
Maybe by that time, he would already be a handful of dirt.
"Yeah."
Li Shimin smiled, very happily.
"I originally thought that it would be a good thing if he could bring back 40,000 to 50,000 catties, but I didn't expect that he would actually complete it."
"His Majesty……"
Wang Meng hesitated.
"If you have anything to do, just tell me."
Li Shimin waved his hand and said.
"yes."
Wang Meng nodded.
"While His Highness King Wu was collecting salt, there was a group of Turks..."
The expression on Li Shimin's face gradually changed from sunny to gloomy.
After listening to Wang Meng's narration, he slammed the table and said angrily.
"Thirty miles outside the pass, why are there Turks in such a close place? What does Chai Shao do for food!"
Wang Meng did not speak. It was not his turn to speak as this matter concerned a duke.
After calming down, Li Shimin continued to ask.
"Where's Ke'er? Is he okay?"
"Your Majesty, His Highness the King of Wu was brave and led eight hundred elite soldiers to kill all the Turks under their horses."
Wang Meng replied respectfully.
"What, you won the battle?"
Li Shimin was shocked and hurriedly stood in front of Wang Meng.
"Eight hundred versus one thousand and five, and they will wipe out all the opponents. Wang Meng, are you sure you heard it right?"
"Your Majesty, this is not a total annihilation. His Highness King Wu's army only killed a thousand enemies."
Wang Meng's words made Li Shimin breathe a sigh of relief.
A thousand people...that's not bad either.
After all, they have twice the strength of their own. In this case, as long as they can win, it will be considered a great achievement.
However, Wang Meng's next words made Li Shimin stunned on the spot.
"The remaining five hundred people were captured by His Highness King Wu."
"……incredible."
Li Shimin was silent for a long time before speaking slowly.
"Am I getting old? I always feel like these young people are becoming increasingly incomprehensible."
"Your Majesty has a long life, how can an old man say it?"
Wang Meng smiled and flattered.
Li Shimin glanced at him angrily and said nothing more.
