Cars and horses rustle, and pedestrians can do whatever they like.
As a quality and responsible army, this Tang army, under the leadership of Xu Yunyan, escorted the five thousand stones of sea salt transferred from Wanghai Township, Yancheng, Chuzhou step by step, and began to head north along the official road, heading straight for the Huai River.
Along the way, I saw many Tang soldiers escorting hundreds of carriages. Passersby couldn't help but stop and watch, and there were many discussions there.
"What are you doing? Is there going to be another war? The troops and horses have not moved, but the food and grass have to go first. Isn't this transportation too much?"
"What went wrong again? Why didn't you hear about it?"
Some people said this, and their friends next to them hurriedly pulled them aside.
"You don't want your head anymore? Is this something we can discuss? Let's just watch it honestly. As long as it doesn't involve us, we won't care about them."
Nowadays, there are still many people who care about things that have nothing to do with themselves.
When Xu Yunyan and his team arrived at Huai River and prepared to board the ship, they felt a little embarrassed again.
Today's ships simply can't carry so much stuff, not to mention there are so many soldiers of the Tang Dynasty. They can only charter a fleet, but what should be done about the cost of this fleet? This made Xu Yunyan a little confused.
But as the saying goes, there are always more solutions than difficulties. It is easy to handle things without money.
Xu Yunyan watched the merchants boarding the ships here, but due to lack of labor, he immediately called over those teams and was embarrassed to rub his hands in front of them.
"Brothers, I now have an unintentional information."
Xu Yunyan said this, these old brothers who followed him from Yunzhou, and the warriors who followed Xu Yunyan in Huainan to kill Fugong Bing and made military exploits under Li Jing, the general manager of the march, had nothing to say. Expressed there.
"Captain, if you have anything to do, just give me your orders. What else do we have to say?"
Seeing these people patting their chests and saying this, Xu Yunyan said awkwardly, "Don't we need to pay for boarding the ship? I think we should provide escorts for these merchants along the way and help them load and unload some goods to earn some money. Money, what are your intentions?"
This suddenly caught everyone's surprise, and after Xu Yunyan said this here, he felt a little embarrassed at first, but other Tang soldiers did not think this was what happened.
"No problem. The Governor has orders, and we will obey them. Now we will do what the Governor says."
Immediately, this team of Tang soldiers took out some of their hands to help these people load and unload the goods.
The merchant, who was still here thinking hard about how to load the goods onto the ship, saw these Tang soldiers coming to help, and kept thanking them.
"Gentlemen, please take a rest. Gentlemen, please drink some water."
Watching these merchants here, they are helping Xu Yunyan and others greet their soldiers, serving tea, water and delicious food. These soldiers are also very down-to-earth, they should eat and drink, but these hands The work was still done, and the goods were loaded onto the ship as quickly as possible.
At this time, these merchants felt a little sorry, so they took out a handful of money and gave it to the leading general.
"Sir, this is just a small thought, please accept it."
At this time, the people arranged by Xu Yunyan were a little unexpected. These merchants gave them money without opening their mouths, which made them even happier.
After the leader of the team watched all the merchants come on stage, Xu Yunyan and the others also had some money to board the ship. Xu Yunyan took the lead to the boatman's location and discussed with him the matter of the army boarding the ship and going up the river to near Luoyang.
But what Xu Yunyan didn't expect was that the old man on the boat saw the soldiers coming and hurriedly greeted them.
"The military master wants to take a boat? You just need to sign a statement for me. With this statement, I will be able to get a little less tax, and then I can take the military masters to their destination."
Xu Yunyan didn't think of anything at this moment: "As long as we sign a note for you, don't we need to pay you?"
"Master Jun is just kidding." The old man hurriedly said with a smile on his face, "How dare we ask for Master Jun's money? Even if there are too many people, our boat can't pull it. If we don't do business, we must first guarantee the army." Take a boat, there are regulations from above."
Xu Yunyan and the others suddenly became happy. "Is there such a good thing? Then you can take out the note and we will sign it for you."
After Xu Yunyan finished signing, he looked at the large amount of money in the hands of the general and waved his hand, "Why are you still standing there? Distribute all this money. It was all earned by the soldiers' physical strength. We cannot let them pay in vain without getting anything." "
"The Governor is kind."
This time, the soldiers of Zhe Chong Mansion were here to be grateful. They were already very convinced of Xu Yunyan, and felt that they were following the right person by following him. This time, the soldiers of Zhe Chong Mansion were even more determined, no matter what. You must also obey Xu Yunyan's arrangements, even if you have to go up a mountain of swords and go down into a sea of fire.
The salt team boarded the ship and sailed upstream to Luoyang.
Now Xu Yunyan could feel the different scenery on both sides of the Huaihe River in the Tang Dynasty. However, before Xu Yunyan could sigh with emotion about this great river and mountains, his subordinates who were the generals of the school gathered around.
"Commander, we have three days to reach Luoyang. Starting from Luoyang, we can reach Chang'an in half a month."
Just looking at the many generals who were hesitant to speak, Xu Yunyan looked at them curiously.
"It's not like we don't know each other. You also know my temper. Just say anything. What does this hesitation look like? Do you dare not say anything now that you are an official?"
The teams were looking at Xu Yunyan's words. One of them, who seemed to be the leader and the bravest person who initially fought under Xu Yunyan, took a step forward and spoke cautiously next to Xu Yunyan.
"Captain, let's go to the capital. Who do we want to listen to?"
This suddenly made Xu Yunyan curious, "We are the Tang Army. Who do we listen to? Of course we listen to His Majesty. Don't you still know about this?"
As soon as Xu Yunyan finished speaking, the general said hurriedly, "Yes, yes, the governor is right, no matter what the capital is like, we are the Tang Army and we only listen to your majesty.
Your Majesty asks us to go east, but we will never go west. However, in addition to His Majesty's orders, we also obey the Governor's orders. If the Governor tells us east, we will not say anything west, even if His Majesty asks me to go west. "
As soon as these generals finished speaking, Xu Yunyan said with a straight face, "Nonsense! How can you treat military orders like child's play? Remember, we are soldiers, just pure soldiers. No matter what the orders are from above, we Just obey and don’t worry about other things.”
Xu Yunyan was very surprised. He did not expect that these officers who were facing the brigade commander level would actually be involved in the team's problems.
