He Lanlu was so angry that his face turned red and he was panting like a cow, but he had no words to reply.
A smile flashed across Tuoba Gui's face and he looked at Helan Lu: "Uncle, have you seen that these Han scribes can still speak? I told you earlier, don't argue with them. We prairie men, in the I'm no match for you in this regard. Look at you, but you won't listen. Now I can't speak for you."
Helan Lu gritted his teeth: "Now that Your Majesty has found a new good helper, it seems that my uncle, who has no fighting skills, can't be of much help to you. I will lead the troops to supply Mobei's food and grass and open up the border." On the grain road of Yijing in Dai County, I will be excused from this reception banquet for recruiting talented people!"
As he spoke, he turned around and left without even saluting. The smile on Tuoba Gui's face gradually darkened, and he held the scepter in his hand tighter.
Cui Liang curled his lips and saluted: "Your Majesty, please forgive me for my sin. I angered Master Helan by using my words for a moment. I will go and apologize to him and let him punish me."
Tuoba Gui said coldly: "No need. Since Master Helan wants to open up the grain road, let him go. Mr. Cui, you just saw that although our army has won a new victory, the biggest problem now is For food and grass, the 400,000-strong army has been fighting in Hebei for almost half a year. As time goes by, military food cannot be provided. It is difficult to transport our cattle and sheep on the grassland directly into the customs, especially in the north of Hebei. Now many states and counties They are all still in the hands of Hou Yan. If you can come and invest now, it really solves our big problem. At least, if there is food and grass from Hebei, we can support us for a while. I just don’t know how much military food you two can bring. Woolen cloth?"
Lu Pu curled his lips: "In the Wubao in Youzhou and Fanyang, there are 300,000 stones of military rations, enough to feed an army of 100,000 for four months. After four months, it will almost be the autumn harvest time. The food and grass in Youyan Land can meet the needs of the army for a year, but these few months may still be a bit difficult."
Tuoba Gui frowned: "The Fan Yang Lu family's accumulation over the years is only 300,000 dan of military rations? I thought it should be at least a million dan or more."
Lu Pu shook his head: "The descendants of my Lu family are scattered all over the north. These 300,000 stones are just the food reserves of my branch. I counted them before coming this time. That's all. The other Lu family members , maybe there is still some food in stock, but it will not be more than my master's family. After all, we are just a family, and we cannot compare with the ruling government. In recent years, Hebei has been in constant war, and during the Ran and Wei Dynasties, no one returned to farming, and people ate each other. The fields in the Central Plains are not like the inexhaustible supply of cattle and sheep on the grassland."
Tuoba Gui gritted his teeth: "Then we still need to invite Mr. Lu, oh, no, it should be Governor Lu who persuades your people to defect to the Wei Dynasty as soon as possible. The glory, wealth, high officials and noble titles here are all empty. Here, When the time comes to help me in the Wei Dynasty to destroy Yan, I will be the founding father and hero of the founding of the country!"
Lu Pu smiled slightly: "This is exactly the purpose of Wei Chen's coming here. It is to let everyone see that your Majesty has clear rewards and punishments. If you treat our Hebei scholars politely, then your followers will naturally follow you. To be honest, many Hebei scholars now People still have doubts about Your Majesty, thinking that Your Majesty was born outside the Great Wall and has no ambition to conquer the Central Plains, so they are still waiting and watching. Your Majesty needs to dispel their doubts before they can truly surrender."
Having said this, Lu Pu paused and looked at Zhang Gun: "Just like Wei Chen, if Zhang Shangshu hadn't been friends with Wei Chen for many years and personally came to persuade Wei Chen and introduced His Majesty's ambition, I'm afraid that this moment Er Weichen is still in Fan Yang's hometown building a dock to protect himself. Moreover, Wei Chen only brought 20,000 shi of military rations when he came this time. If we want to take out a large amount of food and grass from our hometown, we will need more manpower."
Tuoba Gui laughed and said: "This is easy. I can send an army to transport food and grass to you. Zhongshan and Yecheng cannot be captured in a short while. They require a long-term siege. Our army can go around to collect food. Of course it’s best if you have ready food.”
Lu Pu nodded: "When I came to the camp this time, I saw His Majesty's wisdom and martial prowess, and also understood Wei's intention to take over. Now I have put aside all doubts and am willing to sincerely help Wei succeed. In Fan Yang's hometown , we have tens of thousands of nephews and countrymen who can come to join the army. Of course, compared with the powerful cavalry of the Wei Dynasty, they are ordinary Han farmers who only know how to farm. They are not trained in military affairs and cannot fight. However, they can transport food and build buildings for the army. Camping, building roads and bridges, these things are not a big deal."
Tuoba Gui nodded with satisfaction: "Great, the Great Wei I want to establish is a Great Wei that includes Hu warriors and Han people. It is not only a country with only 400,000 cavalry, but also Han farmers, if they are good at transporting grain, I will also award rewards according to the standards of meritorious soldiers. You can go back and tell your villagers now that the common people who transport grain for the Wei Dynasty will be tax-free for five years and their families will not have to do corvee anymore."
Lu Pu was overjoyed and hurriedly saluted: "On behalf of Mr. Fan Yang, I would like to thank your majesty for your great kindness!"
Tuoba Gui turned to Cui Cheng who was standing aside: "Chief Cui, now that you are the governor of Qinghe, how are you going to help me, my great Wei, to destroy Yan?"
Cui Cheng sighed and said: "I'm sorry, I'm not as big as Governor Lu's family. They have been operating in Fanyang for many years. Mr. Zhang knows that our Cui family has many scribes who serve as officials in the court, and few of them go to run villages and build docks." To protect yourself, you have a large amount of food stored. When the former Qin Dynasty was destroyed, the ministers even took their nephews to defect to the Eastern Jin Dynasty. If they were not intercepted by Zhai Wei on the way, I am afraid they would have settled down in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and how would they have saved up?"
Tuoba Gui frowned and said nothing. Zhang Gun on the other side said: "Everything Cui Taishou said is true. Their tribe has never owned any property or built a fort. They only served as officials in the court. Wei Chen, this When I went back to find Cui Taishou, their family was already in dire straits and had to rely on donations from neighbors. Even Cui Taishou's wife, like his son, worked in the fields herself."
Tuoba Gui said softly: "Oh, that's not the case. After all, the Cui family of Qinghe is a famous Han family and the leader of a family. How did he end up like this?"
Cui Hong stood up quickly and said: "It's because the minister defected to the Wei Dynasty and became His Majesty's advisers that the Murong clan became resentful and angered their elder brother. They did not dare to directly kill their elder brother to exterminate him. In the hope of the scholars in Hebei, I dismissed my brother's official position and drove him back to his hometown in Qinghe, letting him farm and pay taxes like ordinary people. It's pitiful that I, the Cui family, have been officials for generations and were so humiliated. If Master Wang hadn't come to rescue me, I'm afraid my brother The whole family has no way to make a living!”
