Although he didn't know what Xu Zhaojie was up to, he had to settle his transfer to the Zhenwu Army before he returned to Luo'an, and make this matter final!
Otherwise, once Xu Zhaojie knows about this matter, it is foreseeable that he will definitely prevent him from leaving. At that time, as his immediate superior, he does not agree, and even the Ministry of War has no way to force him to transfer to Zhenwu. military.
But luckily among the misfortunes, things went quite smoothly. Fang Jing did not disappoint him and provided him with Li Guangbin. With Fang Jing's introduction, all that was left was to put the money in place. As for his transfer to the Zhenwu Army, it is estimated that more than half of it has been completed, which undoubtedly gave Ye Mingsheng a little more relief!
Although now that Li Guangbin has this access, the possibility of being transferred to the Zhenwu Army has greatly increased, but in view of the current environment, Ye Mingsheng still dare not relax. He has decided to make an appointment with the money tomorrow to see if he can Can I get any help from him?
It happened that Fang Jing needed five days to inform Li Guangbin, so he could make good preparations during these five days.
Early the next morning, because he had not made an appointment with Qian Buli in advance, Ye Mingsheng went directly to the Ministry of War where Qian Buli worked.
As one of the "Six Ministries" of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the Ministry of War is nominally in charge of the mobilization of troops and horses across the country and the promotion of military attachés. Although in recent years, the Great Zhou court's control over local vassals and towns has gradually weakened and its authority has been weakened a lot, it lives up to its former glory. power, but today, there are still hundreds of officials, large and small, serving in it. The hundreds of thousands of Zhou troops actually controlled by Chief Assistant Shangguan Hongyuan still obey the orders of the Ministry of War.
The Ministry of War has four sub-departments: the headquarters, the driving department, the treasury department, and the staff department. Each department has officials such as lieutenant, member of staff, and chief officer. The money Ye Mingsheng is looking for is to hold the position of chief officer in the treasury department of the Ministry of War. .
As the name suggests, the Treasury Department is the department that has the authority to control the warehouse of the Ministry of War. Everything such as food, ordnance, cotton clothes, gunpowder, etc. stored in the warehouse is under their control!
This is also the reason why Qian Buli has a very close relationship with Kong Ruian, the son of an important official of Deshengchang, the imperial company responsible for purchasing...
As an official in charge of the warehouse, Qian Buli usually has a lot of free time. He orders a meal at the Yamen in the morning, eats at the government house at noon, takes a nap in the afternoon, and then returns home from get off work at the end of the day. His life is quite comfortable. .
However, there is also a disadvantage of managing the warehouse, that is, when there is a war or other matters such as mobilizing materials in the warehouse, his workload will be greatly increased, and he will often be so busy that he hits the back of his head.
Now that the Zhenwu Army was established, all kinds of ordnance, cotton-padded clothes, and flags were pulled out from the warehouse, and the money was kept, and they were so busy that they couldn't stop complaining.
"Show me your warrant and approval!"
The room had just finished processing one hundred three-eyed guns and took them out of the warehouse. He was busy writing on the desk and kept the money recorded in the book. When he saw someone approaching him, he did not raise his head to see who the other person was. He asked habitually:
However, what surprised Qian Buli was that after he asked the question, the other party did not answer. Seeing this, he raised his head in anger and asked again: "Show the warrant..."
But when he finished speaking halfway, he stopped abruptly. Looking at the smiling young military attache in front of him, he was stunned for a moment, and then said in great surprise:
"Brother Ye, you are back from the palace!"
"Well! I came to the Ministry of War to make some handovers. I thought I hadn't seen you for a while, so I came over to see you. How about we go out at night? Let's go to Zuixiangju to have some dinner. I'll treat you!" Ye Mingsheng Pretending to be bold and bold:
Hearing the words "Zuixiangju, I'm treating you", Qian Bujue, who was very fond of the appetite, suddenly had a ray of light in his eyes, and his heart was very moved, but he still declined and said: " How can this be so embarrassing...Brother Ye, when you return from the palace, I should be the one to treat you, so how can I let you spend money!"
Seeing Qian's insistence on being so pretentious, Ye Mingsheng, who was asking for help, didn't care. He waved his hand and said: "It's the same for you and me, no matter who invites you. Let me do it this time. It depends on what happens here." If it’s more, I won’t bother you too much. I’ll open a private room at Zuixiangju tonight, so remember to come over!”
"Since Brother Ye is so kind and difficult to refuse, I will be disrespectful to refuse..." After being reserved for a while in front of Zuixiangju, Qian Buli did not hesitate and nodded in agreement.
"See you there!" Ye Mingsheng smiled, cupped his hands, and then exited the room.
After leaving the Ministry of War, Ye Mingsheng came to Zuixiangju in Changningfang, East District.
This Zuixiangju is located in Luo'an, a city with a dazzling array of restaurants. Although it doesn't rank high, it can be considered a relatively good restaurant in Luo'an.
Not only does the food taste very good, but it also has a group of young and beautiful dancers who come out to perform dances every night, so they are very popular. The restaurant is full every day. If you want to reserve a private room, you must make a reservation in advance. Otherwise, if you go at night, there will be no seats at all.
This Zuixiang Residence can be said to be Qian Buli's favorite. After he went there once, he was reluctant to leave this place. However, his salary was low, and he was also timid. Guarding the treasure house of the Ministry of War, which was a mountain of gold and silver, was I don't dare to think anything wrong, so I don't have much money in my pocket.
He often saves a month's worth of money before he can go to Zuixiangju to have fun. This time Ye Mingsheng asked him for help and made an appointment at Zuixiangju.
After booking a private room in Zuixiangju, Ye Mingsheng stopped by on his way home. Luo'an, as the bustling West Market, was on duty to provide rice, flour, grains and oils, vegetables and meat, and other daily necessities.
As the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Luo'an is not only expensive in house prices, but also in everything else. The consumption level is so high. Even though Ye Mingsheng has some money, he can't take his men to restaurants, so he makes it at home. For meals, it has become inevitable to go out to eat occasionally.
Fortunately, Ye Tie cooked and ate alone when he was hanging out in the green forest, so his cooking skills were quite good, and everyone didn't stare at the ingredients with big eyes and small eyes...
The shopping went smoothly, but the process touched Ye Mingsheng deeply. A few days after he returned to Luo'an, the price of food had increased by another 20% due to war, drought and other effects, reaching an average of 10% per day. A stone of grain costs one, two or three cents of silver. When he was young and first came to Luo'an, he could have bought two or two and a half stones of grain at this price.
