After leaving the governor's Yamen, Zhang Wenhe rushed directly to Fubiao Camp.
As a member of the governor's staff, the people in Fubiao camp naturally did not dare to stop him and respectfully let him in, but still sent someone to report inside.
Soon, General Xu came out with several generals from Fubiao Camp.
"Mr. Zhang." General Xu clasped his fists at Zhang Wenhe with a smile on his face.
"General Xu." Zhang Wenhe cupped his hands and said, "Fortunately, Zhang has lived up to his command. The governor has promised to pay the next part of the salary to Fu Biaoying. This is an official document. General Xu can take it to Xu Ji to receive it for a month. wages."
"Go to Xu Ji to collect salary!" General Xu was stunned for a moment, showing a surprised expression. Then he suddenly thought of the relationship between Xu Ji and the governor, and suddenly realized.
In the past, he only heard that Xu Ji had a very close relationship with Governor Xu of Datong, as the saying goes, there is no smoke without fire. Now he realized that Xu Ji should be a business opened by Governor Xu in Datong.
"General Xu, this is an official document, take it!" Zhang Wenhe handed the official document forward.
General Xu took the official document, glanced at the content on it, and after confirming that it was correct, he folded it and put it in his arms, and said with a smile: "Mr. Zhang is here just in time. I will keep the sorghum wine for you. Let's drink it together in the house." A few drinks.”
As he spoke, he made an inviting gesture toward the door.
Zhang Wenhe shook his head and said: "I won't go in. You can drink the wine next time. But General Xu has to pay close attention to the matter of going to Daliang Mountain to suppress the bandits. The governor is already extremely dissatisfied. I will spend my money on the salary this time." It took a lot of effort to convince the governor that this month's salary was borrowed from Xu Ji Trading Company."
"Thank you very much, Mr. Zhang." General Xu hugged Zhang Wenhe with a smile on his face.
Zhang Wenhe clasped his hands behind his back and said: "It would be great if General Xu could understand how difficult it was for Zhang to get these military pay. If it were anyone else, the governor would never agree to give money as military pay to your Fubiao camp, let alone Fubiao for you. For the military pay of the battalion, go and borrow money from Xu Ji."
"I understand," General Xu said, "I will never let Mr. Zhang's work go in vain."
"Haha, General Xu is a happy man." Zhang Wenhe stroked his beard and smiled.
General Xu turned around and ordered to his soldiers: "Go to the house, take out the jar of sorghum wine that the general brought back, and give it to Mr. Zhang."
"Yes." The soldier agreed, turned around and walked towards the room.
Zhang Wenhe's face suddenly darkened.
General Xu turned around and said to Zhang Wenhe with a smile: "Mr. Zhang, please wait a moment. I will ask someone to bring the wine. If Mr. Zhang finds it troublesome, I will also ask someone to send the wine to Mr. Zhang's house."
"No need, Zhang deserves a sip of wine." Zhang Wenhe shook his sleeves and said immediately, "General Xu doesn't need to pretend to be confused here. Isn't Zhang's words clear enough?"
General Xu frowned slightly and said with a puzzled look on his face: "I am a rough man and don't have so many twists and turns. If Mr. Zhang has anything to say, just say it directly."
At this time, the soldier who went into the house to get the wine came out of the house, holding the wine jar in his arms.
When he walked up to General Xu, he said, "General, I've brought the wine you asked for."
"Mr. Zhang, would you like this wine to be delivered to your house?" General Xu pointed to the wine jar in the soldier's arms.
Zhang Wenhe looked at General Xu in front of him and said with a calm face: "Don't General Xu know that what I want is not wine, and as long as I have money, I can't buy any wine."
"I understand." General Xu smiled and said, "It turns out that what Mr. Zhang wants is not wine, but money to buy wine."
Zhang Wenhe said: "It's good if General Xu understands."
General Xu smiled and said, "I am just a rough guy and can't compare to you scholars, so if you have anything to say, Mr. Zhang just say it."
"Okay, I'll just tell you the truth." Zhang Wenhe said, "If I hadn't gone to the governor for this money from Fubiao Camp, I'm afraid I don't know how long it would take for Fubiao Camp's salary to be paid out, so this time the salary , Zhang doesn’t want much, just 10%.”
As he spoke, he stretched out a finger and waved it in front of General Xu.
"Not much, not much, 10% is indeed not much." General Xu said with a smile, and then added, "But I will also give this money to the people below. If I only have one person's money, I will naturally be willing to use both hands. Give 10% to Mr. Zhang."
"So General Xu is unwilling." Zhang Wenhe's voice turned cold.
"No, Mr. Zhang misunderstood." General Xu said with a smile, "This time the salary will be given to Mr. Zhang. After all, it is not easy for Mr. Zhang to get salary from the governor."
With that said, he took out the official document from his arms and handed it back to Zhang Wenhe.
"General Xu, what do you mean?" Zhang Wenhe frowned.
General Xu said with a smile: "Mr. Zhang, you're welcome. Take it. After all, this is the salary you got from Mr. Zhang for helping us with the Fubiao Camp."
Zhang Wenhe subconsciously took the official document.
"I won't send Mr. Zhang off." General Xu clasped his fists at Zhang Wenhe and turned around to walk back.
Zhang Wenhe was stunned for a moment, then took two steps to catch up. At the same time, he said: "General Xu, wait a moment, I still have something to say."
General Xu stopped, turned around, looked at Zhang Wenhe, and said, "I wonder what else Mr. Zhang has to do?"
"The governor asked me to convey the message to General Xu." Zhang Wenhe said, "The governor ordered Fubiao Camp to send troops to Daliang Mountain within three days, without any mistake."
"Oh, that's it!" General Xu drew out his voice and said immediately, "I'm afraid this won't work. Fubiao Camp has not received pay for several months. At this time, don't talk about the military suppression of bandits. It's already quite good to be able to appease the people without having to pay them. It’s not easy.”
Zhang Wenhe frowned and said, "Didn't the governor already promise to give you a month's salary at Fubiao Camp?"
General Xu smiled when he heard this, but did not answer.
As a staff member next to Governor Xu Tong, he immediately understood what the other party meant. His face immediately sank and he said, "Could it be that General Xu wants to disobey the governor's order?"
"Of course I don't dare to disobey the governor's order." General Xu said, "But it is true that the Fubiao camp has been without pay for several months. Mr. Zhang may not understand. The so-called food for soldiers. If you can't even fill your stomach, what follows? How can those generals be willing to sacrifice their lives to suppress bandits in Daliang Mountain?"
"Okay, okay." Zhang Wenhe said two good words in succession, then pushed the official document in his hand into General Xu's hand and said, "This is one month's salary, and Fubiao Camp must send troops within three days. "
After saying that, he turned around and left.
He was afraid that if he stayed any longer, he would do something that would undermine his status as a scholar.
General Xu held the thin piece of paper in his hand and looked at Zhang Wenhe's leaving figure with a sneer on his lips.
A military general on the side stepped forward and said: "Bah, what the hell, you are actually trying to get us to pay for your salary? What kind of owner raises what kind of dog? Only money is in his eyes."
General Xu handed the official document in his hand to his own soldiers and said: "Take it and go to Xuji. Remember to bring a few more people with you and bring back the pay and silver from our Fubiao camp."
"yes."
The soldier took it in his hand and turned around to leave.
