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Zhao Erlang said: "It's not me who wants it, it's the soldiers under my command. They want to marry a wife. How can they marry a wife if they don't have money?"

The summer harvest is over. This year's millet harvest in Luoyang is not bad. With food available, the soldiers' minds are wandering and they want to fulfill their responsibility for reproduction.

This was a big deal. Zhao Hanzhang perked up and asked, "Are there many people interested in this?"

"Not many, just thirteen," Zhao Erlang said, "but there are many people who want to find wives. I asked. There are more than 300 people in the army who want to find wives, but they have no money. I asked. When it comes to matchmakers, they don’t have money, so it’s hard to find a wife.”

This is indeed a problem, Zhao Hanzhang pondered, "It's time to find a way to provide some military pay to the soldiers."

Because of poverty, Zhao Hanzhang's military salary was only paid sporadically for a few months, and most of the time he was paid when he was in Cai.

Ever since they left Shangcai, Zhao Hanzhang has become poorer day by day. Her military salary has been in arrears, so it would be nice to be able to feed everyone.

Oh, Zhao Jiajun's elite soldiers can still fire a little bit occasionally, but only intermittently.

Zhao Hanzhang missed Zhao Hu more and more, "Why isn't the seventh uncle coming?"

Just as he was talking, the soldiers came running in and said, "Your Majesty, a message has arrived from Yuncheng."

Zhao Hanzhang quickly stretched out his hand to take it, and scanned it with a single glance. He stopped eating and said, "You guys eat first, and I'll write a letter."

Zhao Kuan and Zhao Yunxin were like ants tickling their hearts, eager to know what was written in the letter.

She turned around and glanced at Fu Tinghan. Seeing that he was not curious at all, she asked, "Does Tinghan know what is written in the letter?"

"I don't know." But I will always know.

So there is no need to rush.

It was a letter from Zhao Zhongyu. He asked Zhao Hanzhang to send someone to pick up Ying Mingyu, and he had promised to join her.

The closest to Yanzhou is Yuzhou, and there are not many people around Zhao Hanzhang who are suitable for this job.

So she decided to leave the matter to Zhao Ming.

After she finished writing the letter, she immediately summoned Yuan Li, handed the letter to him and said, "Take the letter back to Yuzhou to find Zhao Ming. Please ask him to pick up Ming Yu. Remember, you must keep Ming Yu safe."

Yuan Li solemnly agreed, accepted the letter and left, leaving the city overnight.

Zhao Hanzhang rubbed his chin and thought deeply. Once Ming Yu left, the emperor's poaching would be smoother, but this also meant that the conflict between her and Gou Xi would become deeper and deeper. It would be dangerous for Zhao Zhongyu to stay in Yuncheng.

She frowned, thought for a moment, and then called Zeng Yue, "Select twenty people from the army, divide them into two pieces, and let them sneak into Yuncheng quietly. They don't have to do anything on weekdays, just keep an eye on Zhao Zhongyu. Once Yuncheng If there is any change, immediately escort Zhao Zhongyu back to Yuzhou."

Zeng Yue agreed, paused and asked, "What about the eldest master?"

Zeng Yue was a member of the Zhao family, and he was used to calling Zhao Ji that way.

Zhao Hanzhang lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, then said: "The safety of my uncle is the first priority."

Zeng Yue instantly realized that Zhao Ji's life and death was not important, and he could not even care.

Zeng Yue bowed and retreated.

The exchanges between Luoyang and Yuzhou are very close. Basically, there will be post soldiers delivering letters and official documents every other day. After all, there are occasionally things in Yuzhou that need to be handled by Zhao Hanzhang.

Unlike Zhao Hanzhang, who was busy training troops, making money, and dealing with official affairs reported from various places, Zhao Ming was drinking in his house in a carefree manner. Sitting with him were celebrities from Yuzhou, as well as people who came to Yuzhou from other places. Traveling scholars.

A celebrity was playing the piano. He leaned on the table, took a sip of sake, and then listened with a smile.

The servant carefully avoided the people in the garden, walked to the pavilion, tiptoed forward, and whispered in Zhao Ming's ear: "Lang Jun, there is a letter from Luoyang."

The letter just came yesterday, and it came again today. Zhao Ming stood up with a calm expression, nodded slightly with his friends and left.

The servant followed closely and reported in a low voice: "In addition to the letter, there is also a cart full of money. The person escorted back is the girl's companion, named Yuan Li."

"Money?" Zhao Ming only paused for a moment before speeding up. Will Zhao Hanzhang give him money?

She has been out for half a year, and every time she reaches out to him to ask for money, it is the first time that she has given him money back.

Moreover, Yuan Li also knew that his methods were ruthless, but Fu Tinghan didn't like him very much. He could feel it. Even Zhao Hanzhang didn't like him very much either, but he was easy to use, so she reused him.

Yuan Li was waiting in the front hall. When he saw Zhao Ming coming in, he immediately clasped his fists and saluted, "I pay my respects to Governor Zhao in this humble position."

"Without courtesy," Zhao Ming sat down cross-legged and stretched out his hand. Yuan Li immediately handed over the letter he had received respectfully.

Zhao Ming opened the letter and read it, scanning it ten lines at a time, feeling slightly surprised.

He lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, "You go down and rest first. I will arrange manpower for you in the evening."

Yuan Li didn't ask any more questions, bowed and retreated, leaving all the things he brought from Luoyang at Zhao Ming's residence.

Zhao Ming got up and went out to look at the cart of money.

The money was placed in a box, and a cart could not hold several boxes. It was also a copper coin, and its value was equivalent to a piece of gold.

But the meaning of the money is different.

Zhao Ming asked someone to lift the box down and open it. He picked up a coin from it, looked at the sun, turned it over and saw the word "Zhao" in the lower left corner. He clenched the copper coin in his hand, his eyes shining brightly. .

After being silent for a while, Zhao Ming waved his hand and said: "Put the money into the treasury."

"yes."

Zhao Ming muttered: "Put away all the valuable ornaments in the mansion. From today on, I will only wear linen clothes and send away the guests in the mansion properly. I will no longer entertain guests..."

He endured it and sighed, "Put away all the wine too, so that you can be thrifty. We want to learn from her."

The servants looked at each other and bowed in response.

Zhao Ming lowered his head and looked at the copper coins in his hand, called for his followers and asked, "Hasn't Xiping replied to your letter yet? Father, they don't want to come to Chen County?"

The personal attendant quickly bowed and said: "The news that just arrived this morning said that the master and the others set off two days ago."

Zhao Ming's expression relaxed, he calculated the distance and said: "They are older, so the carriage and horse speed should be a little slower. If they don't arrive tomorrow evening, they will arrive in the morning the day after tomorrow. Let people clean up the yard."

"yes."

But Zhao Ming didn't see anyone for two days. Zhao Judu led his army to the border of Yanzhou quietly and waited to pick up Yuan Li and others. Zhao Song and the others hadn't arrived at Chen County yet.

Zhao Ming couldn't help but wonder if they had encountered bandits on the road.

But in the past half year, Zhao Hanzhang ordered Xun Xiu and others to suppress bandits. There should be no large-scale bandits on the road, not to mention that they were still members of the Zhao family, under the banner of the Zhao family, and escorted by troops.

Just as they were worried, Zhao Song and the others slowly appeared outside the city.

Zhao Ming hurriedly went out to greet them. When he saw the huge team he brought, Zhao Ming was speechless for a long time.

"This is……"

Zhao Hu was very excited when she saw him. Before the carriage stopped, she stuck her head out and waved to him, "Niece, I'm bah bah bah..."

Zhao Hu was muddled by the floating dust before he could finish his sentence. When the carriage arrived in front of Zhao Ming, he stuck his head out of the carriage unhappily and said, "Zi Nian, why is this road so full of dust? As the county guard, you should arrange more people to sprinkle some water on this road every day to make the business travelers here feel at home, so that they like to come to Chen County."

Zhao Ming bowed slightly and said with an expressionless face: "Uncle Qi said, I have learned a lesson."

See you tomorrow