Chapter 186 Another Sum of Silver
When he heard that the soldiers' armor was broken, Shang Zhanchen nodded decisively. This was related to the safety of the soldiers' lives and must be replaced.
After hearing what the prince said, General Wei breathed a sigh of relief. He thought the prince would refuse on the grounds of insufficient military pay.
"I wonder how much military pay the prince brought this time."
He looked at Shang Zhanchen. From the prince's tone, he knew that he must have brought a lot of military pay. Otherwise, he would not have agreed so readily.
"I brought 600,000 taels of silver from the capital."
"Six hundred thousand taels of silver?" General Wei was stunned.
He stared at Shang Zhanchen in disbelief. In the memorial submitted to the court before, he had requested military rations for the soldiers until the end of the year.
Six hundred thousand taels of silver were not even enough to provide food for the soldiers, let alone replace their uniforms and armor.
"What about the food? I wonder how much military rations the prince brought?" General Wei looked at Shang Zhanchen again.
When we welcomed the prince before, I didn’t see him bring many pounds of food.
"One hundred thousand jin."
"One hundred thousand jin!" General Wei was stunned again and looked at the prince in disbelief.
There wasn't much money or food, so how could the soldiers survive until the end of the year, let alone change their uniforms and armor?
Seeing what he was thinking, Shang Zhanchen leaned back in his chair.
"General Wei, don't worry. In addition to these, I have another sum of money."
"Another sum of money!" General Wei was stunned again.
Staring straight at Shang Zhanchen, obviously not understanding what the prince meant, Shang Zhanchen glanced at Jiang Zuo, who smiled and told him the whole story.
"General Wei, this is what happened. When we came here, we took over Baihu Mountain......"
He simply recounted how they wiped out the entire White Tiger Mountain, ignoring Shen Yiyi, after all, the Crown Princess was too enchanting.
Even if I tell it, General Wei won't believe it, not to mention it's not advisable to tell the truth.
No one should be allowed to know that the Crown Princess has such great abilities, lest it bring disaster upon her.
Moreover, the Crown Princess’ identity has not been revealed yet, so it is not appropriate to talk about this matter.
But this incident has already shocked General Wei. You have to know that bandits have been entrenched in Baihu Mountain for several years.
The imperial court sent troops several times but failed to successfully encircle and suppress the rebellion. Now, not only was the crown prince captured, but more than two million silver coins were also confiscated.
This is simply life-saving money. At this moment, he both admires and worships the prince. If it weren't for the prince's noble status.
I really want to become sworn brothers with him. With such a brave and resourceful prince, the Shang Kingdom will surely prosper.
Even the deputy generals looked excited, if it weren't for the huge gap between their status and that of the crown prince.
They had already interrupted and said a few words of admiration. Despite this, everyone's eyes were shining with admiration.
Jiang Zuo and Jiang You kept touching their noses.
"……………………"
This is all thanks to the Crown Princess. They were all lying there at the time.
"In that case, I will send people to purchase military uniforms and armor." General Wei bowed to Shang Zhanchen.
Since the prince brought so much money, he had no worries and had to quickly purchase a batch of military uniforms and armor for the soldiers.
Some of them are already in tatters, let alone being able to provide safety.
"Yeah." Shang Zhanchen nodded.
Just as I was about to say something else, I heard a burst of rapid drumbeats outside.
“Boom boom boom boom boom…”
“……………………”Everyone looked up and looked outside at the same time.
"There is an enemy attack. Please take a rest, Your Highness. I will go out and take a look." General Wei bowed to Shang Zhanchen.
He hurried out with his men.
“……………………”Shang Zhanchen frowned.
Looking at the soldiers who were hurriedly gathering outside, he also stood up and walked out.
"Go and see."
Shen Yiyi and Jiang Zuo were currently following a deputy general to visit the military camp. They had never seen a place where so many people lived at once.
Everything I saw was new and exciting. Just when I was having a great time, I heard a burst of rapid drum beats and was immediately startled.
"Emma! What happened?" He leaned forward and looked forward.
Seeing the soldiers rushing out of the tents with weapons in hand, and looking at their anxious looks, it was obvious that a war was about to break out.
"Miss Shen, don't panic. Maybe the Qinchuan army is here to harass you again."
"Qinchuan Army?" Shen Yiyi looked curious. From the sound of it, it seemed that they were old rivals.
"Well, the Qinchuan Army is the army of the Qinchuan country across the street. They have often come here to harass us in the past few years, and more so during this period."
"Oh, will they call us?" Shen Yiyi nodded.
Following the deputy general's gaze in the direction ahead, I thought that the military camp where more than 100,000 people lived should be the safest.
Now it seems not only unsafe, but also quite dangerous. If it really doesn't work, let's just leave.
Even if we live in the mountains, it is much safer than here, otherwise we never know who will call us at night.
Although he wouldn't lose his life, it would be a lot of trouble and he would have to run away with his luggage. As he was thinking about this, he saw the deputy general smile indifferently.
"No, don't worry, Miss Shen. They are just harassing the surrounding area. They are not brave enough to attack our military camp."
The deputy general looked ahead with sarcasm. Although they had fought many battles with the Qinchuan Army in recent years, they were all at the border between the two countries.
They were not brave enough to cross the border and attack their military camp. After hearing his words, Shen Yiyi nodded in relief.
"Oh, all right."
This means that their military camp is still habitable. Once they saw all the soldiers rushing out of the camp, they no longer had the heart to hang around.
"Let's go back!" She looked at the deputy general.
There's going to be a war over there, she can't just hang around here without any care, otherwise she'll just become an annoyance.
Seeing that the Crown Princess was no longer interested, Han Chun followed suit.
"Then let's go back." Mainly because he was also worried about it and wanted to go back to see what was going on.
When they walked back, they realized that they had walked so far, passing more than a dozen large tents before arriving at the gate.
I saw Xiaoguai and the others standing there from a distance, and I ran over to them.
"Xiaoguai, are we going to fight?" Coming up to him, she looked at Shang Zhanchen breathlessly.
"Probably not!" Shang Zhanchen glanced at Shen Yiyi and helped her tidy up the loose hair on her forehead.
General Wei only brought a few thousand troops with him just now, and he has not come back to ask for reinforcements yet. I guess the war has already started over there.
That means there are not many enemies, otherwise they would not have come back to deliver the message. Just as he was thinking about this, General Wei came back with his soldiers in a mighty manner.
"General Wei, has the fighting started?" Shen Yiyi looked at General Wei who was coming forward.
It felt like the drum had just finished beating and it came back already. Could it be that they won? This was too fast.
"Don't worry, Miss Shen, they have been scared away!"