46 Chapter 46 Before the Expedition

The entire court was in chaos because of Xiao Shilang's selfishness. However, these disturbances did not affect Jingshao's military camp, because the expedition was about to go out in a few days, and the camp was busy sorting out internal affairs.

Because the court had not completed the investigation of the case, the officials who confiscated their property first were just minions and could not plug the gap in the army. Emperor Hongzheng asked the treasury to allocate more silver to fill the gap in the army.

The army's account suddenly had a lot of money surplus, and someone needed to take over and rectify it quickly, but Mu Hanzhang was just a military advisor and had no authority to take care of this.

Zhao Meng suggested that Jing Shao promote him to the rank of military advisor general, but Mu Hanzhang declined, saying that he had just joined the military camp and was not qualified for this position. In the end, he made a compromise and appointed a military advisor, Zhonglang General. Although he is a military advisor, he can manage military affairs but cannot command military advisors. However, there are no other advisors in the army now, so the power given by this position is enough.

The Ministry of Revenue now had no time to send new secretaries, so Mu Hanzhang promoted several literate soldiers to serve as secretaries. He had made it clear a few days ago that those clerks were arrogant, and most of the soldiers asked people they knew well to write for them. He wrote down the names that had been mentioned one by one, and now he called them all to the central tent and asked a few questions. Let them write, and finally they are left with eight literate characters who can also do accounting.

"Do you understand the accounts each of you is responsible for?" Mu Hanzhang put away the account books in the book and asked the eight people in the audience. The accounts in the army were relatively simple. He chose an easy-to-learn and relatively detailed accounting method and taught them for a whole day. They must have almost learned it.

"Understood!" the eight people replied angrily.

"The military advisor teaches so well that even those who are illiterate can learn it." Wang Er said with a smile. When he met the military advisor while carrying food, he thought he was just a showman and was of little use in the army. But now, he is only a few years old. On that day, this Mr. Jun already had a high reputation in the army, and he was totally willing to transfer him as a secretary, so that he would not have to do the hard work of carrying food and cooking fires.

Mu Hanzhang nodded slightly: "At the end of every ten days, hand over the account books to me for review. If you don't understand anything, ask me on that day. If it's not urgent or of major importance, you don't need to ask. You can Make up your own mind.

When several people heard this, they all beamed with joy. Not only did this save them a lot of trouble, but this little bit of power could also bring a lot of benefits.

"However, the ugly words are ahead. Anyone who dares to embezzle military pay or conceal something important and does not report it will be dealt with according to military law without mercy!" Mu Hanzhang said coldly and said in a deep voice.

"Yes!" Several people hurriedly saluted. They were reluctant to throw away this good job, so naturally they would not lose their heads for some small profits.

After the people dispersed, Mu Hanzhang rubbed his brows tiredly. The expedition was about to begin, and there were many things to deal with in the army. There was no secretary these days, and it was very troublesome to have the accounts in disarray. It took him a whole day to sort out the accounts yesterday. Straighten out.

"Young master, are you tired?" Yun Song came in to bring tea and couldn't help but feel worried when he saw Mu Hanzhang showing signs of fatigue.

"It's okay," Mu Hanzhang shook his head and handed a piece of paper to Yun Song, "You can go back to the palace tomorrow to get all these things."

"Yes." Yun Song put the piece of paper in his arms and stepped out when he saw that Mu Hanzhang still had something to deal with.

"Yunsong," Jing Shao, who had returned from military training, called to his servant, "Go to the other courtyard tomorrow and tell Ren Feng to bring all the people I want."

"Yes," Yun Song hesitated, "but the young master told me to go back to the house tomorrow to pick up the things."

"That's it," Jing Shao pondered for a moment, "Then you go get your things and go to the other courtyard the day after tomorrow."

"Yes," Yun Song responded, secretly saying that in the prince's mind, the princess's affairs were indeed more important than his own, so he added, "The newly elected secretaries have gone back, and the young master seems a little tired."

When Jing Shao heard this, he frowned, opened the curtain and walked in, only to see that his princess was still busy in front of the case.

"Why haven't you finished your work yet?" Jing Shao walked over and took the person into his arms.

Mu Hanzhang struggled: "Wait a minute, I'll finish this." After saying that, he wrote a few more lines on the booklet, then put down the pen, rubbed his sore shoulders, glanced at the broad chest behind him, and reluctantly Couldn't help but lean in.

Jing Shao curled his lips, touched the tired face of the person in his arms, and hugged him up so that he could lean back more comfortably: "Why are you still busy if you haven't already divided the accounts?"

"Soldiers in the army send letters every month, but these letters home are likely to be used to deliver news, and some of them are even unintentional," Mu Hanzhang took a letter and showed it to him. It said that in the suburbs of Beijing In the military camp, the food has become better in recent days, and you can even eat beef. "If these contents are read by the enemy, they will know the location of the army and the source of some special ingredients. This is very dangerous."

Jing Shao nodded. In the military, there are often people who will check the letters before they are sent out, but there are always omissions. Things like beef are generally not noticed.

"I wrote a letter to review the charter and listed everything that could not be included. If there is anything else that needs to be added, write it all down and ask them to copy it a few times and send it to the secretary." Mu Hanzhang The charter just written was handed to him.

Jing Shao took the charter but didn't read it. He only looked down at the person in his arms.

"What's wrong?" Mu Hanzhang looked at him puzzled.

"I'm thinking about what blessings I accumulated in my last life to be able to be with you." Jing Shao looked at him, without a trace of teasing in his eyes. He was seriously thinking about what he did in his last life, and God actually Treat him so favorably and let him live a new life.

Mu Hanzhang looked at his serious eyes and slowly raised his lips: "I am so blessed to have a good man like you."

The two looked at each other deeply, and could see the cherishment and admiration of each other in each other's eyes. They couldn't help but slowly approach each other and gently kissed each other's lips.

"Military Advisor!" Zhao Meng suddenly opened the curtain and called loudly before coming in.

The two people who had just come into contact hurriedly separated. Mu Hanzhang sat up and looked down at the account book on the table, while Jing Shao stared at Zhao Meng with gritted teeth.

"The prince is here too!" General Zhao raised his head and greeted him, and sat down on the chair next to him.

"General, why are you running so fast and not waiting for me!" The right guard also ran in noisily, followed by the left guard with steady steps.

"What's the matter with you coming here at this time?" Mu Hanzhang put down the wolf-hair brush in his hand and looked up at the three people.

Zhao Meng stroked his beard and winked at the right guard: "You say!"

"Ah, we discussed that the life in the army has suddenly become better these two days, so we want to buy some new things... Why are you pulling me?" The right guard was talking excitedly, and was suddenly pulled by the left guard.

"Hey, why are you so long-winded," Zhao Meng said dissatisfiedly, "Let me tell you, it is really inconvenient for the military advisor to live with the prince in the prince's tent. Now there is money in the account, we must quickly buy a better tent for the military advisor." General Zhao felt that the military advisor was now in charge of his own accounts, and he must be embarrassed to ask for money for himself, so he pulled the left and right guards to persuade him.

Jing Shao heard the alarm bells immediately. Now that they live together, they can't eat for several days. If they sleep separately, wouldn't it be worse! The mood that was originally disturbed became even worse, and he said coldly: "The military advisor does not know how to fight. If there is an assassin, won't he be powerless to fight back? I think it's good to live in the king's tent."

"How can there be any assassins in the military camp? Besides, even if there are assassins, they are assassinating the prince, not the military advisor. If I say, living in the king's tent is... Ouch, why are you pinching me!" The right guard said halfway, and was pinched by the left guard in the waist. He couldn't help but turn his head and yell.

"The tent must be prepared. Since ancient times, there is no reason for the military advisor to live in the king's tent." Mu Hanzhang glanced at Jing Shao's obviously livid face, and couldn't help but smile, "But we will set off in three days. If we set up tents now, we have to move other tents to other places. It's not worth it. Let's add them on the march."

Jing Shao's face improved a little after hearing this, and he waved his hand to drive away the three people who had no reason to give advice.

"Jun Qing, do we really need to build another tent?" After everyone left, Jing Shao hugged his princess unwillingly.

"I am your military advisor now, not your princess. If you don't want to be criticized, you still have to do your best." Mu Hanzhang patted his head on his shoulder.

"Then we have to sleep separately!" Jing Shao protested dissatisfiedly.

"Well," Mu Hanzhang nodded, looking at Jing Shao's sad face, he couldn't help but stretched out his hand to pinch his cheek, "However, the prince can go to my tent at night to discuss military information."

"Yes, why didn't I think of it!" Jing Shao heard this, and his eyes lit up, pulling Mu Hanzhang up, "Let's go back to the king's tent to discuss it for a while!"

The next day, Yunsong went back to the palace and brought all the things Mu Hanzhang wanted.

There were a lot of things, but they were all small items, so it didn't take much effort. Jing Shao curiously leaned over to take a look, and saw a jade flute at a glance.

"Jun Qing, you can play the flute!" I've never seen him use this thing before. Jing Shao looked at the flute with some curiosity. It was green and warm to the touch.

"I learned it when I was young. The qin was too heavy and it was a hindrance to march, but this flute can be carried with me," Mu Hanzhang explained, "If I'm short of money on the road, I can pawn it."

Jing Shao paused while playing with the jade flute. Don't literati cherish their qin and flute? Why is my princess so special...

The day of the expedition came in a blink of an eye. The soldiers were in high spirits and ready to go. They are the elite in the hands of the prince. The rest of the army will rush to the southwest from all over the country and finally meet at the border of the southwest fiefdom 300 miles away.

Yun Song said goodbye to Mu Hanzhang and returned to the palace. He originally thought that he would have to do those daily chores himself in the future, but unexpectedly Jing Shao brought him a maid, and this maid was none other than Ge Ruoyi, who had learned hidden weapons from Gui Jiudao for several months!