When Chu Huan heard Pei Ji say he wanted to build a military army, his eyes showed light, but he quickly locked his eyebrows. Pei Ji asked, "Does the second brother think it's not the time?"

"Brother misunderstood." Chu Huan shook his head and said, "Brother is right. If you want to gain a foothold in Xiguan, if you don't have a constant army, it will be difficult to move forward, and it can even be said to be at the mercenary of others...!" After a pause, he smiled bitterly: "It's just that I don't know anything about military construction, and... it costs a lot to build an imperial guard army. Although the military pay for the imperial guards is responsible for local finance, the Ministry of Revenue is now poor and it is undoubtedly a fantasy to take out silver from the Ministry of Revenue as military expenses."

"A fairy tale?" Pei Ji was stunned and said strangely: "Second brother, what is a fairy tale?"

Chu Huan understood that he was a mistake in his tongue, so he could only explain: "It's just a foolish person."

"So that's it." Pei Ji smiled and said, "Second brother, if you really want to talk about it, in fact, after the second brother arrived in the northwest, he has always been very lucky. The once-in-a-century plague has been solved by the emergence of senior brother and Master Cha Bo. There is no big problem. Now the problems with the military capital of the founding army have actually been solved."

"Brother is it...the property transported from the pass?" Chu Huan said: "The property transported this time is indeed quite a lot, but...these are all private property..." I was afraid that Pei Ji was misunderstood and explained: "Of course I understand that it is not that I can't bear to give up these property, but that the empire has laws and regulations, and the military pay for the army is provided by the court and local finances. If building the army with private financial resources is like rebellion..."

"I naturally understand this." Pei Ji smiled and said, "No matter which dynasty or dynasty, it is not allowed by law. But why didn't the second brother think about it. Except for the second brother's confidant, no one knew that the second brother's property was in it. Those who knew the situation just thought that this was the property transported by Miss Su."

When Chu Huan saw Pei Ji calm down, he knew that Pei Ji must have been confident and said, "Does Brother have any tricks?"

"This time, this batch of property was sent to the Governor's Office. Second brother might as well say that these property are Miss Su's property. Miss Su was originally from the northwest, and now Xiguan is in ruins. Miss Su is in love with her hometown. In this time of crisis, she wants to add bricks and tiles to the reconstruction of her hometown and contribute to the reconstruction of her hometown." Pei Ji held her beard and said calmly: "And Miss Su's property is a property donated to the government."

“Donate?”

"That's right." Pei Ji smiled and said, "If it's just donating, I'm afraid that the people from the Ministry of Revenue Department will come to entangle. Then, in the name of Miss Su, it is clear that this batch of property is used to donate to the government to mine salt mines. Isn't my second brother about to set up a new salt bureau? Very good. This batch of property will be extracted from it and donated directly to the New Salt Bureau. Since Miss Su donated to mine salt mines, it is natural to donate silver to the New Salt Bureau. Even if the Ministry of Revenue Department is unwilling to accept it, it is still impossible to find any problems."

Chu Huan had to admire the ability to respond to the ratio and clapped his hands: "Brother is really a good idea. This can not only solve the cost of building a military army, but also solve the problem of building a salt field."

"Second brother, you must really thank Miss Su this time. She gave her money in time. To build a salt field, if the financial resources of the seven surnames of Xiguan start, it will inevitably be infiltrated by the seven surnames of Xiguan." Pei Ji said seriously: "The seven surnames of Xiguan must of course be used. They are local gentry, and the lean camels are bigger than horses. Moreover, they are not lean camels now. They still have strong connections in Xiguan. The second brother must make good use of these relationships at present, but then again, the seven surnames of Xiguan must be used and guarded... The second brother needs to use their power to gain a foothold in Xiguan. At the same time, they must also use the strength of the second brother to make a comeback and depend on each other, but they must not take the initiative, especially when mining and salt production. The second brother should take it as much as possible and use the seven surnames of Xiguan to open up the road of sales, but it is best not to let them infiltrate the salt production."

Chu Huan understood Pei Ji's concern and nodded slightly.

"Brother, it's not difficult to recruit new recruits in Xiguan, but weapons and equipment are a big problem." Chu Huan whispered: "Brother doesn't know. I checked the Ministry of War. Logically speaking, the most important thing in Xiguan's battle is equipment and equipment, but do you know the current situation in Hyogo?"

Pei Ji laughed and said, "When I came to take office, did you think Zhu Lingyue would leave you something? Are you still counting on Hyogo to stock you things?"

Chu Huan sighed: "Actually, I haven't thought about how much I can leave behind. But what I have left now is shocking... There is not a set of armor in Hyogo, and only a small number of spears and shields are left behind...!"

Pei Ji frowned, "Hyugo doesn't even have a piece of armor?"

"Yes." Chu Huan looked solemn, "It is said that before I arrived in Shuoquan, Hyogo still had 600 sets of armor, but it was called by Dongfang Xin to the Pingxi Army."

Pei Ji spread his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Don't you think this is a good thing?"

Chu Huan thought about it, understood, and said softly: "Brother, I think there is something to do in the middle?"

"It's not just about articles, that's a big article." Pei Ji smiled and said, "Dongfang Xin is already clearly distinguished from you, and is facing tit-for-tat. Even if the people don't know it, everyone in the officialdom of Xiguan knows that you and Dongfang Xin are as powerful as water and fire. Dongfang Xin and Dong Shizhen are all determined to cause trouble for their second brother, so their second brother naturally cannot tolerate it all the time."

Chu Huan sighed: "I don't want to endure it. When I first came to Xiguan, I haven't figured out many things yet. In this environment, I must be more cautious."

Pei Ji smiled and said, "The second brother knows to be cautious, which is excellent, but the other party is aggressive. The second brother can use his position to find the opportunity and give them a little color. Sometimes, he uses attack as a defense, but there are unexpected results."

"Taking attack as defense?" Chu Huan laughed and said, "Brother is good at military tactics. It seems that this military tactic is not just used on the battlefield." After touching his chin, he pondered for a moment, and then said, "Since the emperor wants to use me to disrupt the northwest and balance Zhu Lingyue, he naturally doesn't want to see me being controlled everywhere and building a new army, but it doesn't take the imperial court to get silver. It's done by donating locally. I think the emperor should be happy to see it."

"At least for now, the emperor will definitely support you in building a new army." Pei Ji said: "The emperor does not want to see Zhu Lingyue grow stronger, but in the current situation in the northwest, he is willing to see you grow stronger. The new army in Xiguan was originally recruited to deal with Zhu Lingyue, and the sword edge pointed to Zhu Lingyue, which of course is what the emperor is willing to see."

"So if I wrote to the court at this time and asked the court to allocate a batch of equipment and equipment for the establishment of the army, the emperor should support it." Chu Huan said thoughtfully.

Pei Ji nodded, "If you understand the whole situation, you will know your own advantages, know yourself and your enemy, and you can deal with it calmly. The emperor uses you to balance Zhu Lingyue in Xiguan. If you don't want the court to ask for something, you are afraid that the old emperor will be stranger. Some words of the emperor will not tell you, but he knows that with your intelligence, after coming to the northwest, you will soon understand his profound meaning. As long as you understand his meaning and have no unpleasant intentions, you will definitely actively balance Zhu Lingyue. Of course, he also knows that without the help of the court, you can use your personal strength to check and balance Zhu Lingyue first... It is what you call a fairy tale, so he may have been waiting for you to ask the court for supplies. If you have not reached out for a long time, I am afraid that your suspicious old emperor will think that you have other unpleasant intentions and will become Zhu Lingyue's gang."

Chu Huan was already very grateful at this time. Chu Huan didn't think he was a stupid person, but he couldn't see through many political matters at once. He was glad that he had a person like Pei Ji around him. After Pei Ji said something, he could tell the whole situation clearly. As Pei Ji said, he could understand the whole situation, know his own strengths and weaknesses, know himself and his enemy, and he could deal with it calmly.

"Then I just spoke up and asked the court for supplies." Chu Huan felt his mind clear at this moment, and suddenly realized a lot of things, "I don't care how much he can give, but try to get as much as he can."

"That's right." Pei Ji laughed and said, "The second brother has always been generous. This time, he should not be petty. He opens his mouth to the court. The more you want, the more the old emperor will feel that you have to put in full force to compete with Zhu Lingyue, which will be beneficial or harmless."

Chu Huan wanted to get through the joints. Although she understood that her current situation was still not optimistic, she was still very happy. She poured wine and was about to drink it with Pei Ji, but the voice of Qiu Ruxue came from outside the door: "Sir, I'm back."

Chu Huan heard that it was Qiu Ruxue's voice and immediately stood up and said, "Brother Qiu, come in quickly, there are wine, let's have a few drinks together."

Qiu Ruxue entered the house, wearing a gray robe, wearing a straw hat, took off his hat, and first bowed slightly to Pei Ji. He had already known that Pei Ji was Chu Huan's sworn brother, and he knew that Pei Ji was a very profound person. Not to mention anything else, just Qin Lei, who followed Pei Ji day and night, looked very thin, but it caused Qiu Ruxue, a swordsman who had been in the world for many years, to suffer a great loss. Qin Lei was like this, Qiu Ruxue was even more awe of Pei Ji and did not dare to lose his manners. Seeing Chu Huan summoning, he went over to sit next to Chu Huan. Chu Huan had already asked: "What's the situation? Have you found out clearly?"

When Qiu Ruxue saw Chu Huan asking in front of Pei Ji, he must have no scruples, so he didn't have to cover up and whispered: "Sir, you've found it out clearly, she's in the city!"
Chapter completed!