April, Fengzhou City.

Now is the best season for this border city. The clouds are light and the wind is bright and the sun is bright, and there are plants and trees growing, lush and energetic. In the room, you can smell the fragrance of flowers and plants in the yard from time to time, which makes Li Ling, who is busy with desk affairs, feel refreshed.

Today, the dispatch of food and grass has been on track, and he no longer has to be as busy as before. What needs to be solved most now is the smooth and safety issues along the road.

The biggest difference between the northern border and the Central Plains and Jiangnan is that the area is vast and the city is sparsely populated, which leads to the fact that the grain transport needs to stay overnight in the wilderness and mountains when transporting grains outside. In addition, the official roads here have been disrepaired for many years, which makes it difficult to move the roads, which makes the grain transport more variables.

Even if there were no Guirong people who were beaten to scattered in the invasion of Daeyue, the local bandits who were hidden in poor mountains and rivers and fell into the grass as bandits would be enough to make people feel a headache. If every grain transport is carried by thousands of elite soldiers, it would be safe and sound, but the investment is too great, and it cannot afford it, whether it is the court or the border.

So what Li Ling is thinking about now is how to open this road to transport grain at a smaller price, set up grain stations along the way to transport grain north like a post station, and then station troops inside? Repair is more open and easy to walk, and is far away from the mountains?

Although these countermeasures are extremely effective, the investment and time required are quite large, and at least a lot of them can be implemented in a short period of time. However, this does not prevent Li Ling from making plans. With some rules and regulations on transporting grain, Li Ling has already written a thick stack of books and only waited for the war to return to the capital and report it to the court to see if there is a possibility of pilot implementation.

When he is in his position, he is planning his business. Since Li Ling has been awarded such a significant official position, he should do his best to the dispatch of the military rations of the Great Vietnamese.

After writing some opinions, connecting the front and back together carefully and confirming that it was correct, Li Ling put down his pen and exhaled a breath of turbid air, then got up to move his body. However, before he could move a few times, Li Moyun hurried in. As soon as he saw Li Ling, he handed over a document in his hand: "Sir, this is an urgent delivery from the north."

Li Ling was stunned for a moment and then took the document, because generally speaking, the documents on the northern front could not be sent to him. At most, they would just send someone to urge grain to ask for logistics, so how could there be such a formal document?

Because of this, Li Ling was even less careless. He returned to the table with the document, but saw that there was a varnish seal on it. He decisively used a knife to open it. Then he saw the content inside. After seeing it, his eyebrows quickly gathered: "Is this happening?"

The content of the document is very simple, which is to pursue accountability - why not only did the military rations sent to the Xiaogan Army be less than 30%, but half of them were moldy and deteriorated? Because of this, the army suffered consecutive setbacks in the battle to attack Bazhou, and the soldiers were damaged.

With such serious consequences, Cui Shuangcheng, the general of Xiaogan Army, was extremely annoyed, so the following document asked Li Ling, who was in charge of the matter, to give an explanation, and at the same time make up for the lack of food. The article also mentioned that they had already taken down all Geng Qi and others who were escorted to the front line. If Li Ling could not give them a satisfactory explanation, not only would these people apologize for death, but they would also report to Dong Shuai and the court in May to seek justice!

The wording of this document is extremely rude, which means that Li Ling will execute it immediately. However, after reading it, Li Ling was not angry with the rude statement in the article. Instead, he was worried about how many adverse effects the matter would have, because even he himself could not guarantee that the military rations sent to the front would be of quality and quantity.

Although he tried his best to control every detail, many things were done by the people below. If someone did it after delivering grain from the warehouse, it would be impossible for food to be short of food on the front line. This is also what Li Ling is considering recently, whether there should be clearer supervision when placing grain northward.

Then, the quality of the food delivered from all parts of the Central Plains to the Northern Xinjiang cannot be 100% guaranteed to be correct. After all, less than 30% of the food sent to Fengzhou by Li Ling. Although there were spot checks when entering the warehouse, it was impossible to open every bag of grain and check them carefully, right?

Putting all the shortcomings together, Li Ling did not suspect that he was after seeing the document of holding him accountable. Instead, he reflected on himself. After a while, he sighed and said, "It seems that he should do things more carefully in the future. At least before the military ration is delivered, the quality of the food must be guaranteed."

After that, he considered how to solve this problem. After Li Ling read the document again, he knew that he was afraid he was going to the front line this time. He looked at Li Moyun who was still in the hall: "Moyun, go and prepare. We will go north tomorrow and the next day, and go to Bazhou."

"Ah? Young Master, the war is still going on there, and there are so many dangers along the way. Are you really going to take the risk?" Li Moyun immediately said with some concern, with great intention of dissuasion.

"In this position, when you arrive in the northern border, you shouldn't just be behind. You still have to take risks." Li Ling smiled, "What's more, we are not the two of us in Bazhou. There are also teams transporting grains together. There should be hundreds of soldiers and military personnel who come forward, so safety should be very guaranteed."

"Young Master, but this document requires you to go there?" Li Moyun then remembered the cause and effect before and after, and said curiously.

"Yes, there was a problem with the military rations we sent to Bazhou. As the person who sponsored the matter, I always had to give them an explanation. Besides, they took down Geng Qi and others. If I don't go, I'm afraid they will be in danger. Killing a few people in the military camp is not a matter of just talking about it?" Li Ling had absolutely trusted him, so he said the content of the article casually, "Okay, don't worry about this. I originally planned to go north to see when I have to walk over there personally to make suggestions to the court to improve it. This time I happened to solve the matter together."

Seeing that his son had made a decision, Li Moyun stopped dissuading him. After nodding, he went to plan for things he might need along the way. Li Ling then went out and headed straight to Wen Ming's general office next to him.

Yes, Li Ling's current office is located in the magistrate's yamen, next to Wen Ming's general. Fortunately, the yamen here is big enough, but there are not many officials, so it is easy for him to find a separate courtyard to handle official duties, and it also facilitates discussions between him and Wen Ming.

During these days, Li Ling would go to Wen Ming to discuss countermeasures if he had any ideas and difficulties. With the cooperation of the two, he really came up with many good strategies. Of course, Li Ling went to him this time not to discuss countermeasures, but to ask the other party to help take care of his chores.

"You mean you want to leave Fengzhou temporarily, go to the army, and go to the Bazhou area?" Wen Ming frowned with some concern, "You have to be clear that the northern border is different from the south of the Central Plains. Once the town is out of the town, it will be extremely dangerous outside."

"Sir, don't scare me. I won't go this time, otherwise it will be difficult to calm the soldiers ahead. Besides, this is also an idea I have had. If I can't even go this journey because of my fear in the Northern Frontier, if I can't even go through this journey due to concerns and fear, what else can I use to let the court adopt my suggestions?" Li Ling said firmly.

Seeing Li Ling like this, Wen Ming could only express his support: "Okay, since that's the case, you must be careful when you go here and bring more troops just in case."

"Then everything in Fengzhou will be left to the Lord for full disposal." Li Ling took the opportunity to ask for help.

"Don't worry about this. It's hard for me to be aware of the matters related to military ration transportation. It's just Xiao Gui Cao's follower. By the way, there is another point. Those generals are arrogant and strong. You should deal with them carefully. You should not make enemies with them, but you should not be too weak. Sometimes these people are just hard and not soft." Wen Ming reminded him again, which is his experience in the past few years.

Li Ling agreed again and thanked him. Then the two of them said some handover matters before he said goodbye. The next step was to get food from the warehouse, prepare the troops and civilians, and wait until everything was ready, and head straight to the north.

...

Two days later, the food and grass were counted and prepared. More than 5,000 stones of grain were packed into more than 100 vehicles, plus some other supplies. In this operation, there were more than 1,000 civilians alone. As for the troops who followed the team, there were also 1,000, half of which were the elite imperial guards brought by Li Ling from the capital, and the rest were the defenders of the city, who came to help him by Di Jingfei's order.

Di Jingfei is indeed very supportive of Li Ling. He had asked for something before, so he would definitely agree. This time he sent all the hundreds of personal soldiers under his command to Li Ling. When the entire team set off, he and Wen Ming sent people out of the city, and gave a few words of advice.

With a few horns, Li Ling turned over the horse, and under the left and right guards of Li Moyun and the Yang brothers, he shook the reins and led this team of more than 2,000 people on the way north.

But at this time he didn't know that as soon as the grain transport team came out, several carrier pigeons had fluttered straight into the sky, heading towards the north at a faster speed than their carriages and horses. A net had already begun to pave the road ahead, waiting for them to hit them head-on.

On the other side, after sending him out of the city, Wen Ming and Di Jingfei got together and did not return to the yamen.

"Mr. Wen seemed to be quite worried, but are you worried that there will be danger on your way to Bazhou?"

"It turns out that I couldn't hide it from General Di. I am indeed worried that a slut would attack him along the way, especially those Gui Rong people who are still wandering out. Once the city is gone and the people are dragged down, can those thousand soldiers really deal with it?"
Chapter completed!