Yao Meng, Ding Jian, Wang Zhuang and Qu Lu looked at each other, looking at the gold in the shape of a pagoda in the tray in front of him, and looked at Gao sitting in the upper seat in confusion, with a calm expression on Sima Rui.

"Four generals, Sima, I, always respected the old general Feng very much. I valued the four generals brought by him very much." Sima Rui put down the teacup in his hand and said with a gentle smile, "But it is not what I say about the old general Feng. Although the old general Feng has the kindness of knowing you all, he has made his generals live such a hard life. The dignified national general is not as good as an ordinary wealthy family, but I don't agree."

Yao Meng bowed and said, "Thank you, General Sima, for being a warrior, guarding the frontier, is the responsibility of our soldiers. As for whether life is hard or not, I am used to it."

Sima Rui sighed: "General Yao is so kind. I admire him very much, but then again, you have worked hard and made great contributions, loyalty to the country, and are exhausted. You should get the reward you deserve, instead of the current embarrassment. I looked at the situation of the First Battalion. The generals of the other battalions ate empty quotas and drank soldiers' blood. They did everything they could to make a fortune, but the First Battalion was full, which moved me very much."

"General Yao, your family of seven is crowded in a small yard, with two old people on top and three dolls on the bottom. If I say something that is not right, it will be a bit inconvenient for the couple to be intimate!"

Yao Meng lowered his head embarrassedly.

"General Ding, it's 26th this year, and it's a great year. I heard that you fell in love with the lady of the Li family, a wealthy family in Lucheng, and asked someone to propose marriage, but they asked for 10,000 taels of silver gifts, but General Ding couldn't take it out. The elderly at home are anxious, right?"

Ding Jian also lowered his head.

"General Wang, your wife has a rare strange disease, which is completely supported by medicine, but the medicine is extremely expensive. I heard that General Wang, you went out to borrow money during the Chinese New Year last year! Didn't you even take a few bites of meat during the Chinese New Year?"

Wang Zhuang's eyes were filled with tears.

"Although General Qu said it was better, he just barely passed the day. I'm right?" Sima Rui shook his head and looked at the generals with a sigh.

"General Feng is strict in governing the army. It is true that he has extremely high requirements for all generals, but he cannot make your life so unbearable. The backyard is unstable. How can you serve the country?" Sima Rui sighed: "This little money is my personal money. It is not much, but it can also explain your current embarrassment. Please accept it!"

Yao Meng stood up, "The general thanked the general for his compassion, but he did not receive any rewards without merit. The general really dared not accept it."

Sima Rui smiled and said, "General Yao, please refuse. General Yao, I have sent someone to move for General Yao. It is in the eastern section of Lucheng, in the courtyard of the three-entry yard. General Yao and his family live in. Although it is not generous, it is much better than before."

Yao Meng was stunned and was about to refuse, but Sima Rui had already turned to Ding Jian.

"General Ding, I have sent someone to Mr. Li to tell you that you are in full swing and have a bright future. His daughter is marching to you. Don't let a few silver blindfold you. Are you still afraid that you won't be able to earn a lot of money in the future? With me as a guarantee, Mr. Li has already agreed to marry his daughter. General Li will go back later. Maybe the matchmaker is waiting at home."

Ding Jian was surprised and happy.

"General Wang, I have invited a good doctor from Tanzhou and have a lot of research on your wife's illness. I will ask him to follow you back and have a good diagnosis and treatment. If it really doesn't work, I will go to the capital to invite you. Even if I am the imperial doctor, I can get it for you. My Sima family still has such a little face in the capital."

"Thank you, General Sima!" Wang Zhuang stood up and clasped his fists.

"General Qu Lu, your son is already eighteen this year. He is a man who is in charge of his wife and I heard that he will go to Tanzhou for the exam this year. Coincidentally, my uncle is the governor of Tanzhou. He dare not say that he must have a noble son in high school, but taking care of him is easy." Sima Rui smiled at Qu Lu.

Qu Lu was overjoyed that his son was weak and could not afford to eat his own job, so he could only study. However, if he found a good teacher in Lucheng, he could only hold hope. However, Sima Rui's meaning was very obvious. He only said that he had passed the exam in custody, and he didn't talk about Beijing. He only had to be a juren in Tanzhou, and it would be much easier to find an official position. Luzhou is a border town and has never had an imperial examination. The scholars here all went to the nearby Tanzhou to take the exam.

"Thank you, General Sima!" Qu Lu bowed to the ground.

"This money is a little bit of my opinion. Don't refuse it. Please accept it, please accept it! Slow down the situation at home and let parents, wife and children live a few days of comfortable life. We are all men. If your wife and children are poor, put this face there at home!" Sima Rui smiled.

Qu Lu was the first to pick up the gold from the plate, "The general is so kind to you, so I am not polite. Thank you, General!" He stuffed the gold into his arms.

Ding Jian and Wang Zhuang also put away the gold and bowed to thank him. Yao Meng hesitated for a moment and finally put it away. Seeing the four generals put away the gold, Sima Rui's smile became even happier.

The four of them said goodbye and left, and one person was transferred from the back hall, but Wu Siyuan looked at Sima Rui and smiled and said, "General Sima is a good method. Such a bribery of people's hearts is really hard to refuse."

Sima Rui smiled and said, "This is also the fact that Feng Congyi and Wang Min usually only care about military discipline, but forget that since they want to let the horse run away, they must make the horse full. These four people are the actual commanders of the First Battalion. After the four of them surrendered to me, Wang Min was just an empty affair. In the future, let him calmly eat a salary at home for his old age!"

Wu Siyuan laughed loudly, "That's the reason."

Three days later, a soldier rushed into Wang Min's home.

"General Wang, I have found out everything!"

"explain!"

"Ten days ago, dozens of carriages did enter the second battalion's station. I had a fellow villager in the second battalion who gave him a few taels of silver and asked him to find a way to figure out what it was. Today, he wrote back."

"What's it?" Wang Min asked nervously.

The soldier showed a look of fear on his face, "General Wang is an ordnance, a knife, a spear, and the most terrifying thing is that there are crossbows. Not only hand crossbows, but also bed crossbows. In addition to these, there are also trucks of fine iron."

Wang Min's face burst out with blue veins and punched him hard on the table next to him, "Bastard, they are so brave. They dare to sell these things. They want to be beheaded."

"General Wang, this is a big deal. It is not something that ordinary people can do if they can hide things in the garrison of the Second Battalion." The soldier said worriedly.

Wang Min said gloomyly: "I know who did it. Let's go to the military camp. I want to take him in one go. I want to see if someone has something to say in front of Rushan's iron evidence. Even if he is a child of a noble family and has a very tough backstage, I will make him unable to turn over this time."
Chapter completed!