Bai Shan looked at Liu Huan and Yin He, Bai Erlang didn't need to look, he didn't know, and Bai Er would never know.
Liu Huan said, "I'm not familiar either."
Yin She said: "I heard from my father that he is not bad. He is Xijue Duke Qiao. Your Majesty has a deep relationship with Princess Zhao and Duke Xian Qiao, so he treats his two nephews very well."
Bai Shan understood in seconds, so this person has been influenced by the shadow of his ancestors all the way up, but there is no big mistake in character and talent.
When they arrived at the Protectorate's Mansion, General Guo came out to pick them up with red eyes.
Now he still lives in the Protectorate's Mansion, but he's already prepared to move, and he can take over when the new Protectorate arrives.
Seeing that his eyes were red, Bai Shan asked, "Has His Majesty's order come down?"
General Guo Xiao couldn't help weeping again, nodded and said: "Your Majesty dismissed my father's official position, I, I may not be able to carry the coffin back to my hometown."
The emperor was so angry with General Guo, so Xiao General Guo couldn't write a letter about carrying the coffin back to his hometown at this time, so he could only temporarily put the coffin in the National Temple for later, or bury it in Xizhou.
General Guo Xiao wanted to wait a few years, and after two years the emperor's anger was almost gone, and he would bring up the matter of carrying the coffin back to his hometown.
Bai Shan could only sigh, and reached out to pat him on the shoulder.
Man Bao didn't know how to comfort him, so he could only pat him on the shoulder in turn. Seeing that they all patted him, Yin Ruo couldn't help but go up and pat him too.
When Zhou Liru saw it, he stepped forward and patted it.
Little General Meng at the side also raised his hand, and General Guo looked up at him with red eyes.
Little General Meng was a little hesitant to let go, and put it down as if nothing had happened, and said: "Go in, General Ashina and Chai Duhu are waiting inside, and I will move you after the handover."
Bai Shan immediately said: "We will also help you move."
Not to mention General Ashina, Chai Duhu was also very polite to them, especially to Zhou Man and Bai Erlang, after all, the emperor and the crown prince had just mentioned them before they came.
He didn't expect to be so lucky that they were still in Xizhou City, so he smiled and asked about Zhou Man's cowpox.
Man Bao said: "We have planted pox three times here, and the results are not bad. We decided to take the people who have been vaccinated back to the Tai Hospital to check the situation."
After a pause, she said to Chai Duhu: "Because the experimenters are all soldiers in the army, General Guo promised us to take these people away..."
Chai Duhu smiled and said, "Since General Guo promised you, naturally everything will remain as usual."
Man Bao breathed a sigh of relief, smiled and said to Chai Duhu: "Thank you for your kindness, my lord."
Chai Duhu didn't understand how this was reconciled. When he knew it, the people below had already brought the bills to reimburse him. They were going to take away a total of forty-six people. It happened that they were either wounded or very old. Veterans, such soldiers are considered retired when they return to their hometowns, so they have to pay for relocation.
In addition to the settling expenses, it even listed travel expenses and the one hundred taels of silver promised by General Guo Xiao.
Of course, it's not one hundred taels per person, otherwise the emperor would not be able to afford it, but forty-six people will share the one hundred taels.
The official who came to pay the account explained: "General, except for the one hundred taels that General Guo Xiao went out, everything else has to go to the public account."
Unlike General Guo, Chai Duhu was never born poor, and he was not as extravagant as General Guo, so he didn't pay much attention to money, so he just took a pen to sign the bill after feeling distressed.
He said: "Let me take a look at the accounts of the Protectorate."
If he has no money, he has to find a way to get money. Anxi Governor is not only in charge of local government affairs, but also military administration. Although the Ministry of War provides military salaries and armaments, there must be insufficient money. It is also necessary to patrol the border to guard against counterattacks from other small countries in the Western Regions, which will cost more money.
Chai Duhu thought about it, and asked, "Is the trade route from Suiye and Tianzhu cleared?"
The officials immediately reported: "The battle between Bolu and Bolu has stopped, and there is no winner. The trade route to Tianzhu is now open again."
Chai Duhu nodded, and said, "I'll draw the map from Khotan later, and we'll set up station garrisons along the way."
The official was taken aback, "garrison?"
Chai Duhu nodded, and said as a matter of course: "There are many horse thieves and bandits along the way. In order to protect the safety of the caravan, troops are stationed at the post station to protect them."
Since it is protected, it is natural to collect commercial taxes, and the local government should also pay a part of the money to raise soldiers. It does not need to be a lot, but if it is accumulated with commercial taxes, it should be able to guarantee the cost of stationing troops.
Moreover, the post station can also greet passing businessmen and passengers, which is also an income.
Chai Duhu was thinking in his heart, and he didn't feel bad about the money. After handing over the list to the officials, he said, "Master Ashina is about to leave, Master Zhou wants to go with them, you should finish this matter as soon as possible." .”
The emperor is still waiting for Bai Er to go back to get married, and the prince is also waiting for Zhou Man to go back and report the smallpox incident.
With Chai Duhu, the Duhu Mansion handled these procedures for Bai Shan and the others very quickly, almost as soon as they were mentioned.
The soldiers who waited behind Bai Shan's buttocks to register and collect the money sighed. Sure enough, there are people who are easy to handle. They used to come to the Duhu Mansion. It would be good if they could do one thing after three trips. But with Mr. Bai, they can do it in a day do it.
Bai Shan himself lamented this kind of differential treatment.
They used to come to the Duhu Mansion to do business, even with General Guo's orders, they would occasionally sit on the bench.
Especially Mr. Zhuang, he had been on the bench for three consecutive days in the Protectorate's Mansion.
Bai Shan led the remnant soldiers and veterans to get the settling expenses and travel expenses, and took them out, telling them to go back to the barracks first, "We will leave the day after tomorrow, and tomorrow you have one day to say goodbye to your comrades and prepare things. , go."
Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay and didn't move for a while, but the oldest one took out his money bag, took out half of the money in it and said, "Master Bai, it was agreed at the beginning, as long as you can bring us back to the Central Plains, we will get it." You will get half of the money."
Others also tore open their purses to get the money.
Bai Shan was slightly stunned, and then smiled and pushed the money back: "Bai is not so short of money, this is the settling allowance given to you by the court and His Majesty, and it is the reward from the court for guarding the border and defending the country for many years. If Shan even takes this kind of money, he is not worthy of being a human being."
He said: "You have put away the things, and when I return to the capital, I still owe you a piece of silk cloth."
Because a group of people came in later, there were still twenty-two people, so Bai Shan and the others didn't have so much ready-made cloth, and they owed it first, and they would talk about it when they returned to the capital.
The silk cloth here is too expensive, and it is not worth buying them here.
The soldiers had long given up on the cloth, and were even ready to give half of the settlement allowance. Seeing that Bai Shan didn't want it now, it was the same as getting the money for nothing. They were so happy for a while that their eyes turned red .