You rascal, stop right there!

Chapter 223 How dare you bully his Zichen

Fifteen days passed in a flash.

Many civil and military officials from Dingzhou were present.

Ling Shumo in the tent held the scroll in his hand, his eyes clear and determined.

The deputy general, the captain and many other lieutenant generals from the other three states were all looking closely at the military affairs of Dingzhou.

Although he was born with an extraordinary appearance, he was ultimately a pale-faced scholar.

He was demoted from the second-rank Minister of Rites to a fourth-rank official, a poor boy with no foundation or background. It was really unacceptable.

Deputy General Wang Kai was the first to speak out: "The fifteenth day has come. Has the military pay of the military governor been collected?"

Ling Shumo frowned slightly at this moment and ordered someone to bring in two wooden boxes.

"Here are hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, as well as enough food and fodder deeds."

When the wooden box was opened, countless money dangled in the air, making people's eyes blurry and everyone was shocked.

Wang Kai looked at the gold, silver and money, trying his best to hide his shock and loss of composure.

"Lord Ling, are you really digging up ancient tombs to raise military funds? Are you doing something so heinous and treasonous?"

Captain Pang Long also hurriedly turned sideways, suppressing the admiration he almost had before, and felt as if he had been punched in the face.

"Digging up people's graves is immoral!"

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Ling Shumo looked at the different intentions of the other states in front of him and said solemnly: "This money was earned by me from reselling calligraphy and paintings, not from tomb robbery."

How can this be? !

The people around him trembled their lips, thinking that this was false.

At this moment, Ling Shumo raised his eyebrows: "Everyone should know that Ling is a calligrapher, and his calligraphy and paintings are worth a fortune. Why not?!"

"This……"

Many people knew about Ling Shumo's deeds before he entered the government. But how could these military commanders accept that a mere piece of paper could be exchanged for tens of thousands of taels of gold and silver?

Deputy General Wang Kai's eyes were filled with sarcasm: "The Daying Dynasty is now in name only. Your so-called value is worth a thousand gold and no one can buy it."

Everyone was shocked. How could a provincial official earn military pay by selling his own calligraphy and paintings?

Simply unheard of!

"Of course they can be sold to Lingyu!" Ling Shumo replied, "The merchants there have their own ideas about calligraphy and paintings, so they will accept all of them."

"Even if you were a master of calligraphy, that kind of stuff can only fool a few of us rough guys who can't pretend to be refined, and we can't tell the price. Who can prove that they can make money from it?" Wang Kai raised his eyebrows.

There are only military generals here, no one can understand, it is just one-sided story.

After hearing what these people said, Ling Shumo just felt his teeth gritting.

Knowing that the military commanders in other provinces did not submit to him, he could not wait to stop holding the military and state affairs position.

They are all thinking about conquering the world and ruling the world. There is no place for Da Ying's original officials.

Bai Wan, who was outside the tent, looked inside through the curtain and felt that someone actually dared to bully his Zi Chen and he was being targeted by everyone.

Suddenly, I felt angry.

"Ayan," Bai Wan said to the man beside him, "These generals are from the other two states that have been recaptured!"

A Yan nodded.

The generals suffered heavy losses before the defense of Dingzhou City, so after the adults and Song Yuanshan formed an alliance, they transferred some soldiers from Huzhou and Zhengzhou.

The advantage is that there are enough troops, but the disadvantage is that the adults will be sidelined.

Hearing what A Yan said, Bai Wan called a few porters without saying a word and brought a box.

After a while, this man even asked the guards to inform him to go into the tent.

In fact, it was when Ling Shumo was digging the tomb every few days.

In the tents of the military camp, they are recruiting painters who can paint for fortifications, maps and soldiers - engineers.

Bai Wan knew that he could not govern the country with his literary talent, nor could he fight in battle with his martial arts skills, but painting was his lifelong forte.

Ever since the last time the map helped in finding tombs, I have deeply felt that I am not useless in recovering the lost territory.

This man went to the military camp without telling Ling Shumo and using his own name, Bai Wan.

His level was basically far behind the others. Because of the huge gap, it was quite easy for him to get the job of the sole engineer.

The result of this behavior was that when Ling Shumo saw Bai Wan again, it was in the tent in Dingzhou City.

When the guard said that the engineer had something important to report, he thought he had heard wrongly.

"Abai..." Ling Shumo looked at him in a daze.

Bai Wan came in, and the porter also came in with a wooden box. He opened it casually, as if showing something solemn.

"This is the engineer of Dingzhou Army. What are you doing here? We don't need you today!" Wang Kai was very disdainful.

Bai Wan smiled playfully, showing off his dazzling white teeth: "Who said it's not necessary? I will help Master Ling deliver the contract for the transaction with the Lingyu royal family to all the masters!"

The business contract of the Lingyu royal family?

This is not a simple calligraphy and painting business. It involves the Lingyu royal family, which means that the Dingzhou army can get the support of Lingyu.

Bai Wan stood quietly in the center, full of high spirits.

"I believe the adults all know that there are three saints in Daying Art Academy, Ling Shumo, Luo Wenqi and Han Miaoran. The fan paintings and scrolls here are all works of the three saints."

"This is the contract signed by Princess Dianyang, a relative of Emperor Lingyu. It has a total of 800,000 taels and it's all here!"

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All the generals and officials around picked up the scrolls and deeds in the box and were amazed at the Lingyu seal. The signature on the document was so clear that only an ordinary person would dare to forge it.

Currently the whereabouts of the painting saint Han Miaoran is unknown, but it is a fact that the other two painting saints Luo Wenqi and Ling Shumo are in Dingzhou City.

Ling Shumo's eyes were burning, his chest seemed to be heaving violently, and his heart was burning beyond repair.

This man knew that he had committed tomb robbery, and he actually set up a plan in advance to cover up his lie.

If someone finds out, he will be kicked when he is down.

On this side, Bai Wan was wearing a white cloak and a coarse linen shirt underneath.

He added, "If you don't believe me, I have a small horse trader who is discussing cooperation with us. He is from Lingyu."

Then, a tall man in glazed green clothes came in and bowed.

Ling Shumo recognized that this man was Shi Yaqing, the Minister of Rites of Lingyu who had accompanied Princess Dianyang on the envoy's visit.

It was truly a blessing in disguise that the Minister of Rites accidentally recognized the calligraphy style on the fan that Bai Wan sold to Lingyu and actually knew that it was worked by him.

Moreover, Bai Wan's extraordinary painting saved the princess from death, and his real identity was Han Miaoran, who painted "The Volume of Shocking Changes", and he would rather die than surrender, which made him admire him.

Afterwards, he reported back to Princess Dianyang, bought all the fans, and with the intention of winning her over, he took the opportunity to come to Dingzhou.

Deputy General Wang Kai had been to Lingyu before. He recognized the royal accessories in the horse merchant's hand at a glance and was shocked.

"Is it really Lingyu who supports it?" He really didn't want to say this.

Shi Yaqing said generously: "From now on, if there are any more works of the Three Saints, they can be sold. The price is negotiable."

Everyone's lips trembled, and when they saw that Wang Kai, who had the highest status, had surrendered, they all changed direction.

Thus, Ling Shumo's incident of being forced by military generals to raise military pay came to an end.

The next step was to recover Yanzhou, and some even thought about borrowing troops from Lingyu.

Afterwards, Bai Wan was called to the main camp by Ling Shumo, and all the guards and soldiers were sent away.

Ling Shumo looked at him, hooked his shoulder, and said with deep affection in his voice: "Abai..."