I am a commoner, but I will lead the empress to unify the world

Chapter 551 Selling Military Rations Secretly

When they said this, the Bai family members in the court immediately became unhappy.

Immediately, a minister of the Bai family said,

"Your Majesty, this is unjust. Our Bai family has been loyal for generations. Bai Wuan has been invincible since he took command of the army. He even destroyed the Liang Kingdom in a single battle. This is an unprecedented feat.

Bai Wuan has made contributions. He still has family members like us in Qin State. How could he possibly betray our Great Qin?

Your Majesty, you must not believe the thieves' false accusations and make those who have made contributions sad and cry!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, Bai Wuan has done nothing wrong. You cannot punish a loyal and honest person just because of some thieves' groundless accusations.

Your Majesty, these words are all one-sided statements made by that person, without any evidence at all!"

"Maybe Bai Wuan just wanted to find an opportunity to try and kill Shen Changgong, but because Shen Changgong's defense was too good, he had no way to kill him, so he gave up?"

The Bai family started arguing with other ministers.

Some people say that there must be something wrong with Bai Wuan and that he is planning to rebel. Others say that Bai Wuan is loyal and there is no evidence of his rebellion, so we should not jump to conclusions.

Some people also say that we should not act too hastily and should conduct more investigations. We should not wrongly accuse good people, nor let bad people go.

The Qin Emperor was overwhelmed after hearing this.

Finally, the general stood up and said,

"Your Majesty, the Five Nations Alliance is imminent, and changing commanders before a battle is a major military taboo. Bai Wuan is our country's most famous commander, known as the Man-Slayer, and he strikes fear into the hearts of the enemy.

At times like this, we need such a powerful coach to intimidate the enemy and stabilize the morale of the army.

We must not rush into changing the coach."

The Emperor of Qin still heard the words of the general in his heart, nodded, and said,

"Let's leave it at that for now. Let's wait and see how it develops. Bai Wuan will continue to serve as the commander-in-chief of the Northern Army. I will withdraw from the court."

After saying this, Emperor Qin turned and walked towards the imperial study.

But the further he walked, the gloomier his expression became.

In fact, he had been dissatisfied with Bai Wuan for a long time.

Earlier, Bai Wuan advised him to attack Chuan first instead of Liang, saying that attacking Liang would not be worth the loss, but he insisted on attacking Liang.

At that time, he had many dissatisfactions with Bai Wuan.

However, the most powerful general of Qin State was Bai Wuan, and he had to be used.

A series of events that followed also proved that Bai Wuan was right and he was wrong.

In front of his ministers, he also behaved like an enlightened monarch, took the initiative to admit his mistakes, and asked Bai Wuan to withdraw his troops.

But admitting his mistake doesn't mean he has no grudges.

Instead, the dissatisfaction in my heart grew deeper and deeper.

Everything you, Bai Wuan, do is right, and everything I, the emperor, do is wrong. Doesn't this mean that you are more powerful than me?

Where is my dignity? Do I still want my prestige?

You have achieved great success and your prestige has increased greatly, but my dignity has been damaged and I have become a laughing stock.

Am I the emperor or are you the emperor?

After returning to the imperial study, Emperor Qin smashed a vase in anger.

Then he said to the person behind the screen,

"Order the military spies to strictly monitor the troops and report immediately if Bai Wuan commits any illegal acts!"

"As ordered!"

……

half a month later.

late at night.

The small door to the east of the main gate of Yulei Pass was quietly opened, and carts were pushed out, each one full of grain, in bags.

There were more than a dozen sacks on each cart, containing about five stone of grain.

There are as many as 200 such cars.

Those civilians and soldiers didn't even dare to light torches. Taking advantage of the moonlight, they quietly pushed their carts out of the pass and headed north.

On the way, a soldier looked around and asked in a low voice,

"Hey, Captain, where are we going?"

"Can't you see? The Yan army in the north is transporting a large amount of food."

The captain walking nearby whispered.

"Ah? Why do we need to deliver food to the Yan army? Aren't they the enemy? What will we eat if we give them the food?"

The soldier muttered to himself, then suddenly realized what was going on and said,

"Oh, I see. We were delivering food to them, but we secretly poisoned the food, intending to kill them, right?"

"Nonsense! These grains are perfectly fine, not poisonous. If you poison them this time, will they still buy from you next time? They might even shoot you in the head with two cannons to vent their anger."

"Ah? Not poisoned? Then why should we sell them food?"

"Huh, you said your new kid doesn't know anything, right? Do you even need to ask?"

"I'm not new here. I was just transferred to the food and fodder camp today."

The captain smiled contemptuously and said,

"You don't understand this, do you? The food is public property, but when it's exchanged for money, it becomes ours.

Wouldn't it be nice to sell public property and fill your own pockets?

As for the missing food, haha, why not just cook the rice thinner, harvest less, and report more losses to the food transport team so that the court can transport more next time?

Don't worry, you'll get your share."

The soldier nodded in surprise and quickly smiled.

"That's great! I'll have some extra income, and my mom can afford medical treatment. But what if this gets discovered?"

"We can't be discovered, and even if we are discovered, we are not afraid."

The captain smiled mysteriously.

"why?"

The soldier suddenly realized it and thought to himself,

"I see. This was instigated by our Marshal, right? It turns out the Marshal is also making money from this behind the scenes.

I wonder why the defenders on the city wall don’t care about us.”

"Go, stop talking nonsense, don't say anything nonsense!"

"I understand, I understand. This matter definitely could not have been instructed by the Marshal."

The soldier's face showed an expression of understanding.

"You're quite clever, you understand everything immediately. Follow me and work hard. Sew your mouth shut tightly, and you'll get a lot of benefits."

"Yes, yes, I understand."

The soldier looked excited, and then asked in a low voice,

"Captain, how long have we been doing this business? We've made a lot of money."

"It didn't take long. It just started ten days ago."

"Oh, that was a few days after the Marshal met the prince opposite."

Soon, they walked ten miles and saw carts parked on the road.

The carts of both armies were all tattered and in almost the same condition, so they didn't carry any food and could just change carts.

In the Qin army, an officer stepped forward and made contact with the Yan people on the opposite side.

"One thousand dan of grain, not a bag more, not a bag less, count it."

"No need. We're old friends, how can I not trust you? Here are four hundred taels of silver. Take it."

"It's small change, right? The official silver you gave me last time, I went back and spent a lot of time cutting it up with scissors."

"Don't worry, we were in a hurry last time and didn't have time to cut it."

"Okay, let's go."

The official put the silver on an empty cart and asked everyone to pull the cart back.

This transaction was completed in this way.