"What, what? Full support?" Zhang Shengwen couldn't help but feel shocked when he heard this. In the past ten years as an official, he had never seen a civil servant in any place say such words, let alone take any action. However, the new Kaifeng prefect was different, and he actually said such words.

Zhang Shengwen's eyes suddenly had tears in his eyes, and a urge to die for his confidant.

Because in the Ming Dynasty, civil servants have always valued civil servants over military officials, and civil servants under the same rank are half a rank higher than military officers. Even some civil servants with lower ranks have the power to restrict and supervise military officers. As the prefect of Kaifeng, Ma Mingfeng was only the fourth rank, and Zhang Shengwen was the third rank as the commander, and the two sides were two levels apart. However, because the materials needed by Xuanwu Guard rely on the support of Kaifeng Prefecture, Zhang Shengwen was always in a low position when facing the prefect of Kaifeng.

But now Ma Mingfeng actually supported him with full support, and he, the "Shangguan", who has never been respected by the Kaifeng prefect, was immediately flattered.

"Thank you for your trust and support from the magistrate. Please rest assured that I will use these money where I should use, and I will not abuse a single penny. I will keep an eye on it all the way and will not relax at all. In addition, if I have time, I will definitely come to the prefect to thank you."

Zhang Shengwen's face was full of gratitude. He felt that the prefect supported him so much that he would express his gratitude no matter what.

Gao Yong was also very happy after hearing this, and said with a smile: "Our prefect really has something to do to discuss with the commander, so before the villain set off, the prefect specially proposed an invitation to commander to visit."

While accompanying Gao Yong to talk about Hu, Zhang Shengwen took emergency measures to deal with the money.

In order to ensure the safety of the money, Zhang Shengwen did not carry the money into the warehouse in accordance with the traditional practice, but ordered the trusted soldiers to carry the money into his tent and sent his personal soldiers to defend day and night.

At the same time, Zhang Shengwen immediately summoned the junket officers to list the required weapons and equipment, and purchased materials strictly at the market price to create and repair weapons and equipment and equipment to defend the city.

On this day, Zhang Shengwen was making emergency arrangements and didn't even eat a bite of food. With the expenses of silver, batches of materials were transported in one after another, and the construction and repair of weapons began to proceed in an orderly manner.

I have to say that Zhang Shengwen is extremely efficient. He spent almost all 30,000 taels of silver in a day, but he also assigned all his work. I believe that in less than half a month, everything will be in place, and the morale of the army will definitely be greatly boosted by then.

After a day of work, Zhang Shengwen did not rest. After patrolling the military camp, he arrived at Kaifeng Prefecture with several followers, and made a special visit to Ma Mingfeng for his support.

Ma Mingfeng knew that Zhang Shengwen would come to the door soon, but he didn't expect that he would come so soon. After hearing the news, he hurried to greet him in person.

"The lower-ranking official Kaifeng magistrate Ma Luan greets the commander."

"Haha, magistrate, this is not allowed."

The two of them took a seat and exchanged greetings. Zhang Shengwen first said, "This time, I will come to visit the prefect. First, I will express my gratitude to the prefect for his generous support, and second, I will report the expenses of the silver to the prefect. First, please allow the thousands of soldiers representing Xuanwuwei to express my sincere gratitude to the prefect for his generosity."

When Zhang Shengwen said this, he stood up and bowed respectfully to Ma Mingfeng.

Ma Mingfeng was so panicked that he stood up quickly and said politely: "If you can't do it, you can't do it. The commander is to break the evil officials. Providing materials to Xuanwuwei is the responsibility of the subordinate officials. How can you use this to do what you do?"

Zhang Shengwen said excitedly: "Although this is the case, over the years of the Ming Dynasty, there are almost no one who can truly provide sufficient supplies. If you can reach half of it, you are already a clean official. How lucky is Zhang? How lucky is Xuanwu Guard's soldiers? He actually met a good official like the prefect. I believe that in this way, my Xuanwu Guard's weapons and equipment will be completely renewed, and no matter how many enemies come, they will be afraid of."

"Haha, the commander has been too rewarded, and the subordinates are just doing their duty. How can you say so well?" Ma Mingfeng said humbly when he saw this.

Zhang Shengwen said in admiration: "The magistrate has done such a big thing and is so humble. He is really a role model for us. Next, we will report the expenses of the 30,000 taels of silver to the magistrate. I would like to ask the magistrate for advice..."

Then Zhang Shengwen took out the account book of his money spent today and told Ma Mingfeng all the expenses and uses of each money. Zhang Shengwen only talked about this item for more than an hour.

Ma Mingfeng was not bored either. He listened little by little, asked a few questions, and at the same time he was silently calculating.

This is not to say that he doesn't believe in the other party, but such a large sum of money, and it's the first time he comes into contact with the other party, so naturally the clearer the better.

After the calculation, Ma Mingfeng found that there was indeed no problem with Zhang Shengwen's account book, not even a difference of one or two silver coins. Not only did he feel deeply moved, the commander did his best to hand over the silver to him, and he felt 100% at ease.

After the reconciliation was completed, Ma Mingfeng took the initiative to talk about the next topic and asked Zhang Shengwen: "Mr. Commander, please forgive me for asking the presumptuously. What are your plans for preparing for war? Commander. Don't worry about money, just say it."

After hearing this, Zhang Shengwen thought for a moment and said, "Since the magistrate asked, the magistrate will not beat around the bush. To be honest, the magistrate asked for the magistrate before is only to meet the basic needs of the soldiers. If there is any violation by foreign enemies, it is still not a big problem to stick to it for a month or two, but it is hard to say if the magistrate is really willing to support it, the magistrate thinks we need to make more preparations, such as the equipment to defend the city and the conventional weapons are not enough. If you can find a way to cast a few cannons, that would be even better."

After hearing this, Ma Mingfeng touched his chin and said, "The commander makes sense. I don't know what else is wrong?"
Chapter completed!