This time, Li Ling was ordered to take over the love and return to the court, so he naturally could not go directly to the northern border. He still had to go to Luoyang first, meet the emperor, and receive relevant letters from the court before he could go north.

So after many days of trekking, they officially arrived in Luoyang, the capital on February 11. Before he could go home to check, he went straight to the palace to meet him, and the emperor summoned him immediately.

This time, the emperor did not talk too much about the monarch and ministerial comments. Li Ling's ability was proven by previous performances, so there is no need to mention his loyalty to the court. Therefore, what the emperor said to him this time was to appease and encourage him and give a guarantee that once he won this time, as a logistics hero, he would definitely receive a heavy reward, at least he could raise his rank one more time, a third-rank, or even a second-rank purple robe high-rank official.

Li Ling was naturally grateful for the emperor's wish to be appointed as an official, but he didn't care much about it. In fact, if he really wanted to make a contribution, he had no comment on his great merits in Huguang to pacify Luotian Sect before. According to the merits, he was able to join the ranks of third-rank officials at that time, but he was forced to Ding You instead - so he didn't have much thought this time, he was just trying to do his best.

I don’t know if he saw through his thoughts, but the emperor quickly ended the topic and asked: “Li Ling, how do you plan to turn over military rations this time? And where do you customize the rear granary?"

Regarding these issues, Li Ling had already thoughts on the way to the capital as soon as he received the order and immediately answered one by one: "When you go to your Majesty, the turnover of military rations will naturally be drawn from the northern cities that have prepared grain for the northern border. These things were submitted to the court a few years ago and made corresponding arrangements. Now it is only necessary to do as it is done, and it is not a problem. As for the route of grain transport, I think it cannot be completely decided now, and it depends on how the army will move in the future to make corresponding cooperation.

"The last granary in the northern border... After considering it, I felt that Youzhou was the first place to settle down, and then wait until the war went further and after our army advanced northward, we would look for a new location in Mobei as a turnover station. However, what exactly has to be decided according to the situation at that time."

The emperor did not have much objection to his other statements. After all, Li Ling was professional in this logistics matter. Since he was appointed to take charge of all logistics matters, he should give full trust. But one thing is that he still cared a little: "Did you define Youzhou as a granary? But in terms of the current situation, if Yingzhou is in a loss, Youzhou will be the first to be affected. Are you not afraid that the food, grass and supplies will fall into the hands of Guirong people by then?"

"Your Majesty, I don't think Youzhou will be really defeated by Guirong. It is the largest city among the cities in the northern border of our Great Vietnam. There are the most soldiers left behind. Now the King of England has led his army to support him, so this city will definitely not be lost."

Li Ling's decisive answer made the emperor's eyebrows relax: "Well, if you have this confidence, I will feel more at ease. Since that's the case, I will give you all the power to the logistics of the Northern Xinjiang war!"

When Li Ling heard this, he immediately bowed, stood up again, and said in a deep voice: "I will do my best to prevent the soldiers on the front line from failing to cause any war due to logistics!"

In this regard, Li Ling's identity was completely decided, and he was still in charge of the transfer of military rations and materials in the northern border, and was the governor of the northern border, and had the right to engage in cheap work. Yes, compared with his previous power in Jinzhou, he now had a more important right to engage in cheap work. In this way, when he encountered difficulties like before, the local generals and officials who wanted to be enemies with him would have to kill him.

When Li Ling took the emperor's imperial gift, Fang Baojian, the monk of the Tuanlong Pei who represented the right to engage in cheap work, he saw a familiar carriage parked on the imperial road not far from the palace gate. Seeing him come out, he lifted the curtain of the car, and an old man with white hair waved to him.

Without any hesitation, Li Ling leaned over and got into the car: "Lu Xiang wanted to see the lower official, just send one person to summon him. Why wait here? It really makes the lower official uneasy."

Lu Zhen looked at him with a smile: "You are very good, have no complaints and are responsible. You are truly worthy of being the pillar of my great Yue. I did not misjudgment by anyone at the beginning. So even if you are a pillar of yours, I will be willing to wait for a while."

"Lu Gong is too good at praise, and the lower officials are ashamed."

"Haha, you can afford it. But I am waiting for you here today because I know that you have a heavy responsibility and I am afraid that I can't stay for a long time. So I think I'll wait for you here. Well, I won't talk about it. I just want to hear the truth from you. Do you think that with the money, food and materials that I can mobilize now, can I really provide the army with a Northern Expedition?"

The old man went straight to the point, and Li Ling immediately became serious, pondered for a while and said, "If it were a battle to destroy the clan, he would probably have to devote all his national strength, and it might not be possible. After all, the northern desert is vast and bitter and cold. Once the Guirong tribes come to pieces and escape in scattered ways, it will be almost impossible to wipe them out one by one.

"But if we only make a decisive battle to decide the outcome of our dynasty and Guirong, I think that at least one or two years, the supply of materials can be kept up. As long as I give enough time to understand the geographical situation in Mobei, my army will go deeper and there is no need to worry about the logistics cut off!"

Even Lu Zhen was moved by what he said. He could see that Li Ling was not bragging, but was really confident. As far as the old man knew, even when Taizu and Taizong were in the dynasty, such talents were prosperous and united, and he could not do this. Otherwise, Da Yue would have driven out all the Liao and Jin tribes who retreated to the grasslands with the momentum of founding the country.

After staring at Li Ling for a long time, Lu Zhen said, "I believe you! Then what are the difficulties you have now? Can I help you?" After getting the answer he wanted, he naturally had to do something.

Li Ling was not polite and immediately said: "The Xiaguan was just feeling difficult to deal with some people. Lu You, Xiang Daxing, of the Ministry of Revenue..." He reported more than ten names in a row, "These people have worked with me before and worked hard for the Battle of Jinzhou. Although they have made some contributions, they have not been promoted, so I dare not ask them to help me again this time. If the Minister of Lu can take care of them, then the Xiaguan will be much easier when he handles the matter again."

"Haha, you kid really dare to speak." Lu Zhen laughed, and after a moment, he looked solemn, "Okay, I'll try to transfer these people's official positions to find a way to keep them safe so that they can have a satisfactory result. As for how to transfer them to your subordinates to listen to them, it's up to you to decide."

"Thank you for your help, so you will not bother with other trivial matters." Li Ling said hurriedly. With the cheapest rights he has in his hands, it would be easy to transfer a few people from the Ministry of Revenue and Transport Department to do things for themselves?

Now, these subordinates who used to be a good match but did not get much benefit, have no worries with the arrangements of Prime Minister Lu.

"There is one last thing. In the East Palace, you and the King of England still have to be wary of it." Lu Zhen suddenly lowered his voice and said.

Li Ling raised his eyebrows when he heard this and immediately understood.

Even he knew how great the benefits would be for Sun Bi to succeed after he took such a heavy responsibility, how could the prince not have imagined? Although the prince and the people below were not easy to object, secretly, it was difficult to guarantee that they would not do anything to pull back or even disrupt the entire battle situation.

Moreover, compared to causing trouble in the front line army, such activities will only be easier to make moves on the logistics route of his own. Just like the problems he encountered one after another when he was in Jinzhou, if one is not good, it may lead to a disaster.

Compared to the Dayue government army at that time, the Great Vietnamese government army had a total advantage, and this time they had to fight the Guirong army, but there was no mistake. Thinking of this, Li Ling's expression became more and more serious. After a long time, he bowed to Lu Zhen and said, "Thank you, Lu, please tell me, I will pay more attention and be careful."

"That's great. I'm also waiting for you to break the enemy's good news, so that I can leave with peace of mind." Lu Zhen nodded with a smile. He originally planned to leave the court to retire and return home at the beginning of this year, but finally decided to wait at least until the Youzhou front-line victory before returning home.

After Li Ling was stunned for a moment, he accepted this statement. Lu Zhen, who was eighty, was indeed too tired and old, and it was indeed time for him to return to his hometown to enjoy his old age.

As the two of them finished what they should say, the carriage slowly stopped again, and Li Ling said goodbye to the old man and went home directly.

In the next few days, Li Ling fully utilized his power. On the one hand, he asked the Ministry of Revenue and the Transportation Department to send people to mobilize all the grain and food supplies in various places and prepare to transport them to the north. On the other hand, he quickly prepared a team to bring Lu You and others back to him, and finalized the entire grain transportation plan step by step.

Lu Zhen did what he said this time. In just a few days, the Ministry of Personnel had already raised the official positions of more than ten officials. This made Lu You and the others more convinced of Li Ling. After continuing to give the mail, they worked harder to do it.

So everything went smoothly. After Li Ling only stayed in the capital for half a month, all the previous desk work had been completed. More details would have to be changed according to the development of the war ahead. In other words, by this time, he could no longer stay in the capital, but it was time to go north and go to the northern border.
Chapter completed!