It's good to exchange marriages. My sister eats coarse food while I wear gold and silver.

"All of these are handled by the Quartermaster Department. They usually make a plan for the whole year at the beginning of the second year based on the army's consumption last year and give it to me for review." Lu Sui recalled, "The amount of charcoal purchased this year is about the same as in previous years, but I am not injured this year. I plan to give the soldiers more vacations at the end of the year so that they can go home and spend time with their families."

"Since we are going to give them a long vacation, we can't let them go back empty-handed. Besides, the weather has been unstable since the beginning of this year. If the military pay is sufficient, I suggest that we prepare more food, cotton clothes, and charcoal for the winter. If we have enough, we can let everyone have a good New Year."

Lu Sui looked embarrassed. "The military pay has never been sufficient. It's good enough if the court can pay it on time. I remember one year there was moldy corn, but the soldiers were reluctant to throw it away, so they washed it several times and dried it before eating it. What I can do is to ensure that everyone in the barracks can get their monthly salary on time and that they can fill their stomachs with two meals a day. As for the rest..."

"My mother-in-law gave me a lot of valuable things before, and the people in Wanning Marquis's mansion don't seem to be poor. What's wrong with you?"

"That's their money. I don't want a penny of it, so as not to feel guilty about taking advantage of them." Lu Sui said firmly.

"Then your monthly salary is not enough for you. Where do you get the money to fill the holes in the barracks?"

"The year the Gale Battalion was established, my father gave me all of my biological mother's dowry. Over the years, I have been relying on the income from shops and farms to support the military camp. I just give whatever I can get." Perhaps because of his strained relationship with his father, Lu Sui no longer wants to call Marquis Wanning his father.

"That's not enough."

Yuan Buwei looked at Lu Sui and said, "After my mother-in-law asked me to be the head of the household, I went to the accounting office and checked the accounts. Your biological mother's share was only enough to fill a small part, and the rest..."

Obviously, it was my father-in-law who secretly filled it in.

But Lu Sui didn't know this and always thought that the income was generated by the shops and farms owned by his biological mother.

"impossible!"

Hearing the three words that Lu Sui blurted out, Yuan Buwei looked at him and said, "How about I go and ask?"

"No."

Lu Sui could accept the kindness of anyone, but not the one from Marquis Wanning: "He would rather I die on the battlefield, so how could he secretly help me make up for the missing silver in private? Or maybe he has ulterior motives."

"Lu Sui, are you suffering from paranoia? He is your father. Some of the soldiers in the Swift Wind Battalion are from the Wanning Marquis' Mansion. On the surface, you are the commander of the Swift Wind Battalion, but in the eyes of outsiders, the Swift Wind Battalion is always linked to the Wanning Marquis' Mansion. No matter what purpose the father-in-law has, he will help. After all, the people in it were his former subordinates. You cherish your subordinates, but you don't allow the father-in-law to cherish them?"

Lu Sui naturally knew this truth, but when he thought about the fact that Wan Ning Hou had kept it a secret from him, he felt uncomfortable: "You, you let me think about it, I..."

"Don't worry, take your time to think about it. I just suggested to my father-in-law that he let my second brother open a herbal medicine shop to transport the herbs from the Medicine King Valley and sell them. This will also help solve the herbal medicine problem in the Gale Camp. My father-in-law has already agreed to this, and my second brother and I have been busy with this matter these past few days."

"Lu Bing wants to open a shop to do business? How could he..." Lu Sui was shocked.

"He is your brother. You can lead troops to fight, so why does he open a shop to do business?" Yuan Buwei interrupted him, "Now you know it. Next time you see your second brother, don't scold him."

"How could I blame him? I just thought that he would join the army like me." Although Lu Sui was not that close to Lu Bing and Lu Han, he never thought of competing with them for the resources of Wanning Marquis' Mansion. They could do whatever they wanted as long as it didn't trouble him.

"If he had this intention, he would have gone to the military camp with you a long time ago, and would not have waited until now." Yuan Buwei looked at Lu Sui who was still dealing with the shock, and shook her head helplessly, "Before I got married, I thought your parents-in-law really treated you badly based on the rumors outside. Now, after two months of living together, I find that you have been pushing them away."

"I?"

Lu Sui frowned: "Aren't we talking about the military camp's supplies for this winter? How did it get to me?"

"I'm just suggesting it. It's up to you whether to execute it or not. After all, what you spend is real money, and you probably can't come up with that much money right now. If you don't want to use your parents-in-law's money, how about my dowry?"

"No matter how short of money I am, I will not ask for your dowry. The dowry you bring to the Wanning Marquis's Mansion is to guarantee your future life. I have noted your proposal. I will ask Li Yan to discuss it with the baggage department."

"Lu Sui, if you prepare enough supplies for everyone, the soldiers will only applaud. The real key is money."

"I have no money. I don't know where to get the money to pay you back for the pension you paid for me before." Without rice, it is difficult to cook. This is exactly what Lu Sui is facing now.

"It seems that you are really miserable now."

Lu Sui: “…”

"Lu Sui, you don't like to listen to my advice. I just want to say one thing. Your great achievements on the battlefield are inseparable from your subordinates. Similarly, everyone in Wanning Marquis' Mansion should be united and face the outside world in unison." Yuan Buwei finished massaging Lu Sui's arm and said, "You should have a good rest and think about what I said when you have time."

After saying this, he didn't wait for Lu Sui to answer.

Yuan Buwei went out.

She stood at the door, thinking about the winter situation in her previous life, and finally decided to go to her father-in-law's study.

"I just know that he has this temper, that's why I didn't say anything." After hearing his daughter-in-law's words, Wan Ning Hou was moved, but he also despised his son. "His biological mother didn't bring much dowry when she married him. Now I have to sort out those shops and farms, and we can barely make a profit. Otherwise, everyone in the Swift Wind Camp will have to follow Lu Sui and starve."

"Master, Sui'er has tried very hard, so please stop criticizing him." Lady Wanning began to defend him. "Besides, as his father, you have benefited from him a lot, why don't you say that?"

"When did I take advantage of him? Madam, don't talk nonsense." Wan Ninghou glared, "Look at him, I'm spurring him on all day long, but he's still so arrogant. If I just go along with him in everything, wouldn't he be so arrogant?"

"But I think the young marquis cares a lot about the father-in-law's opinion. His arrogance is just a disguise. Everyone knows that you and your son have a bad relationship. If he is weak, won't he be easily manipulated? It will be a loss of face for the Wanning Marquisate. I believe the father-in-law will be a hundred times angrier than he is now."

Marquis Wanning fell silent after hearing this.

Just as my daughter-in-law said.

It seems like I went too far.