Han Qihai was still smiling, but there was a hint of sadness in his smile that was not easy to detect: "Even if it is a plan, it must be thorough, no matter what the situation is, it needs to be prepared with corresponding countermeasures." Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Qin Siyang's face sank: "Han Gongzi has thought about everything, what else do you want to tell me?"

Han Qihai looked up at the sky, and his voice was quiet: "But has the prince thought about it, if we use this strategy, what will happen to us?"

Qin Siyang was slightly stunned, and after a moment, he shook his head, indicating that he had never thought of this.

Han Qihai smiled sadly and said, "If this strategy is used, then there can only be one end for hundreds of people in my Han family, that is, they will be beheaded all over the house." ”

Hearing this, Qin Siyang froze for a while, looked at Han Qihai fixedly, and it took him a while before he regained his thoughts.

After steadying down a little, Qin Siyang pretended to be nonchalant and smiled: "Yes, it's really a terrible result." ”

Han Qihai didn't care about Qin Siyang's ruthless answer, he only smiled sadly, lowered his head, looked directly at the boy with his eyes, and said, "But the prince doesn't have to worry, no matter what the result is, you will be fine." ”

Qin Siyang snorted coldly, and the expression on his face still didn't fluctuate: "I know this." ”

Han Qihai raised his eyebrows slightly, looked at Qin Siyang, who had been unfazed from beginning to end, and suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed loudly after a while, laughing extremely wildly, which was extremely inconsistent with his noble bearing.

Qin Siyang looked at Han San Gongzi, who suddenly laughed wildly, his heart trembled slightly, and he didn't know what to think about this person for a while.

Although the third son of the Yongding Hou family saved his and Liu Shuangli's lives, when the situation in Xuanhua was chaotic, he took them in and lived in the bamboo building without the ability to protect themselves. After knowing his true identity, not only did he not report him, but he also found a master for him to teach martial arts and tried to protect him. Until now, according to the situation, he even has to gamble the lives of hundreds of people in a house in the Han Mansion for him.

This is truly loyal to him.

But even so, if he wants to completely put his mind at ease with Han Qihai, if he wants him to trust this noble son who is very deep in the city, and if he wants him to believe that Han Qihai is sincere to him, he still can't do it.

What's more, Qin Siyang, who has been on the run for nearly a year, has seen many things that he never knew before, and has understood many truths that he couldn't understand before. At this time, for the supreme royal family, for the noble prince, these family and life experience that others dream of, I have doubts and I am tired of it.

At this time, Qin Siyang didn't think too much, at this time, he just wanted to leave this dangerous border town with Liu Shuangli safely, and nothing else.

After a long time, Han Qihai stopped laughing, looked up at the bright moon in the sky, and said in a cold voice: "Do you remember what you and Miss Liu said when we first arrived in the bamboo forest three months ago?"

"What?"

"Some of the things we talked about. ”

"Han Gongzi, you said a lot of things that day. ”

"Hehe," Han Qihai smiled softly and pointed out, "It's the battle six years ago. ”

"Does Han Gongzi still want to repeat the old words?"

"Does the prince think that what we said that time is the whole story?"

"Isn't it?" Qin Siyang frowned slightly.

Han Qihai sighed lightly, lowered his head and looked at Qin Siyang: "The prince thinks that the idea of attacking outside the fortress six years ago was really proposed by Zhang Chengzhong?"

"This is the consensus of the people of the world!

Han Qihai shook his head, "What everyone in the world believes may not be the truth. ”

Qin Siyang raised his eyebrows and asked, "Then what does Han Gongzi think, what is the truth?"

Han Qihai sighed lightly again, shook his head lightly, and didn't say a word for a long time.

Qin Siyang stared at him, but he didn't ask.

The moonlight is like water, sprinkled among the clouds, drifting lightly.

After being silent for a long moment, Han Qihai said again: "Does the prince know the current situation of empty salaries in the army?"

Qin Siyang was slightly surprised, and he didn't know what the other party wanted to say, so he could only answer truthfully: "I've heard of it." ”

Han Qihai lowered his eyebrows and smiled: "Does the prince know that eating empty salaries is a common phenomenon in my Great Zhou army?"

"W-really?"

"It really is. Han Qihai nodded silently, "Even my ancestor Han Yunshan, when he was the commander-in-chief of the Xuanhua military administration, he still ate empty salaries. ”

"I have always heard that Han Yunshan, the Marquis of Yongding, has a good way of governing the army and is honest. ”

Han Qihai shook his head and smiled miserably: "How to govern the army and be honest." ”

"Young Master Han, what exactly do you want to say?" Qin Siyang was a little impatient.

Han Qihai half-squatted down, leveled his head with Qin Siyang, and said with a straight face: "Han San wants to say that the matter of eating empty is really too common in the army. ”

"Hehe, what a Yongding Marquis who governs the army honestly. ”

"Is the prince disappointed?"

Qin Siyang was slightly stunned at first, and then smiled coldly: "Disappointed?" This is the business of your Yongding Hou family, what does it have to do with me. ”

Han Qihai stared at the boy closely, and with his sharp gaze, it was not difficult to see the disappointment that the boy was trying to hide under his calm appearance. He smiled lightly and explained: "I, the founding ancestor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, in order to prevent unforeseen border accidents, he continued to build border city defenses, and strictly forbade the number of troops in each border city to exceed 20,000. But for more than 100 years, because of the continuous invasion of foreign enemies, this law has long existed in name only. As the largest city on the northern border, Xuanhua, after hundreds of years of accumulation, the number of defenders has reached 200,000 in the records of the military department, which is ten times more than the limit of 20,000. ”

"Two hundred thousand, only one city defender in Xuanhua?" the boy was taken aback.

Han Qihai smiled and smiled incomprehensibly: "Although it is a little unbelievable, as early as ten years ago, Xuanhua recorded in the personnel register of the Ministry of War, and the garrison soldiers had reached 200,000. ”

"Actually, is there really that much?" Qin Siyang asked as he stared at Han Qihai.

"Actually, of course, not so much. Han Qihai replied.

"What are the actual numbers?"

"100,000, 100,000 at most. ”

"100,000?

Han Qihai nodded.

After a pause, Qin Siyang suddenly sneered: "In this way, here in Xuanhua, a soldier receives a military salary for two." Yes, yes, one person gets two copies, and Yongdinghou is very good at settling accounts. ”

Han Qihai also laughed at himself: "My father did the same thing back then. ”

"The military department records that there are 200,000 soldiers in Xuanhua, and the imperial court does not investigate them, and still pays military salaries every year?" Qin Siyang had to wonder.

Han Qihai asked rhetorically: "When will the military salary issued by the imperial court be on time?"

"What?"

Han Qihai lowered his eyebrows and chuckled: "If the military salary can be paid on time, my father will not have to eat so much empty salary." ”

"200,000 people can ......"

"Does the prince think it's too much?" Han Qihai said with a smile, smiling bitterly, "Yes, even the imperial court thinks so." ”