Chapter 120

"The Count has been waiting for a long time. ”

"No, I wonder what His Majesty summoned me for?" Levi asked very seriously.

Zhang Xun sat down in the big crimson chair, then looked at the prime minister and asked, "Has the army rushing to the border been deployed?"

Levi's square face nodded lightly, and said, "It has been dispatched, but Count Bolton ordered that the border defenders should only defend and not attack, and try not to give the western army a reason for big friction." ”

Zhang Xun nodded, he could see that Levi looked down on Bolton very much, not only Levi, but also Zhang Xun himself didn't really like the Count Bolton, as a minister of war, he always lacked the temperament he should have, but he still affirmed Bolton's order.

"In the present situation, it is not a good thing to rush into war, and Count Bolton is right in this order, we do need enough time to prepare for a possible war. ”

Zhang Xun paused before saying, "I came to you this time to discuss this matter." ”

Prime Minister Levi was a little confused, he looked at the king and asked, "Does Your Majesty have any ideas?"

Zhang Xun pondered for a moment before he said, "I mentioned before that I should unite the two kingdoms of the East and the North to win the support of the two kingdoms. ”

Levi smiled, "I have already arranged the messenger and drafted the letter. ”

As he spoke, he took out some paper from his robe and handed it to Zhang Xundao, "Your Majesty will see if it is suitable, if it is okay, I will arrange for the envoy to visit the two countries after stamping the king's seal." ”

Zhang Xun took it, unfolded it, and quickly swept it, feeling that there was no problem, and the wording was also very decent, so he nodded happily and said, "Okay, that's it, but what I discussed with the earl today is how to deal with the southern border." ”

The prime minister's square face finally showed a little surprise.

Zhang Xun said with a smile: "I have been thinking about it for the past two days, and I feel that Count Boton's proposal is also meritorious. ”

When the prime minister heard this, he changed color slightly, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty!

As he spoke, Levi looked a little excited, waving his limbs, as if he was using this to express his inner emotions.

Zhang Xun smiled gently, sat in the crimson chair, unmoved, just watched Levi's play with deep amusement, and then said: "Earl, don't be impatient, I don't mean to really ask for the support of the King of the Southern Realm, but to do it pretendedly." ”

Levi was stunned and looked at "Luke" fixedly, full of puzzlement.

Zhang Xun waved his hand and asked him to sit down, and then sighed: "We need time, you also know that the weapons in the Eagle Yang Army need to be replaced, and I have some ideas here to implement, and it will take time, so what I am thinking about now is how to delay time." ”

Levi sat down and said seriously: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid that the King of the Western Realm will not give us more time, it is already autumn, and it will be winter in two months, and the King of the Western Realm should know that there is no benefit to fighting in winter, and the supply will be laborious, even if they are still testing now, then if the Western Realm really wants to go to war, this temptation will not last long." ”

"I know, that's why we need to figure something out. Zhang Xun sighed and said, "You also said that the relationship between the western border and the southern border is close, if the western border starts a war, we must also guard against the southern border breaking in, but the king of the southern border is greedy and cautious, and will not start a war lightly, I think he is more likely to think of taking advantage of the opportunity." ”

"Count Bolton thought of asking for the support of the King of the South, can't the King of the South think of this? I have an idea, perhaps, the King of the South is now waiting for us to get his help with a lot of benefits, at least to do not help each other, then we might as well do it pretend, talk to the King of the South, and do what the Count of Bolton wants on the surface, but bite the tongue in the details, and never give him the real thing. ”

"It's like putting a carrot in front of the king of the south, so that he can see it, but he can't eat it. ”

Zhang Xun said slowly.

Prime Minister Levi is also a smart person, his eyes suddenly lit up when he heard this, and he said: "There must be a connection between the western realm and the southern realm, in this way, the king of the southern realm wants to absorb the benefits, in order to prevent us from being forced into a hurry, he will definitely find a way to prevent the western realm from starting a real war immediately, so as to buy us time." ”

"Yes, that's it. ”

"But...... In this case, there is another possibility, that is, in order to put pressure on us, the king of the southern realm will try to create a greater threat to the western realm, even if the western realm does not really go to war, then the capture of some villages and towns may not be avoidable. Levi said with concern instead.

Zhang Xun exhaled and said, "This is unavoidable, so I hope that the people on the front line of the border can be transferred as soon as possible." ”

His eyes were very serious, and Levi also saw this seriousness, so the young prime minister slowly stood up, bent down at Zhang Xun and saluted, "I understand what to do." ”

"Then I'll have to worry about the prime minister's arrangement. ”

"It's just a matter of doing your duty. Levi said lightly, and then took his leave.

Seeing that the prime minister's back disappeared, Zhang Xun looked down at the hourglass in the lower room.

Well, Yingyang has no clocking skills, although there are many timekeeping methods, but the palace mainly looks at the hourglass.

After calculating the time, there were still more than ten minutes before the departure time set by himself.

This time is very short, and it is too late to do something, Zhang Xun sorted out his thoughts, and then thought about simply walking out of the study, and then walked up along the tower in the palace.

The houses in this world are generally not high, the building is naturally not high, the tallest building in addition to the city wall is probably the tower, and there are many kinds of towers, such in the palace castle, the lower floors are rooms, and then go up there is not much space, you can only climb up the stairs, and then look out through the window.

The idea of climbing the tower came to him suddenly.

"Although you can't go out of the palace, you can see out, and if you want to see far, you must first stand tall. ”

When Zhang Xun climbed all the way along the tower and came to a high enough window, he could see the scenery outside the palace from here.

It was the scenery of the entire royal capital.

The theme is a dark color palette, a long street and scattered houses.

The crowds and horses walking in the streets and alleys in the distance could be seen, but not heard.

The buildings are crowded, and so are the people, perhaps because the growing population is close to the city's capacity.

With crowding, there is life.

To be honest, it's not very beautiful, and compared to Zhang Xun's cities in that country in the world, it lacks grandeur.

But......

"This is my royal capital. ”

Zhang Xun looked at it and was suddenly intoxicated.

He wanted to spend the last few minutes just like that.

However, suddenly, a voice came from the stairs, and a guard hurried over, breaking Zhang Xun's calm mood.

"What's wrong?" he asked, sighing.

"Your Majesty, the Minister of War, Count Bolton, is here. ”

"Burton, what is he looking for me?" Zhang Xun did not look back.

"The Earl seems to be ...... I'm going to ask you about how to build a new weapon. ”

Zhang Xun finally turned his head, but just threw down a sentence and said: "Go and tell Bolton that I have my own arrangements for weapon replacement, in short, he doesn't care about it for now, well, you can tell him that the new batch of weapons will not be built according to the previous specifications, as for what the new weapons will look like...... I'll let him see it. ”