Meng Feiyang listened quietly, with a thoughtful expression on his face, and after a while, he slowly spoke again: "Eighty thousand soldiers and horses...... That's not less. ”

"General, now in Qicheng, my Zheng family is already a veritable overlord, the Sun family has been wiped out by us, and the Qin Wangfu is not to be feared, if it wasn't for Mr. Lu to let them go, they may not even be able to keep the remaining 20,000 personal soldiers." Wang Baizhou said.

Meng Feiyang nodded slowly, lowered his eyes and thought for a while, before he said: "Since we are already the overlord, then we have to be a veritable overlord, from today on, I don't want to see anyone else in Qicheng who has private soldiers, I will publish a proclamation, if you are willing to surrender and attach to us, my Zheng family will ignore the past suspicions and reuse it, if you are unwilling to surrender, then don't blame us for being unkind." ”

Wang Baizhou listened to Meng Feiyang's words, obviously surprised, but also faintly a little enthusiastic, because according to his estimates, the large and small garrisons of Qicheng add up to more than 50,000 people, if these more than 50,000 people are integrated, it is not only Qicheng, even Shuchuan, it is their Zheng Jiajun who has the final say.

"General, I'm afraid that if we do this, those officials in Qicheng shouldn't sit idly by, if they report this matter to the imperial court......" Wang Baizhou thought of another layer, and said with some unease.

"What if the report goes up, will the imperial court still send troops to encircle and suppress us, not to mention that the capital is thousands of miles away from here, even if it really comes, this Shu road is difficult, they want to enter Qicheng, I'm afraid it's not so easy, we just need to set up an ambush on their way." I'm afraid that before they arrive in Qicheng, they will be wiped out, so the imperial court will not do such a loss-making business, and the imperial court has just fought with Zeguo some time ago, and most of the troops are stationed in Bianjing, and there is still civil strife in the south, and the capital has less than 200,000 troops, how can there be spare strength to come to Qicheng to crusade against us. Meng Feiyang sneered and slowly analyzed.

Wang Baizhou was stunned when he heard this, after all, the news from all over the world was not so circulating at this time. Qicheng is far away from the capital. The news of the capital can hardly be transmitted, let alone other regions, and the officials can receive the news from the capital, but they will not take it lightly. Therefore, these people know very little about the situation in various parts of the capital. And Zheng Houzhong suddenly said the situation everywhere in Da Zhou so clearly. It really scared him.

"If it is really as you said, General, then we have no one to scruple about, and our subordinates will do this immediately. Strive to gather all those garrisons in Qicheng within a month. Wang Baizhou immediately eagerly took the order.

Meng Feiyang nodded, pondered for a while, and then said, "Then leave this matter to Bai Zhou." ”

"I won't let the general down." Wang Baizhou immediately expressed his determination.

Qian Wuzhi saw that Meng Feiyang only handed over this matter to Wang Baizhou, and he was suddenly a little anxious, his personality was already very arrogant, and he got up directly and asked, "Then I don't know if the general has anything to explain to his subordinates?" ”

Meng Feiyang looked at Qian Wuzhi and smiled, and said: "There is just one thing to be handed over to you to do, I plan to recruit new soldiers, there is no upper limit, as long as it is a man who has reached the age of sixteen, he can be recruited in." ”

Qian Wuzhi listened to Meng Feiyang's words, his expression was very surprised, and he looked at Wang Baizhou for a while, before he hesitated to speak: "General, such a large-scale conscription, my subordinates are afraid of ...... in terms of food and salary."

"You don't have to worry about this, I have my own way to solve it." Meng Feiyang replied lightly.

Meng Feiyang said so, they naturally didn't have any opinions, and Qian Wuzhi also received the order immediately.

"Alright, you two go down first." After explaining what to do with the two, Meng Feiyang waved his hand and asked them to retreat.

Wang Baizhou glanced at Li Xiao on the opposite side quietly, and then retreated with Qian Wuzhi.

"General Li should know very well, why did I leave you alone?" Meng Feiyang looked at Li Xiao and asked slowly.

Li Xiao still had the same iceberg face, and he didn't buy much at Meng Feiyang, so he replied directly: "Mr. Lu should have told the general when he left, the reason why I joined the Zheng family army was because I made a deal with him." ”

Meng Feiyang's eyes flashed slightly, and then he nodded and said: "Mr. Lu did mention it to me, but I thought to myself, General Li can negotiate conditions with her, and naturally he can also negotiate conditions with me, this is only good for General Li, there is no harm, you say, right?" ”

Li Xiao looked at Meng Feiyang with suspicious eyes for a moment before slowly asking, "Did he tell you everything?" ”

"Mr. Lu didn't tell me very much, in order for us to cooperate better, General Li might as well talk to me more carefully."

Li Xiao was silent for a while, but he directly refused: "Mr. Lu said that he will come back soon, and when he comes back, it will not be too late for us to talk about the transaction, anyway, I am not in a hurry." ”

Meng Feiyang obviously didn't expect Li Xiao to reject him without even thinking about it, a touch of surprise flashed on his face, but he quickly recovered, and said with a slight smile: "I didn't expect General Li to be such a committed person, it's really impressive." ”

"I'm not re-committing, I just don't believe you, the way you make me...... It's dangerous, and my intuition tells me that it's better not to cooperate with you. Li Xiao didn't hide it, and directly said his inner thoughts. If Lu Wanwan is here, he will definitely praise Xiao Xiao, wolf's intuition!

Meng Feiyang chuckled a few times when he heard this, squinted his eyes and said, "Can I take General Li's words as a compliment?" ”

"Say whatever you want, if it's okay, I'll retire first." Li Xiao obviously didn't want to say much to Meng Feiyang, so he directly hugged his fists, turned around and left the camp.

In the blink of an eye, Meng Feiyang was the only one left in the camp, he tilted his head slightly, supported his cheeks with one hand, and his expression changed to a cold appearance again, but his eyes were slightly sunken, and he didn't know what he was thinking, and after a while, he didn't know what he was thinking, and a smile appeared on the corner of his lips.

Besides, Wang Baizhou and Qian Wuzhi walked all the way out of the camp tent, Qian Wuzhi shook his head and muttered as he walked, "Brother Wang, do you think that the general's illness is very different from before." In the past, even if he scolded me with his throat, I didn't feel too scared, but now he has a smile on his face all the time, but I have been worried in my heart, I am afraid of saying something wrong, what do you say is going on? ”

Not to mention that Qian Wuzhi couldn't figure it out, Wang Baizhou himself was puzzled, although he knew that the general had amnesia, but it was just amnesia, could it be that even his temperament had changed. If it weren't for that face, it would be exactly the same. He suspected that the general he had known was not the same person at all.

"But I think it's not bad for the general to be like this now, don't you think the general has become much more courageous now, and he is collecting garrisons and conscripting troops. I think the general will make some big moves next. You guess. Could he be trying to support the army and stand on his own? Qian Wuzhi still said to himself, as if he had thought of such a possibility, and suddenly raised his voice and asked.

Wang Baizhou immediately reached out and covered his mouth. Seeing that there was no one else, he reprimanded him with a black face: "Can you say anything nonsense, and you are not afraid of trouble coming out of your mouth." ”

Qian Wuzhi nodded sheepishly, took away Wang Baizhou's hand, and then lowered his voice and said: "Aren't I just talking about it casually, but Brother Wang, don't you think so, otherwise how can you explain the general's sudden large-scale conscription?" ”

Wang Baizhou frowned tightly and didn't speak, in fact, he thought the same as Qian Wuzhi, but this speculation was too terrifying, and he didn't dare to say it at will.

"Okay, don't think nonsense, let's just do our part, I think the general is different from before, we are under his hands, we have to be more careful in the future."

Qian Wuzhi thought deeply about Wang Baizhou's words, although he was reckless, he was not stupid, and the general now gave him a much more dangerous feeling than before, so he would cheer up his spirit and do his own thing.

The military camp is full of waves, but the Zheng Mansion is very peaceful, Lu Wan called Liuyun into the room, and said to her very kindly: "I just got married, I don't understand anything, and you will still be responsible for the affairs of this mansion in the future, if you can't make up your mind, you can report to me, and we will solve it together." ”

Liuyun didn't expect Lu Wanwan to let her take care of things, the look on her face was very surprised, and she didn't know if Lu Wanwan was saying the opposite to test him, so she immediately refused in a panic: "Madam, you are the master of this house, and the affairs of this house are naturally your master, the slave and maid dare not exceed the rules, and the slave and maid will assist you at most on the side, and they will never dare to make up their minds." ”

Lu Wanwan knew that Liuyun had misunderstood her, so she could only say helplessly: "I really want Liuyun to help me, you may have heard that I have been in poor health since I was a child, I can't be tired, and I can't do things that take too much brain, otherwise the old disease will recur if I don't do it well, so I want to leave the things in this house to you to do, after all, you are used to doing it, and there will be no difficulties, but if you don't want to, then I won't force you, so I have to find someone else, but others must not be as good as you." ”

Liuyun saw that Lu Wanwan's words were sincere, but he believed her words a little, but there was still a little embarrassment on his face, after all, there was already a hostess in the house, and if she was in charge of all the affairs in the house, I was afraid that others would fall into the handle.

"After all, the slave and maid are just subordinates, and they used to be in charge of the big and small affairs in the backyard, just because the general did not marry a wife, and there was no justifiable master in the house, and the slave and maid were also regarded as custodians, but now that you are here, Madam, it is probably unreasonable for the slave and maid to take care of this matter." Liuyun said in embarrassment.

Lu Wanwan also knew Liuyun's difficulties, so she smiled and made an idea with her: "If this is not the case, you are still in charge of the affairs of this house, and it will be my order to the outside world, wouldn't it be good, anyway, now you are also my personal maid, and it is convenient to do anything." ”

Liuyun pondered for a while, Lu Wan said that it was on the night, and she couldn't refuse again, so she reluctantly nodded and responded: "Okay, the slave maid will help Madame take care of it for a while, and when Madame's health is better in the future, let Madame manage it herself." ”

"Then it's hard work for you." Lu Wanwan said very kindly.

"Madame's words are serious, this is the slave's business." Liuyun immediately said.

Throwing the burden of this housekeeper to Liuyun, Lu Wanwan was finally relaxed, she didn't know about general affairs, and her mind was not in this inner house, and she was not willing to care about such trivial things, with Liuyun in charge, she was not afraid of chaos in the house, and she had more time to do her own things.

Lu Wanwan excused herself to be unwell, so she let Liuyun and a few maids retreat, and then took a nap on the couch, because she was nervous last night, she didn't fall asleep until late, and got up so early in the morning, and Meng Feiyang had a battle of wits and courage, and she was already tired, at this time, taking advantage of Meng Feiyang's absence, she just made up for sleep.

Lu Wan slept for about half an hour when she heard a knock on the door, she frowned slightly, and asked in a slightly bad tone, "What's the matter?" ”

There was silence outside the door for a while, and then Liuyun's cautious voice came, "Madam, the slave maid has taken the lunch menu and wants you to choose it." ”

Lu Wanwan rubbed her sore forehead, sat up from the Luohan couch, tidied up her dress, and then said lazily: "Come in." ”

Liuyun walked in with his head lowered, and didn't dare to look at Lu Wanwan, walked up to her, and after saluting, he respectfully delivered the menu in his hand to her.

Lu Wanwan nodded slowly, reached out to take the menu handed over by Liuyun, and looked at it carefully, she had just woken up, her expression was still a little tired, and she looked even more indifferent.

Liuyun only glanced at her, and then immediately lowered his head again, acting more carefully.

Lu Wanwan looked at the dishes on the menu carefully, she knew that these should be Zheng Houzhong's favorite dishes on weekdays, but they did not suit Meng Feiyang's appetite.

After looking at it for a while, Lu Wanwan raised his head and asked Liuyun: "I just came over, and I don't know the general's preferences, I see that there are mostly spicy dishes on this menu, is the general spicy?" ”

Liuyun nodded and replied: "The general is a native of Qicheng, and he prefers spicy dishes, some time ago because he was seriously ill, so the kitchen has always been light, and now that the general has recovered, the slave wants to let the kitchen prepare some dishes he likes to eat." ”

Lu Wan nodded lately, his fingers slid lightly over the menu, and a sly smile suddenly appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Just do the above, I think the general should be very 'surprised'." Lu Wanwan commanded with a smile, and the mood seemed very good.

Liuyun didn't understand how Lu Wanwan's love changed so quickly, she suppressed the doubts in her heart, took back the menu, bowed and bowed, turned around and went out. (To be continued......)