Wu Dong is not good at money, not lustful Not all eunuchs are not lustful, how "they" are lustful, it is inconvenient to say, but they take power very seriously. As heavy as life. People like him, if they lose power, are prone to suicide.

The great eunuch worked tirelessly and trained outside the city all day, from morning to night.

Chen Mu did not express an opinion on this.

Because Wu Dong himself is also a war-tested general, he is not blindly commanding, but training with a purpose.

As Wu Dong, he really wants to fight this war well and win a country at the lowest cost.

Make meritorious contributions, increase your prestige, express your loyalty to the Queen Mother, and show your command skills at the same time.

As for what he said, to overthrow the Gulan royal family, Chen Mu was not very worried. Because Kong Xiaoxian, the general of Anxi, and Zhang Yunlong, the governor of Anxi, did not agree with him doing this, Chen Mu did not believe that Wu Dong dared to come hard.

So, if Wu Dong does not overthrow the Gulan royal family, isn't it against the will of the Queen Mother?

Not really.

The Queen Mother let Wu Dong toss in the Western Regions, her purpose was to negotiate with the Tang Clan's gate valve, she didn't really want to make the Western Regions chaotic. When the time comes, it really triggers a large-scale war, and she will suffer with it.

The battlefield is changing rapidly, and there is a big melee of hundreds of thousands of people, who can guarantee that it will be won.

In the Second Hexi War, if Alidayi, the Sogdian god of war, did not make a move to usurp the power of Ali Mandan, and if the Donghu people were a little faster, perhaps the war situation would have to be reversed. Of course, if the Donghu people were fast enough, Tang Qiong might not urge Tang Zhen to fight Arlando.

But even if it was a decisive battle, the battle was very dangerous. If the Liang Dynasty troops did not have iron-blooded generals like Qi Dongyang and Zhang Yunlong, they might not have fought so happily. Although Zhang Yunlong led the 30,000 Xuanjia Army to fight very badly, his determination to fight a decisive battle with his frontal troops should not be underestimated. Without Zhang Yunlong's frontal death, there would be no series of subsequent developments.

"Wu Dong's meaning is very clear, since the Queen Mother asked him to toss, he must make some moves."

Chen Mu said to Wang, Zhen, and Shi: "He is also a way to retreat. If Zhang Yunlong doesn't want to fight, and the Anxi Army doesn't move at all, where will the Queen Mother's face go? ”

"Zhang Yunlong is a strange person." Wang Caotian said: "As the nephew of the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother values him so much, why doesn't he listen to the Queen Mother?" ”

"This is exactly what makes Zhang Yunlong cute." Chen Mudao: "I think Zhang Yunlong is righteous and selfless, and has a strong sense of the overall situation. Fortunately, this person is not the emperor, otherwise the three major lords would probably suffer. In addition, Zhang Yunlong did not completely go against the wishes of the Queen Mother, although he did not take troops out to fight, but he did not object to Wu Dong leading troops out to fight, and the order of the Ninth Division of Xuanjia to send troops was also issued by him, which in turn led our Shence Army to be forced to send troops. Isn't this enough to give the queen too much? Otherwise, with the temper of the Queen Mother, Zhang Yunlong would have been taken down long ago. ”

Wang Caotian nodded.

Zhen was puzzled: "Why do you say that we were forced to send troops?" Isn't this what you asked Childe to approve of? ”

Chen Mu waved his hand: "If it weren't for the Xuanjia Army that had to fight, do you think Gongzi would agree to let us fight?" Now the Down's gate valve is short of money. And what is the war fought for? ”

Shi Jinchong was sleepy again, but this did not delay him from speaking, and said with sleepy eyes: "What is fighting is equipment, numbers, and the bravery and strategy of the main general!" ”

Chen Mu smiled bitterly and asked, "Where did the equipment come from?" Where do people come from? Without equipment and people, what is the use of a powerful general? ”

Shi Jinchong fell asleep.

It's still early on the fifteenth of next month.

Chen Mu was not in a hurry, and went to the county office to see the preparations for the imperial examination room.

The Dunhuang County Order was subordinate to Yin, the Shazhou Prefecture, and belonged to the second-level unit under Tang Liu.

Usually, Chen Mu rarely goes to the county government to walk around, but today he suddenly visited, and he was so surprised that the county order trotted all the way and went out to greet him.

The county government is not big, only the county order and the master ran out, but they didn't see the head of the team, so they probably went to handle the case.

After wandering around the county government, he felt that the examination room was well arranged, Chen Mu left some silver for the county magistrate, and said to the county magistrate that he must ensure that the examination room is fair. The county order repeatedly said yes.

When he walked back, Chen Mu asked Xiaohuan: "Did you buy that person's calligraphy and paintings?" Why didn't I see it? ”

Xiaohuan said in a disdainful tone: "I went, but that person was so poor that I didn't think his kind of calligraphy and paintings were worth hanging in the house, so I let them put them in the warehouse." ”

Chen Mu smiled bitterly and asked, "What is that person's name, and how much money did you give him?" ”

"His name is Li Shan, the word Jueming, and it is said that he is still a descendant of the royal family of the previous dynasty. I gave him five hundred dollars. Xiaohuan laughed. Because Chen Mu gave him a tael of silver, but this Nizi only cost half of it. So where did the remaining half go, she didn't take the initiative to explain.

Chen Mu stood still and looked at Xiaohuan with cold eyes.

Xiaohuan pouted, took out more than four hundred money from his pocket, and handed it to Chen Mu. It seems that she has already spent some of it, or deliberately did not clean it.

Chen Mu took back the money and put it in his pocket. He reached out and pulled it into his pocket. Sure enough, he took out a few dollars and put them in his pocket.

Xiaohuan was angry all the way.

Back in the living room, Xiaohuan was preparing for dinner, Hanxiang was crying and laughing on the side, and asked in a low voice: "Uncle, I've always been very strange, why do you only slam the door on Xiaohuan?" Are you worried that if you are close, you will not be inferior? Then you don't worry about her resentment? ”

Chen Mu smiled and said, "It varies from person to person." Some people know to be grateful, and the better you are to him, the more he will repay you. But some people are not like this, they promote Mien, fight Mien. Xiaohuan's girl is not bad in nature, but she is too ordinary. She is very content with her current life, and her biggest fear is being abandoned by me. At this time, I don't have to worry about resentment from afar, I just need to guard against being inferior. I'm still quite satisfied with Xiaohuan, I don't want to indulge her, otherwise sooner or later I will be arrogant, and I won't be able to go back to the past. This is like some mothers-in-law, who were well-behaved and clever when they first got married, but within a few years they became broken, why is this? I think it has a lot to do with my husband's teachings. The husband does not know how to manage the marriage, which will lead to such a bad result. Of course, I'm just talking about one of these factors, not that the husband can decide everything about the daughter-in-law. ”

Hanxiang looked at Chen Mu with strange eyes: "Uncle, you are only eighteen years old." After that, Hanxiang felt a little ashamed.

"Uh..., what's the matter, can't you understand life at the age of eighteen? I've seen and heard a lot, so I've had some insights. Besides, my words are not necessarily the truth. You have the right to gossip and listen to it. Chen Mu wanted to divert the topic: "A while ago, your mother said that she wanted to buy a maid, did she buy it?" ”

"Why does my uncle always care about whether my family buys maids?"

"There are a lot of poor people on the street, selling their sons and daughters, and I feel distressed when I look at them. A good family like you buys a maid, in fact, it can be regarded as a benefit to the people. Chen Mu sighed: "When we have a little more money and the situation is a little more stable, I will abolish the evil law in the Dunhuang area." And find a way to organize these poor people. Let them have an income. ”

"Uncle, if you change the law of the Liang without permission, you can't do it."

"Don't worry, I know it."

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