The next morning, four "Goryeo" merchants came to the Yinbinfang East Post House, claiming to meet the old man.

The Goryeo samurai guarding the gate saw that the three were very young and that they were all "Goryeo nationals", so they let them in.

After the four of them came in, they asked about Li Luo's small courtyard and walked in directly.

"Uncle Utu......" One of them immediately shouted when he saw Utu practicing swords in the courtyard.

"Well, you are... Li Yong, Li You, Li Xu, Li Jing, we only came to Dadu yesterday, you came here today, you have the ability! ”

Utu said.

These four young people under twenty are not only members of the Luoning Club, but also students of Lord Lang and his wife.

Although they entered Lijiawu Fort in February, they have been hiding in the middle courtyard to "take classes", and rarely meet themselves who train Xiangyong in the outer courtyard.

That is, at the "club meeting" every ten days, he can meet with these "students".

Utu didn't know exactly what they were studying, but felt like they were a little mysterious. These four people left Jianghua more than a month ago, and they couldn't imagine being in Dadu.

"The owner and his wife are in the upper room, so go in." Utu Road.

When the four of them saw Li Luo and Cui Xiuning, they bowed down as soon as possible, "I've seen the owner and Mrs." ”

They are not only students, but also domestic slaves, and subordinates, with three layers of relationships tied to them.

"Get up!" Li Luo said with a pleasant face, "If there is no outsider at home, just call the teacher." ”

Although they are all Cui Xiuning's intelligence students, Li Luo also has to teach them Mongolian, so Li Luo is also their teacher.

Cui Xiuning also had a pleasant face, "This month, you have to open up the situation in Dadu, it is not easy, it is hard." ”

In the first phase (half a year), there were 14 intelligence trainees, nine men and five women. Dadu alone sent four people over.

"Li Yong, you can tell me." Cui Xiuning said.

Li Yong is the oldest and has the best grades, and is the director of the Dadu Branch.

"Yes, Teacher." Li Yong respects Cui Xiuning very much, and regards Cui Xiuning as his eldest sister and as her mentor in his heart.

"We went to Dadu on August 9, and on the 12th we bought a commercial building in the old city (Jinzhongdu) and hung the sign of Goryeo Luoning Trading Company."

"On August 13, we started looking for people in the Old Town. The vast majority of the people living in the old city (Jinzhongdu) are ordinary people, with hundreds of thousands of people, and it is not difficult to find manpower. ”

"On August 24, we identified 15 usable seedlings, and now we have been training for more than a month. It's the team aspect. ”

"In terms of eyeliner, on August 25, I got acquainted with a Goryeo eunuch outside the palace. On September 3, he became acquainted with the Goryeo eunuchs. On the twentieth of September, the eunuch finally came aboard. ”

"He is also one of the first eunuchs to enter Goryeo, and now he is a four-rank lieutenant official next to Kublai Khan, and he has heard a lot of major events."

"In addition, Li Ji is responsible for inserting the eyeliner of the imperial palace, Li You is responsible for inserting the eyeliner next to Queen Chabi, and Li Yan is responsible for inserting the eyeliner of the Privy Council."

"It is planned that within the year, all key positions will have our eyeliner. Next year, all provinces, all kings, and all armies will be placed. ”

When Li Yong said this, he took out a page of paper from his arms and handed it to Cui Xiuning, "Teacher, this is the funds spent by the sub-bureau, a total of more than 2,600 taels of silver, this is the account, please look at it." ”

Cui Xiuning heard that it cost two thousand six hundred taels, and her heart felt like she had been pricked by a needle.

When I looked at it, I found that it cost 800 taels to buy a commercial building alone, which was more comfortable.

The other big heads, just on the Goryeo eunuch beside the emperor, cost six hundred taels!

"Okay. As long as things are done properly, there will be no shortage of money. Cui Xiuning pretended to be okay and smiled. Li Yong is a person, she still believes it.

Li Luo was also a little distressed. It is said that the intelligence agency is a gold-swallowing beast, and it is true. Not long after the establishment of the Special Investigation Bureau, there were not many people, but it had already spent more than 8,000 taels.

This will be a big spread in the future, and it is estimated that 100,000 taels a year will not be able to stop.

Li Yong continued: "As soon as the Goryeo mission arrived in Dadu yesterday, we knew about it. Today, students are here to report some important information. ”

"First, Chabi, the queen of the Great Inner Yanchun Pavilion, is already terminally ill and may die at any time."

"Second, Du Shizhong, the envoy to Japan, has been executed by Tokimune of Hojo, Japan, and Kublai Khan was furious and vowed to conquer Japan."

"Third, Min Yue Chen has already raised troops to capture Zhangzhou, and a few days ago he proclaimed himself the king of Zhen Min and changed his name to Changtai. Kublai Khan issued an edict the day before yesterday, ordering Wanzhedu to be the commander and commanding 50,000 troops to conquer. ”

"Fourth, Kublai Khan said yesterday that an additional 20,000 Han troops will besiege Lingxiao City, and the remaining Song troops in Lingxiao City will starve to death."

"Fifth, the monks wrote to Kublai Khan, saying that the priest deliberately set fire to 3,900 stone of grain, and framed the monks."

The monks also said that during the reign of Möngke Khan, he had issued a decree to ban the Taoist Apocrypha, but the Taoist priests were still spreading it. Kublai Khan ordered that a Buddhist debate be held at the Changchun Palace at the end of the month, and the Taoist priests themselves were asked to prove that they were not apocryphal. ”

"The sixth and most important thing is what the owner is most concerned about. Today, the number of Mongolian soldiers is 213,000, all of them are cavalry, one person and two horses, and one person and three horses in Hexi. ”

"There are 367,000 soldiers in the Red Army, stationed in 28 places, all of them are cavalry, one man and two horses. Among them, the number of Semu Hui soldiers was the largest, more than 150,000. There are more than 50,000 Dangxiang and Tubo soldiers, more than 30,000 Shuida soldiers, more than 20,000 Dali soldiers, more than 30,000 Jurchen Khitan soldiers in the northwest, and 70,000 soldiers from the Mobei tribes. ”

"The old Han army is 290,000, most of which are commanded by the Han princes, and there are very few cavalry. Among them, 50,000 old Han soldiers were Kublai Khan's guards. ”

"There are more than 300,000 New Han troops, all of whom surrendered to the Song army, including 100,000 naval troops."

"To sum up, plus the 20,000 cowardly Xue guards, the Yuan army has a total of more than 1.2 million, including more than 600,000 cavalry."

When Li Luo heard the figures reported by Li Yong, he couldn't help but feel a little numb.

Because the Yuan Dynasty was very strict with the Han people, the number of soldiers and horses has always been highly secret. Except for the emperor and a few people in the Privy Council and the Ministry of War, basically no one knows how many soldiers and horses there were in the Great Yuan Dynasty.

Even later Yuan history experts don't know how many soldiers and horses there were in the Yuan Dynasty. The number of officials in the Song Dynasty, the number of soldiers in the Yuan Dynasty, and the number of households in the Ming Dynasty have always been difficult research problems for historians.

In particular, the number of Mongolian soldiers and horses is a secret among secrets, and even the officials of the military department do not know.

Now, Li Luo is clear.

It's really powerful!

Fortunately, the number of Mongolian soldiers, that is, more than 200,000, was not much more than the Eight Banners in the early Qing Dynasty.

At the time of Temujin, the Mongol army numbered 120,000. Now, decades have passed, and the Mongol army has doubled.

"You go and find out more about the information of the Buddhist and Taoist debate conference...... Cui Xiuning made some arrangements and guidance again.

Two hours later, Li Yong and the other four spies left.

When Li Luo heard Cui Xiuning's intelligence work arrangements and guidance, he had to admire the intelligence profession's operation of various details.

Anyway, he's definitely not fit to be a spy. But Cui Xiuning's four students are obviously spies.

"Why, when you heard that Uncle Kublai Khan was Domado, you were afraid? Revolutionary convictions shaken? Cui Xiuning said with a smile.

Li Luo smiled bitterly: "Uncle Kublai Khan is indeed a lot of people, but the time is here, we have to wait." ”

Cui Xiuning said: "I'll go to the old city (Jinzhongdu) in the afternoon to have a look, there are many civilians there, and then go to see Li Yong's bureau." ”

Li Luo said: "Then you can go by yourself." I'm going to the princess's mansion and dangle in front of her, she has a poor characterization and a big forgetfulness, don't let her forget my existence. ”

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