The Great Song Dynasty wants to be rich and strong. And this road to prosperity and strength is bound to be full of hardships and blood and tears.

All good things come to an end.

Zhao Dongting knew that there would only be fewer and fewer people who could stay by his side in the future. Those who are trusted by themselves will inevitably be sent to various places to take charge.

The current territory of the Great Song Dynasty is vast, and it is no longer the time when it was in Leizhou.

Yue Peng, Su Quandang, Miao Youli, Wen Tianxiang and many other generals who were originally around him have now gone to various places.

And in the future, there will only be more and more such people. is like Zhu Haiwang who just left Changsha City.

It's just good, at least, they're all alive.

In the past few years since the rise of the Great Song Dynasty and the Yuan Dynasty, more people have passed away forever.

Lu Chuanyao, deputy secretary of the former palace guard Ma Jun, and then Yang Yidong, Li Yuanxiu, Wu Chengzai, Liu Yong, Zou Xun, Liu Huang, Xiang Dongyang and others.

Zhao Dongting couldn't remember how many people had sacrificed their lives for the prosperity of the Great Song Dynasty.

For example, generals such as Lu Chuanyao, Liu Yong, and Zou Wei were all killed on the battlefield.

Liu Huang fell ill and died.

Xiang Dongyang became ill from hard work and died suddenly in office.

Zhao Dongting didn't know how many courtiers Zhu Haiwang could leave when Dali was completely assimilated by the Great Song Dynasty.

After all, he can't be as hard-hearted as the previous emperors.

Although Zhu Haiwang and the others were still allowed to go, they didn't feel good in their hearts.

After leaving the imperial study, Zhao Dongting returned to the dormitory and went straight to Yunjing's room.

Soon the sound of the piano wafted out of the room.

The rhyme scene is quite charming, but a little cold voice drifts with the sound of the piano.

Dream around Shenzhou Road. The autumn wind, the camp painting corner, the Forbidden City is away. The bottom matter Kunlun is the mainstay. Nine yellow flow indiscriminately. Gather thousands of villages, thousands of villages and rabbits. Providence has always been difficult to ask, and the situation is as easy as promised. More Nanpu, send you there.

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Following Huang Liujia, he set up a recruitment office in Jiangling Mansion to recruit masters of the rivers and lakes and set up the Wuding Sect. This matter sprung up like mushrooms after a rain in all parts of the Great Song Dynasty.

It was Zhao Dongting who ordered all the prefectures and states of the Great Song Dynasty to follow suit after seeing Huang Liujia's letter.

The world was initially decided, and the Yuan and New Song Dynasty only wanted to protect themselves in a short period of time, and they would not have the spare strength to attack the Great Song Dynasty again. Zhao Dongting intends to make the rivers and lakes stable.

This time, although the disasters of the rivers and lakes and the chaotic people that Duan Qilin made up were not dangerous in the end, they did shock Zhao Dongting.

He was influenced by Hong Wutian, and although he hoped that the rivers and lakes would prosper, he would never want to see the rivers and lakes so powerful that they would break away from the control of the imperial court. Just like the martial arts league that was begging at the beginning.

That would be a catastrophe for the whole world.

There are countless sects and rangers from all over the country who have enthusiastically signed up.

Only a few can meet the requirements of Wu Ding Tang.

After all, Wu Ding Tang recruits top masters, or martial arts geniuses who have the potential to become top masters.

Such people are rare in the rivers and lakes.

There are even fewer sects that can meet the standards.

Even some state capitals can't find a sect that can have five Shangyuan Realm masters, or True Martial Realm masters.

There is no other city where the recruitment office of Wudingtang is as lively and noisy as Gangneung Mansion.

And now, even in Jiangling Mansion, almost all the sects and Jianghu rangers who are willing to sign up have already signed up. The recruitment office is also a little deserted.

Only Huang Liujia was not in a hurry to return to Changsha in a hurry.

He learned from Su Quandang's mouth that many masters had followed Guan Qi to Xiangyang, and of course he was waiting here for those masters to come back.

Especially for top sects like Daozuka, although they are not in stock now, it is inevitable that they will prosper in the future. If such a sect is not recruited into the imperial court, it is a loss for the imperial court.

And so quickly two days passed.

More and more masters of the rivers and lakes and top sects have been registered by Wu Dingtang.

Xiao Yulin, Guan Qiluo, Liu Zijun and others led the army to leave the territory of Lizhou West Road and join the rear army led by Yu Xingwen in the territory of Jinghu North Road.

The army marched to Gangneung.

Yuanlizhou West Road Jiedu made Jia Fenghua receive a secret report.

Knowing that the forbidden army of the Great Song Dynasty had left, this loyal old minister who was entrusted with a heavy responsibility by Kublai Khan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He hurriedly passed the matter to Yuanzhongdu.

However, the two legions of lions and dragon spears under the command of Xiao Yulin and Liu Zijun seemed to have disappeared in the territory of Lizhou West Road, and did not cause any movement.

The letter of Qi Hongda, the Yuan ambassador to the Song Dynasty, finally fell in the palace of the Yuan Zhongdu and was sent to Zhongshu Province by the eunuchs.

Although Kublai Khan's physical condition has improved a little in the past few days, his spirit is still not good. Sango is still an auxiliary country and is in charge of national affairs.

In a certain room in Zhongshu Province, Sang Ge, who had a little tiredness on his face, immediately wrinkled his brows after reading Qi Hongda's letter, and then hurried to Kublai Khan's bedroom.

Emperor Song even promised to withdraw the army from the Lizhou West Road as soon as he received the Jiangling garrison to Xiangyang. This was a good thing, but Sango couldn't believe it.

Emperor Song would be so good at talking?

Moreover, if it was just to deal with the Jiangling Mansion garrison and Lu Wenhuan's old troops, why did the Song army need to send so many soldiers with such fanfare?

Could it be that how many Dayuan soldiers are in Lizhou West Road, will the Song army not know?

They shouldn't have to worry about what the Great Yuan soldiers in the territory of Lizhou West Road would do to them. There is no need to send so many forbidden troops to respond.

Something is more unusual than a demon.

Brother Sang is scheming, although he can't think of anything strange in it, but he seems to have an intuition in the dark. Emperor Song should not give up Xiangyang Mansion as easily as he said.

And what he couldn't figure out for sure, he had to go to Kublai Khan to discuss.

Outside Kublai Khan's palace, the eunuch was about to report it, Sang Ge waved his hand, and said to the house: "Your Majesty, the minister has something to discuss with you. ”

"Come in!"

The voice of Kublai Khan came from the house. Listening, it seems to be a little pleasant.

This made Desango slightly puzzled.

It wasn't until I pushed the door and walked into the room that it was clear.

It turned out that Princess Turandot was in the house at this time, and she was holding a book, talking to the emperor.

Sang Ge also had a smile on his face, and arched his hand at Turandot, "Your Royal Highness Princess." ”

In the entire Yuan Imperial Palace, Turandot has such magic power, which can easily make the emperor happy.

Turandot looked at Brother Sang, and also called out sweetly, "Grandpa Sango." ”

Since she and Kublai Khan have released their old suspicions, her mood has also improved a lot. Gradually, he returned to his former cheerfulness.

But when Sang Ge saw the sweet smile on her face, he couldn't help but sigh slightly in his heart.

Princess Pearl is really likable, especially to these old fellows. But after all, after a while, I will marry into the Song Kingdom.

This made De Sango suddenly a little excited.

The smile on the corner of his mouth faded unconsciously, and Sang Ge walked to Kublai Khan's bed and said to Kublai Khan: "Your Majesty, Lord Qi has returned with a message. ”

Kublai Khan waved his hand.

The eunuchs and maids in the dormitory all walked out.

Only then did he ask Sang Ge, "What did Emperor Song say?" ”

Brother Sang said: "Then Emperor Song first hung Lord Qi for a long time, and then met Lord Qi in the imperial study. He said that he sent the Song forbidden army to Lizhou West Road only to meet the Jiangling garrison and ...... who were heading to Xiangyang Those old ministries of Lu Wenhuan. ”

After hearing this, Kublai Khan narrowed his eyes and muttered for a long time, "Brother Sang, what do you think about this matter?" ”

Sang Ge said bluntly: "The minister thinks that there should be fraud in this. Could it be that Emperor Song is stalling for time? ”

Kublai Khan frowned, "It shouldn't be. My Great Yuan army is still still under pressure in the northern frontier of the Song Kingdom, and I have made it clear that if he dares to seize Xiangyang Mansion, I will let the army continue to fight with their Song army at any cost, and even if the Song Emperor wants to delay time, it is completely meaningless. He should have known that my army would never withdraw to the northern frontier of the Song Kingdom until his army withdrew from the western route of Lizhou. ”

"That ......"

Sang Ge muttered: "What does the emperor think about Emperor Song? ”

Kublai Khan shook his head, "I can't figure it out now." However, let's wait for the news from the side of Lizhou West Road! ”

Sang Ge nodded, "Nachen will go and send an order to Jia Fenghua later, and ask him to pay close attention to the movements of the Song army." ”

"No need."

Kublai Khan waved his hand and said, "Jia Fenghua still knows about this." We're here waiting for him to hear from you. ”

"Yes."

Sang Ge replied softly.

Then he left Kublai Khan's bedchamber.

Only Kublai Khan and Turandot were left in the room. The grandfather and grandson looked at each other speechlessly.

The atmosphere was a little eerie.

And this weirdness seems to be completely caused by Sang Ge's mention of the word "Emperor Song".

During these days, Kublai Khan and Turandot got along, and both were intentional about avoiding mentioning the word.

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