"Wow, what a temptation to expand the army to 30,000." Hearing Xu Sanyuan's words, Shen Yan's eyes couldn't help narrowing, and then he thought of it, is this the emperor testing himself, testing his thoughts on power, normally speaking, if the emperor really acquiesces to the expansion of the Great Xia Royal Army to 30,000, then there will definitely be no extra troops to feed himself, how much money does this have to be, although he has this money in his hand, but he must not take it out to feed the surplus army.

"Does Lord Shen want to expand the Great Xia Royal Army to 30,000?" Hearing Shen Yan's words, a complicated look appeared in Xu Sanyuan's eyes, and he asked slowly.

"Definitely." The corners of Shen Yan's mouth smiled slightly, and a flash of wisdom flashed in his eyes, and he said slowly.

"The Great Xia Royal Army will only expand to 10,000 troops, and there is no need for excess troops, after all, to feed the surplus troops, the financial resources of the lower officers cannot do it, and the strength of the troops is also an important issue, although it can be recruited, but the combat effectiveness of the newly recruited troops cannot be taken at all, as for the surrender of the White Lotus Sect, although this is also a way, but once the surrender of the White Lotus Sect exceeds a certain limit, the strength of the headquarters will be at risk of being suppressed."

Although the lower officials are not particularly good at military affairs, the lower officials always believe in a truth: soldiers are more expensive than they are. Therefore, it is enough for the Great Xia Royal Army to reach 10,000 soldiers. When Shen Yan said this, a faint smile appeared in his eyes, glanced at Xu Sanyuan, and said slowly.

"Although Lord Shen is high-spirited, but the White Lotus Sect has more than 200,000 people, and the momentum is flourishing, and the Great Xia Royal Army under Lord Shen is less than 10,000, even if you add the remnants of the Jinling Front Army, the strength is less than a fraction of the White Lotus Sect, besides, the Jinling Front Army has been disabled, whether the morale and combat effectiveness can still be used is an unknown, isn't Lord Shen worried that there will be an unfavorable situation in the investigation and suppression of the White Lotus Sect?" Looking at Shen Yan's eyes, Xu Sanyuan's face showed an indifferent smile and asked his doubts.

"Of course, it is indeed very difficult for the 10,000 Daxia Royal Army plus the more than 200,000 White Lotus Sect that participated in the Jinling Front Army to investigate and suppress the White Lotus Sect, but sometimes the war is not completely contested by the number of people, although this is a basic element, but the lack of troops is a prerequisite, and you can't slack off or fear the war because of the lack of this prerequisite, this is not the emotion that a courtier or a general should have, and the lower officials can only say that it evolves according to the specific conditions of the war." Shen Yan heard Xu Sanyuan's inquiry, a touch of contemplation flashed in his eyes, Xu Sanyuan's question is relatively objective, and it is also an important factor in front of him, only by breaking this, may have a chance to investigate and suppress the White Lotus Sect.

"The Great Xia Royal Army will not recruit one more person, but if the war really needs more troops, then Xia Guan can only form a second-line army, but this is not static, and the specific situation still depends on the extent of the war."

"Lord Shen has a clear idea in his heart, so our family won't have to ask too much, after all, in military affairs, Lord Shen is far better than our family." Hearing Shen Yan's words, Xu Sanyuan nodded silently, a touch of approval appeared in his eyes, and said slowly.

"Lord Shen, let's have one more word, this time the emperor asked the eighteen princes to be the commander of the White Lotus Sect, Lord Shen should be able to understand the emperor's intentions."

"Father-in-law Xu, please rest assured, the lower official will not guess the emperor's intentions, just tell the lower official that the lower official is the attendant of the eighteen princes, and the lower officials will also give the eighteen princes enough achievements to make the eighteen princes stand up." Hearing Xu Sanyuan's words, Shen Yan said with an indifferent smile.

"It seems that our family is still talkative." Hearing Shen Yan's answer, Xu Sanyuan smiled indifferently, looked at the dark distance with his eyes, and said slowly.

"Lord Shen, the emperor's message has also been conveyed to our family, and we have also understood Lord Shen's thoughts, and now there are two more things, our family wants to hear Lord Shen's opinion."

"If Father-in-law Xu has anything to say, just ask, the lower officials know everything and say everything." Hearing Xu Sanyuan's question, a faint light flashed in Shen Yan's eyes, knowing that Xu Sanyuan would eventually ask the question he was most concerned about.

"The first one is, what do you think or do you say about the mastermind behind the interception and killing of you?" Xu Sanyuan knew that Shen Yan would definitely guess his thoughts, but Xu Sanyuan didn't care at all, or rather, Xu Sanyuan didn't think about hiding it at all, he and Shen Yan were still strategic allies to some extent, and some words would not be misunderstood.

"This matter is just as Gonggong Xu guessed, Xia Guan does know who the mastermind behind the scenes is, and Xia Guan also wants to confront the black man behind the scenes, however, Xia Guan knows in his heart that Xia Guan's existing strength will not be able to shake the black hand behind the scenes, if Xia Guan really does this, not to mention his own humiliation, the key will also disrupt the emperor's strategic layout, so Xia Guan can only swallow this breath temporarily." Sure enough, Xu Sanyuan was the first to ask this question, but as everyone knows, Shen Yan also wanted to use this question to pull Xu Sanyuan into shares, since Xu Sanyuan took the initiative to ask, it also saved Shen Yan's thoughts.

"However, this breath, Xia Guan only swallowed it temporarily, it does not mean that Xia Guan will not retaliate, Xu Gonggong also knows the character of Xia Guan's retribution, so what Xia Guan wants to do for the time being is to accumulate his own strength, and strive to completely defeat the other party on the most glorious side of the mastermind behind the scenes, and then, with the emperor's layout, completely defeat the other party, so that the other party has no power to fight back."

"You also know that the other party's industry occupies almost forty percent of Jinling, how can Lord Shen do what point in your heart?" Hearing Shen Yan's words, a faint doubt appeared in Xu Sanyuan's eyes, wanting to defeat the Northwest Zhao family in the industry, this is tantamount to shaking the tree, if it was really so easy to do, the emperor would have done it a long time ago.

"Father-in-law Xu may say that if this is so easy to do, the emperor did it a long time ago." Shen Yan seemed to have guessed Xu Sanyuan's heart, an indifferent smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he said slowly.

"Although the lower officials dare not say that they must do this, but the lower officials must do this, the lower officials do not have enough advantages in their hands, but there is only one executor who is blessed with a unique advantage in the industry, and Xu Gonggong also knows that an excellent executor is equivalent to having a foundation for victory." Shen Yan said this, with an indifferent look in his eyes, and glanced at Xu Sanyuan.