In the past, it was not easy to get a map, but this map is a military map drawn by Liu Zhenglong himself, indicating how high the mountain is and how steep and sincere it is.

"What if the Western Xia cavalry stood by and waited for rescue?"

"Two plans, one is a water attack, the terrain of the flat land is more than a zhang lower than the military village, and the water from the military village can be diverted downward, which can flood the Western Xia army. Another plan is a fire attack, I have read the military newspapers, the military village has hoarded a large amount of fire oil, this fire oil is enough to turn that flat land into a sea of fire. It's just that this is detrimental to heavenly morality, and the minister is ashamed. ”

"How do you stop it?"

"If you blow up the rocks on both sides, you will block the road. The Pan family's workshop has already made an iron-shelled fire thunder, which is ten times more powerful than the original clay pot fire thunder, enough to blow up mountains and shatter stones. Speaking of this, Liu Zhenglong continued: "In Western Xia, the Liao State has war horses, and our dynasty lacks war horses, but we can make firearms, and these firearms are enough to blow up the enemy. ”

In fact, in the last years of the Tang Dynasty, gunpowder and firearms had already come out, but because the power was too small, the production process was complicated, and the cost was too high, they were not actually valued by the imperial court.

Poor is changing, change is the same, until the Southern Song Dynasty, because the Jin State and later Mongolia brought too much military pressure to the Southern Song Dynasty, at this time firearms have developed by leaps and bounds, although from a modern point of view is still so primitive, but in the era of cold weapons, the lethality has been great.

Liu Zhenglong spent a huge amount of money to develop new firearms with the help of the Pan family's firearms workshop, of course, in the end, it still had to attract the attention of the officials, and eventually the imperial court would develop it.

The official asked suspiciously: "Qing family, are firearms really that powerful?" ”

"Well, and it's going to get bigger and bigger, and eventually it's going to be big enough to crush the cavalry, crush the iron harriers. This is how the minister dealt with the iron harrier. The Pan family's firearms workshop has developed an iron-shelled fire mine, and I hope Your Majesty can give me some advice. It's just that for reasons of secrecy, it has not been disclosed to the public. ”

After Liu Zhenglong finished speaking, he did not continue to talk about the problem of iron-shelled fire and thunder, he knew that this needed to give the official family a certain amount of time to digest, after all, this thing was still advanced technology, and it was still difficult to absorb the melon seeds in people's heads at that time.

This time, Liu Zhenglong was wrong, and the official family quickly understood what it would mean once the iron-shelled fire thunder was put into the battlefield, but he thought about it more far-reaching. Over the years, the spies of the Western Xia and Liao States have almost infiltrated into a corner of the capital, and even the palace does not dare to say that it is monolithic. If the iron-shell fire thunder production process leaks out, it will pose a great threat to the city defense of the Great Song Dynasty in the future.

"It's better not to put the manufacturing factory in the capital, as for the review, I won't look at it, I believe in your ability." Song Huizong Zhao Ji pondered for a long time and said: "Since you are in Jingzhao Mansion, then I will reward you with Qinling, move the manufacturing plant in, don't leak it, once it is mastered by Western Xia and Liao, then they are used to attack the city, how should we defend it?" ”

The emperor's stupidity is not terrible, but the stupidity of a literate emperor is the great joke of the world. The eight hundred miles of Qinling were rewarded in one sentence, but if the Qinling Mountains straddle Shaanxi and Sichuan provinces, are the states and counties along the way counted among them? Liu Zhenglong knew that the official family didn't react for a while, but since the pie fell from the sky, wouldn't it be water in his head.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." After thanking him, Liu Zhenglong didn't get up, Qin Ling rewarded himself, it was not as simple as Huangzhuang, there must be an explanation, otherwise he couldn't pass the level in the political hall.

Song Huizong Zhao Ji was so wise that he quickly discovered the problem, but Jun didn't joke, since he said it, how could he regret it. After pondering for a long time, the official said: "I have crowned you as the prince of Qinling County, which will be regarded as a reward for your destruction of Western Xia in advance, and I hope you will not let me down." ”

Recovering the sixteen states of Youyun can be the king, but there is only one county prince to destroy the Western Xia Kingdom, however, Liu Zhenglong doesn't care, although he knows that he has cut off his thoughts of the northern expedition in the heart of the official family, but he is still very happy to thank him.

After thanking him, Liu Zhenglong continued: "Your Majesty, the minister has a bold idea, and he can definitely solve the problem of the Western Front at the lowest cost. ”

"Oh, speak up and listen." The Western Xia problem has plagued the Great Song Dynasty for a hundred years, and now if it can be solved when he is in power, it is definitely no less than recovering the sixteen states of Youyun, Song Huizong Zhao Ji suddenly became interested, and he is now more convinced that there must be a brave man under the heavy reward, and he is more convinced that his disciple is definitely a blessed star given to him by God.

Liu Zhenglong said unhurriedly: "The internal contradictions in Western Xia are becoming more and more acute, and the dispute between the emperor and the queen, the king of Ren and the king of Pu has reached the point of irreconcilability. Recently, the disciple has been tired of the old thin gold body, and has learned the power and strategy in calligraphy. That is to use the dispute between King Ren and King Pu to overthrow Li Qianshun of Chongzong of Western Xia, and then use King Pu to eradicate King Ren. Of course, there is a premise for all this, that is, the Jin King Richard must be destroyed, the Western Xia must be dragged down economically, and the Western Xia must be defeated militarily, and the disciple is willing to personally supervise this matter. It's just that this matter is related to the war of annihilation, and it needs to have royal relatives and nobles, important ministers and powerful people in charge. ”

Song Huizong Zhao Ji likes Liu Zhenglong the most, this guy is obviously insatiable, greedy for money and lustful, but he also knows how to advance and retreat, and is not greedy for merit. After pondering for a moment, he said: "There is King Yun in charge, you are fully responsible, all the people and horses on the Western Front are under your control, I will give you a gold medal order and arrows, and give you a secret decree of autocracy and autocracy, all the affairs of the Western Front can be decided by yourself, and there is no need to ask for an order." ”

"Minister, we must solve the problem of the Western Front within five years." Liu Zhenglong knew that his official position really could not be promoted, otherwise it would cause resistance from the entire civilian-bureaucratic group, and the officials had magnified their power to the limit. Although the imperial court will not give a tael of silver, and the required military salaries and materials need to be raised by themselves, but with such a big right, it can almost be called a small minister, which shows the trust of the officials.

When the conversation between the monarch and the minister was about to end, Liu Zhenglong said that he was marrying the lord of Xixia, and the official family canonized Li Yunluo as the wife of the Sanpin Command, which was regarded as affirming the entire Xixia plan to destroy the country.

In the end, when Liu Zhenglong left, the official family said casually, Gao Taiwei is unreliable, you can prepare.

Liu Zhenglong didn't know what the battle situation in Liangshan was, and now that the official family had said it, it seemed that Gao Yu had indeed gone wrong when he went to Liangshan, and he realized at this time how big a mistake he had made by not establishing an intelligence network.

On the way home, Liu Zhenglong had been thinking about how to establish his own intelligence system, and when he passed through Que Yunlou, he encountered a man in white who stopped the carriage.

"Lord Liu, can you get out of the car and talk to the deceased?"

Another woman dressed as a man, Liu Zhenglong didn't know why this beautiful woman with a noble temperament in front of the car wanted to dress up as a man, but he knew that there must be nothing good for this person to find himself, he said with a smile: "Since it is an old man, let's have a cup of tea upstairs in Que Yun." ”

Since he got Que Yunlou, Liu Zhenglong has not been in it, and he has always been taken care of by the Pan family, and today he just took a good look at his own industry.

Although this main owner has never appeared after the renovation of Que Yunlou, everyone from the shopkeeper to the shopkeeper here knows the existence of Liu Zhenglong, the real proprietor, so as soon as he appeared, he was directly invited into the Tianzi No. 1 VIP room in the back building.

Obviously, the other party had something to discuss, so Liu Zhenglong did not call the singer, dancer, or tea girl, but personally poured tea for this noble woman dressed as a man.

"I don't know if I should call you a sister, or a childe, obviously we don't know each other, you can just say anything about it, it's not interesting to go around in circles."

Liu Zhenglong's eyes revealed murderous intent, seeing that this noble beauty was terrified in her heart, she shuddered, her slender and straight legs were trembling slightly, she took a sip of tea before suppressing the nervousness in her heart, and said after a long time: "At the gate of Muzhou City, Lord Liu helped to relieve the siege, as for what to call me, it doesn't matter." ”

"It doesn't matter? Then I'll call you baby. Liu Zhenglong really didn't have any impression, but he knew that this beautiful woman with a noble temperament definitely had nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, and it was obvious that she was begging for herself, so there was no need to be too polite.

Baby, it's funny, this is for children. This woman really couldn't figure out how the decisive man in front of her could be so naïve, but she didn't dare to despise the other party, after all, there were too many things to pretend to be pigs and eat tigers, and if she underestimated this man, she would definitely suffer a big loss.

"Okay, I'll be your baby, you call me baby, today, I'm here to do a business with you, I believe you will be interested."

"Okay, my baby, what kind of business do you say, I have the same attitude towards money and women, and I don't refuse to come."

"Pervert, I have long known that you are greedy for money and lustful." The beauty secretly slandered herself in her heart, but she didn't have the courage to say that the other party was a pervert face to face, she paused for a moment and said: "I heard that your hands and eyes are up to the sky, and there is nothing in the world that you can't do." ”

Liu Zhenglong glanced at the other party, and said in an extremely cold tone: "It seems that if you want to be your husband, you can't do it in a short time, okay, I don't like nonsense, you can say anything directly." ”

I don't know why, the beauty was furious by Liu Zhenglong's cold eyes, and suddenly understood that the reason why this man was able to dominate the world must have the temperament of a man who looks down on the world, and it is not so easy to deal with, after hesitating for a moment, she said: "My brother was caught in prison, I hope you can rescue him." ”

"Farewell."

Liu Zhenglong was really a little angry, if it weren't for the other party's face as a beauty, the big mouth would have been fanned a long time ago, and after he stood up, he said coldly: "The yamen is open to the south, and I want to fight a lawsuit to get money." As long as it's not a rebellion, you can fish it out even if you spend thousands of times even if you kill people and set fires, do you still use Lao Tzu? ”

Thousands of things can be settled, come to find yourself, in this case, Liu Zhenglong is not angry, his eyes that are cold enough to kill stared straight at the beauty and said: "Although Lao Tzu is lustful, but when he kills, he is not divided between men and women." ”

The beauty felt as if she had fallen into an abyss at once, and the man in front of her was staring at her like a king cobra, threatening to devour her at any moment.

"My brother Chai Jin was arrested by Gao Lian, the prefect of Gaotang Prefecture, not to mention thousands of runs, even tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of can't be fished out, otherwise I wouldn't need to come to the capital to find you."

"Chai Jin? Your family is a royal nobleman of the previous dynasty, and there is an iron coupon for Danshu given by Emperor Taizu, and the small prefect should not go to put Chai Jin to death, besides, Chai Jin has a good relationship with Liangshan and Song Jiang, so you can ask Liangshan for help! ”

As soon as Song Jiang was mentioned, the beauty's big eyes containing thousands of layers of autumn waves and ten thousand styles suddenly flashed with crystal clear tears, and pearl-like tears slid down the pretty face that was about to break, this scene made Liu Zhenglong sad, this guy couldn't see a woman crying, he took out a champa and helped the beauty wipe the tears very gently, while comforting: "I know that Gao Lian has the support of the Taiwei Gao Yu, but I can't do it to the point where I can kill the nobles of the former dynasty indiscriminately." ”

The beauty choked up and said: "Yin Tianxi, the brother-in-law of Gao Lian, the prefect of Gaotang Prefecture, fell in love with my uncle Chai Huangcheng's manor, so he seriously injured my uncle and wanted to take it by force. Moreover, the Danshu iron coupon does not absolve the crime of treason. ”

"Is there any evidence of colluding with the Liangshan thieves and intending to rebel?"

"Li Kui, Liu Tang, Wu Song and others on Liangshan have organized rescues, which has made my brother's perjury of collusion with Liangshan thieves, and now my brother can't wash it away even if he jumps into the Yellow River."

In the depths of Liu Zhenglong's memory, Song Jiang and others saved Chai Jin in the Water Margin, and he didn't want to have anything to do with the Chai family, because that would cause dissatisfaction among the officials, and if he didn't do it, he would get into trouble.

After Liu Zhenglong gently patted the beauty's jade back, he said softly: "Since Song Jiang can rescue the first time and can rescue the second time, he will definitely rescue Chai Jin, you don't have to worry." ”

"Let me answer this question."

As soon as the door opened, there was another beautiful woman dressed as a man, this woman was obviously Liu Ruyan type, belonging to the heroine among women, she came in and said: "My name is Hu Sanniang, her name is Chai Jinjiao." Song Jiang led the army to attack Zhujiazhuang, and after Lin Chong captured me, my brother captured Zhu Biao, the third son of the Zhu family, and came to replace me. Unexpectedly, the thief in Song Jiang actually sent the black whirlwind Li Kui to kill my brother and rob the wealth of our village, Hujiazhuang, Zhujiazhuang was slaughtered up and down, and the wealth was looted. Li Jiazhuang, the owner of the village, should donate all his family wealth and defect to Liangshan, which can be regarded as saving the day. ”