With the expectations of all the subjects of Ning Guo, Dou Ding decided after discussing with Xiao Chumo that he would reopen the imperial examination in the court to fill the vacancies of the insufficient number of officials, and at the same time would select the best candidates, not only pay attention to the poetry and songs of the imperial examination personnel, but also concentrate on observing their character and morality.

At the same time, if someone has outstanding test results, but he is unbearable in private, he will immediately take away his official qualifications, in short, he decided that in the future, the officials of Ningguo must be both civil and military, and the people who are talented and virtuous, and no longer allow selfishness to happen.

And Xiao Chumo is responsible for guarding the frontier, and at the same time, he will also recruit a large number of troops and horses to consolidate the original turbulent frontier battlefield, so that the neighboring countries will no longer dare to covet the rich resources of Ningguo, at the same time, Xiao Chumo thought of a person in his mind, if he can cooperate with him, it will definitely make the form of the frontier improve to the greatest extent, right?

Xiao Chumo, as the regent of Ningguo, sent a letter of worship to Chen Shengye, the monarch of Chen State, hoping to find an opportunity to go to Chen State in person and visit him once, and bluntly said in the post that if Chen Shengye refused, he would definitely regret the rest of his life!

It was probably Xiao Chumo's sworn words in the worship post that aroused Chen Shengye's desire to win, and he was originally in a hostile state, but unexpectedly agreed to Xiao Chumo's request to meet, and agreed to be in a small city on the border between the two countries.

When it came to the appointed meeting time, Xiao Chumo arrived on time, and Chen Shengye was slightly late for about half an hour, and when he came to the restaurant, he saw Xiao Chumo facing him sideways, his eyes leisurely drinking, and he didn't carry too many guards around him, and only led Ling Feng alone, Chen Shengye couldn't help but be even more unbelievable about Xiao Chumo's intention to meet with him this time......

"I've heard that the Prince Regent's son just ascended the throne a few days ago, so it stands to reason that the Lord Regent won't be by his side? Somehow, you sent someone to send me an invitation, inviting me to come here to discuss something? ”

In front of Xiao Chumo, Chen Shengye did not call himself "I", but deliberately accompanied him with "I", firstly, Xiao Chumo's identity was not inferior to Chen Shengye, and secondly, in fact, since the last farewell, Chen Shengye was admired by Xiao Chumo's use of soldiers like a god, so he temporarily abandoned the identity of the emperor, just like two tacit but opposing "enemies".

Xiao Chumo keenly sensed this, but did not pierce it, he calmly poured a glass of wine for Chen Shengye first, and then glanced at Ling Feng, Ling Feng put a prepared silver needle in front of Chen Shengye, and said expressionlessly:

"Although the wine is brought by my master, it is not poisoned, if the lord of Chen Guo does not believe it, you can use a silver needle to test it, and you can drink it with confidence."

Chen Shengye frowned, staring at Xiao Chumo and Ling Feng, but he didn't really use the silver needle to test whether the wine was poisonous? Instead, he picked it up directly, drank it all, and then responded: "I have never been afraid of life and death, and if you want to kill me, you will do it in the barracks that day, and you will definitely not wait until now, so since you have gone to great lengths to invite me here, it shouldn't be as simple as trying to kill me, right?" ”

Seeing that although Chen Shengye looked ordinary on the outside, but in fact he was a person who was as careful as dust, Xiao Chumo seemed to be very satisfied, and smiled slightly, they were not indecisive people, since it was rare to see each other once, they would definitely not waste time on drinking and having fun, so Xiao Chumo took out a contract from his arms, handed it to Chen Shengye, and continued:

"That's why I'm looking for Lord Chen to come here today."

When the clear handwriting on the contract slowly penetrated into Chen Shengye's eyes, he immediately widened his eyes, looked at Xiao Chumo with a deep and complicated gaze, and said, "You want to spend a lot of money to buy my Chen Guo's capable generals?" Are you kidding! ”

After reading the contract, Chen Shengye almost didn't think about it, so he immediately rejected it categorically, it is not difficult to imagine that the fierce generals of Chen State were all trained by Chen Shengye, not to mention how much effort they put in during the period, only to say that the two countries are in a hostile situation, if Chen Shengye really sold the fierce generals to Xiao Chumo, wouldn't it be equivalent to letting them attack the people of their own country in turn? Chen Shengye will never agree to this kind of thing!

Staring at Chen Shengye's face at this time, he was already a little angry, no longer as calm and calm as before, Xiao Chumo still remained calm like water when he was on the contrary, and he explained unhurriedly:

"Don't be angry first, you might as well read the contract carefully to the end, I don't want to ridicule Lord Chen, or hit the idea of Chen Guo, but as we all know, your Chen State is densely populated, but the resources are not rich, when you and I met before, I wanted to give Chen Guozhu gold and silver, but you categorically refused, so I admire Chen Guozhu very much Your bravery and freedom, I want Ning Guo and Chen Guo to cooperate for a long time, reach an alliance relationship, and learn from each other's strengths, this is probably not a bad thing for the people of your Chen State, right?"

Xiao Chumo patiently explained one by one, wanting to use this to resolve Chen Shengye's angry heart, obviously, Chen Guo was always very poor, but as the lord of the country, he still had strong self-esteem, and no one was qualified to shake it, so Xiao Chumo tried to be as cautious as possible.

It turned out that Xiao Chumo did not deliberately want Chen to fight, on the contrary, it was to help the development of Ning Guo and prevent his subjects from suffering from hunger, so that he made this suggestion.

After learning that it was he who had misunderstood Xiao Chumo's kindness, Chen Shengye's anger subsided, and he began to carefully look at the contract in front of him, which was written very clearly, hoping to reach an alliance with Chen Guo, and Chen Guo would send capable soldiers to Ning Guo, and in return, Ning Guo would also use his own rich resources to help the people of Chen Guo get out of the predicament of poverty.

For Chen Shengye, this contract is undoubtedly equivalent to a good thing like pie in the sky, Chen Guo's economy is now in a difficult time, and the snow country that reached an alliance before does not intend to pay attention to it, and also finds all kinds of reasons to cry poor, Chen Shengye is troubled, but Xiao Chumo sent this "big gift"!

However, Chen Shengye was cautious and unwilling to agree so rashly, and Xiao Chumo could almost figure out the real reason why he hesitated from his complicated expression.

Frowning, Chen Shengye looked at Xiao Chumo thoughtfully, and continued: "I am very grateful to you and willing to help me Chen Guo at this time, but in today's situation, you and I are an out-and-out enemy, but you are willing to do this, I have to be suspicious, why?" ”

I'm afraid that in this world, there will definitely be no more people like Xiao Chumo, right? When the relationship between the two countries is opposed, he is still willing to think about the enemy, this is not stupidity, but the real wisdom!