Interestingly, the Dongying pirates were scared this time, and Ping Qingsheng sent people to Changxing Island with a large number of gifts to sue for peace, and the Fire Dragon King also specially asked Qin Forget for this matter. According to the description in the letter of the Fire Dragon King, the attitude of the Dongying people is extremely humble, and the attitude of the people who robbed them before is simply like two people, and the ugly attitude of bullying the soft and fearing the hard is really disgusting, so that the fire dragon almost vomited. Qin Forget was also angry that the people of Dongying were bullying the soft and afraid of the hard, and even coveted their rich silver deposits, and only approved two words, "Don't allow it!" ”。

Sometimes Qin Forget couldn't help but feel funny at his audacity, just two states, a big territory, he actually challenged two countries, one of which was still recognized as a superpower in the world. But so far, the Akagi Army has not suffered losses, but has become stronger and stronger, and its strength has increased exponentially. Qin Forget sometimes wonders why this is the case, whether it is the time or the situation, he makes good use of it, because the time is the situation, Qin Forget has done this breathtakingly.

Qin Forget is not the only one who is complacent, but also Cao Ziwen. In this year's tea and horse market, his income is not much less than that of Qin Wang. The tax of tens of millions of taels of silver made Dayan's treasury full again. Now he is about to love that graded tax, according to the calculations of the household department of the imperial court, this year's major families in the tea and horse market have earned at least five million taels of silver less because of this system, and the less money made by these families naturally went to Cao Ziwen's hands. Under the trade-off, the gap in strength between the royal family and those families is getting smaller and smaller. Looking at the black-faced officials in the court in the past few days, especially the worries that Wen and Li couldn't hide, Cao Ziwen happily wanted to sing loudly, how many years have passed, the first time he has raised his eyebrows like this.

Chi Chen provided another 20,000 war horses to the imperial court, which made Cao Ziwen very happy. With 20,000 horses, 20,000 cavalry can be formed. The idea of a military parade grew even stronger in his heart. As early as a month ago, Dayan's envoys went to all countries in the world, and preparations for the military parade were also in full swing, and Cao Ziwen couldn't wait for that day to come.

It can be seen from here that Cao Ziwen is a little overjoyed. The two-year tea and horse market has indeed brought a lot of benefits to Dayan, but the national strength has only just recovered, after all, the losses caused by the ten-year battle of Qiyan and the disasters of several years are not so easy to recover. The lives of ordinary people are only slightly better, and they can barely survive a little. At this time, the military parade with great fanfare not only failed to show off its muscles, but also made other countries laugh.

But Cao Ziwen didn't care about this, he insisted on going through the military parade, and the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of War had to hurry up to prepare. Thinking about it, it is understandable that people who are happy are generally arrogant, but Cao Ziwen has not had a comfortable day since he registered, and the throne of the Cao family has been criticized, and he has been bullied by the Qi State for ten years. finally sat firmly in the country, and was oppressed by the family. Now that he has some achievements, how can he not show off quickly and relieve the depression in his heart?

However, Cao Ziwen is also an understanding person, he knows that he has today thanks to Qin Wang, although he did not give Qin Wang any substantial reward this time, but he gave him great glory. That is, the Zhenbei First Army of Qin Forget also participated in the parade, and appeared as the finale, which made the Zhenbei First Army very happy, especially Gu Zhixin, who almost cried gratefully.

Qin Forget also understood in his heart that this was Cao Ziwen's opportunity to give him meritorious service, no matter how much benefit Cao Ziwen gained in the Tea Horse Market, because of all kinds of tacit reasons, Cao Ziwen would not be able to reward Qin Forget directly, but if Qin Forget Dayan won the glory this time, then the promotion would definitely be a matter of minutes. Whatever the reason, Qin Forget also attached great importance to this military parade.

In the blink of an eye, it was Layue, and there were only ten days before the first military parade in the history of the Great Yan Kingdom. Envoys from various countries came. Coincidentally, in addition to officials from the Ministry of Rites, the three kingdoms of Qi, Jin, and Chu also sent many officials from the Ministry of War. Obviously, these three countries want to measure how the military strength of Yan is after two years of rapid development.

To Qin Wang's surprise and worry, the Khitan and Dongying also sent missions. The Khitan envoy was personally received by the envoy of Dayan, and Li Chengan sent 5,000 troops to meet in person, and Qin Forget did not dare to let Jin Sen move them as before.

As for the envoy of Dongying

All of them were uninvited, the reason was to bring gifts to pay tribute to Dayan, the heavenly kingdom, but what did those dwarf winter melons want to do, Qin Forget didn't guess and knew that they were coming for him. The Fire Dragon King beat them badly, and this is to find Cao Ziwen to complain.

These Dongying people caused a lot of jokes in Youzhou City when they first came to Dayan, and the Dongying people were generally short, and the adult men were only a little more than four feet, and five feet tall was considered a giant to them. The people of Youzhou couldn't help but laugh when they looked at these half-grown children who only reached their chests and looked at their weird and funny outfits. What's even more ridiculous is that their messenger, who is as fat as a pig, has a beard the size of a copper coin on his nose, and comes out and sits in a small sedan chair that is not much bigger than a lunch box, which is simply the laughing point of Youzhou people for a year.

The arrival of the envoys from these two countries made Qin Forget very worried, especially when he found out that these envoys had colluded with Li Cheng'an and Wen Manduo, and realized that the situation was not good. During this time, he scattered all of Luo Zhong's subordinates in Mingyuetang in Youzhou, and he must find out what moths these people will have.

Qin Forget was also thinking about what these people would do to deal with him, and he had prepared several plans to deal with them. Qin Forget knew that the biggest test of his coming to Youzhou was coming soon.

Thinking about it, Qin Wang would come to Zhenbei to take a stroll around the First Army to see how the training of the soldiers of the First Army who was about to participate in the military parade was going.

"Stand firm, stand firm for me!" In the severe cold, Gu Zhixin wore a sturdy upper body, carrying a whip and constantly patrolling the phalanx of five hundred people.

The phalanx of 500 people was arranged horizontally and vertically, forming a line from any angle. What is surprising is that the height of the five hundred people is about the same, and it turns out that Qin Forget specially selected from the three thousand people in the whole army for the visual effect of the parade. At this moment, they, like Gu Zhixin, were also naked, standing as straight as the spears in their hands in the cold wind.

And since he knew that the First Army was going to appear as the finale, Gu Zhixin recommended himself to train the 500 people who participated in the parade. Qin forgot that he didn't want to give him face, so he agreed.

"Camp Commander Gu, what are you doing here?" Qin Forget walked over, looked at Gu Zhixin and the five hundred soldiers naked, and asked strangely.

In the army, official affairs are carried out, and Qin Wang, Yu Zhen and Gu Zhixin are no longer called brothers, and they are called officials.

"Report to General Qin, the military parade is on the twenty-sixth day of the lunar month, and the weather is freezing to death, and the last general is pondering, when the time comes, after a complicated etiquette, Your Majesty will lecture again, and the time will definitely not be short. Our brothers are all wearing only armor, and the last general is worried that the brothers will freeze before they can play. Practice now, and when the time comes, you can bear it. Gu Zhixin explained.

Qin Wang's eyes lit up, and Gu Zhixin was not wrong at all. He'd seen the military parade of the Ministry of Rites, good fellow, it took three hours from start to finish, and these soldiers were not trained well, and they had to stand in the cold wind for so long in cold armor.

"Camp Chief Gu has thought it through, that's the reason. I've seen other armies participating in the parade, and they have no experience in the first parade, and they train blindly one by one. When you have time, tell those people how we train, and don't make jokes. Qin Forget admonished.

"Tell them?" Gu Zhixin frowned, "General Qin, whoever is the most brilliant in this parade will definitely be rewarded by His Majesty, we told them, didn't we take away our light?" Gu Zhixin looked very reluctant.

"Camp Commander Gu must not think like that." Qin Forget was a little dissatisfied with Gu Zhixin's petty family, "It's all Dayan's army, and the humiliation of other troops is also a humiliation for our Dayan." What's more, in the military parade of Nuoda, we are the only ones who show their brilliance and find people to be jealous and hateful. ”

These words are reasonable and reasonable, Gu Zhixin blushed slightly, "It's the last general who is stingy, and the last general will tell them, but I'm worried that people won't listen." No one wants to see us in this whole Zhenbei army. ”

"Whether they listen or not, tell them, I will also play Your Majesty, explain our training methods, no matter what, don't blame us if something happens when the time comes." Qin Forget was cautious.

"Okay, just listen to General Qin."

"You can see that the training is good

Well, show me how. Qin Forget pointed to the five hundred soldiers and said.

"Okay." Gu Zhixin confidently agreed, and strode in front of the five hundred soldiers.

"The whole army obeys the order, lift!" He faced the soldier and raised the command flag in his hand vigorously.

"Ho!" Five hundred people shouted in unison, and raised the spears in their hands in unison, and a snowy cold glow covered the sky and the sun.

As soon as the master made a move, he knew if there was one, and when he saw these five hundred people coming to this hand, Qin Wang's eyes lit up. Five hundred people, five hundred spears, just like a person, such a level, it is almost caught up with the Akagi army, it seems that Gu Zhixin is still very talented in leading troops. Of course, a very important reason here is that ninety percent of the five hundred Akagi veterans are veterans, and the foundation is good.

"Fall!" Gu Zhixin's command flag slashed down.

"Ho!" The army of five hundred shouted again, and the spears slammed to the ground.

Gu Zhixin came to this hand, which was regarded as warming up the soldiers who had been standing in the cold wind for a long time.

"Points!" Gu Zhixin's command flag in both hands was unfurled to the side, and the five hundred phalanx immediately divided into two halves to the left and right. From the air, it looks like a piece of tofu has been cut through the middle, neatly and angularly.

"Go left!" The order flag on Gu Zhixin's left was raised again.

The two hundred and fifty men on the left immediately moved forward, and they marched forward past the two hundred and fifty men on the right in orderly steps. In fact, the Dayan army did not have any military steps at all, and this military step was invented by the Akagi officer. The steps are simple, similar to raising the legs high, and when walking, the thighs are raised flat, the calves are straight down, and then they fall heavily on the ground. Such a pace is not suitable for long marches, but it is suitable for occasions such as military parades, which look majestic and masculine. Especially when the soldiers are fully armed and wearing heavy armor, the uniform heavy footsteps and the sonorous sound of the armor hitting are very imposing and breathtaking.

Now these five hundred people are not wearing heavy armor, and they look almost meaningless, but their steps have been formed, and they are not known how many times stronger than the other reference armies.

"Stay!" Seeing that the team of 250 people on the left exceeded the 250 people on the right, Gu Zhixin pressed the order flag, and the queue on the left immediately stopped.

Qin Forget looked carefully, the queue that stopped was a little chaotic, a little worse than the Akagi Army, but it was only a little bit of time to have such an effect, and it was also very powerful.

"And!" Gu Zhixin closed the two command flags on the left and right to the middle, and the two hundred and fifty soldiers behind also moved, and soon caught up with the two hundred and fifty people in front.

"All marches!" Gu Zhixin finally shouted.

Five hundred people immediately strode forward around the school field, and they would not stop without Gu Zhixin's order. The rest of the matter does not need to be managed by Gu Zhixin, and naturally there are junior officers to manage them.

"General Qin, how is it?" After the order was given, Gu Zhixin's head was also slightly sweaty, he walked up to Qin Wang, and said excitedly.

"Not bad." Qin Forget nodded appreciatively, "It's very good to have such an effect in such a short period of time." As long as these 500 brothers fight for our Dayan at the military parade, the credit of Battalion Commander Gu will be revealed to His Majesty. ”

"Then thank you General Qin." Gu Zhixin was overjoyed, and gave Qin Forget a deep salute, and his whole body was full of joy.

Looking at Gu Zhixin's appearance, Qin Wang's heart was slightly complicated. Although Yu Zhen, like Gu Zhixin, has always been depressed, he is also very excited to be reused for the first time. But Yu Zhen is much more real than Gu Zhixin, and more principled than Gu Zhixin, they have today, Yu Zhen has always remembered Qin Wang's goodness, and has always thought that it is thanks to Qin Wang's recommendation that they have today. Gu Zhixin is different, he has always thought that the two of them are where they are today because of Cao Ziwen Shengming, so he is grateful to Cao Ziwen and loyal. Gu Zhixin is good everywhere, but his mind is a little too lively.

"It's so cold, be careful not to let the brothers freeze. There should be no shortage of ginger soup, charcoal fire, cotton clothes, and more sufficient food, and one meal of meat a day, but now we must serve them well. Qin Forget said a few more words.

Gu Zhixin nodded and agreed.