"Oh, why not?" said Charlie.

"Your Majesty, Lin Xia is the eighth, even if the rank is to be arranged, at most it should be the same as Steve, who is the seventh, and the rank of second lieutenant should be determined. And the first emperor has stipulated that the Xilin family cannot join the army, which is an iron law. Mars said.

"Yes, Your Majesty, the Xilin family is not allowed to enter the military headquarters. "There are also many little nobles who don't like the Xilin family.

"Am I not the Emperor?" said Charlie angrily.

"The first emperor Chrysostom has been opened, and it cannot be changed at will, please Your Majesty three or four. Mars immediately fell to his knees with a loyal expression, as if it was not because he had an opinion about Lin Xia, but because he was thinking about the empire.

After Mars knelt down, many minor nobles followed Mars to kneel, all with a loyal look.

Seeing that there were so many people kneeling, Charlie put away his anger, looked at the prime minister and said, "Prime minister, come and talk about it." ”

Prime Minister Hughes didn't want to worry about this matter, in his opinion, it didn't matter whether the Xilin family joined the army or not, but the emperor asked himself, so he had to say: "Your Majesty, what Lord Mars said has some truth. ”

"Do you also think that the Cillin family can't enter the military department?" said Charlie.

"No, Your Majesty, the First Emperor can not allow the Xilin family to join the army, of course Your Majesty can modify the First Emperor's order. However, entering the army directly will inevitably be disrespectful to the first emperor, and the minister suggested that Lin Xia be given the rank of lieutenant and enter the Lionheart Research Institute first, after all, the Lionheart Research Institute is also subordinate to the military department, and Lin Xia is also a descendant of the Lionheart King, so he can better study the treasures left by the Lionheart King. Hughes said. Hughes's hand is not unintelligent, he gave Mars face, and did not let Lin Xia directly enter the army. And saved the emperor's face.

Charlie also knew that what Hughes said made sense, so he had to say: "Just do what the prime minister says." ”

Mars saw that Lin Xia did not enter the army, but only entered the Lionheart Academy, and felt that this was the best result, after all, the Lionheart Research Institute was also under the management of his own military department. He replied, "Yes, Your Majesty, Your Majesty is wise." ”

Lin Xia is not very concerned about how to arrange it now, and he is not in a hurry to enter the army, now it is the top priority to strengthen Hongxing, and it is actually better for him not to enter the army, otherwise he will be arranged to the border, how to manage Hongxing. Said to Charlie: "Thank you, Your Majesty." ”

With the announcement of the rankings and positions, the banquet also came to an end and ended quickly.

In the carriage back to the Viscount's Palace, Antonio said: "Don't regret that you didn't enter the army. ”

"No, Lao An, I don't regret it, I still have a lot of things to do now, and it's not good to enter the army. Lin Xia said.

Antonio looked at Lin Xia with satisfaction, and was very satisfied with Lin Xia's steadiness, and said: "It's really not a good thing to enter the army too early, the current army is very chaotic, and the Xilin family is not as rooted in the army as Rist and Wright, even if they enter the army, it is difficult to make a difference." After a pause, he said, "In a few months, you will be sixteen years old and an adult, and according to family tradition, you must return to the territory for a year." ”

Hearing that he wanted to return to the territory, Lin Xia had a bitter face, there was only one town left in the territory of the Xilin family now, and there was only a little tax every year, which was not as good as half a month's profit from Hongxing, what was there to go back to, and said with a bitter face: "Can you not go back?" ”

"No, I can't. Antonio was so sure that he didn't allow Lin Xia to refute it.

............

In the evening, Lin Xia arrived at Universal Entertainment, Rodney personally greeted him, Lin Xia explained to Rodney, and Rodney arranged the largest private room of Universal Entertainment.

Universal Entertainment's business is booming, and it has also brought direct economic benefits, so Lin Xia has made a lot of magic props in Universal Entertainment, one of which is the synchronization of image and sound, and he can enjoy the singers singing on the stage in the hall in the private room.

Although it hasn't been night yet, Universal Entertainment already has a lot of guests, and the magic props in the private room are synchronized with the "most dazzling national style" that is being sung in the hall, after all, Lin Xia has just had a competition in the morning, and he is a little tired, so he turns off the magic props, and can only see the image of dancing.

Lin Xia took a nap, Rodney personally led Wright, Rist and Willie into the private room, Lin Xia got up, he didn't expect Rist and Willy to really come.

As soon as Wright entered the door, he said excitedly: "As soon as I returned to the imperial capital, I heard about the name of Universal Entertainment, but I didn't expect it to be Lin Xia's industry." ”

"It's just a little money, it's not a big deal. Lin Xia invited the three of them to sit down, and ordered Rodney to serve the best wine and some snacks.

Lin Xia raised his glass and said to the three of them: "Congratulations to the three of them for officially entering the army and taking up their posts." ”

Wright did it directly, and Rist's face was calm and he took a bite, only Willie was still a little squirming.

"Good wine. After drinking, Wright praised: "Everyone says that the Xilin family has declined, and Viscount Antonio is living in poverty, you see, this wine is much better than my old bastard." ”

"If you like the wine, I can change you for a bad one. Lin Xia said with a smile

"Three cannons. Seeing Willy's cowardly appearance, Wright poured Willy's wine into his mouth: "Since you're here, let go a little, don't be like a girl." ”

The four of them drank for a while, and slowly let go, and Willy no longer twisted.

"Lin Xia, in fact, you didn't enter the army, maybe it's a good thing. Wright said suddenly.

"Why do you say that?" Lin Xia asked.

"You have lived in the imperial capital for many years, and you don't know much about the outside world. The empire has been peaceful for more than two hundred years, and although there are northwestern grasslands, a group of barbarians are only making small fights and pose no threat to the empire. Directly led to the collapse of the imperial army. Although the empire claims to have an army of 2 million, in fact, only tens of thousands of people can fight. ”

"Not only that, there are so many things in the army that embezzle military salaries and falsely report the number of people, and when I get to the army, if I find out, they will all be cut. Willie interjected.

"Sancang, your mouth is still so stinky, this kind of thing can't be changed by you alone. Wright said.

Lin Xia was very interested in what they said about the army, and said, "Although I entered the Lionheart Academy, I can be regarded as entering the military department, you can tell me in detail about the situation of the imperial army." ”

"I'll tell you. Rist interjected, he found it difficult to make an objective evaluation of a person as foul-mouthed as Wright and an impulsive person as Willy, and he continued: "When the empire was founded, there were ten armies in total, in addition to the garrisons in various places, and each legion was composed of 100,000 men. But after more than two hundred years, only five legions remain, including the Fifth Army, which was the defending imperial capital, and the Ninth Army, which was managed by Wright's father, the Fourth Army in the northwest, the Seventh Army in the southwest, and the Third Army. But none of these five legions reached the formation of 100,000 men, and the worst was the Third Army, which had only more than 2,000 men. ”

"More than 2,000 people can still be called a legion?" Lin Xia asked curiously. The other three looked at Lin Xia like fools, the third army has become what it is now and has nothing to do with your Xilin family.

Lin Xia looked at the eyes of the three of them, and suddenly remembered the predecessors of the Xilin family, and said timidly: "The third army is a lame rabbit?"

"Yes. "The empire has wanted to cut the Third Army several times, but His Majesty vetoed it, and the management of the Third Army was arranged to the third prince. ”

Wright interjected: "Not counting the Third Army, the total number of the other four legions is less than 200,000 now, and I don't know how much water there is for these 200,000, it is estimated that a hundred thousand is not bad." The Ninth Army, the smallest of its numbers, was ostensibly 40,000 men, but my father said it was less than 30,000. Not to mention the local garrison, which cannot be trained several times a year, is no different from the peasants, and can easily take a city with three hundred cavalry. ”

"And the Fourth Army has been stationed in the northwest for many years, guarding the steppe people, but the Fourth Army is now basically out of the control of the empire, and the commander of the Fourth Army is like a soil emperor in the northwest. "Rist Road.

"Doesn't the military department care?" said Lin Xia.

"War Minister Mars doesn't understand bullshit at all, the Fourth Army can become the current emperor of the soil because of Mars, a fool. According to the custom, the commander of the corps was changed every five years, in order to avoid being entrenched in one corps for too long, and as a result, Mars was appointed Minister of War for fifteen years, and the commander of the Fourth Army was appointed for fifteen years. Wright said.

"Mars, the Minister of War, was not a soldier at all, and he was appointed Minister of War by His Majesty only because he wrote well and wrote a few poems in praise of the army. Willie said.

"My father once proposed to start a civil war to solve the problem of the Fourth Army, but the current strength of the empire could not support a civil war, and the Fourth Army ended up like this. "Rist Road.

"Doesn't Your Majesty know about these things?" Lin Xia asked.

"Your Majesty loves poetry with all his heart, so don't care about these things. Wright said disapprenously, not at all that this sentence was contrary.

"When you have the opportunity to leave the imperial capital, you will know, how difficult it has been in various places, the wind and rain are good, if there is a famine, one village by one will starve to death. Wright said.

"Didn't the ministers make a proposal?" Lin Xia asked again.

"Hmph, a bunch of old fritters who only engage in politics. Wright scolded and continued: "They don't care if ordinary people have enough to eat, as long as they can get benefits for their family and themselves, even if the empire changes masters, they don't care." ”

Just when a few people were sighing, Willy suddenly pointed to the synchronous image played by the magic props and said, "Oh my God, it's Mandy." ”

"Do you know Mandy?" Wright quipped.

"I bought an album by Mandy. Willy blushed a little, and continued: "Lin Xia, you sold it too expensive, and you even asked for fifty gold coins." ”

Lin Xia didn't expect Mandy to come to Universal Entertainment to sing today, Mandy hasn't been to Universal Entertainment for several months, Lin Xia wants to increase Mandy's value, of course she won't let Mandy sing at Universal Entertainment again. What Lin Xia didn't know was that the reason why Mandy appeared at Universal Entertainment today was entirely because Lin Xia came today.

Lin Xia looked at Willy, who was blushing, such a careless man, he would blush, and said, "Universal Music has an ordinary album that sells three gold coins, you can buy this." ”

"I can't buy it at all, and I still wasted a lot of effort to get this limited edition. Willie said.

"The next time Mandy comes out with a new album, I'll have someone send you a copy of it. Lin Xia said.

"I want it too. Wright and Rist said at the same time.

Lin Xia looked at these Mandy's brainless fans, and said helplessly: "Okay, send it together." ”

At this time, the door of the box opened, Sean, Xavier and Troy came, they heard that Lin Xia won the first place in the school review competition today, and they wanted to go to the Viscount's Mansion, but when they heard that Lin Xia came to Universal Entertainment, they hurriedly came over to congratulate Lin Xia.

As soon as the three of them entered the door, Xavier and Troy said in unison, "Big brother." Sean walked to Lin Xia's side and stood up steadily.

Lin Xia said: "Why did you come here?" ”

"Let's congratulate my eldest brother for winning the first place in the school review. Xavier said excitedly.

"Alright, I'll introduce you to it. After Lin Xia finished speaking, the six of them introduced each other.

Xavier and Troy just greeted the three of Wright politely, and didn't care about it, which made the three extremely strange, you know, all the people who knew the identities of the three of them were all slapping and flattering them, but Lin Xia's subordinates treated them like ordinary people, and they were only respectful to Lin Xia alone.

Rist looked at Sean and said to Lin Xia, "Is this brother the third level?" Willy heard Rist's and hurriedly looked at Sean. Sean, on the other hand, looked calm and did not speak.

"Yes, Sean is the brother I grew up with. Lin Xia said modestly.

"I'll try. Willy raised a punch and slammed it into Sean.

Sean was still calm, holding Willy's punch with his hand and not fighting back.

Seeing that Sean was so easy to use his own punch, Willy sat down a little weakly, it seems that Lin Xia is not pretending, he really even has reached the third level of the servant, so what is he.

Seeing Willy's loss, Wright said: "Three cannons, the Xilin family is a place of miracles, don't be too disappointed." ”

Willie, knowing that Wright was comforting himself, shook his head and didn't speak.

Seeing that Lin Xia was entertaining guests, the three of Hongxing didn't stay long, and after congratulating them, they left the private room.

After Lin Xia and the others from Hongxing left, he suddenly asked: "The deputy governor in charge of Jiangnan of the Public Security Bureau is dead, I want to arrange Bill of the Jiangnan Public Security Office, do you have any way?" ”

"This is a small matter, if it is the deputy governor of Jiangbei, it is not so easy to handle, but Jiangnan is a civilian area, I just need to go back and say hello to the governor of the security department. Wright looked disapproving, Wright's father was a military boss, a "deputy police chief" in a civilian area, and it was really nothing to him.