"Tartar Kobian? What do you want me to do? Didn't you go to Xiangyang? Why did you come back so early? What about the important things that the official has given you beforehand? Even if it's a Tartar Koubian, what's the use of this little official looking for me? Zhang Xian saw that Luo Tiantian and Zhang Fan came back too much in advance, and he was already anxious in his heart, if the important things he explained were not completed, his plan was likely to be disrupted and restarted, Zhang Xian was confused, and said like a cannon.

Zhang Xian saw that the situation was urgent, and left Nianxin to accompany his father-in-law to eat in the house at night, and explained some important things by the way.

"My lord, that's the case, the subordinates and Zhang Fan received the secret order of the adult, and quickly went to Xiangyang to find General Lu Wenhuan, coincidentally we just got out of the inn of Yangzhou territory, and saw General Lu Wenhuan, it turned out that General Lu was ordered by Marshal Lu Wende, went to Jiangsu and Zhejiang to lead a recruited recruit to Xiangyang to defend the city, by the way, I wanted to come to find the adult, and then buy our batch of compressed grain and grass, after the meeting, we handed over the letter of the adult to General Lu, said coincidentally, General Lu had just finished reading the letter, The front sent an urgent horse to find General Lu, saying that it was the Tartar Koubian Xiangyang, and Chen had 300,000 soldiers outside the city of Xiangyang, ready to attack the city at any time. General Lu had no choice but to write a letter to the lord and a letter of appointment, and then hurried back to Xiangyang. After Luo Tiantian finished speaking, Zhang Fan handed over the letter and appointment letter to Zhang Xian.

Zhang Xian took the letter, immediately opened it and read it, after reading the letter, Zhang Xian's eyebrows stretched, and the corners of his mouth finally brought a hint of a smile, and said:

"The official said, if he Lu Wenhuan doesn't agree to such conditions, then the sun will come out in the west. Kublai Khan has just stabilized the tribes, and he does not dare to attack on a large scale for the time being, and Xiangyang should be in danger. Now this official is recommended by Lu Wenhuan, and Lu Wende agrees, and asks this official to take the position of county lieutenant to suppress bandits in Yangzhou City, and is appointed by the imperial court to lead the forbidden army. He also issued a military order, asking the official to put down the bandits in Yangzhou City within half a year, and then go to Xiangyang to accept other military arrangements, it seems that this Lu Wenhuan wants to test our skills. It seems that there is really no white benefit in this world, and his abacus is fine. However, defending the family and defending the country, spilling blood on the battlefield, this is the true nature of a man, but the two of you, the official has more important things to tell you to do, let others do it, and the official is not very relieved! ”

"Since the adults trust us, how dare we not fight to the death?" Zhang Fan and Luo Tiantian said in unison.

"I want to be in the Great Song Dynasty, the original people live and work in peace and contentment, from Jin to Yuan, every alien wants to encroach on the territory of my Great Song Dynasty, kill and enslave the people of my Great Song Dynasty, and the lives of the Han people are miserable, let alone dare to speak of the dignity of the national court. Unfortunately, we were born in troubled times, and we did not enjoy the peace and well-being of peaceful and prosperous times, and witnessed the country shattered, the imperial court survived, and the people were displaced. We are also lucky, the world is chaotic, is the opportunity for aspiring men to work hard and create great achievements, the so-called troubled times out of heroes, this is the truth. ”

After Zhang Xian finished speaking, he looked up at the sky, thinking that after the Mengyuan court seized the Great Song Dynasty, he directly regarded the Han people as the lowest fourth-class people, and let the aliens bully and enslave him, so he couldn't help venting his anger and continued to say to the two:

"Therefore, this official is determined that in his lifetime, he will definitely take it as his responsibility to drive out the Tartars and restore the prosperity of my Han family. You two have to think clearly, follow me, the road of life in the future will be bumpy, and even your life will be in danger at any time! ”

"My mother said, adults are people who want to do great things, if I just follow the adults, adults, my mother said that where the Tartars are raging, where is there a place to live in this world? I told my mother about the escort of grain and grass along the way, and my mother said that she was also a person who had stayed in the imperial palace in the past, and had seen a lot of young people who did nothing, but they had never seen someone as young as an adult, so they had to be subordinate to the adult, and the most important thing was that the subordinates had always admired the adult's neat and tidy, affectionate and righteous style. Luo Tiantian said with a serious face.

"Without the grace of the adult to save his life, maybe the subordinates have long been dry bones along the way, and there is no Zhang Fan today, without the support of the adults, the subordinates dare not see themselves as people now, the subordinates have this life, because of the adults and have the appearance of people, so how long to live now is earned, not to mention, now follow the adults, do things that are beneficial to the court and the country, and the subordinates can be fortunate to participate, how lucky! If there is anything, even if the adults arrange it, go to the soup and go to the fire, and the subordinates will not hesitate! ”

Zhang Xian listened to what the two said, his words were sincere, and he was relieved, so he said:

"Since you have all decided to follow this official, then this official will hand over these two important tasks to you, in the future, whether we can develop and grow, and whether we can defeat the Tartars independently, it can be said that it depends on how well you complete these two important tasks. If you don't do any of your things well, I'll wait for any Lingyun Zhuangzhi to take a break. ”

Zhang Xian accentuated the last sentence, which was to tell the two of them the importance of the matter, and Zhang Xian continued:

"This first thing, Zhang Fan, you used to study with the official, often deal with boats, and you are also quite good at water, coupled with the recent period of exercise, the official found that you are fine and steady, so, the official wants to set up a maritime trade department, send you to be in charge of maritime trade, you first buy the largest sea ship on the market, if not enough, go to the shipbuilding workshop to order, the official goal is to have a fleet of twenty large sea ships, supplemented by ten warships to escort, from Yangzhou to buy my Great Song Dynasty porcelain, silk things, shipped to Persia, that is, the current Ilkhanate, If you sell it at a high price, you will buy 200 bloody horses, 5,000 Persian horses, and 2,000 catties of Uzi steel, and the official will use them to forge a world's divine soldiers! ”

After Zhang Fan and Luo listened to what Zhang Xian said, their eyes were straight, and Zhang Fan, who was still full of confidence, stammered slightly:

"My lord, how much does this cost? It's not that the subordinates don't have confidence, just this huge sea ship will cost more than 2,000 silver! Twenty giant sea ships are 40,000 taels of silver, the warship is cheaper, one is also 1,000 taels of silver, and ten ships are also 10,000 taels of silver, and we have to recruit and train shipwrights to escort thousands of people, plus the cost of purchasing goods, and the loss and compensation along the way, this is not 80,000 or 90,000 taels of silver, and it can't be played at all! ”

Zhang Xian smiled, and roughly told Zhang Fan and Luo Tiantian about the huge amount of family property embezzled by the county order, and continued:

"Therefore, the silver we got from the mountain bandits and corrupt officials is 100,000 taels, and this is not counting the income from our compression of grain and grass, even if it is to suppress bandits in the future, it is also a large amount of income, but ordinary people don't dare. Therefore, you don't have to worry about the silver, but it is impossible for this official to prepare these sea ships and warships at one time, this first trip, Zhang Fan, you only need to have ten giant sea ships, five warships can set off, we are half the smaller, so about forty or fifty thousand taels of silver is enough! In addition, in addition to the goods, the official will give you another 10,000 taels of silver alone, no matter what, buy two hundred leather horses about four to eight years old in advance, and a thousand catties of Uzi steel! These two things are necessary and must be done. Of course, if there is a vacancy on the ship, buy some Persian horses and come back. ”

Zhang Fan nodded, although he was very curious about how Zhang Xian's two hundred sweaty horses and Uzi steel were going to be used, but Zhang Fan knew Zhang Xian's rules, and he would definitely say what he should know, and what he shouldn't know, it would be a violation of military discipline to ask, Zhang Fan said:

"Well, since the lord has entrusted such a major matter to his subordinates, his subordinates will do their best to do it well. However, this matter is very important, and there are two requests from my subordinates, I wonder if the adults can agree? ”

"As long as it's beneficial for you to complete this mission, but it doesn't hurt to say it!" Zhang Xian said.

"My lord, that's the case, when the adults studied under Jiang Xuan's teacher, Jiang Xuan was good at water and land battles, maybe the adults have forgotten after losing their memory, the adults have a junior brother, named Shi Liang, the attainments of water and naval warfare are considered to be the exclusive leader among the adults and brothers, and later, Shi Liang in a drill, mistakenly killed the same brother, was expelled from the division, and was poor for a while, the adults also let their subordinates help Shi Liang at that time, and Shi Liang and his subordinates also became friends who talked about everything. Later, Shi Liang saw that he was uneven and killed a corrupt official, and was forced to become a pirate, but Shi Liang was an outlier among pirates, refused to rob the poor, and was excluded by other pirates, but because Shi Liang's naval strategy and level were very good, ordinary pirates couldn't beat him at all, but Shi Liang swallowed up several pirates. The subordinate would like to ask him for his help, to help us with the training of the shipwrights and guards, and most importantly, this man is familiar with the sea routes to Persia every second, and if this man is willing to help, the sea trade of the adults will be twice as effective with half the effort. ”

After Zhang Xian listened, how did he, an impostor, know what happened before? I had to say haha:

"Well, due to amnesia, the official can't remember these things, but since there is such a talent in the same family of the official's senior brothers, the official should be invited, so you go and invite him sincerely to see what Shi Liang's attitude is!"

After Zhang Xian finished speaking, he then said to Luo Tiantian:

"Luo three days, you have been following the official for a short time, but the official can see that you are pure in nature, agile in skill, jealous and hateful, bold and careful, and often quick and wise. This officer is going to set up a military intelligence department, and you are in charge of it, and this military intelligence department is fundamentally different from the ordinary spies in the army now. You are no longer merely investigating the enemy's combat routes and guarding against arson and harassing the enemy in wartime, but you should be specially responsible for training spies to probe all the military and popular conditions needed for war, to plot against the enemy's generals to surrender, to spread rumors and agitate the enemy, to confuse the enemy's military mind, and to assassinate specific enemies. This official has set three principles for you: First, our spies will be called intelligence officers in the future, and they must be cultivated for a long time, and they can be in the enemy for a long time in various identities that can most easily obtain enemy intelligence information, they can be herdsmen, thieves and bandits, or they can be Qinglou women, maids, Xiao Er, and even enemy officials that we secretly planted and cultivated. ”

Zhang Xian paused, and seeing that Luo Santian listened carefully, he continued:

"The second point is to improve the status of intelligence personnel in the army, all those who have retired after success, at least according to the standard of the lieutenant, to give a bereavement pension, if caught by the enemy, loyal and unyielding, according to the request for double the pension, the tree in the martyrs' shrine, to care for the family. However, you must also pay strict attention to traitors, to collect intelligence information in the enemy camp, itself is a thousand difficulties and dangers, some weak-willed people, once they defect to the enemy, the harm is immeasurable, so we must find ways to protect their safety, but also pay attention to the prevention of the possibility of defection of intelligence personnel, one-line contact is an absolute principle, you yourself find a way to prevent this problem. ”

"The last point, the intelligence should be time-sensitive, secretive, after obtaining the intelligence, to use the secret language that only we understand, to pass to us as quickly as possible, you have to think of more ways to this problem, now the official wants to think about it, at this stage in addition to riding a horse to pass the information, it is also the fastest speed of flying pigeons, you have to find a way to ask more masters to train carrier pigeons, set up secret intelligence points in various places, what the official said, can you understand?"