"If that's the case, I'm happy to see it happen, but unfortunately, Zhenyuan Marquis never plays cards according to common sense, plus Qiao Lixi ......"

The voices behind came to an abrupt end.

Wang De raised the corner of his eyes and glanced at it slightly.

Recently, although His Highness has not been so obvious, his attention to Qiao Lixi has not decreased.

Let's just say that this time, it is clear that he is investigating what Qiao Lixi did in Jincheng, but in fact, he is not paying attention to Qiao Lixi's every move to relieve the pain of lovesickness.

Wang De's eyes flashed with a fierce color.

"Your Highness, don't be presumptuous, until the end, no one knows the intentions of the Marquis of Zhenyuan. Whether he was tempting with a purpose, or deliberately trying to cover it up and make small moves right under our noses, the minions didn't think we should do it immediately. ”

Duanmu Qing nodded in agreement.

He will not act rashly until he understands the other party's intentions.

Even if the Marquis of Zhenyuan was really tempting and wanted to choose a suitable assistant from among their brothers, he was not in a hurry.

Until the situation becomes clear, any alliance is weak and can collapse at any time.

Rather than wasting his time on useless battles, he had more important things.

"Call everyone in an hour."

"Yes, Your Highness." Wang De's expression froze, and he understood that Duanmu Qing was going to summon the strategist to get down to business.

Busy waiting for Duanmuqing to get dressed, tidy up the study, and open a crack in the window, light incense, Wang De then exited the study and went to the kitchen to order his subordinates to make tea.

Heights.

Qiao Lixi arrived at the villa in the afternoon, and no one was informed, and her temporary decision did not disrupt the order of the villa.

Not long after she arrived at the villa, several carriages crept to the foot of the mountain in the twilight.

Coming out of the carriage were a dozen children, their dresses unclear in the twilight, and only the restraint of the children could be seen in the blurred figures.

Lined up, the group followed the person leading the way in front of them towards the mountain.

The spies who secretly followed Qiao Yixi to the villa did not dare to act rashly, and each brought the news back to the mansion.

Qiao Yixi met these children in the flower hall.

The appearance of low eyebrows and pleasing eyes, some are a little bolder, and they barely dare to stand in the front, and the less courageous, the further back they stand.

They are all five or six years old, the oldest is no more than ten years old, and they are all very cleanly dressed, and judging from the style of clothes, they should be uniformly distributed.

"Miss, this is the orphan of the soldier they found." Angelica said succinctly.

Qiao Yixi nodded.

The Marquis of Zhenyuan never treated his soldiers badly, and the family situation of each soldier would be registered in detail, and if the soldiers sacrificed their lives for the country, their families would receive pensions in accordance with the rules of the imperial court, and then, there were preferential treatment in all aspects, such as taxation and other aspects.

If the children of the martyrs' families are taken care of, in addition to paying pensions, the court will also pay attention to the children's situation every few years, and if the children want to join the army in the future, they will also be given priority in admission.

But if these children have no one to take care of them and become orphans, then the Marquis of Zhenyuan will ask the children's wishes, and when they are older, they will be brought to Zhuangzi or a shop to learn the craft, and when they become adults, they will be given some resettlement money, so that they can live on their own, or marry a wife and have children, or take charge of themselves alone.

Those who are younger will generally be sent to the training ground, or trained to become secret guards, or will come to the battlefield to defend their families and the country.

However, whether they are older or younger, they will be consulted for their own opinions, and those who are young and do not want to learn martial arts will also be arranged elsewhere to ensure that they are adults.

Except, of course, for orphans. Some orphans who became beggars were also selected by the Marquis of Zhenyuan.

These things that the Marquis of Zhenyuan did not hide from the old emperor, they were all regular procedures. Moreover, this move is also for the sake of the dynasty and the country, so the old emperor has nothing to do with the Marquis of Zhenyuan except for grinding his teeth.

What can the old emperor say?

If these homeless people are allowed to develop, who knows if they will become a scourge in the future?

The Marquis of Zhenyuan is willing to help these lonely children, find a way out for them, and indirectly help the old emperor solve a trouble, and there is no need for the old emperor to produce a copper plate to maintain social order, what does the old emperor have to say?

And Shen Jiajun's prestige among the people is extremely high, and being able to become a part of Shen Jiajun, even if it is logistics, these children are excited and their glory.

Of course, the old emperor would not watch the Marquis of Zhenyuan dominate alone, let alone sit back and watch the prestige of the Marquis of Zhenyuan overshadow his dragon power, he followed the measures of the Marquis of Zhenyuan and managed the royal army. It's a pity that the old emperor has a heart, but the courtiers below are not strong, and the money allocated every year can really be used for real purposes, less than one-third, and the effect is naturally very small.

These people cultivated by the Marquis of Zhenyuan, except for the secret guards, all the others have been expanded into the army, and the old emperor has stopped thinking of finding a reason to warn the Marquis of Zhenyuan.

Qiao Yixi secretly thought: It's that the old emperor wants to find a reason, with the wisdom of the Marquis of Zhenyuan, what else can the old emperor do except stare dryly?

And in order to let the enthusiasm of these children not be disappointed, Zhenyuan Hou was very careful when training these children.

Because of the undercurrent between him and the old emperor, the old emperor did not trust him, and he would be jealous and suspicious of the people he trained, let alone arrange them in the most correct place and give full play to their abilities.

Therefore, for the cultivation of these people, the Marquis of Zhenyuan only enlightened, and the time of enlightenment did not exceed half a month, and then it was handed over to the old emperor.

The old emperor would have people specially trained according to their specialties and then sent to the right place.

In this case, we are referring to children who have expanded into the military.

Qiao Lixi took the list handed by Angelica, and after matching the numbers one by one, she said to everyone: "Before you came, someone told you what to do here and what you can do in the future, although I have asked your opinions, I want to ask you again, now, can you change your mind?" ”

The children didn't shake their heads.

Qiao Lixi said again: "You don't have to worry, if you change your mind, we will make other arrangements, we will not anger you, and we will not let you go." The reason why I confirm it again and again is that I hope you will think it through so that you don't regret it in the future. ”

"Grandma Gu," among the children, one of the children who seemed to be a little calmer than the others, arched his hand and said, "We all thought it out carefully and decided after thinking about it, and we will not regret it." Grandma Gu, please rest assured, we will definitely live up to the high expectations of Marquis Zhenyuan, Shen Shizi and General Gu, and we will definitely become useful people to the Shen family army and the dynasty! ”

"We will!"

"We will!"

Qiao Yixi smiled, "Have you ever read?" ”

The child's speech and demeanor were a little bookish, and Qiao Lixi couldn't help but ask more.

The child smiled innocently, and then he was embarrassed, "Looking back on the eldest grandmother, the younger generation has been studying in private school for two years. ”

Qiao Yixi nodded and got to the point, "You are all good boys, and the reason why the Marquis of Zhenyuan left you is because of your intelligence, tenacity and kindness. They are all the people of the dynasty, and it is our responsibility to protect the dynasty. You all only know that a group of you have chosen a group of people to send to other places before, and you are no different from them, you are all good sons of the dynasty, and in the future, you will all be part of the defense of the dynasty, so I don't want any of you to feel superior to others and have no one in your eyes. I left you behind because the Shen family's combat style is more suitable for you, you are no different from the children in other teams, and I don't want to hear who arranges who in the future. The army of the dynasty is a whole, and no one can be missing any army without it, do you understand? ”

"Understood!" With a uniform voice, the previous training was still somewhat effective.

Although Qiao Yixi felt sorry for these children, she understood better that the soft-heartedness at this time was only harmful to these children, not good at all.

On the battlefield, why win the battle, and why save your life?

Tactics, skills, cooperation, personal ability, etc., are all indispensable.

Feeling sorry for these children and lowering the demands on them will only put them in a more dangerous situation in the future.

After a few words, Qiao Lixi handed over the rest to the fifth and ninth children.

These two are one of the "Twelve Evil Gods", and they train the children, Qiao Yixi guesses, most of them are to train them to be secret agents.

Qiao Lixi plans to stay in the villa for two days, one is to see the children's training, and the other is to give herself a vacation.

This time, Gu Jinzhen set the training place in the villa, which was also deliberate.

In the past, after Marquis Zhenyuan sent a group of children to the old emperor's training camp, the remaining children would be brought to his secret training base for special training, and no one knew the location of the base. This time, Gu Jinzhen set up the training base in the villa, firstly, he did not want the villa to be idle, and secondly, he deliberately exposed it.

These are the hole cards of the Marquis of Zhenyuan.

Wouldn't it be more sincere for them to expose these things to the world?

What sincerity?

Naturally, it is the sincerity of Toucheng.

This is their weight.

Let the princes see and better understand the strength of the Marquis of Zhenyuan and the Shen family.

And the Marquis of Zhenyuan, from the open and secret battles of the princes, select the strongest assistant, so as to achieve the purpose of self-protection.

No matter how you look at it, it's a win-win situation.

"The children are so young, they won't let them go to war in three or five years, right?" Back in the room, Qiao Lixi was still not at ease and asked again.

Angelica explained good-naturedly: "Miss, don't worry, whether it is the old emperor or the Marquis of Zhenyuan, they will not let these children go to the battlefield at a young age. These children, after three or five years, the eldest is only eleven or twelve years old, and we can't do anything so lacking in morality. On the old emperor's side, all the children who took away were teenagers, and those children stayed in the barracks for a few years, in addition to learning the ability to kill, they would also learn some other livelihoods from the people in the barracks, and when the time came, they would be released first, let them live on their own, and when the army needed them, they would be given priority to recruit them. ”