Chapter 367: Quickness

When Guan Huan and Zhou Rui came back to wash up and chat with Liu Yong and them, without Feng Wei by his side, this kind of desk chores had to come by themselves. Although Tan Weixin has been idle now, after she gets better, she can do these things, but what she has been doing is this kind of thing that consumes her brain energy. After seeing too much of Tan Weixin's manual calculation of various complex data and integration of various materials to plan the future for Yunzhou, Zhenzhou, and Dongping, Ye Tao still hopes to let Tan Weixin take advantage of this time to take a good rest.

After almost an hour, Liu Yong, Guan Huan, Zhou Rui and Jin Ze, who were hiding in the wing room and drinking, waited for Ye Tao. The paperwork to report the situation to Tan Xiaopei had been written and handed over to the waiting correspondent of the Intelligence Bureau. Seeing that Guan Huan and Zhou Rui were back, and they were drinking quite sexually, Ye Tao also joined in. Naturally, the unexpected encounter with the lord of Xiling that day can be regarded as the best appetizer.

"What kind of person is that Xiling Country Lord?" It's not just Zhou Rui who asked, everyone has this kind of question. Xiling's strength has never diminished, the reason why it has suffered setbacks recently is mainly because Dongping has risen too quickly, and with Ye Tao's Dongping, it will take decades to surpass Xiling in military science and technology, and with Dongping who talks about Weixin, it has directly jumped into the advanced ranks in the economic field, and now although many regulations and processing methods are not so efficient and not so fast, but this is a set of things that can be gradually improved with computing technology and can be used sustainably. Until the economic situation in this world has developed to the point where Tan Weixin cannot predict it.

Xiling, which has always been regarded as Dongping's biggest imaginary enemy, is still so. Although the core of the current dynasty, such as Tan Xiaopei, Ye Tao, Chi Xianping, and Huang Xuping, has gradually turned the biggest imaginary enemy into Chunnan, and Dongping is still an ally of Chunnan, after all, it is not such an urgent threat. Although Xiling's million-strong army withstood two major defeats in Zhenzhou and Dananguan, in terms of the size of the army, Xiling did not decline quickly. It is also important that most of the troops lost are private soldiers of various families and ethnic groups. These families' willingness to invest in building the army, especially in maintaining the size of the army, is even stronger than that of the Xiling Lord. It's just that now Xiling has gradually realized that when Dongping has developed military technology to an unbelievable situation for this time and space, blindly relying on relatively low subsidies from the state and funding from various families to maintain a large number of troops may just prepare a large amount of cannon fodder for Dongping, an old opponent.

Since the fall of Zhenzhou, Xiling has actually begun to make changes in this regard. Those troops at all levels that were wiped out in Zhenzhou will no longer be rebuilt. The funds originally invested in Zhenzhou every year were all transferred to Taizhou and Zhongzhou to establish elite troops directly under the imperial court. The Daoming Sect is now rebuilding the North Road of the Guardian Army in Zhongzhou, but it has been recognized. But the Xiling Monarch had actually hinted at Sun Boping that if his son-in-law wanted to establish the Thunder Yin Demon Sect's Protector Army, he would allow it. On the South Road, when the Battle of Da Nanguan gradually came to an end, the reorganization and merger of the remnants of the army were also carried out drastically. Although Xiling has lost hundreds of thousands of troops, after rectification and condensation, and the fact that it will inevitably learn from Dongping's advanced military technology and command ideas, in fact, Xiling's army will be quite improved in strength in the next five to ten years. Xiling's ordnance manufacturing technology and design capabilities are indeed not as good as Dongping's Workshop, but after all, they are not too far behind. The quality of steel produced by several major steel mills in Xiling is not worse than that of Yungang, which adopts the latest technology, and the quality is even better than that of steel produced in Liyang, Dongping.

While Xiling is adjusting and developing militarily, it is inclined to light taxation in terms of political strategy. The lord of Xiling has reduced the use of the royal family to a very low limit, and the Xiling royal family is not like Dongping, which has its own industry, and they are completely supported by the state finance. The less the royal family spends it, the more the country's finances will be more abundant, but in this time and space, few royal families will do this.

Ye Tao was just summoned by the princess that day, and when the royal family's usage was greatly reduced, these usually pampered people didn't have any complaints, and they probably didn't dare to mention the matter of increasing the monthly case with the lord of Xiling, who has always had an iron fist. The princess was very polite, and a few children of the family who had been to Yuanyuan Garden were present to accompany her. If it was a chat, it was actually quite enjoyable most of the day. It's just that no one expected that the Xiling Country Lord, who had been so busy recently, would actually come at this time.

Although the lord of Xiling is iron-fisted, he also has a bit of a demeanor to talk about his daughter and his daughter's friends, although he is not loving, but he is not strict. But this may just be because this third princess has always been one of his many children who is less to worry about. The lord of Xiling had only been sitting there for a short time, and when he learned that the third princess wanted to ask Ye Tao about the recipe for making tea, he also drank a cup with great interest. Ye Tao didn't bring anything with him when he entered the palace, and all the raw materials such as tea were prepared in the palace, so naturally he didn't worry about any poisoning or anything like that. The lord of Xiling praised the taste of the tea, but lightly criticized the third princess for asking others about the secret, which was inappropriate. Subsequently, he allowed the third princess to go out of the palace to Yuanyuan Garden under the condition of reporting to the chief administrator of Ouchi, or to summon Ye Tao to prepare tea. Then he left.

What the Lord of Xiling was most interested in was that this "Lu Zhen" was not afraid of him at all, neither because of his identity, nor because of his majesty, and even a slightly vicious expression. And in the face of the direct problem of the lord of Xiling, Ye Tao secretly complained. Where is this a matter of fear and fear, he has seen the three lords of Dongping, Xiling, and Chunnan, speaking of which he is also a figure on the dominant side, and he is used to dealing with people of this magnitude, and it is not easy to be afraid, but how to explain this?

At that time, Ye Tao felt very blessed to the soul, and he almost blurted out: "Wide is close to the body, strict is deep hope, above and below, whether it is the king to the courtiers, the chief official to the soldiers, the parents to the descendants, and the rulers to the people." Although His Majesty has a reputation for being severe, he rarely does what he wants and transcends the laws of the imperial court. The small people are conscientious and conscientious, and there is no transgression, but what can be felt is His Majesty's great love for the people of the country, I don't know why I have to be afraid? ”

The children of the family present came down in a cold sweat, the third princess got along with the lord of Xiling Country a lot, although he knew that his father would definitely like the straightforward attitude of this "Lu Zhen", but he was also a little nervous. The Lord of Xiling was not angry at all, and in the recent period, the various affairs he had dealt with were somewhat unpleasant. And the young man I met today was a little interesting. He didn't know who Lu Zhen was, but when he just entered the palace where the third princess was, and asked who was present today, a civil official who was with him briefly mentioned Lu Zhen, saying that he was a child of a family who fled from Zhenzhou and opened a tea shop to make a living.

It can be seen that the lord of Xiling has a good impression of "Lu Zhen" this sentence. Ye Tao's casual words were extremely good sycophants. And after hearing this, the lord of Xiling actually smiled slightly and said, "You might as well top the shop, exchange the recipe for something affordable, and come to the court to be an official." If you really have real talents, you can rise to the top in the current situation. ”

Everyone heard the obvious intention of the lord of Xiling to provoke, and couldn't help but sincerely envy "Lu Zhen". The Xiling Imperial Court is now simply recruiting talents, and it is very eclectic. Regardless of whether it was a peddler or a pawn of a wealthy family, as long as he could do things well, do the right things, and not be greedy and pervert the law, he didn't know how other places were, but in Anqing, the promotion was definitely fast. Mainly, Xiling is now too short of people who can do things. And this kind of being directly recruited by the lord of Xiling, if Lu Zhen really seeks an official position, he will definitely not be too low in rank and too small in power.

What I didn't expect was that Lu Zhen didn't thank the lord for his grace, but respectfully said that he would seriously consider it......

The Lord of Xiling Country sat for a while, talked with the young people present, drank a cup of tea and left. But Ye Tao was sweating in this short period of time. At that time, there were no characters like Liu Yong, Jin Ze, and Guan Huan around him, but the two people around the lord of Xiling, with Ye Tao's eyesight, could see that they were top masters. Once he doesn't say a word, it is impossible for him to escape, and if he is imprisoned, will Liu Yong Jinze and them still come to Anqing to rob the prison? God knows, they were just here to play.

The final result was naturally very good, Ye Tao retreated with his whole body, and mingled with those children of the family. And the third princess also said that she would come to Yuanyuan Garden to play in a few days, and Ye Tao suggested that she should go on an outing. Unexpectedly, this suggestion made the children of the family present very happy. Now in addition to Anqing, where there are so many major events, the atmosphere is extremely tense, and it is a little inconvenient for everyone to go out. And going out of the city, since the three princesses must be able to bring enough guards, forbidden troops, plus those family members and guards around them, it is expected that there will be no problems. They immediately came up with a number of plans and prepared to go to the royal hunting ground together. Hearing this, Ye Tao couldn't laugh anymore, wasn't that royal hunting ground the place where his second senior brother had a large number of treasures? There are still many arrangements for their own people there, not to mention anything else, just by being able to go deep into the underground palace, you can hide for a long time, and then wait for the wind to pass and leave calmly.

"No matter what, at least you can find an opportunity to kidnap it, kidnap the third princess, don't worry about running away. Even if we go directly to Xunshan Pass and return to Dongping, it is estimated that there will be no problem. Kanazawa said with a smile.

Ye Tao nodded and said, "But it's not fun to go back." We try to make arrangements so that no one is implicated. In particular, those long-term arrangements should not be compromised. ”