Listening to Ren Yu's words, Qin Yi knew that this was Ren Yu declaring war on himself. If he didn't show up, maybe the Great Xia Emperor Xia Chang would not make any changes, and would obediently listen to their civil officials, focusing on peace. Now it seems that Xia Chang at this time is probably going to be centered on war.

The court fell silent again, and no one spoke. Now the facts are very clear, Yingzhou Island was invaded by the Eastern Ying Water Division, but the Great Xia Water Division was weak and could not recover the lost territory, so it could only be slaughtered by others.

"Hard-hitting, I'm afraid there is only a loss!" At this time, someone sighed.

Until the evening, the affairs in the court were centered on the affairs of Yingzhou Island. Of course, civil servants are rarely involved in this whole process. After all, Ren Yu, the head of civil officials, left the Jinluan Palace early.

Time flies quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it is the day of the Great Dynasty Trial.

As with the usual exams, there are no special changes to the Great Pilgrimage Exam. In fact, as people expected, Qin Yi unsurprisingly won the first place in the Great Dynasty Examination.

"Qin Yi, who ranked first in the Great Dynasty Examination, is really expected. However, after winning the first place, he also got the opportunity to rise to prominence, and I heard that he is now enlisting in the army for the second time, and asked the emperor for a position, saying that he wanted to lead the army of sailors to pacify Yingzhou Island. ”

"However, the sailors of Great Xia, everyone understands that even if they are ten times outnumbered by the enemy, they may be defeated!"

At this time, it was already the winter solstice, Qin Yi left Jizhou City and went to the water army camp on the vast sea.

"The court doesn't know what's wrong, since it decided to fight with Dongying and rejected Dongying's credentials, why did you order not to take the initiative to fight?"

This is something Qin Yi was thinking about on the road, and he didn't figure it out until he arrived at the Minzhou Sailor Camp.

"Lord Lu, I've been working on the sea in Minzhou for a while!" Outside Minzhou City, Qin Yi and Lu Chengxiang exchanged a few words, "Have you made any moves in Dongying recently?" ”

Lu Chengxiang knew Qin Yi's reputation, and the matter of Qin Yi's request for war in the court also reached his ears: "In recent days, Dongying has occupied Yingzhou Island and continued to build fortresses, and it seems that he is going to fight a protracted war with us. Moreover, their warships were all ready to go, and it is said that they were going to Jiaozhou to open up lanes, intending to capture several trade nodes between Jiaozhou and Luzon. ”

After listening to these few words after Lu Chengxiang finished speaking, Qin Yi couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat on his forehead. If Dongying really captured several trade nodes along the coast of Great Xia, it would mean that Great Xia would fall into a situation of seclusion from now on.

If you don't say what is far away, you can say what is near. The reason why Great Xia was able to maintain a relatively peaceful situation was largely due to the wealth obtained from Great Xia's overseas trade. And once the trade node is occupied by Dongying, then it means that the financial route of Great Xia is cut off.

This kind of feeling of being controlled by others is by no means pleasant.

"In that case, it seems necessary to do something. The sailors are weak, and fundamentally speaking, they have not experienced military training. The Great Xia Sailor is usually passed from father to son and son to grandson, and the combat effectiveness will naturally decrease greatly over time. Qin Yi understood why the Great Xia Sailor was so weak, "Lord Lu, please issue an announcement within Minzhou to recruit 50,000 sailors, and all recruits will be paid ten taels of silver!" ”

"Ten taels of silver? Where did Minzhou get so much money to recruit soldiers? Lu Chengxiang was taken aback, "This is ten times that of ordinary soldiers, and I, the governor of the general customs, can't afford such an expense." ”

"Besides, without the emperor's will, I don't dare to recruit soldiers! Recruiting soldiers and horses without permission is a big crime that will conspire against usurpation! In the future, if someone participates in my back, there will be no place to die! ”

When Qin Yi heard Lu Chengxiang's words, he stopped, took out the holy decree from his baggage, and handed it to Lu Chengxiang: "The holy decree has already granted me the right to recruit troops, as for military expenses, etc., use my silver!" ”

To be honest, Qin Yi still doesn't know how much silver he has, and those silver come from the various literary club prizes he won in the past few years.