Qingji has many things that are inconvenient for Yazi to know, and when he enters the mansion, he first arranges for him to stay, and then rushes back to the front hall, at this time, many close guards heard that Qingji is back, and they are ecstatic and hug into the hall. Qingji was also overjoyed to see these good brothers who lived and died, and said busily: "Come on, come on, everyone can sit casually, no need to be formal." ”

Qingji has always been easy-going with his subordinates, these cronies and guards all know, everyone sat on the ground in the hall, laughed and laughed, talked and laughed with everyone for a while, briefly talked about the affairs of Lu State, Qingji said to Jing Lin who was sitting nearby: "Liang Huzi, why don't you see him?" ”

Jing Lin said: "Liang Huzi is training in Xishan, and his subordinates have sent someone to inform him that he is back." ”

Qingji nodded, took a sip of wine, put a sweet and sour plum into his mouth and chewed it gently, and said, "When I come back today, I see that Aicheng is well managed, and I am very happy in my heart. Jing Lin, if you regain the country of Wu, you will make a lot of contributions. ”

Jing Lin hugged his fists and smiled: "Childe praised it, this book of Jing Lin's responsibility, only do your best and use what you can." ”

Qingji smiled and said: "Tell me about the situation on the side of the country, I have been away for so long, what has changed?" ”

Asked like this, Jing Lin's expression became serious: "Childe, there is one thing that I haven't told you all this time, Liang Huzi also means the same, Childe still has big things to do in Lu Country, we think that it is better not to distract Childe from such a trivial matter." ”

Qingji condensed and said, "What's the matter, you say." ”

Jing Lin licked his lips and said: "Liang Huzi and Ah Qiu were ambushed by people when they escorted Gongzi's stand-in back to the guard. ”

Qingji frowned: "Assassination again?" Oh......" He suddenly said: "It should be Yu Pingran's person, hey!" He is treating others in his own way, how are our casualties? ”

Jing Lin said: "More than half of the casualties were killed, but they didn't please them, after all, we were protecting the tomboy, for fear of leaking the news, and we were extremely careful on the road, and their sneak attack was discovered by us before it was launched, and they also piled down almost half of the people." With this incident, we just happened to publicize that Childe was injured, so that your stand-in would not have to show up in public. Speaking of which, they helped us a lot.

It's just that it was better at the beginning, Gongzi hasn't shown up in the past few months, there are not a few of us who know Gongzi, and I don't dare to let him come forward often because there are many rumors in the army, and a few have been severely punished, so no one dares to spread rumors publicly, but people's hearts are still inevitably fluctuating. ”

Speaking of this, he smiled happily: "But now that Childe is back, it will be easy to do." As long as you walk around the army for a while, you can say that your injuries have healed, the rumors will stop by yourself, and the people's hearts will be determined. ”

Qingji nodded, made a gesture, Jing Lin raised the bowl and drank a sip of wine to moisten his throat, and said: "The Chu State sent news two days ago, and I haven't sent someone to deliver a letter to my son." ”

"What's the news?"

The two sons of Baoyu and Zhu Yong said that the new city of Wu was completed, and Ji Guang and Wu Zixu were moving the rich families of the whole country to live in the new city. One shows its prestige, and the other also wants to restrain and control these wealthy families nearby. Because Gongzi was 'expelled' from the Lu State by Wu's envoy, and after returning from injury, Ji Guang has now stepped up his attack on the Chu State, and it seems that he no longer regards Gongzi as a big problem. Speaking of which, Jing Lin seemed to be a little indignant because of the contempt that Gongzi was treated with.

Qingji smiled: "The more he despises me, the better it will be for me." Whoever has the last laugh will be the winner. This is good news, but Ji Guang's move to strengthen the control of the Wu family clan is a bit tricky, and we want to seek the support of the clan who are dissatisfied with Ji Guang, and the difficulty will be greatly increased. Hum! This must be Wu Zixu's idea for him, I said how could this guy build a new capital when Ji Guang just seized the throne, it turned out to be this idea. You continue. ”

"Yes, because of the relaxation of the vigilance of the son, now the state of Wu is focusing on the state of Chu again, constantly sending troops to attack and harass, and the slogan is naturally to arrest the prince of the cover and the candle, so some doctors of the state of Chu regard the two sons as the bane of the rebellion between Chu and Wu, and the situation of the two sons is not very good now."

"Foolish! Ji Guang's ambition, how can it stop because of covering up and candles? The king of Chu placed the two uncles of Baoyu and Zhu Yong in the outer kingdom of Chu, and the idea of fighting between the two tigers was to fight. But how can the two uncles have the strength to compete with Ji Guang? If what I expected is true, Ji Guangru really wants to kill them, now that the two uncles are long gone, Ji Guang deliberately cut down but did not kill, just to confuse the monarchs and ministers of the Chu State, his real purpose is not to cover up Yu and Candle Yong, but to the Chu State! ”

"Childe Mingjian. Although the state of Chu is strong, the king of Chu is mediocre, and the dynasty is annihilated, so that the loyal ministers and righteous soldiers are not reused, and the state of Chu is vast and the territory is huge, so although there are hundreds of thousands of troops, there are not many who can really be drawn to fight with the state of Wu, so the attack on Ji Guang is helpless for a while. ”

Qingji smiled slightly, Ji Guang is a careerist, what about Wu Zixu? This person wanted to take revenge and wanted to go crazy, and in order to take revenge, he did not hesitate to betray his lord twice, and successively murdered the monarchs of Zheng and Wu who accepted him. Now that he is in power, the fire of revenge is burning, and there is a careerist Ji Guang who obeys him, these two people get together, and it is strange not to cause trouble.

Thinking of this, Qingji's heart moved slightly: "In history, Wu Zixu had to return Chu for more than ten years to take revenge, and dug up the body of the king of Chu from the grave and whipped the corpse, how strong is the hatred in his heart, and how tragic is the revenge?" I remember that under his prodding, Ji Guang wanted to send troops to attack Chu several times, but he was stopped by Sun Wu because of his lack of preparation and the time had not yet come, so he made a strong army, and it took nearly ten years to prepare for the army to attack Chu and conquer the Chu capital Yingcheng in one fell swoop. Now that Sun Wu has been intercepted by himself, Wu Zixu's hatred is fierce, Gongziguang is ambitious, without this calm Sun Wuzhi, will they send troops to attack Chu in advance, if so......"

Qingji's eyes gradually lit up. Snipe and clam fight, fishermen profit, Chu is not a good bird, if necessary, you might as well add fuel to the fire, create a little trouble between Wu and Chu, if Wu and Chu fight together, he will help the army of the defense of Chu to attract Ji Guang's attention, then the ambush of Lu is ......

A bold plan gradually took shape in Qingji's heart, and Jing Lin saw him contemplating and pondering, so he stopped talking, and at the same time waved his hand gently, signaling the cronies sitting in the hall not to disturb Gongzi's thinking. Qingji pondered quietly for a while, and said: "Okay, you go on, what is the situation of military preparation, how many soldiers and horses are there?" ”

Jing Lin said: "Troop chariots and armor, we have accumulated enough quantities, on the one hand, we have purchased sophisticated equipment, and on the other hand, we have built some ourselves. It's just that recruiting soldiers is a little difficult now. ”

Qingji immediately noticed: "What's the difficulty? ”

Jing Lin said: "Wei Hou has always ignored the matter of my Aicheng, and let the people of the country rush to serve, and there are warriors from other countries who have heard the wind and come to vote, so it is not difficult to replenish the soldiers." But now that Mrs. Wei is in charge of defending the country, Mrs. Wei said that the Wu people recruited strong men from the guards, which caused the fields of the guards to be barren and the merchants to be depressed; Warriors from all over the world come and go to Wei, idle, and often cause trouble, causing Weijing to be uneasy. We are unique in Ai, like a country within a country, and if we don't control it, we may be in danger of defending the country. Therefore, when the line was controlled, the Marquis of Wei obeyed her words, so he followed her idea, and now strictly restricted the service of the guards and the warriors of the countries, so we now have only 23,000 men and horses, including 10,000 elite soldiers, 400 military vehicles, and more than 500 people who recruited boats, and lived along the river, and were called ferrying, which would only be used for transporting troops in the future. ”

"Mrs. Wei restricts us from recruiting?" Qingji frowned when he heard this: "This is on other people's territory, and it is really easy for Wei Guo to restrict his development." Ai is not far from Diqiu, and in such a close proximity, there is a foreign country's exile regime that has recruited troops and horses, and has gradually become a powerful force, which is indeed a factor of great instability. It is not possible for such a force to take over the country from another country that has no roots, but if it enters into an alliance with the ambitious princes of this country, it can become a powerful force in the hands of careerists within the country who are trying to overthrow the regime. This is also the main reason why he was in a transcendent position immediately after the Lu State was able to build a city and an army, and was attracted by Sanhuan, how to get out of the predicament now?

Qingji remembered that he was attacked by unknown figures as soon as he returned to China, and gradually felt that the political situation of the country did not seem to be as calm as it seemed. He nodded, thinking to himself: It seems that it is necessary to go to Diqiu to deal with this Lady Wei.

He raised his eyes and saw that Jing Lin was looking at him, so he smiled: "It's okay, don't pay attention to this matter." After two days, this son personally sent Dr. Mi back to Diqiu, and then asked Wei Hou for his life. The speedy people set up a banquet with wine, and today I want to drink with all my brothers......"

"Childe! Son! There were shouts outside the hall, and Liang Huzi ran in sweating profusely, dressed in a light robe and covered with armor.

Qingji pointed at him and laughed at Jing Linhaha: "This guy has long legs, we just said drinking, and he arrived!" ”

Jing Lin was about to explain something to Qingji, but before the words could be spoken, Qingji had already laughed and greeted Liang Huzi, opening his arms and gesturing to give him a hug. At the same time, a slap slapped Liang Huzi's left arm, but he didn't want to.

The smile on Qingji's face froze suddenly, he grabbed Liang Huzi's empty sleeve, and asked in a low voice, "Why is this?" ”

Jing Lin was busy explaining on the side and said: "Childe, it was at that time that he was ambushed by the Wu people, and General Liang was one enemy and four, so he was not afraid that someone would attack him from behind......"

Before he finished speaking, Liang Huzi had already smiled heartily and said loudly: "How many good men are fighting to the battlefield in order to make meritorious contributions, what is my slight injury?" Liang Huzi still has one breath, and he can still serve my son-in-law! ”

"General Liang's ......", Qingji couldn't help it anymore, tears welled up in his eyes, and in the blurred eyes of tears, Liang Huzi had already grabbed his arm and laughed to everyone in the hall: "The three armies of Aicheng, looking forward to it, today I finally look forward to the return of my son-in-law, and now everyone in the hall has a share, and I will accompany my son-in-law to drink, and I will not get drunk and return!" ”

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The next day, Qingji appeared on the training ground. Today, he put on a full set of armor, bracer and basin collars, a rhinoceros leather battle skirt, a sword under his side, and a spear in his hand.

The so-called soul of the general, like Qingji's army, the purpose and significance of its existence are completely dependent on Qingji alone, with him, the whole team has spirit, energy, and spirit.

"Change formation, sword and shield hands forward, Ge spearmen retreat!"

Liang Huzi stood on a high platform, holding a spear with one arm and standing majestically, as majestic as a god. With Liang Huzi's loud shouting, the flag swinged, the drums followed, and when he heard the drum beat, the whole team that saw the flag swinging immediately moved back and forth, standing on the high viewing platform, and saw the changes in the queue clearly.

"Mixed formation, long and short weapons cooperate in battle!" The formation is a complex change, the brothers, spearmen, sword and shield hands form a small team, forming a coordinated offensive and defensive formation, from a high place looks like plum blossoms, the whole large array rolls forward with the command of the banner.

"Kill! Kill! Kill! The drums of war gave the order to attack, and thousands of people shouted in unison, shaking the heavens and the earth. The sword face struck the leather shield and the rattan shield, making a chilling "tom tom" sound, and the whole team rushed forward with the sound of the drum, the neck of the Ge hand was hooked, the spear hand pierced the chest, and the sword and shield hand rushed over to fight in close combat, beheading the enemy leader, and hand-to-hand combat.

Although he could not recruit enough men, in this way, the training of veterans was strengthened, so that the combat effectiveness of the army that forbids and cooperates tacitly in battle cannot be said to be ten at least, and it can at least face three times the enemy who has not been trained skillfully.

"Train soldiers, retrain military discipline, and enforce prohibitions; secondly, it is the experience of battle, and the courage to dare to fight the enemy; third, it is the perfect coordination between the gunner, spearman, sword and shield hand, and archer; Finally, the level of personal skills. At the same time, we should not just engage an imaginary enemy in this way, but should replace actual combat weapons with wooden swords, and have Jing Lin and Liang Huzi each lead an army to train troops in actual combat. ”

Qingji stood on the stage and watched for a while, and instructed Jing Lin and Liang Huzi.

"No! Obey Childe's orders! Jing Lin and Liang Huzi were also fully clothed and surrendered to their lives.

Qingji nodded happily, turned around and stepped off the stage, just walked down a few steps, and suddenly turned around and asked, "Hey, Jing Lin, what did you just tell me, what kind of wine?" ”

Jing Lin hurriedly took two steps forward and said, "Humble means that this batch of wine we brew is about to come out of the cellar." Look, do you want to stay some and celebrate the return of Childe? Of course, the name, we can't say that, because these sons don't show up in front of people, and there is no other reason, the soldiers are suspicious, and there are deserters in private. Those who stayed behind can be said to be loyal brothers, and the autumn harvest has just begun, and everyone is working hard......"

Before he finished speaking, Qingji laughed and said, "Let's leave enough wine to let the brothers have a good time." Also, slaughter 20 of our pigs and sheep so that everyone can have a good time. The time, in the evening, in the courtyard, light a bonfire, everyone have a good time. ”

He took two more steps, and suddenly stopped and said, "Winemaking? Brewing requires food, and it consumes a lot of food, is the food we have laid enough for tens of thousands of troops? It is said that it is usually consumed, and when leading the army to conquer, it requires more baggage. ”

Jing Lin explained with a smile: "Childe, although wine consumption consumes grain, the sorghum wine we brew has a mellow taste and is very popular, and the selling price is very high. Moreover, we also have the juice made from picking mountain fruits, the wine is not strong, sweet and sour, and it is very popular with the doctors of the country. ”

"Good!" Qingji laughed happily when he heard him be so calculating. He narrowed his eyes and thought about it, and then said: "This time, I will bring back ten carts of salt, and in the future, its white as snow and fine quality of high-quality sea salt will be sent in an endless stream. ”

Jing Lin arched his hand and said: "Childe, rest assured, your majesty is ready, and both Wei and Jin have explored the way." Because Gongzi is determined to restore the country, we don't say that we have to send troops to fight against the army, and doing business is only temporary, so after the subordinates calculated, they thought that they were selling goods in various towns, so it was better to contact local merchants, slightly let the benefits, and buy them from the whole. ”

"Very good!" Qingji took a long breath, turned around and patted him on the shoulder, looked at Liang Huzi again, and said: "You two take care of the military and politics, practice soldiers and horses, try to prepare as much as possible, and in two days, I will go to Diqiu, and strive to obtain the consent of Wei Hou and Mrs. Wei, recruit another batch of soldiers and horses, and in March next year, attack Wu again!" ”

Liang Huzi and Jing Lin perked up, and they arched their hands in unison and said, "Obey!" ”

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The palace of the Patriotic Palace carves beams and paints buildings, the beauty of extreme ancient rhyme, the architecture of the garden is especially based on the original ecology as much as possible, the traces of artificial carving are not very obvious, the ponds, flowers, roads, trees, look pleasing to the eye, full of wild interest.

A palace in the jungle, there are a lot of people in and out, both the temple people in the palace, there are also the doctors outside the palace, regardless of inside and outside, a look at the robe and clothes will know that there is a person in the body, the palace door hangs vertically with a plaque with white characters on a black background: "Yuehua Palace"

Mrs. Wei Nanzi knelt in the middle of the hall behind the jade case, her waist and neck were straight, two willow eyebrows, a pair of phoenix eyes implied evil, and the corners of her pretty lips that were tightly pursed occasionally pulled upwards slightly, bringing out a hint of smiling and not smiling.

The officials on both sides of the stairs kneeling looked dignified, holding their breath, for fear of making a noise to make people notice him. Weihou's original wife was Mrs. Qi, Mrs. Qi fell out of favor, and Mrs. Nanzi was the master of the house. Although Nanzi was young, he was really scheming, and not long after he arrived at Weiguo, he gained a firm foothold, first grasping civil affairs and then military power, and gradually gathered the power of handing over the idle and unscrupulous Wei Hou to several major ministers. She has not taken care of the matter of buying money inside and outside the palace, and today is the first time to gather so many people with departments to come to ask about politics, who is not worried.

Mrs. Nanzi's eyes swept slightly, stretched out a slender finger and slender hand, took a roll of bamboo slips from the case, and gently unfolded it in front of her, and raised her eyebrows slightly, looking at it intently. The waist, neck, back and hips always sit firmly like a mountain, motionless.

She was dressed in a dark robe with dark gold patterns embroidered on the sleeves of her collar and a jade belt tied around her waist, and her black and shiny hair was tied into a high bun, and a jade flute with no carvings was inserted in the bun. If the shoulders are cut, the waist is like a plain, the neck is stretched, the demeanor is elegant, and when the wonderful eyes flash, if the light clouds cover the moon, there is no fragrance.

His eyes quickly glanced at it for a moment, Nanzi lifted the pen and lightly clicked it in a few places on the bamboo slip, then lifted the sleeve of his robe with his left hand, gently put the brush back on the inkstone, raised his eyebrows, glanced at the ministers who sat down, and asked solemnly: "The widow has checked the account books of the previous years, in comparison, in recent years, weaving text, Xuan fiber, weaving shells and other things have declined year by year, less and less, even if I defend the country is not the country and the people, but there is no suffering from war, no natural disasters and pests, there is no other reason, who will tell the widow, what is the reason, Well? ”

The wife of Zhou Tianzi is called the queen, and the wives of the kings of Chu, Yue, and Wu, who are arrogated to be kings in the south, were also queens. This was not the case with the other princes who still worshiped Zhou Tianzi as their co-lord. According to the etiquette system, the wife of the state monarch is called Mrs., and the lady calls herself a child; The people of the country call it Mrs. Jun, but there are also wives who follow the monarch's self-title, and call themselves widows in front of their subordinates, and there is such a tradition in defending the country.

The officials looked at each other and exchanged glances, and finally a doctor with a higher position came out of the back of the case, walked to the hall and stood still, and said with a crossed hand: "Returning to Mrs. Jun, the ministers are loyal to their duties and dare not lose their duties." In recent years, the output of weaving, fiber, weaving shells and other materials has declined, uh...... Presumably, because the Chinese people are greedy for the benefits of business, most of the young and strong laborers leave their hometowns to do business, and they are unwilling to work hard to cultivate and plant, and the output is declining year by year. ”

Shao, the leader of the temple, stood up and said in a sharp voice: "What Dr. Lu said is, Mrs. Jun, for more than a year, Wu Guoqing has been recruiting troops and horses in Aicheng, making meritorious achievements, and tempting his wife and son, so that many young people refuse to farm with peace of mind, and go to Aicheng to follow the army, which is also an original ......."

"Nonsense!"

Mrs. Nanzi flicked her sleeves, "bang", the bamboo slips on the case were sprinkled on the ground, Dr. Lu took two steps back in a hurry, and the temple man Shao knelt on the ground with a "porphyr" sound, touched his forehead with his hand, and said in a trembling voice: "Mrs. Jun forgives her sins!" ”

"The few people found out that there were people who secretly sold high-quality weaving (colorful silk fabrics), Xuan (black thin silk), silk (very thin silk), and woven shells (brocade fabrics). How could these things end up in the bazaar, you say! ”

Nanzi sat proudly, broke off coldly, waved his sleeve and pointed, and the slender and slender fingertips poked downward, as if they had been pointed on the tip of the nose of the temple person from a distance of a few zhang, and the temple body trembled, and the figure fell down.

Doctor Lu took a step back in shock, and there was a dead silence in the hall, and no one dared to respond. A pair of frightened eyes looked at the beautiful woman with a delicate face and a twenty-nine year old who sat on the top.

Nanzi raised her eyes, her deep eyes coldly glanced at the internal and external officials who were dumbfounded, her delicate lips pursed gently, the corners of her mouth turned up slightly, and the names of the officials jumped out of her petal-like mouth like fried beans: "Diansi, Dian, Dye, Lushi, Yuren, Palm Ge, Palm Dye Grass...... all stand up for the widow!" ”

Dian Si, Dian Que and so on are all responsible for silk weaving, arrowroot, printing, dyes and other raw materials production, manufacturing and collection of officials, with the name of Mrs. Nanzi, a group of people crawled out of the ground, and the hall fell to its knees in an instant.

"Doctor Diansi, you say!" Nanzi said in a fierce voice: "Tell the truth to the widow, if there is half a falsehood, it will be severely punished!" ”

Doctor Sheng knelt on the ground and trembled, beads of sweat crawled all over his face, and he couldn't say a word for a long time.

Nanzi pursed his mouth and sneered: "Waste! ”

Her beautiful chin lifted slightly, and floated past the kneeling officials one by one, and said with a sinking face: "These things, from planting, harvesting, manufacturing, printing and dyeing, and collection, are checked at all levels, and they all have their own responsibilities. ”

The ministers didn't dare to answer, Nanzi was even more annoyed when he saw this, and "snapped" a few cases, and shouted: "Weaving, printing and dyeing is the lifeblood of my country's economy, and the high-grade silk weaving is made by the country." Now some people are smuggling and greedy ink, and the people's ointment and the country's wealth are all in their private domain. This kind of silverfish villain, there are no bosses left and right, and they are all responsible officials, so far, can they still be blamed with others? ”

(To be continued)