"Sir," coming out of Qingfeng Academy, Tan Jiaotou urged the carriage and smiled at Qin Baichuan, "That Master Xue seems to have taken a liking to you." ”

"." Qin Baichuan leaned on the carriage tiredly, he still remembered that at the birthday banquet of the old man Chu, King Yi expressed his love for Xue Shihan in public, he didn't know whether Tan Jiaotou asked this casually, or whether he wanted to touch what he meant to Xue Shihan.

"You look back." Tan Jiaotou smiled softly, Qin Baichuan poked his head out of the carriage, and saw from the corner of his eye that at the entrance of Qingfeng Academy, Xue Shihan was standing there motionless, as if the young woman in the boudoir was watching Xianggong go farther and farther, and the taste was really a little indescribable and unclear.

Qin Baichuan licked his lips slightly, even if there were many women around him, she was the only one like Xue Shihan, who was full of books, and the man's dark psychology of eating in the bowl and looking at the pot made him a little tempted by Xue Shihan, but thinking of his wife's attitude towards Xue Fox, Qin Baichuan pondered...... It's better to get into less trouble.

"Have you ever been to the Bliss Cult today?" Not entangled in the topic of Xue Shihan, Qin Baichuan asked with a match.

"Well, when Mr. was chatting with the two academicians, I waited for Mr. to come out for a long time, so I took the time to go." After receiving the order of the Lord to relax his surveillance, in fact, the whole person of the Tan Sect was also a lot more relaxed, and said with a smile: "After the first batch of teenagers recruited by the Bliss Sect finally withstood the elimination for nearly a month, there are still seventy-six people left. ”

"The elimination rate of nearly two-thirds wasted a lot of money and pork." Qin Baichuan stroked his forehead and sighed.

"Mr. himself said that soldiers are not very expensive, so it may be good." Tan Jiaotou has always known Qin Baichuan's difficulties in terms of silver, and said: "I discussed with the monkey in the afternoon, and his first recruitment work was basically completed, and a total of 614 qualified teenagers were recruited...... Also out of the intention of saving a little, the monkey suggested that we see if we can give the teenagers who have been eliminated a second chance to train? ”

Tan Jiaotou said objectively: "Mr.'s training is too hard, and the elimination rules are extremely harsh, and many of those eliminated teenagers are because of a small mistake...... I think...... Sir should probably give them a second chance to grow. Isn't the old saying that you can do it again and again? I believe that with the first experience, they will work harder and make rapid progress the second time. ”

"Makes sense, too." Qin Baichuan nodded and said, "When I have time to go back, I will tell the monkey that the opportunity can be given a second time, but if it is eliminated again the second time, I will honestly help Qin do logistics support work." ”

"Understood." Tan Jiaotou responded, and said with some embarrassment: "Sir, I see that you are in a good mood today, and I have something I want to tell you, but I am afraid that it will affect your good mood." ”

"What could be more emotionally affected than when I'm being controlled?" Qin Baichuan waved his hand and said, "Let's say, you have known Qin's temperament for so long, don't hide it." ”

"Hmm." Tan Jiaotou was also quite entangled and said, "Last time, Mr. sent a lot of silver to the Bliss Army...... But as the Bliss Army ate more and more mouths, and the husband ordered them to buy training equipment, make clothes for them, and buy shoes......"

"The silver is gone?" Qin Baichuan only felt that his mind was buzzing, damn it, it was a full 30,000 taels of silver, how long has it been, at best, it has not been half a month!

"Yes, yes, but not very much." Tan Jiaotou could somewhat understand some of Qin Baichuan's feelings, and reluctantly smiled: "Recruiting soldiers is the most wasteful of money, and Mr. Qin has also ordered to treat the people who come to recruit well, so the expenditure of silver has always been like flowing water." Now that the recruitment is over for the time being, if you just eat and drink, the remaining silver should last for more than a month, but once you want to buy armor and weapons, I'm afraid this silver will not be enough. ”

"I already have the armor and weapons, you can tell the lord, it is the little family background of Old Man Chu." The affairs of the Chu family's workshop couldn't be hidden, so Qin Baichuan simply opened his words and said.

"He should have expected it the last time I preached to the Lord, and he didn't need to tell him such a trivial matter." Tan Jiaotou said very frankly: "Sir, I don't mean anything else when I tell you this, I just want to remind you that when the army is marching and fighting, the soldiers and horses are not moving, and the grain and grass go first." If the food is not prepared sufficiently, it is likely that a military mutiny will occur, so if you can, it is better for Mr. to be well prepared, lest there really be a shortage of money when you get it, and Mr. will be anxious. ”

"Listen to you, is there a way to get silver?" Qin Baichuan's face was a little unpleasant, he had asked Tan Jiaotou similar questions before, but he didn't give any substantive advice.

"Sir, Tan didn't say it clearly before, because he didn't get the Lord's order, and the conditions were not very allowed, but now it's okay, the coastal army is completely defeated, and Anyang is a big vacancy."

Tan Jiaotou said it lightly, but Qin Baichuan suddenly jumped up from the carriage, and he didn't even care about his head being knocked up with a big bag, his eyes were round: "What did you just say?" Say it again? The complete defeat of the coastal army? ”

"Hmm." Qin Baichuan's reaction made Tan Jiaotou a little surprised.

"How do you know? Is the message accurate? "Qin Baichuan's heart is beating unhappily, in fact, as early as when Desheng Gong sent the golden statue of the God of Martial Arts, Qin Baichuan felt a little strange, with his friendship with Desheng Gong, why did people send three boats of private salt and give you such a large sum of silver? Look now...... Desheng Gong seems to have some meaning of leaving a way out for him, or for his son!

"The Lord has eyeliner in the coastal army and the Black Tiger Mountain, and this news came quietly after the Black Tiger Mountain captured Qunfangtang. The letter said that Desheng Gong led the people to fight bloodily, and he was shot several times without falling, and he was a well-known man...... Truly...... It's a pity. ”

Tan Jiaotou had a heavy sigh in his voice, but Qin Baichuan cried almost all at once, he was shot several times in his body, and he didn't fall, what kind of pride was that? Thinking of the side of himself and Desheng Gongren, Qin Baichuan couldn't believe that middle-aged man who was laughing and talking about the wind and clouds, and enjoyed the righteousness of Bo Yuntian, died in battle like this, and died in the infighting.

"Sir...... Actually, you shouldn't be so surprised. Tan Jiaotou smiled reluctantly, he was used to seeing the king and the loser, but he didn't have much sentimentality.

"How can I not be surprised!" Qin Baichuan almost roared, "Didn't you say that Black Tiger Mountain was a group of rabble? How can a rabble defeat a dignified coastal army? ”

"Sir, calm down." Tan Jiaotou slowed down the speed of the car and explained: "Desheng Gong is indeed a respected hero, but after the incident of Li Mingxiu, the strength of the coastal army was weakened, and the internal turmoil was unbearable. ”

"Wait!" Qin Baichuan's heart sank, and he said coldly: "You said that the Qiushan Army was also involved?" ”

"Hmm." Tan Jiaotou responded: "Not only did the Qiushan Army participate, but also the Dongying Liukou who circled the sea, as well as the fat water thieves who made a living by robbing passenger ships at sea all the year round, also went out one after another, burning many ships of the coastal army and cutting off the retreat of Desheng Gong. ”

"Dongying Liukou? Fat water thief? Qin Baichuan muttered two sentences in his mouth, and said: "I have already told Liu Yuanyuan that it is most important to maintain balance among the three major forces in the south, why do the Qiushan Army still want to participate?" Who commanded this operation? ”

"I don't know the details, I can only speculate." Tan Jiaotou said: "Miss Liu of the Qiushan Army will not deny Mr. Liu's proposal, but Miss Liu has not returned since she returned to Qiushan on Chinese New Year's Eve, and the current Qiushan Army is under Niu Yuan's control. Sir, do you see if we can make such a hypothesis......"

"Yuanyuan was unwilling to go to war with the coastal army, which angered her master and imprisoned her in Qiushan." Qin Baichuan showed some fierce light in his eyes, gritted his teeth and snorted, and said, "However, it cannot be ruled out that this Niu Yuan is short-sighted and makes claims. ”

"Yes, that's what I think." Tan Jiaotou echoed.

"Sect Leader Tan, let me ask you." Qin Baichuan's voice was a little colder: "Li Mingxiu is the person who was planted by the Lord in the coastal army, which means that the Lord has long had the intention of taking away the coastal army, so this time the conflict between Black Tiger Mountain and the coastal army, did the Lord also play a role in fueling the trouble?" In other words, is Black Tiger Mountain one of the sharp swords in the hands of the Lord? ”

"Sir......" Tan Jiaotou grinned: "These questions all involve the secrets of the Lord, how do you ask me to answer?" ”

"Answer whatever you want!!" Qin Baichuan was furious.

"Hey......" Tan Jiaotou also knew that after telling Qin Baichuan about the matter, he would inevitably bring some trouble to himself, but he felt that Qin Baichuan would have to know sooner or later, and he couldn't hide it, thinking of this, he sighed heavily and said, "Sir, I can also hear it from your words...... Maybe you have guessed the identity of the Lord, but neither you nor I dare to say it explicitly. ”

"Getting to the point." Qin Baichuan interrupted Tan Jiaotou.

"The Lord installed Li Mingxiu in the coastal army, and there is no intention of seizing power, in fact, if the wind and water wait for another three or five years, the coastal army will also fall into the hands of Li Mingxiu or the lord."

"But the Lord can't wait, can he?" Qin Baichuan's heart was on fire.

"It's not." Tan Jiaotou shook his head, peeked at Qin Baichuan, and said, "It's because of Mr...... After Mr. went to Anyang, he suspected Li Mingxiu along the clues, so the lord had to order him to act in advance...... The final result led to the dismal business for many years, and it was precisely because of the reason that the Lord spared Li Mingxiu's life. ”

Qin Baichuan frowned and said nothing, and turned around to connect the matter carefully, Li Mingxiu's failure was indeed inseparable from himself, at least on Yellowstone Island, Cheng Yanran's rebellion was beyond Li Mingxiu's expectations.