Li Siyuan looked at Bai Qianye, "Qianye, the empire has an order, although there can be a private army in the family, the number of private troops must not exceed two thousand." ”

"I discussed it with Daozhe and Yuanyuan before, and I am going to give you a thousand people and let you take them to Jiangdao County. ”

Bai Qianye hurriedly waved his hand, "Grandpa, don't, the safety of the family is still the most important." ”

Li Siyuan smiled lightly, "Silly boy, what Grandpa gave you is what you give you, you must accept it." ”

"Although it is said that half of the family's private army is given to you, you must know that the biggest reliance in the family is you, as long as you live well, and those people around you live well, our Li family will not have any crisis, remember, there will be no crisis. ”

Mei Niang shook her head, "Prime Minister, I have considered the matter of asking the family to have a private army before, thank you very much for your generosity, but the number of a thousand people is still a bit too much, and we only need five hundred people on our side." ”

"But", seeing that Li Siyuan still disagreed, Mei Niang waved her hand and smiled softly, "We really only need five hundred people, but what we need is the real elite." ”

"The Thousand Nights Princesse may not be clear about this matter, but I have discussed it with Sister Yiyi and others, whether it is a thousand or five hundred, it will not be enough for the future war between things and things, and it is completely a drop in the bucket. ”

"In this case, then we might as well ask for less, the elite of five hundred people is completely fine, and we will find a way to find other soldiers. ”

Seeing that Bai Qianye and Mei Niang had been persevering, Li Siyuan didn't say anything more.

However, Zhang Yu was very good at this time, "Qianye, our Zhang family also has some private troops, some of which are more elite, but the number of our private troops is not so much, but our Zhang family will still produce two hundred elites, I hope Qianye will not feel less." ”

Regarding the decision made by Zhang Yu, Bai Qianye and Mei Niang looked at each other, and they were very surprised.

"This, don't you need it, right?" Mei Niang looked at Zhang Yu with some uncertainty, "Lord Zhang has nothing to do with us, and it is not easy for us to accept the elite of two hundred people when we suddenly send them out." ”

"Haha, if Miss Mei Niang is worried about this matter, but she is a little too worried", Zhang Yu laughed and said, "After all, the hope of this generation of our Zhang family, the leader of this generation, Zhang Xiaomei has been following Qianye Gongzi now, and our Zhang family always has to protect her safety, right?"

"Since we want to protect the safety of our eldest lady of the Zhang family, then our Zhang family is only an elite private soldier of 200 people, which can be said anywhere, right?"

Bai Qianye and Mei Niang hesitated, but Li Siyuan patted the table, "Qianye, just agree to this matter, after all, Lord Zhang is also kind." ”

"Besides, the eldest lady of the Zhang family is still by your side, and someone always needs to protect her. ”

Bai Qianye raised his eyebrows, and then smiled, "Okay, then it's better to be respectful than to obey your fate, it's really Lord Lao Zhang." ”

"It should be, it should be", Zhang Yu smiled happily, "By the way, because the private army is in the territory, our family's private soldiers are all in the south, but I will fly the pigeon to pass the book today, so that the elite of the two hundred people will come to Fengcheng to gather with the Prime Minister's people, and wait for the arrangement of the son." ”

By the time Bai Qianye and Mei Niang returned to their courtyard, the sky was already dark.

Looking at the moon in the sky, Bai Qianye sighed, "I've heard about the East-West War since I was a child, and I've read all the information of the previous war, I really don't know what the result of this war will be." ”

Mei Niang smiled, "Don't worry, Childe, the East-West War has been fought for tens of thousands of years, and the result of each time will not change in any way, it is nothing more than a war, stalemate, truce, negotiation, peace, it's as simple as that." ”

"Because you have to know what the real intent of the East-West War is. ”

Bai Qianye was stunned for a moment, then smiled, "Let's talk about it, I really didn't think what the real intention of the East-West War was. ”

Mei Niang shrugged her shoulders, "There are only two reasons for all wars, either plunder, it may just plunder, or it may choose to occupy." Of course, whether to plunder or occupy depends on how far the war has progressed before making the final choice, so the two points will change with each other. ”

Another reason is to divert internal contradictions. ”

"Many empires in history have launched wars with foreign countries, and this has been the case to divert internal contradictions. ”

These contradictions are either contradictions between different interest groups, or contradictions between the people at the bottom and the imperial power at the top. ”

"Judging from the current situation of empires on the continent, every country does not urgently need resources, because the continent is too big, and there are still many subordinate planes that have not been developed after they have been discovered, so there is really not too much tension in terms of resources, so I don't think it should be the first reason. ”

Bai Qianye nodded slowly, "That means that the contradiction should be transferred?"

Mei Niang nodded in the same way, "After all, after the same time, there will be such a war between the East and the West in about two hundred years, and it should obviously be the prime of life that consumes too much, so as to prevent the people's livelihood from starting to use some crooked brains because life is too comfortable." ”

"This person, that's it, when they don't have enough food and clothing, they won't have any other thoughts, they will only focus on their livelihood. ”

"But when they have no problems with food, clothing, shelter and transportation, and their living conditions are better, they begin to have some other ideas, which is something that every imperial royal family does not like to see. ”

Bai Qianye nodded, "What you said is very right, Jiangdao County is facing this problem now. ”

"The geographical location of Jiangdao County is very special, because it is in the northwest of the empire, the east and west corridor is in the west, and the north is a neutral place, so the border inspection of Jiangdao County should be very easy, so many caravans take smuggling as their main livelihood and make a lot of money. ”

"After a long time, the people of Gangdao County basically didn't do business in other industries, and basically did business around smuggling, so the life of the people in Gangdao County is really good. ”

"Restaurants, hotels, tailors, weapons shops, pharmacies, auction houses, that's everything, and they're all luxuriously decorated. ”