"What's the harm?" Bai Qing's train of thought was still stuck on the cost of training for the warship artillery soldiers, his mind was full of money, and when he heard Qi Ke's last question, he didn't react after half a beat, and subconsciously asked.

"Throughout history, in the later stages of each dynasty, the imperial court could not afford to pay huge military expenditures to maintain national defense, and the local armies raised their own salaries to feed their soldiers. So, the question is, I have a large army in my hands, I have a self-sufficient income, I am no longer supported and restrained by the imperial court, and the person on the throne is considered to have a conscience, okay? Either the army or the warlords, as long as those who are literate and read know it, what is this not common sense? ”

"Shhh Bai Qing's body shook suddenly, and his flying thoughts quickly returned to his place, and he stood up suddenly, his eyes pointed at her sternly, "This is the end of this, don't mention it again when you go out!" ”

Qi Ke made a stitch on his mouth.

Her frivolous action did not make Bai Qing let her go, but continued to stare at her with a serious face for a while, until Qi Ke had to change to a well-behaved sitting position with his hands on his knees, and he sat back down.

"I roughly understand what you mean, I am fighting with the local forces now, and the Shen clan and their forces can easily reverse black and white by casually participating in a few copies of me in the imperial court, and the situation is immediately unfavorable to me and the Bai family's army. And I only cried about the poor and asked for money in the fold, and diverted the attention of the court as much as possible, so that they thought that I was because of lack of money and just seized the opportunity to deal with corrupt officials and corrupt officials to get some money, and then the wealthy squires were involved in the black accounts and old cases together, and they were afraid that they would be unlucky, so they desperately smeared me. ”

"That's right, that's what it means, they smear you, you don't want to fight them head-on, sell miserable, sell miserable. Mr. Qian is really a seven-trick and exquisite heart, and he can understand it at one point. Qi Ke snapped and blew a rainbow fart.

This is a crooked move, Qi Ke and Bai Qing both know it, otherwise they can't go together, but if they use it well, it will be a useful crooked move, one step at a time in the officialdom, everyone has political enemies, and they must be careful everywhere in their words and deeds, and now they know that someone wants to deal with them, whether it is a positive move, a crooked move, and a good move that can protect oneself.

"You can go back to the village for me in a few days." Bai Qing's audacity and insight into Qi Ke have once again risen to a new height, and he deeply feels that if he keeps her in front of him again, sooner or later he will be scared to death by her wild words.

"Oh, then you remember to help me recover the compensation." Qi Ke grinned, patted her skirt and got up without care, rolled her cooperation contract into a paper tube and gently squeezed it in her hand, "If there is nothing else, I will go back." ”

Bai Qing seemed to have a headache to play the bullet.

The king who was sleeping at the door heard the door creak, looked up and saw that it was Qi Ke who came out, and immediately stood up close to her legs, waited for her to close the door, and walked out with her pace.

After one person and one wolf returned to the small courtyard where they lived temporarily, Qi Ke bolted the courtyard door, returned to the main room, lit a lamp, and then cleaned up the room for a while, then turned off the lights and pretended to go to bed, but in fact took the king back to the Qianhe Realm.

Caught a lop-eared ram rabbit for the king for supper, compensating for the mutton it didn't like for a day, the king called Qi Ke softly twice as if saying goodnight, and then ran away with the rabbit in his mouth.