Qi Shan said that he would not go to Linzhou.

Now is not the past, everyone wanted to be in front of the emperor before, because all the glory of the peaceful and prosperous world can only be given by the Son of Heaven.

The Son of Heaven can give and take away with a word.

But now it's different.

As long as you have soldiers and horses in your hands and can fight the rebels, the emperor will give you what you want, and it is no longer what the emperor gives you and what you accept.

The reason why Xiang Dudu went to the emperor was to gather troops and horses, and to be able to hold heavy troops.

"Longyou Dao is too small, and Longyou still belongs to Jiannan Dao from the root, and it is not his own in the end, so he needs to add a layer of the life of the Son of Heaven."

Looking at Qi Shan's letter, Qi Acheng said to the maidservant: "That's the case, look at Miss Li's style, not only the master of the Xiang family, but also the master of Taiyuan Mansion." ”

The handmaid nodded and commented: "High up." ”

With such a high position in the Li clan's Jiannan Dao, Xiang Yun will certainly not be as easy as his own arms if he wants to use it, but the guards all belong to the emperor, and the Li clan must listen to the emperor's orders, unless they want to rebel.

"But I don't need it, I have the Southeast Road, a big Southeast Road, a lot of soldiers and horses, and the ancestors of these soldiers and horses are all surnamed Qi."

"What I need is to let the emperor know that I trust me and value me, and then I can be ordered by the emperor to go around to fight, to recruit troops everywhere, to expand our southeast road and gather more soldiers and horses."

"I went to the emperor, I have a high position, but the power is not necessarily heavy, and there must be all kinds of constraints, how can I be so easy outside."

"Otherwise, why did Wu Ya'er leave Linzhou and entrench himself in Xiangzhou and not come back after he got the title and power and took the emperor's order?"

"That's because you can only hoard more soldiers and horses outside, and when Wu Ya'er holds the entire northern land in his hands, Ah Cheng, you say, who can underestimate him when he is not by the emperor's side?"

Qi Acheng nodded: "I understand what my father meant." ”

"The Metropolitan Governor needs Xiang Metropolitan Governor to be in front of the emperor and bring trust and opportunities for the Metropolitan Governor." The attendant said, "After all, there are so many guards in the world, and there are many people who have this idea." ”

Not to mention, Zhang An Wang Lin cooperated with Jiannan Dao and was pushed to the emperor by Han Xu.

Qi Acheng pouted: "Jiannan Province has Xiang Dudu, and he is still so greedy." ”

The attendant smiled: "Who in the world is not greedy, for Jiannan Dao, Xiang Dudu is in the palm of his hand." ”

Speaking of which, he looked around.

Qi Acheng said: "Uncle, if you have something to say, although I can't compare to Miss Li, there is no problem with having a big lady villa, and having a yard for Miss Qi." ”

The attendant laughed: "The eldest lady is doing things safely." "Lower your voice," ..... In the future, most of the overseers will have many soldiers and horses, and the foundation will be solid, so naturally we will not let people assign them at will. ”

Of course, people's goal is to wear their own wedding dresses, and other people's wedding dresses should also be worn.

Speaking of wedding clothes, the attendant is an old servant of Qi Shan, and he also grew up watching Qi Acheng, with the respect of the servant and the kindness.

"It's a pity that Miss Ah Cheng didn't wear a wedding dress."

"In the future, I can wear a life dress like Mrs. Chu Guo, what does it matter if I wear a wedding dress or not." Qi Acheng didn't care, and smiled again when he said this, "At that time, if you don't wear a wedding dress, you can be a bride at any time." ”

Like Mrs. Chu Guo, she is surrounded by all kinds of beautiful men......

The attendant was a man who was not so bold, his face turned red when he heard this, and he shouted in disgust: "Miss." ”

What is this called?

Now that the world is chaotic, and there is the wife of Chu who acts arbitrarily, the women are all broken.

Qi Acheng grinned at the attendant: "I know, don't talk nonsense." ”

The attendant said softly: "Miss, although this family affair has wronged you, this son of the Xiang family is still very good, if you can make friends with him, it will not only be beneficial to our Qi family, but also good for Miss's life." ”

Qi Acheng said twice: "I know, if he doesn't take the initiative to befriend me, I'll take the initiative to befriend him." ”

Although I didn't see it with my own eyes, I heard that Xiang Nan was very good-looking, and the son-in-law selected by Li Dadu must have extraordinary qualifications.

The attendant was very satisfied with the eldest lady's point, and leaned over to salute: "With the eldest lady in the Xiang family, the governor will be relieved." ”

"I'll reassure my father." Qi Acheng smiled, raised his eyebrows and added, "Let Xiang Dudu feel more at ease." ”

It's more reassuring and usable than that Miss Li.

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The news of Ankang Mountain's proclamation as emperor naturally also spread all over Taiyuan Mansion.

Although the people of the government were a little panicked, they did not mess up, and Ankang Mountain rebelled, and there was nothing surprising to call the emperor.

"Those lists can be scattered in a city, which means that we have a lot of spies in Taiyuan Mansion."

"Some people have notices stuffed in the backyards of their houses, and the people in this house are no longer credible."

On the high platform in the hot summer, a pergola is hung on all sides, and there are blooming lotus flowers, and the lotus urn is filled with ice, and the wind blows through the lotus leaves and then blows the large skin exposed by the women, which is fragrant and cool.

The women talked about spies and expressed their uneasiness, Li Mingqi was not angry, but very happy, which shows that everyone is relaxed and casual in front of her, which is also a kind of trust.

"There must be spies." She shook her fan and said, "It's not strange that there are people everywhere, people running around." ”

The several women sitting next to her nodded: "Even if there are spies, these spies only dare to throw a notice, and they don't dare to invade our Taiyuan Mansion, so they don't have to be afraid." ”

These words caused a chorus, and the Ying Shengyan on the high platform said, "Xiang Dudu has won a great victory again", "Xiang Gongzi has reorganized Xuanwudao and surrounded the rebels in the capital", "The eldest lady's soldiers and horses are ten with one", "Now Taiyuan Mansion is still martial, every family has Ding, and everyone can fight", "I think the time has come to recover the capital".

The ladies don't talk about the flowers and willows, they talk about the soldiers and horses and the current situation, and there is a heroic spirit in the carmine pink.

Heavy drumming sounded, interrupting everyone's jokes and arguments, and the women lifted their drapes on all sides and looked down at the high platform.

The bi-monthly jousting outside the Eldest Lady's Villa began.

The people under the high platform also withdrew their eyes from the high platform, looking at the guards of the Taiyuan Mansion family who poured into the competition field, they were all wearing armor and were as majestic as real soldiers and horses.....

Miss Li purchased armor and weapons for all the participants in the competition.

"Since it's a martial arts competition, you have to be presentable, and you have to be majestic." Miss Li said, "This armor is not only for prestige, now is a troubled time, maybe when our Taiyuan Mansion will be in battle, and everyone will be a warrior at that time." ”

For these armors, Miss Li sold a lot of dowry, which made the family grateful, the eldest lady equipped them with weapons, and also trained guards for them, and more people participated in the martial arts, not only the big families, but also some small families also united to form a guard team.

After each martial arts performance, the winner has a reward, and the participants also have a reward, and the people who come to watch can also get together to share the wine and meat given by Miss Li, and the eldest lady villa is crowded with outsiders, officials and scholars, beggars and traders, the three religions and nine streams are happy together, the colorful flags are fierce, the drums are bursting, the horseshoe tower is towering, and the sound of shouting and cheering is a majestic atmosphere.

"With this majesty, Taiyuan Mansion is already an impregnable wall." Many people sighed, "The rebels will inevitably flee." ”

It's all thanks to that Miss Li.

At the beginning, the 10,000 soldiers and horses of South Sword Dao brought by Miss Li were the copper walls of Taiyuan Mansion, but later Miss Li gave the copper walls to her husband, and the Taiyuan Mansion was really disappointed.

But she didn't expect that Miss Li immediately planned a martial arts competition and built Taiyuan Mansion into a combatable soldier and horse on the spot.

"She deserves to be the daughter of Governor Li."

"The Tiger Girl."

The disappointment of Taiyuan Mansion disappeared and was praised.

The men, women and children in the audience watched a group of majestic soldiers and horses, each with a mark in front of them, and a flag behind them to distinguish them.

The crowd looked at the markings and flags to applaud and guess which team would win the contest.

"The Liao family! The Liao family will definitely win. ”

"That's not necessarily, the last time the Gu Chamber of Commerce lost because I was not familiar with the first competition, and this time it looks imposing."

In addition to verbal speculation, there are many people who have begun to bet, there are heavy money with money, small bets with no money, some on the bright side, some hiding and hiding, outside the competition field, inside the city, because of Miss Li's competition and become hot.

In the peaceful and prosperous times, Taiyuan Mansion did not have such liveliness.

On the high platform of green leaves and lotus flowers fluttering like a fairyland, there is also the crisp sound of gold and silver thrown into the porcelain plate, and the women put the gold bracelets on their heads into the plates marking the different participating teams.

"Miss." Two women looked back at Li Mingqi with a smile and asked, "Which one do you bet on this time to win?" ”

Li Mingqi walked under the crowd of women, took off a golden hairpin on his head, and looked at the jade plate in the lotus: "This can really only be a gamble...."

She looked at the jade plate, and then looked at the high platform, frowning and pursing her lips, difficult to choose.

The women smiled and asked, "Is it different?" ”

Li Mingqi sighed: "It's three days of Shibei." ”

The women all laughed, and Miss Li's words of praise were quickly passed down the high platform by the maids, making the participating teams proud.

Li Mingqi is not exaggerating, she thought seriously, pinched the golden hairpin and walked from here to there, carefully looked under the stands, looked at the number of people and horses, looked at the momentum, and looked at the arrangement of the weapon array......

Suddenly, she stopped and babbled, "Is there one less plate?" ”

Or is there one more team in the audience?

The women looked at the plates, then looked at the audience, and stretched out their fingers to count one, two, three...... Counting and counting, a team of soldiers and horses walked in from the sidelines through the crowd......

Although there are new teams participating in the competition every month, they do not appear in the arena and have been announced to the public in advance.

Everyone knows that there are ten teams participating in this field, and at this time, there are already ten rows in the field, and the one that walks in from outside the field is like a stream that suddenly emerges and joins the big river.

They are neatly armed, with bows and crossbows on their backs, spears in their hands, long swords, shields, and military flags on their backs, the military flag is red, with big characters on it, Qi, and there is a round mark written in front of them, Qinghai Sea.

There is a large capital governor Qi Mountain in the southeast province, and the guard army is called Qinghai.

Li Mingqi turned the golden hairpin in his hand and inserted it back into his head.