Chapter 221: Plotting to backing the mountain and secretly plotting longevity
"So, this is the new technique you got from Planck's treasury?"
Sitting in the military tent, Yao Ruoyu raised his eyebrows, still staring at Jiang Siyu with a little anger.
However, at this moment, Jiang Siyu returned to her former calm and quiet, and was stared at like this by Yao Ruoyu, but she only bowed her head slightly, and replied softly: "It's not a new exercise, I am practicing both exercises now." ”
Yao Ruoyu frowned when he heard this, everyone can indeed practice multiple exercises at the same time, but they are generally divided into cores and auxiliaries, such as he can practice multiple exercises at the same time because of the particularity of trickery, but Jiang Siyu, whether it is the previous "Nightingale Heart Method" or the current so-called "Reverse Feather Archery Technique", I am afraid that it does not have the characteristics of trickery.
Seeing Yao Ruoyu frowning, Jiang Siyu smiled and explained: "Don't worry, although I practice two mental methods at the same time, the 'Nightingale Mental Method' mainly enhances my eyesight and speed, while the 'Reverse Feather Archery Technique' focuses on skill and agility, and the two do not conflict. ”
Seeing that her words were full of confidence, Yao Ruoyu didn't say anything more, but turned his head to look at the others in the tent.
At this moment, all the people sitting in the tent are people from the Literature and Art Department, Zhang Ziqiang, Yang Renjie, Li Huan, Li Yilin, Fu Chaozan, Ren Jiasheng, etc., only Song Kai, Xu Xuanrong, Hou Jingru, Wu Xue, and Hu Xian are not there.
Just after sparring with Jiang Siyu, Yao Ruoyu, who almost capsized in the gutter, was not good at attacking in front of the soldiers, so he only pretended to be a hero and cherished the hero, and then called Chen Meng and others into the military tent together.
Seeing Yao Ruoyu looking at everyone, Yang Renjie couldn't help but ask, "Old demon, what's the matter with calling us in?"
"Naturally, something is wrong, what kind of IQ is teasing you, this is all asked?" Fu Feng rolled his eyes and complained angrily.
"That is. Li Yilin naturally didn't miss every opportunity to brush up on his sense of existence, and hurriedly interjected to speak, but unfortunately, no one else noticed his words.
At this time, there was only a group of people from the Literature and Art Department in the tent, so they would not be as deliberately serious as they were outside, and they returned to the state of jokes before the crossing.
Hearing their jokes, Yao Ruoyu suddenly sighed and said lightly: "I called you together this time to talk about the development of the literary and artistic army in the future." ”
Everyone was stunned when they heard this, Zhang Ziqiang's bloody eyes flashed slightly, and he suddenly said, "Do I want to avoid it?"
Pouting slightly, Yao Ruoyu said speechlessly: "Ziqiang, you are not someone else, what to avoid." ”
Zhang Ziqiang stopped talking when he heard this, while Fu Chaozan frowned and said: "Brother demon, in fact, we all know the next development, but we need time." ”
Everyone nodded slightly when they heard this, they are all college students, and the education they receive is naturally not comparable to that of people in this era, even if their wisdom is not as good as Xu Xuanrong, Song Kai and others, but their IQ is definitely not low, so they naturally know the current situation.
The current city-state seems to be famous in China, but everything is a castle in the air, completely based on Yao Ruoyu's combat power that can rival the five realms, once Yao Ruoyu has a problem, then the entire city-state may immediately collapse.
Nominally, in terms of the armed forces of the entire city-state, there are Yao Ruoyu, Bai Junru and the masters of the two relict clans, and in terms of strategy, there are Xu Xuanrong, Song Kai, Bai Qiuyu and others, who seem to have both civil and military skills, but except for Yao Ruoyu, the strength of the others is only three realms and four realms, and Bai Junru is just an ordinary five realms, even if he relies on the white crane array, he can at most rival the opponents of the five realms and four realms.
As for the military, although it is said that the literary and artistic army has six battalions of troops, and there is a terrifying and powerful army of the Night Dragoon, but Yang Renjie and Jiang Siyu are only three realms, even if they can match the four realms by relying on secret methods, but compared to other armies, they are still too weak, so weak that they can't support the name of the feudal kingdom at all.
Think about the other vassal states of the Song Dynasty now, overseas Dongying, Western countries, and the fiefs of the feudal kings with royal blood, which one does not have the masters of the Six Realms, in addition to these masters of the Six Realms, there are at least ten masters of the Five Realms in each domain.
In fact, there are various reasons why Hezhou Castle was able to become an independent vassal state.
Yao Ruoyu's combat power that rivaled the Five Realms, the support behind Chu Yange, the participation of the Dali and Western Xia clans, and Qin Hui's intention to recruit Yao Ruoyu, there may even be more.
But even though it has become a vassal state, Hezhou City is just a small city in the eyes of many people, and even if there is a Diaoyu City, it is still not enough to bear the title of a vassal state.
In fact, Jiang Siyu and the others know this, but they don't have the slightest way, now they have built a complete framework for the entire city-state, but they don't have enough strength to stabilize, unless one day, they all become masters of the Five Realms, at that time, Hezhou City is really qualified to be called a vassal state, or even ...... Independence for the country!
Seeing that everyone had different expressions, Yao Ruoyu sighed and said lightly: "Since everyone is clear, it is best, Hezhou is located on the border of Song and Jin, with our rise, the eyes of the Jin State will definitely shift to us, so next, I don't know when the real Jin army will attack...... It's not Wanyanye's thieves, but the truly well-trained elite of the Jin Kingdom. ”
Hearing this, everyone's expressions changed drastically, and then they fell silent, because they knew very well that Yao Ruoyu's words were not speculation at all, but facts.
"So next, I will let Meng Mengda build two Tongyuan Palaces, I need you to break through to the four realms within half a year," looking around at everyone, Yao Ruoyu's voice suddenly sank, "If you can't break through, then disband your own army." ”
Seeing that Fu Feng and the others were suddenly in a daze, Yao Ruoyu said solemnly: "This is not a joke, if you are not in the four realms, you can't protect yourself in the national war at all, in this case, it is better to be an ordinary person to save your life, I don't want to receive the news of your death one day." ”
Although Yao Ruoyu's words were ugly, no one opened their mouths to refute, and everyone fell silent with complicated expressions.
Knowing that they all needed time to digest this request, Yao Ruoyu got up and left the barracks after a few simple words, and rushed to the official department, intending to find Xu Xuanrong to discuss the establishment of the Tongyuan Palace.
I didn't want him to come to the ministry, but he learned that Xu Xuanrong, who had always worked in the ministry, didn't come today, according to the servant, Xu Xuanrong worked until late last night, and he may still be resting at home at this time.
Yao Ruoyu thought for a while, asked the servant to wait for Xu Xuanrong to come to the ministry to inform the other party that he had come, and then turned around and left, returning to his leader's mansion.
When he returned to the mansion, the guards at the door reported that Wu Xue and Hou Jingru were here and were in the backyard with Wanyan Fuchan.
When he came to the backyard, Yao Ruoyu saw Wanyan Fuchan, Wu Xue, and Hu Xian sitting in the red pavilion in the backyard, talking about something, from the expression, Wu Xue looked angry, Hu Xian had a leisurely expression, and Wanyan Fuchan was full of excitement.
Seeing Yao Ruoyu appear, Wanyan Fuchan smiled and nodded, Hu Xian greeted with a smile, and Wu Xue pouted, looking disdainful and disdainful, and didn't know what she was despised. But every time this girl sees Yao Ruoyu, she has this expression, and after a long time, Yao Ruoyu doesn't bother to take care of her.
When he came to the pavilion, Yao Ruoyu shook his coat and sat down, and said with a smile: "Why are you here?"
"What, no?" Wu Xue suddenly flattened her mouth when she heard this, and said dissatisfied, "The leader is amazing, it's great to be able to fight the Five Realms, it's great to have a girlfriend?"
Touching his forehead, Yao Ruoyu smiled bitterly: "Milk has felt that you have a lot of bitterness recently!"
"Is there one?" Wu Xue blinked when she heard this, and then snorted, "Watching you show affection all day long, of course a single dog like me will be bitter and hateful." ”
"Where did I show my affection?" Yao Ruoyu suddenly burst out laughing and said.
"I think there is, then there is. Wu Xue snorted.
Wanyan Fuchan was curious when she heard it, and said with a smile: "What is showing affection?"
"Well, it's just that the couple is very affectionate!" Hu Xian thought for a while and explained to her.
"Oh!" Wan Yan Fuchan nodded suddenly, and then glanced at Yao Ruoyu charmingly, her eyes rippled, and she saw that Wu Xue and Hu Xian both shook their bodies, and almost got goosebumps.
After seeing that Yan Fuchan was deliberately making trouble, Yao Ruoyu smiled unconsciously, patted the back of her hand to signal the other party to be quieter, and then smiled: "Are you still used to coming?"
"Very good," Hu Xian nodded with a smile and replied, "I, Li Huan and Yiqi live in Siyu's house now, it is relatively clean here, not as noisy as in Hangzhou, and I can practice the piano with peace of mind." ”
Seeing that she was not uncomfortable, Yao Ruoyu nodded with reassurance, and then smiled: "By the way, what did you just talk about?"
Wu Xue suddenly flattened her mouth when she heard this, and snorted: "I lost my things." ”
"Lost?" Yao Ruoyu was slightly stunned, and before he could speak, Wu Xue continued: "Yes! It's strange, I obviously put it away, but then it was gone......
"What is it?" Yao Ruoyu said curiously.
"Chu Zheng wrote me a letter!" Wu Xue replied depressedly.
"Chu Zheng?" Yao Ruoyu's eyes suddenly widened slightly, and he said excitedly, "He wrote to you?"
Pouting, Wu Xue said angrily: "Yes, you wrote to me after that fight, and at first you said that you were sorry to attack us, and then you talked to me about the various scenery of Chongqing...... I'm annoyed, I'm a Chongqing person, talk to me about what to talk about in Chongqing!"
After thinking for a while, Yao Ruoyu nodded with understanding and said with a smile: "Then did you reply to him?"
"Yes, but it's strange," Wu Xue pouted, replying, "He never seems to have received it, and every time he wrote to me, he didn't answer my questions." ”
Yao Ruoyu was not happy, glanced at Hu Xian, and saw that she also looked expected, so he smiled and said: "Maybe your house is too dirty, and the rats have eaten the letter." ”
He said it casually, but he didn't want Wu Xue to jump up like a cat that had been stepped on by the tail, and stammered angrily: "You, your house is dirty! My house is very clean, so there are no piles of garbage, hum! No!"
Yao Ruoyu's eyes widened suddenly, and then he laughed wildly: "Won't it? Piles of garbage? Wu Xue, don't you clean up? Or are the servants at home too lazy?"
"Where are there any servants?" Wu Xue, who didn't pay attention to what she said, crossed her waist and snorted, "As long as you can enjoy it, I don't want any servants, how good it is to live by myself, I am not used to having others in me at all." ”
Hearing Wu Xue's words, Yao Ruoyu wanted to laugh a few words, but inexplicably, he suddenly fell silent.
Yes, as modern people, where have they enjoyed the treatment of servants everywhere in the house, for them, the home is private, and when there are too many outsiders, the meaning of home has changed.
Yao Ruoyu may have adapted to it, but Wu Xue has not, so what about the others? Yang Renjie, Jiang Siyu, Chen Meng, Xu Xuanrong, have they gotten used to it?
Just when Yao Ruoyu, Wanyan Fuchan, Hu Xian, and Wu Xue were talking in the pavilion, suddenly a servant came over quickly and said in a low voice: "Master, Minister Xu is visiting. ”
"Meng Mengda?" Yao Ruoyu was stunned when she heard this, and then looked at Wan Yan Fuchan with a strange expression.
When Wu Xue next to her heard the man's words, she had a gloating face, as if she was about to see a good show.
Seeing Yao Ruoyu looking at herself cautiously, Wanyan Fuchan pursed her lips unconsciously, and sneered: "What do you see me doing?
"Oh, good. Yao Ruoyu suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, then got up and walked out of the courtyard.
When he left, Wu Xue's eyes rolled, and suddenly he approached Yan Fuchan and said with a smile: "Aren't you angry?"
"Why are you angry?" said Wan Yan Fuchan with a smile.
"Yao Ruoyu, he's ...... But ......" Wu Xue didn't expect that Yan Fuchan looked like she was fine, and the words she had thought of suddenly couldn't be said, she couldn't say that Yao Ruoyu liked Xu Xuanrong before, right?
Through the previous exchanges, Wanyan Fuchan also understood Wu Xue's childish personality to some extent, so she didn't care, she took a sip of the teacup with a smile, and said softly: "If he likes that Xu Xuanrong, even if he marries." ”
After thinking that Yan Fuchan was so generous, Wu Xue suddenly opened her mouth wide and couldn't speak, and Hu Xian also looked at her in surprise.
Seeing the surprised looks of the two, Wanyan Fuchan was puzzled: "What's wrong?"
"You, you don't care so much?" Wu Xue said after a long time.
"Why do you care?" frowning slightly, Wanyan Fuchan said suspiciously, "He is the vassal king of the Song Dynasty, naturally I will not be the only woman, marry a few more, and have more heirs to strengthen the family." ”
Hu Xian and Wu Xue glanced at each other, they were silent, and they only remembered at this time that Wanyan Fuchan was an ancient person, and she did not have the concept of monogamy in later generations.
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Just when the three girls were talking in the backyard, Yao Ruoyu had already come to the front hall.
Xu Xuanrong was sitting in the front hall drinking tea, and when he saw him come in, he put down the teacup and said with a smile: "Brother Demon." ”
Seeing Xu Xuanrong, Yao Ruoyu was a little embarrassed at first, but when he saw that the other party was generous, he also stabilized his mind, and said, "I just have something to tell you." ”
Xu Xuanrong frowned slightly when he heard this, and then nodded in understanding, motioning for him to speak.
Yao Ruoyu was not in a hurry, and after the servant brought tea and snacks, he waved his hand and retreated from the others in the room, and then told Xu Xuanrong about the plan to build two Tongyuan Palaces.
"Tongyuan Palace?" Xu Xuanrong narrowed his eyes, pondered for a moment, and said lightly, "The cost of Tongyuan Hall is not low, and the consumption of future use is probably astronomical, although the tax revenue of the city-state in the past three months is relatively rich, but I am afraid that I still have the strength to build Tongyuan Palace." ”
Nodding, Yao Ruoyu replied, "I know this, so the cost of the construction is paid by me personally, but I borrow it from the city-state's treasury first." ”
"How long will it take?" Xu Xuanrong asked without ambiguity.
Yao Ruoyu thought for a while and replied, "Half a year is enough." ”
"Okay, half a month. Xu Xuanrong smiled.
Yao Ruoyu frowned and calculated for a moment before he bowed his head and said, "Yes." ”
Xu Xuanrong was not finished, and said lightly: "Tongyuan Hall is not an ordinary thing after all, even if it is built by you privately, but after all, it is borrowed from the city-state, and others should also have the right to use it." ”
Yao Ruoyu didn't expect this, and after thinking for a while, he replied: "Set aside two hours a day for other forces to use, but they need to pay for it." ”
"Are you sure?" Xu Xuanrong glanced at Yao Ruoyu with a smile, "Aren't you afraid of causing other people to be dissatisfied?"
"This is my private property, and lending it to them is already the limit," Yao Ruoyu shook his head and said lightly, "If they are dissatisfied, just come to me." ”
Seeing him say this, Xu Xuanrong stopped persuading and asked, "Is there anything else?"
"No," shaking his head, Yao Ruoyu glanced at her, and suddenly smiled, "It seems that you have something to do with me." ”
"Of course, otherwise who will come to you without anything," Xu Xuanrong pursed his lips slightly, then looked slightly abrupt, and said, "You should also know the situation of the city-state now, although everyone knows that Chu Yangge supports us, but you and I both know that this support is too weak, even if there is a relationship with Brother Qiang, he may let us go at any time." ”
"To the powerhouses of the Eight Realms, we are just ants. Shrugging, Yao Ruoyu smiled bitterly.
Looking at Yao Ruoyu, Xu Xuanrong suddenly said: "You were in a coma yesterday, so I don't know, the reinforcements came half an hour later than the agreed time." ”
Yao Ruoyu didn't know about this, his body suddenly shook, and after thinking about it for a while, a wave of anger already appeared in his eyes.
Waving his hand to signal him to stabilize his mood, Xu Xuanrong chuckled and said: "What's there to be angry about, the reason why we were able to occupy Hezhou City in the first place was because we passed his test, but that test was only to occupy Hezhou City, whether we could hold on, whether we could really have this place for a long time, but we have not been tested yet." ”
"So the reinforcements arrived half an hour late, which is the second test for us?" Yao Ruoyu narrowed his eyes and sneered.
"Of course," Xu Xuanrong took a deep breath and waved his hand, "Okay, that's not the point, in short, Chu Yangge's support for us is limited, and he can't really protect us on the surface, so I think we need to find another backer." ”
Yao Ruoyu thought that Xu Xuanrong wanted to increase her contact with Chu Yange, but she never thought that she actually had such a plan, and she was immediately stunned.
Xu Xuanrong didn't stop, and continued: "I studied for a night, and among the forces closest to us at present, Xu Jingmiao and Yuhuhou are our best choices. ”
Yao Ruoyu suddenly groaned when he heard this, Xu Jingmiao naturally didn't need to say much, the commander-in-chief of Chongqing is the person with the highest authority in Chongqing, and as for the Yuhu Marquis, he is one of the ten marquis of the Great Song Dynasty in the northwest, and it is said that he is already the top master of the Seven Realms and Seven Realms, and these two people are good choices.
However, Xu Xuanrong suddenly shook his head and said: "But I have thought about it, neither of them is the best choice, Xu Jingmiao is only the commander-in-chief, and he can't help us enough in terms of military power, as for Yuhuhou, unless he intends to provoke Chu Yange, he will not be interested in us." ”
Yao Ruoyu was impatient to listen to her betrayal, and asked directly: "So what kind of force did you finally decide?"
Glancing at him, Xu Xuanrong sighed, faintly hearing her seem to muttered something stupid or something like that, but Yao Ruoyu didn't hear it, and still looked like she was listening carefully.
"Have you heard of the Seven Holy Lands?" Xu Xuanrong didn't answer, but suddenly asked such a question.
"The Seven Holy Lands?" Yao Ruoyu was stunned when he heard this, thought about it, and frowned, "You want to use the Jianghu forces as a backer?"
"Why not?" Raising his eyebrows, Xu Xuanrong chuckled, "Each of the Seven Holy Lands has a master of the Seven Realms, and there are also a large number of Six Realms and Five Realms, if you can use one of them as a backer, at least you can deter the major forces in the Song Dynasty and reduce the coveting from within the Song Dynasty." ”
Yao Ruoyu nodded lightly and pondered silently.
The so-called Seven Holy Lands are the seven extremely powerful Jianghu sects in China, such as Bai Jing, whom Yao Ruoyu met in Shangrao before, was born from the Great Compassion Lentici Zhai, one of the Seven Holy Lands.
Among the seven holy places, there are three in the Song Dynasty, in addition to the Great Compassion and Compassion Zhai in Putuo Mountain, there are also the Evergreen Valley in Wuyi Mountain and the Wind and Snow Mountain in the Quzhou area.
These three forces all have powerhouses of the Seven Realms, and there are also a large number of masters of the Sixth, Fifth, and Fourth Realms in the sect, and it is no exaggeration to say that any holy land has the power to destroy the army of a province.
"Then which one are you going to choose?" Yao Ruoyu thought for a long time, and finally asked.
With a free smile, Xu Xuanrong replied: "If you fight in Shangrao City, the possibility of Great Compassion and Compassion is too small, and the Wind and Snow Divine Mountain is closed off and may not be interested in us, so in the end, only Evergreen Valley is our choice." ”
"Evergreen Valley?" Yao Ruoyu narrowed his eyes, thought silently for a long time, and suddenly looked up at Xu Xuanrong thoughtfully, with a bit of complexity and guilt in his eyes.
Seeing his eyes, Xu Xuanrong couldn't help but be stunned, and then seemed to understand, and a little blush actually appeared on his cheeks, and then he saw her silver teeth biting lightly, and said viciously: "I have collected the news, they will recruit disciples from the outside world in mid-April every year, you go at that time, as long as you pass the assessment and become their disciples, I will have the means to win them over." ”
Staring at Xu Xuanrong with complicated eyes, Yao Ruoyu sighed silently after a while, and said with a wry smile: "Is it just for this?"
Xu Xuanrong choked slightly, suddenly lowered his eyelids, and said lightly with a little weakness: "When, of course, it's just for this, what else do you think?"
stared at her silently, and after a while, Yao Ruoyu exhaled bitterly, and said, "I understand, it's just that it's only half a month away from mid-April, so I need to leave immediately, the city-state is ......."
"Leave it to me!" Speaking of business, Xu Xuanrong seemed to suppress his previous shyness, and said calmly, "You have just defeated 250,000 enemy troops, and your reputation is in full swing in the city, plus the dark night dragoon is here, how can Duan Li and Li Huo restrain themselves, and when you leave, I will also order someone to step up the construction of Tongyuan Palace." ”
Yao Ruoyu sighed for a few breaths, and said: "Okay, then I'll clean up, I'll set off tomorrow, if there is anything, send me a letter immediately, and I will temporarily leave the Night Dragoon in your charge." ”
"Me?" Xu Xuanrong was stunned for a moment, frowned, and said, "I'm a spirit master." ”
Shaking his head, Yao Ruoyu explained: "It's okay, I will appoint someone as the deputy battalion general, and he will obey you alone." ”
Seeing him say this, Xu Xuanrong didn't say anything more, and said, "Okay." ”
At this point, the conversation ended abruptly, and the room fell silent, but the two were still staring at each other.
After a while, as if she couldn't stand such a look, Xu Xuanrong suddenly got up and saluted, and said in a hurry and embarrassment: "Then, then I'll go first......" Without waiting for Yao Ruoyu to stay, she turned around and went straight out.
Seeing Xu Xuanrong leave, Yao Ruo suddenly sighed again, although Xu Xuanrong said how high-sounding, but in the end, it still couldn't hide the true purpose of her plan.
As we all know, Evergreen Valley is best at the method of longevity and longevity, Xu Xuanrong seems to be asking Yao Ruoyu to find a backer, but in fact, it is actually a way to let Yao Ruoyu go there to prolong his life.
It's just that with her cute and cute arrogant temperament, after Yao Ruoyu already had a girlfriend, how could she say her purpose straightforwardly, so in the end, she simply used the reason of looking for a backer as a reason to deceive Yao Ruoyu in the past.
(Hou Jingru, you liar, didn't you say that you don't tell others...... )
Suddenly, Yao Ruoyu smiled self-deprecatingly, his eyebrows full of bitterness and guilt.
(Mengmengda, you are like this...... I owe you so much!)
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