"You two can die in silence for a while, right?" The empress said this impatiently.

Both of them also saw that the empress was dissatisfied, and they all shut up and didn't dare to speak.

The empress looked at the two of them, then recovered a little of her complexion, raised her chin in the direction of Wang Xiaolai, and said, "Little Laizi, I ask you, if your hot air balloon and gunpowder are supervised by you, how long will it take to put them into the battlefield?" ”

If Wang Xiaolai was really not sure about the modern books in that consciousness space at the beginning, but after reading those books, Wang Xiaolai had a score in his heart, and stretched out three fingers at that time: "Three months." ”

"Three months to go to war?" The empress frowned and asked.

Narcissus sighed: "In three months, my father-in-law has already defeated the Thirteen Rong, and at that time, there will be no need for your hot air balloons and gunpowder." ”

Wang Xiaolai: "···"

The empress also smiled: "It's just right, whether you go back or not, it seems that Duke Lu doesn't need your help anymore, you just stay, serve me as a servant, it's okay to come up with an idea." ”

Wang Xiaolai wanted to ask the two of them at this time, what was the reason for the two of them to be so inflated?

···

Returning from the mountain tribe with good news, Shen Xiping grinned all the way.

Obediently, this trip to the south really dug up a treasure, and the tobacco that the mountain tribes have hoarded over the years can really be described as massive.

At the same time, the problem of food shortage has reached a point that cannot be described by the word serious.

When he first found the hill tribe, the tribesmen were still hostile to him, but when he told him the purpose of his visit, "Good fellow, don't you see how happy those people are?"

Originally, Shen Xiping thought that 100 catties of grain could be exchanged for 1 catty of tobacco, and this price was calculated according to the lowest rate in Suiyang City.

You must know that when Shen Xiping was about to say this, he was already ready to be beaten with a stick, but he didn't think that before he could speak, the patriarch of the mountain tribe spoke before him, ten catties of grain, and one catty of tobacco.

This made Shen Xiping a little suspicious if there was something wrong with his ears, was this giving benefits to himself?

Seeing Shen Xi's hesitant look, the patriarch even took the initiative to lower the price, from ten to one, to five to one, and then to two to one.

Besides, Shen Xiping was afraid that his heart would not be able to bear it, so he immediately made a deal.

So, this kid took the three catties of tobacco given to him by the mountain tribe, and came back to tell Wang Xiaolai the good news.

He traveled all the way from Jiaozhou, the southernmost part of Suiyang, to Sizhou, and it took him nearly a month along the way.

The weather has turned cold, and it has been a strong wind for several days, and my face has been blown apart along the way.

Coming to the city wall of Echo Valley, Shen Xiping raised his head and called the door.

The guard of the gate was the garrison brought out by Shen Xiping, and when he saw him, he hurriedly opened the city gate, and at the same time, he greeted him inside, and asked with concern: "Brother Shen, are you back?" ”

Shen Xiping snorted: "Go, boil some hot water for Lao Tzu first, along the way, Lao Tzu is so tired that he doesn't even have a hot bath." ”

The soldier also smiled: "No, Brother Shen, don't you even have an inn in the six southern provinces?" ”

Shen Xiping pouted: "If there is an inn, Lao Tzu will be sloppy like this?" The food over there is almost gone, you don't see it, along the way, there are crowds, how many people are running to the north. For more than two months, Lao Tzu didn't drink a sip of wine, forget it, you don't understand it. ”

The soldier guarding the gate shouted: "Who said I don't understand, not long ago I saw people running from the west." ”

Hearing this, Shen Xiping was stunned: "West? What's going on? Is there a disaster in the west? Not really. ”

The soldier guarding the door was surprised and looked at Shen Xiping: "Brother Shen, you don't know?" ”

Shen Xiping just wanted to ask, but Hao Ren muttered in the back: "Yes, yes, can you go in and talk, this, this person is freezing to death outside." ”

The soldier guarding the door patted his head: "Look at my head, hurry, hurry, a few people inside, please." ”

When I entered the Echo Valley, I immediately felt a lot warmer, after all, the cold wind was blocked out by the valley.

Shen Xiping first took Hao Ren and Bantianmei away, pulled the soldier and asked, "You made it clear to me, what happened, why did the people in the west also run to Sizhou?" ”

The soldier said, "Brother Shen, you really don't know? ”

"I know what Lao Tzu is asking you to do?"

The soldier looked embarrassed: "Okay, then I'll tell you." ”

Shen Xiping nodded.

"Thirteen Rong in the west, invaded Yongliang Erzhou in the east, the people fled and poured into Sizhou, not to mention other places, we echoed in the valley, and we took in forty or fifty thousand people, don't believe it." The soldier pointed to the Echo Valley Road.

Shen Xiping saw it, he immediately asked, "Do adults know about this?" ”

"After my lord left with His Majesty that time, he never came back."

"How so?"

"Besides, on the night that your Excellency left with Your Majesty, I met an assassin, and I heard from Old Man Feng that my lord lay in bed for a full month before waking up."

Shen Xiping pondered when he heard this, that is to say, when Wang Xiaolai woke up, it happened to be around the time when he had just negotiated with the mountain tribes.

"What about the adults now?"

"It's no surprise, it should still be in Daxing City, during this time, only Sister Shu and Miss Hongxiang have been to Daxing City and met adults."

Shen Xiping didn't say a word, and went straight to the Governor's Mansion.

The soldier guarding the door also shouted and asked, "Brother Shen, are you still boiling water?" ”

When he asked this, Shen Xiping had already walked away.

rushed all the way to the Duwei Mansion, and after entering, Shen Xiping directly looked for Shu Jiuchai, and after shopping for a long time, he didn't see anyone, so he only Feng Wuer treated some refugees again.

Looking up and seeing Shen Xiping, Feng Wuer sighed: "General Shen, you are back." ”

"Where's the Shu madman?" Shen Xiping asked.

"Miss Shu and Miss Hongxiang went to Daxing City, and they haven't come back yet?"

"How long?"

"Just left last night."

Shen Xiping turned around and went out.

Feng Wuer chased out: "General Shen, why are you going?" ”

"Daxing City."

Seeing Shen Xiping leave, Feng Wuer couldn't stop muttering, and said in his heart that he didn't let Shen Xiping and the three of them go south to discuss grain for tobacco with the mountain tribes, and he didn't know if he succeeded.

Moreover, why did he come back alone, Bantianmei and Hao Ren.

Just as they were muttering, the two appeared.

"Brother Feng."

Seeing Feng Wuer, he shouted with a fist in his eyebrows.

Feng Wuer turned around, and just saw the two people who came home, took a shower and changed into new clothes, and hurriedly hugged their fists and said: "Yo, it's two, the old man was still muttering about the two of them just now, and I saw it." ”

Bantianmei smiled, looked at the direction where Shen Xiping went, and asked, "General Shen, what are you doing here?" ”

Feng Wuer sighed: "Isn't this going to Daxing City to find an adult." ”

"Looking for an adult, what, isn't the adult in Echo Valley?"

"I haven't been back for two months, and now it seems that His Majesty has promoted me to be a servant, how about brother, did you go south this time and find the mountain tribe?"

"Come, Brother Feng, come in and talk."

As he spoke, the three of them entered the Governor's Mansion.

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Rushed all the way to the stable, Shen Xiping didn't change his clothes, turned over on the horse, and went directly out of the Echo Valley.

The soldier guarding the city gate at Taniguchi also shouted and asked, "Brother Shen, where are you going, can I still boil the hot water?" ”

Shen Xiping didn't answer, but walked away.

The soldier guarding the gate muttered, "Really, whether to boil water or not is a word." ”

On the official road to Daxing City, Shen Xiping looked ahead with bright eyes, he is a soldier, and he is the most sensitive to the word war, although he has now been stripped of his official position by the empress, but he still can't forget the oath he made to the Baipi knife when he joined the army.

The country is in trouble, and it must be deserved.

If he Shen Xiping were an ordinary soldier, he would not care about this sentence for a long time, but Shen Xiping first enlisted in the Wangcheng Guards, then turned to the Yulin Army, and then entered the Yulin Army.

The three troops, all of whom are descendants of the Son of Heaven, eat the best food in Sui Yang and get the best treatment, not to mention that he is still the queen of the gate.

This time, he went to Daxing City to find Wang Xiaolai, one is to report the harvest of going south, and the other main reason is to ask Wang Xiaolai to say a few kind words in front of the empress, so that he can re-enlist in the army, go to Yongliang Erzhou, be a pawn under Lu Gongyou, and share worries for the country.