Li Fang smiled and said: "Old Marquis Zhou, I have always valued peace, and treated the Song Kingdom, the Zhou Kingdom, the Chen Kingdom, and the Northern Emperor as friendly to each other, and did not hesitate to marry the three princesses and the two county lords, in the end, I still can't stop the indifference of the Chen State, the provocation of the Song State, the ambition of the Zhou State, and the iron horse of the Northern Captives. ”

"Good !!" General Song knelt on the ground and said in high spirits: "Your Majesty, Wei Sinong and Lord Jiang have made arrows with a longer range, an iron thistle that trips over the horses, and an iron fish arrow that is sharper than an arrow, and I will regain the lost ground just around the corner." The last general asked for an order to immediately send troops to attack the Great Zhou and recover the lost territory of the three counties!! ”

"No!!" Wei Zhixing's face changed greatly, and he immediately started: "Your Majesty, absolutely not!" Now that the war has just ended, the treasury is empty, the war in the north is in turmoil, the flood in the south, and the follow-up is weak, so it is necessary to suspend the recuperation......"

.......

"Don't fight, peace is precious......."

"Literati are cowards!! Full of benevolence and morality, he is powerless, and he is not qualified to pout here......."

"The generals are all reckless!! With a mouth full of charges, without Lord Wei's planning, how could it be possible to defeat the Zhou Kingdom......."

"Lord Wei is not a literati! Lord Wei can release arrows and whips, Lord Wei is a general......."

A quarrel between a literati and a military commander is like a woman pushing and scolding in the market, and people's ears are buzzing.

Mingyue rubbed her temples, which were dizzy from the noise, separated everyone, and gave Li Fang a look.

Li Fang immediately understood, reprimanded loudly, and his voice stopped abruptly.

Mingyue separated everyone at this time, looked at Qi Zhao, who was so angry that his face turned pale, and said: "Your Majesty, the people have a way, that is, as the ministers said, the world is peaceful; It can also be as the military general said, revenge for the loss of land, and as Wei and Wei Sinong said, it can fill the treasury......"

Qi Zhao's face softened, and he nodded to Mingyue.

Mingyue smiled indifferently and said: "The war between the two countries is not necessarily a sword and sword, slashing and killing, there is also a kind of war, the soldiers are not bloody, but they are more penetrating and invisible than real swords and guns, this is economic war, also called economic aggression." ”

"The Great Zhou Kingdom is near the sea, and although seafood and sea salt are abundant, other resources are scarce, and natural disasters are continuous; The Song State is located in a desert, with perennial drought, relying on the water of the Zhou State; Chen Guo is located in the rainforest, although the resources are abundant, but it is susceptible to diseases and medicines. The northern captives are nomadic for a living, although there are many furs, there is very little food. As long as we grasp the advantages and losses of these countries, they will be used by me. ”

"For example, from now on, we will open up trade with Shikoku and bring in the skins and milk of the Northern Captives in exchange for clothing and utensils for the Great Qi, so that they will have a secure livelihood, and from then on, they will have no ambition to fight. At the same time, because of their long-term dependence on various materials such as silk, porcelain, and grain from Daqi, they will think twice before acting. The same is true for the other three countries. Over time, we, the Qi country, not only saved the silver taels consumed in the war, but also earned silver taels from it, and slowly penetrated the countries, so that the countries became the vassal states of the Great Qi country, and there was no longer the power to invade. ”

Although Mingyue said little, the officials who have stood in the treacherous court for many years are not the same as the chaff.

The faces are all different, some are extremely shocked, some are delicate, and so on.

Hubu Shangshu stepped forward and saluted: "Your Majesty, the minister seconded the proposal. In this battle, only the military silver allocated to the northern Xinjiang was as high as 3 million taels, and the western Xinjiang was as high as 5 million taels, plus the need to pursue the king of Luo, the total cost was tens of millions of taels, and it did not include the pension silver that the soldiers who died in the battle, and the treasury had no silver to fight again. ”

The ministers did not like to fight again;

The generals were also unwilling to do what Tobe Shangshu said, even the soldiers who had just died with them could not even get the silver.

The two sides reached a state of equilibrium, and neither of them spoke.

Qi Zhao squinted at the indifferent girl in front of him, and for the first time felt that he had never seen through the girl he thought he had seen through.

shouted loudly: "Yin's Mingyue listens to the order, you have meritorious service for one offering of food, and meritorious service for two suggestions, I reward you as the county lord of Chaoyang County, and I am responsible for preparing for trade with Beiyu and Zhou. ”

Qi Zhaoming ordered Father-in-law Qiu to reward Mingyue with the small unengraved seal in his hand, and asked her to engrave the name of "Mingyue County Lord".

Mingyue didn't want to take the seal, there were too many incidents today, and she didn't bother to argue about anything, so she just turned her head to Jiang Du and said, "Let's go!" ”

Jiang Du said with a pity on his face: "Mingyue, the ladies and sons of the civil and military officials will show their talents in a while!" The ladies belong to me, and the sons belong to you, what a pity it is not to see!! ”

Mingyue glared angrily, stretched out five fingers and said, "Do you want to go?" ”

Jiang Dui shrank his shoulders and muttered to himself: "It's just that I owe 50,000 taels of silver, and I want money at every turn, and I don't have any humanity at all, so it's not as generous as Wei Zhixing......

Mingyue's slap waved down all of a sudden, not mentioning the silver two, she forgot that she was just threatening Jiang Dui just now, and she didn't think of owing silver to collect debts at all.

Mingyue straightened up and said, "Jiang Dui, what kind of sixth-grade officer of the Forging Division of the Ministry of War have you been sealed, are you still 'going home'?" Is there a way home? ”

Jiang Du rarely took the grinning smile on his face seriously, and lamented: "Mingyue, I am different from you, I have no worries here, and naturally I want to go back all the time." Although the emperor rewarded me with an official, I have begged him to let me go to Taihu Lake and allocate silver to develop weapons every year. Someday, I'll figure out how to 'go home.'" ”

"No worries?" Mingyue pulled the corners of her mouth mockingly, looked at the groups of nobles in the hall, and muttered to herself: "Do you look at me, like a person who has no worries?" ”

Jiang Duan patted Mingyue's shoulder, and said in an old-fashioned manner: "I have been with Wei Zhixing for a long time, he, he is not that kind of person, there must be something unspeakable." ”

Jiang Du pointed to his skull and said earnestly: "They here, unlike ours, are made of iron, easy to rust, you have to give more oil from time to time." ”

Mingyue didn't say anything, no matter how different the structure of her head is, Wei Zhixing enlarged Liu Jiayi's belly, and refused to accept herself as a concubine, no matter how humble she is, she can't give birth to the courage to beg again, right?!

Now I only hope that Jiang Du will find a way home, even if he dies for a lifetime, it is better than the pain and suffering now.

Although Jiang Du is so flamboyant, he also has the consciousness of his fellow villagers, and he Qiu Gong announced a holiday, accompanied Mingyue, and walked out of the imperial city.

Father-in-law Qiu arranged a carriage to wait outside the palace, and the two of them sat in the carriage, swaying on the road to the capital.

After a while, the vehicle stopped, Mingyue thought that it was Jiang Dui's safe place, the two jumped out of the carriage, raised their eyes, and saw a plaque on the gate of the grand mansion, on which only two words were written: "Yin Cuo".

Mingyue couldn't help but be stunned, the word "Yin Cuo" is the inscription of the foot door at the foot of the Yin family's mountain, only the people who are very close to him know this name, such a big stroke, it is not ordinary people can do it.

Mingyue's eyes were red, and she knew in her heart, how could she not guess that this person could not be Wei Zhidi, it could only be Luo Ping, and this mansion must be the mansion he said.

I'm afraid that the carriage just now was also arranged by Luo Ping.

Mingyue walked to the door of the mansion gently, the door was not locked, there must be someone inside.

Mingyue knocked lightly on the copper ring, and soon, one person opened the door of the mansion, and when he saw that it was Mingyue, his eyes were red before he could speak, and he hurriedly ran to the mansion: "Master, Mrs., Little, Miss is back!! ”

Mingyue stretched out her hand to greet the excited Chen Xiaoshan, but Xiaoshan was nowhere to be found, so she went to call someone.

The bright moon had not seen the sunny face for many days, and finally a trace of warmth appeared, and he walked towards the courtyard.

The mansion is very large, and it cannot be described as a simple courtyard, because on both sides of the mansion, there are stables and partial houses for the subordinates, and in the middle, there is a long corridor, winding, through a pond several acres wide, and the lotus flowers on the pond have been defeated, revealing a gray atmosphere.

On the other side of the pond, there is a main hall that covers an area of several zhang, looking at the appearance, it is very rich and magnificent, and the mountains behind it are faint, but I am afraid that the backyard covers an area that is also very extensive.

In the middle of the pond, there is a large stone boat on the left; On the right, there is a real wooden painting boat. On the wooden painting boat, there are countless red lanterns;

On the painting boat on the right side of the stone, there are dozens of birds with big mouths, swooping down into the water from time to time, taking out a fish, the bird swallowed the fish, and made a satisfied cry, but the call, to the sound of Mingyue, is like a heartbreak and sad sound.

Mingyue knew this bird ----- cormorant.

Mingyue remembered a kind of food, called "rich surplus", that is, put fish in the belly of the bird, stew in one place, and take the sound of "belly surplus fish" as "rich surplus";

Mingyue once said that this dish is the most delicious dish made by Luo Ping, and it is also the most humane one.

As soon as he said this, on the second day, Luo Ping was no longer the original Luo Ping.

At that time, Mingyue knew that there was a kind of regret, there was no possibility of redemption at all, and what was even more sad was that she was in front of Luo Ping, listening to others calling him "Manager Luo", but she still had to pretend that she didn't know what to do, like a fool.

No, he's the dumbest fool, the one who can't even get his back in return.

Mingyue's eyes moistened again.

At this time, at the other end of the corridor, a large group of people ran over, which were Cheng Hongluo, Liu, Gao'er, and Song'er; Li Chengyue, Li Shan; Wei Lai and Xiao Cui held 'August' in their arms; Song Baisheng held "steamed buns" in his arms, Yin Mingxia held "Wanguan" in his arms, and then Yin Mingyuan fell behind him, leading the "flower rolls" and "buns" that were faltering.

Mingyue threw herself into Liu's arms, and all the grievances seemed to be poured out; "Flower Roll", "Bun" and Mingyuan hugged Mingyue's thigh again, affectionately calling "mother" and "sister"; Seeing everyone crying, the "August", "Steamed Bun" and "Wanguan" in the arms of the adults also opened their voices and cried, so an earth-shattering crying ghost.

Xiao Cui looked at Jiang Du with a vigilant expression, hid Mingyue behind her, and said sharply: "Aren't you the bullshit genius who framed Mrs.'s reputation?" I chased it from Chaoyang County to the capital!? ”