After a few ups and downs, maybe the general trend of the world was quietly changing when he didn't know it, turning an unprecedented pivot, but even if Gu Chushen knew it, this kind of thing was too high for him, and he was discouraged from it.

Now he just wants to deal with the matter in front of him, and at this time, Gu Chushen summoned his wolf guard commander Lei Mingcang alone, and accompanied him to leave the imperial capital all the way to Bashu as one of the few things to rely on.

This is a key person, in the future, he will be the indispensable right-hand man of his life in Bashu, rather than pinning his hopes on the officials of Bashu, Gu Chushen is more willing to put the chips on the people brought from the imperial capital, after all, after a few months of getting along, more or less for Lei Ming Cangcang, Gu Chushen also has a little understanding, he knows that what he needs most now is to build his own team, and it is difficult to deal with the situation in Bashu alone.

In the back garden, Gu Chushen walked on the stone path of the garden path, admiring the sea of flowers on both sides of the winding path, Lei Mingcang followed him two steps behind him, Gu Chushen suddenly said: "What does Commander Lei think." ”

Hearing this, Lei Mingcang was stunned and a little distracted, and at this time, Gu Chushen stopped and turned his head to look at him,

Lei Mingcang was flustered, he didn't expect Gu Chushen to suddenly ask him like this, he didn't know what to say for a while, he didn't say a word for a while, and Gu Chushen was not in a hurry, just looked at him and waited for him.

Gu Chushen has no experience, before he was just a prince in the forbidden palace, he didn't know how to govern a county and a county, let alone the huge Bashu, but he was not stupid, he didn't know how to govern the government, he could find virtuous ministers and good ministers, he didn't know how to march and fight, he could recruit elite generals.

He looked at Lei Mingcang, looked at Lei Mingcang's appearance of wanting to speak and stopped, and added: "Although Gu Chu Shen is not talented, he can still distinguish between truth and falsehood, I want to hear useful truths, and Commander Lei can speak bluntly." ”

After listening to Gu Chushen's words, the wolf guard commander seemed to think about it, raised his head and said, "Please forgive your subordinates for being blunt, Master Hou's conduct and strategy are all superior. ”

Lei Mingcang told the truth, along the way, Gu Chu Shen didn't have the slightest shelf of a prince to deal with people, and the fierce battle in Montenegro was also decent, and there was not much mistake, and it was not easy to do this at a young age, in Lei Mingcang's opinion.

The expression on Gu Chu Shen's face didn't change much, and then asked, "Commander Lei thinks that Gu Chu Shen can see people clearly. ”

Lei Mingcang paused and said, "Master Hou's vision will not be bad. ”

Gu Chu Shen smiled on his face, and said lightly: "I think my vision will not be too bad, Gu Chu Shen is not good compared to other brothers until now, to be honest, when I was in the imperial capital, few people were Gu Chu Shen is prince, I have also seen a lot of people's faces over the years, and I have tempered a few points in my eyes when I look at people, and my vision is okay if I ask myself." ”

Gu Chu stared at Lei Mingcang and said, "If Ben Hou treats Commander Lei sincerely, what will happen to Commander." ”

Lei Mingcang never thought that Gu Chushen would say it directly, Lei Mingcang said in a deep voice: "Hou Ye is not afraid that Lei Mouming will do one thing behind his back, and Yin will be contrary to Yang and Yang." ”

Gu Chu Shen restrained the smile on his face and said seriously: "Gu Chu Shen is sincere, even if the commander looks down on Gu Chu Shen, he will not fall into Gu Chu Shen for injustice." ”

Lei Mingcang said solemnly: "Lei Mingcang will definitely not." ”

It's not that you don't dare, but you won't

"If Hou Ye is a subordinate who believes in it, his subordinates will never fail Hou Ye. ”

"A gentleman promises a lot of money, Gu Chushen does things and people don't live up to me, I don't live up to people, Lei Ming Cangcang, I may be able to surpass you in the future. Gu Chu stared at Lei Ming Cangcang and asked.

People don't live up to me, I don't live up to people!

Looking at Gu Chushen's slightly immature face, his eyes were resolute and there was no joke, whether Gu Chushen was sincere or fake, whether he was telling the truth, or acting on the spot, as long as Gu Chushen was willing to use him, he would do his best, he was the commander of the wolf guard, but when he left the imperial capital with Gu Chushen, he was destined to be tied to the fate of his life with Gu Chushen, if Gu Chushen could stand on the top of the mountain, he could also climb to a high position if he also stood behind him, if Gu Chushen fell into the abyss, his fate would be better.

What's more, people don't live up to me, I don't live up to people, and so does his thunder and vicissitudes.

"If Lei Ming Cangcang loses Hou Ye in the future, Hou Ye will cut Lei Ming Cangcang with a thousand knives, and Lei Ming Cangcang will not be able to complain about Hou Ye for half a point. Lei Mingcang knelt on one knee on the ground, looked at the young man in front of him and said in a deep voice.

"Okay!" Gu Chu Shen helped Lei Ming Cangcang up, it was really a blessing in the snow to get the help of Lei Ming Cangcang, Gu Chu Shen said solemnly: "Then Ben Hou will not treat you as an outsider, you also know the situation of this king when he first came to Bashu, Ben Hou wants to expand the armament and establish a Taoist army, and this matter should be left to you to do." ”

These days, he thinks about it, the power in his hands is still too thin, and the Bashu fish and dragons are mixed, this pool of water is muddy and deep, who knows what demons and monsters are hidden under this Tan water, he always feels that whether it is the barbarian tribe or the remnants of Longwu, it will not be as simple as he seems on the surface, the other party must be hiding a means that he does not know, he is uneasy in his heart, since he does not know how much power the other party has, he can only do his best to expand the power in his hands.

Lei Mingcang pondered for a moment and replied: "The minister has been in the army for twenty years, and it is not difficult to recruit troops and horses, but if the cost of recruiting troops and horses is not small. ”

Expand armaments, in the martial arts of the prosperous land of Shenzhou is an endless source of soldiers, in this era of everyone cultivating the Tao, as long as there is enough money to pull up a large army at any time.

The key is the military expenses for recruitment, and the imperial court of each state and county has strict specifications and restrictions, and although Gu Chushen's meaning is clear, Lei Mingcang knows that Gu Chushen wants to establish a private army, and this army is not subordinate to the imperial court but completely has a private army under his control.

It is not uncommon to raise a private army, almost all of the ancient families have a private army, but the family that can raise a private army is definitely the most powerful family.

Gu Chushen not only wants to establish a private army, but also a branch of the Dao soldiers, the Dao soldiers are different from ordinary troops, since they are Dao soldiers, the least of the soldiers are all Dao cultivators in small Dao positions, and they must also be equipped with special Dao armor weapons.

It's like the elite division of the imperial court, the wolf guard army, is the Dao soldier legion, and his three thousand wolf guard soldiers consume five million silver coins every year.

At this moment, Gu Chushen seemed to be prepared, took out a stack of silver tickets from his sleeve and handed it to him, Lei Mingcang opened it and saw that the denomination of each silver ticket turned out to be 500,000, a total of six, that is, three million silver coins.

Looking at the three million silver tickets in his hand, Lei Mingcang was shocked, he still knew a little about Gu Chu Shen Lei Mingcang, before he was named Shu Hou, it was rumored that Gu Chu Shen was just a down-and-out prince who was not favored, and now Gu Chu Shen made a move with three million silver coins, which really shocked Lei Mingcang.

"I'm going to raise a 10,000-strong army, is it enough?" Gu Chu Shen ignored the shock on Lei Mingcang's face, and asked in a deep voice.

Lei Mingcang held such a huge amount of silver tickets, and he had doubts in his heart, but he didn't ask much, and swore an oath: "My subordinates guarantee that within half a year, they will be able to pull up a 10,000-strong Taoist war camp for Hou Ye." ”

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After Lei Mingcang left the garden, there was only Gu Chushen left in the garden, and he didn't leave, this was a person who walked out of the shadows somewhere in the garden.

It's an old man, and he doesn't seem surprised by the sudden appearance of the old man Gu Chushen.

"Hou Ye bothered, the Third Highness will definitely remember the hard work of the Hou Ye, and the old slave will be handed over to the Third Highness to establish the Taoist soldiers, and the rest of the military expenses will be sent in a steady stream. "The old man is none other than the third prince's butler, Fa Zheng.

Hearing this, Gu Chu Shen smiled, but his heart was gloomy, yesterday this old ghost suddenly appeared in his study, Fa Zheng also brought the explanation of the three princes, that is, he wanted him to form a Taoist army, I didn't expect Gu Chushen's plan to coincide with his plan, as soon as he thought about it, Gu Chu Shen guessed through the thoughts of the three princes, and the three princes, who had no power in the army, wanted to cultivate his cronies in the army.

The eldest prince, the second prince has military power in his hands, the third prince wants to cultivate his power in the army, when today, the emperor of Tianzun suppressed the general trend of the Quartet to surrender, there are not many places where there is a war, Bashu is now the largest battlefield, although for the imperial court, Bashu this place is at most a small fight, but the world's soldiers and horses are very stable, the three princes want to intervene in the army is impossible, Bashu is the best place for him to cultivate soldiers and horses.

Now that I think about it, it is no coincidence that he was sent here by Emperor Tianzun, maybe the three princes paid attention to Bashu here at the beginning, and the queen Fan Mengxian blew the wind in the ears of Emperor Tianzun, and pushed the boat down the river to send him to Bashu, and the three princes borrowed his hands to cultivate their own soldiers and horses, and everything fell into place.

Gu Chu Shen is also happy to see it, he is not interested in the drama of winning the heir, he doesn't care who can be the throne in the future, as long as he can stay in Bashu safely, since he chose to rely on the camp of the three princes and stood on his side, Gu Chu Shen didn't mind doing what he could for the three princes.

And according to him, the great god of Emperor Tianzun is in one day, and the drama of winning the heir is a joke, as long as the Emperor Tianzun is stable, it is still very early to divide the victory and defeat in this confrontation, the three princes use him, why don't he use the three princes to buy time for himself.

The greater the power that the three princes support here in Bashu, the safer he will be in Bashu.

"It's a pity, it's just a 10,000-strong soldier battalion. Fa Zheng sighed.

Gu Chushen said: "It is not easy to recruit too many soldiers and horses in a short period of time, with my current strength, even in the name of the imperial court, others will be suspicious. ”

It's too much of a hurry to lose the law, but his master has been waiting for this day for too long, for a long time, the other two highnesses have heavy troops, has been his master's lingering trouble, Bashu is his master's only chance to get involved in the military power, whether he can cultivate his power in the army depends on Bashu here, before coming his master explained very clearly, the other two highnesses are powerful in the army, he does not seek to be able to compete with the other two princes in the army, only to support a series of soldiers and horses that are influential in the army.

Obviously, a 10,000-strong Taoist army is still far from his master's goal, but everything can still be worked out slowly, isn't it for this reason that the master sent him to Bashu in person.

"Bashu is full of dangers, and the safety of Xiaohou will depend on Pharaoh in the future. Gu Chushen said at this time.

Fa Zheng stroked the long beard under his chin, and said with a light smile: "Don't worry, Hou Ye, there is a law, and no one can hurt Hou Ye if he doesn't make a move." ”

Fa Zheng's eyes were gloomy, everything was slowly going according to plan, Gu Chu Shen's guise was the most critical link, and he couldn't allow the slightest mistake.

The two looked at each other and smiled, each with a ghost.