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Hearing Shangguan Xiu's promise, Akins and the others were all surprised and delighted, if Shangguan Xiu could really set up three forging workshops for them, then they would no longer have to worry about money in the future, behind them, there would be the entire Wind Country to fund them. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Your Excellency trusts us so much, even if we exhaust all our efforts, we must do things well and make them satisfied!" Akins replied solemnly as he bowed to the ground.

Shangguan Xiu nodded with a smile, I like and appreciate Akins's confidence and determination, he patted Akins on the shoulder, and said softly: "I, I don't need your hard work, I don't want your life, I just want your knowledge." After speaking, he waved Xiao Jue over and asked him to arrange a place for Akins and the others to stay.

These Besa alchemists, led by Akins, formed the prototype of the Three Workshops of the Wind Country. It's also very interesting to say, the forge of the Wind Country can be said to be the highest-level research institution in the Wind Country, but the three branches are not in the hands of the Wind Man.

The person in charge of the first forging workshop is Jin Wan'er, a native of Ningnan, the person in charge of the second forging workshop is Shangguan Qingyuan, a native of Tia, and the person in charge of the third forging workshop is Matwei Akins, a native of Besa.

The country's top R&D institutions were all controlled by foreigners, which was definitely an outlier among the countries at that time.

What's even more incredible is that Shangguan Xiu, who is in charge of the power of the forge, is a racist himself, but Shangguan Xiu does have a strong businessman nature, he is a racist, yes, but he is also a pragmatist, when he has to reuse foreigners, he will not hesitate to abandon his racist ideas, which makes him seem enlightened and flexible to a certain extent. Bai Plating means that hey, the eye brother closes the mouth and heart chapter

A few days later, the envoy of Besa arrived at Xiuyue City to discuss the exchange of prisoners of war with the Wind Country. After two days of consultations, the two sides reached a consensus to exchange all prisoners of war from the two countries.

The number of prisoners of war held by the Bessa Kingdom is relatively large, which is related to the murderous style of the Zhenjun army.

Only in the battle to capture Nasikya, the Zhenjun army captured a group of Besa army prisoners and transported them to the wind country itself, and in the subsequent series of battles, the Zhenjun army did not capture any prisoners, more precisely, the Besa army soldiers captured by the Zhenjun army were basically killed by them.

First, the Zhenjun army went deep into the hinterland of Besa to fight, the logistics supply was poor, and they couldn't eat enough, where was there any surplus food to distribute to the prisoners of war, and second, the reason why the Zhenjun army was able to fight in depth alone was that it was unexpected, lightning fast, and carried too many prisoners, which would undoubtedly drag down the march of the army. For these two considerations, the Zhenjun army did not leave prisoners, and once captured, they were killed on the spot and left no one alive.

After the two countries reached a consensus on the exchange of prisoners of war, the first batch of prisoner of war exchange was that the Vesa Kingdom exchanged Wu Peng for Jessica in the hands of the Wind Kingdom.

The identities of these two are not simple, one is the general of the Wind Country, and the other is the princess of the Kingdom of Besa, both of them are very cautious about this matter, and the location of the exchange of prisoners of war has also changed again and again, until finally, they chose to exchange in Mulun City.

Mulun City is the territory of Besa, which belongs to the home of Besa Country, and at the same time, there is a garrison of the Wind Country, which is also half of the home field of the Wind Country.

Shangguan Xiu did not participate in the negotiations between the two sides for the exchange of prisoners of war, mainly to avoid suspicion, and once there was a difference in the exchange of prisoners of war, it seemed that he was deliberately plotting to kill Wu Peng and take over his position as a general. If he is not involved, then no matter what accidents happen during the exchange of prisoners of war, it has nothing to do with him.

On this day, in the evening, Zi Yiling, Nie Zhen, and Jiang Leopard came to Shangguan Xiu's house as guests. Small talk over tea. Nie Zhen said: "Ah Xiu, don't you have any plans for this exchange of prisoners of war?"

"Plans?" Shangguan Xiu took a sip of tea and asked curiously, "What are your plans?"

"That's ......" Nie Zhen stopped talking, turning his head to look at the gendarmes and maids on the left and right.

Shangguan Xiu waved to the people on both sides, and the gendarmes and maids present bowed down one after another, and then retreated from the hall. After they left, the door closed, and Nie Zhenfang said: "I think that the martyred general can promote the prestige of our country, while the captured general is humiliating to the country." ”

Among the people present, who is not extremely smart, it is clear at all. When Shangguan Xiu heard this, he immediately understood what Nie Zhen meant, he wanted to do something at the exchange ceremony and wait for an opportunity to kill Wu Peng. He frowned slightly, shook his head and said, "Ah Zhen, no." ”

"Why? Mulun City is the station of the three legions of the Zhenjun Army, we have many opportunities to attack, and when the time comes, push the Besa people, who knows that we did it?" Nie Zhen said urgently.

Shangguan Xiu smiled lightly and said: "If anyone doesn't know, unless they do nothing, how can there be an impermeable wall in the world? What's more, such a big matter, pushing it on the people of Besa will only cause extreme dissatisfaction among the people in the country, which is tantamount to provoking a national war between the two countries again!"

"Fight and fight, who is afraid of whom?! We can defeat the Besa Kingdom once, and we can defeat them a second time, the first time we took the North County, and the second time, I think we can take Gabul in one go!" the Jiang Leopard shouted disapplauded.

Shangguan Xiu smiled and turned his eyes to look at Zi Yiling. The latter held the teacup, but smiled silently. Shangguan Xiu asked, "Brother Zi, what do you think of Ah Zhen and Ah Bao's opinions?"

"Not good!" Zi Yiling said bluntly.

"Big brother?" Nie Zhen and Jiang Leopard both looked at each other, and their faces showed doubts, the eldest brother obviously supported Ah Xiu to sit on the throne of the general, why did he oppose it now?

Zi Yiling glanced at the two of them and said: "There are many ways to pull Wu Peng down from the position of general, designing assassination is the next policy, and designing assassination in the exchange ceremony is even more of a lower strategy." The two countries broke out again into a national war, and I am afraid that the people of Ningnan will wake up laughing when they dream. Before making a plan, you have to think clearly about whether our country's national policy is in the west or in the north. ”

The national policy of the Wind Country is to weaken the Beisa in the north, so that the Beisa Country does not pose a threat to the Wind Country as much as possible, and the real grand strategy of the Wind Country is never in the north, but in Ningnan in the west. Recovering the lost territory and eliminating the puppet court in Ningnan is the basic national policy of the Wind Country.

The goal of weakening Besa has been successfully achieved in this national war, and it is meaningless to break out a national war with Besa again, only to increase the casualties of his own soldiers, but to make Ning Nan happy and relaxed, and watch from the wall.

Hearing his words, Nie Zhen and Jiang Leopard glanced at each other and were silent. Shangguan Xiu nodded with a smile, as far as the mind was concerned, Nie Zhen and Jiang Leopard were both a lot worse than Ziyiling. While they were talking, there was a knock at the door.

Xiao Jue walked quickly to the door, opened the door, and talked to the gendarmes who came outside to report the news, then he closed the door, walked to Shangguan Xiu, bowed down and said, "Brother Xiu, Princess Jessica wants to see you." ”

Zi Yiling, Nie Zhen, and Jiang Leopard looked at Shangguan Xiu curiously, Jessica will be escorted to Mulun City tomorrow to exchange Wu Peng, before leaving, they want to see Ah Xiu, are they very familiar with each other?

Shangguan Xiu's mind was also full of inexplicability, and he asked, "What's the matter?"

Xiao Jue shook his head and said, "She didn't say it." Brother Xiu, will you see it or not?"

Shangguan Xiu tapped his forehead and said, "It's good to go and see her, it's equivalent to seeing her off." ”

Jessica is currently under house arrest in the county guard in Xiuyue City. When Shangguan Xiu arrived, it was already dark.

When she was imprisoned in the camp of the Wind Army, Jessica suffered a lot of crimes, she couldn't eat well, she didn't sleep well, and after arriving in Xiuyue City, the environment in which she was imprisoned improved a lot, and the diet was also a lot richer, and there was a maid to take care of her daily life.

Jessica suggested that she only saw Shangguan Xiu alone, and the others did not enter Jessica's room with him.

After coming in, he first looked around and saw that the conditions were good, then he withdrew his gaze, fell on Jessica's face, and asked with a smile: "I heard that Her Royal Highness the princess wants to see me." ”

"Shangguan Xiu!" Seeing Shangguan Xiu, the culprit who caused herself to be captured, Jessica really couldn't greet him with a smile.

"Hmm. Shangguan Xiu replied lightly.

"Tomorrow, I'm going back home. ”

"I know. ”

"Before I leave, I want you to solve the mystery in my heart. Jessica looked at him intently.

Shangguan Xiu shrugged, pulled a chair, sat down opposite Jessica, and said, "If Her Royal Highness the princess has any questions, just ask." ”

"Who is the traitor who is the traitor in my Besa Kingdom who has fornicated with you?" Jessica looked directly at Shangguan Xiu, for fear of missing any detail of the change in the expression on his face.

Shangguan Xiu was completely silent, but he was secretly surprised in his heart. After Jessica was captured, the outer defense line of Goro City completely collapsed, and when the general situation was gone, Will colluded with him, but Jessica should not know about this matter, but why is her tone so determined, why dare to conclude that there are spies in the country of Besa who collude with her?

The expression on his face did not change, and the indifferent smile did not deepen or fade, and he said, "Why do you say that there are spies in the country of Besa?"

"Hmph!" Jessica snorted coldly and said, "If there are no spies in our country and no one reports to you, how can you catch me so easily?"

It turned out that she judged that Besa had a good job in the country through this incident. Shangguan Xiu couldn't help but shake his head and laugh, at that time, he was able to smash Huanglong and capture Jessica in one fell swoop in the fortress, it was completely a blind cat that ran into a dead mouse, and no one wanted him to report the news at all.

He pondered for a moment and said, "If I say it's a complete coincidence, do you believe it?"

"Coincidences? I never believe in coincidences!"

"Like you, I never believe in coincidences, but you and I have to admit that there are indeed coincidences in this world. Shangguan Xiu said slowly: "Now that the two countries have ceased war, there is no need for me to lie to you." ”

This time, Jessica wanted to see Shangguan Xiu just to find out who betrayed her. As a result, the answer Shangguan Xiu gave her disappointed. She clenched her fists, her body tensed, and asked, "You really didn't lie to me?"

This book, please do not reprint!

[This text is provided by the Daybreak Update Team]