It wasn't until the sunset that many of the staff and generals inside and outside the crowded Jiedu Mansion study left scattered, until Li Zhen, Yang Ru and Zhang Kuang were left in the study, and the Jiedu Mansion Ya General, who had been guarding outside the study, strode into the study, and saluted Li Zhen who had just breathed a sigh of relief and held hot tea, and reported loudly: "Report!" Li Jiedu, there is a document submitted by the South Navy of Sheephorn Town! ”

"Huh?" Hearing this, Li Zhen was stunned, and when he heard that it was a matter of the Southern Navy, he didn't care about his dry mouth, so he directly put down the hot tea in his hand, and beckoned to the tooth general in front of him and ordered: "Take it and take a look!" ”

"No!" The tooth general nodded in response, got up and handed a document to Yang Ru, who stepped forward to answer, and then saluted Li Zhen again, turned around and left the study.

"It's only been a day's work, what's going on with the Southern Navy?" This sentence came out of Li Zhen's mouth, not only did he not have the slightest dissatisfaction, but was full of concern, and Yang Ru, who was holding the paperwork, naturally understood Li Zhen's eagerness, and hurriedly presented it to Li Zhen with a smile.

Under the gaze of the two old friends, Li Zhen didn't mind at all, it didn't look like a festival envoy was dealing with military affairs, it was more like he suddenly got some good news, he opened the document with a smile, his eyes turned, and in an instant, he asked to browse the several lines on the paper, and then he looked up and laughed, and at the same time waved his hand to Yang Ru and Zhang Kuang, who were dazed, and handed the document to the two.

"Just banned this kid's feet, and immediately put forward the conditions for expanding the army?" After reading the document on the request for the expansion of the Southern Navy, Zhang Kuang immediately pointed to the document in front of him and looked at Li Yuan, who was still laughing, and then shook his head helplessly, and sighed lightly, but what was contained in this sigh, I am afraid that even Zhang Kuang himself could not tell.

"Brother Li, it seems that Ziyi's courage is not worse than that of Brother Li!" Yang Ru looked at Li Yu with a smile on his face after reading it, although his face was mixed with a little helplessness, but his eyes were full of appreciation, and even a little gratification.

"What a boldness! This is clearly nonsense! Isn't it asking for trouble for yourself to propose the expansion of the army at this time? Li Zhen waved his hand at Yang Ru to signal the other party not to put on a high hat for himself, but after he spoke, his face became more and more serious, and in the end, he shook his head and sighed: "The turmoil under the South China Sea soldiers in Guangzhou has not yet calmed down, and this kid dares to propose to expand the army, isn't this clearly stuffing his little tail into the opponent's hands?" ”

"You can't say that!" As soon as the words fell, Zhang Kuang stepped forward with a smile and waved his hand at Li Zhen to show that he did not agree with his point of view, and then Zhang Kuang analyzed with a smile: "Brother Li, I think with Ding Li's mind, I will definitely take this into account!" However, the reason why he still insists on proposing to expand the army is that I think it has something to do with the fact that he is still young! ”

"That's right! I also agree with what Brother Zhang said! Yang Ru nodded with a smile on the side, took Zhang Kuang's words and continued to analyze: "Young people are inevitably enthusiastic in doing things, and I have also learned some of Ding Li's deeds!" Although the Southern Navy violated the military law by coming to the city of Guangzhou, the Southern Navy did not have the slightest ill intentions, and Ding Li is doing this now, undoubtedly proving to the Jiedu Mansion that the Southern Navy is absolutely loyal to the Jiedu Mansion! ”

"Just imagine, if you have a ghost in your heart and dare to make such a decision, then you are not courageous, but a fool!" Zhang Kuang seemed to be dissatisfied with Yang Ru for snatching his words, and hurriedly grabbed it back at the end to summarize it, and then looked at Li Yu, who was also smiling and silent but kept nodding slightly, with a meaningful smile.

"Hahaha! You two, just protect him like this! Hearing the two old friends praise Ding Li so sincerely, Li Zhen was still very happy in his heart, raised his hand and pointed at the two of them and smiled, and then shook his head and sighed: "You two, you have worked hard enough to hide it from me at the beginning!" At the beginning, in order to secretly promote Ding Li and the Southern Navy without leaving a trace, he actually found so many reasonable reasons! ”

"Exactly! Expand! Before the words fell, Li Zhen suddenly laughed and snorted, then snatched the request from Zhang Kuang's hand, strode to his desk, reached out and took out a brush from the pen stand, dipped it in ink on the inkstone a few times, and with a shake of his wrist, he sprinkled the word 'quasi' on the lower right corner of the document, and then grabbed the big seal of Jiedu Mansion from the side, and stamped the red seal without thinking.

"Someone!" Li Zhen picked up the corner of the document with his fingers, shouted to the guards guarding the door without looking back, opened his mouth and blew a few times at the word 'quasi' that had not dried the ink, and then turned around and waved at the tooth general who was already holding his fist on the side and ordered: "Send someone to the Southern Navy with this document to reply, and tell the rabbit cubs in the Southern Navy that they must train Lao Tzu well, and they can't lose the face of our Jiedu Mansion!" As for the equipment of the recruits, the Jiedu Mansion will handle it as soon as possible, so that they can train with peace of mind! If you have any questions or needs, you can always submit them to Jiedu House! ”

"No!" After receiving the documents that were allowed to expand the army, he glanced at Li Zhen blankly, although he still didn't understand the meaning of Li Zhen's words, but he wrote it down word for word, and then arched his hand at Li Zhen and slowly exited the study.

"Brother Li, Ding Li said that the scout team of the Southern Navy found a wandering thief army in the area of Giethoorn Town, do you want to let Jingyi take the bandit army over to take a look? Just in case? Yang Ru, who was cautious by nature, remembered the reason for requesting the expansion of the army in the document, and couldn't help but propose to Li Zhen with some concern: "After all, the number of people in the Southern Navy is not large, and it has only been trained for more than a month. ”

"Just in case? Hehe! No, definitely not! Li Zhen's smile was full of confidence, as if he had everything in the palm of his hand, and then looked at Yang Ru, who still wanted to open his mouth to persuade and explained: "You haven't listened to Jingyi's report back today, the entire Southern Navy barracks are now like iron barrels, there are only two camp gates in the east and west, the camp wall is more than two zhang high, and the thickness is more than three zhang, it is said that the camp wall can be arranged with archers, and it is almost necessary to arrange rows of battlements!" ”

"Shhhh Hearing this explanation, even Zhang Kuang couldn't help but gasp, this Southern Navy is not building a barracks, but building a small town! Yang Ru, who also took a breath of cool air, also smacked his tongue secretly, and at the same time shook his head and laughed in a low voice: "It seems that I am really worried, if it is really as Jingyi said, I am afraid that even if it is a thief army with five times the strength, it will not be able to take down the well-prepared Southern Navy!" ”

"Expand! Expand it! Regarding the expansion of the army, Li Zhen was full of expectations, and he did not hide his emotions in front of the two old friends, and even a little excited: "Perhaps, in the future, the Southern Navy can really become an important force in our confrontation with the Cao and Tian clans!" ”

This idea can be fully approved by Zhang Kuang and Yang Ru, one of the two major problems facing the Jiedu Mansion at the moment is the strength of the army, not only to deal with the rebel army that invaded Lingnan Dongdao, but also to always watch out for the two wild wolves in the nest, and if the Southern Navy can grow up in a short period of time and become the claw of the Jiedu Mansion, it is bound to turn the situation around, after all, a completely loyal army, even if the number is only more than a thousand, the influence that may be exerted at a critical moment is still quite terrifying.

Outside the study, Uncle Xiang, who had just been begged by Xu Hong to talk alone, returned, and even Uncle Xiang felt quite a headache when he thought of Xu Hong's request.

Two bed crossbows, if it is in normal times, Uncle Xiang is afraid that he will not frown and agree directly, but now is an extraordinary period, even Zhang Kuang has to be extremely cautious in doing things, Uncle Xiang doesn't want to poke out any basket at this time due to some negligence, now the pressure on Jiedu Mansion and Zhang's Chamber of Commerce is already big enough, and even now no matter what more pressure is added, it is possible to crush Jiedu Mansion and Zhang's Chamber of Commerce.

It is precisely because of this that Uncle Xiang, who did not directly agree to Xu Hong, had to come to Jiedu Mansion, after entering the study, Uncle Xiang first bowed to Li Zhen and the others, and then turned around and closed the door of the study, and then walked quickly to Li Zhen and the others, and said in a low voice: "Ziyi, he sent someone to me and wanted two bed crossbows for research!" ”

Hearing this, Li Zhen, Yang Ru and Zhang Kuang glanced at each other, and after being slightly stunned, they raised their heads and laughed, especially after seeing Uncle Xiang's cautious face, the laughter of the three seemed to become more and more cheerful.

"Give them if you want, but you don't have to worry about it!" Li Zhen waved his hand to Uncle Xiang arrogantly, turned his head and commanded Yang Ru: "Isn't it a bed crossbow!" Transfer from the armory, transfer five, oh no! Ten sheets, just ten sheets, enough for them to toss in the Southern Navy! ”

"Huh? Ten sheets, so many? Uncle Xiang was frightened when he heard this, he didn't expect Li Yu to make such a decision at this juncture, but after seeing that Yang Ru and Zhang Kuang did not open their mouths to persuade him, Uncle Xiang also blinked, raised his hand and scratched his head, but his eyes were still full of confusion when he looked at Li Yuan.

Then Zhang Kuang patted Uncle Xiang on the shoulder, and explained with a smile to Uncle Xiang about the Southern Navy's request for military expansion and the process of the discussion between the three of them just now, and now Uncle Xiang finally understood, no wonder Li Zhen dared to transfer ten bed crossbows so unscrupulously, and the total number of the Southern Navy after the expansion will exceed two thousand, and ten bed crossbows is indeed not a thing worth paying attention to for such a regular army.

"Brother Li, what are you going to do with Sheng'er's child's matter?" After all the business was handled, Zhang Kuang quickly thought of Liu Sheng, who left Zhang's Mansion early in the morning and was admitted to Jiedu Mansion, and looked at Li Yuan's smiling eyes full of deep meaning.

"What can I do, let's hide it first, there are so many things now, it's really not the time to take a step back to explain Sheng'er's identity!" Speaking of Liu Sheng, a look of love suddenly appeared on Li Zhen's face, and the corners of his wrinkled eyes were also full of love, but there was still a strong helplessness in the depths of his eyes, and then he shook his head slightly and sighed, as if he was talking to himself, and as if he was asking Zhang Kuang and Yang Ru for advice: "I thought about it, so I said that it was the relatives of an old friend who died in the war in the east, and the rest will be dealt with when I have a chance in the future!" ”