"Why are you still thinking about the reward?" Xiao Chen said.

"That's not it, Brother Xiao, didn't you say that the emperor might ask me? I was a little nervous. Lin Qi said.

"Nervousness is as it should be." Xiao Chen said, "But you know that as long as you remember what I said to you, nothing will go wrong." ”

"There's another thing, Brother Xiao, the New Year's gifts we have received in the past two days can't fit in several warehouses......" Lin Qi said.

"Why are you worried that I'm taking too many gifts?" Xiao Chen said with a smile.

"That's not it, it really can't fit it." Lin Qi said with a smile, "Otherwise, let's transport some to the fat brother's house, they still have a free warehouse there." ”

"Aren't you poor?" Xiao Chen said, "If you send them all out, you won't have to." ”

"I can't finish sending it, and there are not many people who can receive your big brother Xiao's gift, so I can send it with all my strength." Lin Qi said.

"If you say you're stupid, you give me a runny nose, why do you have to give a gift, it's not allowed to be a reward?" Xiao Chen said with a smile.

"Then I see." Lin Qi said, "I promise to give away all the things before the year!" ”

"Have you done the New Year's goods at home? Anyway, there are so many things here, you choose a batch of good ones to send to the old lady, count me as I mean, I can't be idle, I won't go to see her old man a year ago. Xiao Chen said.

"What other batch, how many things did those people in the family use?" Lin Qi said, "Besides, there are many people who have sent New Year's goods...... I'm still worried about how to return the gift. ”

"Hehe, it's really smart." Xiao Chen smiled, "Send something at this time, but you can also see people's favors." ”

"The main thing is that the favor is not good." Lin Qi said, "Besides, this is actually Brother Xiao's face, if I didn't follow you, who would slap me into a criminal family?" ”

"That's not necessarily to look at my face, those people may be investing in the long run." Xiao Chen said, "Okay, don't talk about this, I still have to accompany the guests, the mess these days can't be stopped!" If you want to meet your father, you don't have time, by the way, you take the time to find Shi Mingtao and ask him to tailor it for Lord Dongyang. ”

"My father is in prison, so I don't have to make new clothes, right?" Lin Qi said.

"Hmm...... It's not good to go to the prison to measure him, but I see that Lord Dongyang is not fat or thin, and he should still be able to wear the old clothes, is there still his previous second-grade official uniform at home? Xiao Chen asked.

"There are one or two other pieces, when the family was selling things, those grade clothes couldn't be taken out." Lin Qi said.

"Well, people are not as good as new, clothes are not as good as old, then you don't have to look for Shi Mingtao, okay, so be it." Xiao Chen said and walked away by himself.

Leaving Lin Qi with a confused face, what kind of clothes did Brother Xiao say? My father's second-grade official uniform is still there, but I'm afraid I'll never be able to wear it......

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Lin Qi and the others inevitably talked about this meeting.

"If it's the Four Books and Five Classics, the younger brother has already read it by heart, no matter what the topic is, he can always do it, at least he won't go off topic." Murong Lin said, "It's just that the strategy is not very easy to do, and it is not easy to grasp the weight of the pen, and I don't know what topics will come out of this department?" ”

"I think it's probably going to have something to do with switch trade." Jiang Chenghe said, "I heard before that many officials along the coast have asked the imperial court to open up overseas trade, Chen Ziang, Lin Wenbai, oh, and the son-like Lingzun Dongyang Lord seems to have mentioned it many times, but the emperor has not been approved, this time there is a matter of England, and it is not allowed to be guaranteed." ”

"Yes, only by opening up overseas trade can we drive the shipbuilding industry and solve the problem of the weakness of our Great Zhou Sailors from the root. Murong Lin said.

"I've heard that the English have confessed, and they are asking for peace?" Lu Wenqian said, "Our Great Zhou Navy Division can't do it, but the Yanyun Navy is powerful, maybe they are scared when they see the battle of the Yanyun Navy, so they will be respectful." ”

"It's not necessarily because I'm afraid of us." Lin Qi said, "I heard that the English Navy is also very powerful, much more powerful than the Eastern Ying Water Division, and even the Russ fleet is not comparable to ...... It may be that something happened in their country, so they didn't send a fleet. ”

"Tell me what the topic of this discussion will be?" Jiang Chenghe asked.

"It should still be a border policy." Lin Qi said, "Shangke is the north, and Jinke may be the west." ”

"You mean Langya County?" Murong Lin asked, "Wouldn't this topic be a little too sensitive?" ”

"It's also a little hasty, after all, Duan Fengnian's rebellion is fast, and failure is also ......," Jiang Chenghe muttered.

"It may not be a war and political matter, maybe it is a reconstruction matter, and it may not be a civil matter, and it may not be Langya County, maybe the counties in the northwest and southwest are among them." Lin Qi said.

"There is a reason for what the child says." Lu Wenqian said, "Regardless of whether this topic will come up or not, anyway, I will definitely do it according to this when I go back, and I will definitely ask a few of you to help correct it when I finish it." ”

"Then if this is really the topic, you Wen Qian are not afraid that we will copy you?" Jiang Chenghe said with a smile.

"Then let's take the board together." Lu Wenqian said with a smile.

"It's a trivial matter to be hit by the board, and it is a big deal to avoid fame and fame, and to make the adults in the family lose face!" Murong Lin said, "I was born in the army, and I burn incense and worship the Buddha every day, not to atone for his sin of murder, but to ask the Buddha to bless me to be a jinshi and order a Hanlin, so as to shine on the lintel." Murong Lin said.

"Then let's just find a question for each of us, and do one of them, anyway, we have to review our homework, so we should practice our hands." Jiang Chenghe said, "I'll write about the river, I'm familiar with this, I read Chen Ziang and Qian Ruhai's river management policies very well, and I have discussed it with my father...... Don't rob me! ”

"I can't rob you, I don't understand this." Murong Lin said, "I still start from the military and political part, not to mention the big place, only the locality, Langya County now has too many soldiers and horses, bloated, and has no combat power, it is all raised for nothing...... In my opinion, the first thing that Langya County should do now is to reduce the number of soldiers and streamline the administration. ”

Murong Lin's father led the troops, and he also knew the shortcomings of this.

A large number of soldiers does not necessarily have combat effectiveness, just like Duan Fengnian's 200,000 army, which was shocked by Xiao Hou Ye and his less than 70,000 people, and was unable to form an army!

The troops in other places are even more vulnerable, and the real combat power is only the 100,000 people in Baisha City.

Now that Langya County has just been pacified, the imperial court may recruit a large number of soldiers, and the huge military expenditure will overwhelm the finances of the imperial court and the local government......

Several people each chose a strategy topic, said that they would do it when they went back, and then asked each other for advice after they were done, supplemented and modified, whether they could press another one, anyway, it was considered practice.