Stirling was pleasantly welcomed by Dilin and Lin Xiujia. It was the first time since returning from the Far East that Stirling had visited Dilling's home. Di Lin sent away the other guests in three or two clicks, and Lin Xiujia had just finished giving birth for less than a month, so she got out of bed and quickly made a few jīng side dishes and sent them over. Sterling said uneasily, "It's so polite, sister-in-law, you shouldn't have gotten up." ”

Di Lin scolded: "You came here so late, not just for my wife's fried dishes, and now you are here to pretend to say: 'It's so polite!' - Sterling, you guy is just not good, you like to fake it!"

Lin Xiujia smiled: "It's nothing, your eldest brother Di Lin sleeps late at night and has to eat some supper every night."

He'll be happy to have you over for a drink with him. You should also bring Li Qing over another day and let everyone get together together?"

Sterling smiled and didn't say anything. Lin Xiujia knew that the two brothers must have something else to say when they met, so she quickly said goodbye: "I'll go next door to do some housework, and you can call me if you have something." ”

Watching Lin Xiujia's figure leave the study, the door closed gently behind her, Sterling looked at Di Lin's simple study, he didn't plan to tell Di Lin what happened just now. It was an unbearable shame to even repeat this matter, and he didn't want to bring this embarrassment to Di Lin as well, so he forced jīng and smiled: "My sister-in-law is really virtuous, and she will take care of the housework again just after the confinement period." ”

Di Lin chuckled: "Actually, sometimes I think she is asking for herself, there is obviously a maid at home, but she is still not at ease, so she has to cook by herself." ”

"That being said, but how can your sister-in-law's craftsmanship be compared to that of an ordinary servant? You are used to eating the dishes made by your sister-in-law, and if you are asked to eat the usual food, you must have a lot of opinions. Sterling poured a glass of wine and smiled: "How does it feel to be a father?" A month ago, Lin Xiujia had just given birth and gave birth to a son. At that time, Sterling and Li Qing were on wedding vacation in other places, and they couldn't come back in time, so they just sent someone to send a congratulatory gift.

Di Lin smiled bitterly: "I have mixed feelings!" He also poured a glass of wine and touched Sterling: "In the blink of an eye, I suddenly became someone's father, and for a while, I really couldn't adapt to it." The little guy keeps making trouble all day long, which is really worrying. He looked at Sterling with a smile: "What about you?

Stirling said lightly: "That's it, just take it as a task, and it's done." "Bow your head and drink sullenly.

It immediately became clear to Dilling that Stirling's family was not having a very pleasant life. He said in a consoling tone: "You quarreled with Li Qing? Just got married, and it was difficult for the two of them to adapt all of a sudden, which is also common." Li Qing, this girl I have seen, she is not like Lin Xiujia, she is a famous family, she is a little stronger, and she may also be a little bit xìng, you have to let her do more. ”

"There's nothing wrong with Li Qing. Sterling said in a deep voice: "Knowledge, character, appearance, talent...... She was excellent in everything, and she was also the red flag book of the Internal Affairs Department, and she had no temper at home, and she was diligent in housework - well, nothing bad. It's just that I don't deserve her. ”

Di Lin was taken aback, and was about to ask carefully, but Sterling had already changed the subject: "I went to see the chief just now, and I want to change my position." ”

"Huh?" Di Lin was even more surprised: "Change position, change what?"

"Well, I want to be transferred to the position of Far Eastern Commander. ”

Di Lin was even more surprised. He held out a hand and dangled it in front of Sterling and asked, "How many fingers are these?"

"Two. Big brother, don't make trouble, I'm sober. ”

"I don't think you're very sober! You should also know that the position of Commander of the Far East is now equivalent to an empty shell, which is essentially equivalent to the Governor of Valen. You actually want to be the commander of the Zhōngyāng army and want to run to guard the frontier -- do you know? Now Lu Zhen, the head of the Valen Military Justice Department, is now calling me every day to report his application, and he desperately wants to be transferred back to the Dìdū Supervision Office, even if he is transferred back to sweep the floor and wipe the table, he is willing to do it! What is good there? It is far away, remote, and dangerous, and once the demons attack it, Varun will bear the brunt of it! This place is like a crater, it is so dangerous that it is too hot to run, and you still take the initiative to think about it?"

Sterling was silent, in fact, he just wanted to start a war with the demons to get rid of his shame, but he couldn't say it, in that case, Dilling would look at him as a madman. Di Lin stopped reprimanding, and suddenly said, "I guess, the chief must not have promised you, right?"

Sterling was surprised: "How do you know?"

Di Lin smiled mysteriously, with an unfathomable expression. He thought to himself: The reason is actually very simple, the current dìdū is calm on the surface, but secretly it is turbulent and tense. Since being ambushed by Luo Minghai last time, the contradiction between himself and Luo Minghai has been quite acute, almost to the point of life and death. Both of them possess a certain amount of armed strength, and both have loyal armies. In such a situation where a large-scale conflict was on the verge of breaking out, how could Zichuan Sanxing agree to let his most powerful and loyal general in the military leave dìdū? Once the balance of power was broken, he was also afraid that the situation would get out of control!

Di Lin changed the topic and asked, "How is the reorganization of the new army going on over there?"

Sterling frowned: "The progress is okay." The people were very enthusiastic, and in less than a week, hundreds of thousands of people signed up for the volunteer army, because everyone was angry with the demons but the funds were not sufficient. I repeatedly asked Luo Minghai for money, but he said that now that the financial situation is difficult, we don't have so much money to expand the army, let's wait a month or two. Big brother, as you know, these hundreds of thousands of people are waiting for training, food, and equipment, how can we wait! The new chief of staff, Ge Shan, was very cooperative, and as soon as I said that she had allocated 70 million yuan, we could breathe a sigh of relief for the time being. ”

Di Lin scolded hatefully: "Luo Minghai, this idiot, he deliberately embarrassed you, and he didn't care about the overall situation at all! He didn't know how tense the situation was now! We had just been defeated, the main army had been completely lost in the Far East, and the family was at its weakest. The defense on the eastern side is okay, there are Guqi Mountains to help us stop the demon army, and the Valen Fortress is easy to defend and difficult to attack. It doesn't really matter. But the ...... over there"

Di Lin pointed to the west: "Except for the weak border guards, the Black Flag Army that was originally deployed in the second line of defense has already suffered all casualties in the Far East, and we no longer have any reserve troops! Moreover, from the western border all the way to Dìdū, the terrain is all plains with a flat river, and we have no danger to defend at all! If the horse is fast and full speed, the light cavalry will be able to kill the city in less than a week." When the time comes, I'll see what this old bastard Luo Minghai will do to stop it!"

"Sterling, I'll show you something. ”

Di Lin took out a piece of paper from his pocket and read it in a low voice: "In the area of Duolun Lake on the western border, the army of the Liufeng family invaded my territory, and the patrol of the 71st Division of our border guard army clashed with it. There were casualties on both sides, seven of our men were killed and 11 wounded, one of the wounded was a small cavalry warrior - En, the incident occurred at 6:20 this morning, and Commander Minghui urgently asked Dìdū for instructions on whether he could take the initiative to return fire. After a week, you can go to the mailroom of the military office to verify. At that time, Minghui's official report should have arrived-Sterling, now that the military affairs of the command office are basically presided over by you, what do you think?"

Sterling replied without thinking: "They are deliberately provoking, trying to test our details: Damn, if it were me who called the shots, I would let Minghui beat them hard and suppress their arrogance!

"Exactly!" Di Lin slapped the table and scolded hatefully: "Now they haven't come, just because they don't know how big our losses in the Far East War were, and they don't know our details." In fact, there was only a piece of paper in front of them, and if we showed a little weakness, they would immediately understand: the Zichuan family did suffer heavy casualties. Then we'll be all fucking finished! Luo Minghai, who was raised by a son of a bitch, still can't get along with us at this time!"

Both of them are the high-level leaders of the Zichuan family, and now the situation is difficult, there are strong enemies peeping on the outside, and political enemies on the inside, and the pressure on their shoulders is very heavy. Now the two confidants and good brothers got together to drink and talk, and scolded their mother happily for a while, their mood was greatly refreshed, and they felt a lot more relaxed.

Stirling suddenly thought of something, and said in surprise: "No, from here to the western border, even if the fast horse gallops without rest, it will take at least five days! How did you know what happened there before this morning today?"

Di Lin smiled profoundly, and his face was scenic: "This is the secret weapon of our Supervision Department! As long as it happens in my family's territory, as long as there is a branch of the Supervision Department or the Military Justice Department, I will be able to get the news immediately within a day, much faster than the chief Zichuan Sanxing!"

Sterling looked incredulous and exclaimed, "It's amazing! It's a complete miracle, the news from the western border, you received it in less than a day, could it be that your messenger flew in the sky......"

His eyes lit up and he said, "I thought of it! You use carrier pigeons to deliver messages!"

(Pigeons have a unique ability to find their home even when they are taken thousands of miles away.) This has been known to mankind, and many merchants at that time used pigeons as a tool to convey business information. The idea of using carrier pigeons as a means of transmission was put forward to build a nationwide communication network. But this is easy to say, but it is quite difficult to implement, and there are various constraints in terms of funds, equipment, resources, manpower and authority. On a large scale, Di Lin was the first person to introduce this advanced means of communication into the military and political fields, and to construct a rapid communication network throughout the country. In the history of later generations, he became famous for this. ）

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