Before that, there was one more thing happening at the same time.

"According to the report of the spies, the Yin family secretly sent people to have close contacts with the Qianchi Kingdom of Liuli Island, and there is a hidden plot."

There are countless islands of all sizes in the middle of the sea, the largest one is called Ryukyu Island, and there is a small country on the island called Chichi.

When the Shengshi Dynasty was at its most prosperous, the soldiers were strong and strong, and they unified the entire continent in one fell swoop, and they also formed a water division to fight at the gate of the palace of the Qianchi Kingdom.

At that time, the emperor of the Qianchi Kingdom raised a white flag and surrendered, and since then it has become a vassal state of the prosperous era.

Later, the dynasty changed several times, and the Qianchi country also muddied the waters from time to time, but the monkey was no match for the lion in the end, and after a long time, it seemed that he had accepted his fate, and every year he made offerings, sent some special products, and lived on a small island.

The emperor's face was slightly gloomy, "At this time? ”

Liu Xiangzhi's eyes drooped, and his expression was a little serious, "Yes, the minister suspects that the Yin family has long had different intentions, and I am afraid that it is also to prevent the emperor from sending troops to recover, although the spies do not know the specific content of their conversation at present, but they found that several large black boxes were transported out by sea, and finally entered the territory of Mengzhou through Beiyancheng." ”

The Emperor remembered almost instantly, "Nine Bull Crossbows? ”

Although the Nine Bull Crossbow is an improvement on the ordinary bow crossbow, it is extremely powerful, and can shoot at a maximum distance of 800 to 1,000 steps, with a range of up to four or five miles.

The people of Qianchi are cunning and timid, and they are good at falling on both sides of the wall, and they covet the prosperous and rich land in their hearts, but they dare not fight face-to-face with real swords and guns, so they have to shrink on the island, and they always want to do something to disgust you, and take the opportunity to take advantage of it.

It's like a poisonous snake in a dark corner, waiting for the right opportunity to pounce on it with ill intentions.

But the people of the Daning Dynasty also undeniably have some talent in making handmade things, such as weapons, they are not good at creating, but they are good at improving.

A year ago, Qianchi made a nine-ox crossbow, and when paying tribute, he also specially offered one, and later the people of the military department took it and reassembled it, and tried to make a few according to its method, but when they tried, they found that the range was too long, and it was difficult to cause fatal damage to the enemy.

So the military department disdained to discard such things.

It wasn't until Nangong Zhi came back from his inspection of the Exhausted Sea that he saw the Nine Ox Crossbow and said to the emperor with certainty: "The two are almost the same, but the buckle part inside is different." ”

The emperor instantly understood and sneered: "The Qianchi Kingdom did not bring the real Nine Bull Crossbow. ”

At that time, Liu Dezhong was in front of the palace, and after listening to the words, he immediately said: "Xiao Xiao Qianchi doesn't take my Daning Dynasty in his eyes, the emperor, the minister thinks that he should lead troops to exterminate this island, how can there be any Qianchi in the future, all of them are from my Ning Dynasty." ”

Liu Xiangzhi smacked his hand and said: "The Exhaustion Sea is connected to Yancheng in the north and Lingcheng in the east, and Ryukyu Island is in the Exhaustion Sea, the location is special, the people on the island often live on the sea, and they are quite familiar with the Exhaustion Sea, and we have no geographical advantage." More importantly, if you hadn't lived since childhood, you might not be able to adapt, so the Shengshi Dynasty decided to make Chichi Province a vassal state instead of directly expelling the islanders and forcibly occupying Ryukyu Island. ”

Liu Dezhong disagreed, "Just stay on the island, if you don't have a person, you will be killed and exiled, no matter what." ”

Liu Xiangzhi smiled mildly and said, "General Liu, the common people are innocent. ”

The emperor was silent, in fact, the sailors of the Daning Dynasty were not as powerful as the Shengshi Dynasty, especially after exhausting the sea to clear the pirates, the sailors suffered a lot of losses, and they needed time to recuperate.

In addition, he knows that Qianchi is slippery, and it definitely doesn't look so easy to deal with. Therefore, when he tried his best, he immediately sent an army to suppress it, for fear that the pirates would collude with the Qianchi Kingdom and suffer from the enemy.

No matter how powerful a small nine-bull crossbow is, it will play a limited role in the war, and it will not make a country strong or perish because of a weapon, but now the Qianchi country is secretly selling weapons to the Yin family, what is the calculation in this, the emperor and Liu Xiangzhi almost immediately figured it out.

"It's really a snake and a rat, a villain." The Emperor snorted coldly from his nose.

Since the Yin family and Qianchi conspired, it means that it is possible that this side will send troops immediately, and the Mengzhou border will dare to resist immediately, if the Qianchi country comes to fight at this time, the north and east will fall into the battlefield at the same time, and the Daning Dynasty may not be able to take care of it.

"The emperor needs to be careful, although Qianchiguo is cowardly, but extremely cunning." Liu Xiangzhi crossed the Buddha beads in his hand, and said thoughtfully: "Since Yin Xiang died, the Yin family has not sent other children of the Yin family to the royal capital, and it has been decided to come. ”

That being said, it's just ......

"Dongyue Zhenren said that this Taoism is rare and a good omen."

Liu Xiangzhi thought for a while, "The large-scale deployment of troops will definitely arouse the vigilance of the Yin family, and there are conscriptions in various places in the spring, so it is better to send 10,000 troops to Shajia City in the name of army training." ”

"Western?"

"Yes, there is too much movement in Yancheng to the north, and there is an exhaustion of the sea in the east, only the west is left, and the detour from Echeng to Shajia will arrive in the Gobi region."

It is vast and boundless, but the geographical environment is extremely harsh, and there are no people all year round, not to mention 10,000 people, tens of thousands of people are as small as ants when they are put in.

The emperor thought about it, and it was not impossible to cross along the edge of the Gobi and go directly to the border of Mengzhou, but there was a problem inside.

"Mulan tribe, it's the day of the annual hunt."

The Mulan people live in the grasslands of the northwest, and are known for their ferocity, good at riding and shooting, but not farming, relying on burning, killing and looting, and harassing the border all year round.

In that year, Xiao Zhan led his troops to attack the seven counties of Mengzhou, who knew that the Mulan tribe also took advantage of the situation, and as a result, Zisang Jiuxiu was destroyed before he seized power, and Mengzhou was divided and each had its own army.

Whether it is the previous dynasty or the Daning dynasty, hearing the words of the Mulan tribe is particularly headache.

The snow melts in April every year in the northwest and warms up in May and June, and they are widely active after June.

Liu Xiangzhi summed up: "If the march is fast, it can be before June." ”

Outside the window, the clouds flew in the sky, and the flickering light of the sky covered the emperor's face, making his expression a little unpredictable, and he tapped his fingers on the dragon chair, without saying good or bad.

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When leaving, Xunqing wanted to follow Lu Anran and the others together.

"Little shameless, don't see a beautiful sister who can't walk." Lu Taotao grabbed the end of his pigtail and swept his cheeks, "I don't like a stinky fart kid like you." ”

Xunqing made her cheeks flush from teasing, and hurriedly shouted several times in her heart, shook her head solemnly and said, "That's not the case." ”

"Oh? What's that like? ”

"Master asked me to keep it for 100 days, and he said that within 100 days, someone destined to come to the door, so I followed him out of the valley."

A few people present were very surprised, could it be that the first view of the three-element view can really be calculated?

Lu Taotao smiled and said: "Then how many of us have, who is your destined person?" ”

Xun Qing hesitated for a while, "Master didn't say anything about this situation." ”

Nangong Zhi looked at the lintel where half of the plaque collapsed and fell at any time, "This place is remote, and it is really not good for him to continue to live here as a child." ”

"Nangong Shaofu is so kind......"

Lu Anran nodded: "Well, it's too dangerous." ”

Yunqi immediately brought the conversation back, "...... Then we can't sit idly by. ”

"Yun Shizi wants to take Xun Qing in?" Nangong Zhi said unexpectedly.

Yunqi: "......" he said?

Xunqing bent down at Yunqi and made a joke, "In the future, I will be troubled by the donor, Amitayus Buddha." ”

"Okay, okay." Yunqi half-squinted peach blossom eyes, slandering in his heart, a good Nangong Zhi, sure enough, he is a big-tailed wolf pretending to be pure, and he is a routine, one by one.

"But don't worry, when I get in touch with Master's junior brother, I will leave."

Yun Qi didn't really hate Xiao Dao Chang, and even thought that this kid was a little interesting, but he unilaterally stopped fighting with Nangong for so long, and suddenly fell down, a little unhappy.

A few people went out of the valley to find a clear and lead the way, Nangong Zhi talked to him from time to time and asked about the situation in the valley, Yunqi and Lu Anran were left behind.

"The kid will stay with you when you get back."

Lu Anran frowned, "Why?" ”

Yunqi gave a look of your own experience, "You don't feel sorry for the child and no one to raise it, let's raise it together." ”

Lu Anran's heart trembled, his steps were chaotic, he couldn't see anything on the surface, and he still said in a faint voice, "The son of the family has a lot of money, can't he afford to raise a child?" ”

"This son is happy." Yun Qi tapped Lu Anran's forehead with a jade bone fan in his hand, "Who let you talk nonsense." ”

Lu Anran stopped, touched the position of his forehead where he was beaten, a shallow smile slipped in his eyes, and he lowered his head to follow the person in front of him.

The mountains are similar, and people who are not used to this kind of landform are about to faint, but Xunqing is comfortable in it, until he climbs a hill and stands on the top, and there are dozens of families scattered below.

"It's like that here." Xun Qing explained to everyone: "Because there are many mountains and valleys, large and small villages are scattered in the middle. ”

He swiped his little hand from left to right, "It's already very close to walk from the Upper West Village here to the Lower West Village for a day." ”

Lu Taotao patted a stone and sat down, "You guys are so bored here, you can only go to other villages after a day, you are suffocating." ”

"No, it's not." Xun Qing pointed to a place, "A day is considered fast, and it takes two or three days between many villages to get there." ”

"Where is it? What's going on? Nangong Zhi turned his back to everyone, and what he saw was a slightly farther position, covered by various trees and grass on the mountain, and only a little corner of the house could be seen faintly, as if there was also a village.

Xun Qing was very familiar with this area, and just looked at the approximate location and said with certainty: "It was originally a village of worship, and now it is called a ghost village, which has been abandoned for many years. ”

People think that if the house is empty and people don't live in it, then there will be unclean things to live in, and then it becomes a ghost village.

Nangong Zhi asked, "Deserted, why?" ”

"If you live at the foot of the mountain, you are afraid of heavy rainstorms, and when the rain is so bad that the mudslides on the mountain sweep down, the villages below will suffer. Some people survived, but their homes and families were gone, so they had to go outside to earn a living, and the whole village was deserted. ”

The people present are either rich or expensive, and they can't imagine the hardships of life for the people at the bottom, but they also feel a little helpless from the words of Xunqing.

Passing through two or three deserted villages along the way, I only feel that the village is dilapidated, but I feel a little embarrassed when I think that there are people killed or displaced behind every house.

When I returned to the county seat, it was already dark, and the people from the county office were waiting outside, thinking that Qi Shang had discovered something, but the other party said: "Lord Qian said that the dojo will open tomorrow, please go to Longling on time." ”

Everyone suddenly forgot the purpose of coming here - the Diqiu Dojo.