On the second day, Xia Yan's face was solemn.

He decided that for the sake of Su Yue, he would try it himself and look at it shamelessly.

Therefore, at the beginning of the last dynasty, it was proposed to postpone the ceremony of returning the two million taels of silver, which was originally scheduled for tomorrow, for one month.

The result was also obvious, it was frantically bombarded by the remaining ministers.

Zhu Ming is now the first person in the court, and when he is the prime minister of the left court, he naturally takes the lead and begins to spray.

"Honesty is the foundation of human beings, and Your Majesty should not lose the hearts of the people for some petty profits."

"Yes, the people in the world are the biggest, presumably Your Majesty won't not understand these truths, right?"

“……”

The troublesome thing came, Xia Yan had to make a decision when the courtiers did not agree with his decision, and it was because of this that Xia Yan had to find a way to convince them.

But today is different from the past, and in the past, there were at most seven masters.

But now, with the increase in the number of courtiers in the court, there are more people who have begun to help the seven people speak.

More than a dozen people, each of them talking about the harm of losing integrity, made Xia Yan have no way to interject.

There were even a few moments when Xia Yan wanted to withdraw this decree at any cost.

But without exception, all of them were warned by the system.

[It's a foul if you do that, you know?] 】

Well, I understand...... But for her sake, I somehow had the idea that it didn't matter if I didn't go back......

[Hehe, stupid]

[Tips: If there are too many fouls, the punishment will be wiped out.] 】

Hearing this prompt, Xia Yan's head also calmed down suddenly.

The meaning of the system is very clear, if you really want to save Su Yue, I am afraid that there will be more than one rule that you will break at that time.

If you don't even have yourself, then everything is gone.

There are some things that you still have to think clearly.

Hearing this, Xia Yan also swallowed his saliva heavily.

I have to admit that this is true, who can guarantee that the first step is wrong and the latter will be right.

After thinking about it, Xia Yan finally gave up this idea, and the two million taels of silver were finally sent to the hands of the gentry of Nanling City.

It is said that when the household silver was pulled out that day, Xia Yan burst into tears.

Everyone knew that Xia Yan was sad for the silver, and persuaded them to make money slowly after the silver was gone.

But Xia Yan didn't bother to pay attention to them, the girl I liked was gone, how could I break it?

Sometimes even Xia Yan was shocked, even though she was just a woman she had met, she was so obsessed with it.

Whether it is Xia Yan's affection or a trace of unwillingness in his heart is unknown.

It's just that Xia Yan hasn't given up since that day.

No soldiers in Lake City? Then move!

No money? Then sell the goods!

The high salary hired the women of the whole city to make Huazi, and the high price invited craftsmen to make "Tianxia No. 1" poker.

Although the daily production has been increased to 10,000 pairs by Xia Yan, due to the significant increase in the number of buyers and the number of countries, the "Tianxia No. 1" poker still has an unparalleled scarcity.

In addition, he relaxed various treaty ports, and a pair of poker cards and tons of Chinese children were sold abroad.

In about fifteen days, the amount of money in the treasury increased considerably, but it was far less than he expected.

As for the reason, Xia Yan actually knew it in his heart, almost all of them were embezzled by He Shen.

With this bodhisattva here, the geese have to pluck a few hairs when they fly over.

If this is placed in the past, Xia Yan can't wait to praise and reward at the same time.

But it was at this time......

What's even more annoying is that Xia Yan can't do anything with him.

Even if he knew that He Shen was greedy, he still couldn't have any punishment.

This is set up by the system before, this thing is here to trick you, don't think about dealing with him!

Helplessly, everything is done by hand.

In the past fifteen days, Xia Yan has not been idle in addition to promoting transactions.

Batches of military equipment were produced in the hands of craftsmen, and a large number of strong men from the people were also recruited to join the army.

Because the conditions offered by Xia Yan were very attractive, and the soldiers who died in the battle of Qianxi Kingdom were given preferential treatment before, they won a lot of popular support, so there are now 60,000 soldiers in Lake City.

The warships that were once burned down were also built without stopping, and several giant ships and dozens of small warships were completed.

The strength of the sailor has improved slightly, but it is still far from what it was back then.

On the whole, although the 60,000 soldiers are still less than the 100,000 soldiers at the peak of the Xi Kingdom, it is much better than half a month ago.

Now that twenty-five days have passed since the first task was received, Xia Yan looked at the current situation in his Lake City and shook his head helplessly.

It's a lot better than before, but it's still not enough.

Relying on these improvements to have a dynasty strength increase of 800 points is simply a fool's dream.

Xia Yan has had several mission experiences, and he has a rough idea of how much resources are needed to accumulate resources for each promotion.

These improvements that I have made now are at most three or four hundred strength increases.

If he wanted to complete this task in the remaining five days, Xia Yan knew that there was only one way: to go to war.

Yes, in the fifteen days since he decided that he was going to complete this task, Xia Yan has been doing the same thing frantically: improving his strength.

Today's Lake City, both economically and militarily, is much stronger than before.

And Xia Yan's target is also his new neighbor now: Chang Guo.

The comprehensive strength of Chang Guo is very similar to that of Xi Guo at the beginning, and the strength of the army is also about 100,000.

It's just that compared with the original Xi Kingdom, which valued the naval army, Chang Guo seems to pay more attention to the land battlefield.

In the past, Changguo and Xiguo have always been helpless to each other, but in this way, the two sides have been hostile for hundreds of years.

Now that Xi Guo is occupied by Great Xia, although Chang Guo did not continue to declare war at the first time, he did not come to congratulate him.

Obviously, Chang Guo is also on the sidelines.

However, although there was no request for war from above, many soldiers below would bring troops to harass the border of Lake City from time to time.

And this just gave Xia Yan a reason to go to war with Chang Guo.

But even so, Xia Yan also understood that it was a bit of a fantasy to solve Chang Guo in the fifteenth day, but he had no choice at the moment.

Among the two northern countries, Sicheng, where Zhuge Liang is located, is located in the northwest direction, so Zhuge Liang was also asked by Xia Yan to send troops to assist him in attacking the city.

As for the navy, Zhu Di's Nanling is close to Taihu Lake like Hucheng.

Therefore, Xia Yan also asked Zhu Di to directly send a navy to help him attack Changguo's navy.

Three-way attack, this is the method that Xia Yan can think of at present.

But as for whether or not Changguo can be occupied within five days, it needs to be left to fate, and this difficulty is obviously not ordinary.

In terms of military affairs, Xia Yan is definitely not an expert, and he knows nothing about the battlefield.

But he needs to try, and that's the only thing he can do at the moment.

I must get Ling Bo Weibu, and I must enter the palace of the Divine Phoenix Kingdom to meet her.

Even if this attempt may not lead to anything, I will not hesitate to do it.

It's all here, so let me be willful.

The next day, Xia Yan, who had officially completed the declaration of war on Changguo, was on the outskirts of Hucheng, and there was a mighty army of 60,000 in the rear.

Xia Yan looked at the 60,000 army and felt a lot of emotion in his heart.

Who would have thought that he would dispatch 60,000 soldiers for one person, just for that one very small possibility.

Xia Yan silently asked himself in his heart: Is it really just unwilling?

Obviously, there was no answer, and after a while, Xia Yan looked at the army below in a low and resolute voice.

"Let's go."