"I think ......."

"What do you think?" Si Ning was naturally different, but she also wanted to know what was different about her in Yan Ming.

"I think you have a brain."

Si Ning: ......

Seeing Si Ning staring at her expressionlessly, Yan Ming coughed lightly and avoided her gaze, "You encountered this kind of thing before, but you were directly tough."

That's why there are rumors of Si Ning's arrogance in the capital.

"I'm not saying you were bad before, but now you're more brainy."

"If you can't speak, don't speak."

"What's next for you?"

"Plans? There is no plan."

Si Ning knew that although what Yan Ming said was ugly, she was also telling the truth, she was indeed better at using her brain now than before, but that's all, she was still nothing compared to Li Su and other really smart people.

She was reborn, but she didn't change her mind, she never thought that she could be above everyone in IQ when she was reborn, and the affairs of the Dingguo Mansion could not be solved by her alone.

"Not really?"

What Si Ning said in Cao Junjie's ear just now was conclusive, and he thought that she had already thought about what to do next.

"Solving the case is Jing Zhaoyin's business, just wait."

With the Pingyang Hou Mansion and the Eldest Princess's Mansion standing behind, Jing Zhaoyin wanted to make peace with the mud, which was impossible.

Si Ning leisurely poured herself a cup of tea, and then waited, well, I still have to go to see Yun Ting again in the afternoon, and also tell her what happened just now, so that she can be happy.

……

Li Su made an appointment with the prince to meet in the teahouse today, and deliberately arrived with half a stick of incense in advance, and Xiao Er led them up to the second floor.

Suddenly, Jing Yun behind Li Su spoke, "Huh? Isn't that the maid and guard beside the county lord of Changle?"

Songbai looked at Jingyun's eyes, "Master, it's Dongqing and Dew Drops beside the Lord of Changle."

Li Sumai's footsteps on the stairs paused, and when he looked up, it was really them.

When Xiao Er heard their words, he smiled and said, "That's right, there are the Changle County Lord and General Yan Xiao."

Hearing Yan Ming and Si Ning together, Li Su's eyes darkened, and his voice was low, "Let's go."

Xiao Er is the person who knows how to observe words and emotions the most, so he didn't say much when he heard the words, and led them to the private room, coincidentally, Xiao Eryin's private room happened to be the one next to Si Ning.

Dong Qing and Lu Zhu naturally saw them, but neither side had any conversation.

After Xiao Er led Li Su and them into the room, he came out and closed the door.

Dew Drop whispered to Dongqing, "What a coincidence."

Dongqing thought the same thing in his heart, but he was used to saying little, so he just nodded and didn't respond to the dewdrops.

Seeing him like this, Dew Drop also felt very bored, so she shut up and stopped talking.

In the private room, Songbai poured a cup of tea for Li Su, and then stood behind Li Su as respectfully as Jingyun.

Jingyun: "Master, I have long heard that the county lord of Changle and General Yan Xiao have a good relationship, but now when I see it, it is really like this."

When Si Ning stalked Li Su before, Yan Ming couldn't see it, so the two of them never appeared in front of Li Su at the same time, this was the first time.

Li Su straightened his thoughts, from what Xiao Er said just now that Si Ning and Yan Ming were in the same room, it made him feel uneasy, since Yinchuan, Si Ning's affairs can always affect his thoughts.

Li Su's face calmed down, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was about to arrive in a while, and he had to calm down his mind as soon as possible.

Sure enough, the tea in Li Su's cup had not yet been drunk, and Chu Huaiyan arrived.

Seeing the prince come in, Li Su got up and saluted, and Jingyun and Songbai also saluted.

The prince waved them to get up, sat down and said, "Now that you are outside the palace, you don't have to be so restrained, sit down."

"Prince Xie."

"You don't have to do this between me and you

You're polite." The prince gave him an angry look.

Although Li Su and the crown prince are not familiar with each other on the surface, they are actually a pair of friends, and the friendship between the two of them was handed over by Guozijian.

At that time, the prince was studying incognito in Guozijian, and Li Su was his classmate, and the two became friends after coming and going.

Li Su sat opposite the prince, "I don't know why you came to me today?"

"Huai Jin, I came to you today to talk to you about the Northlands." The crown prince sighed and said, "You also know that the Northland is calm on the surface now, but it is indeed rough in the dark.

According to what you have investigated from Yinchuan, I am afraid that the northern land is going to be in chaos."

Huai Jin is Li Su's character.

"What does Your Majesty mean?"

Li Su naturally knew about this, and after he and Si Yunlan came back from Yinchuan, they wrote down all the things they investigated and presented them to Emperor Jianzhang.

In response to this excerpt, Emperor Jianzhang also convened cabinet ministers, but did not come up with any regulations.

Most of the people in the cabinet saw the wolf ambitions of the Huns, but most of them didn't care, saying that there was General Yan guarding the north, and those Huns couldn't make any trouble, it was just a small fight.

The prince knew that they didn't want to fight, after all, it had only been a few years since the Great Levy was peaceful, and now it is not an exaggeration to say that a hundred wastes are waiting to be revived, plus it cost a lot of money to repair the Yellow River embankment some time ago, and the taxes of this year have not been collected, and the treasury is empty, if you really want to go to war with the Xiongnu, I am afraid that the treasury will be empty.

"Your Majesty means that if this battle is inevitable, then it is better to start it sooner."

The prince understood the reason why they didn't want to fight, but this battle had to be fought, and if they fought early, at least they could still have an advantage.

"Your Majesty is wise, everything I have discovered in Yinchuan has been written in the excerpt, the Huns have wolf ambitions, and they have been eyeing the Great Signs for a long time.

Even if we don't fight, the north will be in chaos in a few years." Li Su has always been forward-looking in his analysis of the current situation.

The crown prince obviously believed what Li Su said, "I think so too, but there are too many voices of opposition from the DPRK and China, and it is indeed difficult for the treasury to support the army in the war."

"Guessed, I think we can secretly accumulate strength first, wait until the autumn harvest, collect taxes into the treasury, and then let the army go."

After the autumn harvest, the grain harvest in the north, the Xiongnu are nomadic people, do not farm, every winter comes, will harass the people of the north.

The border line is too long, the troops are insufficient, and naturally it is impossible to fully defend, so after the autumn harvest, the Xiongnu will go south to attack the border towns and plunder.

It just so happens that there is a reason to go to war, so that the division will not be unknown.

"This is indeed a good way, and after the autumn harvest, it will be easier to collect grain and grass." The prince nodded and said.