Silver Leaf Square, located between the Imperial City of the Heavenly Dragon Empire and Silver Leaf Avenue, is the largest square in Haiyue City. The buildings built around the square are the offices of the major ministries of the empire, and the instructions that fly from these buildings in all directions every day maintain the normal operation of the vast empire.

Among these buildings, there is a trouser-shaped building that is particularly eye-catching, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Celestial Dragon Empire is located here. This strange building, from the day it was born, its unique aesthetic taste has attracted the merciless ridicule of the common people. One of the most classic and representative words is this: "Diplomacy is like picking up people's pants in the final analysis." You can rip off my pants or you can rip off my pants, but you can't strip off the last of my covers, or I'll have to fight hard. ”

This kind of ridicule aptly and vividly reflects the current embarrassing situation of the Celestial Dragon Empire in the Western Continent - although it has not reached the tragic point of being a weak country without diplomacy, it is common for people to have their pants stripped off.

The reason is very simple, in the final analysis, the Celestial Dragon Empire does not have a strong army and national defense now. Long Xiaotian was deeply aware of this, and finally under the pressure of the external environment, he launched the plan to strengthen the army.

However, strengthening the military is a long and arduous process, and its impact on diplomacy may not be apparent for many years. Until then, Foreign Secretary Kang Yi will still have too many troubles.

For example, this morning, a diplomatic note from the Rising Sun Empire presented by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs made him slap the table and scold his mother when he was sitting in the pants building for a morning meeting.

"What the hell, isn't this bullshit?Suppress bandits, fucking bandits, bandits raised by Lao Tzu Tianlong, do you need them to suppress them?"

"My lord, my hairstyle is messed up. Liu Ming, director of the second division, reminded flatteringly.

"It doesn't matter if the hairstyle is messed up, it's a big problem if the border is messed up!" Kang Yi took out a horn comb from his pocket and pulled it on his head. A few of the riotous hairs quickly returned to their places, but one left the top of his head with the comb.

"One more is missing, the Rising Sun Empire of the Dog ......" Kang Yi sighed sadly as he stared at the comb. He loses his hair when he is upset and depressed, and his bald man has half the credit of the Rising Sun Empire. For this reason, he has a strong affection for the bandits in Blackwater City who often harass the Rising Sun Empire, and he hopes that they will continue to make trouble and avenge his sacrificial sacrifice of his beautiful hair.

"My lord, why should you bother? Just let them suppress, and after the toss is over, they will not have to get out of the way as before, and nothing will happen. Sun Yingjie, director of the first department, said lightly. He had been the head of the Rising Sun's foreign affairs for five years, and he remembered that the Rising Sun Empire had sent a note and sent troops to encircle and suppress the bandits at least three times, but each time it ended in failure.

"What do you mean?" Kang Yi asked, looking at him.

"The old way, after reporting to the Imperial Council, protest to the Rising Sun Empire. Sun Yingjie smiled, "If His Majesty is a little angry, then strongly protest, if he is very angry, then Yan zhòng protests." ”

"Protest, protest......" muttered the foreign secretary. He felt that his parents really didn't get his name right, and the most thing he did in his life was to protest, and his bent backbone had never been straight a few times. How he wished that when he received such a note, it could be handed over directly to the Ministry of Military Affairs, so that they would brilliantly defeat the invading enemy, and then he would sit down at the negotiating table and deal with the diplomatic troubles left by the local conflict in a "low-key" manner.

In the diplomacy of a great power, we cannot convince people with reason, but only by force, and fists are always more convincing than words. After protesting for a long time, people will produce antibodies, so they will come to the door again and again.

"What else, just do it!" Kang Yi sighed helplessly and announced the end of the morning meeting.

Almost at the same time, the Minister of War, Zhang Lingfeng, also received a piece of information about the Rising Sun Empire. The information was personally delivered to his office by Wu Yifan, deputy director in charge of intelligence work of the Supervision Department.

"Meng Yi, three thousand wind spirit iron horsemen......." Zhang Lingfeng fell into deep thought after reading the information. Three thousand wind spirit iron horses are enough to suppress bandits, but it is a bit unusual to be led by Meng Yi himself. Why is this a knife used to slaughter chickens? What exactly is the Rising Sun Empire going to do?

"Yifan, have you made any progress in gathering intelligence on this Meng Yi?" After a while, he looked up at Wu Yifan and asked.

"Not much progress. The latest intelligence suggests that Meng Yi's strong rise seems to have caused a backlash from the military veterans of the Asahi Army, and there is a tendency to be sidelined. However, according to our analysis, this may be a smokescreen deliberately created by the Rising Sun, and without the support of the military, he may not have achieved what he has today. Therefore, we speculate that he may not have led his troops to suppress the bandits this time, but because he had other missions. Wu Yifan replied.

"That's what I'm worried about!" Zhang Lingfeng got up, walked to the map, and looked at it silently for a while.

"It's good to suppress bandits, if you go along with it. If it doesn't go well, this nail will be stuck in our chest for a long time, and it will be difficult to sleep!" his finger tapped lightly in Blackwater City.

"In fact, the Aoyama Wandering Spirit is really difficult to deal with. Wu Yifan reminded.

"It's a bunch of good guys. But this time, they have caused a ** annoyance to the Empire. Zhang Lingfeng frowned. Meng Yi came under the banner of suppressing bandits, and if the spirit of Qingshan was alive for a day, he would not leave. If one side does not do its best, and the other side is difficult to entangle, the situation will become more and more unpredictable, and things will become more and more complicated.

"We can say that we have done our best to be benevolent and righteous. In the current situation, they can't save zài anymore. I built yì, and the southwest theater of operations made the last persuasion to surrender to the Qingshan Wandering Spirit. If they agree to return to the ranks of the Imperial Army, we can offer generous terms. If they still insist on occupying the mountain as the king......" Wu Yifan found that Zhang Lingfeng's expression was a little wrong, and swallowed back the second half of the sentence.

"More than ten years ago, the mouth of the crowd had already killed them once. Today they are in trouble, should we raise the butcher's knife against them in front of the enemy?" Zhang Lingfeng said in a deep voice. He still clearly remembered the words brought back by the officers who were ordered to surrender for the first time: the green mountains bury the bones of the loyal, the wandering soul comforts the souls of the heroes, and we will spend our lives doing what the empire does not dare to do.

Although it was not a harsh reprimand, Wu Yifan's face was still a little unbearable. As a member of the Wu family, he doesn't have a good impression of the rest of Li Mubai, especially when they cause a **** annoyance, and he can't wait to erase this force along with the trouble. He forgot that Zhang Lingfeng was a veteran of the military, and his heart was filled not only with the entire military world, but also with those who had been born and died for the glory of the military world.

"I mean, if they don't want to surrender, I'll send people to persuade them to disband, and then settle them and their families properly. In this case, Meng Yi would have no reason to stay, and the wolf clan would not let him garrison near Blackwater City for a long time. Wu Yifan hurriedly remedied.

"It's also a way to try. Zhang Lingfeng smiled bitterly. However, he didn't think it would work. Because the backbone of the Qingshan Wandering Spirit are all soldiers brought out by Mu Bai, his soldiers have a characteristic: the stronger the enemy, the higher the passion for battle.

How easy is it to get them to lay down their weapons under the threat of Meng Yi?

Late at night, inside the Imperial City.

The lights were still on in the imperial study, Long Xiaotian frowned and sat at the desk, Qin Dufeng standing behind him. Both of them looked at Du Yu in front of them, who was looking intently at a letter in his hand.

"Congratulations. After reading the letter, Du Yu raised his head and smiled at Long Xiaotian.

"My head hurts now, I don't know where this joy comes from?" Du Yu's calmness surprised Long Xiaotian a little. However, with his understanding of Du Yu over the years, since he is happy, it means that things are not as strict as he imagined.

Du Yu stood up, walked to the desk, and placed the letter on Long Xiaotian's desk.

"Actually, after I read this letter, my head hurt as much as His Majesty. Du Yu smiled and said, "If Zhu Xiaoqi's analysis is accurate, this trouble is really not so easy to solve." At least, I felt a little helpless after reading it. ”

"You're going to be helpless?" Long Xiaotian said in surprise.

"Yes. Du Yu nodded, "The Rising Sun's plan was implemented secretly, and by the time the wolf clan realizes it, I'm afraid the general trend will be gone." If we warn the wolf clan in advance, there will be a suspicion of provoking. So, we can only sabotage secretly, and the difficulty is quite high. This time, it was reasonable for them to send troops to suppress bandits, and it was reasonable to send Meng Yi, after all, the spirit of the green mountains had become a problem in the Rising Sun Empire. However, as is customary, this is a trivial matter, and our usual approach is to protest diplomatically, and if the reaction is too big, it will inevitably provoke a fierce counterattack from the rising sun. Well, I guess they've been waiting for such an excuse, and it's just the right thing to do. ”

"Listen to what you mean, is it reasonable for them to come to my territory to suppress the bandits?" Long Xiaotian was a little depressed.

"Of course it makes sense. It's just such a small group of bandits, let us ignore him, and raise him to harm him. People came to suppress it a few times in person, but they didn't kill it. Now send a more powerful general, let's put on a desperate look, doesn't this mean that the bandits were raised by us?" Du Yu said with a smile.

"It was originally raised by Lao Tzu. Long Xiaotian laughed.

His Majesty's honesty would have caused Kangyi's poor few hairs to leave him prematurely. Du Yu also smiled.

"Then tell me where the joy comes from. Long Xiaotian asked.

"Zhu Xiaoqi can write this letter, which shows that he is quite strategic. Should I congratulate Mu Bai on having someone to follow, or should I congratulate His Majesty on getting another Mu Bai?" Du Yu pointed to the letter and said happily.

"Well, I was just thinking about things and didn't pay attention to that, but if you think about it, it seems like this. Long Xiaotian nodded and said, "This kid is really good, not only was he not swallowed by Blackwater City, but he tossed those wicked people enough." ”

"This Mubai's righteous son is eclectic in his actions, and he has a lot of tricks and tricks, and he is a material that can be made. Qin Dufeng interjected. Killing the old wolf's head and slaughtering human traffickers has been reported to him for ten years, which surprised him deeply, and at the same time he is glad that he chose the right person.

"But I have come to you tonight, not to praise him, but to ask you to help him with this trouble. He not only warned us, but I am afraid that Meng Yi would affect his actions, so he wrote to us for help. Long Xiaotian picked up the letter and shook it, then threw it back on the table.

"I can't help it. Du Yu shook his head.

"No way?" Long Xiaotian's eyes widened, "You can't help it at a critical time, so what do I want you to do?

"I can't help it because someone has already taken the initiative to ask Ying to solve the trouble for you, so I don't bother to think about it. Didn't you all notice?" Du Yu smiled and pointed to the letter on the table.

"You mean Zhu Xiaoqi?" Long Xiaotian smiled dumbly, "I didn't find it." There are a lot of complaining words, but there is only one meaning, he doesn't dare to provoke Meng Yi, let us figure out our own way. ”

"That's because His Majesty doesn't understand this kid. Du Yu smiled and picked up the letter again.

He found Zhu Xiaoqi's words and interpreted them sentence by sentence.

"Your Majesty, listen to this, Xiao Qi has the intention to kill the thief. The meaning of this sentence is that since he has seen through the conspiracy of the Rising Sun, he has a way to sabotage the plan of the Rising Sun, and at the same time deal with Meng Yi's encirclement and suppression of the Qingshan Wandering Spirit. As for whether it can be done or not, it depends on His Majesty's attitude. ”

"My attitude, what attitude?" asked Long Xiaotian with a frown.

"Listen to me read on. However, the level of equipment is too poor, this is asking His Majesty for money. The soldier's combat quality is too low, and this is asking for someone from His Majesty. The position is humble and incompetent, which is asking for power from His Majesty. Putting these sentences together, the meaning is roughly that if he wants to disrupt the plan of the Rising Sun and repel Meng Yi, he must be supported by manpower and financial resources, and at the same time, he must also have the strong cooperation of the troops around Blackwater City. Well, cooperation may not work yet, and it is best to temporarily give him absolute command over the troops around Blackwater City. ”

Long Xiaotian and Qin Dufeng were dumbfounded when they heard this.

"Lao Du, are you sure this is what Zhu Xiaoqi wants to express?" Qin Dufeng couldn't believe it.

"I'm sure. This student, I have a higher evaluation of him in my heart than Mu Bai. Du Yu nodded solemnly, "I have no other specialties in my life, only one thing to be proud of, that is, I can see people accurately." ”

Long Xiaotian was silent. Is it worth the risk of handing over a major matter that has a bearing on the country's security to a hairy boy? If he fails and dies in the hands of Meng Yi, it will be a huge blow to the Li family, and can the Li family still bear it?

However, judging from Zhu Xiaoqi's past appearance, he is a bloody person, but not a reckless person, where does his self-confidence come from?

"Since he has this confidence, then I am as he wishes. Hopefully he won't disappoint me. However, Du Yu, you must prepare a backup plan for me to clean up the mess after he fails. The stakes are high, and I don't want any surprises. Long Xiaotian quickly made a decision.

"Good. Du Yu responded.

"If you want money, I'll give it to him. As for the people, Lao Qin, can you transfer some to him?" Long Xiaotian turned his head and asked.

"People, it's best to use those he is familiar with, such as the Wolf Killing Rider Instructor who stayed in Twilight. Lao Qin's people are too eye-catching, so it's better not to show up. Before Qin Dufeng could speak, Du Yu vetoed this suggestion.

Long Xiaotian nodded. "As for Kwon, didn't I give him a gold medal?" he added.

"Does His Majesty want him to hold the gold medal all day long and under the banner of the royal family, and do some stealing things?" Du Yu said.

"Good. I will ask Zhang Lingfeng to inform the Southwest Theater and give him temporary command of the garrisons around Blackwater City. Long Xiaotian finally said. (Ask for recommendation votes!)

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