Chapter 460: Invitation
Nothing strange happened this time through the space, and no new gadgets were unlocked, Ye Junwen quickly appeared in the basement of the imperial city after staying there for a while. For Ye Junwen, who suddenly appeared, Eske was already a little surprised, and it now also thought that Datang's teleportation technology was not the magic power used, so he couldn't detect the magic fluctuations.
Of course, Esker still asked about his dragon's nest, after all, after seeing the design drawings, Asker looked forward to it even more. However, unfortunately, Ye Junwen forgot about this matter again, which can only mean that he is already arranging, you always have to give some time to make it or something.
Walking out of the treasure room, Ye Junwen did not go directly to the Chamber of Commerce, but went to his own home. Yes, Ye Junwen actually has a mansion on the side of the main city, and he only knew about this matter when he met Beverly last time, because he had been fighting outside all the time, he didn't need a place to live at all, but now he doesn't have to go out for the time being, and the affairs of this family must also be arranged.
Ye Junwen's house is not very far from the palace, except for the inner city gate, which is a few steps away. This courtyard is actually the largest courtyard in the main city except for the imperial palace, and it originally seemed to be a relative of the emperor of the previous dynasty, that is, the residence of the prince, but the last time the rebels entered the city, they didn't solve all the royal family members, so of course this courtyard has no owner.
Because there were people living in this yard before, so the current condition of the house is still very good, Ye Junwen took a look outside and found that the house was relatively magnificent, but it felt a little small. Yes, it is indeed a little too small compared to the imperial palace, but this is the main city, where every inch of land is valuable, and there is a large annex here that is already a symbol of status.
"Yes...... Sir? Ye Junwen was looking at it, and a person at the door next to him walked out and asked Ye Junwen. Ye Junwen turned his head to look, this was a man who looked about sixty years old, his hair was half black and half white, his body was slender, and his face was featureless, but it didn't look strange. Looking at the clothes on the other party and the other party's name, Ye Junwen felt that the other party should be the housekeeper of this house or something.
"Butler?" Ye Junwen asked lightly, it is not very strange for the other party to recognize him, but it is a little strange that he can't recognize his current identity.
"Sir, in Lower Bond, he is currently your butler." Bond here replied.
"Huh? Is this name, 007? Ye Junwen smiled.
"Huh?" Bond obviously didn't understand Ye Junwen's stalk, and showed a strange expression.
"It's okay, where are you from?" Ye Junwen waved his hand and asked.
Bond told Ye Junwen a little about the situation, of course, this courtyard was given to Ye Junwen by the current emperor Beverly, this marshal has no place to live in the main city, of course, most of the servants in it are also matched by the emperor, after all, many people died after several waves of rebellion in the main city before, and many former noble servants lost their masters and lost their jobs, and the emperor also ordered them to be gathered together and arranged in a unified manner.
However, Bond himself is not the same wave as before, he used to serve the Clovis family. The Clovis family is the Serina family that Ye Junwen is still pretending to be, and Bond was actually arranged by Selena.
Yes, there are actually people living in this courtyard now, and Selena lives in this courtyard. Like Ye Junwen, Selena naturally needs a place to live after the war, of course, she can't live in the palace, she is not a royal family, so she came to Ye Junwen's mansion, after all, her current identity is Ye Junwen's woman, she has no other identity except this identity, her name and title are given to Ye Junwen, and she really has nowhere else to go.
Fortunately, the rest of the Clovis family is still loyal to her, and after he came here, he also sent most of the conscripts back to Kachar, and the rest were basically her father's former henchmen, and they all knew about Ye Junwen's exchange of identities with him. At present, these people have also become members of this palace for the time being, and they are all arranged here.
In addition to these, she also transferred some other people over, such as Bond, who came over like this, and after receiving some servants from the emperor's side, Bond began to take care of the courtyard as a butler.
Selena's behavior sounded a bit self-conceived, but in fact, Ye Junwen didn't care at all, which helped him solve a lot of troubles. At present, Ye Junwen still trusts Selena very much, and both parties can be regarded as holding each other's secrets, and this relationship is closer than others.
In the current situation, in fact, even if Selena pokes out Ye Junwen's true identity, Ye Junwen is not very afraid, but it is really annoying. If your identity is poked out, everyone will basically get an excuse to make yourself, but this is just an excuse, and people who want to make themselves will not hate themselves, but they just talk about righteousness when they oppose themselves, such as "you are a fake nobleman" or something.
Ye Junwen's current situation is not worried about what will happen to them, even if he knows that he is a fake, it is estimated that no one dares to move at present, although it is still quite annoying. However, Selena should not poke this matter out at the moment, because it is not good for her, first of all, she fell out with Ye Junwen, not to mention, she can't do anything if she pokes it out, can she become an emperor if she pokes it out? If it doesn't exist, even if you kill Ye Junwen, the big deal is to restore your title, Count Clovis, seriously, now this little earl status, Selena can't even look down on it.
Walking into the courtyard, Ye Junwen also quickly saw Selena in the room. To be honest, he hadn't seen Selena in a while, and the other party was taking care of his hair. Yes, after a while, Selena's own hair has now grown a lot, and now it has grown to the shoulders and has become medium hair, but she still wears a wig, which is estimated to be removed after a little longer.
"You're really fierce here." Selena saw Ye Junwen and said, what she was talking about was Ye Junwen's slaughter of half of the ministers of the main city before, after this incident appeared, Beverly actually looked for Selena for the first time, and the two are currently best friends, "Are you warning Beverly?" ”
"Huh?" Ye Junwen was slightly stunned, "No, there's no such thing, I'm just just unhappy with these ministers." ”
Selena guessed that Ye Junwen was so ruthless and probably meant to warn Beverly, probably thinking that Beverly would threaten him after she ascended the throne, but in fact, she talked to Beverly, and the other party definitely didn't mean it at least for now, and she didn't know if Ye Junwen was suspicious, so she also asked Ye Junwen what his plans were. Of course, he didn't know that Ye Junwen just wanted to get a few tickets, and these ministers were just unlucky to suddenly hit it.
"What are your plans after that?" Selena didn't ask, but asked about what happened next. Judging from her current speculation, Ye Junwen should not return to his fiefdom in the short term, after all, this emperor is a puppet, and he must preside over the situation in the main city, so she will let her henchmen come here, and they should stay here for a long time.
"For the time being...... Nothing to do. Ye Junwen thought for a while and said, "But if the long-term goal is to unify the Terran Empire, the current situation is that the war is over for the time being, and if the development is stable for a while, we should be able to accumulate a wave of strength, and then directly start a war to solve the other two countries." ”
This answer is similar to what Selena thought, sure enough, Ye Junwen's purpose is to unify the Terran Empire, about this, of course, Selena also thought about it, and immediately said: "At present, although we have obtained the advanced weapons of the Tang Dynasty, the number is still too small, and at present, if we want the armed forces at most, we will arm a force of tens of thousands of people, and if we want to unify the Terran Empire, these are still not enough." Judging from the current situation, we need to wage such a war, and there are three aspects to be prepared for, first of all, money and food, then manpower, and finally weapons. ”
"In terms of money and food, the empire currently has no savings at all after a big war, and the treasury is empty, and under this premise, it is also very difficult to recruit troops, so it is also a headache in terms of manpower, and the remaining weapons are ......" Selena shook her head as she said.
There is no problem with what Selena said, although the Chamber of Commerce has developed very well recently, but the person who makes money is Ye Junwen, not the treasury. The country's money was almost robbed because of the rebellion before, and it was indeed no money. As for the strength of troops, the empire had more than 500,000 troops in five legions before, and now, only the first and second combined legions are still full in combat effectiveness, and the other legions have not been rebuilt after they have been destroyed, and there is no money to rebuild at all, so Ye Junwen still only has these hundreds of thousands of troops under his command, and the number of troops is simply not enough to launch a unified war, even if it can beat the main force of the other party, the number of people who occupy the city alone is not enough, and you can't fight a city and give up a city.
"So for now, we still have to solve the problem of the Third Army and the Fourth Army." Selena said, "I think it's better to start with the Fourth Legion for now, at least so far, the other side has not shown any signs of rebellion, maybe the other party is willing to join us." ”
"Have you checked the situation?" Ye Junwen heard that Selena should have done his homework in advance, so he asked directly.
"Beverly asked Chagov, the commander of the Fourth Legion, before, and the other party seems to want to meet you, but the location is in their barracks." Selena said.
"Hongmen Banquet?" Ye Junwen nodded, "It's okay, I know." ”