The empress frowned slightly, and the charm in her heart disappeared in an instant.

She was about to open her mouth to refuse, when she suddenly remembered that a few days ago, Lin Chunqiu was pressing on her step by step.

I can't take care of you now, but I can take care of your daughter.

Thinking of this, he said coldly:

"I am busy with official business, but I haven't set foot in the Splendid Palace for many days."

"That's it, I happened to be free tonight, so I went to visit the queen."

Outside the door, Qiu Lu's voice instantly became much higher-pitched.

"Really? Thank you, Your Majesty, thank you, Your Majesty! ”

"Your Majesty doesn't know, these days, Niangniang can't think about Your Majesty!"

……

"Little Dongzi, I didn't expect that the queen would value you so much!"

The empress's tone was strange, and her eyes flickered a little coldly.

Yang Dong sighed in his heart, immediately bowed his head, and said with a look of grievance:

"Your Majesty, you have misunderstood me!"

"What the queen values is obviously Your Majesty."

"When I go to the Splendid Palace, I also do it in the capacity of His Majesty. So ......"

"That's it, you will go to the Splendid Palace tonight, so as to save Lin Man'er, that slut, from annoying me every day."

The empress waved her hand impatiently, and suddenly she seemed to think of something again, and continued:

"By the way, there's one more thing."

"The brave army has seen it, and it can indeed be called elite. I order you to secretly continue to recruit veterans and expand the size of the Warrior Army. ”

"It's just...... Now that the treasury is empty, I'm afraid you will have to find a way to solve the matter of military salaries. ”

"But Your Majesty, didn't I just send back a few million taels of silver last month?"

Yang Dong was puzzled and immediately opened his mouth to ask.

But in the next second, he felt the empress's eyes like a thousand years of Xuanbing.

"What, Xiao Dongzi, do you have any opinions?"

"Don't dare, don't dare! Isn't it just some military salary, I can't go out! ”

Yang Dong's face showed an expression that was more ugly than crying.

"I want the horses to run again, and I want the horses not to graze."

"Your Majesty, if you don't feed the horses to graze, the horses will starve to death!"

"Get out!"

……

As the saying goes, a mouth on the top, a broken leg on the bottom.

The empress gave a fluttering order, but Yang Dong, who had just returned to the capital, was busy again.

There are three main difficulties in the expansion of the army.

One of them is military salary, but the current Yang Dong has just picked up a wave of wool from Luozhou, and there is no shortage for the time being.

The second is soldiers, and most of today's brave soldiers are mainly veterans. Although these veterans are experienced, they are far inferior to the young lads in terms of physical fitness. Therefore, the main target of Yang Dong's army expansion this time is the strong young people around the capital.

As for the third, it is military training. In this regard, although the veteran barracks established by Yang Dong before Yang Dong have achieved good results, they are not systematic. In order to improve the overall quality and combat effectiveness of the brave army, it is necessary to train the soldiers in a systematic manner. It's a pity that Yang Dong only participated in military training in his previous life, and did not serve as a soldier. Otherwise, this step can save a lot of work.

Sure enough, I regret being a soldier for three years, and I regret not being a soldier for a lifetime!

Yang Dong rubbed his head, and before he knew it, it was already dark.

After eating a piece of cooking cake, he hurried back to the palace without stopping.

If you didn't rush back before the lock was locked. That's a lot of fun!

Half an hour later,

Yang Dong returned to his residence in Xichang,

"Shu Mouse, how are the interrogations of those people brought back yesterday, can there be a confession?"

When Shu Mouse heard this, he immediately lowered his head and shrunk his neck, and whispered:

"Yang Gong, those people are all dead......"

"What did you say!?"

Yang Dong raised his eyebrows and asked coldly:

"What the hell is going on? Didn't they all be arrested yesterday? ”

Hearing this, a touch of indignation appeared on Shu Mouse's cheeks.

"Yang Gong, there is a traitor in our West Factory!"

"Someone secretly used poison to poison all these men in black."

"What!?"

Yang Dong's face was full of shock, and he stood up suddenly.

Most of today's secret agents in the West Factory are people with clean backgrounds that he selected from among the eunuchs.

Unexpectedly, is it also mixed with sand?

"Has the traitor been found?"

He rubbed his brows, only to feel a hint of exhaustion in his heart.

"Found it."

Shu mouse nodded, but a strange look flashed in his eyes.

"It's just that, according to the investigation of his subordinates, this traitor seems to have been bought, and they don't know the identity of those people. So ......"

"Do you suspect that there are those accomplices in the palace?"

When Shu Mouse heard this, his body immediately trembled violently. He fell to his knees with a thud and said hurriedly:

"Yang Gong, his subordinates know their mistakes, and ask Yang Gong to punish them."

"Well, get up. The stakes are too high to be brought up again. ”

Yang Dong sighed lightly, he naturally knew that there were people arranged by Uncle Zhang in the palace.

It's just that the other party's control of intelligence seems to have exceeded his expectations.

It's over, I'm going to be exposed!

At this moment, Yang Dong only felt inexplicably irritable in his heart.

What will Uncle Zhang do next?

Do you give up on yourself, or do you pretend you don't know?

Will you choose to keep yourself alive, or will you choose ...... Divide after fast?

The strong sense of uncertainty made Yang Dong upset.

But at this moment, the voice of a secret agent came from outside the door.

"Yang Gong, You Qi, the great eunuch of the Internal Affairs Office, asks to see you."

"Yuzi?"

Yang Dong frowned slightly, quickly gathering information about this person in his mind.

But he racked his brains, but only had some memories of his appearance.

Seems to be a spirited old eunuch?

"Let him in!"

Yang Dong opened his mouth to order, but he was secretly vigilant in his heart.

An old eunuch who has been in the palace for decades suddenly came to visit him, what is the matter?

On the other side, an old eunuch with a white beard slowly walked into the small building of the West Factory.

He is in good spirits, and his body is obviously old, but his eyes are extremely bright.

As soon as he entered the door, he immediately bowed his hand to Yang Dong,

"The great eunuch You Qi, I have seen Yang Gong."

"Father-in-law You came late at night, I don't know why?"

Yang Dong returned the salute and asked straight to the point.

"The stakes are very high, and I also ask Yang Gongping to step back."

Hearing this, Shu Mouse was immediately unhappy.

"Yang Gong, this old eunuch has a very high rank in the palace, you better be careful."

Yang Dong waved his hand and motioned for Shu Mouse to step back for the time being.

This is not because he has become bolder, but because there is no qi and blood fluctuation on this Youqi's body at all.

In other words, he's just an ordinary person.

Seeing him so decisive, You Qi's eyes couldn't help but flash a flash of appreciation.

"No wonder Hong Lao Liu, that old boy, always praises you in front of the old man."

"It's young, but it's a bit bold."

"Youqi is a name that you may not be familiar with. If you don't feel used to it, you can call the old man You Laosi......"