Five hundred flintlock pistols, a neat procession, envy and jealousy not only of the palace and a few rooms, but even King Qian, who was standing at the head of the city to see the procession away, was jealous.

He turned back to Xia Jing who was standing beside him and said, "Five hundred flintlock pistols, the princess is really generous!" Your arrogant methods really make me jealous! ”

Xia Jing sneered when she heard this, not saving him face at all: "The prince was born in the royal family, grew up in a small brocade and jade food, and now he is even richer, why hasn't he grown at all, or is he so shallow?" ”

When King Qian heard this, the smile on his face froze, and out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the other entourage turning their heads to the other side, needless to say, they deliberately turned their heads away when they heard this.

The performance of the entourage and Xia Jing's words made King Qian lose face and make him even more ashamed.

But he also lived up to the reputation of being the first gentleman in the capital, and the embarrassment only existed for a moment, after which he returned to normalcy and snorted coldly: "The princess is becoming more and more sharp and sharp-mouthed now, and it is lucky not to be angry when she talks to you!" ”

Although he spied on her flintlock pistol technique, he didn't pierce this layer of window paper after all, but Xia Jing didn't care about his face at all, and stabbed it directly on the bright side, which was really out of common sense, which was a headache.

Xia Jing retracted her gaze from the team in the distance at this moment, turned to King Qian, and looked at him seriously.

King Qian was a little uncomfortable being stared at by her, so he heard her speak: "It seems that the troubled times have cultivated the prince's skin, and the more he grinds, the thicker it gets." ”

Hearing her say this, no matter how thick-skinned King Rao Shiqian was, his face was slightly blushing at this time.

However, he said unwillingly: "The strength of one person's armed force is not really strong, the strength of the entire palace is considered strong, since the princess's ironworks can produce flintlock pistols, why don't you produce more and equip the king's team with some?" ”

Although King Qian didn't know the difference between a flintlock pistol and an arquebus, it didn't prevent him from knowing the power of firearms.

Listening to his natural words, Xia Jing was not happy, she didn't like to hear this, "Listening to you, those who don't know think that this flintlock pistol is like planting beans, and planting one is a batch of harvest." ”

As she spoke, Xia Jing stopped her steps to go down the city tower, "Does the prince know how many processes it takes to produce a flintlock pistol?" Such a high-tech weapon is not a sword, a gun, a stick, or a stick, and it is not something that can be built after it is made. ”

There was coldness in King Qian's eyes, "Then according to the princess, you want to equip the flintlock pistol only for Xiao Wu?" ”

Xia Jing didn't care about the coldness in his eyes, but she also knew that it was impossible to equip her team alone.

After all, King Qian is here, and the world will recognize that she is the princess, if there is no King Qian, who in the world will care who she is.

The advantages of her occupying the position of Princess Qian outweigh the disadvantages, and it is convenient for her to act, since she has borrowed his power, then she can't be too ruthless.

Yes, Xia Jing shook her head, "At present, we can only supply Xiao Wu temporarily, and when the production efficiency of the flintlock pistol is improved and Xiao Wu's team is fully equipped, it will be supplied to you." ”

So it's not that it is not provided to you, but that there is a powerless heart right now.

After listening to her words, King Qian was satisfied and did not complain anymore.

The two gentlemen and the confidant officials who followed behind sighed and wiped the sweat from their foreheads, but fortunately, the princess was relieved in the end.

Otherwise, in the end, the prince might have sent them out to negotiate with the princess.

If so, they are still the ones who will be embarrassed.

After returning to the palace, the two enemies separated in the front yard.

Xia Jing went directly to the backyard, and King Qian went to the study in the front yard.

Entering the study, he asked Zeng Yan, who came in, "What's the situation on the boss's side?" ”

Zeng Yan glanced at the two gentlemen, stepped forward and replied, "Uncle, the wound is healing well now, and he can already get out of bed and move." ”

King Qian nodded expressionlessly, and did not ask him anything more.

Now that the boss is abandoned, the big house will be supported by the eldest grandson Ding'an and his two brothers.

Zeng Yan saw King Qian's reaction, and there was not much surprise, but he still sighed in his heart, somewhat regretful.

Uncle Li Chengshang has been trained by the prince since he was a child, and he reads poetry and books, but he doesn't want to come to Lingnan and abolish him in an accident, and now he has become a waster.

Although Li Chengshang's assassination wound infection saved his life, he was in a coma with a high fever for three days, and then he woke up, but his brain burned out.

Now the uncle who has returned to the palace is just a fool, in addition to eating and sleeping every day, he also stares at the ants on the ground silly.

The biggest blow to him becoming like this is the big house, the eldest lady almost collapsed, the two brothers Li Ding'an and Li Dingrong were even more sad all day long, their father became a fool, and they were directly eliminated from the inheritance team of the palace, and they lost the right to inherit.

On this expedition, Dafang originally wanted to try to let his grandchildren's Li Dingan lead the troops to go with the team, but King Qian did not agree, and Dafang had just had an accident, so he still gave them time to slow down.

King Qian sat at the desk, took out a copy of the newspaper from a pile of official documents, and threw it on the table, "The autumn harvest is about to be in the north, whether it is Beidi occupying the Gyeonggi region or the rebels occupying Qingzhou and Yanzhou, they are all a little impatient and want to go south to plunder more land, materials and people.

Jiankang is now like a great enemy, preparing for war, but how to prepare for war, this king can't think of how the combat power of the capital military battalion can withstand the simultaneous attack of the soldiers and horses of the two sides? ”

A few months ago, the new emperor issued a decree to let Youzhou, Jizhou, Yuzhou, and Xuzhou soldiers and horses encircle and annihilate the rebels of Qin Lang's department, but the imperial court moved south, and the control of the north and other places was reduced, so that the northern states were a little sluggish in the decree issued by Jiankang, and besieged the two states of Qingyan without attacking.

It was precisely because the soldiers and horses of several states did not implement the decrees of the imperial court that the rebels were relieved in Qingzhou and Yanzhou.

No, seeing that the autumn harvest was imminent, they began to regroup and go south to plunder land, goods and population, so as to expand their strength.

The two gentlemen frowned when they heard this.

After a long while, Mr. Zhang said with a solemn expression: "Let's not talk about Beidi's soldiers and horses, let's just say that the imperial court is enough to choke the rebels, plus Beidi's iron cavalry, Weichen really can't think of how the imperial court should resist?" ”

If the soldiers and horses from all over the country go all out to serve the king, there may still be the possibility of turning defeat into victory, but most of the soldiers and horses in various places are now working independently, so how can the next battle be fought?

When King Qian heard this, his face could not hide his sorrow, and he said: "If the rebels go south to wreak havoc, then Xuzhou and Yangzhou will be ruined, the people will be displaced, and there may be another wave of refugees after the autumn, and the distant water cannot save the near fire, so the king can only do his best to make more preparations to prepare for the refugee wave in early winter." ”

As soon as these words came out, several people present basically heard what King Qian meant, it was impossible to gather troops and horses to go to King Jiankang Qin, but he was willing to make more preparations to welcome and resettle refugees.

In fact, the influx of refugees after the autumn is almost winter when they go to Lingnan.

But the only good thing is that the winter in Lingnan is not cold, and if the government does something, the refugees can survive the winter safely.

In the coming year, these displaced people will be the best population to enrich Lingnan.

A few people present listened to his words, and they were relieved, they were afraid that King Qian would be willful and pull the only soldiers and horses in Lingnan to King Qin, and when the time came, the tired soldiers who traveled far away would be unpredictable about the victory or defeat of Shangbeidi or the rebels.

At the same time, they also sighed in their hearts, the prince doesn't look at the world and ignores the world, in fact, it is quite cunning.

But as soon as he met the princess, it seemed that a hungry wolf met a hedgehog, so that he had nowhere to speak, and he was helpless against her.

Zeng Yan, who knows the most about Lingnan's internal affairs, said: "This prince can rest assured, since we came to Lingnan, we have banned the export of grain and grass, and there are a lot of taxes collected after the summer harvest, plus the grain harvested in autumn this year, which is enough for us to cope with next summer's harvest." ”

Fortunately, Lingnan grows two crops a year, and if it is the same as the north, he is really afraid that he will be blind in the face of refugees.

Mr. Zhang disagreed with Zeng Yan's words, and as a strategist, he obviously saw a longer vision.

I only heard him say: "What Steward Yan said is only based on normal circumstances, and it will be difficult for the grain and grass in Lingnan to last until next summer." But let's not forget, now that the army has just set off, if Annan is a little more difficult to deal with, the confrontation between the two armies will be a bottomless pit of money and food, this is one of them.

Second, if there is another accident in the Central Plains, resulting in an increase in the number of refugees who will flock to Lingnan, then our pressure will be doubled, and there will be a shortage of food and grass for the winter.

For the above two points, we must be prepared in advance and take precautions, so as not to be caught blind and fall into a dilemma. ”

King Qian listened to his words and was very embarrassed, "What Mr. said is reasonable, if Beidi and the rebels want to make trouble, then it will undoubtedly be worse for the imperial court."

It's just that Lingnan is already a border, and further south is the sea, so even if we want to buy grain and grass from other places, we have no way. ”

Mr. Zhang sighed, "There are too few soldiers available to the imperial court, unless the emperor is edicted, but the chaos in the world is very widespread, and what soldiers are willing to send troops to help?" ”

Don't talk about it from afar, let's talk about King Qian, he is still the ancestor of the new emperor, and this direct royal family is unwilling to send troops to King Qin, let alone the feudal officials in charge of troops in other places.

King Qian heard that one head and two big, the affairs of the court could not be thought about or discussed, as long as it involved these bad things in the court, he would have a headache.

He waved his hand, "Zeng Yan went down first and prepared according to the original plan, and then looked at the future step by step, so there is no hurry for the time being." ”

Mr. Yan listened to him, opened his mouth, and finally did not speak again.

Zeng Yan was ordered to leave the study, and went to the warehouse to get some medicinal materials to be sent to the big room, and on the way he met Xia Jing who was about to go out.

He and the little servant holding the medicinal herbs behind him hurriedly saluted her: "I've seen the princess." ”

Xia Jing's eyes swept over the medicinal herbs held by the little servant, and asked with concern, "Are you going to the big house?" Is the boss's wound healing good? ”

Zeng Yan: "Back to the princess, the uncle recovered well after coming back from his wound." ”

"That's good." Xia Jing nodded, and the others didn't ask, knowing that the boss was stupid, and if he asked more questions and was listened to by someone with a heart, he would be suspected of gloating.

Out of the city, Xia Jing went directly to the military camp on the outskirts of the city.

The personnel of her personal guard battalion who remained in Fucheng, and those who did not have a mission lived here.

There are also Xiaowu's personal soldiers living here, the camp is not small, and Xia Jing later expanded a part, and the camp covers a wider area.

Entering the camp, Ye Fei, the leader of the personal guard squadron, directly ordered a thousand elites to come out.

Looking at the collection of a thousand elites, Xia He was itching to know where these thousand elite soldiers were going to go?

So he pretended to be his sister-in-law, trotted to Xia Jing and asked, "Princess, are you going to do big things with these thousand elite soldiers?" Can you bring me with you? ”

Xia Jing saw him come to her, and raised her eyebrows in surprise, "Why are you here?" ”

Xia He smiled embarrassedly, and then he remembered that the family who came to the barracks didn't know yet, listening to the sister-in-law's tone, it seemed that his cousin hadn't told her yet.

He tidied up the military robe on his body, and said with a smile: "That's what you see, I envy my cousin for being able to lead troops at a young age, so I followed." ”

Xia Jing pulled the corners of her mouth, and her eyes turned to the elite who held her head high.

Seeing that Xia Jing ignored him, Xia He scratched his head, looked at the elite of the whole team, and then looked at Xia Jing, and finally mustered up the courage to ask again: "Sister-in-law, can I follow the team?" ”

Xia Jing frowned slightly and glanced at him, "You really want to go?" ”

Xia He nodded hurriedly, "I think!" ”

There is no longer his share in pacifying Annan, and this time he will not follow him with a dead face, when will he have the opportunity to make meritorious contributions.

Xia Jing didn't know what he was thinking, since he wanted to practice, then taking him with him didn't have much impact and agreed.

The team started until the beach, Xia He saw several sea boats docked at the pier, and only then did he figure out that the team was going to go to sea by boat.

"Little princess, where are we going?"

Xia Jing took the maid to guard a large sea ship, "You'll know when you arrive." ”

Before getting on the boat, Xia He noticed that this wharf was newly built, and the location of this wharf was also quite secret, not in the bustling Fucheng wharf.

As if thinking of a possibility, he asked, "Princess, this pier can't be newly built by you, right?" ”

Hongmei glanced back at him, and replied for Xia Jing: "The second son is really a good eyesight, this is the newly built dock of the princess, as for the use, we just know it." ”

“.” Xia He was speechless, he asked because he was curious about the use of the dock here, otherwise he would have nothing to do with it, why would he ask about this?

didn't get the answer he wanted, and it was obvious that Xia Jing didn't want to answer him directly.

In order to alleviate the embarrassment, he looked around, and this look really made him realize something.

Xia He pointed to the sailboat not far away and asked, "Why is that boat different from the one we are on?" ”

This time it was Ye Fei who answered him: "It is a soft sailing ship of the Xiyi people, and the hull is narrower than the hull built by our Dayu Dynasty, so it is much faster than the boat under our feet in the case of wind." ”

"The ship of the Xiyi?" Xia He looked at Ye Fei, and then looked at Xia Jing's expression, thinking a little too much for a while.

But he also knows the current affairs and does not get to the bottom of it, some things are like what the red plum maid said, everyone knows it.

After all the elites got on the ship, Ye Fei checked the situation on the ship, and came back and forth: "Princess, everything is ready to set sail." ”

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