Zetian Palace, side hall, Imperial Army Council Hall.

When Wei Qiu said about the seizure of the twenty magic crystal cannons of the National Assembly, it caused everyone to laugh, and Zhang Wei said with a grin: "The book of the military department is the book of the military department, and it is so reasonable to rob things, this is very good!"

Lin Muyu groaned and asked, "Have you found out the origin of these magic crystal cannons?" Could it be that in addition to the Imperial Weapons Division, others have also mastered the technology of casting magic crystal cannons?"

"Not really. Wei Qiu replied: "The bottom of these magic crystal cannons is engraved with the number of the military department, if nothing else, it should have been lost in the battle of Lingdong Province, and then the army of the Tianji Empire did not have time to take it away, so it fell into the people, as for how did the parliamentary army come...... Most of them were bought from merchants or mercenaries. ”

"It seems that the Congressional Army is racking their brains for the armament!" Feng Jixing sighed with emotion and said: "Since Zhuang Yan can think of this method to get armaments, he must also think of a way from other places, for the time being, they are quite polite to the Ministry of War, once they have enough armaments, I am afraid that it may not be possible after the hole cards are hard." ”

"Hmm. Lin Muyu nodded and said, "After all, there are too many people in the congressional army, once the magic crystal cannon is equipped, it will be amazing, Wei Qiu, Zhang Wei, and you must carefully send people to investigate, and you can't relax your vigilance." ”

"Yes, Lin Shuai!" several people clasped their fists in unison.

Lin Muyu groaned, and said: "Zhuang Yan and Su Changying are both smart people, they will definitely compete with the imperial army from other aspects, as for what they are best at, it should be to incite the people and use the constitution's charter, from today on, everyone in the imperial army must study the constitution and restrain their words and deeds, no one can be caught by the parliamentary army, have you remembered?"

"Yes!"

"Especially you, Zhang Wei. Lin Muyu raised his eyebrows and said: "One of the regulations on military personnel in the constitution is that soldiers are not allowed to raise more than three concubines and play with women, and you Zhang Wei has repeatedly been in and out of Fireworks Alley, once you are caught, I am afraid that no one will be able to protect you, so you must restrain it, you know?"

Zhang Wei knelt down on one knee: "Yes, Lin Shuai, the last general understands, he must restrain himself!"

Following the wind for many years, Zhang Wei's temperament has indeed restrained a lot, according to his previous temper, I am afraid that he would have already taken a knife to the Congress to cut it indiscriminately, the world of this empire was brought back by Lin Muyu, Feng Jixing, and Tang Xiaoxi, who dared to let them be angry is simply an enemy of him Zhang Wei, at least, he must have thought so in his upright temperament.

Lin Muyu sat on the handsome seat, flipped through the military order book in front of him, and said: "Winter is coming, how are our armaments and materials prepared?"

"Lin Shuai, please rest assured. In the crowd, Ding Xi hugged his fists and said: "His Royal Highness Yin ordered his subordinates to take charge of the Quartermaster Department, these subordinates have already arranged with the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households, and a set of cotton clothes for the Gentian Battalion, the Forbidden Army and the Banished Legion will be ready to stop in half a month, and the weather will be cold after half a month, which can just come in handy." ”

"Well, it's hard work General Ding Xi. Lin Muyu nodded, and said, "By the way, what about the grain and grass for the war horses? Also, did the people we sent to the Northern Desert to buy war horses come back?"

Ding Xi said: "The grain and grass have been prepared properly, there are more than 40 forage fields in Lanyan City, which is enough for our 100,000 war horses to survive the whole winter, in addition, the people who went to the Northern Desert have come back quickly, since the death of the big wolf lord of the Northern Desert, more than a dozen tribes have no leader, but there are still a lot of war horses, our envoys have met with their tribal leaders, and they have negotiated, they are willing to sell 150,000 war horses to us, and the price is about 150 gold coins a horse, so we need to prepare nearly 30 million gold coins." ”

"Thirty million?!Do you have it?"

"The household is a little tight, and these gold coins need to be moved from the rest of the place. ”

Lin Muyu frowned, turned to look at Qin Yin, and said, "Xiao Yin, do you have any money there?"

Qin Yin pursed her red lips and said: "Zetian Palace is also poor, even if it is open source and throttling, there is not so much money, there are about 10 million gold Yin coins in the treasury of the palace, all of them are for you, and you have to figure out the rest by yourself." ”

Lin Muyu turned to the other side again: "Xiaoxi, is the Seven Seas King's Mansion rich?"

"No ......" Tang Xiaoxi blinked: "The last time I went on an expedition to Cangnan Province, the treasury of the Seven Seas Province was almost spent, and now it is not available, and after Xiaoyin returned, he gave amnesty to the world to reduce taxes, so now, all places are very poor." ”

"It seems that the eleven years of war have indeed impoverished the empire, and the dignified Lanyan City can't even take out tens of millions of gold coins......"

"yes, that's how it was. ”

Feng Jixing said: "Ah Yu, you might as well ask Jin Xiaotang, the Ziyinhua Chamber of Commerce should still be rich, these 150,000 war horses are very important to us, the future war is still the battlefield of iron horses, the magic crystal cannon is too clumsy, it can only be used for defensive warfare, the real offensive battle still depends on the cavalry and the rapid impact of the magic crystal crossbow, no war horses can't work!"

"Well, I'll ask, but it's not too ideal, now the big families in Lanyan City are also very poor, and the business of the Ziyin Flower Chamber of Commerce is not as good as before. ”

Tang Xiaoxi pursed his mouth: "The dignified Great Qin Empire, thousands of years of savings, where did the money go?"

"It's all on the steel parapet, and in the wilderness of the battlefield. Feng Jixing sighed.

At this time, Ding Xi said: "I think there are some people who are very rich. ”

"Who?" asked Lin Muyu.

Ding Xi said: "The princes of the Congress Palace, you see, they have the money to buy magic crystal cannons from the hands of mercenaries, which is enough to prove that their family background is relatively solid, take Zhuang Yan as an example, he is the Taishou of Sunset City, and the dealer where he is located is a business tycoon in Xunbai Province, after the demons were repulsed, Sunset City has been singing and dancing, and even the Blackstone Empire, The war of the Tianji Empire did not burn to Sunset City, so Zhuang Yan was very rich, it can be seen from the fact that he was able to raise nearly 60,000 troops, without money and military rations, who would follow him?"

The corners of Qin Yin's mouth lifted lightly, and said, "Lord Ding Xi means to ...... Should we slaughter the big ones?"

"That's right. ”

Ding Xi said: "Since Zhuang Yan, Su Changying and others can set up a parliament to reduce power with great fanfare, then why should we be polite? ”

Feng Jixing's eyes lit up: "General Ding Xi means to get rid of the princes' positions in the fief?"

"That's right. ”

Ding Xi took a deep breath and said: "Your Highness can select a group of young talents from the imperial capital to serve in various places, called 'Jun En Order', in fact, it is only to replace the status of the princes in the fiefdom and make them lose their roots, and if these princes do not want to be replaced, they need to hand over a certain amount of property to reject the Jun En Order, so that they can justifiably collect local financial resources." ”

"Good!"

Lin Muyu slapped his palms and said with a smile: "Lord Ding Xi's plan is good, feasible! Xiaoyin, Xiaoxi, what do you think?"

Qin Yin and Tang Xiaoxi nodded together: "Agreed." ”

Lin Muyu looked at Shangguan Jingyue and said, "Then ask Shangguan Nushi to draft this decree of grace immediately, the sooner the better, and directly deliver it to the hands of the princes, if they don't say anything within seven days, they will take their fiefdoms." ”

"Yes, Lin Shuai!" Shangguan Jingyue left happily.

Lin Muyu rubbed his hands: "In this way, there will be money to buy war horses!"

Wei Qiu said again: "Lin Shuai, Shenhou Yong Yifan sent a feather book from Winter Frost City, and learned that the Heavenly Absolute Empire on the Tianji Continent had passed through the Forest of No Return and had already started a war against Zhang Sheng's army of the Tianji Empire. ”

"Chen Yu has started a war against Zhang Sheng?"

Lin Muyu was stunned for a moment, and said happily: "It's a good thing, this is a good thing, so that the Tianji Continent won't pose any threat to us for at least half a year, great!"

He was so full of ambition that he felt that he couldn't sit down in the handsome position, and said, "By the way, how is the reconstruction of the Imperial Sailors going?"

Baili Cang hugged his fists: "Marshal Qiyu, several large docks are short of money, so the casting of building ships is very slow, and now there are only nearly a hundred building ships, and the recruits of the naval division still need to be trained, and they cannot form combat effectiveness in a short period of time." ”

"Money...... I still need money!"

Lin Muyu held his forehead and couldn't help but feel a little headache.

"Ah Yu, are you okay?" asked Feng Jixing.

"It's fine. Lin Muyu shook his head and said: "Everyone present is an imperial shareholder, let's all think of a way, how to make money, without money, we can't cast more building ships, without building ships, we can't train sailors, if there are no sailors...... Our East China Sea is still a blank space, there is no sea frontier of our own, we can only be beaten passively, and without warships, we cannot gather a large army to go east. ”

"Eastern Crusade ......?" Tang Xiaoxi was stunned.

"That's right, the Crusade. Lin Muyu looked at her and said with a smile: "Don't you think Xiaoxi, we should completely destroy the Tianji Continent?"

"Well, I'm afraid, it's a bit difficult. Ding Xi sighed and laughed.

"I know it's hard, but we have to prepare in advance. Lin Muyu turned the pen in his hand, brushed it, and said while pondering: "It's not that I want to be reckless, but if we don't exhaust the Great Qin Empire, we will definitely be destroyed, even if I am sorry for the future generations, but I must fight." ”

Qin Yin was slightly moved, and said softly: "I will support you wholeheartedly." ”

Tang Xiaoxi nodded: "Me too." ”

The generals were stunned for a moment, and then they all hugged their fists and said: "We will definitely follow the marshal, and the soldiers will not retreat!"

Lin Muyu smiled happily, the people in front of him are the real pillars of the empire, it is this group of people who have defeated strong enemies again and again, the Boxer Kingdom, the Demon Race, the Tianji Empire, and the Blackstone Empire, they are the real treasures of the empire, and history will always remember their names, as well as their brilliant exploits and chapters.