Listening to his father's words, Lin Xiuming felt as if he understood.

He is just a military general, and he basically leads troops to train on weekdays, and rarely participates in political affairs, so he doesn't know much about many things.

However, he believed that his father's choice was correct, and his father should not drag the Lin family into the abyss.

Lin Xiuming continued: "Dad, there is one more thing, I suspect that the heavy cavalry of the Northern Kingdom has not been destroyed. ”

"On the contrary, it is possible that the King of Beixian was destroyed by the King of the North."

Hearing this, Lin Gaoyuan said with a smile: "I didn't think that the heavy cavalry of the northern kingdom was destroyed from the beginning, if the heavy cavalry of the northern kingdom was really destroyed, it would be impossible for the king of the north to reform the northern kingdom." ”

Speaking of this, Lin Gaoyuan looked at Lin Xiuming, "Tell me what you saw in the northern country, and why you suspect that the heavy cavalry in the northern country has not been destroyed." ”

Lin Xiuming then told Lin Gaoyuan what he had seen and heard in the northern country, and after listening to his son's words, Lin Gaoyuan fell into deep thought.

After a while, Lin Gaoyuan came back to his senses and said: "There is no problem with the Northern King's approach, now you should indeed hide your strength, those barbarian cavalry you saw in Tianguang City are most likely real barbarians, but they are not the barbarians of the Beixian King tribe, and the barbarians of the Heavenly Wolf King tribe." ”

"The King of the North is trying to confuse the line of sight and make you think that the King of the North Xian is still there."

As an old fox who has been in the court for decades, Lin Gaoyuan can see the actual situation in the north at a glance.

Lin Xiuming said at this time: "Dad, since we can all see that the heavy cavalry in the northern country may still exist, then others can probably also see it." ”

"The Northern King hides the military strength of the Northern Kingdom at this time, won't people be aware of his intentions?"

Lin Gaoyuan said lightly: "What can I do if I notice it?" Now that there are still so many things in Great Xia that have not been resolved, it is impossible for Emperor Xia to put his mind on him. ”

"By the way, you've been staying at home lately, and if you don't have any tasks, try not to contact people outside, especially those from the family."

"Some time ago, there were quite a few big ships heading south in the east, and I estimate that Your Majesty has almost prepared."

Hearing Lin Gaoyuan's words, Lin Xiuming asked curiously, "What are you almost ready for?" ”

Lin Gaoyuan glanced at Lin Xiuming, and then said: "The Jiangnan family provoked this war and caused Your Majesty to lose so much land, do you think Your Majesty will just endure it and do nothing?" ”

Lin Xiuming instantly understood, and then he said: "If Your Majesty sends troops south, then the Jiangnan family should have noticed it, right?" ”

Lin Gaoyuan snorted and said: "Now the officials of the Jiangnan faction are immersed in the joy of victory, they still think that Your Majesty has compromised, how can they have time to pay attention to the merchant ships at sea, if I am not responsible for adjusting the price of grain, I am afraid I will not find out that there are so many more merchant ships at sea." ”

"Of course, to hide these merchant ships, we must also need the cooperation of a certain family in Jiangnan, otherwise there are so many merchant ships on the sea at once, and there is a high probability that other families will be aware of it, as for who is helping Your Majesty, we will only know after everything is over."

"Okay, let's not talk about this, you've been in a hurry, so let's have a good rest today."

Speaking of this, Lin Gaoyuan didn't say anything more to Lin Xiuming.

……

Meanwhile.

Northland.

Winter passes, spring arrives, the snow and ice begin to melt, and the weather is getting better and better.

Today is another sunny day, Lu Chen is standing in the yard, basking in the sun while looking at the account book in his hand.

At this time, Mu Zixuan, who was wearing a purple cotton robe, came to Lu Chen's side.

Lu Chen smiled and said to Mu Zixuan: "Concubine Ai, I really didn't expect that in just one winter, you helped me earn 10 million taels of silver." ”

Things like perfume and soap are not very profitable compared to a few months ago, and the real money is made with coal and stoves, and the carbon balls made in Beiwangfu this winter are basically made and sold as much as they want.

Mu Zixuan also set up a chamber of commerce in winter, as long as they joined the chamber of commerce's caravan, they could buy goods from the Beiwang Mansion at a low price, and then resell them to other countries or fiefdoms.

It is precisely because of the establishment of the Chamber of Commerce that the speed of making money in the Beiwang Mansion has also become faster, and the caravans in Yancheng are also endless, and now the road leading to the North County is pressed by horse-drawn carriages.

Mu Zixuan said: "This is all thanks to the prince's method of making money, and it has nothing to do with the concubine." ”

Lu Chen hugged Mu Zixuan's delicate body, stroked her slightly bulging belly and said, "How can this have nothing to do with you, there is a way to make money, and someone must be able to use it." ”

"With so much silver, the northern kingdom can finally build a large number of buildings."

Seeing that Lu Chen was so happy, Mu Zixuan also felt very happy in her heart, and she was very satisfied to be needed by the King of the North.

At this moment, a maid entered the main courtyard and said, "Lord Wang, Wu Qianhu is looking for you." ”

Hearing this, Lu Chen immediately let go of Mu Zixuan, "Concubine Ai, you have a good rest, I'll go get busy first." ”

Mu Zixuan said softly: "Well, the prince walks slowly." ”

Lu Chen immediately came to the study, Wu Yuan was already waiting at the door of the study, after seeing Lu Chen, he first saluted, and then handed the information in his hand to Lu Chen.

Lu Chen took the information and glanced at it, and couldn't help but smile.

"I really guessed it by this king, and the war is really over."

"The land of the three counties, my father is really willing to give it."

Speaking of this, Lu Chen said to Wu Yuan: "Immediately summon Li Rui and the officials of Yancheng, since the council hall has been built, it should also be used." ”

Wu Yuan immediately said, "Yes, Lord Wang." ”

About an hour and a half, the officials of Yancheng appeared in the newly renovated council hall.

The area of the council hall is very large, there are hundreds of square meters, and now there are very few officials in the northern country, basically there are several positions on one person, and the council hall at this time is very broad.

After Lu Chen came to the royal chair directly above and sat down, the officials immediately saluted and said, "Meet the prince, the prince is a thousand years old and a thousand years old!" ”

Lu Chen said "um", and then said, "Everyone sit down." ”

Lu Chen did not follow the rules of the court of Great Xia, and the officials of the court needed to stand, but they could sit down to discuss political affairs, of course, kneeling.

After the officials knelt down and sat down, Lu Chen said directly: "The imperial court has made peace with Dawu, and as far as this king knows, the conditions for peace talks are the two counties that Dawu now occupies plus Xiwu County. ”

Hearing this, the officials in the main hall immediately began to discuss.

Many of them thought that the war between the two dynasties would continue, but they did not expect it to end so soon.

At this time, Li Rui said: "Lord Wang, this is good news for our northern country!" ”

Hearing this, Lu Chen asked, "Why did Master Li say that?" ”

Li Rui said: "Xiwu County has been the land of Daxia since the creation of Daxia, the population of Xiwu County is basically the people of Daxia, and has a very deep affection for Daxia, plus Dawu launches wars every year, Dawu's soldiers burn and loot, and do all kinds of evil, once the people of Xiwu County hear that the imperial court is going to assign them to the Dawu Dynasty, there must be many people who find a way to move east!" ”

"But there is no surplus land left for them in the east, and once they leave their original land, they will become outcasts."

"And our northern country is just short of population!"

Mu Changtian also said at this time: "This is indeed a good time for the northern country to absorb the population. ”

"But ......"

"The minister thinks that the northern kingdom should not take too much initiative to take in the displaced people."

"There will inevitably be a large number of ordinary people in Seibu County fleeing eastward, and the exiles will soon create huge pressure on the fiefdoms of other feudal kings, and when that time comes, there will naturally be feudal kings begging the northern kingdom to take in the exiles."

At this time, Lu Chen looked at Qin Yushan and asked, "Commander Qin, what do you think about this matter?" ”

Now there are too few civil officials, and there are only a few people who can speak, there is no way, Lu Chen has to bring Qin Yushan with him.

Qin Yushan thought for a moment, and then said: "Lord Wang, my subordinates think that what General Mo said makes sense, we don't need to be too anxious to absorb the displaced people, but we can first send people to the three counties that are about to be assigned to the Dawu Dynasty to spread some benefits of joining the Northern Kingdom." ”

"For example, if you join the North, you can get land and grain, and I believe that the people of those three counties will definitely choose to come to the Northland when they hear that they will divide the land after joining the Northland."

Lu Chen said: "Okay, just do what Commander Qin said." ”

"In addition, there are some things to discuss about reform in this meeting."

Speaking of this, Lu Chen looked at Mu Changtian, "General Mo, I have already read your military reform plan, this king has made some additions and adjustments to your proposal, you military attaches will listen to this king's military reform plan next, if there is anything you don't understand, you can put it forward......"

Then Lu Chen said to the Jinyi guard soldiers beside him: "Read." ”

Immediately after, the Jinyi Guard soldier took out a scroll and began to read it.

For the next hour, they were all discussing some issues of reform in the Northland.

……

Meanwhile.

Yancheng, a restaurant opened in Xuanyue Palace.

In the private room by the window, a man in coarse cloth clothes was waiting for someone while drinking.

After a while, a man wearing a hat entered the private room.

He closed the door to the private room and sat down in front of the man in the coarse cloth clothes in front of the window.

The man wearing the hat spoke at this time: "There is more than one grandmaster in the Northern Palace, and today I saw two grandmasters entering and leaving the Beiwangfu, although they were deliberately hiding their aura, but they were still detected by me. ”

"I'm afraid it's hard to start."

Hearing the words of the hat man, Su Teng drank the glass of wine in his hand in one gulp, and then said with a smile: "Since the pavilion master is here in person, it is impossible for this task to fail, two grandmasters, it's nothing." ”

"The Wang family can't wait, we have to do it tonight."

(End of chapter)