"Haha!"

Zuo Yu laughed when he heard this.

Daenerys also smiled, shook her head, and said disdainfully, "Cheap loyalty." ”

Zuo Yu smiled and shook his head: "The vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty are all virtuous, and if you kill them, there is no need to keep them." ”

Zhao Lihe said with a smile: "Of course I know that the reason why I left King Qin is to let the outside world see that I treat the Ming royal family well, so that they can understand that I am different from those rogues, so as to eliminate the resistance in their hearts......"

"Why bother?" Daenerys wondered, "You have the military strength of the United States during World War II, why should you care about their feelings, just force them to push them down!" ”

Zhao Lihe chuckled: "Little Dani, my brother taught you a sentence, you will win all battles, and you will be good if you are not good; A soldier who surrenders without a fight, and a good man who is good ......"

Zuo Yu smiled and said: "Don't teach, your strategy doesn't work for Dani, you care about the lives of the enemy's army and the people under your rule, and think that sooner or later they will be your own people, so you don't want to kill, but she doesn't care about the lives of those notorious mercenary groups and noble soldiers, whether it is the slave city-state of the Essos continent or the raiding Dothraki warriors, they need to rely on violence rather than mercy to govern." ”

"That's right, that's right!"

Daenerys nodded hurriedly in agreement.

Zhao Lihe smiled helplessly, Zuo Yu was indeed right, in the world of power and travel, benevolence is not worth mentioning, only money and the army are king.

But in the Ming world, Zhao Lihe still wants to preserve the population of the descendants of Yan and Huang as much as possible, a healthy young man needs to consume tons of food and a full eighteen years to grow, but to kill him, only one cheap bullet is needed.

If you can rely on strategy to survive the tens of millions of people who should have died in the troubled times at the end of the Ming Dynasty, even if it is delayed for several years, it will be profitable for Zhao Lihe.

"Don't worry, when the new dynasty is established, I will deal with these vassal kings and nobles of the old dynasty according to the law, kill those who should be killed, and go to jail for those who should be imprisoned, and use the lives of these people to give an explanation to the people who have been tortured by the troubled times......"

Zhao Lihe said lightly as he walked out of the Qin Palace with Zuo Yu and Daenerys.

On the way to the garrison in the city, young officials could be seen hurrying past the three of them from time to time.

They were wearing restructured official uniforms similar to Mao suits, their faces were young and vibrant, and they had a restrained arrogance all over their bodies, and when they saw Zhao Lihe and the others, they just respectfully arched their hands, called Lord Fuzun, and then left in a hurry.

Zhao Lihe responded with a smile and watched their backs leave.

Zuo Yu's expression was strange: "Lord Fuzun? ”

Zhao Lihe glanced at him and said: "Now the entire north except for Kyoto is under my rule, even the vast majority of the Ming Dynasty officials in Kyoto have secretly surrendered to me, only Chongzhen is still sticking to it, he named me the prefect of Xi'an, but he named the general under my command as the political envoy, and wanted to use this to drive a wedge between me and the generals under his command, I thought it was interesting, so I accepted his reward." ”

Zuo Yu asked with interest, "And then?" ”

Zhao Lihe said lightly: "Lao Liu, who was named the political envoy, was frightened, and that night he took the holy decree to my house with his wife and daughter, and cut Chongzhen's holy decree in half in front of me, and then pulled his wife and children to kneel in front of me, presented the sword with both hands, and said that as long as he is suspected of betrayal in the future, let me use this sword to kill his whole family......"

"You took it?"

"Of course not." Zhao Lihe said angrily, "If I want to kill him, do I still need a sword?" ”

Daenerys listened with relish, and then wondered: "Zhao, you have taken the entire north, why don't you take Kyoto yet, is it interesting to keep a king of the previous dynasty in the territory?" ”

"It's really interesting."

Zhao Lihe nodded first, and then said with a smile: "But I didn't keep him for humiliation and fun, but for other reasons, if I really killed Chongzhen, those rotten Confucian literati in Jiangnan would immediately support other Zhu royal families to ascend the throne, and when the time comes, there will still be people who use the name of the Zhu royal family to disgust me, rather than dealing with those bugs that pop up out of nowhere, it is better to leave Chongzhen first." ”

"It just so happens that he and I have some grievances with me, I just want him to watch the Ming Dynasty collapse in his hands......"

Speaking of this, Zhao Lihe narrowed his eyes slightly, and for the first time his eyes revealed the coldness and cruelty that belonged to the emperor.

Seeing his eyes, Zuo Yu was very relieved, and Daenerys finally saw the familiar appearance of the emperor.

"Lord Fuzun!"

Another young official bowed his hand to the three of them, then turned and hurried away.

Daenerys frowned, looked at his back and said with some dissatisfaction: "Zhao, why do I think these people don't seem to respect you very much, do you need me to help you teach them a lesson?" ”

"Don't!" Zhao Lihe hurriedly stopped, and said angrily, "I have finally cultivated their arrogance, you must not break me, besides, they are not disrespectful to me, but in this Qin Palace, they are not themselves, but officials representing the country, and when they get out of this Qin Palace, you can see their reverence for me......

Zhao Lihe said extremely confidently, which made Daenerys inexplicably feel a trace of envy in her heart.

"Looks like I really need to learn how to govern the country with you!"

"You've learned, little Dani!"

Zhao Lihe smiled and rubbed her head, then turned around, laughed behind his back and left.

Soon, the three of them came to the military camp stationed in the city, where Zhao Lihe's most trusted three thousand personal guards were stationed.

Most of the soldiers in the army were members of the alliance who originally followed Zhao Lihe, including the children of the Qi family army and the villagers of Hanzhong Mansion, these people were loyal to Zhao Lihe and had no two hearts.

In order to repay their loyalty, Zhao Lihe also gave them the best equipment and treatment.

Not only did the barracks have the most cutting-edge modern firepower configurations, but also the steel soldiers and steel golems he bought.

At the back of the barracks, there is also a martial arts pavilion, which stores the secret books of exercises that Zhao Lihe officially exchanged from one person, and all members of the pro-guard army have the right to enter and exit the martial arts pavilion and choose a book of exercises for cultivation.

Even if they don't have the talent to practice Qi, they can still strengthen it through the four strengthening machines equipped in the barracks.

Each Grey Mist Booster has five hundred Grey Mist Coins stored in it, adding up to a total of two thousand Grey Mist Coins, which is quite a large expenditure.

Speaking of which, I have to mention that due to the nature of the traverser, at the beginning, they were able to absorb nearly twenty gray fog coins per day, while ordinary people could only absorb 1-5 wisps of gray fog every day, which was converted into gray fog coins, that is, 0.2-1 gray fog coins.

Every few days of continuous absorption, there is also a period of rest.

This leads to the extremely low efficiency of ordinary people's gray mist enhancement, which is far inferior to cultivating exercises or relying on technology.

The four gray mist enhancement machines that Zhao Lihe placed in the military camp have been used by more than 700 people so far, and among them, only 39 people who have the highest talent, that is, can absorb one gray mist coin every day.

Most of the rest have given up and tried to practice Qi Gong or rely on technology.

However, practicing Qi Gong also requires talent, which leads to the fact that a considerable part of the 3,000 pro-guard troops are still relatively powerful ordinary people, and there are only 184 people who can really master the inhuman power.

"I've read the comics under one person, I'm very interested in the self-cultivation furnace that can turn ordinary people into inhumans, and when you meet Ma Xianhong, after you get that thing, you can sell it to me, and I will give you a satisfactory price."

Zhao Lihe patted Zuo Yu's shoulder and said.

Daenerys hurriedly said: "That's not good, I want this thing too, let's compete fairly!" ”

Zuo Yu said with a smile: "Don't worry, if you want to sell it, you must sell it to the alliance first, and when the Void and Boss Lin finish researching, you can buy a more cost-effective and inexpensive improved version from the alliance, isn't it okay!" ”

"It's also ......"

Daenerys nodded, no longer arguing with Zhao Lihe.

Next to the three of them, the heroic young man in a white shirt listened silently, with a thoughtful look in his eyes.

Zhao Lihe turned his head and said with a smile: "Lao Pan, lead the way ahead!" ”

"Yes, Lord Fuzun!"

Pan Yunpeng smiled and bowed his hand, and then walked in front to lead the way for the three of them.

He is the leader of these 3,000 pro-guard forces, and he is also the supreme leader of the secret spy organization and intelligence network under Zhao Lihe.

As a member of the Alliance who is not a child of the Qi family's army, being able to sit in this position, in addition to his loyalty to Zhao Lihe and the Alliance, the most important thing is his own character and ability.

Because of this, Zhao Lihe decided to put him in charge of cross-border transactions, and handed over the first fixed portal to him to manage.

Soon, Pan Yunpeng stopped, turned sideways, and said softly: "Lord Fuzun, this is it." ”

Everyone looked up and saw a metal platform with a length and width of 30 meters and a height of about 2 meters.

Constructed of alloy and inscribed with the Seal of the Void and magical spells, the platform is durable, weather-resistant, and unmaintained, standing unchanged for tens of thousands of years.

The façade of the platform is a nine-tiered staircase, and the other three sides are gentle ramps for vehicles.

Zhao Lihe took a step forward and stepped on the nine-fold staircase in front of him.

Zuo Yu and Daenerys stood in place, surrounded by Pan Yunpeng and the three hundred pro-army he carried.

And these people will become the first members and armed forces of the new department that Zhao Lihe will establish next.

Under the watchful eye, Zhao Lihe climbed the high platform, took out a cup of gray mist coin, and activated it.

"Void, open the fixed portal!"

As the soft words fell, a silver light burst out in front of Zhao Lihe's eyes.

A spatial crack glowing with silver light appeared out of thin air, and then rapidly expanded in four directions, up, down, left, and right, and in an instant, it turned from a crack into a giant portal about ten meters wide and about twenty meters high.

(End of chapter)