In the early morning of the next day, in front of the Listening Tide Pavilion, Dai Daojin leaned on the fence to watch the lake.

At this time, just after Qingming, the rain in the valley has not arrived, and the Qingliang Mountain where the palace is entrenched has a large lake with a lot of water vapor rising, causing the fog to be filled.

Maybe it's the bitter cold of the north, and even the fog is different from the land south of the Yangtze River.

The fog in the south of the Yangtze River is milky white, light as a feather coat, and the fog of the cool mountain is as condensed as gray lead, rolling and drifting against the big lake, as if wrapping the earth.

Dai Daojin's mind was misty, his eyes stared motionlessly at the rolling fog in front of him, and the spirit god had already been emptied.

After a while, I came back to my senses.

Looking at the fog in front of him, it seems that the whole world is only himself, and the feeling of alienation and loneliness that does not belong to this world on his body involuntarily seeps out, this feeling is not strange to Dai Daojin, because it often accompanies him.

Every time he experiences a world, this loneliness grows, but on weekdays, he hides in front of people.

The sound of soft footsteps came.

Dai Daojin put away his thoughts, and the feeling of loneliness on his body disappeared.

Yuan Zuozong, who came behind him, flashed a trace of doubt in his eyes, thinking that he had sensed something wrong just now.

But then he shook his head secretly and put aside this doubt.

He arched his hand and said, "Sir, the general is invited." ”

Dai Daojin turned around and walked forward, and Yuan Zuozong followed.

......

In the study, several people sat down.

Dai Daojin glanced at everyone, Li Yishan's already pale face was even whiter, his eyes were bloodshot, and his spirit was a little sluggish, obviously because he was too exhausted, and he didn't rest well, so he thought that he should have discussed countermeasures with Xu Xiao last night.

Xu Xiao and Chen Zhibao have martial arts cultivation, and their complexions are normal.

"Ahem......" Li Yishan coughed violently.

Xu Xiao looked at Li Yishan's gaze with some worry, and when he noticed his gaze, Li Yishan waved his hand slightly.

Dai Daojin said softly: "Master Li, is your body okay?"

Li Yishan coughed a little violently, which made his pale face a little abnormally red, and said with a smile: "Thank you, sir, it's okay, it's just a small problem." ”

Dai Daojin nodded and didn't say anything.

He could naturally see that the other party's body was suffering from chronic diseases, and he had already overdrawn his life potential, and a lively vitality in his chest was circling in his internal organs, but he was like a rootless duckweed, thinking that he had taken some kind of elixir.

If it weren't for this vitality, this Li Yishan would have run out of oil and dried up.

Li Yishan skimmed over the topic, looked at the black-robed man in front of him, and said with a smile: "Sir, we promise to take over the Kunlun Mountain fortifications." ”

Dai Daojin nodded with a light smile, did not speak, and looked at everyone.

Sure enough, Li Yishan changed his words and said: "However, with Mr.'s wisdom and wisdom, he naturally knows that such a big fortification involves very complicated things, labor, money and food, and the cost is not more than tens of millions, and Yibeiliang's family foundation is not enough to support it, and there are various follow-up things." ”

This is a matter of putting facts on the table and reasoning.

The implication is that I agreed to the matter, but you have to help solve the difficulties encountered in the process of doing things, otherwise Bei Liang can't stand such a toss. It's really difficult for a strong man, so it belongs to chasing ducks to the shelves.

Dai Daojin nodded lightly, he also knew that this kind of thing was not something he could force out with a knife on the necks of these people.

After a pause, he spoke, "What do you think?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, in the face of this black-robed man, they had been like seeing flowers in the fog, not knowing the depth, for fear that the other party would be unreasonable directly, without considering the actual situation, and insisted on killing Bei Liang.

Li Yishan's tone was a little less heavy, and he said with a smile: "Sir, enlightened, although the Kunlun Mountain fortifications are huge, they are no different from ordinary ones, but it is this vastness, and all the subsequent effects brought about by it are very troublesome." ”

"The first is labor, and the third is money, which are the two most fundamental problems. ”

"Labor can be requisitioned from the people, but not too much, otherwise there will be resentment from the people, and Beiliang bears the responsibility of guarding the border and resisting Beimang, so Beiliang can't be chaotic. ”

"However, the lack of labor will inevitably affect the progress of the fortifications, so the labor problem is one of them. ”

"It's money and grain again, a lot of people's labor, eating and drinking wages, and the cost is huge, since Your Majesty already knows, I don't know if you can let the court allocate food?"

Dai Daojin heard this, and said in a deep voice: "The emperor is not easy to come to the matter of money and grain, you can secretly allocate a part of the grain, how much do you want?"

Li Yishan thought for a while and stretched out a finger: "Ten million taels a year." ”

Dai Daojin nodded and said, "Yes." “

Li Yishan heard that he agreed so happily, and secretly exchanged glances with Xu Xiao, knowing that the Liyang Treasury is only about 60 million taels per year.

Dai Daojin continued: "As for the artificial ...... I'll give you another five million taels of silver every year, whether you go to the Western Regions to arrest people, or go to the North Mang to rob people, regardless of the means, I only see the result. ”

Xu Xiao frowned, the meaning of the other party's words was obvious, these five million taels are your military expenses, what are you doing military expenses, it goes without saying.

But this requires continuous wars to grab so much labor, and once the war starts, the subsequent impact will be great.

He was about to say something.

Dai Daojin glanced at him and said: "You take every precaution to prevent the emperor from attacking the Xu family and Beiliang, I can also stop this matter for you, and ensure that your Beiliang King is hereditary and will not fall into decline." ”

Then he turned his head to look at Li Yishan and said, "You don't have to hide in the Tingchao Pavilion in the future to write about the sixteen strategies of Nalao Shizi against the emperor and what Beiliang governs the six sparse policies, and the hard work has been boiled dry, so that the oil runs out and the lamp dries up." I will reshape your physique, and you will assist Xu Xiao to do a good job of the Kunlun Mountain fortifications in the future. “

said so much in one go, Dai Daojin was quite impatient in his heart.

Li Yishan's pupils shrank, and his heart was extremely frightened, he had hardly been out of Tingchao Pavilion for more than ten years, and even Xu Xiao didn't know what he was preparing for the future, how did this person know?

When Xu Xiao heard this, he couldn't thank Li Yishan for his efforts, and looked at the black-robed man and said urgently: "Mr. can save Yuanying?"

In the past few years, he has invited many Xinglin national players, even the imperial doctor, but they are all helpless about Li Yishan's condition.

Dai Daojin nodded lightly and said, "Although it is troublesome, it is not impossible." ”

Xu Xiao was overjoyed when he heard this, got up and bowed to Dai Daojin, and said, "Thank you, sir." ”

From yesterday to today, he has been in a heavy and depressed mood, and he is really happy at this moment.

When Li Yishan saw Xu Xiao's appearance, he couldn't help but be moved in his heart, Xu Xiao has always treated him as a national soldier, and he has always felt that the preparations he made with all his efforts were what he should do, otherwise he would have peace of mind.

Dai Daojin looked at this scene, he didn't react, his eyes were a little indifferent, his indifferent eyes glanced at a few people, and his tone was calm: "Your worries, I have cleared them for you, I hope you will do things well, don't let me down." “

"Give you ten years, and then I will see the finished work. ”

Beneath the calm tone, the repressed tyranny seems to be about to erupt.

Xu Xiao was silent, the other party didn't say what would happen if it couldn't be completed, but the sound outside the strings could be heard by everyone.

He said in a deep voice, "Sir, don't worry. ”