Suzhou City, in a hidden Jinyi Guard stronghold.

Lin Nuo sat in the study, reading the secret letters of Jinyi Wei from all over the Ming Dynasty.

"Lin Nuo, Zhao Er's side, there's a letter!"

Outside the study, Xiu'er took a sealed letter and quietly came to the study.

The two Zhao brothers are one of Lin Nuo's few cronies.

Today's Zhao Da was left in the capital by Lin Nuo, sitting on the brocade guard, always paying attention to various movements in the court.

As for Zhao Er, he was sent to Shanyin County again by Lin Nuo, and was responsible for recruiting and training troops in the Yunnan-Guizhou region in the name of Jinyiwei entering the mountains to suppress bandits.

Zhao Da and Zhao Er's brothers, the letters do not go through the regular channels of Jinyiwei, they are all through Xiu'er to contact each other, in Xiu'er's hands, there is also a Jinyiwei spy who even Fang Yun and others don't know.

When I opened the letter, the content was extremely concise, in a word, it was a lack of money!

Building an army with strong combat power is an extremely money-burning thing, not to mention all kinds of military supplies, just eating this kind of thing, you can definitely eat a big wealthy businessman.

"Lin Nuo, before you trained the elite of the three thousand brocade guards, Emperor Hongzhi allocated you 200,000 taels of silver, this time, you are ready to build an elite army of tens of thousands of people, this matter, that little emperor, did you ever know?"

Lin Nuo shook his head, "I didn't tell him about this!"

Xiu'er was silent for a moment, and after a while, a look of determination appeared in her expression, "Lin Nuo, do you want to be the emperor?"

"If I think about it, what are you going to do?" Lin Nuo still sat on the chair flatly, even if he said this kind of thing that could raid the family and exterminate the clan, his face did not change from beginning to end.

"I'm your wife, no matter what happens in the future, at least now, what you have to do, I will fully support!"

Speaking of this, Xiu'er's slender palm reached into the sleeve robe, as if looking for something.

"I have a map here, which records the secret location of the storage of money, grain and materials handed down by the ancestors of my Xue clan for generations, I dare not say more, but it is enough for you to build an army of 100,000 elites!"

"Ahem......"

Lin Nuo coughed dryly, he knew that the Xiu'er family, as a family of Touching Gold Captains, had accumulated for thousands of years, and the hidden wealth was absolutely amazing, but he didn't expect it to be so amazing.

You know, what Xiu'er said is to build an elite army of 100,000 people.

To be regarded as an elite army by Xiu'er, at least to the extent that he has three thousand brocade guards under his command.

In order to train these 3,000 elite cavalry, Lin Nuo spent more than 200,000 taels of silver, and also received some help from Xiu'er, in total, the 3,000 elite army cost him at least 300,000 taels of silver.

In other words, if you want to train an elite army of this level of 100,000, the amount of silver taels spent is likely to be in the tens of millions.

The hidden wealth in the Xiu'er family is no less than 10 million taels of silver, this figure, if it was in the later Ming Dynasty, it would have been worth ten years of taxes for the entire country!

It is really appropriate to call this family of gold touching a rich country.

"Put it away!"

Lin Nuo's voice was very soft, and when he looked at Xiu'er, there was a hint of emotion in his eyes.

A nominal wife is willing to rebel with her, and is even willing to take out the wealth accumulated by the family for thousands of years, this heavy affection alone makes Lin Nuo's heart very moved.

Lin Nuo knew very well that he was not a good person.

At the beginning, he made a so-called three-year contract, but also to keep Xiu'er by his side, and from beginning to end, he used most of Xiu'er's ingredients.

And today, he wants to marry this girl in the real sense of the word.

No utilization, no calculation, mutual affection, never abandon!

Xiu'er...... I want to marry you again!"

"Huh?" Xiu'er's hand holding the map froze in mid-air.

Lin Nuo naturally understood what she meant, and this time the marriage he was talking about was no longer the kind of nominal marriage contract, but wanted to marry herself as a real husband and wife.

Wandering the rivers and lakes to be free and easy is Xiu'er's concept since she was a child, but she also knows that in the past few years, she has actually involuntarily brought herself into the role of his wife, otherwise, she would not have chosen to stand on Lin Nuo's side without hesitation when Lin Nuo showed a trace of rebellion.

This conflict between ideas and feelings made Xiu'er, a woman with a cold temperament, not know how to choose for a while.

After hesitating for a long time and weighing it for a long time, Xiu'er still didn't seem to have made a complete decision, and finally she put away all kinds of thoughts in her heart and made a seemingly calm look.

"That....... I'll give you an answer when the three-year period is up, okay?"

"Good!"

Lin Nuo nodded heavily, relieved in his heart, this is the first time in the past three years that he has expressed his emotions to Xiu'er in a real sense, but fortunately, the other party did not directly refuse.

As a human being in two lives, Lin Nuo is used to seeing all kinds of women who abandon their husbands and children, and they are also used to seeing couples who fly separately when disaster comes, and because of this, he deeply understands how difficult it is to meet a good girl who will never leave her all her life and is even willing to accompany you to rebel.

If this kind of girl is placed by her side, if she can't grasp it firmly, it will really thunder!

"By the way, do you want this map?" Hearing Lin Nuo's reply, Xiu'er couldn't help but exhale lightly, with a hint of crimson on her cheeks, shook the map in her hand, and led the topic aside.

"Put it away first, I have no plans to rebel for the time being!"

Lin Nuo smiled and motioned for Xiu'er to be calm.

"You should also know that I don't like life and death in the hands of others, no matter what, I will prepare in advance!"

"Throughout the ages, there have been too many things about the cunning rabbit and the dead lackey, although the current Zhu Houzhao has complete trust in me, but I don't want to pin my fate on the trust of others. ”

"Everything, always keep a hand!"

Zhengde was hacked very badly in the history books, but Lin Nuo knew in his heart that this little emperor, although sometimes a little out of tune, was actually a good emperor and an emperor who valued feelings.

But no matter how much affection the other party has, he is an emperor.

Since ancient times, ruthlessness is the most emperor's family, in this era, if you really dig out your heart and lungs to talk to the emperor about your feelings, then I'm afraid it will not be far from death!

Lin Nuo is a traverser, without the feudal ideas of the monarch and the minister, the father and the son, and the theory of 'the monarch and the minister must die' is not used here for him.