The morning light has not yet appeared. It was the darkest time before dawn when there was a knock on the door of Lin Ning's courtyard.

Lin Ning, who had not slept yet, got up and opened the door, and saw Jiang Fei standing at the door, with a thin layer of frost on his armor, and it seemed that he had thought for a long time before knocking on the courtyard door.

Lin Ning let him in, warmed the pot of wine, and the two sat across the table.

Jiang Fei glanced around, but didn't see any trace of Jiang Xuanche, so he asked, "Brother Jiang has already left?"

Lin Ning smiled and said, "He went to Youzhou and left last night." Did Miss Jiang tell you?"

Jiang Fei sighed lightly and said with a smile: "It's really a shame that you can think that men pretending to be women and women pretending to be men are really a must." You and Brother Jiang walked past me, and I didn't even see it. ”

"If you don't, I won't be able to hide it from your eyes. Lin Ning also chuckled.

After laughing, there was silence between the two for a while, and Jiang Fei said again:

"Taking refuge in you, of course, is the most win-win way in the present, but what about the future?"

Lin Ning poured the wine into the bowl and said lightly, "What will happen in the future?"

"In the troubled times in the future, the princes will compete for the world, and the good ministers should choose the lord to do things, and you are a woman, and you are destined to not win the world. ”

Jiang Fei said solemnly.

"If you and I sit in Yanzhou, then your relationship with the king of Jizhou and the relationship with the Jiang family will ...... These are all variables. ”

Lin Ning raised her eyes and glanced at Jiang Fei seriously, a martial artist who doesn't look very clever on weekdays, but he sees the general trend of the world more thoroughly than ordinary people, which makes her a little impressed.

Lin Ning didn't answer Jiang Fei's words, but instead said: "The first emperor once said that if Su Nishang is a man, then the world can be stable for another fifty years, have you ever heard of it?"

"Sister Ling is talented and wise, her appearance is peerless, and she is world-famous, but she has a thin face...... Jiang Fei sighed, raised his head and drank the wine in the cup.

"The first emperor said this because he knew that the Su family had the heart to help the world and save the people, and he had no intention of winning the world. Even if there is only one person left in the Su family, this will never change. A faint smile appeared on the corner of Lin Ning's mouth.

"This world will be mysterious in the future. He will be an emperor who will make Kyushu clear and the four seas peaceful, and what I want to do is to clear the obstacles on his way. ”

"Yanzhou is just a starting point, in the future, you will follow me to conquer the southern barbarians, set foot in the northern frontier, destroy the thieves, and dominate the world. ”

Lin Ning looked at Jiang Fei and said word by word: "I, Su Luoyu, am not in the imperial industry, let alone in the harem. I want to make what the first emperor said come true, and return the world to a century of prosperity. ”

"Are you interested in the future?"

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For the first time in ten years, Yanzhou's Assassin Mansion was running at high speed, and after rectifying the entire Yanzhou administrative organ with a vigorous and resolute posture, the first decree issued from Xiao Wenzhang was to bring all the county soldiers to Xiaqiu for training together with Sima Shi, the governor of each county.

Originally, this was a practice to be carried out every three years, in order to strengthen the control of the assassin over the entire state's military forces, but since Xiao Wenzhang became the assassin, this decree has existed in name only. Lin Ning reactivated it in order to quickly grasp the official forces of Yanzhou.

As for what to do if the counties are too disobedient and do not obey the order.

First of all, after the mutiny, Lin Ning ordered Jiang Fei to install checkpoints in all directions of Xiaqiu, and the entire Xiaqiu was allowed to enter but not leave, eliminating the possibility of news leaking out.

And the decree was indeed issued from Xiao Wenzhang's hands, covered with his private seal, if the counties were too obedient and did not obey the order, Lin Ning would have a reason to directly wave the army to fight.

The ten years after the decree was issued was the time left for the county guards to react, no matter how they ordered their troops to hurry, Lin Ning only asked that their troops be seen in Liqiu after ten years.

If you don't arrive, I'm sorry, and you will be punished for disobedience.

Yanzhou has eight counties under its jurisdiction. They are Puyang Kingdom, Dongping Kingdom, Jibei Kingdom, Taishan County, Chenliu County, Jiyang County, Rencheng Kingdom, and Gaoping Kingdom. Fifty-six counties are under the jurisdiction of these eight counties.

The official strength of the entire Yanzhou army is 10,000 on paper. Of these, 5,000 were garrisoned in the state capitals, and 5,000 were left in the counties.

Because five of the eight counties in Yanzhou are clan feudal countries, Xiao Wenzhang, who is also a clan and has a high rank, was sent to make a history of assassination, just to suppress the countries and make them dare not have a rebellious heart.

But in fact, due to the large number of rogues on the ground in Yanzhou, the clans of various countries have more or less strengthened their own forces. And the life of the county guards is relatively miserable, they are not as good as the clan can get the money and food of the fiefdom, and they cannot get the financial allocation support from above, so the strength of the counties is still a little reduced.

The overall strength of Yanzhou is now actually maintained at about 20,000. Jiang Fei had 10,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, and the five countries combined had more than 7,000, and the three counties were pitiful, adding up to more than 3,000.

These are elite soldiers with armor and weapons, who are often trained on weekdays, most of them are world soldiers, and some of them are recruits who can stay after several battlefields.

Within ten years, Lin Ning quickly cut through the chaos and cleaned up the complicated personnel in Xiaqiu, and if he encountered resistance, he would inevitably have some iron-blooded means.

Ten years later, the people of each county arrived at Xiaqiu one after another, and by the deadline, six of the eight counties came, and the two counties that did not come were Chenliu County in the westernmost part and Taishan County in the easternmost place.

Lin Ning stayed for a lot of time. Even though the two counties of Chenliu Taishan are the farthest, ten days is enough. Judging from the news she received, Chen Liu and Taishan counties did not move at all.

"Chen Liujun is making trouble, and I heard that Xiaohuangcheng has been occupied. Chen Liutaishou has a few hundred soldiers left, and he is fleeing, and it is estimated that he will come to Xiaqiu in a few days. Lin Ning sorted out the information in his hand.

In addition to Baicaotang's intelligence network, she also gradually took over part of the Su family's manpower through the list left by her father before leaving Shengjing during this time.

"Taishan County ......" Lin Ning sighed and said: "Taishan County has been flooded, and there are displaced people everywhere, Taishou is organizing disaster relief, and he can't spare time, but he has a heart." ”

Jiang Fei, who was sitting on the side, said: "The clans of all countries are here, this is really beyond my expectations. ”

Lin Ning's hand tapped the map on the table and fell into deep thought.

When the dynasty was first established, Taizu gave all the relatives who were involved in the deceased the title, and there were no less than a dozen people in the county alone, and most of the fiefs were concentrated in the north. Only those who are particularly close, such as the old county prince of Jiangyang, the fief is in the south, and there is no need to be a vassal.

The five kingdoms of Yanzhou are now all in charge of the descendants of the five founding county dukes, although the title has been reduced to the county duke, but the fief royal has not taken it back, so it is so confused.

Xiao Wenzhang is a well-known waste wood even in the clan, but because he is close to the royal blood, the clan has to give him a face, so it is reasonable for them to come.

Now that people have arrived in Liqiu, they have reached the palm of her hand, and she will collect all the soldiers they brought, and all the soldiers and generals will be scattered and rearranged and handed over to Jiang Fei to command. Jiang Fei then re-selected the useful generals from among them and redistributed the team.