Duan Huaixian came back from the Holy Palace to meet Emperor Lumei, and when he heard about the competition, his face was slightly gloomy: "In the future, if you encounter someone who comes to the door to provoke, you will be driven out directly." Our Xia soldiers do not accompany them to play tricks, they are mules and horses, and they use blood to prove it on the battlefield. Jin Changtai smiled: "Isn't that not your words, this time Zhao Dutou has made a contribution." With that, he unfolded a map of the Black Sea coast, which marked the intricacies of various forces. The Black Sea was home to many merchant ships and islands along the coast, which also gave rise to many pirates.

Duan Huaixian said slowly: "Ten days later, my caravan returned to Haixi Port from Lumei, and there were many bandits in the sea area through which they needed protection. He paused and said, "The Emperor of the Lumei Kingdom has already allowed us to send a team of 100 people to protect the merchants. He looked around at the centurion and said in a deep voice, "Who's going?" ”

Wang Tongdeng shouted violently: "The last general is willing to go!" "I have been stationed in Lumei for many days, except for frequent fights and disputes with other armies, there is no place for it, and now there is a detachment of military affairs, which cannot be missed. Zhao De, Deng Xi, Liu Shangyou, and Ding Dayong came back to their senses at this time, and said successively: "The last general is also willing to go!" ”

"Not bad!" Duan Huaixian nodded with satisfaction, "This military affairs will be undertaken by Wang Dutou." He looked at the other four centurions who were still arguing, and said with a smile: "The elite of my Chengying battalion can't be raised without blood, and in the future, all of them will take turns to go out on the expedition for this kind of military affairs." The four centurions gave up.

In the Linquan Palace in Dunhuang, in front of a huge topographic map, Prime Minister Liu Yi took the copy of a letter handed to him by Chen Xuan, read it at a glance and ten lines, thought for a moment, and said slowly: "The Kanto Litian system has a good intention, but can Bianliang break the arm of a strong man?" Even if the situation is forced, it should be terminally ill, this fierce medicine is not to save lives, but to urge lives. With that, he put the manuscript back on the table.

Chen Xuan smiled and said: "The handwriting of this strategy comes from the person who made the ten strategies for expanding the sea. The prime minister thinks, is this son available? ”

Liu Yi was silent for a moment, looked up at the topographic map, and said slowly: "When you use the talents of the world to rule the world, if the people's hearts are attached, it will be easy to get the eastern part of the country." ”

Chen Xuan put the manuscript back in the file, this scholar named Zhao Xingde, was recommended by Chen Kang. Liu Yi entered the palace to face the king, but it was for another big event.

"Dali sent an envoy to prepare to change our dynasty to Zhengshuo."

Chen Xuan was slightly stunned. Every time the Protectorate proposed to conquer Dali from Shuzhong, and then seize the harbor to the east, the royal family and the school lieutenants in Shuzhong shirked in every possible way, fearing that the war would linger and deplete the wealth of the people in Shuzhong. But Chen Xuan knew very well that the trade in tea, horses, silk, silk and spices between Shuzhong and Dali was in full swing, and the border people and border armies of the two countries were like a country during the New Year's holidays, weddings and funerals. The Shu people were comfortable and comfortable, so although the Xia State urgently needed access to the sea, Shuzhong always opposed the conquest of Dali, and had been persuading the Dali monarchs and ministers to change the Xia Kingdom to Zhengshuo.

Chen Xuan said with a smile: "Is it the Meng family's persuasion that has come to fruition?" After a pause, he sighed, "I founded the country with a military in Great Xia, and I still have a vassal from Huairou." ”

Liu Yi nodded and said: "That's right, Annan failed to invade the Song Dynasty, and attacked Dali, Dali asked the Song State for help, and the Song State did not send rescue troops." He began to pay tribute to our court. He paused and said, "Dali has been in contact with the Meng clan before. Since we have a heart of belonging, I want our country to send a minister to pacify him as soon as possible. ”

"That's it." Chen Xuan looked up at the map of the Dali Kingdom and asked, "Without further ado, who is around there except for the Meng clan in Shuzhong?" ”

"Bowang Hou Shizi, Li Sihai, the captain of the third battalion of Chengying, led the base camp to patrol the nearby escort merchants." Liu Yi said.

"Then order Li Sihai as the envoy of the state, and let him take the Chengying battalion to Dali as an envoy immediately." Chen Xuan said in a deep voice, "The Prime Minister's Mansion has set a strategy for advancing and retreating, and the rest of the things will be decided by him immediately." He paused for a moment, and then said, "We must incorporate Dali into the system of our dynasty, and then strive for an independent seaport and cantonment land." He turned around and went to get the map again, and got Dali, which not only opened up the South China Sea, but also formed an encirclement of the Song State. In the future, if we really use troops in Kwantung, a strange army will come out of Dali and pass through Lingnan, which will greatly shorten the course of the war. "The accumulation of national strength in the past hundred years, even Dali in the southwest, can see the belonging of the world, and the hearts of the people in the Central Plains are attached, how far is it?" Chen Xuan said secretly.

After a while, Chen Xuancai asked, "Is there anything else?" ”

Liu Yi said in a deep voice: "The Liao State has repeatedly defeated the Jurchen tribe, and the Jurchens have besieged Huanglong Mansion. The Military Intelligence Department returned that Emperor Yelu Yanxi of Liao was recruiting the elite warriors of the Khitan Eight Divisions and preparing to drive the expedition in person. However, the Khitan tribal leaders are prevaricating and refusing to take out the warriors in their clan, weakening the strength of their own tribe. The implication of his words was that he was not very optimistic about the Emperor of Liao's personal expedition this time. The system of the Liao State is very different from that of the Xia State, the imperial power of the Xia State is subject to many restrictions of the Prime Minister, the Captain's Mansion, and the General's Mansion, even if the Emperor Chen Xuan's proposal, if the Five Mansions think it is inappropriate, they will also be refuted, Chen Xuan can only find a way to persuade the Five Mansions to implement the national government, although sometimes the decision will be slower, but the victory will not let the emperor be stubborn and willful. However, the Liao Emperor Yelu Yanxi was not, this monarch could not tolerate anyone in the court who was more wise and brave than him, often dictated national affairs, and killed Khitan ministers well, so that the nobles were centrifuged by him, although there were elite soldiers and fierce generals in the country, but they were surrounded by flattering and incompetent ministers.

"This Jurchen Department is likely to be a big disaster." Chen Xuan said in a deep voice, "What is the situation of the Han army in Liaodong, and does it have the potential to balance the growth of the Jurchens?" ”

"Since the defeat of the Han clan, the Liao State has suppressed the Han people day by day, and there is even a gradual abolition of the Han army's township Ding, those scattered Han troops in Nanjing and Tokyo Province are really not a climate," Liu Yi pondered the words and said slowly, "The descendants of the Han clan, this time they came to Dunhuang, they followed the example of Shen Baoxu and Qin beggars." ”

Chen Xuan nodded slowly, and Liu Yi said again: "Because the Tokyo Dao Han'er Army is weak, there is now a faint saying that it is in alliance with the Jurchen tribe against Liao. This is also the way of survival of the jungle at the moment, the last resort, there are many Han'er, and there are many good craftsmen, and the Jurchen tribe is also trying their best to fight. If the Han'er army wants to ally with the Jurchens, and then take Huanglong Mansion, Liaoyang Mansion, and the Han'er of Nanjing Dao already have a foundation, and then the incident will be corresponding, and it will be difficult for the Liao State to parry. ”

"If I ignore it, the Liaodong Han'er will probably take refuge in the Jurchens, right?" Chen Xuan's face changed slightly, and he sighed, "It seems that it is imperative to help the Han people in Liaodong." ”

Liu Yi nodded: "Compared with the Jurchens who have just risen, a weakened Liao State is more beneficial to our dynasty." ”

After the performance was over, Chen Xuan smiled and said, "Today's prime minister brought me this joy and sorrow, but I only reported you one good news. There is a craftsman named Chun Yuzhen in the guan, who is good at casting cannons, and he has actually reduced the weight of the four-inch cannon to less than 3,000 catties. The Ordnance Department has already awarded Chun Yuzhen a gold reward and will continue to support him. ”

In the early morning, the willow branches were wet with a little dewdrop, like pearls. Tan Haoran tidied up his clothes, and before going out, he specially bared his white teeth at the bronze mirror and made a graceful smile, so Shi Shiran went out and went straight to Sun Jixiang's pharmacy. His ancestors started as a wool weaver, and until now, he is also the proprietor of one of the best sheep weaving workshops in Guanzhong. Tan Haoran's vision was originally very high, when he bought incense medicine the previous time, it happened that a woman with an elegant temperament was talking to the proprietress, Tan Haoran saw it, and suddenly the three souls went out of the body, and he returned home, and he couldn't forget it for a long time. The proprietress of the incense pharmacy, Gu, is the most sharp-tongued, Tan Gongzi can't wipe his face and ask her about the beauty of her life, so she can only go to the incense pharmacy from time to time, hoping to see the beauty again.

At the door of the incense pharmacy, Tan Haoran saw his enemy, and his face was slightly cold. Xiao You said with a smile: "I always meet Tan Gongzi, we can be regarded as fateful." ”

"Phew, who's related to you?" Tan Haoran scolded in his heart, and reluctantly forced a smile to return the salute. He had already seen the wolf ambition of this Xiao You, and he was also here for the beautiful woman who was familiar with the proprietress every time, and every time he casually selected the incense and jewelry, but his eyes looked towards the door as if he were nothing.