In the Governor's Mansion, Lin Ze put down a piece of paperwork, gently rubbed his temples with both hands, and asked a little tiredly: "You just said, where did Gongzi run away again?"

Standing under the hall was Wu Fan, the commander of the Shudi Jinyi Guard, and he replied helplessly: "Just now, the people below came with a message, three days ago, when Gongzi was chasing the remnants of the barbarians in the west, he found a six-grade demon beast, a two-winged flying tiger, Gongzi was happy to see the hunt, and he threw 10,000 troops to the deputy general Yu Ziqi on the spot, and he took more than 100 personal guards and pursued the past. ”

Lin Ze said with a speechless face: "Chasing the sixth-grade demon beasts, Gongzi's courage is getting bigger and bigger, he is a fifth-grade mid-level, has he ever beaten it?"

Wu Fan was silent, adults are really joking, how can the middle level of the fifth grade beat the sixth grade?

"By the way, how many six-rank guards did Childe bring?" Lin Ze then asked.

Wu Fan hurriedly replied: "Together with the four black-clothed powerhouses who are almost inseparable from Gongzi, Gongzi brought a total of six Liupins at that time, and there are still two Liupins left to follow Yuzi Period to continue to pursue the remnants of the barbarians in the west. ”

"Then go with Childe, don't worry about him, when he has had enough, he will naturally want to come back," Lin Ze waved his hand and said, "Anyway, there are so many people to protect it, as long as there is no problem with safety." ”

"By the way, how's the recent conscription going?"

Wu Fan replied truthfully: "Lord Huiyu, since three years ago, the Governor's Mansion began to recruit troops until now, near Shudu, almost all that can be recruited have been recruited, according to the news from the rest of the places, about 1,000 recruits have been sent to Shudu this month. ”

"It's just that the subordinates don't quite understand, there are 50,000 people in the Heavenly Wolf Army under Gongzi, and there are nearly 30,000 in the government army, as early as a month ago, the barbarians in Shu have basically been pacified, why do you still keep recruiting?"

Lin Ze raised his head and glanced at Wu Fan deeply, his heart trembled when he saw it, and then he said slowly: "There are some things that you shouldn't know now, you'd better not ask, and don't ask, it's not good for you." When you should know, you'll know. ”

Wu Fan only felt an invisible pressure pressing towards him, and hurriedly replied: "My subordinates are abrupt, please forgive me." ”

Of course, Lin Ze would not blame his henchmen for this little thing, but just waved his hand and said, "It's nothing, you can go down first." ”

Wu Fan was relieved and bowed away.

After Wu Fan left, Lin Ze showed a depressed look, more than three years ago, he had a premonition that something big was about to happen, so he was desperate to expand his strength and cultivate martial arts to cope with the great changes.

As a result, the shit's hunch has been more than three years, except for Fusu who went to the north again, and Emperor Qin ordered to expand and repair the Lishan Palace and Mausoleum again, nothing big has happened.

However, in the past three years, the strength of Hu Hai's subordinates has indeed increased a lot.

First of all, in the past three years, the Sky Wolf Army has been expanding in the conquest of barbarians, from the initial 5,000 people, to 50,000 people.

At the same time, the government army originally led by Yu Ziqi also expanded to 30,000 people, not counting the local guards of the subordinate counties, Hu Hai had an army of 80,000 under him.

Moreover, under Han Xin's training, the Heavenly Wolf Army is not as good as the forbidden army in addition to its mid-grade combat strength, and its actual strength is probably not much better than that of the forbidden army.

Secondly, with the support of the Governor's Palace, the Instrument Sect has also changed from three workshops at the beginning to thirty workshops today.

With these workshops running at full capacity, it is more than enough to meet the armament needs of the Heavenly Wolf Army and the Government Army, and the surplus is also stored by Lin Ze.

As a result, all the ore dug up from the iron ore mines of the Bajia family does not need to be exported, and can be directly sent to various workshops.

While achieving such great achievements, it is not without paying a price, the tens of thousands of hectares of fertile land obtained by the extermination of the three major families, and the grain grown are all used as military food, which is still faintly insufficient.

In addition to the part paid to the empire, most of the taxes in Shu were used as military expenses, which was far from enough, plus Hu Hai's industrial income in Shu.

In order to save costs, Lin Ze even asked Hu Hai to propose to the Qin Emperor that all taxes in Shu should be paid in the form of gold and copper, which was actually a reference to the practice of the Ming Dynasty in later generations.

At this time, the benefits of Emperor Qin's preference for the youngest son were reflected, and he even granted it.

Then Hu Hai "got inch by inch", did not transport gold and copper from Shu to Chang'an, and directly exchanged the income of Chang'an's industry for gold and copper, and sent it over.

In the absence of Emperor Qin's clear statement, Li Si still let his subordinates accept it.

This method did save a lot of trouble, and some other governors wanted to follow suit, and they were willing to pay taxes in the form of gold and copper, just like Shudi.

However, before it was sent to the Qin Emperor, the governor who had gone up to the Song was impeached by the people of the Imperial Historical Observatory, and finally directly [31 31xs.] was dismissed.

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Lin Ze collected his thoughts, sent someone to call Chen Ping and asked, "Is there a reply from Nanyun Province?"

Chen Ping shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Uncle Shi, according to the information we have gathered, with the character of the Governor of Nanyun, it is impossible to agree to the army of Shu to enter Nanyun Province to conquer the barbarians. ”

Lin Ze couldn't deny it: "It's better to give it a try, after all, there are also barbarians in Nanyun Province, and Nanyun Province is not as good as my Shudi, the soldiers are strong and strong, so he Nanyun Governor will let it go?"

That's right, a month ago, after Han Xin defeated the last army of the barbarian tribal alliance in the south of Shu, it was announced that the barbarians in the entire Shu land had been completely pacified.

Seeing that the 80,000-strong army was about to rest, Lin Ze couldn't help but look at the surrounding Nanyun Province, where there were more barbarians than Shu.

In the name of the Governor of Shu, Lin Ze wrote a letter to the Nanyun Governor's Mansion, expressing his willingness to dispatch the army of Shu to assist Nanyun Province in exterminating the barbarians who were in rebellion.

However, after this letter was sent, it was like a stone sinking into the sea, and there was no reply.

Chen Ping replied with a wry smile on his face: "I'm afraid that for the Governor of Nanyun, compared to accepting the army of Shu to enter Nanyun to pacify the barbarians and making himself seem particularly incompetent, the rebellion of the barbarians is just a trivial matter. ”

Lin Ze didn't know what these officials thought, so he just said: "Send another one, and be more sincere in tone, and see if you can convince him." If it really doesn't work, just wait for the son to come back and find an excuse to be hard. ”

Chen Ping nodded yes.

At the end, Lin Ze asked faintly, "Chang'an, what news is coming?"

Chen Ping hurriedly looked around, and ran out to see that there was indeed no one in the courtyard, before he walked to Lin Ze's side, and said in his ear: "Over there in Chang'an, we have been in close contact with Huang Gonggong, and after a series of secret investigations, Huang Gonggong sent out the news through the password. ”

"Your Majesty, it is true that he is in poor health, and even the Tai Hospital is a little helpless, Uncle Shi should have made plans early. ”

After Lin Ze heard this, his pupils shrank sharply.