In the post house, Yelu Zhen and Lin Ping burst into laughter.

"So, Xiao Yu, that old man, was very respectful to you this time?" Lin Ping wiped away the tears from laughter and said, "Have you met that Mrs. Xiao Sanni? How is your character?"

Yeluzhen spread her hands and said: "That is, I was called out by Xiao Lao'er to meet her and thank her. When she called her uncle, could I still look up and down rudely? In the end, she also gave me a jade pendant as a gift.

Meeting gift."

Lin Ping laughed again: "It's the jade pendant you always hang on your waist. I remember it is your most precious thing. How can you let it go this time?"

"I didn't expect Xiao Yu to accept the gift generously this time, and even called Mrs. Xiao Sanniang out to express his thanks." Yeluzhen said: "As soon as I am called uncle, I become an elder. How can I not give you a meeting gift? I didn't prepare it before, so I always

We can't let that old man Xiao laugh at him. He can only take out that thing all over his body. It's unknown how talented Mrs. Xiao is, but she does look dignified and delicate."

"A person who can argue with the prince and my father is naturally very talented and knowledgeable." Lin Ping said: "With both talent and appearance, it's no wonder that the prince keeps thinking about him."

"I am quite interested in that Xiao Yu!" Yeluzhen said: "This man is flexible and flexible. It is not easy to make such a decision quickly under such circumstances! I am actually looking forward to a fight.

And they are also prepared to take a few blows from him, and then go to their emperor to blackmail them."

"To be able to become the Prime Minister of the Song Dynasty, this person must have real qualities." Lin Ping said: "The Xiao family, in our words, may be favored by the gods. Everyone in the family is extraordinary.

!This year, the Song people were defeated in Northern Xinjiang, but the country is generally stable, and Xiao Yu’s contribution is not small. The fiscal revenue of the Song people actually increased slightly under the situation this year. "

"Song people are indeed too rich!" Yeluzhen also frowned.

"What the general said is absolutely true!" Lin Ping said: "This time I stayed in Bianliang long enough to realize firsthand how wealthy the Song people were. I have always wondered why with the bravery of Daliao, hundreds of

I have been in a stalemate with the Song people for many years, and now I finally understand. The biggest gap is the gap in financial resources. If they have money, they can make better and more armor, sharper weapons, and better

Tools, etc. If a man wants to make a profit, he must first sharpen his tools. The people of the Song Dynasty really achieved the ultimate in this aspect."

Yeluzhen felt sad in her heart.

"Not to mention the divine arm bow and the enemy-defeating bow of the Song Dynasty, it has always been our biggest enemy. The ones we imitated are not worth mentioning. The weapons they made are sharper than ours. If it weren't for our warriors

If we are more brave, we in Daliao will no longer be their opponents."

"So for people like Xiao Yu, we must bring him down!" Lin Ping said: "If this person can be the finance minister for a few more years, the annual income of the Song Dynasty court will increase rapidly.

What the people of the Song Dynasty will use the extra money for? If you think about it, you will understand. It must be used to build ordnance, make armor, expand the army, and then compete with us! If you have money, what can't you do? "

"What Brother Lin saw is very true. This time, my Daliao warriors were only one step away from reaching the Daming Mansion, but in the end they agreed to the Song people's request for peace. Do you know why?"

"How could I not know!" Lin Ping sighed: "It's just that we are running out of money and food!"

"It's true that the officials and people on the border between Song and Liao are all thieves and thieves. Once they are defeated, they will basically give away their property after retreating. Wherever our army goes, we will gain nothing. Because it is limited. Speaking of which, these strategies were devised by King Jing when he was in Hebei, right? As a result, we couldn't keep up with the food and grass in the end, and we couldn't just feed the enemy. In the last ten days or so, if the Song Dynasty had come up with something An elite force came to fight back against us. We really couldn't bear to eat and walked away. To be honest, in the last few days, I felt cold every day. But the king must persevere. Fortunately, the final result was okay. good."

"This is the power of the prince." Lin Ping smiled and said: "He knows that the people of Song Dynasty will definitely surrender."

"If you can defeat a person like Xiao Yu, he is naturally the best." Yeluzhen nodded repeatedly: "The enemy's talents are a disaster to us. But he already has such a status and has achieved great results. Feiran, it’s very difficult to defeat him, right?”

"One and two, two and one!" Lin Ping said: "Xiao Yu and King Jing are tied too tightly. If King Jing is knocked down, Xiao Yu will naturally be knocked down."

"Not necessarily? Hasn't King Zhao Zhe of Jing collapsed now? But Xiao Yu's position still looks very solid!"

"It has been shaky for a long time." Lin Ping said: "Besides, when I say ruined, it's not just like this. If that's all, why do I need to come? Hiding around like a mouse, I want to Naturally, it will be huge. If I don’t make Bianliang full of people and let their country’s foundation be shaken, it will be in vain for me to hide in Bianliang for so long!”

"It's not that difficult!"

"Things have taken shape, and they are progressing very well!" Lin Ping smiled, "When you go back, tell the prince, in the last one to two years, we will be able to reap the benefits. At that time, we will launch a massive attack on the Song Dynasty. , it’s the best time to gain more benefits and greatly weaken the Song people. I believe that as long as we continue to bleed, this giant will eventually fall at our feet.”

Yeluzhen didn't ask what Lin Ping was doing and just nodded.

"You also have to be careful. The Imperial City Secretary of the Song Dynasty is not a free man. I don't want you to be caught by them and brought to me. That would be too embarrassing." Yeluzhen said: "The most terrifying thing is Even if they catch you and kill you silently, we won't have a chance to ask for your life from them!"

"Don't worry about that!" Lin Ping said, "I still have the power to protect myself. Even in the worst case, I can still escape."

"That's good." Yeluzhen said, "If you fall into trouble, I won't have the shame to see the teacher."

"Is the old man feeling well?" Lin Ping asked.

"What's wrong? Before I came here this time, I went to ask the teacher some questions. The teacher still drank strong wine, rode a horse, and even had a horse race with me. After winning, I felt so proud!" Yeluzhen shook his head. road.

"Old man, I can beat you in a horse race, so don't make it too obvious that you're cheating!" Lin Ping snorted.

"Making the teacher happy is part of our filial piety as students. Didn't you Han people say that once you are a teacher, you will always be a father?" Yeluzhen said with a smile.

Lin Ping smiled lightly.

Yeluzhen spread her hands and said, "I really have no other meaning. Don't be offended."

"I know!" Lin Ping waved his hand. In the Liao Kingdom, it was extremely common for Liao people to look down on the Han people. Even though Yeluzhen was a close friend of him and respected his father, from time to time, this

Still showing contempt for the Han people.

"Is the prince really planning to take part in next year's imperial examination?" Lin Ping said after taking a sip of wine: "When I left, I heard him say a few words."

"It's not because of that third lady!" Speaking of this, Yeluzhen was a little annoyed: "Didn't this third lady say that she won't marry unless she is a Jinshi? It seems that the prince heard this and decided to take the imperial examination.

.By the way, is it so easy to pass the Jinshi exam?"

The selection of Jinshi in the Liao Kingdom is the same as that in the Song Dynasty. Those who can pass the Jinshi examination in the Liao Kingdom are also recognized by the Song Dynasty. This also shows from another perspective that the difficulty of the Jinshi examination in the Liao Kingdom is not as high as that in the Song Dynasty.

The Song Dynasty is small here.

"When the prince goes to take the exam, the examiners have to give him some face, otherwise, hehe!" Lin Ping grinned.

"Don't think so much!" Yeluzhen shook his head and said: "The county prince has made great achievements now and stands out among the competitors. If there is another knowledgeable and talented person to support him, he will naturally be the best.

Lin. But the problem is, there must be someone in the court who doesn’t want the prince to have such smooth sailing, so he will definitely get into trouble!"

"Just in time, we can take this opportunity to identify those enemies!" Lin Ping patted Yeluzhen and said, "It's not like there are clear distinctions in the North Courtyard, but here in the South Courtyard, there are some friends and foes who are really difficult to distinguish. Don't be afraid.

When the enemy takes action, he is afraid that they will not take action. As long as he takes action, he can catch them and then deal with them, right?"

The two of them lamented for a while, and Yeluzhen felt that she was wrong. After hearing Lin Ping's words, she was afraid that the county prince, who hurriedly ran back to the royal court as soon as the battle was over, had other plans.

"By the way, the prince is also very interested in that Xiao Erlang. How is he doing now?" Yeluzhen suddenly remembered something and asked.

"This person is actually very talented and learned. He was admitted as a Jinshi, but he was kicked by the officials of the Song Dynasty and sent to the land of the barbarians in the southwest." Lin Ping laughed: "So, the officials of the Song Dynasty

, I don’t have any favor towards the Xiao family! I still seem to be very afraid."

"Xiao Ding's actions in the northwest were enough to make the officials of the Song Dynasty wary!" Yeluzhen said: "The officials of the Song Dynasty killed Li Xu and gave birth to Xiao Ding. Now it seems that Xiao Ding is afraid of returning.

It’s much more difficult to deal with!”

"Xiao Ding is now in the northwest and has a real influence on our Daliao. How strong is this person's subordinates?" Lin Ping asked.

"It's quite difficult!" Yeluzhen said: "The news from the Xijing Road is that Xiao Ding now has more than 50,000 combat troops under his command, and 30,000 of them are cavalry, mainly Dangxiang and Tubo people.

The most elite among them, called Iron Kites, was even more powerful. Prince Yeluhuan of Xijing Road tried it for a while and returned in defeat. Fortunately, Xiao Ding was now focused on taking over the land of Qingtang.

Work hard to defeat Mu Zhan and Blind Medicine, otherwise there will probably be a raging war on the Xijing Road side."

"Fifty thousand troops, 30,000 cavalry?" Lin Ping was furious: "How did Xiao Ding support these troops? No matter how stupid the Song Dynasty court was, it would be impossible for him to give Xiao Ding so much money?"

"I don't know about that. Isn't he the third minister? Maybe he secretly helps his son!" Yeluzhen shook his head.

"This is impossible. The system of the Song Dynasty is still very complete. It is impossible for such a large sum of money to be spent without any news. If Xiao Yu really dared to do this, it would be tantamount to treason." Lin Ping said: "In this way

, this Xiao Ding is really a powerful enemy of our Daliao family. He can defeat the Xiao family in one fell swoop. As for Xiao Erlang, don’t worry about it now. It’s still early for him to become our opponent. If this continues, maybe he will

There is no chance of becoming our opponent."

"If you can really accomplish this feat, when the king of the county comes to the throne in the future, you will be the king of the South Campus." Yelu Zhen said with some envy.

"I don't care about the Southern King." Lin Ping said with a smile: "We should work together to let the county king make great contributions first, and then wipe out the hostile forces in the country. When the county king ascends the throne, we are afraid that there will be no reward.

?"

"That's right, come on, have a drink, I haven't had a drink with you for a long time, let's have a good drink today!"

"You can't drink to your heart's content. I have to leave here later! I'm so drunk that I'm really going to show my signs." Lin Ping shook his head.

The two raised their glasses and smiled at each other. This experience of meeting each other in a foreign country was truly mysterious.

At this time, in Qianzhou, thousands of miles away from Bianliang, Xiao Cheng, who Lin Ping evaluated as having no chance of becoming their opponent, was also drinking, and he was in a military camp.

Naturally, it was not at Wang Wenzheng's Tiannan Army camp.

Instead, he was in the Xiangbing military camp where he had just been training.

Hanging sheep's heads and selling dog meat, Xiao Cheng has always been good at doing such things.

Can the soldiers have such armor? Can they have such sharp bows, spears, swords and guns? Can they have military pay comparable to that of the Forbidden Army?

But this army has it.

Of course, the salaries paid by the imperial court to the army were all in a systematic manner, and the imperial army was divided into different levels, let alone the Xiang army, but I couldn't help but keep this money from the government's accounts!

Today a businessman comes to comfort the army, and tomorrow a rich man comes to reward the army. Anyway, each of them is very generous, and the warehouses of this Xiang army are filled with money and food.

Xiao Cheng felt that if you want the loyalty of an army, the first thing you need to do is to meet the most basic needs and wishes of these people. To put it bluntly, it is money. Give enough money, and then you can talk about friendship.

, and finally, through various means over the long years, it became a loyal and credible force.

As for brother Xiang's feelings formed with the soldiers during the battle, Xiao Cheng feels that it is difficult for him to reach that level now.

As far as the current Xiang army is concerned, first they are fed with money, and then they place trustworthy people in various key positions. Naturally, they have complete control over the army. Later, after experiencing several things,

Everyone has almost formed a community of interests.

This Xiang army, which currently only has 500 people, has not been disbanded since it was assembled, and has actually become a standing army in Qianzhou. The army is led by Xiao Cheng's confidant Han Zuo, who waved his big gun at the slightest disagreement.

The arrogant man with a hammer, another person in charge of financial planning, is also a close confidant of Xiao Cheng, and his companion is Li Xin.

At this time, this small army did not attract anyone's attention. But decades later, when each name was resounding throughout the world, and troubled people carefully investigated, they suddenly discovered that those people had once

All have had the same experience.
Chapter completed!