Chapter 554: Mobilization
The two palace maids cried out several times, pulled out the short blade from their arms, and tried hard to touch their hearts. They immediately fell to the ground and died. Li Qing slowly walked to Qingcheng, squatted down, looked at Qingcheng who was lying on the ground on his back, and reached out to gently stroke her face. Human beings were indeed a very wonderful animal. A moment ago, you wanted her to die immediately, but when she really died in front of you, what appeared in her heart was not the relief of dissipation of hatred, but the various benefits of this person during his life arose.
Qingcheng's mouth still had a smile. Perhaps for her, death was another kind of relief. Her life was destined to be a tragedy. If she was not so outstanding or not, perhaps her fate would be better. Being a mediocre princess and marrying a not-so-excellent husband would lead to a peaceful life. But she is the best princess in the royal family and the sister that Emperor Tianqi values the most. This destined her fate. Even without Li Qing, there would be Zhang Qing and Wang Qing. A royal woman, when she bears an unbearable weight, she is destined to end up in a miserable end.
Qingcheng has always been a chess piece. From the beginning of her rise, she became the candidate for the control of the Palace Guards of the Apocalypse, married Li Qing, and became the candidate for checks and balances and differentiation of local forces. In the end, she conspired to rebel and nailed Li Qing. Step by step, it seemed accidental, but it was inevitable. Qingfeng, who could save her at the last moment, reached out and pushed her hard behind her. Qingcheng fell into the abyss and never turned over again.
This is another arrogant woman. She yearns for a battlefield and sings with her sword, but her fate always makes her surrounded by high walls and bound by various rules and regulations. She has only martial arts skills, but can only appreciate herself in the martial arts field. She is overly jealous and has no limits, but she loses to the person she doesn't want to lose the most, and even falls into her trap without knowing it.
Being bullied by your brother, hated by your husband, laughed by your love rival, and having no desire to live in love.
The warmth under the palm disappeared, and the point where it touched became stiff little by little. Li Qing looked at Qingcheng's exposed skin in surprise, gently stroked his hand, and was surprised to find that Qingcheng's muscles were rapidly becoming stiff.
"What's going on?" Li Qing summoned Li Wen.
Li Wen was knowledgeable and immediately judged, "Master, Princess Qingcheng took Qianji Powder. This drug is extremely rare and extremely powerful. There is no medicine in the world to relieve it. After taking it, the body is like petrified, but it has not been decomposed for a hundred years. Originally, there should be a buffer period of one or two hours after taking this drug, but the princess used wine as medicine and practiced gun techniques on the field, which accelerated the rapid development of the drug."
Li Qing stood up and said, "Go to restrain yourself and send it to Zhushan Temple to settle down. Send soldiers to guard her well, so that people don't disturb her!"
"Yes, Grandmaster!"
Li Qing turned around and strode out of the martial arts performance venue in the backyard.
There were already a lot of people in the hall. From Lu Yiming below, more than a dozen officials who had just gained freedom were gathering together, whispering some little information they had just known. Only Lu Yiming sat on the first chair in the left head, closing his eyes to rest. On the other side, Long Sihai looked excited, and around him, a group of prominent figures from the Dingzhou Chamber of Commerce gathered.
A military boots sounded, and several people turned out from behind the screen wall. When he heard footsteps, Lu Yiming knew that it was Li Qing who had arrived. He immediately stood up and turned around and said, "The general is here, silent!" The hall immediately became quiet.
"I've seen the general!" Everyone respectfully saluted with Lu Yiming, with happy smiles on their faces. They won. In this battle, they stood firmly and stood in the right team. When they stood in this way, if they stood in the wrong position, the consequences would be unimaginable. Look at Feng Guo, who was splattering blood, it would be the end. When they took the team, you can imagine how generous their rewards would be.
"Everyone is suffering, please sit down!" Li Qing said quietly.
"Thank you, Marshal!" Everyone answered in unison.
A burst of crying suddenly came from the crowd. Everyone turned around in surprise, but saw Long Sihai crying loudly, and everyone couldn't help but feel contempt. This profiteer is really good at flattering.
"Master, we all thought you were killed by someone. Woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo
Li Qing laughed loudly, walked out of his seat, walked to Fatty Long, patted his shoulder vigorously, and said with a smile: "I'm back, everything is over, why are you crying? Well, you did a good job this time, Xiaotian didn't disappoint me, Long family, well, very good!"
Long Sihai raised his tearful eyes, "Master, I'm crying happily!"
Li Qing walked back to his seat with his hands on his back, sat down slowly, and looked at everyone, "I can't be happy. In the battle of Shenzhou, tens of thousands of soldiers died. The soldiers sacrificed their lives and the territory they captured was completely lost. I can say that they escaped alone. Now Tang Hu, Chen Zeyue and others are still trapped in Baima Ferry, waiting for our rescue. Tian Feng, Weizhou, resisted the siege of nearly 100,000 Lu Fengchun with 30,000 troops. Information shows that the Bai cavalry led by Nefu took a small path and attacked Luzhou, and had seized a county town. Luzhou's soldiers were weak and difficult to resist. I am afraid that it won't take long to wait. Nefu will break through the *** of Luzhou and enter Dingzhou. On the Central Plains Front, although our troops have the advantage of the surprise attack, there are many Apocalypse troops, and the victory or defeat is still between the two. The form of Dingzhou is not optimistic!"
Long Sihai raised his arms and said, "Master, what we need most in Dingzhou is a passionate man. When the Master comes back, we have Dingzhou Dinghai magic needle. With the Master raised his arms and shouted, thousands of troops gathered in an instant, entered the Central Plains, supported Weizhou, attacked Nefu, and turned his ears between the palms!"
Li Qing smiled, "Mr. Long does not know about military affairs, so he said it very easily. Indeed, Dingzhou does not lack passionate men, and Dingzhou also has a large number of veterans. It is indeed easy to gather together, but with soldiers, there must be weapons, food and horses. Dingzhou soldiers have always had an overwhelming advantage over the enemy on the battlefield. In addition to the bravery and good at fighting, a sharp lead over the opponent in equipment is also one of the decisive factors. Dingzhou is now fighting several times, with financial exhaustion, and lack of strength!"
Li Qing said, staring deeply at Long Sihai.
Long Sihai's fat body shook, and he was also an extremely smart person. He knew the elegance when he heard the string song, and immediately said, "Master, my core figure in the Dingzhou Chamber of Commerce is basically here today. We cannot go to the battlefield to kill the enemy for the Dacheng, but we can get the money. I will pay one million taels of silver. First, I will declare that this million taels are not lent to the Dacheng, and I don't have any debts. I don't pay a military expenditure for Dingzhou for free!"
Li Qing was overjoyed, "Mr. Long is really wise. I thanked Mr. Long on behalf of Dingzhou!"
When Long Sihai opened his mouth, the rest of the people also understood what Li Qing meant. No wonder the general summoned his group of people just returned to the city today.
Xiang Wenjin stood up, "I can't compare to Mr. Long, but I can still take out 500,000 taels of silver."
"I'll pay 200,000 taels!"
"I'll pay one hundred thousand taels!"
After a few words on the table, Li Qing collected enough millions of taels of military expenses for Li Qing. Li Qing smiled so hard that he couldn't stop and stood up and bowed deeply to the big businessmen, "Li Qing will be rewarded for this kind of affection today!"
"I dare not take it, I dare not take it!" The merchants rushed to return the favor, but everyone knew that if Li Qing really had a day in the Dragon Cauldron, their efforts today would be rewarded thousands of times. This is investment, and they need to fish for big fish in a long line. If they lose money in the future, there is nothing to say. Compared to the huge returns in the future, this little risk in front of them is naturally nothing. What's more, if Li Qing doesn't come back, the merchants here may not be able to keep even a trace of their property.
After successfully accumulating military expenditure, the merchants completed their mission and left clearly. Only a group of senior officials were left in the hall.
Li Qing's eyes swept across their faces one by one, Lu Yiming, Ren Ruqing, Zhong Haotian, Xu Xiaodao... But many familiar faces have disappeared. Now they should have been in the prison of Dingzhou. Li Qing sighed. Among the people who disappeared, some of them were not deliberately trying to do something, but now they can only do this. The cleaning of Dingzhou will definitely continue for a while. This is not something that he can forcefully stop. If he forcefully stops now, it will lay more hidden dangers.
"Everyone, I believe you all know that Dingzhou has reached the moment of one equality. The current war is going on, and we will determine the world. We will win, and we will have the qualifications to compete for the world. If we lose, we will understand that from then on, we can only shrink from the Western Regions and passively wait for Tianqi to use a knife to cut our flesh bit by bit. Minzhou will definitely win a great victory. If I expected it, Minzhou should have fallen into our hands now, but Zhang Aimin, who attacked Yizhou, was attacking Yizhou.
If he is not a mediocre person, he will definitely cut off his arm. As expected, he will lead his army to Qinzhou and meet with Tianqi. It would be nice if we can eat half of his troops. Qiu Zhi, opposite King Ning, is a veteran on the battlefield. Seeing that the situation is not good, he will definitely shrink. In this case, Tianqi will gather about 200,000 troops in Xingzhou and Qingzhou. Even if King Ning is included, our troops are only half of the other party. Tianqi still has the advantage of this battle, so we must recruit troops immediately and aid the Central Plains."
"Zhong Haotian!"
"Masterman!" Zhong Haotian stood up.
"You are in charge of the logistics of Dingzhou and may quickly raise all the needs of 50,000 troops and meet the combat needs of tens of thousands of troops on the front line for at least March!"
"The officials do their best."
"Ren Ruqing! How many weapons and armor can you take out?"
"Returning to the Grand Marshal, the Craftsman Camp can now take out 20,000 sets of armor and weapons. Give me ten days, and I can take out another 10,000 sets. In one month, my Craftsman Camp will definitely meet the needs of front-line combat!"
"Very good!" Li Qing nodded with satisfaction, "Master Lu!"
Lu Yiming stood up and said, "Issuing a conscription order, and all veterans will be called to join the army immediately. Within ten days, outside Dingzhou City, I will review it!"
"yes!"
After a series of orders were issued, the relevant officials left one after another, and only Lu Yiming was left.
"Masterman!" Lu Yiming looked at Li Qing.
Li Qing knew what the other party was going to say, "I understand what you mean."
"Old Shang will not die until he is guilty. He is different from Feng Guo." Lu Yiming showed a sad look on his face. The old friend finally capsized at the last moment.
Chapter completed!