This Northern Song Dynasty is a bit weird

Chapter 259
Empress Cao was inside the curtain, listening to the discussions of the ministers below, and became more and more anxious.

These people were just talking about the possibility of the 'military academy' that Lu Sen said, and what benefits it would have for the imperial court, but no one mentioned what she cared about the most.

After waiting for a while, she couldn't help but asked: "My dear family, please listen to what I have to say. Since Master Lu is willing to use the hands of others to present his political opinions, how much is he willing to do?" Going back to Beijing for a job description?"

Don't blame her for being anxious.

Women, especially women who are far away from their prime, are extremely concerned about their appearance and age.

She had eaten the fruit and honey produced by the Lu family, and knew the effects of these two things. She even ate half a bolt of rainbow silk, and the wrinkles were a little less.

She has really experienced the benefits of 'reverse growth', so she is extremely concerned about whether Lu Sen will return to the capital.

Hearing the Empress Dowager Cao's speech, all the officials fell silent.

In the end, it was Ouyang Xiu who stood up and said: "Really Lu entrusted his colleagues to present the memorial on his behalf, and his original intention was still that he did not want to return to Beijing."

"Then what's the use of me waiting to take down the Xingqing Mansion!" Empress Dowager Cao was so anxious that her throat was on the verge of burning. She felt more and more that she was getting older day by day. She got up every day and looked at herself in the mirror. , It seems that there is another snow hair, and there is a sense of fear in the heart: "Could it be that the army has spent so much money and food, and can't make Master Lu change his mind?"

All the officials looked at each other in blank dismay, while several important ministers frowned.

Bao Zheng couldn't help standing up, and said: "Queen Mother, please be careful. The main reason why the disciples of Zhongshu agreed to fight in Xixia is not to appease Master Lu, but a national policy that benefits the country and the people."

Even if you really think so, you can't say it in front of your face. .

This matter spread to the outside world, let the people of the world think about them, important officials of the court.

Empress Dowager Cao felt moxibustion fever in her heart, and she couldn't express her anger in her heart.

But she also knows that this court is not her one-word court, even the Empress Dowager Liu did not dare to control the imperial power too much.If she said more inappropriate things, Wang Anshi would probably have to scold him again.

She took a deep breath and left by herself.

Anyway, she was behind the curtain, and no one could see whether she was gone or not.

When she returned to her bedroom, she immediately called the supervisor of the inner palace and said: "After you retire from the court, go and talk to the king of Runan County, and ask him if he can borrow a flat peach from Zhenren Lu. If things come to fruition, the mourning family will be rewarded."

The father-in-law of the supervisor responded and withdrew.

The recovery of the Xingqing Mansion is extremely important, and it is related to the northwestern barrier of the Great Song Dynasty. Apart from the continued residence of the Zhe family, it is very important to send someone to be in charge of government affairs there.

Of course, the young ones can't be put there at will, and the old ones and those who are not good at military strategy can't be sent there.

After all, what happened to Duke Wen is ahead, and now everyone in the court is afraid that it will happen again.

If Xingqing Mansion loses again, they may not have a chance to get it back.

Three major battles have been fought in a row in a few years, and the domestic military resources have almost been exhausted.

Hundreds of officials discussed this matter for a long time. It's not that no one is willing to go, but that there are too many people who are willing to go.

After all, the rejuvenation flag that Lu Sen left there is still standing there.

Everyone wants to rub.

After all, apart from young people, no one has any minor illnesses.

It's just that when thinking about Mr. Sima, several important ministers under Zhongshu's sect didn't dare to choose a candidate at will.

The Runan County King watched these people quarreling, extremely bored.

As a prince, he can go to court, but his words have no weight.

He had been standing and dozed off, and finally retreated to the imperial court. He was about to leave the palace when he was stopped by Supervisor Wang next to him.

"The king of Runan County is humble and courteous." The father-in-law didn't dare to play any tricks in front of the king of Runan County. He bent down and said, "The empress dowager said that if the prince can offer a flat peach, she will be rewarded handsomely afterwards."

The King of Runan County was a little surprised, he asked back: "Only Master Lu has flat peaches, why did the queen mother find me?"

"Now in the court, only the prince and Grand Master Pang have this opportunity." The father-in-law smiled and said: "Besides, the queen mother and the prince are also from the Zhao family, so they naturally come to ask you for help."

The King of Runan County snorted, and then said with a smile: "I will tell my daughter about this matter. As for whether I can get the flat peach, I dare not guarantee it."

"The villain understands, so I'll go back and report to the empress dowager." After finishing speaking, the father-in-law retreated first.

The King of Runan County left the palace gate, and his smile gradually turned into a sneer on his face when he returned home.

After entering the study room at home, he snorted: "A few years ago, when Sen'er was still in the capital, I didn't see you as a woman getting any closer, and even secretly slandered you. Now that you are old and old, you know Sen'er's Okay? Hey, it's late!"

The King of Runan County has a special intelligence channel. The Cao family, who was the queen back then, had nothing to stop anyone who spoke ill of Lu Sen intentionally or unintentionally in front of Zhao Zhen.

It's just that Zhao Zhen's ears are not soft, so he didn't listen.

Only a few people know about this, and the King of Runan County is one of them.

Of course, he didn't tell Lu Sen about this. After all, he filed a complaint with just a few words, and he was always suspected of telling lies.

He meditated for a while in the study, called the housekeeper over, and said, "Fix a book for me and send it to Sen'er in Hangzhou, and say that I suggest him to return to Beijing, but not now, but wait a little longer until Baiguan Only when you are almost desperate."

This butler is his confidant, and his loyalty is extremely reliable, so these very confidential matters can be done by him.

The letter passed through the business network of the King of Runan, and was sent to Hangzhou twelve days later, where it reached Lu Sen's hands.

Sitting under the hibiscus tree, after reading the contents of the letter, Lu Sen stood up and said to Lu Xianxian who was playing against Pang Meier next to him, "Let Alizee send some people to the capital to collect information."

Lu Xianxian asked: "Intelligencers and snakes are mixed together. It's hard for our people to stand in a hurry."

"Then set up an institution in the capital." Lu Sen thought for a while, and said, "Set up a rice seed storage hall, and I will send some rice seeds to the capital in batches every month. In the future, the work of handing over rice seeds to the imperial court will be up to the government." This guild hall took over, and then sent intelligence personnel to mix in."

Lu Xianxian thought for a while, then said with a smile, "It's possible."

Alizee was currently training a few teenagers in a valley in Xiaowai, Hangzhou.

Knocking them down with a wooden stick tied with cloth strips, she wiped the sweat from her forehead and said, "You guys have made rapid progress, remember, when you encounter an enemy, you have to behave like this, feint to escape , no matter what, keeping yourself first is the right way.”

Among this group of teenagers, there was one with particularly dark and bright eyes. He was very thin and tall, like a sharp knife, exuding a sharp aura.

"Master, why don't you teach us how to kill people." The young man pursed his lips and asked, "We can only run away, isn't it very useless? Besides, offense is the best defense. If we can counter-kill the opponent, then Wouldn't it be safer?"

Alizee looked at the young man and said with a smile: "I mentioned this to you too, but he said that when he set up the intelligence club, he just wanted to collect information, and he didn't think about doing anything bad. He wanted to kill people." "Your Majesty, there are tens of thousands of ways to kill people. And you intelligence people, in the same period of time, learning how to escape has a higher survival rate than learning how to kill."

The same amount of time is used to practice lightness, inner qi, and movement. Isn't it more specialized than practicing one more assassination?
Moreover, intelligence collection itself needs to be good at quick action.

The young man looked a little unconvinced, but he didn't say anything, but closed his eyes slightly.

Alizee ignored him. This young man was a thorn in the side of the newcomers, but it wasn't too difficult, he just liked to ask questions.

Just when Alizee was about to announce the dissolution, a family member came over and conveyed Lu Sen's meaning.

After listening, Alizee's eyes lit up, and she said with a smile: "I thought, you still have at least two months to stand alone, but now Mr. Wang has something to do for us. Who wants to go to the capital? Come out yourself."

Several teenagers stood up, including the one with a sharp temperament.

They also probably guessed what they were going to do in the capital.

"Very well, you guys make preparations today and head north with the boat tomorrow."

These teenagers promised again and again.

After Alizee left the valley, all the teenagers relaxed.

A boy looked at Alizee's back and sighed, "Master Ai is so pretty."

A young man laughed and said, "Master Ai is a pervert. If you marry, won't you be beaten to death by your elders?"

"I don't have any elders." The young man smiled wryly: "If Ai Shi hadn't picked me up from the street, I probably wouldn't have survived the last winter."

At this time, the boy with a particularly sharp temperament suddenly said: "Master Ai has a household registration. She is from our Song Dynasty. Marrying her does not mean disgrace to our blood."

At this moment, all the teenagers looked over, all with surprised expressions.

After a while, someone exclaimed: "An Qing, do you also have a heart for Ai Shi?"

"No!" An Qing said coldly: "I just said a few words of justice for her. Besides, you also understand that our lives were not saved by Ai Shi, but by Mr. Lang."

"We also know that Lang Jun rescued him." A young man sighed: "But Lang Jun is too far away from us. He is a fairy, and he is destined to never appear in front of us, so we can only save his life. The grace is on Master Ai."

The group of people chatted and returned to their residences.

But at some point, there was a slightly distorted air beside them. After listening to these teenagers chatting for a while, the air gradually went away.

Lu Sen was in the gazebo, spreading out the world map and looking at it.

This is a map from later generations. Although the terrain is not bad, the division of national boundaries is far from the same.

Lu Sen could only remember some important ports from memory.

For example, what are the famous places in the Mediterranean Sea?

At this time, Lu Xianxian suddenly appeared beside him, and the vixen leaned over and said with a slight fragrance, "Mr. Lang, you have to catch the hearts of the intelligence organizations."

"What's going on?" Lu Sen was a little surprised: "Alizee has a different heart? It doesn't look like it!"

"That's not true." After repeating what she heard and saw just now, Lu Xianxian said, "It's just that those young people can't see you, so they can only put more loyalty on Alizee."

"It's a good thing!"

Lu Xianxian asked in surprise, "What's the explanation?"

"People need spiritual sustenance, whether it's Alizee or those young people." Lu Sen said with a smile: "If Alizee does her best to do things for us, and the cultivation of talents is not respected, then her spirit will easily be" Emptiness', thus generating some unnecessary negative thoughts, which is not conducive to the stability of the intelligence organization. As for those teenagers...they have two spiritual sustenances, mine is false, and Alizee is real, which affects their mentality It is also very beneficial.”

"Is it like this?" The vixen looked Lu Sen up and down, and said helplessly: "It is said that we foxes understand people's hearts, but I feel that you guys know how to play with people's hearts better than our vixens."

Lu Sen said angrily: "Tell me like a hero."

"Do you dare to say that you are not?"

Hmm... Lu Sen thought for a while, but he couldn't seem to find a reason to refute.

Seeing that Lu Sen did not refute, the fox had no choice but to interrupt the topic. She looked at the map on the stone table and asked, "What is your plan next?"

"I want to go here to have a look!" Lu Sen pointed to the end of a long and narrow bay: "Use an aircraft to go and have a look."

"Lang Jun is going on a long trip?" the fox was startled.

Lu Sen nodded and said, "I am quite concerned about the whale disease. If there is a hibiscus tree on their side, then it should be around here."

Lu Sen's finger drew a circle on the map.

If there are people from later generations here, it is clear that Lu Sen circled the place: Italy.

And the first stop he wanted to go to was 'Venice'.

"Why does Lang Jun think that the hibiscus tree from Ximan will appear here?" Lu Xianxian couldn't help asking.

Lu Sen smiled and said, "Intuition."

It's not actually intuitive.

If there is any sign of the rise of the Western world, it should be the Renaissance.

Then came the great geographical discoveries.

It can even be said that only with the Renaissance can there be subsequent great geographical discoveries.

Besides, Italy is the successor of Greece, so it stands to reason that it has some luck.

Then having a hibiscus tree in that area doesn't seem so unacceptable.

Hearing the intuition, Lu Xianxian did not refute.

She knows very well that some practitioners have the so-called "induction between heaven and man", and occasionally they have a flash of inspiration, and the decision they make is correct.

But she frowned and said, "Then who are you going to take, Mr. Lang?"

Lu Sen thought for a while and said, "I don't bring anyone, I just bring an interpreter."

"Alizee?"

Lu Sen thought for a while and said, "She should do it, but she still has to be in charge of the intelligence club."

"Leave the matter of the intelligence club to me." Lu Xianxian said, "Although Alizee can't be said to be completely trustworthy, at least she's one of us. It's better than my husband, you go outside and hire an interpreter."

At this moment, Yang Jinhua walked over from the side.

The conversation between the two did not deliberately suppress their voices. Yang Jinhua, who was wearing Lingo's knitted clothes, heard everything.

She said softly: "Mr., it's no problem to take Alizee there, but let her stay with me for two or three days first, okay?"

Ok?
(End of this chapter)