The Reborn Lao Tzu Is the Emperor

Chapter 1306 Letter from Montenegro
In a blink of an eye, it was September.

Cooler weather.

Zhongsun Guge, Xixia's ambassador to the Song Dynasty, suddenly entered the palace and asked to see Li Xiushu, the female emperor who was still nominally "hostage" in the Song Dynasty.

When he saw Li Xiushu holding Li Zuoxiao in his bedroom, Zhao Dongting was there.

Only Zhongsun Guge knew the relationship between Zhao Dongting and Li Zuoxiao, although he smiled wryly in his heart, he would not care about Zhao Dongting's presence.

The female emperor Xixia was completely "captured" by the young Song emperor.

After saluting, Zhongsun Guge said to Li Xiushu: "Your Majesty, please have a look at the secret letter from the Grand Master."

After finishing speaking, he took out the secret letter from his cuff and handed it to Li Xiushu.

Li Xiushu opened the secret letter and read it, but handed it directly to Zhao Dongting, and asked with a smile, "What do you think?"

Zhao Dongting read the letter and said: "If the food and grass are sufficient and the soldiers are sufficient, the sooner the better, lest there will be long nights and dreams."

The letter was written by Zhongsun Qifu himself.

He and He Liandong intend to send troops to pacify the four major armies, and ask Li Xiushu to make a decision.

Nearly a year has passed since the Xixia Civil War.

During this year, the land of the Central Plains was very peaceful.Song and Yuan were safe and sound, and the four major army divisions and Empress Group in Xixia also remained calm.

In a year's time, there is no doubt that the Empress Group has recovered a little bit.

Although the vitality caused by the last civil war has not yet recovered, the two armaments of the Song Dynasty were sent to the territory of Xixia one after another, which gave them the strength to fight again.

Even if the four major military divisions are bound to accumulate strength during this period of time, they probably will not be the opponents of the Xixia Forbidden Army.

The two batches of arms in the Song Dynasty were [-] Shenlong blunderbusses, [-] grenade launchers and [-] sky cannons each.

So much ammunition is enough to arm the current Xixia Forbidden Army, giving it a fighting power unmatched by the four major armies.

For Li Xiushu, Zhongsun Qifu and others, the four major army divisions are really like a thorn in their throats.

Hearing what Zhao Dongting said, Li Xiushu didn't hesitate any longer, and said directly to Zhongsun Guge: "You reply to the Grand Master, and I agree. Let the Grand Master and Lord Helian take full charge of the matter."

In his heart, Zhongsun Qifu intended to use He Liancheng and Zhongsun Zhouting as the coaches, and Li Xiushu had no objections.

Although she is now too dependent on Zhongsun and Helian's family, which is not a good thing for the long-term development of the court, but it is also a helpless thing.

Helian and Zhongsun can be said to be the foundation of the Empress Group.

Of course, I have to say it again.Zhongsun Qifu is loyal to the Xixia royal family, and if he is still there, there will be no chaos in Zhongsun's family.

And even if the Zhongsun and Helian families were to go against the Xixia royal family in the future, Li Xiushu would still have Zhao Dongting to help them, so they would not be afraid.

She is now Zhao Dongting's woman.It is impossible for Zhao Dongting to sit back and watch Xixia being controlled by any family, and Song Dynasty undoubtedly has the strength to destroy the entire Xixia.

"The minister obeys the order."

Seeing that Li Xiushu agreed, Zhongsun Guge cupped his hands, and then retreated towards the outside of the palace.

Although he served as the ambassador to the Song Dynasty in the Great Song Dynasty, he undoubtedly hoped that Helian, Zhongsun and the Xixia Imperial Army could put down the four major military divisions as soon as possible.

In this way, the status of their Zhongsun family can rise again.

After returning to the embassy's mansion, Zhongsun Guge wrote back immediately and went to Xixia Zhongxing mansion.

If there is no accident, the territory of Xixia is afraid that war will ignite again.

Under such circumstances, it is naturally impossible for Li Xiushu to stay in Changsha City.

Not long after Zhongsun Guge left, she said to Zhao Dongting: "I plan to go back to the Zhongxing Mansion too. I have to stay in the capital to destroy the four major military regions."

Zhao Dongting nodded naturally, and said: "Then you have to be careful. The four major military commanders have a good background, although you don't need to be sent by your own driver, but you should also be wary of those master minions they raise."

"Ah."

Li Xiushu smiled softly: "Of course I know this. I will never let it happen again when the masters of the four major military commanders made troubles in the Zhongxing Mansion."

Last time Dong Huzhi and more than a dozen real martial arts masters made a big fuss in Zhongxing Mansion, and Ting Chao Mansion paid a huge price.It is enough for Li Xiushu, Zhongsun Qifu and others to learn a lot from a fall.

But Zhao Dongting was still a little worried about Tingchao Mansion's strength, so he pondered for a while and said, "How about...I pass an order to Chen Yidao, asking him to lead a few sword mound masters to protect you?"

Li Xiushu's wonderful eyes turned lightly, "So you care about me so much?"

Zhao Dongting raised his eyebrows and said with a chuckle, "We are all old couples, isn't that what we should do?"

Although these words were not actually a blatant joke, it still made Li Xiushu, who grew up in this feudal era, blush with embarrassment, and couldn't help spitting lightly.

Zhao Dongting just smiled more happily, "If you think I've behaved well, you can wait for me when you come back."

Even at Li Xiushu's age, she couldn't help but feel ashamed.He stomped his feet and ran towards the house.

Zhao Dongting stood in the yard and burst out laughing.

Compared with Le Chan and other women, Li Xiushu's bedtime matters are quite different.

Not long after, Li Xiushu left the Song Dynasty Palace with Zhao Dongting's imperial decree and many offerings from Tingchao Mansion, and headed towards Jinghu North Road.

Due to the hasty itinerary, it was impossible to put on the honor guard of the Empress again.Everyone in the team travels in micro clothes.

Zhao Dongting was also not worried that Daozhong would disobey the order, after all, when Zhuwu Dingzongmen were established, Zhuwudingzongmen had already promised the court that they would not shirk when they were dispatched.

He didn't think that now that the Song Dynasty was at peace, the sects would have the confidence not to sell his face.On the contrary, the more peaceful the Great Song Dynasty was, the more those sects would pay more attention to the imperial court's orders.

A few days passed so quickly.

When Zhao Dongting was free, he still took Li Goudan to research and develop artillery in the Ministry of Military Science.

Li Goudan has just come into contact with physics knowledge, so it is impossible for him to have any useful suggestions.

There are many talented people in the Great Song Dynasty, but in the development of artillery, there is really no one who can help Zhao Dongting.

On this day, Zhao Dongting walked out of the Military Science Department with a wry smile, but there was no progress.

And just after leaving the gate of the government office of the Ministry of Military Science and Technology, I saw Xuanxue walking towards this side in a hurry.

She went up to Zhao Dongting, "Xuanxue sees His Majesty."

Zhao Dongting smiled and waved his hands, "Xuan Aiqing, please. Are you here... to find me?"

Xuanxue stood up and nodded, "I didn't see you in the imperial study, it was Eunuch Li who said you were here."

Then he got closer, and said with a dignified expression, "Your Majesty, we have some news from our spies from Weifu Military Division in Heishan, Xixia."

Seeing her appearance, Zhao Dongting couldn't help frowning slightly, "What news?"

Xuanxue said: "Recently, the Tuoba family who controlled the Black Mountain Weifu Military Division had close business contacts with Xijing Road in the Yuan Dynasty."

"Does the Tuoba family have business relations with the Yuan Dynasty?"

Zhao Dongting frowned slightly, "What kind of goods are they trading?"

Xuanxue shook her head, "I can't find out, it's all extremely secretive."

Zhao Dongting couldn't help pondering.

It is not surprising that the Tuoba family is located in the Black Mountain Weifu Military Division, and has business contacts with merchants in the Yuan Dynasty.But this transaction is done too secretly, it is absolutely abnormal.

Then Zhao Dongting asked again: "Which one in the Yuan Dynasty Xijing Road traded with the Tuoba family, do you know?"

Xuanxue said: "Still investigating."

Immediately after thinking about it, he said again: "That's right, Your Majesty. The spies also said that the goods they traded should be extremely heavy, and they were all transported by horse-drawn carriage, and the goods were hidden in dark boxes. After the carriage passed, those slightly muddy roads They all left deep ruts."

"Extremely heavy..."

Zhao Dongting pondered again, "Could it be food? Or armor?"

These two things are what the army needs. If the Tuoba family really made such a deal with the Yuan Dynasty, it is only natural to do it in a concealed manner.

After all, the Black Mountain Weifu Army Commander probably didn't want the Empress Group to think that they were actively preparing for war.Because of this, the empress group will only be more fully prepared.

Xuanxue didn't have a conclusion in her heart, so she could only say: "I don't know either. I just hope that the people below can find out some clues."

Zhao Dongting nodded slightly and stopped talking.My heart is also a little dignified.

If the Tuoba family hooked up with the Yuan Dynasty, then perhaps the other military commanders would also be unwilling to be lonely.It is very likely that Li Xiushu's desire to put down the four major military divisions this time will not be so easy to achieve.

Even though the Yuan Dynasty had no arms, it was after all a country that once dominated the Central Plains.With the support of the Yuan Dynasty, the power of the four major military divisions will surely grow.

He didn't want to send someone to tell Li Xiushu about this matter either.Because before the truth came out, even telling Li Xiushu would be of no use.

Even with Zhao Dongting's mind, no one could have imagined that the Yuan Dynasty had already mastered the art of arms manufacturing.

(End of this chapter)