Martial Arts: Start with 100,000 Xiliang Cavalry

Chapter 186 Prime Minister, Street Market, Xifeng
The moonlight was cold and shone on the young man, making him look a little gloomy.

He Zhongping had been the prime minister for many years at least, and his concentration was quite sufficient. After a moment of astonishment, he quickly calmed down.

He stared at the young man and asked in a low voice, "Who are you? Why did you sneak into my mansion late at night!"

He Zhongping didn't yell loudly or call out for the guards, he knew that the young man in front of him was unlikely to be an assassin.

If it was an assassin, he would have died by now.

The young man smiled and said, "Master He, have you ever heard the name 'Jia Yi'?"

A one!

He Zhongping was startled, how could he have never heard of this number one person in Fu Chengyang's "Spider" organization.

He didn't expect that Jiayi was still alive.

"You... are not dead?" He Zhongping doubted.

According to his understanding, the spider organization has been eradicated after failing to assassinate the queen.Fu Chengyang, the great eunuch, died in the Bei'an Army, not to mention his subordinates.

He thought that all the spiders had been wiped out long ago, and even if there were any remaining members, they would hide their names and hide in the countryside, daring not to show up again.

A chuckled: "I'm a man with a lot of life, and it's not so easy to want to die."

"..."

He Zhongping lit the candle with Jiayi's permission, and the latter's face gradually became clear under the candlelight.He Zhongping looked at it carefully, but he couldn't see what was on his mind.

I just vaguely feel that this face... seems to have a trace of inexplicable familiarity.But if you want to dig deeper, you can't think of where the familiarity comes from.

He collected himself, put on his clothes, got out of bed, sat down at the table, and asked seriously: "Then I don't know why your Excellency came to see me late at night."

A said: "Naturally, I want to cooperate with Mr. He. I heard that the court is in urgent need of talents. The Holy Majesty is the first to become a great treasure. I also want to share your worries."

"Sharing your worries?" He Zhongping sneered, "You 'spider' assassinating the queen is already treasonous. If His Majesty finds out that you are the remnants of spiders, he will definitely order you to be killed immediately!"

"If the adults don't tell me, the Holy Majesty won't know."

He Zhongping narrowed his eyes: "Why should I help you clean up? If you threaten my life, then I may not be afraid!"

These words were naturally used by him to boost his momentum.

Of course He Zhongping is afraid of death.An official worships the prime minister, one person is under one person and over ten thousand people, even though the Southern Zhou court is in turmoil, his status is still here.

The spider killers are all superb in martial arts, and Jiayi is even more unfathomable. He Zhongping said this, but it is to prevent Jiayi from threatening his life in exchange for benefits indefinitely.

Unexpectedly, A shook his head.

"Master He, in fact, you should help me. As the prime minister, this is your duty."

"Why?" He Zhongping was puzzled.

Jia Yi smiled and whispered a few words in He Zhongping's ear.

He Zhongping's face became extremely shocked in an instant.

"No, it can't...it can't be true..."

He looked at Jia Yi in disbelief, seeing this young face, lost his balance and fell to the ground.

But he didn't care at all, he stared straight at Jia Yi: "You are lying to me..."

Jia Yi took out a token from his pocket: "This matter is indeed counterintuitive, but after seeing this, can you believe it?"

When He Zhongping saw the token, his eyes widened instantly.

After a long while, he finally came back to his senses and stood up with an extremely complicated expression.

He finally understood where the source of that familiar look came from.

"I...no, I...understand."

……

Beijing.

In the street market, three women are walking.

One person was wearing a white dress and a red dress, which was very eye-catching.The other woman was wearing a black dress, and her movements were neat.There is another woman who is wearing the official uniform of the translation agency, with a straight appearance.

The three of them were Shenqianle Lingmeng, Ju Jian, and the female translator who was in charge of following Lingmeng in the translation office these days.

Shenqianle Lingmeng promised Su Yuan to stay in the capital for a few days and look around.Today is the second day of her stay.

When I came to the market, I could hear all kinds of cries.Although she couldn't understand, she could feel the enthusiasm of the peddlers.

After some peddlers called them over, they found that Shenqianle Lingmeng was from the Eastern Japanese, and offered to give her a discount, and even gave her some gadgets for nothing.

This was not seen in the previous capital city.

In the past, the Eastern Japanese often invaded the border, and the common people did not have the slightest favor for the Eastern Japanese. When they encountered them on the street, they would treat them coldly.

But ever since Su Yuan defeated the Eastern Japanese fleet once, and even hit the Eastern Japanese mainland and captured the Eastern Japanese county guard, the attitude of the common people has changed.

This is probably out of some kind of thinking of "sympathizing with the weak". In the past, they were weak, while Dongwo was strong. They have hatred for the oppression of the strong.

Now that the two levels are reversed, the Eastern Japanese seem to have become weak. When the common people see the Eastern Japanese, they will no longer either hate or flatter them as before.Instead, be generous and enthusiastic.

Shenqianle Lingmeng couldn't understand this, all she could see was the vitality of the whole market, and the smiling faces of the people despite their hard work.

It's hard for her to see these things in Dongwo. There are few villains in Dongwo. Even in the capital city of Naijing, there are only a few short streets in the market.

She occasionally gets the permission of the great witch to go shopping, but she always has a negative experience.Either seeing everyone's frowning faces, or being yelled at by some vicious stall owners, or even forced to buy and sell.

She knew that the reason for this atmosphere was that it was difficult to do business.The right to sell goods that can make a little more money is firmly controlled by the major shogunate, and ordinary people can only sell some worthless handicrafts.

For example, the bamboo baskets weaved by ourselves, the cloth shoes we sewed, etc.Doing these things is tiring and the profit is low, and naturally there will be no good mood if things go on like this.

But in the current capital, the situation is completely different.With the help of a translator, she chatted with some vendors and learned that the people in the capital were actually encouraged to do business.

Some merchants said that Mr. Lu, who was in charge of money, even gave public lectures on how to do business.Even the king of Bei'an, Su Yuan, encouraged them to become bigger and stronger, and it would be best to sell their products overseas to earn money from the Westerners.

Merchants have worked hard to make their products better and more competitive, thus benefiting the entire market and making it more prosperous.

Moreover, Su Yuan did not just encourage them verbally, but also formulated many policies, such as tax exemption and tax reduction, and providing low-interest or even interest-free loans.

After listening to Shenqianle Lingmeng, she felt envious in her heart.

She thought, if the shogunate in Naijing were like this, the common people in Naijing would definitely not have such a difficult life.

But she also deeply understands that this is almost impossible.Because the Shanggong family is currently the only one in the Naijing family, and the Shanggong family is notoriously cruel.

Patriarch Shanggong Shingen of this generation is even worse than the previous generation.With such a leader, how can Nai Jing develop well.

She bought some things, not for herself, but to take back home for the children in the clan.They have experienced the attacks of the shogunate and the Orochi clan, and I am afraid that they are very scared, and they can be comforted by bringing some gifts back home.

Back at the inn, in her room, she opened the package and looked at one of the long wooden sticks.

After the Bei'an army inspected, they had already returned her salute to her.This long wooden stick is exactly the one used by the previous great witch for divination.

The black and red disaster character on it is actually a lot lighter at this moment.

"This is……"

Shenqianle Lingmeng picked up the wooden stick and stared at it for a while, wondering whether grandma or the older witch was guiding her, telling her that hope really lies with Bei'an Army.

But if it cooperates with the Bei'an Army, the fate of the Eastern Japanese...

Shenqianle Lingmeng fell into a deep entanglement.She knew that Su Yuan had already drawn up a plan, and no matter whether she cooperated or not, the plan would not change.

Her current entanglement is only due to her personal spiritual principles.

The ancients said that it is difficult to have both loyalty and filial piety, but now for her...

"A country is made up of people. If the people die because of a disaster, will the country still exist?" After she finished speaking, her eyes gradually became firm.

……

The major sects in Jiangbei are vying to join the Bei'an Army first, and Su Yuan certainly welcomes them.

On the battle report written by Zhao Yun, it also clearly stated the role played by the masters of the rivers and lakes in the battle.

Of course, this role is not the kind of "one-shot" type.In other words, if there are these masters, you can win, and if you don't, you can also win.

It's just that their role is reflected in making the price of victory smaller and making casualties fewer soldiers.

This is naturally a good thing. Regardless of the personal lives of soldiers, even if it is only an economic account, it can save huge pensions.

In the past, the officials of the Great Zhou Dynasty would be greedy for the pensions of the fallen soldiers, but Su Yuan would not do such immoral things.Doing so has no benefit other than depleting soldiers' morale and increasing military grievances.

What he wants to learn is the modern system, which will increase and double the pension.Moreover, after a soldier is killed in battle, the locals in his hometown will hold a memorial meeting, and the villagers will commemorate the soldier together.

Only in this way can soldiers have a sense of belonging, a sense of honor, and be more able to fight freely.They will know that even if they die unfortunately, they will be remembered as heroes and their relatives will be well comforted.

Su Yuan will not use this method of greatly improving the combat effectiveness of troops.But everything has pros and cons, and the disadvantage of doing so is that military expenditure will increase significantly.

Su Yuan used to subsidize here and exempt tax there, but in essence, he returned the hard-earned money that those wealthy and corrupt officials plundered from the people to the people.

But the money is not unlimited, so it will be spent sooner or later.Before that, if the common people cannot generate higher income, the finances may even risk bankruptcy.

Therefore, in terms of money, save as much as you can, and try to increase revenue and reduce expenditure as much as possible.Su Yuan didn't want to learn how to support war with war.

Now that a large number of Jianghu sects join in, they will be able to reduce a large number of soldier casualties in future wars.And it can also be more stable for local law and order.

Under the rule of the Bei'an Army, the punishment of chivalry is prohibited by martial arts.There are naturally very few situations where warriors are required to "draw their swords to help when the road is injustice".

Su Yuan was not stingy with these sects who came to vote, and arranged them to march into each team.Among them, those with outstanding military strength will be given the position of instructor, so that they can teach ordinary soldiers some kung fu.

Real kung fu cannot be taught, but some simple and practical skills can still be learned.If there are good seedlings found among the soldiers, they can also be recruited and cultivated.

Su Yuan does not prevent these warriors from accepting apprentices, for some warriors with rich theoretical experience, he is more willing to let them recruit more apprentices.

He also has an idea of ​​building a "Wu Pavilion" to preserve the real kung fu of all schools and schools.

In his opinion, the decline of martial arts is indeed the trend of the times, but it is a pity that so many powerful martial arts have been lost.Decline belongs to decline, if these martial arts are recorded and passed on, they will not be cut off after all.

No matter how advanced the times are, there will always be people who like these boxing skills, so when they want to practice, they can learn them with Wu Ge.There will be no embarrassment where you want to learn, but the real kung fu is lost.

These are all "big plans" for the future, and at present, most of the sects still have sectarian opinions, and they are not willing to share their unique martial arts... To solve these problems, we need to take a long-term perspective.

Su Yuan can't force others to hand over martial arts cheats.He believes that as time goes by, these people will figure out and understand his painstaking efforts.At that time, they will voluntarily take out the cheats for the sake of future generations of warriors, for the centuries-old and millennium inheritance of martial arts.

Turn around one day.

This morning, Su Yuan was talking about Qinzhou with Lu Wuyou.

After capturing Qinzhou, improving the living environment there is also an important matter.The first thing to do is to build a good road to make it easier for the people to get in and out of the mountains.

To build the road would cost a lot of money and dispatch a large number of laborers. The two discussed this matter and tried to use the locals of Qinzhou as much as possible, and the money was collected from the locals.

At this time, a soldier suddenly sent an urgent report, saying that there was an accident at the ferry, and Qi Jiguang sent him over.

Su Yuan thought it was an attack from an Eastern Japanese ship, so he quickly took the letter, opened it to check, and found that it was not an Eastern Japanese ship.but...

"A ship from the West Maple Kingdom?"

Su Yuan was a little unfamiliar with this "Xifeng Country", and Lu Wuyou who was on the side heard the words and reminded: "My lord, Xifeng Country is also an overseas Western country, the latest information from Jiangnan..."

"Oh!"

As soon as Lu Wuyou reminded him, Su Yuan remembered it.

Two days ago, Jiangnan did receive information, saying that the court of the Southern Zhou Dynasty found a new backer after seeing that Dongwo was unreliable.

This new backer is Xifeng Kingdom. It is said that Xifeng Kingdom requires trade and establishes "embassy districts" in several cities in the south of the Yangtze River.In return, large ships will be sent to help the Southern Zhou court deal with the Bei'an regime.

At that time, Su Yuan was still very emotional, what kind of shit embassy area, isn't this the "concession".Unexpectedly, the Southern Zhou court was so cowardly that in order to deal with him, Su Yuan, they would even agree to build a concession.

It's just that he didn't expect that the ship from Xifeng Kingdom would arrive in just a few days, and the efficiency was quite high.

Lu Wuyou said: "My lord has announced earlier that the east ferry of the capital is set up as a military ferry, and foreign ships are not allowed to approach it without orders. Now this West Maple Kingdom is blatantly violating it. Your lord, what do you mean..."

Su Yuan sneered.In the letter, Qi Jiguang was also asking for Su Yuan's opinion. He didn't know whether Su Yuan had any agreement with Xifeng Kingdom, so he didn't act rashly.

"Wuyou, what do you mean by me? Xifeng Kingdom can't understand human language, so they should be able to understand the language of swords and guns, right?"

(End of this chapter)