My Red Mansion Career

Chapter 119 The eldest princess invites you for the second time
After coming out of the palace, Jia Yu took the reins of the horse from a soldier waiting outside the palace and mounted the horse. Just as he was about to go home, a female knight rode up to him from the front.

Jia Yu was slightly startled when she saw the person coming.

If he remembered correctly, this female knight should be Princess Changping's guard captain.

As expected, the female knight bowed her hand to Jia Yu: "Master Jia, the eldest princess invites you."

"Princess Changping?"

Jia Yu glanced around, a trace of doubt flashing in his eyes.

The female knight saw this and explained: "The eldest princess is waiting for you at the princess mansion."

"This..." Jia Yu hesitated.

"My lord, there is no need to worry. The eldest princess has said that she is not afraid of women. How can a man like you be afraid of rumors?"

"All right!"

People have said so, and if I return the favor to my mother-in-law, I will be ridiculed.

He took two soldiers and followed the female knight to the princess mansion.

I have to say that the location of Princess Mansion is great.

It is located on the west side of the palace. The entire mansion is mainly made of yellow glazed tiles, showing its royal style.

The tall building stands in the center of the mansion, with its layered roofs and curved eaves, which looks particularly gorgeous.

There were six royal guards guarding the door. After Jia Yu followed the female knight into the mansion, they passed through several buildings and came to a garden.

Various flowers are planted in the garden, which are in full bloom and colorful at this time.Rockeries and rocks stand tall, the pond is crystal clear, and the paths are winding and winding, leading visitors to every corner of the mansion.

Finally, I came to a pavilion and saw the eldest princess Li Xueyan sitting in the pavilion drinking tea.

The female knight strode up to the eldest princess and bowed down: "Please tell me eldest princess, Jia Yu, commander of the Military and Horse Department, will bring you here."

The eldest princess raised her head slightly, revealing her fair and smooth oval-shaped pretty face, "Thank you for your hard work, Captain Shangguan."

"So this little girl's surname is Shangguan."

Jia Yu murmured in her heart and stepped forward to salute: "Jia Yu, commander of the Five Cities Military and Horse Division, has met Her Royal Highness the Princess!"

The eldest princess smiled slightly: "Master Jia, there is no need to be polite, please sit down. Let me introduce to you, this is Shangguan Ling'er, the captain of the guard of this palace."

"Yes!" After hearing what the eldest princess said, Jia Yu sat down aside.

It was only then that Jia Yu was able to take a closer look at the appearance of the eldest princess.

Her eyebrows were like smoke in the distant mountains, slender and graceful. Together with her stunning oval face, her whole body exuded a noble temperament.

However, Jia Yu only looked at him for a second or two and then looked away, pretending to be sitting upright.

The eldest princess smiled lightly when she saw this: "Master Jia, you don't have to be so reserved here in this palace.

I have two purposes for calling you here. One is to thank you for slaying the Erlong Mountain bandits and Qi Jianhui and his party who colluded with them.

The second is to discuss with you the silver needed for the expansion of the new army of the Bingma Division. "

Jia Yu hurriedly said: "It is my duty to exterminate the bandits in Erlong Mountain. Your Highness should not thank you in person. As for Qi Jianhui, I just happened to meet you." At this point, Jia Yu was a little curious and said: "Your Highness, I Dare I ask, how did the court deal with Qi Jianhui after he was arrested?"

"How else can we deal with it?" The eldest princess smiled faintly, with a chill in her narrow eyes, "This beast not only colludes with thieves, but even dares to attack my chariot.

According to the law, the three clans should be punished, but the father thought that after he also contributed to the founding of the country, the Marquis of Xiangyang was also one of the twelve founding princes, so giving him a glass of poisonous wine was considered an advantage. "

Jia Yu was silent, no wonder there was no news about Qi Jianhui after he was taken to the Criminal Department. His relationship was secretly executed.

In order to preserve the reputation of the Hou Mansion, the Xiangyang Hou Mansion had no time to keep it secret, so how could it dare to publicize it?

Seeing that Jia Yu was silent, the eldest princess waved her jade hand lightly: "Okay, let's not talk about Qi Jianhui. Let's talk about the silver needed by the new army."

"Yes!"

"Master Jia, I heard that your new army plans to be fully equipped with firearms. Not only will it be equipped with the barbarian's new firecrackers and artillery, but it will also need regular training every month.

As a result, the new army's monthly training expenses alone are a huge expense. I am a little confused. Is it really necessary to set up a firearms battalion? "

Jia Yu frowned: "Your Highness, I think it is very necessary to form a firearms battalion.

Moreover, I believe that firearms are the trend of the general trend, and the trend of the world is vast. Those who follow it will prosper, and those who go against it will perish.

If we don't organize it, our enemies will.

Now that the barbarians in Oparo have begun to be generally equipped with firearms, if we in Daxia don't catch up quickly, we will be left behind by the barbarians sooner or later, and it will be too late to regret it. "

The eldest princess didn't expect that Jia Yu would refute her words so unceremoniously. She didn't know how to answer for a while. After hesitating for a long time, she frowned and said: "Okay... Since Mr. Jia thinks it is necessary, then... The palace is in charge and will provide the new army with 2 taels of silver per month from now on. What do you think?"

Jia Yu thought for a while, "Does this 2 taels include the soldiers' food and military pay?"

The eldest princess looked at him with a half-smile but not a smile: "What do you think, Mr. Jia?"

"I don't dare to deceive Your Highness. 2 taels of silver are only enough to pay the soldiers and provide food. An additional 2 taels of silver must be allocated for training expenses such as pills and other things."

A look of embarrassment appeared on the face of the eldest princess: "If you calculate it this way, wouldn't it cost 4 taels of silver a month? Wouldn't it cost nearly 50 taels of silver just to raise such a new army in a year?"

"Yes." Jia Yu nodded: "It is inevitable that the cost of a firearms battalion is higher than that of an ordinary army. But otherwise, the firearms battalion cannot develop and its combat power cannot be discussed."

"absurd!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Shangguan Ling'er on the side couldn't help but shouted: "It's not like we don't have a firearms camp in Daxia. On weekdays, at best, we only have one exercise every five days and one exercise every half month. How can we do it every day?
If it was so extravagant, just one Shenji battalion would have to eat up the salary of the ordinary sergeants of the third battalion. "

"Captain Shangguan, you only know one thing but not the other." Jia Yu retorted mercilessly: "Since it is said that Shenji camp has one exercise every five days and one exercise every half month, doing this will indeed save money, then I want to ask you, how is the combat strength of the Shenji Battalion today?"

This time it was Shangguan Ling'er's turn to remain silent. At the founding of the country, the Shenji Battalion had indeed made great military exploits when they followed Taizu Taizong in battle, but only God knows their current combat power.

Otherwise, if the Shenji Camp can really fight.

When Prince Tengchi came to Tongguan two days ago, an official asked whether to take the Shenji Camp away, but he refused without hesitation.

"All right……"

The eldest princess nodded slowly.

"In that case, from now on, at the beginning of every month, you can come to the princess's mansion to collect your salary."

(End of this chapter)