Traveling through Tianlong: Starting from the Zhenlong chess game

Chapter 382 Reunion of old friends from Xixia Kingdom

After hearing what the girl said, Zhao Mu laughed and said, "Hahaha, what the girl said makes sense!"

Zhao Mu looked at the girl and said, "I just don't know what to call her?"

The girl replied: "Princess, your maid Xiaolei. Your Majesty, just call me Xiaolei."

Hearing this name, Zhao Mu was unexpected, but it was also reasonable.

Zhao Mu remembered this person. She was Li Qinglu's personal maid. Later, Li Qinglu gave the four swords of plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum to Dali and his party.

Xiaolei was given to Duan Yu as his concubine, and the four plum blossoms, orchids, bamboos and chrysanthemums were married to the sons of the three Dukes of Dali respectively.

Zhao Mu chuckled, feeling that Li Qinglu might already know his identity.

But Zhao Mu also lamented that this woman's martial arts skills seemed not to be inferior to those of Mei Lan, Bamboo and Ju.

But Zhao Mu is not surprised. After all, in the original work, the cave where Li Qinglu married was full of martial arts from Lingjiu Palace. The other high-rollers who followed the practice were almost crippled upon closer inspection. Xiaolei, a girl who was in charge of hosting, was fine when she saw the martial arts charts. This shows that her martial arts is not weak.

Although Hu Yanjin was happy to see Zhao Mu, she was not surprised.

Zhao Mu saluted Xiaolei, and then said: "Young lady, please do as you please!"

She gently waved the fan in her hand and said: "Yes, the Xixia Kingdom is recruiting relatives, and the Dowager Princess of Xixia personally sent an invitation to our Prince Qi. But you are not here. His Majesty specially ordered the 'Crown Prince Zhongxiao' to come to greet our Prince Qi. Your Highness.”

Xiaolei also said very wisely at this time: "Since His Highness King Qi and Prince Zhongxiao have something to discuss, I will resign first. I will inform you of the subsequent recruitment meeting, and please invite His Highness King Qi to be in the post. Take a break for two days. The marriage recruitment meeting will be held on August 15th."

After Xiaolei saluted the two of them respectively, she turned around to say goodbye and returned to the palace to resume her life.

But he saw a familiar person here.

Soon the two came to the Xixia Kingdom's post house. As a visitor from the Shang Kingdom, Zhao Mu was naturally arranged to rest in the best room.

This person is none other than Hu Yanjin.

Zhao Mu looked at Hu Yanjin, who was dressed in handsome men's clothing, and asked, "Jin'er? Are you here too?" But then Zhao Mu was relieved and said, "Haha! That's right, the one on duty in front of Lingzhou Pass The two barbarians have bruises on their faces, and they seem to have been injured by a weapon such as a whip. "I think it was you who injured them."

At this time, outside the small courtyard where Zhao Mu and Hu Yanjin lived, a rough man was standing on the courtyard wall, looking around.

Zhao Mu glanced sideways at him, and seeing his attire, he guessed without thinking that this person should be the "Prince Zongzan" who wanted to eat the swan meat.

Zhao Mu urged Xiaoyao Yufeng, and a fallen leaf on the ground hit Zongzan like a hidden weapon, directly knocking off a brick from the courtyard wall. This was so frightening that he leaned back and fell onto his back.

Zhao Mu said at this time: "If you dare to peek again, I will kill you next time!"

Upon hearing Zhao Mu's words, the guards under Prince Zongzan quickly picked him up and carried him away.

They didn't stop until they were far away. Prince Zongzan, who was still in shock, still said arrogantly: "Huh! What's the air about you? Let's see if you are still airy when the Liao soldiers and horses drink from the Yellow River!" After saying that, Prince Zongzan stood up and tidied himself up a little. After a while, he angrily returned to the small courtyard where he lived.

Hu Yanjin shook her fan and said with a smile: "Haha, this stupid guy finally has a bad person to torture him."

Zhao Mu said: "With your martial arts skills, Jin'er, you should have no problem dealing with this idiot. What about the chivalrous heart of our Miss Huyan? Could it be that knowing that she is getting married, she has become timid in doing things?"

Hu Yanjin spread his hands and said: "Of course not. Since the last incident in Liaoying, I certainly have to have some self-awareness. Although that stupid guy is a idiot, he is protected by a top expert who listens to the Xixia Kingdom. The post officer said, "The man's name is King Jiumozhi. He is the national advisor of the Tubo Kingdom. He is very famous in the Western Regions. General Helian of the Western Xia Kingdom also received me." He warned me not to provoke the Tubo people easily."

Zhao Mu said disdainfully: "King Maharaja is just a martial madman, I regard him as nothing more than a piece of grass."

Hu Yanjin put away his fan, curled his lips and said, "That's right. Our Highness King Qi is not afraid of hundreds of thousands of Liao Kingdom troops. Let alone a small Tubo Imperial Guard. But don't forget our Highness King Qi Yes, you have such strength, and no one who is a concubine has such strength." Then Hu Yanjin said in a non-serious manner, "I have received so much gold, silver, and silk as a betrothal gift from my husband, and I haven't even married him yet. If the jade dies, won’t my husband suffer a loss?”

Zhao Mu also smiled evilly and said: "It doesn't matter, just think of it as my sacrifice to you."

Hu Yanjin's smiling face instantly dropped, and Zhao Mu swallowed back his joke.

Seeing Zhao Mu's embarrassed look, Hu Yanjin said at this time: "Okay! Let's talk about serious things. This time I came to Xixia, not just to join in the fun. Your Majesty asked me to ask you something. After much thought Dali is too far away, so I might meet you here.”

Zhao Mu walked towards the house and said, "Well! If anything happens, let's go in and talk about it."

The two came to the house and sat down on the two Taishi chairs. Hu Yanjin said: "The thing is like this. Your Majesty has adopted all the advice you gave to His Majesty before. Although it has attracted a lot of criticism from the officials, the reform of the military system and the allocation of weapons to Murong Fu are proceeding in an orderly manner. It's going on. But your suggestion is very effective. The elimination of so many soldiers has indeed strengthened the overall strength of our Song Dynasty army."

Zhao Mu replied: "Yes, since ancient times, soldiers have valued elites rather than numbers. If they are just a mob, no matter how many they are, it is just a waste of rice. Back then, Wu Qi defeated the Qin State with tens of thousands of newly trained Wei soldiers. Tens of thousands of troops. If the resources of the 500,000-strong army were to be streamlined and streamlined, the Tiger and Wolf Qin might not be defeated by Wei Wuzu. What about other things? You came all the way to Xixia to intercept me, and you didn't just come to tell me these things. It’s a matter of fact.”

Hu Yanjin shook his head and said: "Of course not, this is only part of it. Although the reform of the military system has begun. The young and strong have been retained, and the obsolete have been abolished. The saved money has even been used to innovate the infantry's equipment, weapons, and horses. But this has also caused another result, that is, there is an overabundance of labor. In the past, these people could still eat military rations, but now that they are released to the countryside, the emperor is afraid that they will cause trouble after a long time. "

Zhao Mu replied: "This is simple. This can be done by the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Household Affairs. The remaining idlers can be allowed to reclaim wasteland. The court can lease the land they reclaim to them. As long as they grow grain on it, After paying the land rent, we can redeem it from the court and turn it into our own land. In this way, a large amount of wasteland can be reclaimed, and we can also save more food and tax revenue. "

But Hu Yanjin shook his head.

(End of this chapter)