Your Majesty the Empress, I am really not a traitor!

"You are..."

"She is a talent. If the Thrall people can't accept her, then it's not impossible for me to accept her—I don't think there are too many talents. Besides, I don't want to see you look overly sad when the time comes. In fact, this throne, There are many other candidates, and I didn't intend to choose Wuheya at the beginning... your friend, let's try."

"Besides, you have been hoping that we can cooperate with her all the time today. Others may not be able to see it, but I can see that you are worried about being insecure, and you are also worried about my temporary regret and abandoning her, right? Today I will share these things with you Explain clearly, let you be responsible for what you should be responsible for, which is to show my attitude. You can rest assured. "

Xia Yuxiao smiled.

Anyway, no matter whether Wuheya succeeds in the end, she will definitely set off a shock in the territory of the Saar Dynasty. At that time, even if she fails, Daxia can take advantage of this opportunity to grab enough benefits. The worst result would be to help those subordinate tribes regain some of their lost land, and the imperial court would naturally not give them free of charge.

At the very least, the tribes have to show some sincerity.

With so many benefits, even if Wuheya fled here because of failure, Xia Yuxiao would not mind accepting her.After all, from a jurisprudential point of view, the Saar Dynasty and the Great Xia were the ones who provoked the incident first--the capriciousness of the monarchy has already ruined their reputation, and the other vassal states There will be no dissatisfaction.

Therefore, even if there is a diplomatic dispute because of taking in Uheya, it is nothing more than between the Saar Dynasty and will not affect other countries.

On the basis of not harming Daxia's interests, Xia Yuxiao can naturally accept Wuheya's refuge.But it's still a bit premature to say these things now. She still believes in Wuheya's ability. After all, the candidate that Qin Ji favors is probably not bad.

"Understood, I must live up to His Majesty..."

"Okay, okay, I can hear cocoons in your polite words," Xia Yuxiao decisively interrupted Qin Ji's very smooth polite words, "Tell me about your next strategic goal. After the question about the Seoul people, the matter with the church should also be settled. Now I have asked Siyue, and she told me that the intelligence in the west is being initially spread. If you want to form an actual intelligence network, you must at least It will be next year. That is to say, in a short period of time, we will not be able to start a direct war with the church."

"I don't recommend directly engaging with the other party. The church's frontal combat capability is not weak. They can pull more than a dozen countries to fight us. If we can't hurt them from the beginning, we will have to go back to them in the end." To the situation of infinite consumption.”

"If we don't start a war, how can we break the church's hostility toward us? Qin Ji, do you have the answer?"

"I think, Your Majesty, you should have the answer."

From Xia Yuxiao's expression, Qin Ji saw a kind of "test" and tacit understanding, and this kind of tacit understanding was not the first time for the two of them.

"How about this, let's write it in the palm of our hand, how about we take a look together?"

It's rare for Xia Yuxiao to have a sense of mystery, so she suggested.

"no problem."

The two picked up the pens and wrote words in the palms of their respective hands. Then, they got together and opened their palms together.

It has to be said that the two have a tacit understanding, but not completely.

Xia Yuxiao wrote the word "threat".

What Qin Ji wrote was "scared"—one word.

The two smiled at each other.

There is a tacit understanding, but not a tacit understanding.

Chapter 23 Simple Minds

Although the words written by the two people are not the same, they have exactly the same meaning.

If you don't want to fight, and you have an advantage in trade, then Daxia doesn't need to rely on life-and-death battles to fight for living space.

The current church has reached the peak of its development—Qin Ji has to admit that the rule of the church is indeed a bit pedantic, but it also enables the people of various countries in the west to be united by religious beliefs, at least, to maintain the basic of stability.

But everything has to reach its limit.

The current development of Daxia is advancing by leaps and bounds. After the first emperor established a peaceful situation in the surrounding areas, most of Xia Yuxiao's focus is now on domestic construction, education and production. According to the current speed, in a few years, it will It can see very obvious results. At that time, Xia Guo, which is one of the centers of the entire human world, will take off again, giving these guys a little bit of a little dragon shock.

Therefore, at present, it is not necessary to fight to the death with the opponent—at least not to take the initiative to fight to the death.

In this case, the best option left for Xia Guo at present is to deter.

The church has a powerful army, it is true, the major knights and crusades within it make it one of the largest forces in human forces, but their fighters and equipment are not blown by strong winds, the church is now The stable control of believers depends on the continuously developed convenience linked to secular power.And once they lose the core power of secular power - military power, it will be difficult for their religious rule to continue in the future.

Therefore, they are more afraid of fighting against huge enemies.

From the current point of view, the several attacks of the church are only tentative, or even if they participated in it, they would distance themselves at the speed of light after being discovered, highlighting a caution.

If Xia Guo can give the other party enough deterrence, then the church that is far away and at a disadvantage in the surrounding area will take the initiative to shrink its power to avoid causing unnecessary friction.

"If you want to threaten, I think the current size of the Great Xia army is enough." Xia Yuxiao analyzed, "However, we still haven't been able to deter these enemies. It is because our army does not have the means to end the war in a short time to face the enemy."

As an emperor, she doesn't understand battlefield command—in fact, it can't be said that she doesn't understand at all, but basically stays at the stage of talking on paper, and she is only capable in the grand strategic direction.

In judging the current situation, she has always had a fairly accurate prediction ability.

So far, the church has dared to provoke Da Xia repeatedly, and encouraged neighboring countries to harass and contain it. The main reason is that such actions can consume Xia's strength and restrict its development.

If it is really a full-scale war with the church from the front, with Xia's potential, a defensive war will be enough to bring down the church and make it difficult for the other party to bear the price of launching a war.

Therefore, the church does not dare to directly fight an all-out war with Xia Guo directly.And they dare to harass themselves now because of one reason - once Daxia couldn't help but attack the provocative country, it would consume a lot of national power.

War is not a game in Qin Ji's original world. It is not something that can be ended after you save resources, open mines, and build equipment.The front line needs supplements of food, equipment, and soldiers at all times, especially in the generally poor conditions of the border areas, and it must also bear a certain amount of non-combat attrition.After such a sum of calculations, Xia Guo will always be at a loss.

A formal war can take as fast as one and a half months, or as slow as three to five years or even ten years. The financial, material and manpower consumed are enough to hinder the development of Great Xia.At the same time, it also allows other countries to have breathing time. Once you show fatigue on the front line, other ambitious countries may take the opportunity to attack you. This kind of thing is not once or twice.

Xia Guo does not lack combat capability now, what is really lacking is the ability to fight quickly.The method of warfare relying on the flat push of the large army is naturally thorough and stable, but it will take time to advance after all.

"Your Majesty, in terms of command and combat capabilities, it is difficult for our army to make a leap forward. If we want to give the army enough deterrence, I'm afraid we will have to rely on things from the Tianji Division. .”

"Ship?"

"Exactly."

"I have also been paying attention to the shipbuilding issue recently. Now the Tianji Division is short of manpower, and this matter involves confidentiality, so there are not many craftsmen available. In the past few days, I have selected a group of reliable manpower from various ministries. They should be able to Get it done as soon as possible.”

"Your Majesty, I think maybe we should go to the site to check the progress frequently. Sometimes, these craftsmen may not carry out research and development in the direction we think."

"No need, what are the specific requirements and changes, they will naturally ask me when they need to make a decision. In this matter, Tianshi Mansion has always been very reliable."

Xia Yuxiao said.

"That's fine. As for the next thing in the northern border, we should worry about it, Your Majesty. This time, we will not leave it to future generations to solve the problem of the northern border."

Qin Ji looked at the blazing sun in the distance and said.

Raising soldiers for a thousand days and using them for a while, the matter of the northern border is no small matter. For those young generals, this is an opportunity to make meritorious service; for Qin Ji, it is a complete consolidation of his and Xia Yuxiao's position in the court Chance.

For the descendants of Daxia, this is an opportunity to bring them peace and stability.

"I'll leave the military affairs to you. I believe you can do it well." Xia Yuxiao turned around, took out the big seal in her hand, and stamped her own seal. "You just need to rest assured to deal with it As for the matter of the Saar country, unless there is a large-scale change of border troops, you can command all the defenders on the border, including the troops directly under my side. As for the subsequent handling of the Saar people, I will solve it."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your trust."

"You don't have to be so polite in private." Xia Yuxiao looked at his respectful look, and patted him on the shoulder. "The stability of the northern border is enough for me to face my ancestors."

Qin Ji took over the decree sealed with the jade seal.The content of this decree is to temporarily hand over the command of some of the emperor's direct troops on the northern border to Qin Ji.

The two chatted casually for a while, and then, Qin Ji temporarily resigned - he needed to go back and make adjustments to the situation at the border.

While watching Qin Ji leave, Xia Yuxiao's smile slowly faded away.

Of course, she might not know that the moment Qin Ji turned around, that respectful smile disappeared from his face.

Between the monarch and his ministers... Even after experiencing the joy of fish and water, there will still be power struggles.

The conversation between the two just now, no matter which side it was, was full of power struggles.After all, state and personal relationship should not be confused.

Qin Ji wanted to control and replace her control over Tianji Division, and it was naturally impossible for her to hand over this power to him—no matter what his purpose was.In fact, her imperial husband was already preparing to intervene in the affairs of the Tianji Division. The celestial masters had also told her about Qin Ji's several visits to the Tianji Division.

From a personal emotional point of view, she believed in Qin Ji. During this period of communication, she could see that at least Qin Ji did have the idea of ​​making the country prosperous.

From the perspective of the country, she really couldn't make any concessions in this regard, so she simply gave him another "consolation prize"-military power on the border.

The military power of the troops directly under the emperor is only temporary, and through Qin Ji's use of this military power, he can also get a glimpse of his thoughts.

Of course, this time, Xia Yuxiao's suspicion was really right.

Qin Ji really wanted to take Tianji Division into his own hands.

But the purpose is not to seize more power.but for...

Romance for men.

Grandma drops!Who can resist the temptation to personally give a country a technology tree!Especially in this world of magic and occult arts!

Sometimes, a man's mind is so simple.

Chapter 24 Camouflage

The character of the Thrall is wild.

This kind of wildness brings roughness and even rudeness, but at the same time it also brings some good characters.

For example, enthusiasm.

Now Wuheya is welcoming a passionate banquet.

The protagonist of the banquet is herself, and the ones who entertain her are the soldiers under her command.

Today was her birthday, Wang Ting was a rare person, and sent her a congratulatory letter, as well as several gifts prepared by her brothers and sisters in the royal family.

Most of these gifts were decorations, and among these decorations, the things that Brother Bang gave were quite special.

What he sent was a pair of fans.On the fan is written a song about the hometown in Saar script.

As far as this gift alone is concerned, Brother Ban is a rare brother who is quite caring. This ballad is obviously written by him, and it is quite beautiful. Since it is a gift from the current King Thrall, she Naturally accepted.

After packing up all the gifts, the officers under her came to see her suddenly, saying that the soldiers under her invited her to drink and eat.

She later found out that after these soldiers knew her birthday, they each pooled a little money from their own military pay, invited a local cook to cook a big meal, and brought all the wine they could collect around. I bought them all, and invited my own princess to have a feast.

Naturally, Wuheya would not refuse their kindness, and she quickly got along with these soldiers and officers.

The wine was mellow, the mutton was fat, and the cups and bowls collided on the table, making the whole atmosphere extremely warm.

Everyone was a little dizzy from the wine, the fire seemed to pierce the night, and the smell of meat came from everywhere, even the soldiers standing outside on duty got their share of the meat .

Just when everyone was drinking hotly, the guards outside came in:

"your Highness."

"what happened?"

"Someone is looking for you outside. It is said that it is a businessman who wants to discuss the trade document with you."

The guard incidentally also told the other party's appearance.

Originally, Wuheya didn't take this person's visit seriously, but when she heard the other person's clothes, she raised a little attention in her heart.

"Hey, a cheap seller actually came to the door, and he is also fat." Wu Heya pretended to be drunk, and waved his hand boldly, "Bring him in, it seems that there is another fat man today. The sheep have to be slaughtered."

The guards were very efficient and immediately invited the businessman in.