0352 Sit down and talk

Seeing the end of the year approaching, the streets and alleys of Jialuo City, the capital of the Western Army on the border of Ruizhou, sell sugar people, New Year pictures, rice cakes, fruits, firecrackers, and all kinds of merchants shout; big girls and little daughters-in-law who rarely appear on weekdays also wear floral cloth jackets at this time, aunts and sisters-in-law, mother-in-law and daughter-law Hand in hand, stop in front of the rouge gouache stall and linger.

Since the arrival of Lord Gu Xilou, he has rectified the administration of officials, arrested thieves, built water conservancy, developed agricultural products, and made outstanding political achievements. The life of the people of "Galo City" has greatly improved compared with the Tang Dynasty.

"General's Mansion" in Dingxi, the lake in the courtyard has formed a thin layer of ice, and half of the pool of residual lotus. Although it is withered and decadent, it still has its proud fragrance.

In the middle of the huge lotus pond, there is a small and elegant three-storey attic connected to the shore by the Jiuqu Corridor Bridge. At this moment, on the top of the attic, the fragrance of tea is overflowing, and the guests talk happily.

In the middle of the attic, there is a round table of red sandalwood, and three officials in civilian clothes sit around to taste tea; the charcoal fire is burning in the red mud stove, and a large earthenware beam pot is placed on it, highlighting a unique ancient and rugged beauty.

On the other side, there is a small square table of yellow pear wood, on which tea sets and tea leaves are dazzling. A beautiful girl stands silently and waits for the water to roll to get water to cook tea. As soon as the water boils, she can take the water temperature pot and clean the tea set, put boiling water in the tea set, and clean the tea set at the same time.

The girl who concentrates on brewing tea has a solemn and quiet expression, and a very light smile on her face. She skillfully warms the pot, polyesters, throws tea, moisturizes tea, makes tea, soaks, and divides tea-

Her movements are smooth and free, with a drifting beauty and rhythm, which unconsciously makes people clear and forget vulgarity. She temporarily leaves all kinds of cleverness and troubles in the world behind, just to find a short moment to be intoxicated in the fragrance of tea.

Gu Xilou, the "General of Dingxi", was busy with the aftermath of the military and politics. Taking advantage of the slightly warm weather today, he stole half a day's leisure with his two friends and stole tea in the back garden of his mansion.

"The wonderful girl's tea cooking skills are becoming more and more refined. Don't say that you can't find a rival in 'Galo City', even the 'Huadu' Central Plains, I'm afraid there are few." Wu Liuye, the speaker, is short and fat, full of pearly and looks like a local rich man. In his early years, he also entered the dynasty. He became a deputy minister of the cabinet. After retirement, he ran the shipping industry and accumulated tens of thousands of assets. He was also quite knowledgeable. He was the richest man in "Galo City" and had no good friends with Gu Xilou.

"You old man, didn't you borrow the light of Lord Qinglong to have this blessing? We wonderful girls may not be willing to see each other?" Gu Xilou, with long sleeves and a chic attitude, teased his old friend with a smile, and the tea girl smiled lightly, which was charming.

"Brother Xilou's words are bad. This time, I was ordered to protect His Royal Highness to return to the fiefdom and chaos, and the people and the land are sparse. In the future, I will have to rely more on local talents like Master Wu!" In the guest seat, the dragon's eyebrows were thin, long and heroic, and the extraordinary commander of the "Qinglongwei" hugged his fist and said.

"It's Nahan, but Lord Qinglong is the first guard and important general around His Majesty, and he will never leave; but how did he send this 'Ruizhou' to do business? No matter how big Prince Rui is, he is not as big as His Holiness, right? Sixth Master Wu was puzzled.

For such a traceless flattery, Qinglong can't help but be extremely useful. He said, "The sixth master doesn't know that now there is a lot of civil strife in 'Ruizhou', dozens of large stocks, thousands of small stocks, attacking counties, killing officials and grabbing grain, which has reached an uncontrollable place. Prince Rui knew a few catties and a few taels. He relied on his mother Xu Yuxia to sell his buttocks to make this prince's position. He scraped the ground three feet in the land and collected the people's wealth, which made the people miserable and complained about it, which led to today's disaster. The young general was ordered to clean up the troubled people, and Ningjing also didn't know where to start!"

The three people here have been friends for many years, and there is no need to avoid words. Moreover, these officials in charge of the army and local tyrants have never paid attention to Wang Lei, a waste prince, in private.

The concubine has served the tea water brewed in the purple sand pot in a few blue and white porcelain covered bowls and tea cups in a small lacquered tea tray and served tea.

For a long time, after recalling the refreshing fragrance of tea, Gu Xilou smiled and said, "Brother Qinglong led the Weijing army to go south to fight against the chaos. He fought hard with the chaotic army of Yuan 11 and Hua 12th Road, and there were small setbacks. Even Qinglong, a long-standing battlefield general, could not be his sharp. It can be seen that the chaotic army is great. It can't be done day and night."

"The banner camp of the Beijing army and civilian army has been weak for a long time, and the battalion commanders are mostly incompetent. The officers in the army are also greedy for money and bribes. They only know those who occupy the service and buy leisure. The young general has not been ordered to rectify the army for a long time, and it is not easy to maintain the army intact. However, once they take over the chaotic people, except for the 'Qinglongwei' to advance and retreat in an orderly manner, the rest It's simply unbearable to be a mess. Qinglong sighed.

According to the military newspaper, 'Ruizhou' counties and counties have rebelled, and the wind is surging. Among them, there are Cai Jingzhong and Duan Mulei in Ruidong; Ruinan is 13 yuan; there are 11th and 12th in Ruixi; there are Li Dang, Shen Tugou and other generations in Ruibei. They set up dangerous villages in the valley, attacked the county government, besieged the granaries of the city, and far away. Echoing each other, the momentum is very strong. Wu Liuye said with worry on his face.

"Nowadays, the king's way is weak, people have different hearts, heroes look at it, and there is chaos one after another. At present, the chaos of the court is still uncertain. The 'Queen Concubine Group' has a dispute with the cabinet. His Majesty Mu Feng has an ambiguous attitude and swings left and right on this matter, which is unpredictable." Gu Xilou's starry eyes closed slightly and sighed.

"The chaos is rampant, and it will affect the 'Western Army' sooner or later. I don't know what Brother Xilou plans to do?" Qinglong turned to the main topic.

"At present, the 'Dingxi Army' is organizing 69,000,700 border troops, and with the township bravery group funded by the sixth uncle and nephew to train the people, there are also 150,000 people." Gu Xilou said confidently, "In addition, this town has been in contact with the mother of Wolledo, the head of the overseas 'Great Light Holy Religion', and the goddess Buxing. With the support of the Light Church, small people-hum!"

"Does the power of the 'Holy of Light' transfer and develop from Canglang Island to the Central Plains?" Qinglong couldn't help but be shocked. Although he had this doubt in his heart, it was not easy to ask in detail. He turned back to the topic and said, "The day before yesterday, His Majesty ordered the father and son of the Xu of 'Yingzhou' to rectify their armaments, and sent Wang Singou, the deputy minister of military affairs, to patrol the northeast. When the 'indestructible imperial dynasty' almost poured out and the wolf army was blocked, our Pope was afraid that Are you going to be scared again?"

"In this way, won't the southwest mainland definitely fall into the hands of Andongye?! If the wolves have no worries, the next target to deal with must be the Holy See!" Sixth Master Wu lost his voice in surprise.

Gu Xilou laughed and said, "How can it be so easy? The situation is complicated, the forces of all parties are intertwined, and there are many constraints. There are thousands of military, government and people's education. It is not easy to appease and integrate them into an iron plate. Even if they are stuffed, I don't think it's been a few years before Andongye can be free to intervene in the affairs of the Central Plains of the Holy See;

Looking at Kanto, not to mention the constraints of the upstarts of the Chamber of Commerce and how to settle down and manage, there are dozens of races alone, various local forces are mixed with dragons and snakes, and there are many powerful clans. There are two powerful enemies, Chenyuan and Dorozha in the south and north. If you want to sit on the throne of the martial emperor smoothly, I'm afraid it is nothing more than It's just a dream!

It can be asserted that in a few years, the wolves will not have much power to devote themselves to the hinterland of the Holy See, at most to expand and encroach on a little territory.

"Brother Xilou, can we see if this incident in the southwest of Andongye become a climate?" Qinglong's eyes flashed and he questioned.

"It's hard to say." Gu Xilou replied, "Under his strong force, it is hard to say whether the Sai clan will rebel, but even if there is no rebellion, it is not possible to convince all those strong and uncontrolling Sai superior tribes. If there is a rebellious situation, it will take time for Enwei to tame these tribes and rich people; but it is certain that it is only a matter of time for the wolves to use troops in the Central Plains.

The three guests fell silent for a while-

The crisis of the Holy See has become more and more obvious, and the centrifugal tendency has become stronger and bigger. The vassal towns and powerful chaebols in Kyushu are secretly accumulating their efforts to locate and find their future position and hegemony.

So what kind of position should the Xilou Gujia, who has mastered the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians of the "Western Army", strive for in the upcoming historical tide?