Mu Jiushan's eyes were red, and his trembling voice echoed throughout the study.
"Are you telling me this?"
Although he said so, Lin Xu knew better.
This should be what Mu Jiushan said from the bottom of his heart.
This man really values brotherhood.
Mu Jiushan could talk to the entire Mu family army, from ordinary soldiers to generals.
He will not bully others because of his status as a public servant.
Because of this, the officers and soldiers of the Mu family were famously loyal to him.
"If Your Majesty feels so, then I think so, veteran!" Mu Jiushan did not explain.
Because these words came out of his mouth, and it was indeed suspected that he was trying to win His Majesty's favor.
Lin Xu thought for a moment and said slowly: "Mu Jiushan listens to the order!"
"Old minister is here!"
"After returning to Qianwu Kingdom, I order you to sort out all the soldiers who have sacrificed for the country since I took the throne."
"If it's done well, the merits and demerits will be balanced. But if one person is missing or if any of the names are wrong, then both crimes will be punished. I will punish your entire Mu family."
Lin Xu's voice was like ten thousand years of ice.
Not a trace of emotion.
Mu Jiushan raised his head sharply. Even an iron-blooded general like him couldn't help but moisten his eyes when he heard Lin Xu's words.
That day at the Daman army camp, what His Majesty said was true. He really wanted to treat those soldiers and their families who sacrificed their lives for the country favorably.
"I accept the decree. I would like to express my gratitude to the Lord for the kindness of those fallen soldiers."
Mu Jiushan kowtowed three times on the ground.
Lin Xu asked him to retreat directly.
To appease those fallen soldiers, firstly, he expressed his feelings. The second is to establish a character to prepare for dealing with the vassal king later.
Perhaps this was a bit suspicious of taking advantage of those deceased soldiers, but he had also made the greatest compensation to their families.
Even if those vassal kings support their troops and respect themselves, it cannot change their identity as Qianwu people.
Since he is from the Qianwu Kingdom, Lin Xu will always be orthodox.
If this move is successfully executed, it will greatly shake the morale of the opponent's soldiers on the battlefield against the feudal king in the future.
If the feudal king fails to do so, his soldiers will inevitably have other thoughts.
With just this, Lin Xu could use this as a breakthrough to completely tear apart the five kings' self-reliance.
It would be better if those feudal kings imitated it.
He has a system, and the longer it takes, the better it is, and sooner or later, they will be in a dilemma.
By then we might be able to capture them without spending a single soldier.
Lin Xu had decided that since he wanted to play, he would play big. He wanted to wipe out all the feudal kings and the so-called martial arts sects.
This time Kasumigaseki taught him a wake-up call.
Most of these Jianghu forces are deep-minded guys, if someone instigates them at this time.
There is no guarantee that he will not backstab the imperial court.
Even, in his eyes, these rivers and lakes forces pose a greater threat than the vassal king.
Because those vassal kings only dared to send troops in their own territories without any reason, and they did not dare to send troops at will.
But these Jianghu sects are different.
They are unrestrained.
One Xiaguan Cult almost caused Luoya City to fall. If there were a few more, all the defense lines of Qianwu Kingdom would be at risk of being breached in the future.
"We need to return to the court as soon as possible. Forget about the front, but in order to cope with today's competition, we have summoned 300,000 Snow Dragon Riders."
"These are significant expenses."
Lin Xu's face darkened, and he took out a map from the pile of books on the table and spread it out, with each punctuation mark recorded on it.
It is all mining branches within the Barbarian tribe.
There are dozens of them, large and small.
There seems to be a lot, but most of them are small and can't be mined much before disappearing.
What he really cared about were the three silver and gold mines. This is all wasted money.
[Ding, congratulations to the host, a new week has arrived and you can draw new templates. 】
At this time, the system sound suddenly sounded in my mind.
Lin Xu suddenly woke up and almost forgot.
"Extract it!"
【Extracting...】
[The extraction is successful, please choose one among the special template, sun and moon armor template, and Yuejiajun template. 】
Lin Xu was surprised. The special template had appeared once before and could summon characters with special skills, such as craftsmen, doctors, blacksmiths, etc.
The Sun and Moon Armor is for heavy cavalry and can reduce internal force damage by up to 30%. The price is 50 taels per set.
It's a bit expensive, and a normal, better armor only costs about ten taels. However, the Sun and Moon Armor also contained a set of horse armor. Coupled with its special nature, Lin Xu was relieved.
The Yuejiajun template is not as powerful as the Snow Dragon Cavalry, but it is better than it is cheaper.
And even so, they are definitely stronger than today's Banxia Kingdom elites.
After some thinking.
Lin Xu chose a special template.
The matter between the Dabarbarians and the Banxia Kingdom has come to an end for the time being, and there shouldn't be much of a fight in the future.
Even Jiuren Kingdom, if they knew about today's Snow Dragon Riders, would probably be wary of them and would not be able to launch an attack in a short time.
In this case, the Sun and Moon Armor is temporarily useless.
The Yue Family Army is good, and they can be used to gradually replace all the troops of the Qianwu Kingdom.
But still the same sentence.
There is not much fighting at the moment. Although the army must always prepare for war, there is no need to be so nervous.
Naturally, he chose the special template to access the minerals within the barbarian tribe.
There was no one he could trust to take charge of these minerals, so Lin Xu was really worried.
Especially silver and gold mines.
Whether they can clear out the vassal kings and Jianghu forces depends on them.
[Special template: The host spends 1 million silver to randomly summon a special talent, such as a blacksmith, doctor, mechanism expert, etc. (Special talents are distinguished by skills, with a minimum of one star and a maximum of five stars)]
The money used by Lin Xu to summon the Snow Dragon Rider was naturally obtained from the tribal officials of the Daman tribe, plus the royal treasury.
Almost 200 million.
Although the barbarians are small, they have so many mines, and the land is barren and there are not many places for consumption, so they have so much money.
It's a pity that after summoning 300,000 Snow Dragon Riders, plus various miscellaneous expenses and the silver needed to maintain the barbarians, only 100 million are currently available.
After all, mining various ores later requires a lot of manpower and material resources, which is not a small sum of money.
The remaining money was set aside 50 million for the Snow Dragon Cavalry military expenses and for emergencies.
He only had 50 million taels left to use.
Although money comes quickly from being in charge of the country, it also leaves quickly.
Fortunately, according to the agreement, Empress Banxia still owed him 100 million taels. Otherwise, even if there were silver mines and gold mines, Lin Xu would not be confident that he could really solve the feudal king and the Jianghu forces.
After all, these people have been united for a long time. Either one of them will not move, or they will all move together.
In this case, not having enough manpower is not enough.
Considering the current situation, Lin Xu chose to spend 50 million taels to summon special talents.
[Recruitment successful, obtained one-star blacksmith..]
【Recruit into...】
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[Recruitment successful, obtained three-star tailor..]
[Recruitment successful, obtained three-star doctor...]
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[Successful recruitment, obtained five-star mineral expert Yu Dahui]
[Recruitment successful, obtained five-star blacksmith Dameng]
[Recruitment successful, obtained five-star doctor You Yong]
Fifty times summoned, there were 3 five-stars, 8 four-stars, 11 three-stars, and the rest were one- and two-stars.
The most scarce mineral expert at the moment has emerged. Not only does he have rich mining capabilities, but he also has the ability to explore various ores.
Lin Xu was so excited that he directly sent three hundred Dongchang factory guards to him. Firstly, they were responsible for protecting him, and they were also responsible for collecting all the ores of the barbarians.
He also called Xinlong Zhige to let the Dabarbarians cooperate unconditionally in Dahui's mining.
