The empress frowned slightly, and the charm in her heart disappeared instantly.
She was about to refuse when she suddenly remembered Lin Chunqiu's pressing steps on her a few days ago.
Although I can't take care of you now, I can take care of your daughter.
Thinking about this, he said coldly:
"I am busy with official duties, but I have not set foot in Jinxiu Palace for many days."
"That's all. I happen to be free tonight, so I'm going to visit the Queen."
Outside the door, Qiu Lu's voice suddenly became louder.
"Really? Thank you, Your Majesty, thank you, Your Majesty!"
"Your Majesty, you don't know. These days, your Majesty, your Majesty, your Majesty, has been neglecting everything!"
…
"Xiao Dongzi, I never thought that the Queen would value you so much!"
The empress' tone was strange, and there was a hint of coldness in her eyes.
Yang Dong's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately bowed his head and said with an aggrieved look:
"Your Majesty, you have misunderstood me!"
"The one the Queen values is obviously Your Majesty."
"When I go to Jinxiu Palace, I do so in my capacity as His Majesty. So..."
"That's all, go to Jinxiu Palace tonight to save that bitch Lin Man'er from bothering me every day."
The empress waved her hand impatiently, and suddenly she seemed to think of something again, and continued:
"By the way, there's one more thing."
"I have seen the brave army, and it can indeed be called an elite force. I order you to secretly continue to recruit veterans to expand the scale of the brave army."
"It's just...the treasury is empty now, and I'm afraid you have to find a way to solve the issue of military pay yourself."
"But Your Majesty, didn't I just send back several million taels of silver last month?"
Yang Dong was confused and immediately asked a question.
But the next second, he felt the empress' eyes that were as if they were ten thousand years old.
"What, Xiaodongzi, do you have any objection?"
"Don't dare! It's just some military pay. I can't help it!"
Yang Dong's face showed an expression that was uglier than crying.
"I want the horse to run, and I want the horse not to eat grass."
"Your Majesty, if you don't feed the horse grass, the horse will starve to death!"
"roll!"
…
As the saying goes, if you have a mouth at the top, your legs will be broken below.
The empress gave an order lightly, but Yang Dong, who had just returned to the capital, got busy again.
There are three main difficulties in expanding the army:
One of them is military pay, but currently Yang Dong has just picked up a wave of wool from Luozhou, so there is no shortage for the time being.
The second is the soldiers. Today's brave army is mostly composed of veterans. Although these veterans have rich experience, their physical fitness is far inferior to that of young lads. Therefore, Yang Dong's main targets for this expansion of the army are strong young people around the capital.
As for the third one, it is military training. In this regard, although the veteran camp established by Yang Dong had good results, it was not systematic. In order to improve the overall quality and combat effectiveness of the brave army, soldiers must be trained systematically. It's a pity that Yang Dong only participated in military training in his previous life and never served as a soldier. Otherwise, this step can actually save a lot of trouble.
Sure enough, if you become a soldier, you will regret it for three years, but if you don’t become a soldier, you will regret it for a lifetime!
Yang Dong rubbed his head, and before he knew it, the sky was already dark.
After casually eating a piece of cooking cake, he hurried back to the palace without stopping.
If he didn't rush back before the lock was locked. That would be great fun!
Half an hour later,
Yang Dong returned to his residence in Xichang,
"Shu Xiaoxiao, how did the interrogation of those people we brought back yesterday go? Did any of them confess?"
When Shu Shuzhu heard this, he immediately lowered his head and shrank his neck, and whispered:
"Mr. Yang, those people are all dead..."
"What did you say!?"
Yang Dong raised his eyebrows and asked coldly:
"What's going on? Didn't they all be captured and brought to justice yesterday?"
Hearing this, a look of anger appeared on Shu Mouse's cheek.
"Mr. Yang, there is a traitor in our West Factory!"
"Someone secretly used poison to poison all these men in black."
"What!?"
Yang Dong's face was filled with shock and he stood up suddenly.
Most of today's Xichang spies are people with clean backgrounds that he selected from among the eunuchs.
Unexpectedly, sand was actually mixed into it?
"Has the traitor been found?"
He rubbed his brows and felt a sense of exhaustion in his heart.
"found it."
Shu Mouse nodded, but a strange color flashed in his eyes.
"It's just that, according to the investigation by my subordinates, this traitor seems to have been bribed by others, and they don't know the identities of those people. So..."
"Are you suspecting that there are accomplices of those people in the palace?"
When Shu Shushu heard this, his body immediately trembled violently. He fell to his knees with a plop and said hurriedly:
"Mr. Yang, this subordinate knows that he was wrong. Please ask Mr. Yang to punish him."
"That's all, get up. This matter is of great importance, don't mention it again."
Yang Dong sighed lightly, he naturally knew that there were manpower arranged by Uncle Zhang in the palace.
It's just that the other party's control of information seems to have exceeded his expectations.
It's over, I'm going to be exposed!
At this moment, Yang Dong felt inexplicably irritable.
What will Uncle Zhang do next?
Should you give up on yourself or pretend not to know?
Will he choose to keep himself alive, or will he choose to... get rid of him quickly?
The strong sense of uncertainty made Yang Dong upset.
But at this moment, the voice of a secret agent came from outside the door.
"Mr. Yang, You Qi, the eunuch of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, would like to see you."
"Yuqi?"
Yang Dong frowned slightly and quickly collected information about this person in his mind.
But he racked his brains, but he could only remember his appearance.
He seems to be a spirited old eunuch?
"Let him in!"
Yang Dong opened his mouth to give instructions, but secretly became wary in his heart.
An old eunuch who had been in the palace for decades suddenly came to visit him. What was going on?
On the other side, an old eunuch with white hair and beard slowly walked into the small building of the West Factory.
He was in good spirits, and his body clearly showed his age, but his eyes were extremely bright.
As soon as he entered the door, he immediately bowed to Yang Dong.
"The great eunuch You Qi has met Mr. Yang."
"Eunuch You came here late at night and you don't know why?"
Yang Dong returned the gift and asked straight to the point.
"This matter is of great importance. Please step aside, Yang Gongping."
After hearing this, Shu Shushu immediately became unhappy.
"Mr. Yang, this old eunuch has a very senior position in the palace, so you'd better be careful."
However, Yang Dong waved his hand, signaling Shu Xiaoshu to step aside for the time being.
This is not because he has become bolder, but because there is no energy or blood fluctuation in You Qi's body at all.
In other words, he's just a regular guy.
Seeing how decisive he was, a flash of admiration flashed in You Qi's eyes.
"No wonder that old boy Hong Laoliu always praises you in front of me."
"You are young, but you have some courage."
"You may not be familiar with the name Youqi. If you feel uncomfortable, you can call me You Laosi..."
