When Errondun heard what Yang Peng said, he couldn't help but beat a drum in his heart. Ye Qi Guanyin said to Yang Peng: "That's what I told him just now, but the Empress Dowager has made up her mind. I'm worried that this battle is inevitable!" Yang Peng looked at Erondon and said: "We must deal with the Japanese. Of course I am willing.…”
When Errondun saw that Yang Peng agreed, he was overjoyed and said excitedly: "In this way, the Japanese will definitely be defeated!" Yang Peng raised his right hand, "Don't be happy yet. Although I agree to jointly deal with the Japanese, our army currently lacks food and grass. , unable to mobilize a large army, and I don’t want to send a large army across thousands of miles of sea to attack the Japanese in Goryeo now! I, Yanyun, can cooperate with your country, but I can only send out naval forces, just like before our army cooperated with your country to deal with Like the Japanese!"
Errondon quickly said: "Even so, it is a great help!"
Yang Peng frowned and thought for a moment, then raised his head and said to Errondun: "I still say what I said, now is not the time for the Liao Kingdom to use large-scale troops! The current situation of the Liao State should be to recuperate and wait for the opportunity!" Errondun couldn't help but He secretly said: 'The strength of our country, the Liao Kingdom, has been greatly damaged, and it's not thanks to your Excellency! 'Of course, he did not dare to say these words, and bowed and said: "I have remembered what King Yan said, and I will definitely tell it to the Queen Mother!"
Yang Peng remembered something and asked, "Mongolians, have you done anything recently?"
Errondun shook his head, "In the past few months, Mongolia has been very calm and there has been no change." Yang Peng reminded: "The Mongols intend to attack the Liao Kingdom, so you must not take it lightly!" Errondun said: "Thank you for your concern, King Yan! Don't worry, King Yan, our country's Protector King is sitting in the capital. Even if the Mongols make any changes, they are not afraid of them!"
Yang Peng nodded, feeling that as an outsider, he could only speak to this extent, and it was up to them to decide what to do.
Errondun bowed and said, "Since the King of Yan has agreed to join forces with our country to deal with the Japanese, this is how my envoy will reply to the Empress Dowager and His Majesty the Emperor?" Yang Peng nodded. Errondun said: "Then I won't disturb King Yan's rest, and say goodbye!" Yang Peng said: "It's a good trip, my dear envoy!" Errondun bowed to Yang Peng and left.
Yang Peng saw Yedi Guanyin frowning in thought and asked, "Are you worried about the Liao Kingdom?"
Ye Qi Guanyin sighed, "I am no longer a princess, so what should I worry about!" Yang Peng smiled and said: "You don't have to worry too much. The strength of the Liao Kingdom is not weaker than our Yan Yun, so there should be no problem in dealing with the Japanese." Qi Guanyin smiled bitterly, "I hope so!" She shook her head and said to Yang Peng, "Let's not talk about this anymore!" Yang Peng nodded with a smile. Yedi Guanyin stepped forward, took Yang Peng's hand, and pulled Yang Peng up. With red cheeks and a wild expression, she said: "You finally came to my place, I can't waste time!" Yang Peng hehehe He smiled, then put his right hand around her waist, hugged her slender waist, and said seriously: "My wife has her destiny, and her husband must devote himself to death!!" Ye Qi Guanyin chuckled, and then The two hugged each other and turned around the screen to leave the hall. Jiang Li and others stayed in the hall and did not follow.
Yang Peng and Ye Qi Guanyin hugged each other and walked along the dim tree-lined path, talking softly and affectionately. Ye Qi Guanyin laughed sweetly from time to time, sometimes scolded Yang Peng in shame, and even slapped her gently. He punched.
The two came to the embroidery building of Ye Yi Guanyin. Yang Peng impatiently hugged Ye Yi Guanyin and kissed him. Ye Yi Guanyin pushed him away angrily and said: "Don't be anxious, drink something first!" Yang Peng smiled and said: "Would you like to drink? That's great!"
Ye Qi Guanyin turned around gracefully, walked to the small table beside the bed, and brought out a white porcelain wine bottle. Yang Peng chuckled, turned over the two teacups on the plate on the table, and put them away. Ye Qi Guanyin pulled out the cork from the bottle, filled two teacups, then corked the bottle, put the bottle on the table, and urged: "Drink quickly!"
Yang Peng picked up a glass of wine, and a strong smell of herbal medicine hit his nose. He couldn't help but frowned, "What is this?" Ye Qi Guanyin said, "This is the medicinal wine I asked for from Miss Jinzhi." Yang Peng didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "I'm in good health and don't need to drink medicinal wine."
Ye Qi Guanyin said distressedly: "We have been together for so long, but I have never been able to get pregnant! I heard that this medicinal wine is very effective. If a man and a woman drink a glass before having sex, it will be easy to get pregnant!" Yang Peng understood. He nodded and said: "Since it's so good, I'll drink it!" Then he raised his head and drained the full glass of medicinal wine. Ye Qi Guanyin was very happy and drank her cup of medicinal wine. As soon as he finished drinking, Ye Qi Guanyin couldn't wait to drag Yang Peng to the bed. …
The joyous music continued for a long time and did not stop until more than an hour later. The entire courtyard seemed extremely quiet, and the noise in the distance seemed like another world.
Yedi Guanyin lay exhausted on Yang Peng's chest, her skin all over her body was glowing with an attractive pink color, her hair fell on the pillow beside her and Yang Peng's chest, most of her slender legs and jade arms were exposed. The light of the flesh is particularly moving.
Yang Peng put his arms around Ye Qi Guanyin's slender waist and exhaled, "How many times did we do this just now?" Ye Qi Guanyin said charmingly: "I don't know, I didn't count!" Yang Peng's heart skipped a beat, and he raised his left hand and pinched it. He pinched Ye Qi Guanyin's chin and sighed: "You were too scary just now. You were like a goblin. You looked like you wouldn't stop until you drained your eldest brother!" Ye Qi Guanyin rolled his eyes at Yang Peng angrily, "That's right. I have to squeeze it out, lest you find another woman again!" Yang Peng chuckled, tiredness came over him, he couldn't help but closed his eyes and murmured: "I'm so tired, I'm going to sleep!" Ye Qi Guanyin He smiled sweetly, rested his head on Yang Peng's chest, and closed his eyes. …
Yang Peng woke up in the middle of the night because he had to urinate urgently. Seeing that Ye Qi Guanyin was sleeping soundly in her arms, she carefully got out of the entanglement of her pink legs and jade arms. After getting off the bed, he took a robe from the hanger next to him and put it on, then gently went downstairs. When I went to the toilet downstairs, I peed a lot, and I shivered with joy. Pulling up his pants and turning around, he suddenly saw a person appearing in front of him. In the middle of the night, Yang Peng thought he had seen a ghost and was startled. But when he took a closer look, he realized it was Jiang Li. He took out a breath and said angrily: "Lili, you almost scared me to death!"
Jiang Li didn't say anything, and suddenly rushed forward. Before Yang Peng could react, he felt the warm and fragrant embrace of Nephrite, and he smiled, "What's wrong?" Jiang Li raised her head and said quietly: "I miss you! " Then he said angrily: "You said before that you would stay with me tonight!" Yang Peng couldn't help but feel ashamed. If Jiang Li hadn't reminded him, he would have forgotten about it and said softly: "Where are you going? ?" Jiang Li looked at Yang Peng with shining eyes, then took Yang Peng's hand and ran out of the embroidery building, along the edge of the small pond, and plunged into the middle of the rockery. Jiang Li suddenly stopped, turned around and threw herself into Yang Peng's arms. She raised her head and offered her red lips. …
Yang Peng returned upstairs exhausted, while Ye Qi Guanyin was still immersed in sleep. Yang Peng got on the bed, put Yedi Guanyin in his arms, closed his eyes, and soon fell asleep. …
The next day, Cheng Shijie, Duan Zhixian, Liu Zhiliang, Zhou Dayong, Zhang Yan and other brothers stationed in various places came. Yang Peng was very happy. He held a banquet in the backyard of his home and had a whole afternoon of boxing and drinking with the brothers. Everyone was drunk and lying on the ground before they gave up. On the same day, envoys from Tibet and many civil servants and generals came, but Yang Peng was already drunk and had to wait until the next day to receive them. …
A few days passed quickly, and New Year's Eve finally arrived. The entire Tianjing New City was brightly lit, turning the night into day. There were opera stages everywhere and revelry people passing through the city. On the river in Xincheng, countless river lanterns turned a human river into a river of stars, dazzling and dazzling. Young men and women kept coming to the river to put down the river lanterns that carried their wishes!
In the palace of King Yan, envoys from all over the country, as well as civil servants and military generals from all over Yanyun, paid homage to Yang Peng. The scene was unprecedented. Then Yang Peng gave a brief speech, and then a banquet was held. Envoys from various countries as well as civil servants and generals frequently toasted to Yang Peng. Yang Peng refused to accept everyone who came, and he was still not enjoying himself until he was drunk. At twelve o'clock at midnight, huge fires and fireworks were lit all over Tianjing New City. The sky was so dazzling that the stars and moon were robbed of their glory. The joyful atmosphere reached its peak at this time.
Soon after, the noisy city gradually became quiet, but it was still very noisy. There were still many people partying in the streets and alleys. This scene lasted for the whole night. It never turns dark in Tianjing New Town. This may be a unique spectacle in this era. …
Yang Peng didn't wake up until almost noon the next day. I only felt pain in my head. My head was so heavy that I couldn't even lift it. Recalling the joyful atmosphere of yesterday's banquet, I couldn't help but smile. Taking a deep breath, I got off the bed. When my feet stepped on the ground, they felt as if they were stepping on cotton. They were light and light, as if they were effortless. He staggered to the table, sat down, opened a teacup, picked up the teapot and poured a full cup of tea. He took a sip of the tea, rinsed his mouth, spit it out, and then drank the tea in one gulp. , exhaled a long breath, and the whole person became more awake.
The door creaked open, and Jiang Li, who had been waiting outside, heard the sound and came in. The sun shone in from behind her. Yang Peng was suddenly hit by the sun and couldn't help but be fascinated by it. Jiang Li saw this and quickly closed the door!
Yang Peng glanced at Jiang Li with a smile and praised: "So good!" Jiang Li smiled brightly. Yang Peng looked outside and asked, "What time is it now?" "It's almost noon!" Yang Peng knocked on his forehead, "I was really drunk yesterday!!" Jiang Li said with a smile: "Not only the master was drunk, everyone was drunk too. We were all drunk! But everyone remembered that there was a meeting today, so they all staggered over."
Yang Peng chuckled, "It's really hard for them." After a pause, "How can we discuss matters when everyone is in this state! Go and tell them that they should go back and have a good rest for a day, and come over for a meeting tomorrow morning!" Jiang Li responded and left. .
Yang Peng walked to the yard and was hit by the warm winter sun. He felt dizzy. After a while, he felt refreshed. At this time, several female guards came over. One was carrying a basin of water, and the other was holding a towel and salt for cleaning teeth. In ancient times, there was no toothpaste. Families with conditions used salt to clean teeth. The other female guard was carrying a cup of salt. There was a food plate with a bowl of porridge, a stack of steamed buns, and a small plate of pickled vegetables.
Yang Peng finished washing under the service of the female guard, and then sat down in the small pavilion, eating breakfast while basking in the warm winter sun. Several female guards stood around.
A person walked in from the archway, it was Jiang Li who had just been ordered to go out for questioning. Jiang Li quickly came to Yang Peng, clasped her fists and said, "Master, everyone has left according to your order." Yang Peng nodded and greeted her: "Come, come, come and eat with me." Jiang Li Li sat down, picked up a steamed bun and ate it in small bites. Yang Peng looked at her with a smile. Jiang Li felt Yang Peng's eyes and rolled her charming eyes at him, which made Chen Xiao's heart skip a beat and his index finger twitched.
Suddenly, there were rapid footsteps at the door. Everyone turned to look and saw a female guard running towards them quickly. The female guard rushed to the pavilion, presented a letter with both hands, and reported: "Master, the secret letter just came from Xixia!"
Yang Peng's heart moved. Jiang Li stood up and took the secret letter and forwarded it to Yang Peng. Yang Peng picked up the secret letter, opened the envelope, took out the letter paper, unfolded it and read it. He nodded gently and murmured: "What happened? Li Qingxia is really powerful, who would have thought that she would actually use such a trick!" He put down the letter, thought for a moment, turned to Jiang Li and said: "Go and get Mei'er Call." Jiang Li responded and ran down.
A moment later, Yelu Hanyu, dressed in casual clothes, came quickly following Jiang Li. Seeing Yang Peng, Yelu Hanyu smiled and said: "My little sister thought that the eldest brother would sleep until the afternoon, but I didn't expect that he would get up right now!" Yang Peng laughed, took Yelu Hanyu's delicate hand and walked out of the pavilion, walking along the yard He was strolling in the small pond in the middle, holding the letter he had just received in his other hand. Jiang Li and other female guards did not follow him, but stood waiting in the distance.
Yang Peng handed the letter to Yelu Hanyu, "Let's take a look." Yelu Hanyu took the letter and couldn't help but stop and read it. Yang Peng also stopped and stood by the pond with his hands behind his back.
After a while, Yelu Hanyu came forward and handed the letter back to Yang Peng. He frowned and said, "What Li Qingxia did was really unexpected. It can be said that she did not hesitate to use any means before achieving the goal!" Yang Peng nodded, "Yes. ! In order to ascend to the throne, he actually encouraged his eldest brother to launch a mutiny to attack his father. Then, when both his father and brother were injured, he suddenly took action to eliminate both parties in one fell swoop and ascended to the throne! Moreover, he also blamed his eldest brother for regicide. And she will execute the eldest brother with this! She is ruthless and decisive, killing two birds with one stone. I really underestimated her before!"
Yelu Hanyu sighed and glanced at Yang Peng, "Brother, speaking of it, she was also forced by him!"
Yang Peng was stunned, and then he remembered the bet between himself and Li Qingxia, and thought: "If she wasn't such a decisive and ruthless character, even if she had this bet, I'm afraid she wouldn't be able to do such a thing! Yelu Hanyu couldn't help but nodded and frowned, "Brother, it may be difficult to destroy Xixia within two years! Although Xixia's national power has suffered a setback and has experienced this civil strife, after all, It is a powerful country that has been inherited for more than a hundred years, and its potential cannot be underestimated. Now they have a powerful figure like Li Qingxia leading them. Although our Yanyun is strong, if we want to destroy Xixia, even if we try our best, it will be difficult to do so in a short time. It will be done within time! This does not take into account the factors of other countries. If Li Qingxia unites Tubo and the imperial court, the situation may be reversed, and we may end up capsized in the gutter!"
Yang Peng looked thoughtful and said decisively: "The matter has come to this, it is useless to think so much! We can only do it with all our strength to destroy Xixia!" Yelu Hanyu heard Yang Peng's decisive words The words could not help but increase a bit of confidence.
The annual Yanyun regular meeting was held in the palace hall, and military and political officials from all over Yanyun came to attend the meeting. First, Zhang Xiang and Cai Huaishui made reports on internal affairs and military affairs respectively. Internal affairs: The areas currently controlled by Yanyun include Nanjing Road in the former Liao Dynasty, which is the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun, which is probably the current Beijing area and northern Hebei Province; Hebei East Road, Hebei West Road, and Hedong Road under the control of the former Northern Song Dynasty , probably the current southern area of Hebei, Jingdong East Road and Jingdong East Road, which are the current Shandong area; Qinfeng Road, the current southern area of Gansu Province, Yongxing Military Road, the current Shaanxi Province, and the Lianghuai and Ryukyu areas . Yanyun's current control area is basically the area north of the Yangtze River except for the current Hubei Province, Henan Province, half of Anhui, and the west to Hanzhong to Xichuan. The traditional Central Plains area has basically been included by Yanyun.
Population: The total population in various places exceeds 26 million, but the population distribution is uneven. Nearly half of the 26 million people are in Yanjing and the Lianghuai region. The Shaanxi-Gansu region has the largest area, but the population is The least, although the population is small, the people in the bitter cold land are often hard-working and good at fighting. Therefore, the Yanyun Army's recruitment work has been mainly carried out in the Shaanxi-Gansu region in recent times. The other one is in the Ryukyu region, which now has a population of nearly three million.
Trade and handicraft industry: The trade and handicraft industry in Tianjing New City and the Lianghuai region have developed very rapidly. It can be described as a rapid development. Now the commerce and handicraft industry in the two places has surpassed that of Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, and the momentum is still strong. Among them, the Lianghuai region has The development of commerce and trade is particularly eye-catching; the Shanxi region is also developing very rapidly, and Shanxi specialties such as mature vinegar have become popular products in commerce; in the Shaanxi-Gansu region, due to the severe damage caused by the previous war, the commerce and handicraft industry has only just begun to recover, although the momentum Yes, but it lags far behind other regions. Replenishing the national treasury is out of the question for the time being, and blood transfusions are still needed.
In terms of agricultural production: the newly reclaimed wasteland in various places has doubled compared with the previous year. More than 70% of the cultivated land that was previously abandoned due to war has been re-cultivated. This year’s grain harvest has been great. If the weather next year is the same as this year, It is estimated that the output will increase by 30% to 40%.
Taxation: Agricultural taxes are relatively stable, and business revenue continues to grow strongly. This year's normal fiscal revenue is more than 26 million yuan. However, due to the expenses of restoring construction in various places, the consumption is even greater, more than 30 million yuan, and the deficit exceeds 4 million yuan. , If Er Zhang hadn't brought huge profits from the sea, Yan Yun's inventory would have shrunk further.
Military aspect: The Yanyun Army is still composed of two of the top ten legions, the Royal Guards and the Xuanjia Army. Among them, the direct-affiliated legions are more powerful than before. Since the Yang Jiajun, Gao Jiajun, Cao Jiajun, etc. have been reorganized into the directly-affiliated legions one after another, the current size of the directly-affiliated legions There are more than 400,000, including 90,000 cavalry, including 20,000 Yanwang cavalry, which are heavy armored cavalry equipped with Yanwang horses and new Xuantian battle armor. This may be the most powerful heavy armored battle cavalry in the world; the other nine The military configuration of the army remains unchanged. The Jin Yi Guards, Secret Guards, Feifeng Female Guards and Xuanjia Army remain unchanged. The total number of troops exceeds 560,000. In terms of the army alone, the Yanyun Army has nearly one million people. However, in terms of total strength, it is no more than the Khitan Army and the Song Army. The Song Army's forbidden troops currently number more than 1.1 million, and the Khitan Army's strength is about the same number.
In addition to the main body of the army, Yanyun's military strength also includes artillery and navy. The artillery has expanded from five artillery teams to ten, with each artillery team having more than a hundred artillery pieces; the navy has expanded from the original five thousand people to today's The number of cruisers equipped with twenty-four guns has increased to sixty, and the remaining warships are countless. Flintlock muskets are mainly used in Tianjing New City, Ryukyu, and Lianghuai areas. They are not practical for cavalry combat. All northern legions are unequipped.
After listening to the report, everyone was very excited. Liu Zhiliang couldn't help but sigh: "The world only thinks that our Yanyun Army is invincible, but actually they don't know that our Navy is truly unparalleled!!"
Wang Hai, the commander of the navy, said with a smile: "General Liu, thank you for your praise. How can we, the navy, compare with our army brothers? If we cannot compare in terms of combat power, then our achievements will be even more incomparable!"
Liu Zhiliang smiled and said: "General Wang is too modest. His record and other achievements are just because our navy brothers haven't had a chance to show off!"
Wang Hai couldn't help but clasped his fists at Yang Peng and said: "King Yan, our naval force is well-equipped now. You can't just let us stay in the water stronghold and sleep, right?" Wang Rong said angrily: "King Yan I think our naval force is useless, so we are reluctant to use it!"
Yang Peng looked at Wang Rong and smiled and said: "I don't think the navy is useless!" After a pause, "The navy will be too busy this year!" Wang Hai and Wang Rong's eyes lit up, and Wang Hai said loudly: " It’s good to be too busy, at least it’s better than being too idle to get lice on your body!” Everyone laughed.
Yang Peng signaled to Jiang Li, who immediately ordered the Feifeng female guards to hang up a huge map behind Chen Xiao. Everyone took a closer look and saw that it was the complete picture of Huan Yu. Everyone had seen it before, so they were not surprised. This complete map of Huan Yu is a world map according to current terms. Yang Peng previously drew a rough map based on the knowledge he had, but many of the details were blank. In today's complete map of Huan Yu, many details have been It cannot be filled in. For example, countries around the Indian Ocean, countries around the Mediterranean and European countries have all been filled in. Now it seems that it is much richer than before.
Yang Peng stood up, pointed at Japan, and said: "This year, there will be a big war between the Khitans and the Japanese. We must help the Khitans."
Wang Hai frowned and said: "Are we going to attack the Japanese fleet again? I'm afraid it won't be easy. Once we go, the Japanese will definitely move the channel very far north in order to avoid our navy. Our navy Traveling long distances consumes a lot of money, but the harvest is minimal.”
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
