Deng Zai left in a hurry, and Pei Yue turned to Mo Qingyun and said, "Master Mo, I need your help with something."

Mo Qingyun looked excited and said impassionedly: "Please give me your Majesty's orders. I will not give up even if I die."

Pei Yue waved his hands repeatedly and said: "It's not that serious. Originally, I left the capital this time for the briquettes. Now that everything is ready, naturally I can't delay it any longer. Mr. Qin and the officials of Shitan Temple are all veterans.

, and with the experience of Yongzhou and Yunzhou, they are already familiar with the whole process. I also ask Mr. Mo to cooperate and complete the construction of the mine as soon as possible. By then, we can successfully market briquettes in various states."

Mo Qingyun was slightly startled. He originally thought that after hearing the news of the defeat in the Western Region, Pei Yue would immediately raise troops to support the Western Expedition and allow himself to raise a large amount of food and grass, but he did not expect this to happen.

Yan Linchuan looked at Pei Yue approvingly, and then inadvertently glanced at Yan Shiqiao, the eldest son next to him.

Mo Qingyun hesitated and said: "Sir, now that the war is imminent, can this matter be postponed for a while?"

Pei Yue shook his head and said firmly: "It's almost late August now, and the weather will be cold in two months, so we have to speed up. Briquettes can allow people to have a warm winter. The more war-torn times like this,

, we must pay more attention to the lives of the people, at least to prevent them from suffering from hunger and cold, so that they will support our army from the bottom of their hearts."

Mo Qingyun suddenly realized it and said sincerely: "Your Majesty, I have seen clearly, I will definitely handle this matter, otherwise I am willing to raise my head to see you!"

Although he has been beaten several times by Pei Yue, he still has a scholarly spirit in him, and now it is mixed with the temperament of a reckless man in the army, which can be called an alien. Pei Yue nodded with satisfaction and said: "Hidden

There is no need to worry about the food and fodder for the frontline guards. The Fifth Army Governor's Office in Lingzhou has prepared all the supplies and is now sending them to Linqing in a steady stream. Compared with the frontier troops who are fighting fiercely with the Western Wu people, our situation is much more comfortable."

Seeing that he had considered it so comprehensively, Mo Qingyun knew that apart from his age, he actually looked a little immature in front of this imperial envoy, so he raised his hands and saluted, "I'll do it now, official."

Looking at his turbulent back, Pei Yue sighed: "Master Mo is likely to become a famous minister in the future."

Yan Linchuan did not answer the question. He looked at Pei Yue with some confusion and asked, "What are you worried about?"

Pei Yue just said that the border war was generally beneficial to Daliang. Yan Linchuan also agreed with this view, so he did not understand where the worry deep in the eyes of this young powerful man came from.

Pei Yue was well aware of the dangers of keeping a close relationship, and even though Yan Linchuan had released his goodwill, he would not reveal his true thoughts easily. After careful consideration, he said: "Sir, the situation is a situation, and after all, it requires manpower to promote it. Ning Zhong lost this time

, we can still barely hold on to the defense, but if there is another big defeat, the situation on the border will inevitably deteriorate. Will the Hucheng garrison come out by then?"

One thing he didn't say out loud was that the existence of Ning Zhong left an unexplainable shadow in his heart.

Even he felt a little scared when he thought about it further.

Yan Linchuan was old and felt weak at this time. He could not think carefully about the meaning of Pei Yue's words, so he stood up tremblingly and said: "The Yan family and Lingzhou coexist in the same lineage. How can there be a complete egg under the overthrow of the nest?"

No matter what kind of support you need from the Yan family, you just need to send someone to say it."

Pei Yue said seriously: "Thank you, sir."

Yan Shiqiao held his father's arm and expressed his position: "My father has ordered me to select seventy-six people from among my own children to sign up for the recruitment process of the Zangfeng Guards. In addition, if the Zangfeng Guards need labor and food support, the Imperial Envoy will

Can speak."

Pei Yue glanced at him, nodded and said, "I'm interested."

Yan Linchuan patted the back of Yan Shiqiao's hand, looked at Pei Yue and said slowly: "I say goodbye."

Pei Yue sent the two of them outside the door, then turned back.

Not long after, in addition to Meng Longfu who was still recovering from his injuries, Wei Rui, Fu Hongzhi, Shang Yu and Chen Xianda hurried over.

The servants served tea and everyone sat down.

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Pei Yue asked calmly: "How is the recruitment of troops going?"

Everyone looked at each other, and Wei Rui said: "Back to Sir, the preliminary selection has been completed, and a total of more than 16,000 people have been selected. According to Sir's request, most of these people are children from farmers, among whom they are strong and simple in temperament.

They are the majority, and nearly half of them have military experience. In addition, there are more than 700 children of the noble clan and more than 1,300 martial arts masters."

Pei Yue remembered Yan Shiqiao's words just now and asked curiously: "How many children of the Yan family are selected?"

Wei Rui replied fluently: "Seventy-six people."

Pei Yue was slightly startled and looked at Wei Rui steadily.

The latter said calmly: "Sire, these children of the Yan family are of excellent quality. They are good at equestrianism and have good skills. At present, they don't have such dandy habits. What's more important is that they can read and write, and they have also read some military books.

."

Pei Yue said slowly: "This is the foundation of a wealthy family."

Fu Hongzhi was born in the most scholarly and famous family in Jiangzhou, and he was considered an outlier in this big family with heirlooms of poetry and calligraphy. He naturally had a deep understanding of this and said seriously: "Sire, although there are many scum among these big families, but one

If a family can be passed down for hundreds of years, there must be something unique about it, and we may need to pay more attention to them in the future."

Pei Yue looked at him and said, "Hongzhi, do you think I am prejudiced against these wealthy families?"

Fu Hongzhi hesitated for a moment, but finally chose to say honestly: "I don't dare to make any guesses, but why does the Lord recruit a large number of children from peasant families, but is particularly harsh on children from aristocratic families?"

Pei Yue looked around at everyone and saw some confusion in their eyes, so he explained: "The war is tense now, and we don't have much time to polish the soldiers' temperament. What is needed at this time is their absolute obedience, so that they can follow orders and prohibitions.

Arms point."

Fu Hongzhi understood and said with some embarrassment: "The general is wrong."

Pei Yue waved his hand and said indifferently: "You are the closest people to me, just say what you want. Wei Rui, although Your Majesty has given me permission to recruit a bodyguard, the most important thing right now is the people I can use.

Don't bite off more than you can chew. You continue to preside over this matter, and the final selection will be completed within three days, and 10,000 people will be recruited."

Everyone stood up and responded: "Obey the order!"

"You also know the urgent military information at the border. Please don't spread this matter for the time being."

"yes!"

"Let's all go do some business."

After everyone left, Pei Yue walked slowly into the courtyard. Listening to the chirping of cicadas from the trees, he kept improving his own military training methods in his mind. The modern military strategies he had learned in his previous life, and the military books he had read in this world, Xi

The teacher's teachings and his own insights on the battlefield ultimately formed a path that is different from everyone else's.

Thousands of miles away, in the imperial city of Daliang Kyoto, a group of eunuchs were hunting cicadas on the trees with tools to prevent the cries of these little things from disturbing the nobles in the palace.

In the side hall of Liangyi Hall, Emperor Kaiping, who was always diligent, rarely reviewed the memorials. Instead, he set up a chessboard in Xinuang Pavilion and played chess with Duke Pingzhang of Wei, who had white hair and beard.

Wang Pingzhang looked at the situation on the chessboard, thought hard for a moment and slowly shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, I lost."

Emperor Kaiping said expressionlessly: "Wei Guogong, how many of those people from back then are still alive?"
Chapter completed!