The people of Dazhou celebrated all night, and when it was dawn, they went home to rest. Although they were tired, everyone had happy smiles on their faces.
The disaster has finally passed.
When Mu Qianyu returned, he sent an order to the Ministry of Household Affairs to start allocating funds and summoning alchemists to refine the elixirs to detoxify Yin poisons and personally deliver them to every common people who had been corroded by Yin Qi.
Then she sent a message to Sikong Yu, asking his fellow apprentices to come back from Donglin Academy and bring back some of the scholars.
At the same time, the entire Zhou Dynasty entered a state of preparation for war, and soldiers, food, wages, and equipment were all being dispatched.
Marshal Wu Anbang came to Hanzhou again and reported: "Your Majesty, soldiers from the entire Zhou Dynasty are gathering. In one month, a full-front war will be launched."
"One month." Mu Qianyu squinted his eyes and said, "That's about it. General Youlao has made arrangements."
"I will fulfill my mission." Wu Anbang stood up and retreated.
"Your Majesty, we have hundreds of thousands of troops in Hanzhou, why don't we take advantage of the situation?" Ji Lin asked: "The morale of Daxia has dissipated, now is the best time."
"I originally thought so, but Daxia is full of holes right now, so I want to find an easier way." Mu Qianyu looked at the armrest of the dragon chair with his fingers and spoke slowly.
The growth rate of the saint in front of him was completely beyond Ji Lin's expectation. He thought he was a child who needed support and did not understand government affairs.
But in the blink of an eye, in just one year, she has become invisible, and she looks like a real emperor.
"The Prime Minister knows that I am a petty person, so why wouldn't I be happy if I could lose fewer soldiers?" Mu Qianyu laughed again and explained.
"Your Majesty has his own Holy Judgment."
"The Prime Minister still needs to take care of the government affairs. I will not return to the imperial city for the time being. You can take charge of the overall situation in my place." She still trusted Ji Lin enough.
"yes."
Ji Lin felt much more relieved when she saw His Majesty like this. She was now able to take charge of her duties on her own.
As a result, an unexpected confrontation occurred between the two countries. Both sides were tightly defended, but no one took the lead in attacking.
Daxia couldn't guess what Mu Qianyu was thinking, but he didn't dare to take it lightly. The assembled army couldn't be dispersed.
If it is not scattered, it requires a steady stream of food and wages. Usually, in addition to using the national treasury, it also goes to merchants to buy it and collect it from the people. This is the so-called private collection.
But the court has no money, and the people are holding on to the food. If the army's food supply lasts for a long time, there will definitely be problems.
When the Emperor of Daxia was worried about this, the new Emperor of Dayu sent food, which was enough to fill the storage bags of several carriages. The food was enough for all the soldiers to eat for ten days.
And this is only the first batch. Emperor Daewoo wrote in his handwriting that he would raise food and send it as soon as possible.
The ministers of Daxia were very happy. They did not expect Daewoo to lend a helping hand at such a critical moment. With such a backup, they did not have to be in a passive position.
Although the Emperor of Wei hesitated for a few days after receiving the request for help, he finally decided to bet on Daxia and agreed to send 500,000 elite troops to jointly attack Dazhou.
The three countries have now reached an alliance, with the rich providing money and the powerful contributing efforts to jointly attack the Great Zhou Dynasty.
At this time, Mu Qianyu was still playing chess in the governor's backyard.
Since the last time all the kings played chess, she felt that it was necessary for her to learn Go skills, otherwise she would be exposed in such a situation next time.
And her teacher is Nangong Zhi.
Nangong Zhi did not wear a veil or mask in the backyard. Her face was cold, but her tone was gentle: "This step cannot be taken here."
"Didn't you teach me to surround the opponent's chess pieces?" Mu Qianyu looked confused.
"But your intention doesn't need to be so obvious. You need to plan it out and start from the overall situation." Nangong Zhi took the black chess piece in her hand, changed it to another place, and said, "For example, put it here."
"Sister, I just learned the rules three days ago. It's good if I can follow them now. Isn't it too early to teach the layout?" Mu Qianyu looked helpless.
"I'll know it the next day." Nangong Zhi looked at her: "Logically speaking, you shouldn't be so understanding."
"I think it's good enough if I don't have a headache." Mu Qianyu shook his head repeatedly and said, "Just teach him slowly, and I'll learn little by little."
"Well, okay." Nangong Zhi was quite patient.
"When will you retreat?" Mu Qianyu lowered his head and looked at the chessboard for a long time before he dropped a black stone and planned to speak to disturb Nangong Zhi.
Nangong Zhifeng calmly dropped a white stone and said: "After some time, when the Great Zhou Dynasty is about to survive or die, once the other party uses Feng Shui methods, you are likely to suffer a loss."
Mu Qianyu looked at the chessboard, and when the white piece fell, it actually took away four of his own pieces.
"No, when are you going to eat me?" She looked in disbelief.
"Twenty moves ago, this was called layout." Nangong Zhi looked up at her: "I guessed you would go like this."
"Are you bullying me..." Mu Qianyu looked frustrated.
Seeing her grievance, Nangong Zhi couldn't help but chuckle: "Only in this way can I learn chess."
"We lost again." Mu Qianyu dropped the chess pieces, rested his chin on his hands, and doubted his life.
She is certainly not stupid, but she can be regarded as completely clueless in any area of music, chess, calligraphy and painting.
"You like to be active rather than quiet by nature, so you are not suitable for learning chess." Nangong Zhi commented.
Mu Qianyu became even more frustrated.
Mo Feng walked into the courtyard, raised his hands to Mu Qianyu and said, "Your Majesty."
"How's it going?" Mu Qianyu asked, still listless.
"The three countries have formed an alliance. Dayu is raising military funds within the territory, and Wei has promised to send troops to assist us and plans to jointly attack the Great Zhou Dynasty." Mo Feng looked serious.
Because he was born a bandit, he didn't like to be restrained, so Mu Qianyu set up an intelligence department for him to collect intelligence from all directions.
Nangong Zhi's eyes became serious when he heard this.
The Three Kingdoms Alliance eliminated the original advantage of the Zhou Dynasty, and even put it in a completely passive position.
"We are actually in an alliance?" Mu Qianyu swept away the haze of losing the chess game and immediately said with joy, "Dayu and Dawei are so generous."
"Zuo was just betting. They placed their bet on Daxia's side." Nangong Zhi said from the side.
"Your Majesty doesn't seem worried?" Mo Feng looked at her state and didn't look unhappy at all.
"This is a good thing." Mu Qianyu raised his lips and said, "Go down and report news from the three parties to me at any time."
"Yes." Mo Feng didn't want to ask any more questions and immediately bowed and left.
Mo Feng left, and Nangong Zhi looked at her: "What about me, can you speak frankly?"
"Actually, there's no need to hide it from him. It's just that the plan hasn't worked out yet, so not many people need to know about it." Mu Qianyu asked her, "Do you know what is the most unreliable thing in the world?"
Nangong Zhi thought about it seriously, and then said: "Alliance."
"That's right, as long as they dare to connect, I will make them ask for trouble." Mu Qianyu smiled and raised his eyebrows slightly, and said: "In the next round, my feeling for this layout will come back."