Chapter Nine Hundred and Sixty Eight: The Counter Offer Is Still Low

noon.

A table of fragrant and delicious food. Since the studio was able to draw a share from Chaoge City, everyone's life has been completely improved. It is probably because Lin Xi and Shen Mingxuan have raised their wages again, so the dishes delivered by Auntie at noon every day are getting more and more delicious. It's upscale, and all kinds of delicacies are dazzling. Among them is a bowl of bullfrog that looks red and delicious.

Lin Xi took a sip, her face flushed slightly: "It's delicious!"

Shen Mingxuan and Gu Ruyi also took a sip, and Ruyi smiled and said, "It's delicious, but it seems a bit spicy..."

"yes!"

Shen Mingxuan smiled slightly and said, "I still like the taste, eat more."

"What's the name of this dish?" Lin Xi asked with a smile, "It will be our royal dish in the future."

After all, I am a person who has seen the world, pondered, and said: "This dish is the legendary diving bullfrog. Its scientific name is this, and there is another name called chrysanthemum fire-breathing frog."

"Chrysanthemum fire-breathing frog?"

Lin Xi was taken aback for a moment, then understood, her pretty face flushed immediately, and she punched me lightly: "Vulgar..."

I rubbed my nose and looked resentful: "In short, if you have a bad stomach, you'd better eat less. It's delicious, but it's bad for your body. If you eat too much, you may get gastroenteritis or something. Be careful and weigh it." Let’s talk about your own strength, after all, it’s too hot.”

As I said, I took one bite after another.

Shen Mingxuan looked at me speechlessly: "You're so diligent about serving food, aren't you afraid of gastroenteritis?"

"What are you afraid of?"

I was full of confidence, and said with a smile: "Since stepping into the realm of Yangyan, I have already had an iron stomach, and I can eat anything."

"Huh~~~"

Shen Mingxuan snorted and grabbed the diving bullfrog with me, while Lin Xi and Gu Ruyi weakly went to eat other less spicy dishes.

...

In the afternoon, I was very satisfied after eating, and went online with a full belch.

"Shua!"

The characters appeared outside Chaoge City. I saw the direction of Chaoge City. The city was busy. In order to earn more guild contributions, countless Yilu players had already started "building homes" in the afternoon, but I was too lazy To earn these contributions, my legion system is more solid, with a lot of merit and experience points!

Teleport back to Fanshu City, repair the equipment, and teleport to Yanmen Pass again.

Riding Wu Xiezhi, wandering around the busy city pass, the soldiers of the Liuhuo Legion along the way greeted each other, and I nodded my head one by one, and just entered the handsome tent, just after I stepped into the handsome tent , Zhang Lingyue followed in, with a dignified expression, and said: "My lord, the wind is coming, is it outside?"

"ah?"

I was taken aback, and hurriedly got up to go out to meet him.

"Master July Liuhuo doesn't need to greet you."

Outside the handsome tent, Qing Xiangfeng in white was wearing a white shirt, wearing a white robe, holding a feather fan, and walked in so lightly. I hurried forward, gave way to the handsome case, and said with a smile: " Fengxiang, please sit down."

"No need."

He directly sat down on the second seat beside the commander-in-chief case, and said with a smile, "You are the commander-in-chief here, so you should naturally sit there. I'm just an envoy sent by His Majesty, so just sit here."

"Oh well……"

I sat down behind the commander's case, and then said in a deep voice: "Zhang Lingyue, let someone make tea for Feng Xiang, and let the two commanders Qin Zhan and Chai Lu come in together. I'm afraid Feng Xiang has brought some orders from His Majesty."

"Yes, my lord!"

...

Not long after, a cup of good tea was served, and the two three-star generals Qin Zhan and Chai Lu also came in, and sat down one by one in the side seats, and together with Zhang Lingyue, they looked respectfully in the direction of the wind.

"Congratulations, three rulers!"

Feng Buwen smiled and said: "Now, you are all important ministers of the empire, and you are all generals in the true sense."

The three clasped their fists together: "All rely on the cultivation of the wind!"

Feng Buwen smiled slightly and nodded his respects.

I grinned, my commander is only two stars, but these guys are all three stars. In fact, the current Liuhuo Legion is a first-class army. Which of the three commanders has no more than 50,000 troops? In the Xuanyuan Empire's military system, those with more than 50,000 troops can basically be ranked among the generals, so it is only a matter of time before these three systems are promoted to generals.

"Master July Fire."

Feng Buwen turned and looked at me with a mellow voice that made people feel very comfortable. He smiled and said, "Actually, this time I didn't want to come here, but an errand sent by His Majesty, asking me to come to Yanmen Pass to follow me. Lord Liuhuo in July, discuss the matter after we wiped out the Eastern Horse Bandits."

"oh?"

I had already expected it in my heart, but I still had to pretend to be a fool, and said with a smile: "Please tell me the details."

"Then I'll cut to the chase."

He put the feather fan on the table, sat upright and said, "These horse thieves must be a serious problem for the Xuanyuan Empire. You must know that they were originally human beings, but they wandered in the north for their own selfish desires, constantly plundering those outside the Great Wall." Towns and villages, although they have no influence on our Xuanyuan Empire, they have a bad influence after all. Now your lord has led the Flowing Fire Legion to wipe out this army of 500,000 horse bandits, which can be said to have made great contributions to the empire. It’s been a long time since they didn’t do anything, either because of the shortage of food and grass, or because of the exact information about the main force of the horse bandits, and now the Liuhuo Legion has wiped them out in one go, which is to remove a serious worry for the empire.”

"Is there a reward?" I asked.

"No."

He shook his head straight away, and said with a smile: "I just heard a sergeant reveal that the Flowing Fire Legion has gained a lot in this battle, and has obtained a total of 200,000 northern fine-bred war horses. Is it true?"

"This..."

I turned around and smiled: "Zhang Lingyue, go back and find out which soldier revealed it to Feng Xiang, and reward him with fifty army sticks."

Feng Buwen couldn't help laughing and said, "My lord is just joking."

I also laughed: "It's just because Feng Xiang is too serious, you see, these three rulers of mine are so frightened by your majesty that their faces turn blue and purple."

Feng Buwen smiled: "Since that's the case, Master Qiyue Liuhuo has admitted that he has indeed obtained 200,000 war horses?"

"Yes."

I nodded: "Feng Xiang... Could it be that he is planning on my batch of trophies? If I remember correctly, it was clearly written in the imperial edict of His Majesty to amnesty the world. Everything can be handled by yourself, and there is no need to hand it in.”

"That's what it says."

Feng Buwen showed a look of embarrassment, and said with a smile: "But this family is not easy to manage, as you know, the terrain of our Xuanyuan Empire is flat, all are plain areas, there is no grassland, and there is no pasture suitable for horses at all, so that Our war horses are very scarce, and most of them are bought from the nomads outside the Great Wall in the north. Think about it, the mighty Yanshen Legion, the so-called Protectorate Legion, only has 80,000 cavalry, and the remaining 320,000 miles There are a full 200,000 infantry, and the rest are archers. The empire is really short of horses. Your Majesty is turning his hair gray every day because of the horses. As a subject, how can I not feel sad?"

I immediately put my arms around my arms, looked at this white-clothed gentleman who was looked up to by everyone in the Xuanyuan Empire with a speechless expression, and said with a smile: "If Prime Minister Feng wants to rob, just say rob, don't give me such nonsense."

"Haha~~~"

Feng Buwen let out a burst of hearty laughter, and said: "Okay, then talk to smart people and don't go around the corner. What His Majesty means is that he hopes that the Liuhuo Legion will hand over the 200,000 horses, and as a reward, His Majesty will give more The Liuhuo Legion is equipped with 10,000 inscribed swords and 30,000 inscribed arrows for archers, in addition, the Liuhuo Legion is allowed to expand to 250,000 troops, what do you think?"

"Ah... this?" Zhang Lingyue was speechless.

Qin Zhan was also stunned. After all, it was said that the Haotian riding battalion and the riding and shooting battalion would be expanded, but with Feng Buwen's disturbance, I'm afraid both dreams would be ruined.

As soon as I clapped my hands, I slammed my face on the handsome table with a "snap", with a lifeless look on my face.

"Hey Hey hey."

Feng Buwen frowned: "You are also a vassal after all, the majestic Marquis of Beiliang and the commander of the Liuhuo Legion, please don't just lie on your stomach and say nothing, what kind of attitude is this!"

I still put my face on the handsome table and said: "Your Majesty, this is not giving us a way out for the Liuhuo Legion. If this is the case, then our Liuhuo Legion will let the horses go to Nanshan and turn the sword into a plow. The 200,000 horses I am Let’s put them all in the northern forest, anyway, His Majesty has never considered for our Flowing Fire Legion, so I don’t care.”

"Don't do this..."

Feng Buwen grinned, and said: "Otherwise, you just need to... hand over 150,000 horses to the Ministry of War, and leave the remaining 50,000 for you to expand the cavalry battalion? Besides, the horse Fang Nanshan Idioms don't seem to be used like this by you!"

"I don't care, I just want the horse to release Nanshan."

"All right……"

Feng Buwen had a black thread: "Ma Fang Nanshan is Ma Fang Nanshan, you can use it as you want, but... there must be a result after negotiation, Your Majesty is waiting for a reply."

I put my face on the handsome case and rolled around, without saying a word.

Zhang Lingyue, Qin Zhan, and Chai Lu tried their best to hold back their laughter.

"What exactly do you want, just say it!" Feng Buwen also slammed his face on the table with a "slap", speechless.

Zhang Lingyue and others are about to lose their souls. It's really not easy for me to force the gentleman in white to be in this field.

I glanced at Feng Buwen, and said: "Your Majesty really wants war horses, but I can only give half of them, and our Liuhuo Legion must pick first, and the remaining half will be handed over to the Ministry of War. Expanding to 300,000 troops, I want to completely digest the 100,000 horses and create the empire's first legion with both heavy cavalry and cavalry archers. From now on, the Liuhuo Legion will mainly fight on cavalry, and fight on foot and bow As a supplement."

"..."

Feng Buwen raised his face and showed a smile: "Deal, His Majesty agrees."

I once again slammed my face on the handsome case.

"My lord, why is this?" Zhang Lingyue and Qin Zhan asked together.

I didn't look up: "Damn it...the bargain price is still low..."

Feng Buwen turned back into the handsome gentleman Yan Nian, shaking his feather fan: "You said it yourself, the truth didn't force you, the imperial edict will be issued soon, you quickly prepare a hundred thousand horses That's it."