I am the cook, but I am Li Er's son-in-law

Li Shimin had seen those rangers with his own eyes.

All of them were strong and tall, and they didn't know how well they ate. Bai Qisi sent news that although they failed to break into the interior, outside the courtyard wall, they could smell the strong smell of meat every day. .

Eating meat every day, and eating meat.

In addition, there is Xue Rengui who is good at marching and fighting...

Even a group of pigs can be practiced neatly and well-trained, let alone a group of living people.

Yin Xuan pondered for a while, understood Li Shimin's words, and said hesitantly: "You mean... the imperial court wants to borrow people from me, and use my people to attack Ningyuan Kingdom in the name of the imperial court?"

Li Shimin nodded.

Yin Xuan lightly tapped the table: "Then why should I go far away and let Xue Rengui go directly?"

Hearing these words, Li Shimin laughed.

The meaning of these words is not to refuse, but to agree, just... I am negotiating with myself to see what benefits the court can offer.

"After all, he is going out for the imperial court, so he will naturally be rewarded by the imperial court." Li Shimin said, smiling slightly, and spit out these words.

This was promised to Xue Rengui. From a county man to a county magistrate, it was not an unacceptable promotion.

Yin Xuan nodded noncommittally.

This is what Xue Rengui deserves, but what about his own...

Li Shimin seemed to have a heart-to-heart connection with Yin Xuan, paused for a moment, and said slowly, "Dawan has good horses. Although...now there are trains and guns, cavalry is still useful to the court."

The cavalry has not completely withdrawn from the battlefield environment.

After getting used to flintlock guns, Li Shimin can also point out some weaknesses of firearms, such as what reloads too slowly and needs to be formed...

If it weren't for the imposition of training, the gun array would still be easily dispersed by the infantry.

The cavalry still needs to be supported.

Just not as much as before.

The imperial court is short of money now, and there are money holes everywhere. Some time ago, the Turks were taken down, and most of the domestic trains have not been built yet...

If Ningyuan Kingdom can be taken back, at least it can save a lot of money to buy horses. Although it is not much, it is more than enough to build a few sections of railways.

Yes, that's right, in Li Shimin's heart, it is recovery.

This...Dawan Kingdom was once part of the territory of the Han Dynasty, and now it is recovered, it is a reasonable thing.

"It's just... the imperial court now has to stabilize the border situation, and at the same time encourage and develop the domestic people's livelihood. Ningyuan is too far away, and it is another enclave..."

"If the imperial court has leisure and distraction, I estimate that it may be a year or so later."

Li Shimin didn't say the following words, but stopped abruptly here.

There are many people in the restaurant, and some things are inconvenient to say openly, and they can only be understood rather than expressed.

what he wanted to say.

It is the sovereignty of this Ningyuan country. Datang will not take it back for a while. For such a small country, you can do whatever you want, Mr. Zhengyang.

Yin Xuan raised his eyebrows.

This welfare is really not low. Although Ningyuan Country is small, the content of gold minerals in that land is at the forefront of the world, even Datang cannot compare with it.

Don't say anything else.

A wild gunpowder testing ground.

"Can the imperial court allow it?" Yin Xuan asked subconsciously.

Li Shimin nodded: "It's just an enclave."

If it were a small country bordering on the Great Tang, Li Shimin would naturally not be able to put it so neatly, but this is an enclave.

Bordering the Tang Dynasty... is equivalent to letting Yin Xuan crack the soil and become king in the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

But an enclave, unless Yin Xuan is willing to give up his belongings in Datang, otherwise...that enclave is also tasteless to Yin Xuan, and it is a pity to abandon it.

It should be like this...

Li Shimin was a little hesitant, looking at Yin Xuan's eyes, he was a little uncertain.

He wasn't sure what Yin Xuan was excited about, but... in short, it shouldn't be something that was bad for him, otherwise he wouldn't be so blatant.

"Then let's put it that way." Yin Xuan laughed for a while, then nodded in response, "The next step is to work hard for my father-in-law to write a memorial and report it to the court."

Li Shimin pouted.

Just as he promised Yin Xuan, it was just an enclave, and the court really didn't do anything to stop it, but the people from Yushitai said a few words hypocritically.

It's just... Some people are hot-eyed, how much ore does Zhengyang Gong have to dig when he goes to that enclave to mine, but unfortunately, they can't find any reason to get involved.

The letter was sent to Guangfu.

But Xue Rengui was so happy, isn't that what he was looking forward to?

But in the first half of the year when sailing at sea, most of the gunpowder and shells were used to fry fish. Occasionally, some pirates who were not in a good mood were encountered, and the battle even lasted less than two to three minutes.

just now…

Pirates floating on the sea, when they saw a ship without sails, they fled directly.They are pirates, even if they add blood to the knife edge and eat with their heads on their waistbands.

But it's not stupid enough to die directly.

Xue Rengui's understanding of the new weapons, until now, has stagnated at the fact that these weapons are very strong, but there is still no clear understanding of how strong they are and what role they can play in a war.

So ahead of its time.

Now that he had the opportunity to fight a frontal war, or even fight more with less, Xue Rengui sailed upstream from Guangfu on the same day, and arrived in Chang'an City in five days.

At night, when Yin Xuan saw Xue Rengui who was galloping from the pier, he was taken aback for a moment: "You came back so soon?"

Xue Rengui nodded, just as he was about to speak, he glanced at the guests in the restaurant and swallowed the words abruptly.

"Dalang, I'll wait for you."

He left this sentence, went to the backyard, and waited intently.

Yin Xuan cooked food for the guests, turned around and went to the backyard, looked at Xue Rengui who was rolling with him, and coughed lightly twice.

Xue Rengui immediately stood up, "Da Lang."

"So impatient?" Yin Xuan asked with a teasing smile.

Xue Rengui nodded hurriedly like a chicken pecking at rice: "Yes, I can't wait a long time ago."

"When will we send troops?"

Yin Xuan waved his hand, and didn't rush to set a time, but asked back: "How many people do you plan to bring?"

Xue Rengui pondered for a while: "200 people, Ningyuan country is not big, it seems... their entire country has less than [-] troops."

"Too little." Yin Xuan shook his head.

Xue Rengui frowned: "Darang is worried about the lack of firepower? There is no need to..."

Yin Xuan shook his head again: "It's not that I'm worried about the lack of firepower. This time you are going on an expedition...the food and logistics are all in charge of the court."

"Why are they responsible?" Xue Rengui was a little surprised.

Yin Xuan smiled and said, "Why aren't they responsible?"

"The old foxes in the imperial court are not as easy to fool as you think."