Unparalleled Concubine

"About the Pingnan Army."

Li Xin was silent for a while, then walked towards his study in Qi's house with his hands behind his back.

"You come with me."

The two "brothers" sat down in the study. Li Xin poured himself a cup of tea and took a sip: "If you want to drink, pour it yourself."

Li Shuo shook his head, indicating that he was not thirsty, then lowered his voice and said, "Brother, you and I are not enemies."

Li Xin put down the teacup and looked at the young man.

"I think it is."

Li Shuo smiled wryly, "Brother, you have too much resentment in your heart."

Li Xin's face turned cold: "Your mother is not dead, my mother is dead."

This incident is actually a tragedy. It is not only Xiao Qinglan who died, but also her uncle, and the charcoal seller. These people have one thing in common, that is, they are all small people, people at Li Shen's level It seems that they are all innocuous little people.

Originally, their death would not cause any disturbance in this world. If it weren't for Li Xin, no one would even know that they were dead.

In the eyes of Li Shen, Li Xin was also a small person.

However, little people are people too.

"If you want to say this, you can go out."

Li Shuo said, "Brother, do you know how many people there are in the Pingnan Army?"

Li Xin chuckled, "15?"

Li Shuo shook his head slowly.

"More than 30 battle-ready soldiers!"

Li Xin stood up directly from the chair and said with a sneer, "Are you scaring me?"

Li Shuo said to himself, "Brother, the Pingnan Army started from the generation of Lord Hou, and it has been more than 30 years now."

He raised his head to look at Li Xin, and said solemnly: "In 30 years, at least there will be more than three replacements in the army. The Pingnan Army starts from the old Hou Ye Li Zhijie, and those who are over 40 years old will leave the army. The county will allocate arable land to them, and the Pingnan Army will recruit these filling vacancies. Anyway, there are [-] establishments, and the imperial court will support them."

As he spoke, Li Shuo said in a deep voice, "There are many iron mines in Shu, do you know, brother?"

Li Xin knew this.

In the Song Dynasty in another world, Shu land was unable to make copper coins because of the lack of copper. Only iron coins could be made. The face value of iron coins was low, and five iron coins were worth one copper coin, so it was extremely inconvenient to go out and buy things.

Because of this, there is a kind of banknote, the birth of Jiaozi.

Li Xin nodded slowly.

Li Shuo went on to say: "Because there are 10 people who are supported by the imperial court, and the military and government of the entire Shu region are controlled by the Pingnan Army, so the Pingnan Army can also deduct a lot of taxes. After more than 30 years, Pingnan Army General Nan's Mansion has produced countless weapons and armor, and there are still countless retired people!"

"My little brother said that there are 30 people who can fight, that is the minimum estimate..."

Soldiers in ancient times were very different from later generations. At this time there were no standards for training, and strong men were often recruited by force. After enlisting in the army, if the battle was urgent, they did not even train. They gave you a weapon and you could go to the battlefield. Go to the battlefield and fight a few times without dying, and those who survive can be regarded as elite soldiers.

Well-trained and well-equipped people like Habayashi Wei are rare.

Some soldiers don't even have armor.

As Li Shuo said, if the Pingnan Army had started preparations 30 years ago, it would not be an exaggeration to have 30 soldiers in Shu today.

Li Xin twitched the corner of his mouth inexplicably.

"Excellent, there are still reserves."

The set in Shu cannot be regarded as a reserve service, it is more like the government military system of the Tang Dynasty, but this kind of thing can only be strictly implemented in areas controlled by the military government like Shu County, like Da Tang. It is very difficult to do it for a behemoth like the Jin Dynasty.

Li Xin slowly closed his eyes, and many things that he couldn't understand before suddenly became clear.

No wonder Li Shen is still alive and well in the capital!

No wonder there are only 10,000+ soldiers and horses on the surface in southern Xinjiang, and the imperial court has remained indifferent so far!

No wonder Emperor Chengde never confronted Nanjiang until his death!

If there are really more than 30 battle-ready soldiers in southern Xinjiang, even in today's Great Jin Dynasty, if they want to gnaw it down, they will become crippled.

Li Xin took a deep breath, then opened his eyes and looked at the young Li Shuo, and said slowly, "Why are you telling me this?"

Li Shuo raised his eyes to look at Li Xin, and said, "What little brother Cai said just now is not a special secret in southern Xinjiang. Emperor Chengde knows these things, and now Emperor Taikang also knows, but you don't know, brother, which shows that the Ji family I'm not of the same mind with my brother."

Li Xin was silent.

"You want to sow discord?"

"It's not about sowing discord."

Li Shuo stood up, bent over to Li Xin and said, "Little brother admires elder brother very much. I just came here today to meet elder brother. By the way, I would like to remind elder brother to be more careful in the capital."

Li Xin waved his hand.

"As a favor, you can go."

Li Shuo got up, politely bowed to Li Xin, and respectfully said, "Brother, take care, and I'm leaving."

With that said, he slowly exited the Qi family courtyard.

Li Xin was alone in the study with his eyes closed.

"Li Shuo... is much stronger than Li Chun."

Li Xin muttered to himself.

"Although I don't know what you are going to do, your knowledge of the current situation in the court is still too shallow."

Li Shuo believed that the Ji family was using Li Xin to deal with Southern Xinjiang, but he didn't know that Li Xin was also using the Ji family to gain momentum.

At this time, although Li Xin already had some wings, these wings were not plump enough, and they were not strong enough. He still had to work hard to harden his wings on the big tree of Ji's house.

Before that, he must and must be a loyal minister of the Jin Dynasty. The Taikang Dynasty was most keen on conquering the Marquis of Jing'an in southern Xinjiang!

The biggest hawk in the new dynasty!

This matter is very complicated, and Li Xin has to grasp the slightest bit of propriety, so that his small boat will not capsize between two big waves.

He was very clear.