Chapter 617 Eat well and wait for me to come back

Zuo Cheng was so anxious that his face turned pale and he threw a lot of people away. In the end, Xu Yu not only did not receive any punishment, but he also had an extra 8,000 soldiers in his hands.

Jiang Yubai openly praised Xu Yu and ruthlessly slapped Zuo Cheng in the face.

After everyone in the tent had left, Mr. Xue hesitated and said, "Young Prince, now is the time to recruit people. If General Zuo harbors such resentment and holds onto this knot, I'm afraid it's..."

"So what?"

Jiang Yubai sneered, "I'm indeed short of people right now, but not just any kind of people can be hired."

If Zuo Cheng continues to be so ignorant, then let him go home and eat me.

after all……

A cold light flashed in Jiang Yubai's eyes, and he said calmly, "Mr. Xue, everything that's going to happen will depend on the lives of countless people. With so many bloody corpses, we can't afford to make any mistakes."

If Zuo Cheng is an unexpected unstable factor, then we should just remove this nail quickly before the army sets out.

A short pain is worse than a long pain...

Mr. Xue felt a chill in his heart and said with a wry smile, "Young Prince, you have thought it through."

"But since you're determined to promote Commander Xu, why did you give him a higher rank first? If you just give him 8,000 soldiers today, I'm afraid they won't all obey him, and Commander Xu will have trouble commanding them."

"Whether I give it or not is my business. Whether I can suppress it or not is Xu Yu's own business."

Jiang Yubai sneered, "If a mere 8,000 soldiers can't suppress him, then he'll just be a captain for the rest of his life. Why force himself on a piece of useless mud?"

According to common sense, he should indeed give Xu Yu more time to slowly build up his foundation and gain a firm foothold.

But there is no time.

Most heroes who emerge in troubled times are young people, and they cannot afford to waste so much time.

As long as Xu Yu can handle the affairs of Yongzhou well this time, the 8,000 troops he brought out will naturally be under his jurisdiction in the future.

There will only be more to come.

Jiang Yubai didn't want to say much, but Mr. Xue saw some other clues in his actions today.

If Zuo Cheng was really removed and thrown out of the camp, then the troops he currently commands as General Zuo might just be...

Mr. Xue was startled. He lowered his head slightly and whispered, "If the young prince has no other instructions, I will go see Zuo Cheng first."

Mr. Xue never avoided people when it came to his frequent interactions with Zuo Cheng.

Jiang Yubai held his forehead with his hand and said in amusement: "Alright."

"Sir, please go and take a look for me, and call Xu Yu for me."

"I have other instructions for him regarding the Yongzhou matter."

When Mr. Xue went to see Zuo Cheng, Xu Yu also returned and was called back to the tent by Jiang Yubai.

Jiang Yubai first threw the small bag he had brought with him to Xu Yu, and then said lazily: "I went to see my sister-in-law, everything is fine."

"By the way, your eldest daughter and youngest son called me uncle a few times, and Emma's little voice was so crisp and sweet."

Xu Yu hadn't seen Sang Zhixia and their two children for three months. Hearing this, his expression was indifferent: "Thank you, young prince, for your concern."

"You're welcome."

Jiang Yubai stood up and nodded at the table in front of him. After Xu Yu approached, he whispered, "Things in Kyoto are almost over. In at most half a month, the old emperor will surely pass away."

"The person you mentioned earlier is very useful. There's already a different tone in Kyoto. Doubts about the late emperor's death have been brought to light, half true and half false. The wind has already started blowing."

And this trend is not just blowing in Kyoto.

If the death of the late emperor is questioned, the person sitting on the throne now is the most likely culprit.

If the current prince did not obtain the throne legitimately, then how can he be considered the most favored prince in the world?

Jiang Yubai sighed and said, "Why don't you say you have a better brain?"

"If you hadn't mentioned it, I wouldn't have thought of starting with the late emperor."

"Right now, the aristocratic families in Kyoto are panicking, and even well-informed places elsewhere are also being stirred up by rumors. In a few days, the Crown Prince's attempted patricide against the old emperor will almost be revealed."

There was a prelude to questioning the cause of the late emperor's death.

Then, with the help of the hidden forces in Kyoto, when the rumors were at their most rampant, he sent the old emperor, who was bedridden but still enduring, away.

Then the prince's crime of patricide and regicide was exposed, which in turn would trigger a huge storm of doubts in the entire royal family.

By that time, all the so-called orthodox royal family members in Kyoto will be traitors who have come to power illegitimately.

The lineage of the King of Lingnan, who was once valued by the previous emperor but was framed by the old emperor and forced to leave the capital, can now return with a legitimate reason.

Jiang Yubai raised his eyebrows and smiled: "We will never be traitors."

"Xu Yu, we are truly destined to be together."

Xu Yu raised an eyebrow in a noncommittal tone, "Your Highness is right. I will fulfill the mandate of Heaven in three days."

"Don't be so narrow-minded."

Jiang Yubai said angrily, "People in the world just believe in these gods and ghosts. What else can I do except to lie? Do I really have to find a place where incense is effective to worship Buddha?"

"By the way, do you need to tell my sister-in-law that you're leaving in three days?"

Xu Yu paused and said something irrelevantly, "My wife has been very busy lately, right?"

Jiang Yubai was a little surprised at how he knew that. After a pause, he said, "I'm busy."

"My sister-in-law is not only an expert in farming, but also a skilled businessman. In just a few months, she opened hundreds of shops in Lingnan, and each one is booming."

"I sent some people to the farm to help with the autumn harvest. Now that the rice is harvested, it seems they are planning some end-of-season farming."

"My sister-in-law seems to have settled down at the farm for a long time. I heard she's doing some kind of experimental field. This time, they're not just testing rice, they're also testing sweet potatoes, potatoes, soybeans, and so on. I can't really explain all the details."

"If you're really worried, why don't I quietly give you a day off? You can rush back tonight and say hello to the old man while you're at it."

Xu Yu was silent for a moment, then he exhaled slowly and said, "No need."

"I'll write a letter. Young Prince, please find someone you trust to deliver it to me after I leave. As for Grandfather... he knows everything, so there's no need to explain."

Jiang Yubai wanted to avoid him so that Xu Yu wouldn't feel uncomfortable when he picked up the pen to write a letter home.

Unexpectedly, Xu Yu only wrote eight words: Eat well and wait for me to come back.

It was so simple that there wasn't even an envelope, just a piece of light paper.

Jiang Yubai pinched the paper and said with a mixture of laughter and tears, "If my sister-in-law sees this, won't she suspect that I'm being too harsh on you?"

"You really don't need to go back?"

"Need not."

Xu Yu said self-deprecatingly, "I came here to win an imperial decree for my wife, not to dwell on romantic matters."

"Thank you for your generosity, young prince. I will not be that exception."

Jiang Yubai was speechless for a moment. After a while, he sighed with mixed feelings: "Forget it."

"Xu Yu, just rest assured. As long as I, Jiang Yubai, remain in Lingnan, I will ensure the safety of your family."

"Between us brothers, this is what we say for the rest of our lives."

Xu Yu smiled, clasped his fists towards Jiang Yubai, then turned and walked out.

After Xu Yu walked away, Jiang Yubai carefully found an envelope, folded the paper and put it in.

After a while, Jiang Yubai muttered in a strange tone: "Besides, even if you don't have to earn it, the Sang family has supported so many of my people with their own efforts. Their own merit book is so high, this first-class imperial edict is inevitable, okay?"

"Why are you being so nosy? You're just a lucky girl..."

"Ah!"

The envelope that Jiang Yubai spat at was carefully preserved along the way without a single wrinkle. Three days later, it was delivered to Sang Zhixia by Mr. Xue himself.

Sang Zhixia's fingertips slid across the eight casually written words. In the blink of an eye, all the emotions in her eyes disappeared. She smiled and said, "It's just a trivial letter home, but you've troubled me to make this trip in person. We are grateful for your hard work."

Mr. Xue knew that Sang Zhixia's importance was no less than Xu Yu's, and he also admired Sang Zhixia's behavior, so he smiled and said, "Master Sang, you are too polite. This is our responsibility."

"It's just that I came out here to take a break. I heard that the boss has set up some experimental fields on the farm to increase production. I wonder if I can take a look?"

This was not something Jiang Yubai ordered, it was purely out of Mr. Xue's curiosity.

The harvests in all parts of Lingnan this year have been reported. The same arable land has created different miracles.

Mr. Xue was shocked and thought that this was the limit. However, he heard that it might be possible to rise further. He was curious and itchy, and he really wanted to see it.

Sang Zhixia didn't expect that he wanted to see this and was stunned for a moment.

Mr. Xue quickly said, "If there is any difficulty, the boss will just treat it as my random words and don't take it to heart."

"Sir, you are being polite."

Sang Zhixia said with a smile: "I was just surprised that you would be interested in this."

"It just so happens that today we're measuring the seedlings in the fields to see if they're sprouting. Now's the perfect time to come. Let me take you for a walk."

"please."