Song Lin sat in the carriage heading to Yong'an City, staring blankly at the obsidian whistle given to him by his uncle.
He was originally very skeptical about the identity of the orphan of General Yuewei given to him by Jiang Yulou.
But they actually took the obsidian whistle in his hand and gathered 100,000 former Black Sail members who were living among the people.
They told him the story of his mother, General Yuewei.
Song Lin pondered the origin of his name.
General Yuewei became famous for defeating the armored army of Dongning Prefecture in the bitter winter. Therefore, for General Yuewei, bitter winter is a gift from God.
So there is a word "Rin" in his name.
And his uncle is Song Yuecheng, the Nujiang Dragon.
In the ancient characters of Yanyang Kingdom, the original form of the word "yue" looked like an ear knife.
My uncle's pseudonym Song Ying probably had this profound meaning.
"Brother Lin, what are you thinking about?" Ye Fan rode his horse and handed a hot beef patty through the curtain of the carriage.
That day, when he fought with Song Lin in Liushatan, he was very impressed by his martial arts.
Song Lin is the son of the legendary female general and is now the young master of Dongyi. Ye Fan is Jiang Yulou's adopted son and is naturally very close to him.
Song Lin held the beef patty in a daze, thinking of the person he had met.
Xiuxiu’s favorite food in Qingxi Town is beef patties.
He took a bite of the beef patty and chewed it carefully, but it was bitter and hard to swallow.
"Brother Lin, I found out what you asked me to help you investigate about Haoyue Country."
"Is there any news about the female prime minister?" Although the answer he got every time was that there was no female prime minister in Haoyue Kingdom, he would still ask persistently, as he did not want to miss even a glimmer of hope.
"Not really, but I don't know if this is good news."
"Don't keep me in suspense."
"Jiangling Prefecture has been captured by the royal cavalry. It seems the Haoyue Kingdom has undergone another political change. The current ruler is a man named Pei. He's called the regent, but he's actually the top leader and could ascend the throne at any moment."
"It's Pei Zhiyuan, he captured Jiangling Prefecture!" Song Lin's eyes lit up and he felt relieved.
Xiuxiu has so many followers, there will always be someone to avenge her, but her husband has done nothing in Dongyi City.
"Brother Lin, you are now the Young Master of Dongyi, all thanks to my brother-in-law, the Third Prince. This time we are going to Yong'an Imperial City to help my brother-in-law.
Although the Crown Prince's uncle disappeared during the negotiations, he has the support of the Supreme Court Minister and the Southern Territory Marquis Chen, and his power is at its peak. I'm afraid he will be difficult to deal with, Brother Lin, you must be careful."
Song Lin said calmly, "I'm not interested in the power struggles in your Yanyang Kingdom, but you saved me, so I will repay you."
"Brother Lin, please don't be so heartless. The Crown Prince and the Dali Temple Minister teamed up to kill my father. You are our young master, so you have to make the decision for me."
"Yeah, I know."
Song Lin took a bite of the beef patty and chewed it carefully, but it still tasted like chewing wax.
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On the other side, Tingnan Marquis Mansion
Murong Yan and Ye Wanqing were sitting in the small building in the middle of the lake doing homework together when Liu Zhang came over holding A Rao's hand.
"Your Highness, Princess Shen."
"Liu Zhang, you're here at the right time." Murong Yan raised his head and motioned for the two to sit down.
Liu Zhang attentively pulled out a stool for A Rao, and only sat down opposite Murong Yan after she sat down.
"What kind of problem has your Highness encountered?"
"Not really, I just think the current ruler of Haoyue Country is quite interesting."
"How interesting! Haoyue Country has changed so many leaders in the past two years. It seems that none of them will last long."
Murong Yan chuckled, "That's true."
"The most outstanding one is their female minister Shen Xiu.
It is said that this woman is a man of both civil and military talents, capable of governing the country and fighting wars.
He was good at organizing the army and governing the country, had far-sightedness and was decisive in killing and punishing.
Less than half a year after taking power, she not only quickly suppressed the rebellion of the bandits, but also quickly saved the national strength that had been weakened by treacherous officials.
If such a woman continues to rule the Haoyue Kingdom, within three years, the Haoyue Kingdom's royal cavalry will be pressing on our northwest border."
Ye Wanqing asked curiously, "There is actually such a powerful woman."
Liu Zhang continued, "It's a pity that God is jealous of his talent. He was assassinated within half a year of taking office."
Murong Yan nodded, his tone gentle, "It's a pity, but it's not a bad thing for our Yanyang Nation. However, their current rulers seem to have some tricks up their sleeves."
"How do you say that?"
"After selling the North Star Port's entry permit to the Southern Territory Chamber of Commerce, he immediately purchased 20 million goats from the North Sea Kingdom."
Liu Zhang asked with a hint of doubt, "Why did he buy so many sheep?"
A Rao continued, "Grilled lamb kebabs?"
Liu Zhang turned around and smiled lovingly at A Rao, "You little greedy cat, you only know how to eat."
Murong Yan and Ye Wanqing smiled at each other and explained, "That's true. I heard the reason is quite funny. Because there was a traitor in their Jiangling Prefecture, whose surname was Yang. Jiangling is mostly mountainous, so they associated it with goats.
The regent ordered all the people to eat goat meat as a warning to others."
"Then it seems that the day of Haoyue Nation's destruction is not far away."
"But this regent has many profound political ideas, including digging canals to control floods, disarmament, and centralization of power, all of which have been very effective. He also solved the locust plague in the north of Haoyue Nation."
Upon hearing this, Liu Zhang pondered carefully, "That's interesting, he must have a deeper meaning..."
Murong Yan also pondered and murmured, "What is his intention in buying so many goats..."
"North Sea Kingdom, goats..." Liu Zhang spread out the map and suddenly realized, "Brilliant! He wants to use goats to destroy the North Sea Kingdom!"
"What!" the other three exclaimed.
Murong Yan looked at the map that Liu Zhang had spread out and exclaimed, "So that's it!"
Ye Wanqing asked in confusion: "What? What's going on?"
Murong Yan pointed to the dark green grassland on the map of Beihai Kingdom and explained, "Qingqing, look at the topography of Beihai Kingdom. More than 70% of the land is pasture. The main economic structure of Beihai Kingdom is based on animal husbandry.
Of the five major tribes of the North Sea Kingdom, three of them are primarily based on cavalry."
Liu Zhang continued, "In other words, both the people and horses of the Beihai Kingdom depend on this grassland for survival. Raising 20 million goats a year would consume nearly 60% of the grass in their territory."
"Is it really that exaggerated?" Ye Wanqing tilted her head and asked curiously, "Doesn't grass grow everywhere? Wildfires can't burn it all, and it grows again with the spring breeze. How could it be eaten up by sheep?
The Beihai Kingdom has been raising cattle and sheep for so many years, and we've never seen any of them eat up all the grass."
Murong Yan nodded appreciatively as he analyzed, "It's no exaggeration, goats are different from other sheep.
When goats eat grass, they uproot it, and no new grass will grow next year where they pass.
Without grass, the people of Beihai would not be able to raise cattle and horses, nor would they be able to train cavalry, and people would starve to death.
The Haoyue Kingdom can destroy the Beihai Kingdom without a single soldier!"
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