Ning Dexun's face looked very ugly. He hadn't smiled since he came out of the Western Xia palace.
Back at the consulate in the concession, Guo Bei came up to him and asked, "Master Ning, how is it going?"
Ning Dexun cupped his hands and said with a haggard look, "I'm so ashamed. I couldn't get things done. Xixia didn't agree to send troops. They just said they wanted to discuss it and told us to come back and wait."
"Hey, these bastards, I finally understand. They're just waiting and watching, and they'll help whoever wins!" Guo Bei was so angry that he kicked over a bucket nearby, turned around on the ground twice, and said with gritted teeth, "I only regret that I'm not in the capital right now, otherwise I would definitely kill all those Liao and Jin people!"
Ning Dexun frowned and said, "Master Guo, we can't be impatient right now. We still need to take a long-term view. Why don't I take some gifts and visit some nobles to see if I can get them to say a few good words for me?"
"That's all we can do. Thanks to Lord Lao Ning."
"Lord Guo, you are too kind. We are all working for the court and for the Great Qi. There is no such thing as hard work or not. Lord Guo, you should be more careful during this period. I have a feeling that there may be some problems in our concession."
"Okay, then I'll send more patrols. Also, this is an emergency, so you should bring more people with you when you go out."
"I will definitely bring the people with me, but Lord Guo, there's no need to be so nervous. Even if Liao Jin is so powerful, they can't possibly attack me in the capital of Western Xia."
Ning Dexun made some preparations and soon went out with many gifts.
At this time, Fan Zeng walked out of a room and saw Guo Bei with a worried look on his face. He smiled and said, "Master Guo, there is no need to be so. With Master guarding the capital, the Liao and Jin are just a mere threat. There is nothing to be afraid of."
"That's true, but I heard that Liao and Jin have at least 300,000 men this time, while our Great Qi only has 20,000 soldiers defending the city. The disparity is quite a big one!"
As he spoke, he pounded the pillar beside him and said, "It's all the fault of that good-for-nothing, the eldest prince. 150,000 soldiers were so easily killed outside by this idiot. Moreover, even Bazhou City was captured by the enemy. It's simply stupid!"
After hearing this, Fan Zeng raised his eyebrows and said, "Master Guo, please be careful with your words. Even if we are in Western Xia now, some things should not be said carelessly. After all, we are subjects."
Guo Bei nodded, feeling unlucky.
Seeing this, Fan Zeng could only console him by asking, "Master Guo, haven't you been to the Chinese Academy of Sciences for a long time?"
"Yes, ever since the Four Cities incident ended, I haven't been able to properly visit the Chinese Academy of Sciences again, but I was assigned an important task by the National Master to come here to handle something."
Fan Zeng nodded in understanding and said, "That's right, Lord Guo may not know that the Chinese Academy of Sciences has recently invented many new weapons with terrifying lethality. With these weapons, it would be a pipe dream for the Liao and Jin to capture the capital of the Great Qi."
As he said this, Fan Zeng couldn't help but recall the new weapon experiment scene he had seen. The sea of fire and various powerful explosions told him that this was not a power that humans could possess.
With the support of various magical artifacts, he didn't believe that the capital of Da Qi could not withstand it.
"So instead of worrying about this kind of thing here, why not focus on our own duties first? I suspect some of the Xixia nobles will be ready to make a move during this period, so we should keep an eye on the concession."
Since Fan Zeng said so, Guo Bei felt relieved.
He believed that Lu Chen could always create a miracle, but he was not sure how big the miracle would be.
"Okay, then I'll go make some arrangements and add more patrol men." He shouted at the top of his voice: "Guma? Ningguma? Where are you? Go and gather the men quickly and follow me out!"
Guma, or to be more precise, Ningguma, dressed in the standard attire of a Daqi person, came out from another room holding a book and asked, "Master Guo, what are your instructions?"
Looking at the young man in front of him who spoke politely and had precise gestures, Guo Bei couldn't help but sigh once again at the horror of cultural invasion.
In just a short period of time, a young man who was born and raised in Western Xia is about to become a more standard Da Qi person than them.
To be honest, the current Da Qi Mandarin spoken in Ningguma is more standard than the pronunciation in Guobei.
"Get dressed and come with me. We think there might be some issues with the interface during this period."
Ningguma quickly put down the book in his hand and said, "Please wait a moment, sir. I will be back soon."
Soon, the neatly dressed Ningguma came to Guo Bei's side, and even his men came.
With sufficient food, these young men in front of us are much stronger than at the beginning, and their energy and spirit are completely different.
Guo Bei told his concerns, omitting any possible political considerations of the Xixia nobles.
After hearing this, Ningguma said on the spot: "Please rest assured, sir. With us here, no one dares to cause trouble in the concession. I know those Xixia people too well. They have the habit of bullying the weak and fearing the strong ingrained in their bones. Once they get a beating and know how powerful we are, they won't dare to cause trouble anymore."
Yes, ever since following Ning Dexun's surname, Ningguma has completely regarded himself as a member of the Da Qi people.
Not to mention him, even his subordinates no longer consider themselves ordinary Xixia people.
They are a brand new class working for Da Qi and they eat the imperial rations provided by the people of Da Qi.
Now, whenever they bring their salary home, it always causes exclamations from the whole family.
Their living standards have left most of the Xixia people behind.
Everyone knows very well how their current happy life came about, so if anyone wants to destroy the concession, they will be the first to disagree!
Guo Bei nodded in satisfaction and said, "Okay, I'll leave these matters to you. Go!"
After Ningguma and the others left, Guo Bei sighed to Fan Zeng beside him, "Master Imperial Master is right. Cultural invasion is truly terrifying."
Fan Zeng nodded calmly and said, "Master is always right!"
But just when Fan Zeng was about to continue to flatter him, Ningguma, who had already left, ran back with a panicked look on his face.
After entering the room, he cried out in a sobbing voice, "My Lords, something bad has happened! My foster father...my foster father has been assassinated!"
What!
Guo Bei's eyes instantly turned red. He could never have imagined that Ning Dexun would be in trouble! So soon?
What made Guo Bei even more furious was that someone else ran in and shouted, "Oh no, sir! Xixia soldiers are forcibly breaking into our concession under the pretext of arresting criminals!"
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