Chapter 157 Tea Room Meeting

Ming Heyuan had already prepared the tea, and Li Yunlin was playing chess with him with a smile on his face.

The two men made their moves very closely. After Yun Ju'an passed by, he did not say a word but just observed the two men's habits of making their moves.

The personalities of these two people can be seen from the chess game.

Li Yunlin is a cheerful and straightforward person, so he has his own way of playing chess, which is to attack head-on.

But Ming and Yuan are different. They are more meticulous and pay attention to the overall situation instead of just focusing on the local situation.

The two fought a round, and Li Yunlin lost, but he was not discouraged:

"Mr. Ming is indeed better at playing chess than I am. When it comes to deploying troops, maybe Mr. Ming has more experience than me."

Ming Heyuan said modestly: "I am just a little more serious in playing chess. My Lord is so brave, and he is also invincible in war."

Yun Zhuan looked at the two people bragging to each other and said, "Alright, alright, stop complimenting each other. I just came back, not to listen to you two bragging to each other."

"Is the son of Lord Ming better now after the doctor's treatment?"

Ming Heyuan was still very gentle: "I am much better now, Your Highness, don't worry."

"Have you thought about it?" Yun Ju'an took the tea poured by Li Yunlin, "Your wife has tasted the taste of being the husband of a prefect, but she has never tasted the taste of being a first-rank imperial minister. Lord Ming, don't you want to work hard for your beloved husband?"

Yun Ju'an was directly stuck on Ming and Yuan's wholehearted devotion to their husbands.

But it was just a joke.

Ming Heyuan smiled slightly: "That's exactly what I meant."

Yun Ju'an thought Ming Heyuan was going to reject her again. The tea she just drank almost choked her trachea. After savoring it with great difficulty, she found that today seemed a little different from the past.

"You agreed?" Yun Zhuan put down the teacup in a daze, "Do you know what you are saying?"

Ming Heyuan nodded, his eyes still calm: "I am willing to follow Your Highness with all my strength until the emergence of the prosperous era of Nanzhao!"

Yun Zhuan was ecstatic in his heart, but on the surface he still had a calm smile: "That couldn't be better."

"Your Highness, if you want to laugh, then laugh." Li Yunlin was casual and put the cake in front of Yun Zhuan again, "Eat a piece of cake. In the future, the money you earned from buying the cake will be used to sell cold weapons."

Yun Zhuan laughed and raised his eyebrows, "Could it be that I can't even afford to provide you with a little snack?"

Are you kidding?

But it was just a joke. After confirming the matter, the two began to discuss where to start.

The territory of Nanzhao was not small, which proved the ability of the female rulers of Nanzhao to defend the country.

"Where is Mr. Bai waiting for us?" Ming Heyuan asked. She knew that Yun Zhuan went to Wenshan Mohai this time because he was worried about Mr. Bai. "Is Mr. Bai in good health?"

Yun Zhuan nodded and said, "Mr. Bai, please wait for us in Yuan County. Once we take Yuan County, we will have money. Many of the merchants we recruited earlier are from Yuan County, so it won't be difficult."

"It's good that Your Highness has a plan, but fighting this war is not a difficult matter. Although I have an army, the number of people is only 2,000. Perhaps I need to merge people from many states to make up an army of 10,000." Li Yunlin has always been very meticulous in military considerations. "Perhaps Your Highness needs to go around and lobby more."

Yun Ju An's eyebrows furrowed: "Why is your army so small?"

Generally speaking, a prefect should have about 5,000 people under him, but the prefect of Qingzhou only had 2,000.

Yun Ju'an didn't understand.

Li Yunlin scratched his head and said, "This is not the military pay sent down by the people above. There is a shortage of one level after another. Therefore, in order to ensure that the soldiers below have enough food, a lot of people have been laid off."

"That's all?" Yun Zhuan laughed. "I'll pay for it. Anything that can be solved with money is not a problem."

"Just use your title as the governor of Qingzhou to find people. Hide the extra people in the mountains for me. Train them well. They will be useful in the future. Don't make too much noise. Entering and leaving Qingzhou will also be strictly controlled. Do you understand?"

Li Yunlin nodded: "Should I go to Jiang Shinian to ask for money?"

Yun Zhuan shook his head and said, "When Jiang Shinian left, he left me a sum of money. In my room, there are about 17 or 18 boxes of gold. You can take whatever you want."

Because the money in Nanzhao is not reliable, it is more reassuring to hold the money in one's own hands.

Li Yunlin was surprised by Yun Ju'an's generosity. She actually didn't know how much money Yun Ju'an had, but she felt that her lavish life was just the tip of the iceberg.

After they finished talking, Yun Fushang waited outside:

"Jiaojiao, now that you're back, why don't you take a rest for a while?"

Yun Yu'an looked at the unfamiliar faces in the mansion and asked: "When did so many new people come to the house?"

"He is a new servant recruited by Lord Su." Yun Fushang explained.

"Go out for a walk? We haven't talked for a long time." Yun Zhuan didn't feel tired. She looked up at Yun Fushang and found that Yun Fushang was staring at her neck carefully. "What's wrong?"

Yun Fushang looked gloomy and unhappy: "Your neck..."

Yun Zhuan then realized that some of the powder she had used had fallen off, revealing tiny pink scars.

"It's just a small moth." Yun Ju'an didn't mind and pulled Yun Fushang to the street. "Sister, are there any new and interesting things in Qingzhou recently?"

Yun Fushang finally softened her expression and said, "There is a small corner in the southeast, and there are many good-looking slaves here recently. Are you interested in this?"

"Little slaves?" Yun Ju'an was interested in whether they looked good or not. "Then let's go and have a look. I still have some money anyway."

southeast corner.

There really were a lot of people, including wealthy-looking women and some older women. Anyway, most of the customers were women. A small number of male customers also wore masks and followed behind the women, making it impossible to discern their real faces.

Yun Ju'an frowned. The scene before her made her feel a little nauseous.

Men with thin shirts and bare chests were locked in cages. Their skin was fair and rosy. Iron chains were hung on the cages, and their hands were handcuffed so that tourists could come and see the slaves' appearance and bodies, and to prevent them from being shy and disobedient.

Most of the men here are very good-looking, and those with big manners will be bought by rich women to be concubines, while the latter are actors.

Find ways to play or have fun.

Yun Yu'an looked around and took her sister for a walk. She actually saw someone who made her feel incredible.

"Sister, go over there and take a look." Yun Yu'an squeezed her sister's hand, "Okay?"

(End of this chapter)