In the living room of the general's mansion.
Liu Mang, the self-appointed commander, naturally sat in the first seat, followed by Jiang Chenyan and Qin Youlian on his right, and the empress dowager and the little emperor on his left.
Many people below did not understand why this small city lord could sit in the first seat.
But since many bigwigs didn’t raise any opinions, what qualifications do they have to raise any?
"Oh! You northern barbarians are too stingy! What the hell are you eating?" Liu Mang poked the food on the table with a knife, his face full of disgust.
When everyone heard Liu Mang's words, the people from Taoyuan City also expressed their agreement.
It was either boiled mutton or boiled beef, with a few side dishes of unknown origin. Liu Mang lost his appetite at all.
This bastard, this filthy rascal, is he clearly trying to humiliate the Northern Barbarians?
Tata Xiumin was so angry that her teeth were itching.
"City Lord Liu, this is the northern grassland, and this is all the food we have. Please forgive me for the poor hospitality." Although he was angry, he still had to endure it.
"I'm sorry! That's not what I meant. I'm just not used to eating like this." Liu Mang also felt that he might have unintentionally hurt someone's self-esteem.
"Come here, immediately cook some dishes for this city lord so that everyone can taste them. Also bring up my treasured second brother's head."
"Yes, Commander!" A personal guard immediately responded and left.
"I'll treat you today. Is that okay with you, Sister Queen Mother?"
"Since everyone is not used to the food on our grassland, we can only let City Lord Liu make the arrangements!"
Although this is very disrespectful to the Northern Barbarians, what can the Northern Barbarian Queen Mother say? Do I dare to object?
This bastard brought out 50,000 Taoyuan troops this time. In the past, 5,000 of them were enough to turn the Northern Barbarians upside down. What about 50,000 now?
Alas! A weak country is a tragedy.
Seeing the empress standing by who didn't dare to say a word from beginning to end, Tata Xiumin felt a little relieved.
"Haha, that's a must. As the commander-in-chief, it's my duty to make sure everyone eats well."
Liu Mang "inadvertently" brought up the title of his self-proclaimed commander-in-chief.
Jiang Chenyan just drank tea with an expressionless face, letting Liu Mang act cool and show off.
"By the way, I wonder how many soldiers and horses the Queen Mother has?"
Tata Xiumin had no intention of hiding it.
"We already have 150,000 infantry and 50,000 cavalry stationed in the fortress."
"Oh! Not bad, it's still quite strong!"
"So what's the situation with the enemy recently?"
After all, I am the commander-in-chief, so I have to pretend to do this kind of thing.
"According to the spy report yesterday, Zhongyuan Continent has gathered no less than 1.5 million troops. As for how many monks have come, I don't know yet." Tata Xiumin said calmly.
"Hmm! One million and five hundred thousand?" Upon hearing this number, Liu Mang fell into deep thought.
Everyone was watching Liu Mang's expression out of the corner of their eyes, wanting to know how he would deal with the enemy.
He collected his thoughts and looked at Empress Qin Youlian on the side.
"Youlian, I want to build some roads. You should have no objection, right?"
"Yeah! It's up to you."
Qin Youlian's expression remained unchanged as she replied calmly.
She is a bit of a jerk now. The court of Dayan has been occupied by the self-proclaimed Peach Blossom Party. Those ministers who used to only cause trouble are now working as hard as they can.
All they talk about every day are banks, chambers of commerce, supporting farmers, and building water conservancy projects, as well as reviving the economy and keeping up with the pace of Taoyuan City.
The empress knew that all this was for their own benefit. As long as they did it well, they could make a fortune.
Moreover, after knowing that Liu Mang's cultivation was unfathomable, not to mention her, even the master tried his best not to offend Liu Mang.
Alas! Is my Great Yan Kingdom going to be handed over to someone else in my hands?
The empress felt a little sad.
If you want to save Da Yan, there is only one way to think about it, so that Da Yan may be able to survive.
Seeing that the empress looked uninterested, Liu Mang knew what she was worried about and didn't want to explain anything to her.
"Haha, that's fine!"
Liu Mang planned to capture more prisoners this time and use them to build several cement roads connecting Jiangnan and Dayan Capital.
In this way, the goods in Taoyuan City can be sold better, and it will be easier for things from outside to come into Taoyuan City.
It depends on how many people we can catch this time. We can’t catch many with just our 50,000 people.
then...
"Everyone, tomorrow my Taoyuan Army will lead the charge. What do you think?"
"ah?"
Representatives from the sects and small countries were a little surprised. Is this young man so kind?
"Now let me tell you one more thing. I need a large number of prisoners. Tomorrow, as soon as I defeat the enemy, you will go and capture them."
After hearing what Liu Mang said, those who had never seen the Taoyuan Army felt that City Lord Liu was a little too confident.
At least they have an army of more than one million. Even if they don't come up all at once, it's still several times the number of 50,000 troops, right?
What makes you so confident?
So no one showed too much enthusiasm, just watching him perform like a monkey.
Although the Empress and the Northern Barbarian Queen Mother believed Liu Mang's words, they did not show any special expression.
Liu Mang also knew that if there were no benefits, even his allies would not care too much about him.
"Listen carefully, everyone. I take prisoners for money. If you capture a prisoner for me, you can exchange it for 50 silver coins or food."
As soon as he finished speaking, the whole place became noisy and various discussions continued.
Especially the Queen Mother of Northern Barbarians and the Empress, their eyes lit up when they heard about silver coins and food.
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