Chapter 0108 Time
Xiao Rong returned the pillow to Qu Yunmie, and then went out to deal with other things. Qu Yunmie was originally full of thoughts, but as soon as his head touched the pillow, his neck tilted and he fell asleep. …
Although Qu Yunmie has not reached the abnormal level of Yu Shaocheng who only needs to sleep for two hours a day, he is also gifted in sleeping. One sleep of his is equivalent to three sleeps of others. After waking up, no matter how tired he is, he disappears without a trace.
Sitting on the bed, looking at the cool night outside, Qu Yunmie was silent for a moment, then pushed the door and walked out.
In late autumn and early winter, the night temperature in Shengle has reached around zero degrees Celsius, and can even drop below zero when the wind blows. This is something Xiao Rong, a child who grew up in the warm south, cannot stand. No matter how cold the south is, at most his nose will be frozen red, but he will never feel like the north wind turns into an ice knife, whistling and cutting your face.
During the days in the military camp, he never went out at night unless it was necessary. …
Qu Yunmie was of course not going to look for Xiao Rong at this time. If he was going to look for Xiao Rong, he would remember to put on a cloak, so that Xiao Rong wouldn't nag about old cold legs, rheumatism, arthritis, swollen joints as soon as he saw him...
Qu Yunmie came out to look for Yuan Baifu. *
Although he insisted on his own opinion, Xiao Rong's words still affected him a little, so he tried to make amends for himself for the first time. He wanted to explain to Yuan Baifu why he did so.
He waved his hand and asked Dongfang Jin to go in and find him some good wine. Dongfang Jin turned around and went into the wine cellar of the Xianbei Palace and brought out the strong liquor that the Xianbei emperors were reluctant to drink.
Qu Yunmie wanted to drink, and Yuan Baifu naturally had no objection. Qu Yunmie didn't ask anyone else to help him, he knocked open the mud seal himself and poured himself a full glass.
After taking a sip, Qu Yunmie barely managed to spit it out. …
Is this wine?! This is too strong!
Qu Yunmie's martial arts skills were the best in the world, but he was a real noob when it came to drinking. Apart from being able to get back some ground from Xiao Rong, when he drank with others, it was almost always others who gave in to him.
Seeing this, Yuan Baifu poured himself a glass. He raised the glass and drank half of it in one breath. He still looked the same as before.
Qu Yunmie: “…”
As slow as he was, he finally felt Yuan Baifu's unhappiness. After a moment of silence, Qu Yunmie said, "After returning to Chenliu, I plan to recruit soldiers from all over the world." Yuan Baifu looked up.
Qu Yunmie lowered his eyes and continued, "How to place the Xianbei prisoners of war has always been a problem. Once the Khitan is defeated, this problem will be solved. I will order the Khitan prisoners of war to guard the Western Regions, and the Xianbei prisoners of war to guard the Khitan border and the Nanshui area. This time I owe a favor to the Kumo Xi, so I can't be too harsh on them, but the Xianbei people don't have to worry about this. If the Kumo Xi have rebellious intentions, I'm sure these prisoners of war will be happy to use the Kumo Xi's blood as a sacrifice."
At this point, Qu Yunmie raised his head and looked at Yuan Baifu: "After the territory is expanded, 500,000 is not enough. 800,000 or even 1 million may be enough for me. The emergence of new troops will inevitably cause unrest in the old troops. If we still maintain the original system, the two will probably end up in a confrontation. This is not what I want to see."
Yuan Baifu spoke slowly: "So the king must first disrupt the old army and muddy the waters, so that the new army can integrate more smoothly."
Qu Yunmie smiled: "Not bad."
One million is a bit of an exaggerated number, as the logistics and farming soldiers should also be counted in. If one really wants to reach the number of one million, he probably has to wait until Qu Yunmie takes over Nanyong. He himself knows this, so what he said was actually for Yuan Baifu to hear, to let him know his determination and understand his approach.
Yuan Baifu is a smart man, at least smarter than Jian Qiao and others. He always understands things at a glance. Qu Yunmie doesn't need to explain his meaning completely, he already understands it.
He also smiled at Qu Yunmie: "To be honest with you, my king, I am a little sad to separate these old subordinates who have traveled with me for so many years, but if it is for the sake of your king's great cause, I will no longer think so."
Qu Yunmie suddenly snorted and laughed: "Great cause."
He took another sip of the throat-burning wine, then looked at Yuan Baifu: "Who could have thought that one day I would embark on the path of competing for supremacy in the world? This year... passed like a dream, and today is here in the blink of an eye. Do you still remember the ambitions I had when I was young?"
Hara Baifu: "The king has already done it."
Qu Yunmie shook his head: "It wasn't that they destroyed the Xianbei, it was when my brother was still alive, on the tower of Yanmen Pass."
After being reminded, Yuan Baifu dug out a scene of a certain day from his faded memory. They were all teenagers who had not officially joined the army. The guards of Yanmen Pass were not as respectful to them as they were today. If they were found climbing the city wall privately, the guards would notify Gao Xunzhi, and Gao Xunzhi would come and take them all back and make them copy books one by one as punishment.
At that time, Gao Xunzhi was not the good guy in the army, but Qu Dong was. This young general, who was a few years older than them, was not only Qu Yunmie's brother, but also the big brother respected by these little guys.
Everyone admires Qu Dong, except Qu Yunmie, who always goes against Qu Dong and clamors that he will be the number one general in the Zhenbei Army in the future. By then, Gao Xunzhi will be on equal footing with him, and Qu Dong will no longer be able to control him. He can only sit in the house every day like Sun Renluan, sighing with a sad face.
The laughter and arrogance of those years seemed like a layer of honey when recalled now. Yuan Baifu pursed his lips and smiled, then spoke of the ambition Qu Yunmie had made that day: "The king said that from now on you will be the general, and the three of us will be the lieutenant generals beside you. You can turn those who don't obey you into junior generals. In the future, we will fight together and be invincible in the world, attack the Western Regions, destroy the Northern Hu, conquer the South China Sea, and go to India."
Qu Yunmie himself was amused. The big talk of youth really sounded like a joke when he listened to it again when he was older. But he was serious about one thing, and it never changed: "You three are like brothers to me. When I was the general, you were my lieutenant generals. When I was the King of Zhenbei, you were the generals beside me. If one day, I really obtain the throne of the Lord of the World, then you three will be the new King of Zhenbei beside me."
"I have never forgotten the oath we made when we were young. After my brother leaves, you will be my last brothers. I will never treat you harshly."
Yuan Baifu looked at Qu Yunmie for a long time, then he stood up and half-knelt in front of Qu Yunmie: "Thank you for your consideration, Your Majesty. I have no way to repay your kindness."...*
After all, he was still on the march, so Qu Yunmie didn't dare to drink too much. After finishing that cup of wine, he went out.
When he came back and passed by Xiao Rong's place, Qu Yunmie looked a little tipsy, but he still remembered to walk lightly.
He was not afraid of waking Xiao Rong up, but was afraid that Xiao Rong would suddenly jump out and settle accounts with him. …
No matter what, he used this glass of wine to promise three thrones at once. He was worried that Xiao Rong would be so angry that he would go crazy after knowing it.
But no matter how powerful Xiao Rong was, he couldn't have the ability to see and hear from afar. At this moment, Xiao Rong was sleeping soundly inside, and no one knew what evil thing Xiao Rong had done again.
Until they passed the last stone brick, there was no other movement from Xiao Rong's side. Qu Yunmie immediately breathed a sigh of relief and strode back.
After Qu Yunmie left, Yuan Baifu drank the entire jar of wine, one cup after another.
After all, he was just a man from the Central Plains. Unlike the Xianbei people who were born to love drinking strong liquor, after drinking the whole jar of wine, he felt very uncomfortable, as if his stomach was burning. He stood up staggeringly and wanted to go back to the bed, but he was careless and overturned the jar of wine. The jar fell to the ground, but it did not break. It just spun several times due to gravity. It spun very fast at first, then slowly slowed down, and finally swayed twice at a slightly dangerous angle, but still could not stand, and just lay quietly on the carpet.
Yuan Baifu looked at the wine jar, supported his heavy body, walked over, picked up the jar, and threw it hard to the opposite side.
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