The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 1044: the time has come
Chapter 1044 The Time Has Come
Ever since Bai Qingyan learned about the Tianfeng Kingdom, he has always been wary of it…
The Tianfeng Kingdom is able to forge indestructible weapons, but has remained peaceful in the country for so many years. It can be said that the monarch is content with the status quo. But now it is known that the Tianfeng Kingdom has an elephant army, and it has begun to prepare furs for the elephant army long ago. At a time when Dayan and Dazhou are eyeing Xiliang covetously, why did it send an elephant army to Xiliang?
Could it be that he was willing to pay such a huge price and fight for Xiliang just to gain a little benefit from Xiliang? The monarch of Tianfeng Kingdom is a saint… Could it be that all the court officials are saints?
Bai Qingyan asked Yue Shi to deliver the news to Xiao Rongyan so that Xiao Rongyan could prepare in advance. Or maybe she was worrying too much, and with Xiao Rongyan’s large intelligence network, it is possible that he has already received the news.
“Go!” Bai Qingyan said to Yue Shi, “Send the message back as soon as possible. If it’s too late, I’m afraid the Tianfeng Kingdom’s elephant army will move!”
“Yes!” Yue Shi clasped his fists and left the hall, hurriedly leaving and delivering the news to Dayan.
After Yue Shi left, Bai Qingyan shouted, “Someone come!”
Wei Zhong heard the voice and walked in: “Your Majesty…”
Bai Qingyan lowered his eyes, unfolded a piece of parchment, picked up the pen and dipped it in ink: “Let Lupin come here quickly!”
“Yes!” Seeing Bai Qingyan’s calm expression, Wei Zhong immediately sent someone to call Lupin.
Bai Qingyan sat behind the desk, thought for a moment, wrote the last few words on the parchment, put it into the mailbox, and then Lupin came in, panting.
“Uncle Ping…” Bai Qingyan stood up, walked around the table and came to Lu Ping, and handed the mailbox to Lu Ping, “Uncle Ping, I don’t trust others, you take our Bai family and quickly go to Rongdi to find Ayu, and tell Ayu… it’s time for him to go home!”
When Lupin heard this, his eyes suddenly became wet. He took the letter tube and clenched it tightly: “Yes! I will take people to find the fifth master right away! The eldest lady is pregnant now, so please take care of yourself. When you go out, you must let Wei Zhong follow you!”
Wei Zhong’s martial arts skills are unfathomable. Lupin can only feel at ease when Wei Zhong is protecting Bai Qingyan.
“Don’t worry, I know what I’m doing.” Bai Qingyan said.
Watching Lupin leave quickly, Bai Qingyan clenched his fists at his side. The situation has changed, and the previous strategy against Xiliang can no longer be used. The only way is to let Xiliang and Tianfeng know that Rongdi is already the territory of Da Zhou. If Tianfeng and Xiliang want to take action against the most powerful country, Da Zhou, they have to think twice.
Afterwards, Bai Qingyan quietly left the palace with light luggage and took a carriage to the military camp to check on these giant beasts.
Taiwei Lu, Shen Situ Shen Jingzhong, Sikong Dong Qingping, Shangshu of the Ministry of War Zhang Duanning and Shangshu of the Ministry of Revenue Wei Bugong appeared outside the city gate of Dadu City one after another. After greeting each other, they asked questions… They were all confused. They only knew that His Majesty asked them to go to the military camp, but they didn’t know what to do in the military camp.
Soon, sixteen luxurious carriages were seen coming out of the city gate. Bai Jinzhi, Fu Ruoxi, Xie Yuchang and Wei Zhong, who were dressed in casual clothes, rode on horses in the front. Guards in brown robes were riding horses and carrying swords beside the carriages to protect them.
Bai Jinzhi pulled the reins and walked forward, and several adults hurriedly saluted Bai Jinzhi.
She dismounted and returned the greetings to the gentlemen, then said, “Grand Marshal, Minister of the Interior, Minister of Works, and the two Ministers of the Imperial Secretariat, Your Majesty invites the five gentlemen to board the carriage. We still have some distance to go to the military camp, and Your Majesty has important matters to discuss with you on the way.”
After hearing what Bai Jinzhi said, General Lu nodded, and got on the carriage with the other four adults. After paying their respects to Bai Qingyan, they all knelt down opposite the table.
Seeing this, Bai Jinzhi shouted loudly: “Let’s go…”
The carriage started to move slowly. Chuntao, who was kneeling beside it, was busy pouring tea for the adults. Then she knelt obediently behind Bai Qingyan with a respectful attitude.
“Your Majesty is so anxious to ask us to come here, but something happened in southern Xinjiang?” General Lu was extremely perceptive.
Bai Qingyan placed the letter sent back by Bai Qingqi on the table and pushed it in front of the five adults: “Look, everyone. This is what Aqi sent back.”
After several adults got together and read the letter carefully, they were quite surprised. Taiwei Lu looked up at Bai Qingyan and said, “I, an old minister of Tianfeng State, have heard of it, but… this elephant army, can elephants really be trained into an army?”
“Of course you can…” Bai Qingyan nodded, “I got the news as early as the beginning of September that the Queen of Xiliang went to Tianfeng Kingdom for help. Tianfeng Kingdom not only has indestructible weapons, but also has a large number of elephants. So I sent someone to send a message to Hancheng and asked Fuguojun to send elephants and elephant trainers. They are in the military camp now, so I will take a few adults to have a look.”
Taiwei Lu stroked the letter in his hand and asked, “The elephant army is now lingering on our border. Does this mean that war is about to start?”
“I don’t think so…” Shen Jingzhong said, “Da Zhou is now the strongest country among Xiliang, Rongdi, and Dayan. I guess… Xiliang is afraid that Rongdi will go to war with Xiliang, and Da Zhou is taking advantage of the situation and asking Tianfeng Kingdom to come to its aid and use the elephant army to intimidate Da Zhou! After all… what can Xiliang give to Tianfeng Kingdom now?”
“Land, population, and fine horses!” Wei Bugong, the Minister of Revenue, frowned and said, “Isn’t this what the nations fought for? Especially the location of Tianfeng. Although it is isolated by snow-capped mountains and deserts, it does not have arable land like Xiliang, and it is not like… our Great Zhou and Yan are all plains.”
After hearing about the Tianfeng Kingdom, Wei Bugong became interested and looked up a lot of information in detail: “I’m afraid… the Tianfeng Kingdom’s elephant army has entered Xiliang and even reached the border of our Great Zhou. This Xiliang is no longer the Xiliang that the Xiliang Queen and the eight major families of Xiliang can rule!”
Since ancient times, those who control the army are the strong. Wei Bugong also guessed that… the Queen of Xiliang must have let a wolf into the house. After all… the Elephant Army is now in Xiliang, and it will only take a moment for the Tianfeng Kingdom to take over Xiliang.
“So I think that maybe the Tianfeng Kingdom has already regarded Xiliang as its own private territory, and intends to rely on the elephant army to seize the fertile land and people of other countries!” Wei Bugong finished speaking, as if he was afraid that Bai Qing would not believe it, and said, “After all, if the Tianfeng Kingdom has no intention of conquering other countries, why would it spend so much effort on the elephant army? Defending the city… the elephant army is not needed! Unless the two armies are facing each other and need the elephant army to break the formation and break the city.”
Wei Bugong looked at Bai Qingyan and said, “But even so… it is very expensive to raise an elephant army. Just to protect themselves from being bullied by other countries, they will never raise too many! Tianfeng is rich, but its location means that food… is not that abundant! However, Tianfeng raises a large number of elephants, and they also provide armor and furs for them! Their intentions are obvious.”
Zhang Duan Ning also nodded: “What a huge beast, the elephant is made of fur… and armor. If you say that such a country has no intention of conquering other countries, I don’t believe it!”
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