The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 525: Misconduct
Chapter 525: Improper Conduct
“After a few years of careful training, I think he will be able to serve my sister.” Bai Qingping was full of confidence.
Whether a clan can prosper forever depends on how the clan leader leads it.
If the clan leader does not behave properly, the clan will naturally decline.
Now that Bai Qihe has taken the position of patriarch in managing the clan, he has turned his attention away from those ancient books and put all his focus on revitalizing the Bai clan, which seems to be quite effective at the moment.
“In this case, everyone in the clan can use it, but… we must nip it in the bud!”
After all, the people of the clan were rotten to the core. It is difficult to change a country’s nature, so Bai Qingyan had to use them but also had to be on guard against them.
Chuntao knelt in the carriage, busy lighting incense and making tea for Bai Qingyan. She also stuffed a turmeric-colored satin hidden bag embroidered with acacia flowers behind Bai Qingyan’s waist.
Bai Qingyan didn’t understand or care about what Bai Qingyan and Bai Qingping said. He just wanted to know how to serve them so that he would feel more comfortable.
Bai Qingping nodded: “Don’t worry, sister. Father has repeatedly reminded me that for the time being, I will only keep three brothers by my side. After a year or two, if these three brothers can be consistent and can be used by the clan and sister, I will bring them to see you. If they are not useful, I will send them to do some unimportant work.”
“You have always been prudent in your work, and I am very relieved.” Bai Qingyan looked at Bai Qingping riding on the horse and said, “You have been getting along well with Shen Yancong these days. If you have the chance, don’t leave any traces… Find out about the origins of the Shen family.”
Bai Qingping was stunned. It should not be difficult for Bai Qingyan to find out the origins of the prefect’s family, but Bai Qingyan suddenly asked Bai Qingping to find out from Shen Yancong. He knew that Bai Qingyan had some suspicions about the prefect’s family.
“I understand. Don’t worry, sister!” Bai Qingping nodded.
“Okay, don’t see me off. Let’s go back to the recruit camp.” Bai Qingyan said to Bai Qingping with a smile, “Thank you for your hard work!”
Bai Qingping nodded and did not insist. He rode to the side, saluted Bai Qingyan with a fist, and watched Bai Qingyan’s convoy leave. Bai Qingping then turned his horse back to the training ground, and took to heart Bai Qingyan’s instructions to find out the origins of the Shen family.
Lupin and Shen Qingzhu led the team. Not long after they left the city and entered the mountain road, Lupin, who was leading the team in the front, raised his hand to signal the team to stop.
Shen Qingzhu and Lupin, carrying small bags on their backs, turned their horses around and rode back to Bai Qingyan’s carriage. They saw that Bai Qingyan had already got off the carriage, jumped on the horse and took the reins handed to him by the guard.
Bai Qingyan pulled the reins and handed a letter to Lupin, then said to Lupin, “Uncle Ping, send someone to deliver this letter to General Cheng Yuanzhi and his men in Southern Xinjiang. You lead the team forward first, and I will follow.”
“yes!”
Chun Tao, who was standing beside the carriage, looked up at Bai Qingyan and reminded her worriedly, “Be careful, young lady!”
Bai Qingyan nodded.
After watching Bai Qingyan and Shen Qingzhu riding away along the path, Chuntao got on the carriage nervously. Lupin also sent someone to deliver the letter, and he rode forward to lead the team and move forward slowly.
What Bai Qingyan wrote in the letter was simply telling Cheng Yuanzhi that if he had any difficulties he could go directly to the prince for help. After all, in the prince’s eyes, the Bai family army was his private army, and he would certainly take good care of them.
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Ji Tingyu had been waiting at the agreed location for a long time. When he heard the sound of horse hooves, he popped his head out from a tall tree on the slope. Seeing that it was Bai Qingyan and Shen Qingzhu, who had changed into men’s clothes, Ji Tingyu hurriedly jumped down from the tall tree with his men and went forward to meet them.
Bai Qingyan saw Ji Tingyu rein in his horse, and saw Ji Tingyu hurried forward and knelt on one knee: “Miss!”
“Get up!” Bai Qingyan dismounted and looked at the Bai family guards who had been hiding in the mountains with Ji Tingyu for so many months. They were dark and thin but more energetic. He smiled and said, “They look much more energetic!”
Ji Tingyu’s eyes fell on Shen Qingzhu, and he smiled and nodded to greet her: “Miss Shen!”
Shen Qingzhu nodded and took the reins from Bai Qingyan. Bai Qingyan walked up the mountain with Ji Tingyu and said, “I brought Qingzhu here today and asked her to dress up as a man to help you train the new soldiers! Are you facing any difficulties now?”
Shen Qingzhu has a special identity. Before everything is fully prepared, the new recruits trained by Ji Tingyu must not be allowed to know that Shen Qingzhu… is the guard beside the Princess Bai Qingyan.
“According to the eldest lady’s instructions, we have concentrated on intensive training for these months without referring to the training methods of the Tiger Eagle Camp. We have roughly figured out the strengths of the soldiers. Now it is difficult to recruit soldiers. The southern and northern borders of Jin State have fought two consecutive wars, and the whole country is recruiting soldiers. The number of people we can recruit is limited.” Ji Tingyu frowned.
Bai Qingyan looked at Ji Tingyu and smiled: “The whole country is recruiting soldiers. Isn’t it a good time for us to recruit soldiers? The court ordered the recruitment, and the government soldiers were the first to bear the brunt. The reason why the government soldiers were willing to become government soldiers was because the court gave them land… and exempted them from taxes. But now it is not uncommon for the gentry to seize land. It is difficult for the government soldiers to survive without land. The court recruited soldiers one after another, and the government soldiers fled… We should find a way to bring them here!”
The team trained by Ji Tingyu is more about quality than quantity. Bai Qingyan asked Ji Tingyu to find out the strengths of the soldiers during training and select ten people into a team, with each person having his own strengths, complementing each other and cooperating with each other. Then this team will not only be able to fight in the mountains and capture cities, but as long as they are used properly in any battle, they can become feather arrows that penetrate into the enemy’s heavy shields!
Although this method does not have the convenience of conscription by the imperial court, it is still a good way to recruit manpower nowadays.
Moreover, Bai Qingyan had an extremely risky idea. Since Ji Tingyu and his men dared to rob the prince’s convoy and the princess’ convoy, why couldn’t they rob a newly recruited army?
When the Jin court recruited soldiers, it usually issued a conscription order and assigned military officers to go to the local areas with the order. After the recruitment was completed, the court would personally send the recruits to the major military camps for training and organization.
Ji Tingyu had obviously also thought of this method. He tried to sound out Bai Qingyan: “Miss, I want to…rob the conscription order and bring the soldiers back to my own territory.”
Bai Qingyan paused and turned her head to look at Ji Tingyu. Unexpectedly, Ji Tingyu thought the same thing as her: “Ji Tingyu, you are very brave!”
When Ji Tingyu saw the smile in Bai Qingyan’s eyes, he knew that Bai Qingyan agreed.
Their older girl was much braver than he thought.
“Shuoyang has never recruited soldiers because of the purpose of training troops and suppressing bandits, but… have you ever thought about how to bring back the recruits quietly after they were robbed from other places, and how to provide them with supplies along the way? And how to keep the recruits in the mountains and prevent them from leaving after they enter the mountains?” Bai Qingyan asked.
Ji Tingyu nodded, already having a perfect strategy in mind: “However, this requires the young lady to send someone to assist.”
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