The tyrant empress is my wife, I am invincible and have been hiding

"Control the flood in Ying County?"

Li Bing stood up. His slightly old face seemed to be very excited when he heard the word "flood".

Then he saw the young man beside him, laughing at himself, and said, "Father, we are helping the Western Shu Dynasty control floods, building the Nine-Turn Dam for Yunzhou City, and helping the Western Shu Dynasty irrigate thousands of miles of fertile farmland, harvesting hundreds of thousands of dan of grain every year. But just because you advised the Crown Prince a few words, you were dismissed from your post, and Liu Xie sent people to hunt you down. If it weren't for your good luck, I would have died in the Western Shu Dynasty. I don't want to repeat the same mistake."

The young man was Li Bing's son Li Yan. Six generations of his Li family's ancestors had dealt with floods and built ditches for the Western Shu Dynasty. They never expected that they would end up like this. He couldn't help feeling disheartened.

"Besides, we are from the Western Shu Dynasty. How could the Song Dynasty possibly use us?" Li Yan said as he continued to chop wood.

Shen San smiled faintly and said, "This little brother may not know yet? The guardian of our Song Dynasty is not from our Song Dynasty, but he is trusted by His Majesty and is in charge of the Song Dynasty. Our guardian is wise and brave. If you two are really capable and can control the flood in Ying County, you will definitely be promoted to high positions and have generous salaries in the future."

"You might as well go and ask around. Even in Yanyun County, which was just established in the Song Dynasty, the county governor, Chang Sun Ji, was not a native of the Song Dynasty."

"You two are capable people. My small firewood room in the secret chamber cannot display your abilities, nor is it a place for you to live for a long time."

After saying this, he handed the notice in his hand to Li Bing, turned around and walked out of the woodshed, saying: "If you are willing to go to Jinling City to pay a visit to the King of Zhenguo and control the flood in Ying County, you should quickly go to the account office to collect two hundred taels of silver as travel expenses, so as not to be late and be beaten to it by others."

Li Bing carefully looked at the notice handed over by Shen San, and Li Yan also came up. There was a fiery light in the depths of their eyes. They had been dealing with water for generations. They had heard about the flood in Ying County of the Song Dynasty. If it was really according to the notice, they were really tempted.

"Yan'er, why don't we go to Jinling City and give it a try? If that state guardian is really as Shen San said, then the Song Dynasty may be a place where we can use our skills in the future."

"Okay! If that doesn't work, we'll make another plan."

Li Yan was still young, so naturally he didn't want to spend his whole life chopping wood in the woodshed. The two of them tidied up their clothes and walked towards the accounting office in the secret chamber.

The accountant seemed to have known that the two would come, and handed the prepared package and two hundred taels of silver for travel expenses to Li Bing and Li Yan at the same time.

The two asked in surprise: "How do you know we will definitely come?"

"When my boss rescued you two, he knew that you were capable people and it was impossible for you to chop wood in the secret room for a long time. As soon as he saw the notice, he came to ask me to prepare packages and travel expenses for you." The accountant smiled and said.

"Thank your shopkeeper on behalf of my father and me. When we successfully control the flood in Ying County and receive the reward and salary from the court, I will return the two hundred taels of silver in full. Goodbye!"

Li Bing and Li Yan did not hesitate any longer and took the package. Two horses had been prepared for them outside the secret chamber. They mounted the horses and headed towards Jinling City.

"Master, can they really control the flood in Ying County?" Just after Li Bing and Li Yan left, Shen San walked out from behind the accounting office, staring at the two people's backs as they left, and the accountant appeared and asked.

“The flood in Ying County has existed for hundreds of years and is bound to be difficult to solve. But the Nine-Turn Dam that the two built for the Western Shu Dynasty is truly ingenious. Relying on this Nine-Turn Dam, the area around Yunzhou City of the Western Shu Dynasty with a radius of a thousand miles has been transformed from years of drought and widespread famine to an important city of the Western Shu Dynasty with thousands of miles of fertile land in just a dozen years.” Shen San naturally didn’t know whether Li Bing and his son could solve the flood in Ying County.

However, after his investigation, he found that both father and son were geniuses in water management and might be able to help their master solve his problems.

……

The capital of the Great Jin Dynasty, Dading City.

In the imperial palace.

Sima Zhao looked a little unhappy. He had thought that the Minister of War Sima Cuo could personally lead an army of 100,000 and recapture Tianyun City and flatten the Eighteen Cities of Yanyun in a few days.

Unexpectedly, almost a month had passed and the army led by Sima Cuo suffered successive setbacks and heavy losses outside Tianyun City.

In just one month, not only did they fail to recapture Tianyun City, but the 100,000-strong army was reduced to just over 30,000, and they were unable to even reach the city wall of Tianyun City.

"General, what is the situation in Tianyun City? Why has Sima Cuo been unable to capture Tianyun City?" Sima Zhao looked at the middle-aged man in armor on his left, who was Sima Hou, the general of the Great Jin Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, the defenders of Tianyun City got a very powerful crossbow from somewhere. It can shoot nine arrows each time, with a range of up to 300 meters. It has extremely strong lethality. Even a junior master may die if he is not careful in the face of dense arrows. It is simply a magical weapon for defending the city."

"According to Sima Cuo's reply, it is impossible to capture Tianyun City in the short term. We must ask the court to continue to send reinforcements."

Sima Hou walked to the center of the court, bowed slightly and spoke.

"Your Majesty, tens of thousands of troops have been unable to capture Tianyun City. The amount of food and grass required is huge. I am afraid that our Great Jin Dynasty cannot support it for a long time."

Before Sima Zhao could speak, the Minister of Revenue had already walked forward.

“Hmph! The battle is now intense. If we retreat rashly, we will completely lose Tianyun City. It will be extremely difficult to retake it in the future. Even if we have to collect food and grass across the country, we must continue to support Sima Cuo in the battle.” Sima Hou said angrily with a face full of anger.

"The money left in the national treasury is barely enough to support a few months of expenses. If we continue to supply Sima Cuo endlessly, the national treasury will be empty. If a disaster occurs anywhere, it will inevitably cause unrest." The Minister of Revenue obviously did not get along with Sima Hou and refused to give in.

Sima Zhao stretched out his hand, rubbed his temple, and said, "My two beloved ministers, there is no need to argue. Let me weigh the matter and then make a decision."

……

Jinling City.

In the imperial palace of the Song Dynasty, in the court.

Ye Feng looked at Yu Shouren and said, "Master Yu, issue my order. From today on, the Song Dynasty will establish an independent army, the Special Forces."

"We are calling for people with lofty ideals to join us. The recruitment conditions are that they must be under 30 years old and have reached the late stage of the acquired realm. As long as you are willing to join the special forces, you will receive a martial arts skill, 100 taels of silver, and training resources every year."

"If someone who has reached the level of a minor master joins, he can obtain a cultivation method and cultivation elixir, and in the future he can also receive guidance from a great master."

As Ye Feng's voice rang out, the civil and military officials in the court were shocked.

Regarding the condition proposed by Ye Feng, there are probably not many people in the entire Song Dynasty who can meet it.

It would be very difficult to establish this special forces.

But if this special forces army is really successfully formed, its future combat effectiveness will probably really shock Kyushu.