After the failed attempt to pretend to be dead, the sickly child was favored by the treacherous mini

The psychological defense line has been broken, and Shangshu Sun has no choice but to put all the property of the national treasury on the table:

"I beg your Majesty to forgive me. The treasury has only about 200,000 taels of silver available now. If I put it into the military camp, it will only last for three or four months."

If you want to destroy a small border country within three months, there is indeed a feasible way.

But it is a pipe dream to build a ship in three months and sail thousands of miles across the ocean to drive out the Japanese pirates.

Unless God sends down fire from the sky and burns all the Eastern Japanese people and their land.

Xia Hong has never been used to being patient with such useless ministers.

The Buddhist beads in his hand were smashed directly onto Shangshu Sun's head. The black gauze hat fell to the ground, rolled a few times, and was blown back to Shangshu Sun's feet by the cold wind.

A chill rose from his heels, and Minister Sun felt that what fell to the ground was not his black hat, but his head.

Was he just beheaded by Xia Hong?

"Xiao Linzi, transfer 500,000 taels from my private treasury and hand it directly to Han Zhou. I will see and record every penny of this money spent."

The money for marching and fighting is too important, so important that no one can afford to embezzle even a penny of it.

Han Zhou's young spirit of getting to the bottom of things is now believable.

For Xia Hong, internal strife can occur and people can fight each other behind closed doors.

But in the face of external chaos, we must work together.

But there are too many parasites in the Great Xia Dynasty. What they think in their minds is that the country can be destroyed but their own interests must not be harmed.

Seeing Xia Hong start to spit out silver, Minister Sun naturally breathed a sigh of relief, and even forgot to beg for mercy for his eldest son who was sent to the battlefield.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace."

Xia Hong was looking at the man kneeling in front of the hall, his back showing a bit of limpness, and it was extremely jarring.

"I have advanced the money to the national treasury, and the national treasury must find a way to return it to me as soon as possible."

"All expenses after the war against the Japanese pirates will be paid from the national treasury. If your national treasury cannot keep up, you can die to pay for your sin."

Minister Sun looked up at Xia Hong with surprise. It was neither the time for spring harvest nor the time for autumn harvest. Where could he get the money?

Although he had doubts in his heart, Minister Sun did not speak.

He always felt that he should give Xia Hong some time to think through the whole thing.

If you think it through, you won't keep holding on to him.

When Han Shu assembled the Tiger Army overnight and marched to the Luoan city gate, it was still dark and a drizzle was falling.

The people of Luoan City are now immersed in the beautiful dream of the New Year. They don’t know yet that their land is being invaded by Japanese pirates.

The people of the East Territory are suffering from disasters. Let alone the New Year, even if they just want to survive, they have to do their best.

But Han Shu hoped that these sufferings would never happen in other counties in Daxia.

Looking back towards Luoan City, the only one who came to see them off was Marquis Zhongqin, who was walking towards them on his own strength, leaning on a crutch.

Their father had difficulty walking and on rainy days he would suffer so much pain that he couldn't sleep the whole night.

Their father is old, with half of his black hair turned white, and he looks much older than the nobles in this divine capital.

Their father had not remarried for many years. He must have thought that after raising his two children, they would be able to meet his wife in a clean manner.

Han Shu and her brother dismounted and knelt down before Marquis Zhongqin.

Marquis Zhongqin was solemn and there was no sign of weakness.

He bent down and helped his two children up. Although he had thousands of words in his heart, he only said one sentence in the end: "Dad is in the capital, waiting for you to go home and burn incense for your mother."

Marquis Zhongqin turned and left. A thin figure got off the carriage, bowed to Marquis Zhongqin first, and then walked up to the siblings.

Han Shu and Xie Nanxing smiled at each other, then rode their horses to inspect the baggage.

She had never met Xie Nanxing formally, but she had always known him.

This is a man who, in her brother's heart, is as important as his life.

Xie Nanxing handed a cotton coat made of very ordinary material to Han Zhou and patted Han Zhou's arm twice.

Although Xie Nanxing's attack was very powerful, it was nothing to Han Zhou.

"Xie Nanxing, wait for me to come back, I will be your backer."

Xie Nanxing smiled and shook his head: "Come back safely."

His voice was very low: "Don't make yourself suffer. This is a matter of great importance. If you can't bear it, feel free to come to me. We can bear it together."

The army moved forward with the carriage door wide open. Xie Nanxing stood in the front room of the carriage. Also sitting in the carriage was Shen Jinmo, who insisted on going with him.

The couple watched the departure of the 30,000 advance troops as the carriage headed back to the city.

He opened the window and looked back: "Shen Jinmo, the carriage behind us is from Xun Xiangfu."

"It's Xun Lan." Shen Jinmo glanced at the wheelchair armrests: "Hold the heater, be careful not to catch a cold."

Xie Nanxing obediently held the heater in his hand: "Is he here for me or for Xia Ling?"

Shen Jinmo thought this was a really good question: "Of course, I came here at the call of the Crown Prince."

After all, those among the younger generation who will be able to establish themselves in the army in the future have already been revealed on the chessboard.

Considering Xia Ling's current situation, military power is the most important thing to him.

Xie Nanxing fed Shen Jinmo a cup of hot tea: "Why do you think so?"

Shen Jinmo rarely uses such ambiguous words.

"If you had come here only on the orders of the Crown Prince, you shouldn't have let us see your whereabouts in front of the three armies."

The goodwill should be shown before selecting the generals.

Today, Xun Lan wanted to send Han Shu away.

On the first day of the arrival of the Huwei Army, without any hesitation, the entire army slaughtered a looting group of more than 2,000 people from the Eastern Japan before setting up camp.

After this demonstration, Han Shu never adopted the method of confronting the Japanese pirates head-on again, but instead fought a guerrilla warfare with the Japanese pirates intermittently.

The Japanese pirates have been entrenched in the Eastern Territory for several years and know much more about the Eastern Territory than they do. These two months have been a time for them to test each other and find out the bottom line.

The voice of a spy coming to report came from outside the house: "Report."

Han Shu sat in the coach's seat: "Go in."

The spy knelt on one knee and said, "General Han, General Han, the fishermen on the front line have sent a message. According to their fishing experience over the years, there may be tens of thousands of reinforcements from the Eastern Japanese heading towards the eastern border."

The people who live by the sea have been dealing with the Eastern Japanese for many years, and they always know more about fish schools and hydrological trends than their land warfare divisions.

Taking advantage of the fishermen's fishing to carry out spy work was the first decision Han Shu made after arriving in the East.

Now it seems that it was correct.

"How long until arrival?"

The spy replied, "They are traveling day and night to return, and they estimate that they will arrive in more than a month."

"Probe again and report again."