Xianyu Infrastructure, I have a lot of troops in my hands

"What are you worried about, Prince? After all, the Black Stone Guards are paid by the emperor. After this battle, they will have to go back and continue guarding the border." Xie Xian had a smile on her face, but the smile did not reach her eyes.

"Besides, since Tongguan won't send out troops, what does it matter if there are a few thousand or eighteen thousand less?" Now there are three garrisons of the Black Stone Guards in Tongguan, each with 5,000 men. Xie Yun sent letters twice, wanting his brothers to return for rotation, but Yang Mao refused both times with excuses.

After what happened in Qionglou Village, Xie Xian has confirmed that there is something wrong with Yang Maoding. As long as that guy serves as the governor of Tongguan, he will be a time bomb to the Black Stone Guards.

The lady in red narrowed her eyes, frowned and said impatiently, "Or is there something so special about this Tongguan that makes the prince care so much about it?"

Li You was startled, thinking that the lady of the Xie family was very perceptive. He lowered his eyes, staring at the teacup on the low table, thinking that Xie Xian must not know about Yang Mao's affairs.

Otherwise, Yang Mao would betray us and open the door for the Jin people. If the two sides of Daxia go to war, that would be a real crisis.

Making plans with Uncle Wang was also the fundamental reason why Xie family's Black Stone Guard took action.

"Let me think of a solution." Li You had to compromise. Xie Xian was holding on to the army and refused to let go, which went against his original plan of borrowing troops.

It seems that the daughter of the Xie family will also be involved, so the number of people who will go to supervise the battle has to be reconsidered.

The involvement of the female ruler Xie Xian makes the matter more real, but also adds a few variables.

At first, they planned to ask Xie Xian to borrow a few thousand soldiers and go outside the Great Wall to provoke a war under the banner of Black Stone Guard. As long as the war was successful, the lives of those soldiers would not be within their consideration.

But if Xie Xian went, she would have to reconsider whether to bring back the people she had taken out, and historically there have been very few female rulers who went to the battlefield. If the female ruler of the Xie family died in this battle...

Li You looked at the pretty face in front of him and felt a little sorry. Why was such a beautiful girl so stubborn?

The two discussed for a long time and finally reached an agreement at sunset.

In addition to demanding autonomy for the Black Stone Guard, Xie Xian also asked for a lot of food, fodder, and horses. Most importantly, she extorted a sum of money on the pretext that it was too difficult. Are you kidding me, Xie Xian? How could she work for free?

When Xie Xian went back to pick up the Xie sisters, she had a smile on her face.

"Sister, did something good happen today? Why are you so happy?" Xie Minyan asked, holding a handful of tender lotus.

"I got a big order, and I'm happy to make money."

"Sister makes money, and I am happy too."

Xie Xian was thinking about what she was going to do next, and she looked at her heartless sister and tempted her: "Since Minyan is happy, why don't you come and help your sister!"

"Huh?" Xie Minyan took a step back warily, always feeling that Xie Xian's smile made her feel uneasy.

"Minyan has spent all her monthly allowance, right? There will be a reward for your help, sister!" She had to concentrate on preparing for the war, and also had to find someone to take over the accounts on hand.

In the end, how could the girl who loves shopping resist the temptation of making a big purchase before leaving?

Two days later, Xie Xian was sitting in the hall, holding Li You's handwritten letter in her hand. She looked at Jiu Zifu in front of her with a strange expression and said, "Are you the messenger sent by the prince?"

I was in a good mood that day, so I let this guy go. I didn't expect that this guy would come to me again today. So...

Jiu Zifu had a look of despair on his face. He didn't want to do that, but he was the only one around the prince who had some friendship with Xie Xian, so even if being beaten up could be considered friendship.

In order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, Li You will definitely send someone to watch over it. He agreed to Xie Xian's conditions, so Xie Xian must abide by the agreement, so it is normal to put someone from the Prince Xiang's Mansion here.

This concerns the reputation of the nobles, so no one mentioned it tacitly. Now, several boxes of silver came with Jiu Zifu, and the horses can only be obtained after Xie Xian returns to the north. In this way, Li You can be said to be sincere.

For this war that concerns the fate of the country, almost all the famous nobles in Daxia participated in it.

All cities in the north have begun to recruit soldiers and increase corvée labor. The south has been less affected, but the price of food has also risen a lot. The price of wood, cloth, bronze, etc. changes every day, and news keeps coming from the Dove Hall.

Xie Xian has been feeling irritated these past few days. Such a serious situation has disrupted the logistics plan she was about to push forward, and she doesn't know what the situation will be like when things calm down.

With anger growing in her heart, Xie Xian raised the corners of her mouth and slowly said, "Jiu Langjun, I heard that you used my information to make a fortune in the Xiangwang Mansion..."

Qingdai quietly walked out of the door. Well, it was because after the lady came back from boating, everyone's workload was several times higher than before, and the lady didn't sleep well these days.

As for the low pressure of facing the female monarch, Qingdai felt that Jiuzifu came at the right time. He could start work right after arriving, and it was also good to be a punching bag.

At the general accounting office of Xie Garden, Zuo Wei and Zuo Ci heard screams coming from the next room, looked at each other quickly, and said, "Ah!"

"Don't look at it anymore. Hurry up and finish the work at hand. We still need to calculate the grain prices later."

The busy crowd suddenly froze, lowered their heads, and made a clacking sound with their abacuses, but their ears couldn't help but prick up.

Tsk tsk, as expected, the lady has been in a bad mood these past two days, so everyone has been reporting very carefully. Look, someone finally ran into trouble.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Now that the lady had beaten someone else, they were safe.

"Mr. Zuo, are we really going to hand over the territory of Nanyang to someone else?" Most of the accounts they had handled in the past few days were about the industries in the south that the queen was handling. The dried fruit business in the south was transferred to a businessman named Jin at a low price.

Zuo Wei frowned: "This is the decision of the Queen. You must know that our Xie family's roots are in the north." Although the industry in the south is profitable, it cannot be taken away!

Even if there is a Pigeon Hall, how much energy will be required to manage it? Moreover, the Zhanlang Fleet will follow the Queen to the Huaihe River. Although they are sea vessels, a lot of shuttle ships have been collected.

Xu Ansheng asked, "If we follow the lady back to the north, can we bring our families with us?" He had inquired and found out that although the north was poor, Xie family would provide food and accommodation. He didn't want to have good food and accommodation in the north while his family had to suffer here.

Zuo Wei looked at him in surprise? Xu Ansheng was a man who was open-minded. To be honest, he had not been to the Northland yet. However, from the financial reports, it could be seen that the Xie family had good conditions there.

Moreover, the lady approved the construction of a new house for them two months ago. I think the living conditions for them should be better than they are now!

"The lady has assigned dormitories to everyone, but there should be houses in Que County." Not to mention there is something called housing provident fund. It is said that if you don't live in the dormitory but want to buy a house, the Xie family can also give you some subsidies for buying a house.