The White-haired Queen

Wen Lanyue asked the palace's Xiao Si to take the prince home. She, Lin Yuanzhi, and the pavilion masters came to the new Liuwen Pavilion and entered one of the private rooms.

Ma Chao, the head of Wenhui Pavilion, said: "Master, there have been unusual movements in the Nanyue Kingdom, which is adjacent to the Yuedi area."

Wen Lanyue said: "Then tell me the details."

Pavilion Master Ma said: "Nanyue is adjacent to the Yue region. When the Yue region suffered from floods, Nanyue was also affected. Their country is small and their resources are relatively scarce, so this disaster will have a great impact on them. Plunder is one of the most effective and direct solutions."

Pavilion Master Ma continued, "This is their internal situation. In addition, the Northern Cang Kingdom has also sent envoys to the Southern Yue Kingdom. It is preliminarily estimated that they will reach some cooperation intentions."

Wen Lanyue nodded and said, "Then you should pay more attention to the situation in Nanyue."

Pavilion Master Ma said: "I have asked them to keep a close eye on it. In addition, the envoys from the Northern Cang Kingdom have also set out to the Shangxie Kingdom, bringing some cattle, sheep and war horses."

Wen Lanyue asked curiously: "There are still war horses? Aren't they still buying war horses?"

Pavilion Master Ma said, "I'm sorry, I didn't express myself clearly just now. They brought a war horse, which they said was a Ferghana horse, but it had a fierce temperament."

Wen Lanyue said: "You mean to say that this warhorse is a good horse, but it is difficult for us to train, right?"

Pavilion Master Ma said: "Yes, according to the information reported by the spies, this warhorse only obeys the general of the Beicang Kingdom, and it is this general who wants to provoke a war with us."

Wen Lanyue said: "Okay, I understand. I think the Regent will receive the news in two days."

Pavilion Master Ma said: "News from Nanyue may be delayed for a few days, after all, there was a flood disaster there recently."

Wen Lanyue asked: "Who is the local governor of Yuedi?"

Pavilion Master Ma said, "It's Tian Fangzhou."

Wen Lanyue said: "Let me introduce this person."

Pavilion Master Ma said: "This man is a civil servant with strong governance skills and good city defense, but he has never led troops in battle."

Pavilion Master Ma thought for a moment and said, "The decision-making should be fine, but I don't know about the ability to deploy troops, so it may be a little worse."

Wen Lanyue nodded and said, "That is to say, if a fight breaks out, we will definitely need reinforcements."

Pavilion Master Ma thought for a moment and said, "Yes, that's how I analyzed it."

Wen Lanyue said: "Okay."

Everyone was silent for a while. Wenxin Pavilion Master Su Qing said, "Master, Madam and the old master sent a message saying that the antidote is available. They said the doctor who prepared the antidote is Qi Tianle, who once served in the army. They asked you to help look up his information."

Wen Lanyue said: "I once accidentally read his information, but he disappeared more than ten years ago, so the information is broken and the previous records are not detailed. It only said that he liked to research new products. I am afraid that he can't provide more valuable information."

Pavilion Master Su said, "Also, the old building owner said that when she was investigating Doctor Qi Tianle, she found that there was another group of people looking for him as well."

Wen Lanyue said: "It should be the Regent, right?"

Pavilion Master Su asked: "Are you sure? Will they affect our plan?"

Wen Lanyue said, "I'm sure. He found out my secret accidentally, and he said he would help me find Doctor Qi."

Pavilion Master Su said, "It's good as long as it doesn't affect you." After a pause, he asked, "Master, do you have any instructions?"

Wen Lanyue thought for a moment and said, "Not yet." Then he turned to Mo Jiang and said, "Master Mo, how is the progress of the wall clock and bellows?"

Pavilion Master Mo said: "It has been completed, inspected and loaded, and will be delivered in the next two days."

Wen Lanyue said: "Very good, you all took the trouble."

Zhao Wei, the head of Wenxuan Pavilion, said, "You are too polite. We at Wenxuan Pavilion have recently obtained two rare books, one is a medical book, and the other is a travel diary. We have arranged for them to be copied. Since they are rare books, it is inevitable that there will be damage and torn pages."

"We can complete the transcription and text verification, but the accuracy verification still needs someone to be responsible. Our staff focuses on theory and lacks in practice, so I have to trouble the host to arrange for someone to check it."

Wen Lanyue frowned slightly and said, "You mean to find a royal doctor and a geographer to verify the accuracy of the book, right?"

Pavilion Master Zhao said, "Yes, that's about the same idea."

Wen Lanyue asked: "Did Master always do this before?"

Pavilion Master Zhao said: "No, so some of the practical books in this pavilion are still to be tested."

Wen Lanyue asked: "Are there a large number of books that need to be inspected?"

Pavilion Master Zhao said, "Not too many. There are some general knowledge books that can be checked by ordinary people."

Wen Lanyue said: "Then in addition to organizing these books, you should recruit these talents and divide them into science, engineering, agriculture, and medicine."

Wen Lanyue paused for a moment, then continued, "The Regent King is recruiting talents on a large scale, so we should also recruit talents on a large scale. Pavilion Master Su and Pavilion Master Zhao can cooperate with each other on this matter."

Pavilion Master Su and Pavilion Master Zhao said together: "Okay."

Qian Wan, the head of Wenshang Pavilion, said, "Master, can you also bring the physical products of the wall clock and bellows to our Wenshang Pavilion for sale?"

Wen Lanyue said: "After producing this batch of promotional products, we can start selling them."

Pavilion Master Qian said, "Didn't Pavilion Master Mo just say that the production has been completed? When can we get the goods?"

Wen Lanyue asked: "Master Mo, have you found anything that needs improvement after production?"

Pavilion Master Mo said: "There are no major problems. Some minor details can be fine-tuned."

Wen Lanyue asked: "Then Pavilion Master Qian and Pavilion Master Mo should cooperate with each other to solve this matter."

Wen Lanyue asked the Pavilion Master Wei Guang of the Wenwu Pavilion: "Does your pavilion have anything to say?"

Pavilion Master Wei said: "We have three people on the list of the top ten killers in the Northern Cang Kingdom. Other neighboring countries, such as Nanyue, Xidi, and Dongyang, also have two people each on the list."

Wen Lanyue said, "Well done. Doesn't Shangxie Country have a list of assassins?"

Pavilion Master Wei said: "Yes, five of the top ten assassins are from our Tingfeng Tower, but..."

Wen Lanyue asked: "Just what?"

Pavilion Master Wei scratched his head and said, "It's just that they are ranked at the back."

Wen Lanyue asked curiously: "What about the top five?"

Pavilion Master Wei said: "The first three should be from the military, that is, the regent's people. The fourth and fifth should be other forces."

Wen Lanyue didn't dwell on this question too much, and said casually, "Since it's the top ten killers list, the number must be large and the quality must be good."

As soon as he finished speaking, Wen Lanyue recalled some jokes about "wanting both" in the 21st century.