The wife is the king of the palace

Lin Xu glanced quietly at the person who exploded in front of him, ignored it, and lowered his eyes to focus on the map on the imperial case.

Other people in the imperial study room have also noticed his actions at this moment, and they gathered around one after another.

The map is a bird's-eye view of the entire Dayu, and the territory of Dayu is included in it, and the road between the capital and the border is clear at a glance.

From the national capital to the border camp, there are a total of five provinces to pass through.

"This side?" After everyone gathered around the table, an official pointed to a place on the map and asked.

"That area is all farmland, and the terrain along this road is flat, and most of the land is used for farming."

"What if we give up taking the official road and go straight from here?" At first, the official followed the direction of the capital and slid towards the border camp with the shortest diameter. Within days—”

"It doesn't work." Lin Xu interrupted before the man finished speaking.

"Why did you say that, Prime Minister?" The man objected.

"The farmland is full of potholes, and the dry land is fine. The paddy fields are not suitable for marching, let alone transporting military supplies." Lin Xu didn't raise his head.

Xu Lan nodded in agreement when he heard the words. Even if the losses of the people were not counted, this plan would not work.

"Just bypass the paddy field." The man was still a little unwilling to give up.If the materials are transported according to this method, the distance will be shortened by at least half from the picture alone.

Lin Xu didn't want to argue with him, he looked down at the map on the table, as if he was looking for something.

Lin Xu didn't answer, the man's face was flushed, and he was about to speak again when he was a little unconvinced, Xu Lan said: "The path is rugged and winding, and it's no better than the official road. If you want to go around the field again, I'm afraid the distance will only increase. reduce."

This is only part of the problem. Weapons are heavy and must be carried by horse-drawn carts. Even if they are lucky, they can drive along the trails.

Seeing that Xu Lan didn't agree, the man's expression turned ugly, as if he hadn't been convinced yet.

Seeing this, Xu Lan could only shake her head slightly, and gave up continuing to argue with him.

Although Dayu is not a hereditary system, there are also many princes and young masters in the court who have been appointed as officials because of their connections. Many of these people probably have never even seen what the muddy roads in the backcountry look like with their own eyes.

Lin Xu, who had long given up on theory, pointed to a river on the map with his slender fingers. He raised his head and asked, "Is there a fork in this river?"

"I remember that this river has not been developed yet, and there are no forks." Jin Qi has been paying attention to Lin Xu's every move.

The river Lin Xu pointed out was marked on the map, so it was naturally not a small channel, but Jin Qi knew it so well not because he knew Dayu's geography well, but because the river was very turbulent.

Especially in the rainy season, when the water volume increased, the dikes and dams often broke down, resulting in continuous floods on both sides of the river, and the downstream was the hardest hit area where the imperial court allocated funds for disaster relief every year.

"Prime Minister wants to go by water?" Xu Lan immediately understood.

"The waterway is impassable. I remember that several parts of this river are not accessible to boats at all, and there is even a waterfall that has stopped flowing. In addition, the river is extremely fast, so it has been idle for so many years." Jin Qi said.

This river runs through almost half of Dayu. If a boat can be ferried, it will undoubtedly become a very important Grand Canal. Unfortunately, the terrain where the riverbed passes is so steep that no one has paid attention to it for so many years.

After the words fell, Jin Qi looked at Lin Xu.

After discovering that Lin Xu's method didn't work, Jin Qi couldn't help feeling a little strange in his heart.

In the past, when everyone was helpless and fell into a desperate situation, Lin Xu could always solve it easily with a few words, which made his eyes shine. Xu was used to his omnipotence. Facing the current situation where even Lin Xu was helpless, Jin Qi Only then did I realize how much I depended on him.

"It's okay, let's think of a way." Jin Qi whispered.

Naturally, at this critical moment, "it's okay", he said this to Lin Xu alone.

As expected, Lin Xu understood. He raised his head, and his gaze, which was still browsing on the map just now, fell on Jin Qi's rare gentle face.

"I didn't say that it would be transported by boat." Lin Xu was almost expressionless, and just quietly looked at Jin Qi who added drama without authorization.

Lin Xu looked at him expressionlessly, and after hearing his unhurried words, the corners of Jin Qi's mouth twitched fiercely, and all the emotion just now turned into bubbles in an instant, and all the "pop, pop, pop" shattered here In the sunshine of early summer in June and July.

Will he die if he doesn't breathe when he speaks? !

Seeing that the blue veins on Jin Qi's forehead, who was wearing a yellow robe, started to twitch violently, Xu Lan hurriedly said, "What does the prime minister mean?"

"How can I transport it without a boat?" Hubu Shangshu Wanyu looked at the map again, but he still couldn't figure out why.

This river does not pass through the capital, and the nearest place to the capital is in another neighboring province, Changle Province.The place where the downstream and the border camp intersect is much closer than their side, but without exception, both sides are not suitable for berthing.

"Your Excellency, don't be kidding me. There is no need for boats to travel by water. Could it be that Your Excellency can come up with a new trick?" The official who was not convinced before couldn't help but choked.

The power in the court was divided, and Lin Xu was a young man who called him suitable. Naturally, there were people who dissatisfied with Lin Xu, and most of them were younger and thought they were underappreciated.

Jin Qi listened to these thorny words, although he still had that dignified expression on his face, he was secretly cheerful in his heart.

He was just choked by Lin Xu, but he also wanted to see what new tricks Lin Xu could come up with. If he couldn't tell why, then he would be ashamed!

"Foliage is cut in the upper reaches of Changle Province. The boats are made of wood, and fixed weapons are floated on the surface of the water. They are placed in the water and flow straight down through the turbulent water, and then the people downstream will set up obstacles to intercept and fish them."

"The river is turbulent. In addition, it has been raining heavily upstream for several days. The rising water level has caused the river to become more turbulent. Based on the speed of the river at this time, it will probably reach the downstream camp in less than four days."

As Lin Xu's deep and magnetic voice sounded, the noisy imperial study room slowly quieted down, and it became so silent that a needle could be heard.

In the silence, only Lin Xu's unhurried words remained.

"Military weapons are produced in Changle Province and then transported to the capital. We can directly obtain weapons from the nearby forests and cut trees on the spot. It should save some time."

"In terms of manpower, there are local troops stationed in Changle Province, and they can be dispatched directly. There should be no shortage of manpower in the downstream border camps. As for the river along the way, immediately send a letter to all provinces and counties to send people to guard against stealing and salvage, and deploy troops nearby. It can be set up in two days."

"Water is the way, day and night, if Changle Province does not delay, the weapons can be delivered to the camp within seven days at the earliest."

After Lin Xu's last sentence fell, he retracted his finger pointing at the map, stood quietly aside, and returned to his previous indifference and tranquility.

Shocked by the trick that Lin Xu uttered leisurely, everyone stared at him without returning to their senses for a long time.

Dressed in a dark blue court dress, with a scholarly temperament, Lin Xu has long hair like ink, and a slender and tall figure.Although there was no expression on his stern and aggressive face, but against the background of the natural indifference pervading around him and those overly beautiful eyes, it was even more impossible to ignore.

When the method is broken down, everyone is suddenly enlightened and transparent.

It's just that there are less than twenty officials in the front and back of the imperial study. If they walk out of the palace, all of them outside are people with extraordinary literary and military talents. No one thought of it at all, not even anyone who thought about it.

Everyone was stunned, some were shocked and admired, but most were in a trance.

It was Lin Xu himself who broke the silence.

After a short period of silence, Lin Xu looked back at Emperor Dayu, and instinctively jumped down from Jin Qi's eyelids, and said, "It's just that if we directly mobilize weapons from Changle Province, we don't need to use the existing treasury. , the treasury will naturally have to spend another sum.”

Jin Qi came back to his senses and looked at the person in front of him who was quietly looking at him. The corners of his mouth and eyes twitched violently when he was just waiting to see a joke. What do you mean?

Is this counting on him again?

Jin Qi suddenly became suspicious. Lin Xu had just pondered for a long time, and he had always thought that Lin Xu was thinking of a way, but now it seems that this person is clearly thinking of bad ideas to plot against him!

He just stepped on his zhezi, as a prime minister, he is so stingy!

"In this case, according to the previous agreement, the five provinces in the southwest region will collect [-]% more taxes before the end of the year." Lin Xu saw that Jin Qi was silent, turned his eyes calmly, and began to calculate the possibility of tax increases.

"I'm out!" Jin Qi gritted his teeth.

Lin Xu didn't persuade him, and now he pinched his fingers to calculate, "The need for weapons plus the subsidy for the emergency collection of grain and grass, and the previous vacancy in the national treasury, the total is..."

Dayu is originally rich, not a poor and weak country. How can a country that can support 80/[-] border troops be so poor?

The main reason for the treasury's empty treasury is that things are not going well this year. First, the Xia Kingdom has repeatedly invaded, and then there is a drought, and the tax time has not yet arrived.But this was originally a problem that could be solved by a tax increase decree, but a person who could kill his father and mother and usurp the throne just couldn't issue this decree.

Lin Xu counted unhurriedly. Seeing that every time he counted out an account, the face of the man in the yellow robe on the opposite side became more and more exciting, and his mood suddenly improved.

The indifference in his black eyes slowly dissipated like the morning mist, revealing a bit of joking and wickedness.

Jin Qi clenched his hands into fists, listening to the people in front of him deducting his clothes, lodging and food, even half of the food for the baby dragon carp he kept in the palace was deducted, the veins on his forehead They all started jumping.

"In this way, it should be completed before the end of the year." Lin Xu concluded in a good mood just when the face of the person opposite was as black as charcoal, and he was about to tear his face into a rage.

At the end, he did not forget to remind: "As for the supplies consumed by the camp after this battle, we will add them after this matter is over."