Zhao Jingting also smiled: "Of course I still want to stay in the army. I have been in the military camp since I was ten years old. Twenty years have passed and I really can't do anything except lead troops to fight."
"Have you never thought about getting married?" Lu Zhishan was very enthusiastic and looked at Zhao Jingting with a smirk on his face, "After so many years, you haven't met the woman you like? I don't believe it!"
Xie Lun, who came in with tea, was startled when he heard the sound, but he respectfully placed the tea in front of the two of them, then bowed and left. The person in front of Zhao Jingting was Pu'er, and the person in front of Lu Zhishan was Kuding.
Zhao Jingting looked at the orange-red tea in front of him and was stunned for a long time before saying: "Yong Zhan, to tell you the truth, I really have never had a crush on anyone, and I have never thought about getting married. Everywhere I look, there are always rough men. Where can I find a suitable girl?"
"What about Zhou Ran?" Lu Zhishan took a sip of Kuding and suddenly asked, "She is not a gentleman, but she is a first-class good girl. Don't you two always get along well?"
Zhao Jingting took a sip of tea and looked at Lu Zhishan with a raised smile: "Yong Zhan, I am not the dish in Zhou Ran's eyes. That girl Zhou Ran already has someone in her heart."
"Oh, really?" Lu Zhishan asked with great interest, "Who is it? Why haven't I heard of her before?"
Zhao Jingting smiled and said nothing, and drank the Pu'er in the cup in one gulp.
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"Those 70,000 brothers could have returned to Dali alive," Lu Zhishan said solemnly, with gloomy eyes, "if it weren't for the sudden flood."
Du Heng took a deep breath and said: "That flood is really strange. Floods occur frequently in the Lancang River every spring and summer, but it was late autumn at that time, which was the dry season. Where did the flood come from? After so many years, I still can't figure it out. "
"What did Zhou Chi say? Is there any progress?" Lu Zhishan took a sip of tea and said solemnly.
"Returning to the general, Zhou Chi has been investigating this matter privately over the years. It's just that this matter involves the three countries of Dali, Tubo, and Siam. And after all these years, it is really difficult to investigate. Zhou Chi has not made any progress so far. I'm afraid We still have to wait for some time." Du Heng wiped the corners of his eyes. Perhaps he felt that the atmosphere was too solemn, so he changed the subject in a hurry, "By the way, Your Majesty, Zhou Chi has been promoted again this year. I heard that the Ministry of Officials will issue an edict after the year. , Jin made him the second-rank governor of Guangxi."
Lu Zhishan pursed his lips and smiled: "That boy has had a good career as an official. In the past few years, he has been promoted almost every year. Fortunately, he was not allowed to go to the battlefield, but was sent to the official career."
"I don't care whether he has a good official career or not. I only know that he is now the governor of Guangxi, so we don't have to tie our hands and feet," Du Heng said with joy, "General, a while ago, Zhou Chi was in Guangxi again. A silver mine was discovered, which is larger than the previous one and has a higher silver yield. "
Lu Zhishan smiled and nodded: "Then don't you want to fill Dali's land again?"
"The general is always teasing his subordinates," Du Heng smiled, sipped his tea, and said to Lu Zhishan, "But buying land is inevitable. Jiangnan is rich and has abundant real estate. As long as you are willing to make money, you will not worry about making money. But if you talk, Now that we have enough money, we can give General Zhao an additional two hundred thousand taels every year. If the northern border is rarely pacified, we must take the opportunity to step up military training. "
Lu Zhishan also nodded: "That's right. How many soldiers does Zhao Jingting have under his command now?"