After Ren Baqian left the palace, another person entered the palace.
About forty or fifty years old, with a very ordinary appearance, belonging to the kind that cannot be found after being thrown into the crowd. Wearing ordinary clothes of coarse cloth, the height is only average among the ancient people, about 1.7 meters. However, he stood there like a towering mountain, giving people an unshakable feeling.
"Your Majesty!" The big man clasped his fists and his voice was loud.
"Come here, take your seat for the General Fuguo." The Empress rarely had a gentle smile on her face.
Over the years, this only happened when he saw General Hongwu of Fuguo.
The empress was only 16 years old when she took the throne, so it is difficult for a 16-year-old girl to sit in this position. From inside to outside, even Dayao Daxia and Yunguo Chenguo have countless people staring at her.
At that time, her strength was far from reaching the point where she is proud of the world today.
It was only thanks to Hong Wu, the general of Fuguo, that she was able to secure this position.
The general of Fuguo was conferred by the first emperor, from which we can see what the first emperor expected of Hongwu.
Hongwu also lived up to this expectation.
So for the Empress, Hong Wu was like her uncle at that time, the only person she could rely on.
Seven years have passed, and this feeling has remained until now.
Every year when the empress Hongwu came back from the north to celebrate her birthday, she would go to the palace to have a chat, just like a family chat.
For the empress, this is a rare time of warmth.
"Your Majesty is getting more and more powerful, and my minister is getting older." Hong Wu said with a smile after sitting down, and looked at the Empress with gentle eyes, such eyes are hard to see even with red lines.
"The general is not much different from ten years ago." The empress smiled while sitting on the couch. "Qingluan, fill the general with wine."
Hong Wu said: "Although the face has not changed, but the years are not forgiving, it is indeed old."
Then he took the wine glass and drank it down with a very heroic laugh. "Thank you, Your Majesty, for the wine!"
"Refill it again. I respect the general for this cup. Only when the general is stationed in the north can he deter the Great Xia from making rash moves. The general has worked hard and made great achievements."
The empress drank it down.
After a toast with a glass of wine, the two began to talk about other things.
"I feel that Daxia will not be peaceful in the future. Emperor Daxia has great ambitions. After taking office, he has worked hard for so many years. Now Daxia is far stronger than before. I am afraid that he has some ideas." Hongwu said.
Then there was some regret: "When he was at the border before he succeeded to the throne, the minister wanted to kill him, but unfortunately he ran away."
The empress nodded slightly: "I'm afraid they are making preparations, and I'm afraid there will be General Lao next."
If Ren Baqian heard what the two of them said here, he would know why Daxia sent the white bear.
"Although Great Xia has a large number of soldiers, the warriors of our ancient clan are not afraid of them. If they come, let them see and see them well." Hong Wu immediately said with pride.
"I will send an order to the mountains to recruit 20,000 soldiers these days." The empress nodded.
You must know that the ancient warriors are not weak even if they are ordinary people, and after training, they are far stronger than the elite soldiers of Great Xia.
If you only talk about personal strength, it is not an exaggeration to say that they are one against twenty.
This is still the situation where Dayao lacks armor and equipment.
But an army duel is not a calculation of one plus one support.
Dayao now has a total of 90,000 soldiers, of which 15,000 elite soldiers from the Southern Capital Protectorate guard the remnants of the Kingdom of Hao, 20,000 elite soldiers from the Northeast Protectorate guard the border of Yun Kingdom in the northeast, and 15 thousand elite soldiers from the Southeast Protectorate guard the southeast and Chen Kingdom. At the junction of the north and the Great Xia, 30,000 elite soldiers from the Beidu Protectorate guard the border between the north and Daxia.
The rest of the Protectorate of the Central Capital has 20,000 elite soldiers guarding the entire Dayao.
However, these 100,000 elite soldiers are also Dayao's family property over the years. It can be said that all the tax revenue of Dayao in the south has been used to support these 100,000 elite soldiers.
The most elite of them are the 30,000 elite soldiers of Beidu Protectorate, but the equipment of these 30,000 elite soldiers is far inferior to that of Daxia.
It was entirely by relying on strong personal strength that the 200,000 army on the opposite side was firmly suppressed. But if Daxia really wants to use troops against Dayao, he can at least pull out an army of 500,000.
Thirty thousand against half a million, when the equipment and equipment are not as good as the opponent's, and it is defensive, even the red weapon is powerful.
After all, the opponent can choose to break through in any direction, but Hongwu can't just guard one place.
Now that the empress has recruited another 20,000 soldiers, Hong Wu can have more cards in his hand, at least he can maintain a considerable force at each pass.
This is already the best she can do, and it is difficult to get the weapons for the 20,000 soldiers in a short time.
Daxia's warehouse can be said to be poor and empty.
But she immediately remembered that Ren Baqian was here. This guy has a lot of tricks and knows a lot. I don't know if he can be useful in this.
In fact, Ren Baqian mentioned smelting several times before, but here it usually refers to casting, and the empress didn't understand what it meant, so she didn't take it to heart.
If Ren Baqian had said from the beginning that he could smelt more iron and forge more weapons, he wouldn't have been almost cut down.
But now what the empress thinks is that it would be best for Ren Baqian to help in this regard, if not, she should get some other things out, and exchange some weapons in the Yunchen and Chen countries through channels. It should be possible to get some in the Yunchen and Chen countries now, but if there is really any action on the Daxia side, I am afraid it will be really difficult to get it from the outside world.
Not only weapons, but also salt, food and the like.
Fortunately, Daxia should still be in the preparation stage, and there is still some time.
"Your Majesty, pay attention to Yun Guo and Chen Guo." Hong Wu said again.
The empress nodded, she knew in her heart that Dayao was different from the other three countries, because the ancient people were different from them, so the countries they established were naturally different.
It's like a wolf in the sheep.
The Yun and Chen countries have been uneasy about Dayao lying beside him for more than a day or two, and Dayao even almost went to the capital of Yun Country. If Daxia wants to send troops, it is impossible not to send someone to contact them first.
It would indeed be dangerous if Yun Guo and Chen Guo invaded the country together.
After talking about state affairs, Hong Wu and the Empress chatted about other things, mostly talking about the past, recalling the past, the two chatted happily, and laughed out loud from time to time.
Just when the empress was talking happily, Hong Wu looked at the empress and sighed slightly.
"What's the matter with the general?" the empress asked, Hongwu has always been like a high mountain, making everyone look up, sighing like this has never been seen before.
"Your Majesty succeeded to the throne at the age of sixteen, and it has been seven years now. Your Majesty has only changed from a thin girl at that time to an emperor who is praised by all people in the world. I am very pleased to see your Majesty come over these years. It's just that your Majesty is now He is twenty-three years old, so he must leave a descendant." When Hong Wu said this, he immediately transformed into an old man who was worried about leftover women.
Even his old qualifications are shown.
The empress's face suddenly looked ugly. The year before last, Hongwu used all kinds of methods when celebrating her birthday last year, but this year it was changed to playing the emotional card.
I shouldn't have asked that question, let him sing a one-man show by himself.
"Your Majesty, I won't be able to stay for a few years. Before I leave, I still want to see Your Majesty get married. Besides, not only the minister is anxious, but everyone in the court is anxious." Hong Wu continued to sigh. While sighing, he looked at the empress' face, he had never been so worried about his granddaughter.
But he doesn't have to worry about the one in front of him. At first, the first emperor entrusted Gu to himself. Now His Majesty is good in other aspects, his strength is better than himself, and he is doing well in other things, but he still can't let go of this matter.
Outsiders would never have thought that The Ninth Under Heaven and Number Seven Under Heaven would discuss this kind of thing when they sat together.
The empress directly frowned.
Originally, I was in a good mood when I saw Hongwu, and it was also very warm to chat with him about the past, but when he mentioned this matter, he immediately lost his mood.
If it wasn't for Hongwu in front of her, she would have thrown him out.
Two days ago in the court hall, everyone in the court mentioned this matter, and Hong Wu mentioned it again today, which really annoyed her very much.
However, the empress also knew that Hongwu might not be able to stay for a few years, and he was too much delayed in Dayao these years. If it wasn't for assisting her, Hong Wu would have left by now.