"Today, those guys are talking about the street lights in the palace again." The empress said while sitting in front of the table with an unhappy expression.
On the table between the empress and Ren Baqian, there was a steaming hot pot exuding a tempting aroma, and not far from the two of them there was an ice basin and a fan blowing cool breeze on them.
"Your Majesty lost his temper again?" Ren Baqian asked with a smile as he filled the Empress' glass.
The empress snorted softly, anyway, Dayaoman has rough skin and thick flesh, so kicking his feet, patting his head or turning his head is fine.
"I explained it earlier, but they didn't understand it, and they always thought I was too extravagant. Besides, it's their turn to question me when I do things!" The empress said dissatisfiedly after drinking a glass of wine.
In fact, the latter sentence was what the Empress wanted to say.
If it were someone else, explaining it a few more times would clear up everyone's doubts.
But how could the Empress explain too much calmly? Dayao's ministers couldn't understand that this kind of street lamp was actually worthless.
In fact, street lamps can be regarded as treasures in this world. After all, there is no oily smoke, and they can always be on and never go out. If it is placed outside, a lot of people will rush to buy it with money.
And Dayao has never been a wealthy country, the small treasury of the palace relies entirely on Dayao's gold mine share to maintain the royal family's expenses, and everyone is used to it.
Now that the palace has suddenly become like this, many people feel that it is inappropriate.
However, the empress is arrogant, she just said it in a few words, even if others asked her, she didn't bother to explain, but now many people have misunderstood her.
"Maybe I can explain it to them." Ren Baqian thought for a while. Actually, he had heard about it before, but the empress didn't ask him, and no one asked him. He couldn't go out to explain the fact. This thing is not worth much
"You don't need to ask about this matter." The empress said coldly.
"Pour me wine!"
Ren Baqian filled the Empress with wine, raised her glass to respect each other from a distance, drank the wine and then changed the subject: "How are the northeast and southeast directions now?"
"Izumo has 573 large and small cities, and now Zi Donglai has captured 33 cities near the border. As for the southeast, it is still a small fight, and there is not much movement." Speaking of this, the empress replied. some spirit.
Siege of a city is a big event no matter for any emperor.
Even for the Empress.
"Is there enough frontline troops?" Ren Baqian asked. Originally, the Northeast Protectorate had only 15,000 troops, and another 40,000 new recruits were sent successively, making a total of 55,000. Before the war with Great Xia, the ancient clan had less than 100,000 soldiers.
This fifty-five thousand is already half of the original number.
"I'm already preparing to recruit another 40,000 new troops, and I'll pass on the conscription order after the next year." The empress thought for a while.
"The problem of food has been solved?"
"Your sweet potatoes, pumpkins and potatoes have helped a lot. Under the promotion of Ge Yihong, the output is good. Next year, we plan to promote it with a larger share. In addition, your cannery has now provided military rations for about 10,000 soldiers, but there are many people. I'm scolding you!" The empress pursed her lips and smiled when she brought up this matter, and Ren Baqian was to blame for this matter.
"This scolding, I am ashamed to accept it! Instead, canned food can be exchanged for livestock in various cities and sent to the army." Ren Baqian chuckled. It's not bad if you're not hungry, but you're also picky.
"This is not necessary for the time being. It can only support the military rations of 10,000 people. The main reason is that the transportation distance is too long. After the recruits are recruited next year, they will first use canned food and sweet potatoes and pumpkins as the military rations for the recruits, so there is no need to transport them to the direction of Yunguo." The empress said. Feel free to say.
Ren Baqian thought about it, and guessed that he had to recite the infamy.
The two of them drank four bottles of Erguotou and became slightly tipsy.
"It's better to drink your wine, I don't know what else to have." The empress asked beautifully.
"I have already told the Zhang family that this kind of wine needs to be brewed for ten years before being highly purified. The Zhang family still has a batch in Yunguo, but there is no way to transport them here at this time. We need to wait for Zi Duhu to conquer most of Yunguo. Yes." Ren Baqian was speaking, watching the empress get up and walk outside, and also get up and follow behind.
The two left the hall, the Empress dragged Ren Baqian up to the roof.
Looking around, the entire palace is brightly lit.
The empress sat on the roof, propped her chin with her hand and said with a little joy: "I like this kind of palace very much."
Then the conversation changed: "Those people are just too annoying."
Ren Baqian smiled wryly, the Empress turned back again, and thought they were bothersome, and she was unwilling to explain to them in detail.
He reached out and grabbed the palm of the empress and rubbed it in his own hand. The palm of the empress still felt tender, soft and full of warmth.
"What would Dayao look like in your imagination?" The Empress let him hold her arm, looking ahead and suddenly lost in thought. In fact, the two of them have discussed this issue many times, but it will take too long to realize, so she will imagine it through this method from time to time.
Like a fanciful girl.
"Standing with His Majesty is the world I think of." Ren Baqian said softly.
The empress tilted her head to look at him, then turned her head again and said, "The tricky answer, what I want to know is in your mind, what kind of future Dayao should be."
"Flying cars are everywhere... Robots do most things, people have nothing to do after entering communism, just look at this and that in the street every day to have some fun. Then they look at each other and one of them says 'what are you looking at?' , another one: 'What are you doing?', and then the two had a fist fight, and finally there was a street brawl, and then they were all caught in the Justice Department and whipped."
After Ren Baqian finished speaking, he was kicked down by the Empress.
This guy's words... It's too bad.
Ren Baqian got up from the ground, first jumped to the top of the wall next to him, and then jumped to the main hall and sat down next to the empress. Seeing that the empress raised her foot to kick, she quickly waved her hands: "Although I said it was just for fun, it's not entirely true." False. Such things happen when the speed of spiritual progress lags far behind the speed of material progress. But I am afraid I will not be able to see this scene, but His Majesty may be able to see it."
Even if Ren Baqian was at the same level as the empress, his lifespan would be much lower than that of the empress, not to mention that Ren Baqian had to travel between two worlds, consuming a lot of lifespan on Earth.
"I won't let you die too early. It's just that you whip and move. Tomorrow, I will prepare a whip for you. If you don't work hard, I will whip you with a whip!" The empress tilted her head and looked at him Said, the tone is full of... eager to try
Ren Baqian's expression froze immediately.