There was a hot pot on the table in the room. As the water temperature increased, the soup in the hot pot began to roll upwards, and the bottom of the pot came out from time to time with the rolling boiling water.

Seeing this, Ren Baqian quickly put the meat and wild vegetables inside, and the aroma suddenly appeared.

While waiting for the hot pot soup to boil, the three of them stared at each other with nothing to say. At this time, the deadlock was considered to be opened after the soup was boiling.

Ren Baqian, the empress, and Hongwu, who has practiced his unique skills in changing faces.

When facing the empress, it was like a breeze blowing on his face. When he looked at Ren Baqian again, his face looked like frost. The instant change of expression was amazing.

Even Ren Baqian wanted to ask whether he had eaten your food or paid your cabbage? He looked cold when he saw me. What kind of revenge?

With such a person present, Ren Baqian was in a bad mood immediately.

The empress has always been cold and Ren Baqian doesn't speak, and she doesn't say anything.

Hongwu is even more like a light bulb.

Now that the hot pot is ready, as Ren Baqian moves, the atmosphere is a little more active.

The empress stared at the meat floating in the hot pot with her eyes on it.

"Your Majesty!" Ren Baqian put the meat on the empress's plate and disappeared in an instant.

The empress has been so greedy these days.

Ren Baqian poured wine for the empress and then for himself.

"I wish Your Majesty a prosperous martial arts first!" Ren Baqian raised his glass to toast.

The empress drank it all in one drink, and the wine entered her stomach, making her eyes clearer.

"I will congratulate Your Majesty for killing Lu Qi, which is so famous that Daxia!" Ren Baqian Zaijing.

Although Ren Baqian said casually, the fact is this. You should know that in the past six months, the Empress first killed Hua Sanliu, the fifth in the world, and then killed the two elders Zhumu who had reached the tenth. This time, he killed Lu Qi, who was originally the eighth in the world and rose to the seventh in the world because of the Empress. The news spread in the past two days as Daxia failed in this battle and lost 500,000 soldiers.

The Empress's name of killing has now become popular in Daxia.

I don’t know how many warriors and scholars are discussing the great Yao Qi Zixiao in the streets and alleys or taverns.

Everything he said was amazed.

You should know that three years ago, because the empress was young and did not have much record of fighting against experts, she was ranked among the top ten in the world, and many people were suspicious. Therefore, there have been people challenging the empress in the next two years.

Although there is no challenger who survives, the Empress has no record of fighting against top experts.

Until the past six months, it has truly shocked the world three times.

Outside of Da Yao, his reputation has surpassed the Red Martial Arts who have been guarding the frontier for decades.

After all, such a top expert is still a young woman, and her appearance is the best in the world and attracts more attention.

Unfortunately, I heard that she has a pretty boy.

"This third cup... Although I didn't seem to do anything, I'd better say thank you to myself!" Ren Baqian thought about it and said sincerely.

When Hongwu heard this, his beard was about to stand up and almost knocked the bowl to Ren Baqian's face. This shameless demeanor is even better than that of the bastard Tong Zhenye when he was young.

If I knew that this person was like this, I would have to stop His Majesty from choosing him as my husband.

When the empress heard this, her eyes bent.

The clear eyes turned around Ren Baqian: "Do you want me to pour you wine?"

"Just do it yourself, do it yourself!" Ren Baqian smiled and drank all the wine himself.

"I respect the general for his hard work and great contributions!" The empress said to Hongwu while fiddling with the wine glass.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, this is my duty!" Hong Wu held the cup in both hands and did not forget to glar at Ren Baqian fiercely.

But no matter what, the range in the room was a little more lively at this time, which was much better than before.

"Your Majesty, what will you do next?" Ren Baqian asked.

"What does it mean?" The empress's eyes flashed, not very understanding what he meant.

"Daxia has come to fight, but now he has lost and returned. What about after that?" Ren Baqian asked.

"The civilians who had escaped into the city before should return to the village to reorganize the fields. However, some villages have been burned and the crops in this season have also been destroyed. I am afraid that people's livelihood will not be easy in the next two seasons, so they should reduce their taxes." Hongwu said, this matter was a big deal in his eyes.

"There are also several broken cities that need to be renovated!"

"What then?" Ren Baqian continued to ask.

"Master Ren Mansion, just say whatever you have!" Hongwu said.

"I mean, don't you ask Daxia for compensation for defeat?" Ren Baqian said.

"Reimbursement for defeat?" Hongwu and the Empress both looked at him. This word has never been seen in this world.

Seeing that the two of them didn't understand, Ren Baqian explained: "It's impossible that they can fight if they want to fight, and then withdraw if they lose, right?"

We have suffered so many casualties. It is not an exaggeration to have a master of one hundred taels per person? They are not allowed to compensate for funeral expenses or something? There are at least 100,000 casualties, which is 10 million taels.

There are also mental losses, and the families of the people who died and injured need compensation, right? You should know that they lost their relatives because of the atrocities of Daxia. Although giving money can't make up for their spiritual trauma, it is absolutely impossible not to give money.

In addition, if His Majesty doesn’t eat well these days, he has lost a pound of people. Is this going to compensate?

Also, those towns spent countless manpower and material resources to build, but they were destroyed by the war due to the invasion of Daxia. This matter must be solved with money!

And they have sieged the city and cut down so many of us. Ten years of trees have been treed for a hundred years. How many years will it take for those trees to grow? You have to pay for buying things. If they have to rob them, they have to compensate them for it!

And they left so much garbage when they evacuated. If they wanted to clean up the garbage, they still needed to know how much manpower and material resources..."

"Although the war between the two soldiers will inevitably cause damage, these are caused by Daxia, and they should compensate them from any aspect. This is compensation. In addition, there are compensation for defeat. You can't say that they want to fight, right? If you fight, you will lose. You must pay compensation!"

Ren Baqian calculated for the two of them with his fingers.

"In the end, they robbed me of 5 million taels of silver. Do you have to pay it back to me?"

Hongwu and the Empress both looked bright and energetic. Ren Baqian's words opened their eyes. They had never heard of any reparations for defeat.

And what happened to you in the last 5 million taels of silver? When did you get robbed of 5 million taels?

"How could Xia Bailong agree to these requests!" Hong Wu was surprised at first, then said coldly.

"If you don't give it, just go and get it yourself. I heard that there are only 180,000 people in their borders? It's hard to even defend the borders. If an army enters the hinterland of Daxia at this time, they can't do anything about it? Their recruits will not be able to train within a few months.

Even if they draw troops from other positions, it is not possible in a short time.

I have this time to do a lot.

If you steal them, you have to spread it to the public that the Emperor of Daxia refused to compensate us for the losses. He sent troops to invade us first, but he did not want to bear the consequences and ignored the civilians in those cities."

"I'm afraid it's backfired, and we are the ones that the civilians hate." Hongwu thought carefully. Although he didn't like Ren Baqian, he would temporarily put aside his prejudice in the matter.

He was still a little moved when he went to grab one. After all, he was beaten up for nothing and no one could swallow his breath. Not to mention the veteran who had been in the border for decades.

"The human heart is the most difficult to predict. It is not uncommon for a person to hate his protector because his protector did not protect himself, causing him to be hurt by others." Ren Baqian shook his head.

"Besides, they don't necessarily like us now."

Hongwu agreed with Ren Baqian's subsequent sentence.

"The problem now is that there is still the Yun Kingdom!" Hong Wu frowned. The Northeast Protectorate is still fighting with Yun Kingdom. The battle between the Northern Protectorate and Daxia has just ended. If the war with Daxia is started at this time, it is probably going to fall into the quagmire again.

"The first batch of 20,000 new recruits will be able to train in two months. If the Yun Kingdom alone, there will be no big storm in two months. On the contrary, Daxia is afraid that it is licking its wounds to recuperate, and it is impossible to tell when to give us another blow. Especially when we are fighting with the Yun Kingdom, they are silently grinding their minions.

Instead of doing this, it’s better to cause some trouble for them first. At least they won’t care about us before we solve the problem of Yun Kingdom.” Ren Baqian said.

"It won't take long to solve the problem of Yun State." Hongwu said.

He wanted to seek stability and solve the problem of Yun Kingdom first and then the solution to Daxia.

Yun Kingdom is much easier to deal with than Daxia.

"It is easy to repel Yun Kingdom, but it is not a short time to occupy Yun Kingdom." Ren Baqian said.

After hearing this, Hong Wu was shocked and looked at the Empress.

The empress nodded slightly, which was considered to be the words of recognition of Ren Baqian.

"Although Yun Kingdom is smaller than my Dayao, the population is large and complex. If you want to occupy Yun Kingdom, you may need a large amount of troops to maintain it. Although occupying Yun Kingdom is beneficial, there are many disadvantages. Just like in the south, those people are always unhonest. After occupying large areas of land, they have to involve a whole Protectorate." Hong Wu frowned. He didn't know when the Empress and Ren Baqian had this idea, but it was difficult for Dayao to swallow Yun Kingdom.

One south and another Yun Kingdom would probably involve most of the energy at that time, and in his opinion, the harm outweighed the benefits.

His first reaction to this idea was to object. After all, in Dayao, except for the lack of salt and iron, other aspects are acceptable. Moreover, the matter of salt and iron has been solved now. There is no need to risk swallowing the Yun Kingdom and spend a lot of energy to rule it. If it doesn’t work, it will fall into the quagmire.

You should know that Yun Kingdom is not a small country, and its population is larger than Da Yao. Da Yao can't find so many officials who can be used after occupying Yun Kingdom.

"Keyun Country has what we need most." Ren Baqianyiyan summarized.

Whether it is salt, iron, minerals, population, all aspects are needed by Dayao. If Dayao wants to develop rapidly, the various outputs of Yunguo will be very important.

"And I have some ideas on how to govern there." Ren Baqiandao.

Hongwu glanced at him and was skeptical of his words.

"This matter is of great importance, Your Majesty still needs to think twice." Hong Wu bowed.

"My intention has been decided!" said the empress lightly. After visiting the earth, she realized how barren Dayao was. Therefore, a place rich in minerals like Yun Kingdom must be obtained.

"The general doesn't need to worry too much. You can check the situation at that time. If things cannot be done, you can also sweep a large amount of supplies in the Yun Kingdom." Ren Baqian added.

Hearing this, Hongwu finally put down his snacks, but his eyebrows were still frowning.

War is not a joke, and it is not a joke to occupy such a large country into its own territory.
Chapter completed!