Thief Emperor

Chapter 425 Inspection
Li Yun thought about it after hearing this and said, "There shouldn't be any big things happening in the Lu family in the future. Miss Lu must be under a lot of pressure during this period. If she has time, she should go out for a walk."

Lu Huan said "hmm" and repeated, "When we get to Jinling, I will go find the envoy."

Li Yun nodded helplessly and said, "Okay, if I'm in Jinling at that time, I will definitely meet Miss Lu."

Lu Huan then bowed and said, "In that case, I will not delay your journey."

She looked at Li Yun and continued, "See you in Jinling."

Li Yun smiled, spoke a few words to Miss Lu, and then said goodbye. Li Yun rode on a tall horse, and rode away with his followers, accompanied by a cloud of dust raised by the horse's hooves, and gradually disappeared at the end of the official road. Miss Lu silently looked at the direction where Li Yun was going, and did not move for a long time.

As Li Yun left Luzhou on horseback, his speed was naturally very fast. In just two days, Li Yun had returned to Jinling City.

After returning to Jinling, Li Yun did not go to the governor's mansion, nor to the military camp. Instead, he went straight to Li Garden and went to the back house to look for his wife and his son who was only a little over a month old.

After having a child, Li Yun did have a lot more worries in his heart.

As soon as he pushed the door and entered the bedroom, he saw his wife Xue Yun'er, who was holding the little baby Li Yuan and making him happy. Next to Xue Yun'er, Liu Su, who was dressed in blue, was shaking a rattle in his hand.

When little Li Yuan heard the sound of the rattle, he immediately smiled.

Li Yun coughed, and the two people in the room realized that he had walked in. Xue Yuner stood up holding the child, handed the baby to Li Yun, and complained: "Why didn't you say anything when you came back? You scared me to death."

Liu Su bowed his head slightly and saluted: "Hello, brother-in-law."

Li Yun took the child and looked at him for a few seconds before looking at Miss Liu. He smiled and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Sister Su."

This was the first time Li Yun called him that. Liu Su was stunned at first, then immediately blushed and lowered his head and said, "It's all... it's what I should do."

Xue Yuner looked at Liu Su with a smile, and then asked Li Yun, "My father and elder brother, are they doing well in Luzhou?"

"all good."

Li Yun carefully held the child and walked to the side and sat down. The child in his arms also stared at Li Yun with big eyes and curiosity.

He was very tall, and the baby in his arms was just born and very small. It looked quite weird to hold the baby in his arms.

Li Yun smiled and said, "My father-in-law has been promoted. He is very happy."

Xue Yun'er glanced at him and said, "I heard the other day that my husband wanted to find two young and beautiful maids to serve my father. It seems that he did find them. Otherwise, he wouldn't be so happy with such a hard job."

Li Yun smiled and shook his head, "How could this be possible? Madam, please don't talk nonsense. My father-in-law just wanted to make decisions for the people. I definitely didn't find him two young maids."

Liu Su, who was standing by, also made a joke: "It seems that my brother-in-law has found more than two godfathers."

This was a joke, but Li Yun coughed and pretended not to hear it.

Xue Yun'er looked at him with suspicion, but after thinking for a while, she didn't say much, but just asked casually: "Is the matter in Luzhou going smoothly?"

"Everything went well."

When Li Yun was about to speak, the child in his arms suddenly burst into tears. Li tried to comfort him for a long time, but the child still cried incessantly. He had no choice but to hand the child back to Xue Yun'er.

Strangely enough, he stopped crying immediately after returning to his mother's arms.

Seeing this, Li Yun said helplessly: "When your father went to the battlefield, he was able to move freely against thousands of troops, but you stumped me."

Xue Yuner glanced at him.

"How can you talk like that?"

Li Yun stood up and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, I won't say anything. You two sisters can take him first. I'll go to the study to take care of some things."

After saying that, he stood up, turned around and left.

After Li Yun left, Xue Yun'er called Liu Su and said something in her ear. The latter's face turned red, her heart was pounding, and she stammered and couldn't speak.

Seeing this, Xue Yun'er smiled at her, and the two sisters burst into laughter.

As for Li Yun, after arriving at the study, he ground ink and picked up a pen, and wrote down his envisioned new military system on paper one by one.

At the same time, he enriched and revised the original military regulations and wrote them down on paper one by one. By the time he finished these two things, it was already dark outside.

There was a knock at the door.

Li Yun stopped writing, looked up and asked, "Who?"

"Brother-in-law."

Miss Liu's voice came, a little timidly: "My sister asked me to make a jar of chicken soup for you, I brought it to you."

Li Yun put down the brush: "Come in, come in."

The door was slowly pushed open, and Miss Liu, dressed in green, placed the chicken soup next to the table. Then she subconsciously glanced at the documents on the table and said softly, "The word 'brother-in-law' is really unique."

Li Yun's calligraphy is derived from hard pen. He didn't know how to use a brush at first, and only started practicing in the past one or two years. Although his calligraphy is quite good now, it still has some flavor of hard pen.

In addition, he was writing a draft at the moment, so his writing looked sharp and sloppy.

Li Yun smiled and said, "I was born in a small place and I didn't have a teacher to teach me, so my writing is a little weird."

"How is writing, Sister Su?" Liu Su hesitated for a moment, then lowered his head and said, "I... I know a little bit."

Li Yun stood up, gave up his seat, picked up the chicken soup on the table, and said with a smile: "That's perfect. I just drafted these two documents. Since Sister Su is here, please help me copy them."

"I'm going to use it tomorrow."

Liu Su said "hmm" and bravely sat in Li Yun's seat, feeling the residual warmth on the seat. She took a deep breath, spread out the paper, put a paperweight on it, picked up the pen, dipped it in ink, and wrote fluently.

By the time Li Yun finished a bowl of chicken soup, most of the two documents had been copied. Li Yun stood behind her, glanced at the handwriting, and couldn't help but exclaimed: "Beautiful."

Upon hearing this, Miss Liu paused and almost ruined the document. Fortunately, she had solid basic skills and was able to cover up the black spot with a quick glance.

Soon both documents were copied. She stood up, blew the ink dry, and looked back at Li Yun: "Brother-in-law, it's done."

Li Yun put down the soup bowl in his hand, took it and looked at it carefully, and said with a sigh: "Not bad, not bad, it's much better than what I wrote."

Liu Su shook his head and said, "It's not as powerful as what my brother-in-law wrote."

Li Yun laughed: "That's just random writing."

After thinking for a while, Li Yun looked at Liu Su and said with a smile: "Sister Su, if you have time in the future, come to my study and help me organize and write documents, how about that?"

Miss Liu's heart was pounding, but she quickly calmed down, lowered her head, clenched her fists and said, "Okay."

Mr. Li put his hands behind his back and said with a smile: "From now on, Sister Su will be my secretary."

"secretary?"

Miss Liu blinked her eyes and smiled softly, "Brother-in-law, Secretary Lang is the official in charge of books."

"This secretary is not that secretary."

Mr. Li shook his head and said, "In my case, the secretary helps me organize and write secret documents."

Miss Liu looked at Li Yun and nodded softly: "Okay."

"From now on, I will be my brother-in-law's secretary."

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The next day, Li Yun was in the hall.

Mr. Li sat in the main seat, Du Qian and Zhou Liang sat on his two sides respectively. Li Yun handed the two documents to them for them to read.

Du Qian had finished reading before he even finished his cup of tea, while Zhou Liang was still reading carefully word by word.

Du Qian looked up at Li Yun and said softly, "I don't know much about military affairs, but it seems to be much simpler and clearer than the military system of the Great Zhou. However, I still need to think carefully about how much salary each level should get."

Li Yun thought for a moment and said, "My idea is that the general will receive 200 strings of cash and 50 dan of rice every month."

"A captain of the army shall receive one hundred and twenty strings of cash and thirty dan of rice."

"A lieutenant is paid 80 strings of cash, and a brigade commander is paid 50 strings of cash."

"The captain is twenty strings of cash, and the squad leader is ten strings of cash."

At this point, Li Yun looked at the two people and said softly: "I have estimated this salary, and it won't be a big problem to spend it."

Zhou Liang looked up at Li Yun and shook his head, saying, "Envoy, you can't push it down like this."

"The top soldiers in the army get two strings of cash a month, and their captains can't get more than five strings of cash."

"The captain should be paid less than ten strings of cash."

Zhou Liang thought for a moment and continued, "The brigade commander gets 20 strings of cash, the lieutenant gets 40 strings of cash, and the captain can get 60 to 80 strings of cash."

"General, one hundred to one hundred and thirty strings of cash will be enough."

Li Yun shook his head slightly and said, "I plan to set up an inspection team in each army. The salary is too low, and there will be too many people who will take advantage of it."

"It doesn't end well."

"Moreover, if we don't have enough money, we might end up robbing the people when we go to war in the future."

Zhou Liang put down the document in his hand and said, "Sir, if the salary is too high at this time, some people will not be interested in fighting. To put it bluntly, in troubled times, it is not easy to have a meal."

"Salaries can be reduced a bit."

"Whoever dares to go out and plunder."

Zhou Liang looked up at Li Yun and said in a deep voice: "Kill a few people and they will behave themselves!"

Mr. Li touched his chin, thinking about something.

Du Qian, who was standing aside, was already clapping his hands and laughing.

"I think General Zhou is very suitable for this inspection job."

　It took me a long time to check this salary amount, which took some time. Sorry!!!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)