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Chapter 207 Wow...

"Three thousand heavy armor."

Everything else on the imperial edict was nonsense, except for the four words "three thousand heavy armors", which were like they were specially highlighted with a high-brightness LED light, and all attention was focused on them.

"How about the three thousand heavy armors?"

Tang Baoer sat up from the bed, and the blanket slipped off her body, just like the picture of Dove chocolate poured into milk, with a skin as white as ice and as delicate as jade.

"Three thousand heavy armors." Xia Lin repeated again: "Three thousand heavy armors means that I am now capable of confronting an army of 100,000 head-on."

Tang Baoer didn't understand military affairs but she understood numbers. Three thousand and one hundred thousand were indeed quite different, so although she didn't ask, her head was full of question marks.

"The elite troops in heavy armor, whether they are infantry or cavalry, are at the pinnacle of this era. They cannot be cut by swords and axes, and cannot be penetrated by bows and arrows. They can run rampant in the army."

The moment Xia Lin received the imperial edict, he knew that he should go back to farming peacefully. The heavy armor he had always dreamed of was now in his hands, so why not give it a major overhaul?

"What is the meaning of your majesty giving you this?"

Miss Tang also felt that something was wrong. Even if she had no knowledge of military theory, she should have known that it was somewhat strange that a county magistrate was suddenly given such a military system and was able to set up a government and army. Perhaps this was because the imperial edict was not read out, for fear that people would be jealous.

"Um……"

Xia Lin walked back and forth in the room with the imperial edict in his hand and behind his back. He began to wonder why the old man suddenly entrusted him with such an important task. After thinking about it, he thought that it was probably because he wanted to train a team in the south that could fight against the Li family in the north.

It won't be enough to rely on Old Guo alone. After all, Old Guo is old, he is over 60 years old. Letting a veteran in his 60s to fight against the three brothers of the Li family is a bit like bullying the old man.

Of course, there is still Li Jing who can be relied on, but Li Jing is old after all, and he also has to guard against Goguryeo outside Shanhaiguan waiting for an opportunity to counterattack.

The real confrontation should start from now on. Of course, they won't fall out now, which also gives Xia Lin an opportunity to stand up.

Now Xia Lin finally understood why there were so many young generals in The Romance of Sui and Tang Dynasties. These people really like to use young people.

The Jiangnan Road now has 11,000 heavy armored soldiers. With Lao Guo's 8,000 heavy cavalry and his own 3,000 heavy armored soldiers, they can theoretically confront the Black Armor Army of the Li family in the north head-on.

Ok……

As an emperor, every step he takes must be meaningful. Now it seems that this guess is the most reliable. However, Xia Lin also knows that he will be given a quota but not a grant, because giving him a quota directly is already earth-shattering. If the court is asked to allocate funds, I am afraid that the court will definitely not agree.

But money is a small matter. The key point is how Xia Lin is going to set up this heavy armor. After all, he has a cheat device. Although most of the time he takes it out to look at beautiful women, when he really starts farming, he will have to use it frequently.

"It's no use worrying now. Why don't you make a long-term plan when you get back?"

"Well, OK." Xia Lin put the imperial edict on the table and turned to look at Tang Baoer: "Shall we continue?"

Tang Baoer looked at him angrily and amusedly, then naturally pulled her hair back: "Hmm..."

This creaking sound lasted the entire morning. Young people just have a lot of energy.

In the next few days, they handled Luoyang affairs at a much faster speed. Then, choosing a spring day with blooming flowers, Xia Lin once again rode in a carriage towards the south.

The last time it was the same scene, he and Lao Zhang were lying on the caravan's ox cart, but this time they removed the roof of the carriage, saying they wanted to enjoy the spring sunshine.

As a result, Tang Baoer and Dong Niang had to change to another carriage and not go crazy with these two old men.

It is really unimaginable when this man acts like a demon. He turned a good carriage into an open-top one, and they even fixed a stove on it to grill meat.

It was because Lao Zhang said, "This half-month journey was so long and boring."

Xia Lin: "Hey!Σ(⊙▽⊙）┛"

Watching the meat grilling, sipping wine slowly, and feeling the March breeze on your face, life could not be more comfortable than this.

"The last time we walked this road was five years ago. Sigh..." Old Zhang leaned on the cushion, feeling a little tipsy: "Time flies."

"Back then, we were like young men who went to the big city with a few taels of silver to pursue our dreams. We didn't know anything and just jumped in." Xia Lin crossed his legs and held the wine pot. "What was the future you imagined at that time? Oh, yes! I became the prime minister and then I would never use you again. It was realized in advance. What's the next step?"

"You are the prime minister, and I am the emperor..." Xia Lin covered Lao Zhang's mouth with his hand: "Stinking sand wall!"

Sooner or later, this idiot Lao Zhang will be crushed to the ground by the cruel world. As for this mouth, it seems that never using it again may really be a kind of protection for him. Otherwise, why not just think of a way to bring him down...

The carriage rumbled forward, and this spring day was not only filled with warm sunshine but also with continuous spring rain. These two idiots did not hide from the rain but just stood there in the rain, saying that they wanted to enjoy both the warm sunshine and the spring breeze. That night, one of them had a temperature of 38.7 degrees and the other 39.2 degrees.

Although he was accompanied by a doctor, Old Zhang was delirious from the fever. He lay there and kept shouting, "I can't eat anymore. You can eat this last meatball. I'll find a way to get a chicken from the banquet tomorrow."

Xia Lin, who was equally confused, was able to talk to him: "Add some leafy vegetables. Eating only meat won't make you poop."

They finally recovered after three days of shivering. Both of them lost a lot of weight, and after waking up, they looked at each other as if they were mentally retarded.

"Is it still spring breeze and gentle rain?" Tang Baoer complained while applying a cold compress to Xia Lin's forehead with a handkerchief, "You don't know how scary you were a few days ago."

They didn't need to stop in this town, as it would only delay their journey. But if they continued on their way, Xia Lin or Lao Zhang might have died there.

After this little episode, the two idiots who were young until death finally dared not to waste time anymore and changed carriages in the town. However, it was impossible for them to sit safely in the carriage, so they did not remove the roof, but dismantled the inside of the carriage, then spread thick dried straw on it and covered the straw with a large cloth, then lay on it comfortably and staggered on their way.

But Dong Niang, who was in another car, said, "Only corpses would pull like this."

"Don't worry about them." Tang Baoer said unhappily, "They are just making trouble for no reason."

Anyway, they were particularly honest only during the few days when they were sick. The rest of the time they were simply devils. They tricked Tang Baoer into eating roasted locusts and performed eating raw longhorn beetle larvae in public. Especially the performance of eating raw longhorn beetle larvae, when the insects burst in their mouths and the juice splashed on Tang Baoer's face, this dignified and elegant porcelain doll screamed out in ultrasound.

For seven consecutive days, Tang Baoer refused to kiss Xia Lin, and even avoided him when he saw her...

In this way, they traveled by land and water, and returned to Fuliang with a mixture of laughter and tears. Xia Lin stood on the dock with his hands on his waist and took a deep breath: "Ah, I have been away for half a year, and I am finally back."

"Master Xia is back!"

"Master Xia is back!!!"

As soon as he showed his head, people on the dock gathered around him, and began to ask about his well-being. Xia Lin was like a moon surrounded by stars. The key point was that more and more people came. Finally, the work at the entire dock stopped. Everyone gathered around him, and the dock was packed with people.

"Oh, okay, okay, I'm back to my post. Let's get back to work!" Xia Lin pulled himself out of the crowd and said, "Get back to work!"

But his voice was instantly drowned out by other noises, and then he was carried to the gate of the yamen by local people. Then the surrounding people brought firecrackers, and dragon and lion dances appeared from nowhere. The excitement was even greater than that of the Chinese New Year.

"Today's meal at Fuyangju is free!"

"Today's meal at Shengyifang is free!"

……

After learning that Xia Lin had returned, those businesses started offering free promotions. With this publicity, people from all over the place came out in droves, even those who had never seen Xia Lin, or those who were disaster victims or immigrants who had migrated here.

Those who knew thought they were welcoming Xia Lin's return, while those who didn't thought they were joining forces to attack the county government office. That situation could not be handled without dispatching soldiers, and the key point was that many soldiers were also involved. The main players who carried Xia Lin here were the big-headed soldiers who were supplied with the best meals every day.

After finally landing, Xia Lin stood at the gate of the government office and said, "Look at what you have accomplished. Go away, go away. I am almost dead tired. I have to go back and have a rest."

At this moment, people still didn't leave. Xia Lin urged them three times before they gradually dispersed. Only then did he finally breathe a sigh of relief and closed the door of the yamen.

But when he turned around, he was half lost. He didn't pay attention just now, but when he walked in, he found two old men drinking tea in the corner of the lobby. He looked over and saw that they were Wang Ye and Lao Guo...

"Oh! Prince, Father Guo! Why are you two here?"

"I have been here for the past six months." The prince has also learned to be a scoundrel now. The second son crossed his legs more naturally than Xia Lin: "Not bad, singing and dancing, it's more popular than me here."

"Oh, it's been a while since we last met. My fellow villagers all miss me."

Xia Lin walked over and sat next to him: "Hey? Isn't Father Guo suppressing the rebellion? Why is he here too?"

"Hey, what a coincidence. I just arrived two days ago. The army is resting outside the county, so I came to Si Nan to get some good food." Lao Guo looked Xia Lin up and down and said, "I heard that you have done a lot of great things in the north. Come on, I just happen to be sitting here with nothing to do. Tell me about it and let your father-in-law hear it."

(End of this chapter)