Zhou Shu was already used to seeing Mi Ziwen’s inhumanity.
After collecting the banknote, he went back to his room, washed himself, changed his clothes, and then got on the carriage and went out.
Soon after, he arrived at the General's Mansion.
Meng Bai has resigned from the position of General, but everyone is still used to calling him General.
When Zhou Shu saw Meng Bai, Meng Bai was sitting on a rocking chair under the shade of a tree like an ordinary old man.
"I've seen the general."
Zhou Shu came to Meng Bai and cupped his hands.
"Youzhou Marquis is here, I won't be polite to you, just sit down wherever you want."
Meng Bai opened his eyes and said with a smile.
He didn't get up, not because he was rude to Zhou Shu, but because his physical condition was really deteriorating day by day.
"What are the general's orders?"
Zhou Shu said with great respect.
Such a legendary figure is old enough to be his own grandfather, so it is right to respect him.
"There's no such thing as an order."
Meng Bai shook his head and said, "You are the envoy of the mission, Marquis Youzhou. Naturally, I have to explain these things to you."
Emperor Feng of the Yuan Dynasty did not know what he was thinking when he sent an envoy to Da Qin this time, but he actually asked Meng Bai to accompany the envoy.
Doesn't he know that Meng Bai's current body cannot withstand the torture?
Although Yonzi Wen and Mengbai both said that Mengbai's move with the mission this time was Mengbai's own intention.
But Zhou Shu still couldn't understand why Meng Bai did this.
He had heard many times in his previous life about the principle that a bird can hide behind a bow, but Meng Bai was already like this, so it stands to reason that Emperor Yuan Feng would not deal with him again.
If he sends a veteran with outstanding merit to do such a thing, isn't he afraid that if Mengbai dies on the road, he will be infamy for thousands of years?
Zhou Shu was confused, but he didn't ask Meng Bai.
Looking at Meng Bai like this, it really doesn't look like he was forced by Emperor Yuan Feng.
"There are a total of 2,000 guards for the mission this time. They include the elites of the National Defense Army and the Demon Slayer Army, as well as some people from the Divine Catcher Division. The leader of the guard is General Chen Jichen, who has been with me for many years.
, he acts steadily and has never made any mistakes."
Meng Bai said to Zhou Shu.
Although he will move with the mission, no matter his identity or physical condition, he cannot be the leader of any guard.
After hearing Meng Bai's explanation, Zhou Shu had a more intuitive understanding of this mission.
I have to say that this mission is also a huge one.
In addition to the 2,000-strong guard, the rest of the people, including Zhou Shu, the chief and deputy envoys, as well as the staff, the accompanying servants and maids, totaled thousands of people inside and outside.
The mission of more than 3,000 people made Zhou Shu feel a little overwhelmed just thinking about it.
Fortunately, he is the leader, so he doesn’t need to worry about many trivial matters.
"General, what do I need to do?"
Zhou Shu really doesn’t know what the use of his official envoy is.
Meng Bai had arranged everything about the guards, and the deputy envoy Shi Songtao had arranged all the other trivial matters in the mission.
After much thought, he still felt that it was most suitable for him to be a mascot.
"You don't need to worry about these trivial matters in Youzhou. The only thing you need to worry about is how to make the place where the Ten Kingdoms perform martial arts fall in our Daxia."
Meng Bai said.
"General, I can't guarantee this."
Zhou Shu shook his head and said.
He doesn't even know what kind of problems Da Qin has set up, so of course he won't take them all.
To put it bluntly, Zhou Shu doesn't care whether Daxia can be the venue for the next Ten Kingdoms martial arts exercise.
As for meritorious service?
People like Shi Songtao who don’t have a title are anxious to make meritorious deeds.
I am already a candidate in Youzhou, does it matter whether I have performed meritorious service or not?
"Just do your best."
Meng Bai said lightly.
"General, let me say something more, why do you have to go with the envoy?"
Meng Bai introduced the identities and characteristics of each general in the mission to Zhou Shu. After Zhou Shu wrote it down, before leaving, he finally couldn't help but ask.
"You, Marquis Youzhou, have your tasks, and I also have mine. These have nothing to do with you, Marquis Youzhou, so you don't have to worry about them."
Meng Bai shook his head and said, "You just need to treat me as an ordinary staff officer in the mission."
Ordinary staff officer?
How can it be ordinary!
Zhou Shu thought to himself, but since Meng Bai didn't want to say anything, he was originally curious to ask.
It doesn’t matter what his purpose is, as long as it doesn’t affect you.
Zhou Shu was very clear about his mission and sent an envoy to Daqin to find workers!
As for everything else, let it happen...
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Early on the next morning, Zhou Shu set out from Youzhou Houfu and arrived at the gathering place of the envoy.
The composition of the mission this time was very complicated. Many people were transferred from all over Daxia, so they arrived in the capital early and checked into the inn.
Zhou Shu thought he had arrived very early, but when he arrived, Shi Songtao was gathering a group of people for a meeting.
"Hello everyone."
Zhou Shu waved to the crowd, and then—then he didn’t know what to say.
"Master Hou, this is——"
Shi Songtao's face darkened, he stood up to break the deadlock, and introduced the members of the mission to Zhou Shu one by one.
Mainly the Weapons Division, as well as officials from the Ministry of Rites, they are responsible for formally contacting Da Qin.
The Weaponsmith is responsible for dealing with the difficult problems set up by Great Qin this time.
After all, it is related to casting weapons.
What made Zhou Shu a little confused was that there was only a weapon caster in the mission, not a single master craftsman.
"Great Qin has said that the master craftsmen of the army are not allowed to participate."
Shi Songtao explained angrily.
We are about to set off soon, you are so dignified, you don’t even know this!
But fortunately, at least the envoy knows how to show his face. Where is the other deputy envoy?
No one can be seen now!
Shi Songtao cursed in his heart, what kind of torture did he do in his previous life to let himself be paired with such two people in this life!
Just as I was thinking about it, a slender figure walked in from outside the door.
The woman was dressed in green clothes, with delicate features, like a fairy walking out of a painting. She carried a long sword on her back, with the hilt exposed on her right shoulder. After entering the door, she walked directly to the house without even looking at the crowd.
Behind Zhou Shu.
Then she stood still, like Zhou Shu's personal maid, without saying a word.
"Everyone knows this person, right?"
The scene became a little awkward. Zhou Shu coughed, breaking the deathly silence, and said, "This is Lu Wenshuang, the deputy envoy of our mission this time."
"I met the deputy envoy."
The people from the etiquette department responded quickly and greeted each other politely.
The weapons casters' eyes were all straightened, as if they were surprised by Lu Wenshuang's beauty.
"Humph!"
Lu Wenshuang felt a little uncomfortable when they looked at her and snorted heavily.
Everyone's ears hurt, and they felt as if their heads had been stabbed by a sword, and they immediately woke up.
"Okay, we all know each other. In the days to come, we all have to work together to complete this errand beautifully."
Zhou Shu was not very good at speaking these official words, so he clapped his hands and left the scene to Shi Songtao, and then he left.
After leaving the inn, Zhou Shu found that Lu Wenshuang was still following him.
"I said Miss Lu, Deputy Ambassador Lu, why are you following me? We won't officially leave until tomorrow. You can do whatever you want to do today. You don't have to follow me."
Zhou Shu turned around and asked strangely.
"My mission is to protect your safety."
Lu Wenshuang said coldly, "From now on, I will protect you every step of the way until I come back from Da Qin."
"Staying close?"
Zhou Shu frowned and said, "No need. Besides, we haven't set off yet. This is Chang'an City!"
"Someone was kidnapped twice in Chang'an City."
Lu Wenshuang said expressionlessly.
Zhou Shu clearly saw a hint of contempt and disdain in her eyes.
Zhou Shu is angry, what does it mean?
Those two times, I acted with the enemy, okay, otherwise, they could kidnap me?
Isn't that a joke?
He was too lazy to explain to Lawrence Lu.
"If you want to follow, just follow."
Zhou Shu simply pretends that she doesn't exist and depends on how long she can follow him. He can't go to the toilet and sleep while she is watching, right?
Striding forward, Zhou Shu deliberately speeded up, using the Step on the Cloud and Wind Step. The speed seemed slow, but he overtook several carriages on the roadside.
Lu Wenshuang's steps did not change, but he always followed Zhou Shu one step away. No matter how Zhou Shu accelerated, the distance would not increase or decrease.
Unless Zhou Shu is willing to use all his strength, there is no way he can get rid of her.
After chasing each other all the way, Zhou Shu did not return to Youzhou Houfu, but came to the military camp outside the city.
The guards of the Daxia Mission are now training here.
After revealing his identity, Zhou Shu met Chen Ji, the leader of the escort army, in the military camp.
Chen Ji looks to be in his thirties, with a handsome appearance and a silver armor that fits him perfectly, making him look like a tiger with a back and a waist.
When she saw Chen Ji, Lu Wenshuang's eyes flashed with light.
"I have met Lord Zhou, and I have met Deputy Ambassador Lu."
Chen Ji cupped his hands in a neither humble nor overbearing manner.
"General Chen is polite."
Zhou Shu said that yesterday he learned from Meng Bai that Chen Ji's martial arts cultivation level was at the fifth level, and he was considered a master even among the demon-slaying and demon-slaying armies.
But he is a general in the Protectorate Army who has some martial arts skills. Compared with martial arts, he is better at leading troops in battle.
In the Protectorate Army, martial arts cultivation is not directly related to position.
For example, Cheng Wanli, the former commander of the Huben Army, was not even a first-class warrior at the beginning, but he could still become the commander of an army. Although the Huben Army at that time was only the outermost forbidden army, and its responsibilities were only to guard the palace...<
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Chen Ji not only has a high level of martial arts training, but also has a high position in the National Defense Army.
After all, the one who can be praised by Meng Bai is definitely a talent.
"General Chen, we will set off tomorrow. I wonder how the training of the escort is going now?"
Zhou Shu smiled and said.
The escort army of the mission is a hodgepodge, including the National Protector Army, the Demon Slayer Army, and the Divine Catchers of the Divine Catcher Division. Whether they can be integrated and utilized depends on Chen Ji's ability.
"Now that they have begun to run in, we will continue to train them along the way. By the time they get to Da Qin, they will definitely be an elite soldier that can fight in a battle!"
Chen Ji said very confidently, "Master Hou, do you want to review it?"
"Forget it."
Zhou Shu was a little moved, but still shook his head.
He believes in a principle, which is to leave professional matters to professional people.
He doesn't think that the half-baked military training methods he learned in his previous life can train an elite army.
How is that possible?
By standing in a military posture and kicking forward, can you train an elite soldier?
"General Chen, how are our military supplies? Are there any gaps?"
Zhou Shu asked.
He is not familiar with how to train soldiers, but he is familiar with military equipment. He is originally a weapon maker, and the weapon maker is his territory...
"Not bad."
Chen Ji said, "The general has come forward to coordinate, and there is no problem with the standard weapons supplied by the Weapons Division."
"Where are the imported weapons?"
Zhou Shu asked, "How many top-grade warriors do we have in our bodyguard?"
Chen Ji was a little confused. It was impossible to supply high-quality weapons directly. As a weapons maker, the Marquis didn't understand this?
"There are three hundred people in the guard army who were transferred from the demon-slaying army, all of them are first-class warriors, and then there are a hundred divine arresters and divine arresters. In addition to the original first-class warriors of the national protector army, there are about four hundred and three.
More than ten top-grade warriors."
"More than four hundred?"
Zhou Shu smacked it.
He didn't think anything of it, but a hint of surprise flashed in Lu Wenshuang's eyes.
There are more than four hundred qualified warriors, which is definitely a lot.
The number of first-grade warriors is not that big. Even if they are ninth-grade warriors, there are not that many.
Now for a mission, the imperial court has dispatched so many high-grade warriors, which is enough to show how much the imperial court attaches importance to this mission.
"About one-fifth of these top-grade warriors own top-grade weapons."
Chen Ji made a quick calculation in his mind and said.
"Only one-fifth?"
Zhou Shu once again realized the scarcity of high-grade weapons, but he could not solve this problem for the time being. There were more than 400 people, and there were still more than 300 without high-grade weapons. With his current speed of forging troops, even if he did not consider firepower,
At full power, it would take more than three hundred years to forge high-quality weapons.
"One-fifth of the top-grade warriors have top-grade weapons, which is already quite a lot."
Chen Ji said, "Master Marquis, the strength of our guard army is enough to withstand five thousand elites of the Qin Dynasty."
Zhou Shu shook his head. That was not what he cared about. If it came time to go to war with Da Qin, how useful would these four hundred people be if everyone had high-quality weapons?
On someone's territory, they can easily recruit tens of thousands of troops, okay?
"General Chen, what weapon are you using now? Huangpin or Xuanpin?"
Zhou Shu asked, he never forgot to find workers for himself.
"The last general uses a sword, which is a high-quality weapon."
Chen Ji said, and as he spoke, a strange color flashed in his eyes.
Previously, a man named Yin Chengshan in the escort brought a molten gold sunset sword, which was similar in shape to the sword he used, but its power was even better than his. I heard that it was made by Lord Zhou himself.<
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"Knife? A high-quality weapon?" Zhou Shu pondered, "General Chen, would you mind changing to a different weapon?"