C55 (2/2)

”Then am I not the general's man?”

Her people.

Why did this sound so awkward?

Her thoughts drifted further and further away until she unconsciously shivered, ”You … ”I don't believe you that much yet. The last incident with Le Ann didn't prove your innocence completely.”

”It doesn't matter if you believe me or not. In short, I have a clear conscience.”

Mm, from his tone, it sounded like he had slandered him.

Qi Miao also felt that this Zhu Guanliang was not ordinary, not because of what he had said, but because of the temperament that he had.

Zhu Guanliang waited until Zhou Leping and his group had walked far away before he took out the remaining two bags of ingredients from behind him. He casually spread them out and in the blink of an eye, they were all finished.

The longer he stayed in the capital, the more Zhou Leping would miss the time he spent at the border of the city. It was a little hard for her to eat the bitter yellow sand at the side, but she was free to do whatever she wanted there, no matter what she wanted. She did not need to look at people's faces, just looking at them was enough to scold them.

After returning, she was no longer as carefree as before. She only found Lin Jing unpleasing to the eye, but no matter how much she found him, she could only clench her fists and hold in her emotions.

But when Lin Jing rejected her list of members, she really couldn't help but want to beat him up.

Zhao Deng, who was rarely seen in the imperial court, pulled her tightly, ”Calm down.”

Since Lin Jing had brought up the issue of being a soldier, his goal was to weaken the military power in Zhou Leping's hands and force the old, weak and handicapped to retreat. It basically had no effect on her and it could not shake her at all, so they definitely could not go according to her wishes.

Lin Jing had his own way of saying that the sixteen to twenty-five year old soldiers in the army should have at least withdrawn fifty thousand, that there were countless natural disasters in the country, and that the young and strong labor force should be within the army, that farming was abandoned, and that for a long period of time, no one would be farming the farmlands, giving them anything they needed to feed them.

There were so many people in the entire country, just this fifty thousand from her hands?

Those elderly disabled soldiers who lacked arms and legs would not be able to kill them first. Would they just let them carry their swords and continue to kill the enemy?

Zhao Shiqian tapped her knee with her fingertips, signalling for Zhou Leping to be patient, and asked on her behalf, ”These people that the Qing Qing are talking about are the most courageous and warlike soldiers in the army, if we remove so many people in one go, the defense at the border would be weakened, and we would definitely give Wu Yu an opportunity, what should we do then?”

Lin Jing righteously spoke, ”Chief General is a hero and a warrior, while Xianyuer is fleeing. Even if Xianyuer were to come back, with General Jiang's courage, dealing with a few defeated soldiers would not be an easy task.”

Zhou Leping laughed, ”Master Lin sure knows how to praise me, I can go one against one against a hundred, but the soldiers under me cannot go one against a hundred, maybe Master Lin has never gone to war, I do not know how difficult it is to fight, how about I bring Master Lin to the battlefield to take a look?”

”General needs to know something. Water can carry a boat but it can overturn a boat. Agriculture is the foundation of our country. If we can't keep up with agriculture and the general's war, how can we guarantee the rear?”

F * ck, if he forced out the fifty thousand elite soldiers under her command, then the number of soldiers that would be available to her would dwindle to less than seventy thousand.

His thoughts were simple, as if his State Of Zhao was like an enemy. If he suddenly lost so many elite soldiers and generals, making those countries that were eyeing him covetously, he definitely wouldn't be able to sit still and watch such a good opportunity.

There was no end to the argument, Lin Jing was at a loss of what to say. The people of the Party supported Lin Jing's words, saying that agriculture was the priority, and Zhou Leping would never give up, thinking of the big picture, this method was too risky.

The emperor was in a dilemma, but he still agreed with Zhou Leping secretly. It was just that there were some things that were hard to say, so he pretended to think about it and said he would discuss it another day.