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Tianzhangyuan blinked a few beautiful eyes and gave Qingdeng's long, soft eyes.

This eye wave is very gentle, as if it is stroking you.

At the same time, a hint of shy redness hung on her cheeks.

If someone else had seen the gentle appearance of Tianzhangyuan and heard the ambiguous words of Tianzhangyuan, I would have been in a state of mind and could not control myself.

Then a series of classic delusions such as "Oh, does Your Highness Tianzhangyuan like me?", "What name do you want to name your highness Tianzhangyuan's children?"

Unfortunately, these tricks are ineffective for Qingdeng.

He and Tianzhangyuan are just old friends.

After years of interaction, he already knew the little devilish character of Tianzhangyuan, and at the same time he knew that the other party was a person who loved pranks very much.

If you are not careful, she will lead you through the nose.

Qingdeng sighed again, then changed into a serious tone and expression.

"Your Highness, let's talk about the important matter quickly."

"I know very well - you're not the kind of person who abuses power for such reasons."

Tianzhangyuan raised his eyebrows.

"...It's true, can't you cooperate with me more?"

After saying that, she changed into a solemn face like Qingdeng.

"Our time is very tight. After arriving in Kyoto, we will have a long negotiation with the court on the issue of expelling the barbarians."

"We cannot expel the barbarians, there is only one way to die."

"However... the court simply couldn't listen to us."

"The ministers and ministers who are honored by the Orang School are like mad dogs, only knowing how to bark."

"Apart from repeating the repeated 'elimination of barbarians, barbarians, and quickly expel barbarians', we will not say anything else."

"No one knows how long the negotiations with the court will last."

"So I and Katsuichi together decided to ask you for the current situation in Kyoto halfway through Shangluo."

"The sedan chair that is not available to disturb you, and is also private enough is a good place to talk."

"After all, Jiamao is a general. If you two are in a sedan chair in front of everyone, it will be inappropriate and will easily cause malicious speculation from those who are interested."

"There is no choice but to do it myself."

As she said that, she gathered her eyes and cast a sharp gaze at Qingdeng.

"Sheng Qing, you have been stationed in Kyoto for nearly three months. In your opinion, what is the current situation in Kyoto?"

Qingdeng sinks his eyelids and looks contemplative.

“…Simply put: the war is about to break out.”

"At first, Kyoto's forces became a staggering force, and no one could do anything to anyone."

"And now, with my entry, the energy of the Zuma power has increased greatly, and the original balance has been broken."

"Neutral forces represented by the Satsuma clan are not allowed to be ignored."

"The Zunrun power led by the Choshu clan must have been anxious."

"Kyoto is now like a large powder barrel."

"The anxiety of the Zunrong power has burst into intense sparks."

"It won't take long, these sparks will sooner or later fall into the "powder barrel."

"It will be 7 to 8 months late, and 3 to 4 months early, and the situation in Kyoto will undergo earth-shaking changes."

"At that time, this huge change will determine the ownership of Kyoto."

"It depends entirely on man and fortune to become a territory that has become a 'Zhuo faction' or to return to the embrace of the 'Zhuo faction'."

Tianzhangyuan listened carefully.

After Qing Deng finished speaking, she nodded gently:

"Are you 3 or 4 months earlier?... So you plan to expand the scale of the newly selected team to 3,000 people within 3 months and establish initial combat effectiveness?"

The Gyeonggi governor did not need to be responsible to anyone or any force. No matter what action he took, he did not need to seek opinions from others, nor did he need to look at others' expressions - except Tokugawa Ieshima.

Aoden directly obeyed Tokugawa Ishiki, the latter was the former's only boss.

If it's a trivial matter, that's fine.

As for major events like recruitment, Aoden still has to report to Tokugawa Ishishi first and seek his opinions.

When Aoden sent a letter to Edo, "I want to recruit soldiers, what do you think?", he soon received a reply from Tokugawa Ishiki.

The speed of replying made him wonder whether the other party had read his letter seriously.

Tokugawa Ishimaki's reply only has a simple, big word: Yes!

There are no complicated inquiries, no unreasonable doubts, only a cheerful nod.

To be honest, if Li Mu, Yue Fei and others could welcome a monarch like Tokugawa Ishimatsu, they would wake up laughing in their dreams.

Qingdeng shook his head with a smile:

"It's because of this."

"Although I was very polite just now, the above is all my personal guess."

"I am not a god and I don't have the ability to predict the future."

"Maybe something happened tomorrow...even today, which led to Kyoto becoming a bloody battlefield full of corpses."

"It is also possible that after three or five years, the inside and outside of Kyoto will be peaceful, with dances, dogs and barking, and no large-scale head-on conflict broke out between major forces."

"No one can say anything in the future, and any kind of situation may happen."

Tianzhangyuan pursed his red lips lightly and did not make any statement.

Although she said nothing, there was a faint feeling of worry between her cheeks.

Seeing this, Qingdeng thought for a moment.

Then, he suddenly spoke:

"Your Highness, although the future is uncertain, we don't have to be in a hurry."

He said, changing into a relaxed tone.

"'First be invincible, and wait for the enemy to be victorious' - this is the only rule to defeat the enemy, and it is also the military tactic that I most admire."

“What we should do now is to constantly strengthen our strength.”

"While strengthening oneself, win over all the people you can win over and make more friends."

"Let's take a look at what happened next."

"No matter what move the enemy uses, we just need to deal with each other when we see the move, and the soldiers will block the water and the soil will cover it."

As soon as Qingdeng finished speaking, Tianzhangyuan suddenly showed a surprised expression.

Immediately afterwards, she swept her eyes and looked at Qingdeng carefully up and down, as if she was observing something.

"…Sheng Qing, you seem to have changed."

"Well? Why did you say this?"

Tianzhangyuan glanced at Qingdeng a few more times and smiled.

"Is it because you are in charge of the entire army's food, drink, defecation and urination? You always give people a feeling of... leader."

Qingdeng blinked, then couldn't help laughing.

"Does the leader feel like... maybe that's the case."

"Since I came to Kyoto, every day when I opened my eyes, I was thinking about how to make the new selection team stronger."

"I'm used to giving orders. Over time, I've accumulated a little serious leader's aura."

Tianzhangyuan covered his mouth and chuckled.

"Sheng Qing, 'serious' is a derogatory term."

"I know, so I'm humble."

After chatting a few nutritious gossips without any thoughts, Tianzhangyuan raised new questions:

"What about the Fa-killing Party? Have you heard of the latest developments in the Fa-killing Party recently?"

Qingdeng shook his head gently.

"No. The Fazhu Party is more cunning than the mice in the ditch. They are so capable of hiding."

"I strongly suspect that the core base of the Fazhe Party was not in Gyeonggi, or it was not only in Gyeonggi, but in a more distant place."
To be continued...