Chapter 58

"As insiders, they can continuously pass intelligence and movements of the Taiping Dao to us at critical moments in the future, providing convenience for us to defeat the Taiping Dao."

"Second, I will further refine my 3,000 private soldiers; it just so happens that this time I accidentally comprehended the true military formation technique and the supporting Military Formation Body-Tempering Technique;"

"It can greatly reduce the difficulty of building military formations;"

"It can help me, Hansheng, and others quickly form military formations with the soldiers under our command, greatly improving the combat effectiveness of the troops;"

"By then, this private army will become the main force for us to quickly defeat the Taiping Dao rebel army in Dengxian and even the entire Nanyang."

"Oh?"

Su Lie and the others were all very surprised when they heard this and looked at Su Xuan: "I didn't expect you to even come up with a military formation technique."

Immediately after, Su Lie looked around and warned: "Listen, this news must absolutely not be leaked, do you hear me?"

As he spoke, he looked at Dian Wei, then looked at Su Xuan with some worry, and cast a questioning look.

"Rest assured!"

Su Xuan immediately smiled and waved his hand: "Dian Jun is loyal and unparalleled, and is someone who can be absolutely trusted; Father, you don't need to worry."

Dian Wei was deeply moved when he heard this, and his loyalty to Su Xuan became even firmer; he immediately stated: "My Lord! Old Master! I, Dian Wei, swear here that I will absolutely not leak the secret of the Lord even a little bit; otherwise, may I be struck by lightning and die a horrible death."

"Dian Jun doesn't need to be like this! I know your character very well and trust you very much!"

Su Xuan shook his head to comfort him.

"Hehe! I know!"

Dian Wei grinned and touched the back of his head.

Su Lie also apologized to Dian Wei: "It was my small-mindedness! It's just that the matter is of great importance, so please don't take offense, Dian Jun."

"Hmm! I understand! I don't mind!"

Dian Wei nodded.

This was just human nature.

On the contrary, the fact that the Lord trusted him so unconditionally made him feel very warm.

After Su Lie was relieved, he looked at Su Xuan and asked: "Then what about the third?"

Su Xuan immediately replied: "Third, it is for you, Father, to continue to send people to secretly watch the movements of those Taiping Dao leaders in Dengxian;"

"At the same time, I will send Wen Pin to spare some time to help train the county soldiers of Dengxian to improve their combat effectiveness;"

"By then, when the rebellion really breaks out, the county soldiers will also have the strength to fight and won't be defeated in one battle; what do you think?"

"Fine!"

Su Lie nodded and agreed without hesitation: "Let's do it! I will communicate with the County Commandant Cai Xin."

"Cai Xin?"

Su Xuan raised his eyebrows when he heard this; he only just learned that the Dengxian Commandant was named Cai Xin.

He immediately asked: "Could it be that County Commandant Cai Xin is from the Jingzhou Cai family?"

"Indeed!"

Su Lie nodded affirmatively, then comforted: "You don't need to worry about him; our family has had intermarriages with the Jingxiang Cai family, Huang family, Pang family, and even the Kuai family for generations;"

"The relationship is closer than you think;"

"These families of ours are considered an alliance of interests and marriage; we won't easily stab each other in the back or hold each other back."

Su Xuan nodded in understanding.

This was the first time he had heard of this, but it was indeed a good thing.

This meant that if he wanted to occupy Jingzhou in the future, the internal difficulty would be much smaller.

"That's good!"

Su Xuan was very satisfied with this.

"Is there anything I need to do?"

Su Yu asked at this time.

"And me." *2

Su Zhan and Su Yi also echoed.

Su Xuan shook his head and said: "Second brother, you just need to handle the affairs of the Chamber of Commerce for now!"

"Many plans cannot do without the support of sufficient money and food; the things in your hands are very critical."

"As for the third and fourth brothers, you are still young, so practice your martial arts well first!"

"Third brother, if you have the heart, you can go to the military camp more often to learn and participate in training;"

"Fourth brother, learn from your second brother; you also need to help with the affairs of the Chamber of Commerce in the future."

The third brother is mainly taking the path of a military general, while the second and fourth brothers have more choices.

"Yes!"

Su Yu and the three others nodded and agreed, with smiles appearing on everyone's faces.

Having things arranged for them to do and having a sense of participation naturally made them happy.

"By the way!"

At this moment, Su Mu said: "Xuan'er! Your grandfather wants you to go over in the near future; see which day you have time, and mother will accompany you!"

"Hmm?"

Su Xuan was instantly confused: "Mother! What does grandfather want with me?"

If there's nothing, his grandfather shouldn't be looking for him.

"Hehe!"

Su Mu smiled beautifully: "It's not that I wrote to your grandfather telling him about your epiphany, and also revealed some information about the hydraulic forging workshop to your grandfather;"

"Told him that you now have extremely high talent in craftsmanship and mechanism arts, so your grandfather couldn't sit still, right?"

"Just go and take a look; perhaps you can get the Mohist inheritance and more support from your grandfather's family!"

"Of course, you can rest assured, I didn't give the core things to your grandfather, so there's no need to worry about leakage in the short term."

In the long run, as long as they build a hydraulic forging workshop here, it will sooner or later be cracked by experts in this field.

It's better to use it to sell a favor to help Su Xuan gain more support from the Huang family.

By the way, see if he can obtain the Mohist inheritance in the hands of the Huang family.

Even if it's not a complete inheritance, I think it will be of great help to Su Xuan.

"Fine!"

Su Xuan realized and said happily: "Then let's make it the day after tomorrow!"

"After we finish the things at home in these two days, we will go over!"

"Speaking of which, I haven't seen grandfather for over a year!"

"It's time to pay a visit!"

The Mianyang Huang family has countless high-level craftsmen, which is also very important for his future development, and the two sides are relatives, so Su Xuan naturally doesn't want to miss it.

"Hmm! Then it's settled!"

Su Mu smiled and nodded.

Early the next morning, after morning exercises, Su Xuan took Dian Wei, Su Zhan, and Huang Zhong to the military camp on horseback.

He summoned Wen Pin, who was left behind to train the troops, and came to the big tent.

"Zhongye, how has the training of the soldiers been this month? Are there any problems?"

After sitting down, Su Xuan asked Wen Pin first.

"Everything is on the right track!"

Wen Pin shook his head and said: "Because there is a perfect reward and punishment system, and you, my Lord, are also very generous, the soldiers are all very motivated and train very hard;"

"However, the literacy campaign you instructed is not going smoothly;"

"With rewards and opportunities to learn to read, the soldiers are willing, but there is a lack of enough teachers!"

"This month, I have asked the Old Master to help recruit relevant personnel in Dengxian, but it is not going smoothly;"

"Those teachers are simply unwilling to come."

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