Chapter 276: You damn it, Lu Yuan, you really deserve to die!!!!

Next, Kang Linfei started to go on and on about grand principles.

As for this matter, Lu Yuan still couldn't say anything.

After all, they were doing it for his own good; as the saying goes, you don't strike a smiling face, so Lu Yuan could only sit there smoking while listening.

Instead, Lu Yuan learned what it meant to have something go in the left ear and out the right.

Not long after, the chief eunuch came bearing the imperial edict.

Everyone knelt down together to receive the edict.

And the persons named in the edict were exactly as everyone had previously thought.

Namely, these people from the Ministry of War and the Cabinet.

Of course, there was also an outsider, namely Lie Qing.

This was also what Lu Yuan had just been saying to his wife while they were exercising.

Now his wife has made up her mind and will no longer obstruct Gu Lie.

Perhaps it's because his wife has now become a cultivator, giving her greater confidence in controlling certain matters.

Or perhaps it's because she has figured out something else.

This campaign against the Liujin Dynasty will be led by Gu Lie as commander-in-chief.

After the edict arrived, everyone waited a while longer.

After about ten or so minutes, Gu Lie came rushing in.

Gu Lie hadn't stayed at the military camp last night; instead, he had stayed directly at the prince's mansion.

After all, Lu Yuan had already told Gu Lie yesterday that he was preparing to talk about the Liujin Dynasty today.

Gu Lie had been waiting at home for the notice.

Waiting and waiting, it was almost noon, the edict still hadn't come down, so Gu Lie wanted to come see what was up, and on the way he happened to run into someone coming out of the palace.

Well, the person who came is called 'Fast'.

Gu Lie was extremely excited, for this was his first time being appointed commander-in-chief.

Before this, Gu Lie had also served as a general once, but only as a deputy general; although Lu Yuan had been feeding him lines left and right back then, making the deputy general sound like something impressive.

But a deputy general is just a deputy general.

In a hundred years' time, when people talk about which battle, only the commander-in-chief will be mentioned.

Deputy general?

Not even a dog would care!

After Gu Lie arrived, he sat down beside Lu Yuan, excitedly looking at the people in the meeting room and said:

"Come on, come on, let's start quickly."

With Gu Lie's arrival, the meeting officially began.

However, after the Ministry of War and the Cabinet side had spoken for only ten or so minutes, Lu Yuan directly interrupted them.

Because according to the meaning of the Cabinet and the Ministry of War, this war would require at least six armies to be mobilized.

But this was different from what Lu Yuan had envisioned.

Full mechanization, off-road vehicles, motorcycles, plus the transport capacity of steam engines.

Now all the troops have been equipped with rifled guns.

Although the quality isn't great, it's somewhat like the Zhongzheng rifle on Earth, much inferior to the Japanese Type 38, and far inferior to the Mauser on European battlefields.

But a rifled gun is a rifled gun.

This absolutely cannot be compared to the curved swords of the Liujin Dynasty's nomadic civilization.

Of course, the Liujin Dynasty has been fighting the Great Zhou Dynasty's grasslands year after year, and has also acquired quite a bit of equipment.

But it's just some old smoothbore guns, plus some matchlocks and such.

Compared to such troops of the Great Zhou Dynasty, there's simply no comparison.

Moreover, let alone the Great Zhou Dynasty's elite armies, such as Gu Lie's 39th Army and the Wansui Army, which already have artillery units.

Every squad and platoon has a light machine gun.

Every company has a heavy machine gun.

With such a configuration, saying we need to send six armies over is truly unnecessary.

One army is enough.

Absolutely sufficient.

Moreover, there's no need to mention that the one appointed commander-in-chief this time is Gu Lie, this guy labeled as the 【War God】.

One army is absolutely enough.

And Lu Yuan's idea truly coincides with Gu Lie's.

Gu Lie also didn't want those ideas from the Cabinet and the Ministry of War.

What Gu Lie wanted was simply to bring only his own Wansui Army.

Gu Lie hadn't spoken just now because Lu Yuan hadn't made a sound.

Since Lu Yuan remained silent, Gu Lie didn't dare to speak either.

What if this is my brother-in-law's intention? If I were to speak up, my brother-in-law might be displeased…

I'd still be holding onto a worthless commander-in-chief title.

I might as well just stay home and roast sweet potatoes.

But if my brother-in-law speaks up, then Gu Lie would become formidable.

My brother-in-law is indeed my brother-in-law; after all, we're one family~

We think the same.

Originally, the Ministry of War and the Cabinet over there weren't really in agreement with Lu Yuan's idea.

It's not that they disagreed; they just felt that doing so would be rather risky.

Given how strong the Great Zhou Dynasty's military is now, even if they thought six armies were too many, they could just go with three, or even two if necessary.

That would be foolproof—how great.

There's no need to take a risk with just one army.

If anything were to happen, that would be bad.

So the Ministry of War and the Cabinet wanted to advise Lu Yuan.

But as soon as the people from the Ministry of War and the Cabinet said a couple of words, Gu Lie slammed the table with a bang and shouted.

After Gu Lie slammed the table, neither the Ministry of War nor the Cabinet dared to speak.

Gu Lie was essentially part of the Ministry of War; his position, accurately speaking, was that of a Grand General King.

The Minister of War had to be extremely courteous whenever he saw Gu Lie.

Now that Gu Lie was like this, the Ministry of War immediately lost its temper and didn't say a word.

If the Ministry of War stayed silent, the Cabinet dared not speak at all.

Especially Kang Linfei.

When Gu Lie slammed the table, Kang Linfei was so frightened his heart almost gave out.

You know who Gu Lie beat up last time?

It was him, Kang Linfei!

Kang Linfei truly feared Gu Lie—his fear of Gu Lie outweighed his fear of Lu Yuan.

After all, Lu Yuan, that bastard, likes to play dirty tricks on you.

Although it's more troublesome, playing dirty like that can let you live a few more years.

Gu Lie, on the other hand, just goes straight to using force……

Kang Linfei felt…… if he were to say another word……

he would definitely not be able to go home tonight.

Gu Lie would definitely find someone to smash his car, drag him out, and give him a beating.

At his old age, letting Gu Lie beat him again……

he probably couldn't make it through tonight.

So Kang Linfei stayed silent as well.

With both sides silent, the rest of the matter became simple.

Whatever Lu Yuan said, as long as both sides stayed silent, they agreed.

Anyway, after he finished speaking, the overall plan for this war would be carried out according to Lu Yuan's record; the Cabinet and the Ministry of War would just sign, stamp, and hand it over to His Majesty the Emperor.

And the two sides didn't worry about it anymore.

As for what Gu Lie had to say in response to Lu Yuan, it basically amounted to two words.

"Mm-hmm."

"Mm-hmm."

"Mm-hmm."

……

Sending only one army against the Glimmering Gold Dynasty this time doesn't mean there's less to do.

The fewer armies sent, the more detailed and careful the later work must be.

If we put it in gaming terms, this is called the error tolerance rate.

Logistics must keep up.

Lu Yuan had already thought this through beforehand; now he just needs to lay it out point by point.

It's troublesome.

Meanwhile, the Cabinet and the Ministry of War stayed silent, just listening.

Gu Lie: "Mm-hmm."

"Mm-hmm."

"Mm-hmm."

Even by past one in the afternoon, Lu Yuan still hadn't finished; a small part remained.

While Lu Yuan was explaining in detail, the meeting room door was knocked a few times.

Lu Yuan said, "Come in."

The Grand Eunuch then pushed the door open and came in.

Behind the Grand Eunuch followed a retinue of eunuchs.

As soon as he entered, the Grand Eunuch saw Lu Yuan, who had just been speaking and was now dry-mouthed, picking up his cup to drink water, and hurriedly said:

"Lord Lu, His Majesty the Emperor feels for you and all the ministers, saying that no matter what matter, you must first eat before discussing……"

Before the Grand Eunuch could finish speaking, Gu Lie, who had been eyeing Lu Yuan eagerly and was ready to say "mm-hmm", immediately waved his hand impatiently and said:

"Go away, we're discussing state affairs—what's with eating? Skipping a meal won't kill you!"

"Get out! Get out! Get out!"

After Gu Lie said that fiercely, the Grand Eunuch looked at Lu Yuan, somewhat at a loss.

To be honest……

This meal…… this meal was given by His Majesty the Emperor for Lord Lu to eat……

When mentioning this meal, His Majesty the Emperor never even brought up the Prince……

And Lu Yuan, after hearing Gu Lie let out a huge fart, hastily put down his water cup and glared at Gu Lie, saying:

Cut the farting here—people are iron, rice is steel; you won't eat, but others won't either?

Damn it, Lu Yuan has been talking for two or three hours, his throat is about to smoke.

If he won't eat this meal, Lu Yuan also needs to take a break.

Unlike Gu Lie, who just sits here humming for over three hours.

Immediately, Lu Yuan again glared at Gu Lie and scolded:

"If you don't want to eat, go outside and squat."

Gu Lie occasionally dares to argue a bit with his older sister when he's upset, but he absolutely dares not argue with Lu Yuan.

After all... sometimes if he really annoys his older sister, he hides behind his brother-in-law, as long as his brother-in-law protects him.

Eh... then his older sister can't do anything to him.

But if he dares to argue with his brother-in-law a bit.

Just his older sister could find someone to beat him to death with a stick.

What's more, his brother-in-law could easily pin him to the ground and give him a beating.

As soon as his brother-in-law spoke, Gu Lie, who was fierce a second ago, immediately put on a fawning, sycophantic smile and said:

"Sis... no... bro, I'm joking—how could this person not eat? Hahaha... eat, eat, I'll eat it all."

After saying that, Gu Lie immediately turned his head and raised an eyebrow at the chief eunuch nearby, saying:

"What are you standing there for? Hurry up and serve it!"

Immediately, the chief eunuch hurriedly had people bring everything up.

The dishes that came up were nothing else; the vast majority were seafood, after all Lu Yuan likes to eat smelly fish and rotten shrimp, and isn't afraid of the smell.

Gu Qingwan also just sends whatever Lu Yuan wants to eat.

Immediately, Lu Yuan didn't stand on ceremony, first grabbing a large crab and starting to eat.

And the people from the Imperial Cabinet and the Ministry of War also didn't stand on ceremony; they were indeed somewhat hungry.

However, the people from the Imperial Cabinet and the Ministry of War were eating while thinking.

Before this, we only knew that Lord Lu Yuan's relationship with the prince was good...

But looking at it today...

It's more than just a good relationship...

It seems... it seems the prince is extremely afraid of Lord Lu Yuan... well... can't say it's fear.

That wording is inappropriate; more accurately, it's respect.

That really is quite strange.

After all, everyone knows what kind of person the prince used to be.

He really was a good-for-nothing, nobody looked up to him, and anyone his age who'd seen him had beaten him up.

Really, never seen the prince submit to anyone.

But upon reflection, the people from the Imperial Cabinet and the Ministry of War think it's normal.

After all, Lu Yuan has come up with all these military things, and everyone knows the prince also likes military affairs, but before he was just held back by the emperor and not allowed to go.

Everything Lu Yuan has come up with is exactly what the prince likes.

That's only natural.

Everyone thought about it a bit, then just focused on eating, without thinking further.

And while Lu Yuan was eating heartily, he glanced at the chief eunuch beside him who was pouring his tea and water, and winked, saying:

"You can go back; you don't need to stand guard here."

My wife is pregnant, so I should let the chief eunuch go back to attend to her, and I don't need to be attended to here either.

And the chief eunuch, with a troubled look, looked at Lu Yuan and said:

"Lord... His Majesty said... I must watch you finish eating before I'm allowed to leave; otherwise... His Majesty definitely won't spare me."

Lu Yuan blinked, then gave a helpless smile and shook his head, saying:

"Fine, then you can stay here."

This is my wife caring for me.

However, this is just because my wife hasn't been married to me long enough to understand me.

Am I the kind of person who wrongs himself for the sake of state affairs?

Obviously not.

I definitely want to be comfortable and full before talking about state affairs.

So...

Tonight I need to get a deeper understanding of my wife.

I need to let my wife deeply experience what kind of person I am as a man!!

While eating, Kang Linfei also didn't forget to instruct Lu Yuan on how this meal should be...

Saying he should personally go give thanks, and this and that and whatnot.

Requiring all sorts of gratefulness and whatnot.

To be honest, Kang Linfei's wife's constant nagging really annoys Lu Yuan.

But honestly, they really are doing it for his own good.

Of course, Lu Yuan also understands that Kang Linfei's good intentions are also because he fears Lu Yuan getting into trouble would implicate him.

But objectively speaking, Kang Linfei is still not bad.

So Lu Yuan also shouldn't put on an impatient, unteachable attitude.

He could only respond with vague sounds, and Lu Yuan didn't hear clearly what Kang Linfei specifically said.

Kang Linfei didn't realize Lu Yuan was just placating him; he only saw that this bad seed Lu Yuan was willing to listen to him speak.

He also didn't show any annoyed expression, and just assumed Lu Yuan had listened.

After Kang Linfei took a bite of food, he then satisfiedly looked toward Lu Yuan and said:

"Lord Lu, this is right, the emperor dotes on you so much, you should be grateful to tears, this is heavenly grace."

"Especially after the emperor just finished scolding you, he then thought you hadn't eaten and specially sent someone to grant a feast."

"This is even more heavenly grace among heavenly grace; Lord Lu, you must seize this opportunity, and later properly apologize to the emperor."

Kang Linfei felt that the emperor truly doted on Lu Yuan to the extreme.

You say, if it were anyone else doing what Lu Yuan did this morning, they'd have been beheaded who knows how many times.

And the result?

Although the scolding was just scolding, by noon he still hadn't forgotten that Lu Yuan hadn't eaten.

And he specially sent someone to deliver it.

Such an honor, in the Great Zhou Dynasty only Lu Yuan has this.

Lu Yuan picked up a piece of braised pork, put it in his mouth, and while chewing responded:

"Okay, okay, okay, I know..."

Before Lu Yuan finished speaking, he stopped, then spat out the braised pork from his mouth, and looked at the nearby grand eunuch, raising his eyebrows and said:

"Go tell the emperor, this braised pork is too greasy, don't make it anymore; I'll say when I want to eat it."

The grand eunuch immediately replied respectfully:

"Yes, Lord."

Kang Linfei looked at Lu Yuan, who was slouching in the chair with legs crossed like a big boss, with a face full of question marks.

You...

You... you...

You damn bastard, Lu Yuan, you really deserve to die!!!!

(End of chapter)