abnabooks 0365: This Will Be Done In Secret.
0365: This Will Be Done In Secret.
Qiao Ji stayed in the Momu Shipbuilding Workshop for more than an hour before leaving, and watched the 50-meter boat and the 30-meter boat for a long time.
The boats made by Prue are very well built in terms of general direction and details, and there are almost no faults.
Especially in the aspect of polishing the wooden boards, each piece of wood board is polished very smooth, and a layer of waterproof paint is specially applied on it.
Qiao Ji has seen the boats built by the Geqi family, although they are also very good, but in terms of details, the Black Wood Shipbuilding Workshop is even better.
"Tat Tat Tat..."
Shi Duo drove the carriage towards Baihua Manor, and the sky had already started to snow lightly.
Inside the carriage.
Lei Nai lifted the curtain of the window to look outside, and murmured, "Master, it's snowing again."
She is more afraid of the cold, and the clothes she wears are heavier. Whenever it snows, the black cat girl is not happy with "Zero One Three".
Sometimes Lei Nai longed to lean against the charcoal brazier every day, and it was really comfortable to put his body close to the warm charcoal fire.
"It will be spring in more than a month, very soon." Qiao Ji rubbed the black cat girl's head.
"Yeah." Lei Nai nodded obediently.
She slowly closed the curtain and asked curiously, "My lord, who are we going to find to drive the boat then?"
"Ask Eve sometime, maybe she has a suitable candidate to recommend." Qiao Ji blinked her deep heterochromatic pupils slowly.
They were not familiar with the waterway from the imperial capital to Beigang, and they really needed an old captain as a guide. The most important thing was to find someone they could trust, so they thought of the young lady.
"It's true." Lei Nai was a little relieved.
"Tat Tat Tat..."
With the sound of crisp horseshoes, two hours later, the carriage stopped at Baihua Manor.
Ai Yu had already been waiting outside the manor, and when she saw Qiao Ji getting off the carriage, she bowed and saluted.
He got up and walked over, and said excitedly, "My lord, everything is fine in Baihua Manor."
Ever since Qiao Ji led the knights to set off, Baihua Manor has always been managed by Ai Yu, which is not an easy task.
Fortunately, Eve directly sent Flynn Knight to assist, and Ye also secretly helped solve some troubles.
Otherwise, Ai Yu might not be able to guard the Hundred Flowers Manor even if he has three heads and six arms. There are too many nobles who deliberately come to provoke trouble.
Qiao Ji knew that it was not easy for Ai Yu. In the morning, the eldest lady had already told him about the situation in Baihua Manor.
He stretched out his hand and patted Ai Yu's shoulder, and said softly, "It's been a long time.
"It's not hard." Ai Yu shook her head like a drum.
"Tap Tat Tat..."
Qiao Ji took Lei Nai into the familiar manor, and walked all the way to the wooden house of the old calendar.
He walked to the wooden house, turned around and said, "Ai Yu, call Agnelli for me."
"Yes." Ai Yu turned his head to the side and ordered his men to go down and shout.
"Crackling."
Qiao Ji walked into the wooden house and sat down at a familiar place. Looking sideways at the increasing snow outside the window, she murmured, "Auspicious snow heralds a good year."
"Master, what does this sentence mean?" Lei Nai came over with two cups of hot water.
"It's nothing, it's just a common saying." He shook his head with a smile.
Lei Nai scratched the back of his head, took a sip of hot water, and asked suddenly, "Master, I have a question for you."
"Tell me." Qiao Ji looked at the black cat girl gently.
"After the Battle of Pingdingshan Fortress, didn't the soldiers who followed us disband?"
Lei Nai's slender fingers pointed at his delicate chin.
Those soldiers were temporarily recruited by the empire, and they were naturally allowed to return to their respective homes after the war.
If there is another battle in the Golden Eagle Empire next time, the empire will recruit these soldiers again. Veterans are more experienced than recruits, and as long as they are not disabled, they must go to the battlefield.
Of course, soldiers with meritorious service will be rewarded by the empire and converted into knights.
But in the end, it was only a few people, and most of the credit was swallowed up by the knights of the nobles.
"Yes, what's the matter?" Yin Ji nodded slightly.
Lei Nai shook the fluffy cat's tail and muttered, "The Lord has trained them for so long, I think it's a pity to disband them all at once."
"I have my own arrangements." Qiao Ji just smiled mysteriously.
Lei Nai nodded and didn't worry about it. Looking around the wooden house, he found that there was nothing to clean. He knew that Ai Yu must have come to clean it up often.
The two of them had just finished speaking...
"Tap Tat Tat..."
Agnelli came to the wooden house wearing armor, and asked respectfully, "What is your order?"
"This is a reward for knights who have contributed to the Battle of Pingdingshan Fortress, and it will be distributed later..."
Qiao Ji handed over a document that had just been sorted out.
When Dinah hadn't opened the window to enter the courtyard last night, the information he was sorting out was information about knights' military exploits.
Of course, on the way back to the imperial capital, I had sorted out some scattered things, and last night was just a consolidation.
There are still many knights who contributed to the Battle of Pingdingshan Fortress. Qiao Ji had to think about what rewards to give them, so it took a long time to integrate.
Agnelli hurried forward, took the document with both hands and nodded, "Yes."
He knew that many knights were waiting, and they would be very happy to know that the reward came down.
"The information in your hand, there are still some arrangements for the knights who died in battle. This matter must be done well." Qiao Ji said seriously.
"Yes." Agnelli replied in a deep voice.
"By the way, there is one more thing for you to do." Qiao Ji picked up a cup of hot water and said seriously.
"My lord, please tell me." Agnelli said in a deep voice.
"Look at this list first." Qiao Ji picked up another list from the table and handed it over.
Agnelli curiously took the list and browsed it, and understood the content after reading the first page.
He closed the file, raised his head and said in surprise, "My lord, aren't the people above here the soldiers assigned to you by the Battle of Pingdingshan Fortress?"
"That's right, all the people above have performed well in this battle. You should contact 3.9 in private and gather all these people together. 17
A scheming flashed through Qiao Ji's sharp heterochromatic pupils.
These soldiers have participated in actual combat, and they are better than those who have not participated in wars in all aspects, especially in terms of psychological quality.
He intends to gather these elite soldiers and bring them to the territory one after another. After all, the territory needs people to guard it.
Most of the soldiers were from poor families, and as long as they were given enough benefits, they would be willing to leave the imperial capital with them.
Lei Nai raised his thin eyebrows in surprise, and muttered in his heart, it turned out that the master had already arranged it.
"Yes." Agnelli nodded while holding the information.
"This matter must be done in secret," Qiao Ji added.
"Understood." Agnelli replied in a deep voice, turned and left holding the documents.
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