On that day, Lu Qi did not go back and stayed on Mount Sumeru at night. However, he did not spend the night in Jingyun Temple, but was outside the temple and asked the temple, but Lu Qi declined.

At night, the stars were shining. Lu Qi and Xiaodie Xiaoqing took a walk near Jingyun Temple and enjoyed the scenery far and near. This area is facing the mountains and valleys, with deep ditches and dangerous streams at the entrance of the gorge, and towering peaks. A village was built in Shimen River at the foot of the mountain, and thousands of soldiers were stationed to guard it. Huizhou is the west of Shimen Pass, which is an important commercial road defense.

"Qilang, it is probably not easy to repair Jingyun Temple here. It will not only cost a lot of money, but also be ruined by the soldiers and generals at Shimen Pass." Xiaodie said softly.

"I am not afraid of being abused. If it is abused, it will be better. What I want is the reputation of respecting Buddha." Lu Qipinghe replied.

Xiaodie nodded, and Lu Qi said again: "It's just a simple repair. The main thing is to donate more monk's clothes and food, and also give incense. After I go back tomorrow, I will send five thousand soldiers to work."

Xiaodie nodded, Lu Qi turned his head and glanced, and asked with a smile: "Xiaoqing, is the scenery here good?"

"It's very good, but I still like Jiangnan." Xiaoqing replied softly.

Lu Qiyi smiled and Xiaoqing said again: "Master, you won't live here for a long time, right?"

"I won't live for a long time, but I have to stay for a while." Lu Qi said gently.

Xiaoqing nodded, and Xiaodie suddenly said softly: "Qilang, I have told you about the capital before. If you can really unify the north and south, will you move the capital there?"

Lu Qi was stunned, thought for a while, and said, "It's hard to say. According to ancient times, you can choose Chang'an, but in Chang'an, you, Xiao Fu, Yun'er may not be used to it."

Xiaodie nodded and said, "I hope Jin will win the war in Bashu."

"It is not easy to win, but the chance of losing will not be high. It is likely to form a stalemate that divides the territory. Jin State does not have the ability to defeat the Zhou army in one go, but as long as it captures the land of Bashu, it will be able to defend stubbornly." Lu Qi said confidently, this was based on Lu Tianming's notice.

Xiaodie nodded and took a few steps. Lu Qi said again: "Part of the carbohydrate in Shizhou was transported to Luoyang, and it seems that it was transferred to Jin State."

Xiaodie was stunned and said, "What does Jin State want charcoal to do? Is it to keep warm in Jingzhou?"

Lu Qi smiled and said, "The State of Jin wants carbonite, mainly used to smelte iron tools. The fire strength of carbonite is not comparable to bamboo and wood."

Xiaodie suddenly realized that the couple walked around and talked in the darkness of the night.

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The next day, after Lu Qi entered the temple to worship Buddha, he led his army to leave Mount Sumeru. After returning to the Hulu River barracks, he immediately customized the corresponding Buddha items, including a set of monk's robes, pens, ink, paper and inkstones. At the same time, he hired many craftsmen to buy corresponding repair items, mainly paint oil, and then sent 5,000 infantry to go to Mount Sumeru to work.

After arranging the renovation of the Buddhist temple, Lu Qi went to Pinggao County to visit the governor of Yuanzhou. The governor of Yuanzhou is an old official in his fifties and is very fat, which is rare in Yuanzhou. The most common people in the northwest are thin people.

After being polite, Lu Qi bluntly stated that he would assist in the defense of Pinggao County in order to avoid Xia's attacking army in time. The governor of Yuanzhou agreed, but asked Lu Qi how long he could be in Yuanzhou. Lu Qi replied that the court had transferred him to Yuanzhou to restrain Xia's army from Bashu. Once the war in Bashu was over, that is, when he left, after a brief exchange, Lu Qi politely declined the reception from the governor of Yuanzhou and returned to the military camp.

Seven days later, the infantry and craftsmen returned, and the Jingyun Temple's prison temple also came. When they expressed their gratitude to Lu Qi, Lu Qi took another 200 stagnant of copper coins to the prison temple and took them back. The previous repair army had already left a lot of food for Jingyun Temple, which was enough for dozens of monks to eat for a year. The four treasures of the study room could allow Jingyun Temple to organize Buddhist scriptures and reset the Sutra Library.

After stationed in Yuanzhou for fifteen days, Lu Qi finally received an invitation from Wang Yansheng, who came with three tough soldiers. After entering the military camp to meet, one of them reported to Wang Yansheng's invitation and invited Lu Qi to meet at the Governor's Office in Pingliang County.

Pingliang County is under Yuanzhou. Wang Yansheng's official position is the governor of Pingliang. In fact, he was also a title of Zhenxihou. After Lu Qi was invited, he brought 52 soldiers out of the military camp early the next morning. This time, Lu Qi did not let Xiaodie and Xiaoqing go with him, but brought Li Bao and Lu Hai with him.

I arrived at Pingliang County near noon. When I saw that Pingliang County was different from Pinggao County. As the county under the jurisdiction of Pingliang County, it was obviously very defensive. There were many soldiers on the city walls, and there were also a large number of soldiers checking and guarding at the city gate, which was very inconsistent with the size of Pingliang County.

As soon as he arrived at the city gate, a lieutenant immediately ran out and saluted Lu Qi respectfully, and then invited him politely. However, Lu Qi dismounted and led him into the city gate without showing any prestige of a high-ranking official. In fact, his status was no less than Wang Yansheng, and even more noble than Wang Yansheng.

Lu Qi's assistant minister of the Ministry of War was a court official. In terms of real power, he was also a local military commander with tens of thousands of heavy troops. Moreover, he was also the prince-consort of the Zhou Kingdom, which was definitely a symbol of honor and was completely a noble minister in the capital. Even if Wang Yansheng was a third-rank governor, he was a local official after all, and was much inferior in the official system.

After entering the city, Lu Qi boarded his horse and walked slowly. The captain also rode his horse to lead the way and led Lu Qi to the Governor's Mansion. A mansion that looked quite grand was covered with majestic soldiers in front of and around the mansion. Lu Qi secretly complained that he could be so tempted to be so arrogant?

When he arrived at the gate of the mansion, the lieutenant led the way to Lu Qi to report. After a while, the mansion opened wide. A person wearing a thin scale armored suit and a sword hanging on his waist walked out. The man came out with a big bearded and square face, with a medium figure, but his demeanor was obviously strong.

"It is the honor of my army to be able to come to Pingliang, haha, this army is the honor." Wang Yansheng said with a polite smile as soon as he came out.

When Lu Qi heard this, he frowned slightly, and felt that Wang Yansheng was very good at acting. He was so fake that he wanted to vomit. He could only raise a politeness and smiled and said bluntly: "Governor Wang is Zhenxihou, I am the Marquis of Xijinhou. We should call each other an adult. I feel uncomfortable when I hear the word "Son-in-law".

Wang Yansheng was slightly stunned, and then smiled and said, "Okay, Lord Lu is a cheerful person, please come here."

Lu Qi nodded, raised his hand and walked into the Governor's Mansion with Wang Yansheng. As soon as he entered the Governor's Mansion, Wang Yansheng smiled and said, "Mr. Lu, please ask your subordinates to rest."

Lu Qi nodded and turned around and gave instructions. Li Bao and Lu Hai took the order and took people out. Wang Yansheng invited Lu Qi again. The two walked in and walked into the hall. There were no soldiers in the hall, and eight slaves stood respectfully on both sides.

However, there were no tables and chairs in the hall, but were divided into guests. There were low tables horizontally and vertically, and there were felt pads behind the low tables. This should be a common custom, but in ancient times, it was so hospitality.

Lu Qi was invited to the first guest seat on the left. He sat cross-legged on the felt pad according to the customs. After sitting down, he felt very uncomfortable. Wang Yansheng walked to the main seat, and after sitting down, he actually placed a sword and crossed his legs.

"Haha, Lord Lu, I think you won't come." Wang Yansheng said with a smile.

"Mr. Wang is a landlord, and I am a guest army, so I should come to see you." Lu Qi replied calmly.

Wang Yansheng nodded and said, "Lord Lu is a sensible person. However, the court asked Lord Lu to come to Yuanzhou to station. Could it be that the court was determined to attack Xia State?"

"I came to Yuanzhou, but I was ordered to station, with the intention of intimidating the Xia Kingdom and not daring to go south to Bashu. Now the Zhou army has won a great victory in Hanzhong. When the troops are approaching Jiange, as long as they break through Jiange or make a detour, they can directly attack Chengdu Prefecture. Once the Zhou army successfully enters Tubashu, I don't have to station in Yuanzhou. I am still the governor of Shizhou and should go back to Shizhou." Lu Qi replied.

"My army has heard of Lord Lu's merits in Shizhou. Lord Lu is a famous general who is good at fighting, and I admire him." Wang Yansheng praised him again.

Lu Qiyi smiled and said, "In the Battle of Shizhou, I just borrowed the natural danger of the Yellow River to win by chance. In fact, Duke Jin was able to make meritorious contributions, but Duke Jin did not want Shizhou to be without external troubles."

Wang Yansheng was stunned and then smiled and said, "Lord Lu can see clearly. The so-called "birds are all well-known and the bow is hidden."

Lu Qi smiled and said, "That's the reason, but I dare not speak nonsense."

Wang Yansheng was stunned and then smiled and said, "Haha, it's because our army has made a mistake."
Chapter completed!