My Husband Is Not Easy To Mess With. - Chapter 17: A Little More to Feel Secure
Chapter 17: A Little More to Feel Secure
“Mhm, I heard you.”
Nie Yao took a step back, moving out of the little gongzi’s attack range.
Du Suilan, unable to stomp on his leg, rolled his beautiful eyes and, without thinking, tried to jump down to step on Nie Yao.
Nie Yao, who didn’t want to wash feet again, was quick, pulling the person into his arms and lifting him up.
“What’s the rush? Be careful.”
Back in the warm, strong embrace, the small flame of Du Suilan’s competitive spirit instantly died down. But the blush and heart flutter lasted only for a brief moment, and soon his desire to win prompted him to switch from kicking to clinging.
He used all four limbs to hold on tight.
He wanted to use his slender arms and legs to force Nie Yao to surrender and beg for mercy.
In front of Nie Yao, he wouldn’t conceal himself.
Therefore, Nie Yao understood him very well.
He knew the intent behind this action.
It almost made him laugh at the silliness.
But to prevent the little gongzi from getting prickly, he held back his laughter, covering his mouth with his hand and coughing lightly, “Alright, alright, my bad. I shouldn’t have teased you.”
“Xiaolalan will honestly apologize without me needing to remind him. Although the voice was a bit soft, it’s already amazing.”
“How can you be so formidable?”
“You’ve even become the Emperor of Great Yu. Is the next step to eliminate the countries of Dan and Yuan and unify the world?”
Does this even need to be asked?
Du Suilan said he would give his beloved a peaceful and prosperous world, so he wouldn’t just stay cooped up in this small corner of Great Yu.
How could such a shabby place be worthy of his A’Yao, who was the best in the entire world?
Du Suilan raised his long neck.
With a determined look: “Just wait, Minister Nie, I will definitely give you the entire world! If that’s not enough, I’ve also had people build ships. Didn’t you say there are also rich lands and abundant resources overseas? As long as you want it, I’ll conquer it all and give it to you!”
“Thank you for the Emperor’s generous gift, but there’s no need.”
What would he do with so much land? He wouldn’t use it.
And he didn’t want to manage it.
Nie Yao placed the person on the bed and tucked him in, “It’s getting late. Our Emperor should go to sleep first. You can expand your territory after you wake up tomorrow.”
“I’m not sleepy yet! Minister Nie, which land do you like? Do you still like small islands? I can get you a few more.”
Nie Yao: …Seriously, there’s no need.
Besides, where would Your Majesty get the troops to conquer the world?
Surely not just those few mediocre soldiers from the court?
Nie Yao felt suspicious.
Du Suilan: “I have money. The Dragon Guard has 200,000 men, all elites. Plus yours, with the two of us joining forces, no one in the entire world will be our opponent!”
The Emperor was expressing his grand ambitions.
Nie Yao lightly patted the silk quilt, responding with “Mhm, mhm” in his mouth.
It didn’t take long to coax the Emperor to sleep.
Nie Yao left the imperial palace.
Nie Zhixu was already waiting for him in the study.
“Lord, the situation has changed. Our people have found that the new Emperor’s Dragon Guard number is not just 20,000. There should be at least… 100,000.”
No, it’s 200,000.
Highly skilled, well-equipped, fierce generals.
Nie Yao pinched the bridge of his nose and spoke a little wearily: “Those people are strong. Have you found out who trained them?”
“It’s… the Zhang family from Dan Country. We’re still investigating who exactly it is.”
Currently, the world is fragmented. The three countries with a slightly stronger foundation and larger territory are Yu, Dan, and Yuan.
Great Yu was quite good before and was considered the leader among the three.
But after the old toad came to power, Great Yu almost split, and its strength instantly dropped from first place to the bottom. If Great Yu was considered to have once been glorious, then Dan Country was at its peak upon establishment.
It has been declining for a hundred years.
Especially ten years ago, after the nine clans of the Zhang family all died in a political struggle, even the surrounding small countries dared to show it disrespect.
Nie Yao: “So, the one who saved that small group of the Zhang family back then was the old fox, Dou Jinyuan?”
“It should be correct.”
Nie Zhixu handed a document to Nie Yao.
It contained everything they had investigated about the new Emperor. While Nie Yao was flipping through it, he continued beside him: “There’s also something very strange. The new Emperor has been well-hidden before, and our people couldn’t find much information. But in the past two days, we suddenly found so much information easily.”
They suspected a trick.
Only Nie Yao knew that the little gongzi didn’t want to keep up the pretense with him anymore.
“Forget it, don’t worry about him.”
Nie Yao flipped through it and found that the information was basically accurate. It was just that a bunch of subordinates worked overtime to investigate, yet the results were less comprehensive than what he casually observed in the little gongzi’s sleeping quarters over the past two days.
The distribution of the little gongzi’s assets, the exact number of the Dragon Guard, and so on.
He could find out more by just taking a trip to the palace.
Why bother investigating?
Nie Yao tossed the document onto the table and simply told Nie Zhixu to withdraw all the men.
“Brother Zhixu, you go back to the border. I’ll have ‘Lots of Money’ and Xiao Wo take over your affairs tomorrow.”
Being suddenly sent back.
Nie Zhixu felt deeply surprised.
His first reaction was that he must have angered Yao-di by forcing him to read the letter from Father Qi, which was why he was being sent away.
Nie Zhixu felt sad but did not show it.
Nor did he raise any objection to Nie Yao’s arrangement.
“Yes, your subordinate understands.”
“Brother Zhixu,” Nie Yao, unaware of his sorrow, began to give him a new task, “When you go back, expand the army.”
“I will figure out the money. Expand as much as you can, enough to sweep through the three countries.”
???
Nie Zhixu didn’t understand why Yao-di suddenly wanted to expand the army. Didn’t he dislike war?
And to expand it enough to sweep through the three countries…
Admittedly, under Yao-di’s reforms, the Nie Family Army’s treatment was excellent, and countless young men wanted to join.
But the more troops there were, the more military expenditure would be needed.
Where would Yao-di get so much money to support the army?
Nie Zhixu looked worried, “Lord, our army currently has no equal. Even if the new Emperor truly has 200,000 Dragon Guard, they are not a threat.”
Furthermore, the personnel they had were not limited to the army. The militia in Moshitou Prefecture was also a force to be reckoned with; and then there were the tens of thousands of people sent to start the security escort business… In fact, as long as Yao-di wanted to, their manpower was enough to take down any country.
“Brother Zhixu.”
Nie Yao placed his hand on Nie Zhixu’s shoulder, sighed deeply, and admonished: “The new Emperor is not that simple. The Dragon Guard is only his most powerful force on the surface. In reality, his greatest asset is this.”
He pointed to his head.
He lamented: “There probably really are spirits in this world. Dou Jinyuan and that little gongzi are both fox spirits reincarnated. Both of them are more cunning than a sieve.”
Everyone has witnessed the intellect and methods of the Prime Minister.
Calculating everything without fail describes him.
And as his biological gongzi, Nie Yao could only say: The student surpasses the teacher.
The little brat was only three years old when he managed to fool the completely unprepared him, so much so that he had to be on edge every time he saw him later to avoid making a fool of himself again.
Nie Yao truly couldn’t remember what Du Suilan looked like as a child, but the things the little brat did were vivid and unforgettable.
“He is a devil!”
Nie Yao concluded this way.
Nie Zhixu noticed his reluctance and thought about how Yao-di had been kept in the palace by the new Emperor until late at night these past two days.
He felt very distressed: “Yao-di, you’ve worked hard.”
He offered to switch places with him.
Let Nie Yao go to the border to expand the army, and he would manage the Ministry of Revenue to prevent military funds from being embezzled.
“No need, Brother Zhixu.” Nie Yao smiled and waved his hand, “Later, I don’t know what happened, but he became very clingy to me. Brother Zhixu, do you remember? He was really cute, and he hasn’t gone astray at all, he’s just getting prettier and prettier, blah blah blah…”
Once the little brat started clinging, Nie Yao became very fond of him.
Not to mention, the little gongzi is even cuter now.
He actually wanted to use those little arms and legs to choke him into surrender, hahahahaha…