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Li Chang'an left the pass for Shazhou and happened to pass through Jiange.
The imperial edict ordered Li Chang'an to assist in defending against the enemy and to defeat the barbarians before leaving the pass to take up his fief.
Xu Weixiong, who was familiar with the military and political affairs of Northern Liang, said, "The barbarians usually attack from two directions."
"One is Jiange Pass, and the other is the Liangzhou border further north."
"The damage they cause is limited, and they always suffer losses in Liangzhou."
Li Chang'an said, "Zhao Chun always wants me to put out his fires and, incidentally, deplete my military strength."
"I haven't seen him allocate a single tael of silver for my military pay!"
Sweet Potato also said with dissatisfaction, "We'll just wait in Western Shu until the Jiange garrison defeats the barbarians before we leave the pass!"
Li Chang'an nodded. "Sweet potato, we need to gather intelligence on the military situation in the west as soon as possible."
"If we want to establish ourselves in Shazhou in the future, we must eliminate the aboriginal people from Shanshan."
Of the seven prefectures in Shazhou, two were in the hands of the barbarians.
The Yumen County occupied by the Waleng tribe has been recovered, but Shanshan still occupies the Gantai County.
Li Chang'an and these Western Region barbarians will inevitably clash sooner or later.
Chapter 205 Mid-stage of the Profound Realm! Great River Sword Intent! Exchange for the White Horse Cavalry! (33)
The next morning, Li Chang'an stepped out of his tent and saw the bluebird and Jiang Si not far away.
Jiang Si stretched out her hand and looked at the bluebird with a smile.
"Bluebird, you've lost!"
"Quickly, give me back the one tael of silver I lost!"
With no other choice, Qingniao took out a tael of silver from his waist and tossed it steadily into Jiang Si's hand.
Jiang Si received the silver and wished she could put it in her mouth and take a bite.
However, considering his image in front of Qingniao, he held back.
The bluebird said with a strange expression, "You actually mastered the Yue Maiden Sword Technique in just one month!"
She made a bet with Jiang Si, betting that Jiang Si could learn a sword technique within a month.
The stake was one or two taels of silver.
Jiang Si was initially hesitant to gamble, but after secretly practicing swordsmanship for a few days, she was terrified by her own actions.
She learns swordsmanship incredibly fast!
So she agreed to the bet.
"Bluebird, you don't seem to care at all."
When Qingniao heard Jiang Si say that, she couldn't help but purse her lips.
"It's just one tael of silver. The prince gives me thirty taels of silver a month!"
These thirty taels are all publicly available.
Because of her excellent skills, Qingniao was rewarded with several times more silver by Li Chang'an.
However, upon hearing the figure of thirty taels, Jiang Si was completely stunned!
"Thirty taels!"
"A county magistrate's annual salary is roughly this much!"
"Serving as a bodyguard for the prince actually comes with such a high salary!"
The bluebird couldn't help but smile; the prince's plan had indeed worked.
The entire betting plan was designed by Li Chang'an.
Jiang Si has an unusual pursuit of money.
This bet actually unleashed Jiang Si's potential.
Cuihua once said that if one could master just one sword technique provided by Li Chang'an in a year, one would already be very strong.
However, Jiang Si actually mastered one of them in just one month.
Jiang Si rushed to Qingniao and grabbed her hand.
During this month-long journey, she and Qingniao were the closest.
Because the other three women were all concubines of Li Chang'an.
Jiang Si always felt that there was a barrier and a generation gap between her and them.
However, Jiang Si felt a strong connection with Qingniao.
Because Qingniao is not Li Chang'an's woman!
"Bluebird, how can I become the prince's bodyguard!"
The bluebird said, "You are already the prince's maid. If your cultivation level increases, your salary will be raised."
"Once you reach the second rank in cultivation, you'll receive ten taels of silver every month!"
"Once you cultivate to the first rank, you can earn thirty taels of silver a month, just like me!"
Upon hearing Qingniao's words, Jiang Si's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets!
She used to work in the Northern Liang Prince's Mansion, where she was so frugal that she couldn't even save up a single tael of silver.
Ten taels of silver! That could buy so many wonderful things!
Just as she was feeling lost in thought, Li Chang'an suddenly appeared.
Jiang Si immediately stiffened and regained her ladylike demeanor.
"See you, my lord!"
Li Chang'an waved his hand and then looked at Jiang Si.
"I'll bet with you again!"
"If you can master a sword technique in ten days, I will give you ten taels of silver!"
Upon hearing Li Chang'an's words, Jiang Si's body stiffened even more!
Ten taels of silver is certainly tempting, but ten days is far too short!
Jiang Si said with some difficulty, "Ten days... isn't that a bit too short?"
Li Chang'an said seriously, "This is not something I'm discussing with you."
"I am merely informing you."
"If you lose, Bluebird will keep a record."
"You can pay back the money you owe in the future, using money as collateral."
After saying that, Li Chang'an left.
Jiang Si was left behind, feeling like crying but having no tears left to shed!
"Bluebird, has His Highness always been this domineering?"
Qingniao blushed slightly and said, "Although Your Highness is domineering, he is still very gentle."
This statement was nonsensical, and Jiang Si couldn't understand it either.
She was still caught up in the betting game she had just played. If she lost, she would owe Li Chang'an ten taels of silver!
She immediately pulled out the sword manual from her bosom and began frantically searching through it.
"Find something simple that you can learn in ten days!"
"If I sleep for two hours each day for ten days, I might be able to learn it!"
The bluebird was startled by Jiang Si's words; it turned out that Jiang Si really did still have energy left!
Soon, Jiang Si made a discovery.
"Jade Maiden Sword Technique!"
"The most suitable sword technique for women to learn!"
Outside Jiange Pass.
The massive army from Shanshan had already amassed at the foot of the mountain.
Inside the central command tent, Murong Fuyun, the leader of Shanshan, suddenly let out a wild laugh.
"Hahaha!"
"Xu Xiao finally agreed to our conditions!"
"As long as the Northern Liang army doesn't reinforce Jiange Pass, we will definitely be able to break through this time!"
His eldest son, Murong Fushun, said, "Father, the fact that we didn't attack Liangzhou this time is already giving Xu Xiao a lot of face!"
"He actually wants to impose conditions on us!"