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Chapter 716

Chapter 7: A glass of wine stabilizes military morale

Neither Zhao Letian, nor Lin Qingtian, nor Yu Yunwen and others expected that Lin Xiaoyao would say such heavy but exciting words at the wedding. His first glass of wine, No respect for heaven, no respect for the earth, no respect for relatives and friends, but respect for the soldiers who are about to go on an expedition. How can such a big heart not make people moved!
A glass of wine to the soldiers!
If the soldiers who are about to go on an expedition know that they are the first people to toast the only Xiaoyao Hou at his wedding, how excited they will be, how great the impact will be on the military morale, and how huge the morale will be improved. !

After Lin Xiaoyao toasted, the scene fell into a brief silence. Everyone really needed a little time to react. At this time, Zhao Letian and Lin Qingtian stood up first and responded loudly: "This wine— —Regarding soldiers—”

When the ministers saw this, they all reacted and saw that hundreds of people stood up abruptly. Although their voices were not loud, it was the collective cry of the entire Great Xia Power Center: "This wine—— Dear soldiers—”

Lin Xiaoyao only felt that the blood in his heart was boiling hot. In fact, this was just his temporary intention, completely involuntary words. Seeing that all the ministers are so united at this time, why worry about Daxia's unhappiness!
"I would like to thank you all on behalf of the men on the expedition. Come on, let's drink this cup together!" After Lin Xiaoyao finished speaking, he raised his head and drank a full glass of wine into his stomach.When the ministers saw this, they didn't hesitate at all. They raised their necks and drank the wine in one gulp!

After the maid filled the wine again, Lin Xiaoyao raised his glass again without stopping, and said, "This is the second glass, to our friend, Her Royal Highness Princess of Daliao—"

As Lin Xiaoyao finished speaking, everyone's attention suddenly shifted to Yelu Wanyue. They looked at Yelu Wanyue curiously. They were even more curious about Lin Xiaoyao's words. They didn't understand why Lin Xiaoyao offered her the second glass of wine. The princesses of Daliao do not trust each other.

Yelu Wanyue obviously didn't expect Lin Xiaoyao to respect her, but she didn't lose her composure, she always had a faint smile on her face, and she didn't feel nervous at all when facing the gazes of the ministers, she just nodded slightly to Lin Xiaoyao. Nodding his head, it was a response.

This move fell into the eyes of Lin Qingtian, Yu Yunwen and other senior officials of the older generation, and they all admired Yelu Wanyue in their hearts. Although she is a woman, she has outstanding determination and calm ability, which is definitely not weaker than men.

"Although everyone may be wondering, why do I only respect one person for this second glass of wine!"

Lin Xiaoyao smiled and continued: "Actually, I have my own reasons. Daliao and Daxia have united. This is the first time in ancient times for both Daliao and Daxia. , and the person who promoted this first successful alliance was none other than Princess Wanyue. Without Princess Wanyue, there would be no possibility of the integration of our Daxia and Daliao. Without Princess Wanyue, our Daxia soldiers would not be able to survive in this battle. In the Battle of the West, how many people were buried in the battlefield? Therefore, I want to toast Princess Wanyue with this glass of wine, not only for myself, but also for my sons and daughters in Daxia. I hope that this time We can really work together to reduce the number of soldiers killed on the battlefield and go straight to Xixia Huanglong!"

All the ministers nodded secretly when they heard the words. Obviously, Lin Xiaoyao moved them again. Lin Xiaoyao does not represent himself, but represents the position of the soldiers, to thank someone who will give them more chances to come back alive Benefactor, what's wrong!
Ever since, there was no need to take the lead this time, all the ministers raised their wine glasses one after another, like Lin Xiaoyao, and said, "To Princess Wanyue—"

After that, he drank it all in one gulp and drank all the wine in the glass.

After drinking two large glasses of water and wine, although the alcohol content in ancient times was not high, it still felt a bit bloated, even drinking two large glasses of water was not good.But he still didn't stop, and directly asked the servant girl to fill the wine glass again, and immediately raised the wine glass again.

This time, everyone's attention was on Lin Xiaoyao. The first glass of wine was toasted to the soldiers, and the second to the princess. So who would the third glass of wine be toasted to?

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Lin Xiaoyao couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly. He looked around the crowd, and finally spoke in anticipation.

"This third glass of wine - I want to toast - each of us, to ourselves!"

"Respect yourself?" Everyone was puzzled, the previous ones were all people who had a profound influence on Daxia, why did the last one change to respect themselves?

Lin Xiaoyao seemed to know everyone's doubts. He raised his eyebrows and said loudly: "Everyone may be very puzzled. Why do I, Lin Xiaoyao, disrespect the sky and the earth, the emperor, my parents, and the people of the world? To ourselves?"

No one answered, everyone just looked at Lin Xiaoyao more seriously.

"Okay! I'll tell everyone why I respect ourselves!"

Lin Xiaoyao paused for a moment, looked around the crowd, and then said slowly, "That's because each of us is unique, and we are all the most respectable people in this world! As the saying goes, *************. Why does God allow us to exist in this world, why does God allow us to rule society, why do we meet in Daxia, why do we meet in Linfu, why do I know you , and don’t know anyone else, have you all considered these things?”

Everyone shook their heads, how could they think about this, or their vision and the confinement of society have restricted their thinking. If Lin Xiaoyao hadn't raised these questions, maybe they would never have thought about this kind of question for the rest of their lives.

"Yeah! You haven't considered it, and I, Lin Xiaoyao, haven't considered it, but no matter whether we have considered it or not, each of us is the most respectable, and each of us is the force that pushes Daxia forward. If there is no We, this world may lack a turning screw...Of course, you don’t know what a screw is, but what I want to say is that we must always have hope, because each of us is hope! At the same time, we must also Be grateful, because even a very ordinary farmer, it is their hard work so that we can eat rice, so that we will not starve to death... Well, I know you may not understand, but this cup , Respect ourselves! Respect everyone we know and don’t know, thank you for meeting you in the sea of ​​people, thank you——stranger!”

After speaking, Lin Xiaoyao raised his wine glass, regardless of whether everyone understood or not, he directly raised his head and drank it down.

Seeing this, all the guests imitated Lin Xiaoyao and drank it all in one gulp, but whether they understood it or how many people understood it may not be sure, but Lin Xiaoyao did everything he could. Whether his philosophical thoughts will awaken in advance, this is not something he can decide...

After the three toasts, the scene once again returned to a fiery atmosphere. There was constant chatter and gossip. As for the gossip, the things surrounding Lin Xiaoyao may account for the majority.

But no matter what, everything seemed to be moving in a good direction. Even when the sun was setting and the sky was full of red, none of the guests left.

(End of this chapter)