"Why are you here?"

While wiping his riding boots, Zhao Hongrun asked his younger brother Huan Wang Zhao Hongxuan: "I remember that you didn't promise your mother the day before yesterday that you would enter the palace to accompany her in the next few days?" ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Hongrun was a little gloating, who let his younger brother Zhao Hongxuan be "bold" this time, and did not return to Daliang during the New Year, and his crown ceremony in the first month, this younger brother did not come, so that when he entered the palace to meet Shen Shufei the day before yesterday, he was severely reprimanded by Shen Shufei. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Because his younger brother attracted firepower from Shen Shufei for him this time, Shen Shufei had no time to urge him to get married as soon as possible.

Hearing the word "mother concubine" appear in his brother's mouth, Zhao Hongxuan's excitement immediately fell, no wonder, after all, Shen Shufei was urging Zhao Hongrun to get married as soon as possible, and at the same time, she was also urging Zhao Hongxuan, after all, the brothers were only one year apart.

"Brother, you tell you the truth, the last time I went to see my mother, my mother wanted to introduce me to a marriage match, did you instigate this?" Zhao Hongxuan looked at his brother with distrust.

"How is that possible?" Zhao Hongrun put on a righteous and awe-inspiring look, and said indignantly: "In your eyes, is your brother and I such people? ”

“…… Resemble. Zhao Hongxuan said suspiciously, after all, since he was a child, he has been cheated by this brother many times.

"Remember the fish head?" He said sullenly: "At that time, brother said that people who eat fish heads will be smart, but I believe you, you eat fish body, I eat fish head." After eating for two months, I realized that you were lying to me! ”

"So, eating fish heads makes you smarter, otherwise how would you have found out?" Zhao Hongrun smiled and blinked, and Zhao Hongxuan was speechless angrily.

On the side, the Zongwei couldn't help laughing, they more or less knew that His Royal Highness had cheated his younger brother many times, so that sometimes, they really felt distressed for King Huan Zhao Hongxuan, and they actually put such a brother on the table.

"Alright, alright." Seeing Zhao Hongxuan looking at him indifferently, Zhao Hongrun said with a smile: "Say something quickly." ”

Seeing this, Zhao Hongxuan told his brother about the fact that he had just gone to see the eldest prince Zhao Hongli.

As he expected, Zhao Hongrun is no longer very resistant to this matter, but probably has the attitude of "if you don't mention it, I won't ask".

However, since his younger brother mentioned this matter now, Zhao Hongrun naturally wanted to comment a little: "The gang that still supports Zhao Hongli now, are they ready to move to Shangdang County?" Hmph, a wise choice...... Did Luo Ying bring it up? ”

"Yes." Zhao Hongxuan said without concealment.

Zhao Hongrun nodded and didn't say anything more.

I remember that he used to be quite jealous of Luo Ying, but now he has Kou Zheng, Wen Qi, and Jie Ziyu, three staff members who are not inferior to Luo Ying, and the original mind gradually faded.

"Zhao Hongli and King Yong have joined forces?" He asked.

"Not really." Zhao Hongxuan shook his head and said truthfully: "Brother Changhuang just wants to take back the officials, and he doesn't want to get involved too much in the battle between King Yong and King Qing. ”

"Hmm." Zhao Hongrun nodded, not surprised, after all, if Zhao Hongli didn't want to get back the ministry, then he would have no place in the court, which was very unfavorable to Zhao Hongli, the former prince of the East Palace, who had lost power.

According to Zhao Hongrun's guess, Luo Ying suggested that Zhao Hongli take this opportunity to take back the ministry, the main reason was to send Zhao Hongli's voice to the government and the opposition, so that the eldest prince would not be forgotten by the government and the opposition, otherwise, everything would really be over.

is like the seventh 'King Xi' Zhao Hongyin, the most unknown of their brothers, so that the government and the opposition sometimes forget the existence of this royal highness - a prince like this is almost unsuccessful.

But having said that, Zhao Hongrun is still not optimistic about the eldest prince Zhao Hongli, after all, it is too miserable for the Donggong Party to be pitted by Zhou Yu, and the "Beiyi Military Camp Roar" incident is at best just Zhao Hongli's name as the prince of the East Palace, and what really shattered the Donggong Party was the Northern Xinjiang strategies that Zhou Yu threw out that seemed to be extremely beneficial to the Donggong Party.

It is no exaggeration to say that if Zhou Yu hadn't wisely chosen to defect to Zhao Hongxuan, the king of Huan, otherwise, the noble families who seemed to be the bloodless Wang clan of Zhengcheng would have bought the murderer to kill this person a long time ago.

In this matter, Yongwang Hongyu's approach also made Zhao Hongrun inevitably feel a little cold, not because of Yongwang Hongyu's ruthless plan, but because the second prince gave up Zhou Yu at the last moment to avoid implicating him after the matter was revealed, I have to say that although it is understandable that Yongwang Hongyu did this, Zhao Hongrun does not agree - if it is him, even if his reputation is implicated, he will protect Zhou Yu to the death.

But then again, Zhao Hongrun didn't want to say anything about this matter, after all, in the end, the biggest beneficiary of this matter was his younger brother Zhao Hongxuan, who got a Northern First Army with a number of 60,000 or 70,000 and a full establishment of 100,000 in vain.

Because of this, Zhao Hongrun never believed that the eldest prince Zhao Hongli would really hand over the Northern First Army to his younger brother Zhao Hongxuan, thinking that there must be fraud in it, until now, Zhao Hongrun slowly accepted this fact: Maybe Zhao Hongli really has a side he doesn't understand.

Therefore, Zhao Hongrun did not say much about his younger brother Zhao Hongxuan's high-profile return to Daliang to support Zhao Hongli this time, after all, his younger brother's behavior is in line with the principle of "repaying kindness and revenge" of the two brothers.

"Brother, I want to discuss something with you......"

Just when Zhao Hongrun was thinking about Zhao Hongli, Zhao Hongxuan changed his flattering expression on the side.

Zhao Hongrun glanced at his younger brother, still wiping his riding boots by himself, and said lightly: "Did Luo Ying ask you to ask me about distilled spirits?" ”

Hearing this, Zhao Hongxuan's eyes immediately widened, revealing a ghostly expression: "You...... Brother, how do you know? ”

"Huh." Zhao Hongrun smiled faintly.

Of course he could guess, after all, he knew very well how difficult the situation of the East Palace Party was now, after being pitted by Zhou Yu and losing all his money, even the Zhengcheng Wang family sold some of the fields and vacant houses in Zhengcheng, not to mention the other nobles of the East Palace Party.

Compared with the weakness of the Donggong Party in the DPRK today, in fact, the lack of money is the biggest problem of the Donggong Party.

Therefore, if Zhao Hongli wants to make a comeback one day, then before that, the Donggong Party must earn enough money to propel Zhao Hongli to the top of the throne.

So, Luo Ying came up with the idea of going to the party to drink, this kind of thing can be guessed by thinking about Zhao Hongrun.

The question is, should the distillation process be handed over to Zhao Hongli?

Zhao Hongrun hesitated, after all, he had thought about getting it himself, after all, the sales of high-grade spirits were considerable, and the soldiers of the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Wei State were its potential users.

But it's a pity that Zhao Hongrun really doesn't have this idle time, because all his financial and human resources have been invested in big projects such as Bolangsha, Liangluqu, and rail carriages, and if you just gather a thousand people to brew Shangdang wine, the output can't go up, so it's better not to do it, so this matter has been dragged.

Unexpectedly, Luo Ying actually inquired about it.

After pondering, Zhao Hongrun nodded and said, "Yes, but for this process alone, I will need 20% of the net profit, if Zhao Hongli wants to use the Su Chamber of Commerce...... Fifty percent! ”

Zhao Hongxuan was stunned when he heard this, gasped and said, "Brother, you are too ruthless, right?" This process alone costs 20%? ”

"Go back and talk to Zhao Hongli, he will agree." Patting his younger brother on the shoulder, Zhao Hongrun immediately tried to put on his hunting suit.

Zhao Hongxuan nodded, then looked at his brother wearing a hunting suit, and asked curiously: "Brother, are you going to hunt with your father?" ”

"Ahh Zhao Hongrun responded casually.

It is undeniable that hunting has always been his favorite pastime, but unfortunately, over the years, it has either been a southern expedition to the north or a busy affair with the Metallurgical Bureau and the Ministry of Industry, so that Zhao Hongrun has almost forgotten what it is like to hunt.

What's more important is that the imperial hunt organized by his father is different from ordinary hunting, and the hunting ground is full of prey driven by soldiers in advance, so that it will not be like Zhao Hongrun and Zhao Hongxuan brothers in the winter of Shangdang County, and they can't see any prey for ten miles.

"Brother, did you shoot your prey with your archery?"

Zhao Hongxuan asked curiously.

Zhao Hongxuan has no doubt about his brother's horsemanship, after all, his brother Zhao Hongrun is the commander of the 100,000 Su Wang Army.

However, after hearing his younger brother's ridiculous joke, Zhao Hongrun pouted and picked up a pair of arm crossbows from the table, and introduced them with an indifferent expression: "The smelting bureau test arm crossbow is made of steel alloy and ash ...... 40 steel alloy, 50 ash material, deer tendon and hemp fiber, with a weight of 12 catties and a range of more than 140 steps"

As he spoke, his fingers flicked with the other long crossbow on the table, and said lightly: "The second-generation sniper crossbow of the Smelting Bureau is equipped with farsighted slides on the basis of the first generation, and the weight is reduced...... It weighs 40 pounds and has a range of more than 400 paces......"

Speaking of this, he squinted at his younger brother, and his eyes seemed to say: What era is this? Who still uses a bow, it's the era of the crossbow!

Zhao Hongxuan looked at the two murder weapons with his mouth open, then looked at Zhao Hongrun, turned around and ran away from the study suddenly, he shouted as he ran: "Brother, leave me one, I'll go too, I'll go back and prepare." ”

Seeing the ostentatious appearance of His Royal Highness, the Zong Guards shook their heads with a wry smile: For hunting, they used the two war weapons that the Smelting Bureau was studying as hunting bows, and their Highness did this kind of thing.

And at this moment, a person walked in outside the door, and said with a strange expression: "Hongrun, I just saw Hongxuan hurriedly run out, what's wrong?" ”

Zhao Hongrun looked up, and then realized that the person who came was actually Zhao Yuanyan, the uncle of the sixth king.

It turned out that Zhao Yuanyan, the uncle of the sixth prince, sent Princess Yulong, who was temporarily staying in his mansion, back to Suwang's Mansion today, and wanted to take a look at Zhao Hongrun by the way, so he happened to meet Zhao Hongxuan in the courtyard.

"It's nothing, it's just that I showed off a few hunting gears, hehe." Zhao Hongrun said with a smile.

"Hunting gear?" Zhao Yuanli frowned, and then noticed that the nephew in front of him was wearing a hunting suit.

His heart chuckled.

"Uncle Six, what's wrong?" Zhao Hongrun noticed Uncle Liuwang's expression and asked suspiciously.

Zhao Yuanli opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say.

From the bottom of his heart, he didn't want Zhao Hongrun to participate in this imperial hunt, even if after the imperial hunt, his impression in this nephew's mind was collapsed, and he didn't want Zhao Hongrun to witness that process with his own eyes.

However, he could not open his mouth to dissuade him.