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The scholars were silent, for fear that they would be involved in this matter, so they immediately stood away from Pan Yu.

King Shu's face was extremely ugly, but he was helpless at this time.

"Pan Yu, what else do you have to say?" Zhu Yushu looked at Pan Yu with a sneer, and the whip in his hand made a "pop" sound.

Pan Yu glanced at the King of Shu again, and saw that the King of Shu was still indifferent, he was secretly annoyed in his heart, if it wasn't for the King of Shu's instructions, even if he hated the King of Qi, how could he be so bold, if this hundred whips were beaten, his life would be gone.

He said hurriedly: "It was the King of Shu who instructed me to do so much. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at the King of Shu, Xiao Ming sneered and practiced, there were few scholars in Chang'an who had backbone, he knew this, and sure enough, as soon as he was so frightened, Pan Yu immediately explained who was behind the scenes.

This time, Pan Yu is small, Xiao Ming just wants to use this matter to clean up the King of Shu, this is the point.

Although he now mobilized the people of Qingzhou to collect saltpeter, this was not a solution in the long run, after all, the amount of gunpowder he needed in the future would only increase.

Because not only did he have to produce gunpowder, but he also had to sell it to other vassal kings, so it was even more impossible to rely on this saltpeter from the people.

The King of Shu's entry into Beijing this time must have something to do with the King of Shu's troublemaking behind his back.

Now that the King of Shu has been caught by him again, he can go to Xiao Wenxuan to complain, let Xiao Wenxuan see the contradiction between the King of Shu and him, and let him issue an order that the King of Shu must not obstruct the mining of saltpeter.

"Bastard, you're spewing blood." The king of Shu was furious when he heard this, and raised his foot and threw it at Pan Yu.

Pan Yu let out an "oops" and lay on the ground like a rolling gourd.

Then the King of Shu walked over and punched and kicked Pan Yu, as if he wanted to sprinkle his resentment on Pan Yu.

"Enough!" Princess Pingyang's angry voice came, "King Shu, you are bold enough to dare to provoke right and wrong at the poetry meeting in this palace, hmph, this time I said that I had to participate in a book in front of your father." ”

When the King of Shu heard this, his heart trembled, he was still very afraid of Xiao Wenxuan, and said: "Auntie, this matter is all caused by this villain, and it has nothing to do with my nephew." ”

"Hmph, right and wrong, this palace is already clear, there is no need for you to defend again, now you will leave this place for me, and when the poetry meeting is over, this palace will settle accounts with you." Princess Pingyang said angrily.

"Yes, Auntie." , the king of Shu was even more angry, but he still dared to make trouble with Princess Pingyang.

Turning around, the King of Shu walked out, and when he passed by Xiao Ming's side, the King of Shu almost squeezed out the words from between his teeth, and said, "Let's see." ”

Xiao Ming didn't look back, just spat on the ground.

"As for Pan Yu, you dare to provoke right and wrong among the princes, doesn't it make people look down on our royal family, come here, take Pan Yu out, and whip a hundred!" Princess Binh Duong continued.

Pan Yu on the ground suddenly looked like ashes.

Dealing with the conflict at the poetry meeting resolutely, Princess Pingyang said: "King Qi, since you are the best in this poetry meeting, you can swim in the lake with the palace, I have something to say to you." ”

Now, the farce of this poetry club is over, and the other scholars have left with a sigh when they hear this.

Zhu Yushu, Du Boyuan, and Qin Rui were ecstatic, and the three of them looked at Xiao Ming gratefully, this moment was in their hearts, even after five years, this Xiao Ming still took care of their eldest brother in their hearts.

"Yes, Auntie." Xiao Ming breathed a sigh of relief.

In fact, this time, I worked so hard to win the poems in the science and technology library, but the purpose was not to be strong at the poetry meeting.

This is idle, in order to be able to see the appearance of his future wife, this is one of them.

But later, he worked so hard for Zhu Yushu and the three of them.

In this barbarian battle, Xiao Ming just won a small battle to defend the city, and the news brought by Wang Xuan afterwards proved that Bei Shan was just using Xiao Ming's hand to attack the Huyantuo tribe loyal to the barbarian Datai Jiwu Shushu.

Of course, if he can destroy the Huyantuo tribe and capture Cangzhou City, this is Bei Shan's perfect plan, but this plan cannot be fully realized, he can only take the former and attack the Huyantuo tribe.

So after the Blood Wolf Guard only lost thousands of people, he ordered a retreat, if Bei Shan was bent on fighting to the death, with the amount of ammunition Xiao Ming at that time, it would be impossible to resist the barbarians entering Cangzhou, and the victory of this war, only his own people knew best.

And the most important thing is that this battle is a great glory in the eyes of outsiders, but it greatly consumes the wealth and soldiers he has accumulated during this time.

Although the country is big, the belligerent will die, not to mention that he is a small land of six states, so if there are a few more wars, he will have to drink the northwest wind again.

Based on this, at the meeting in Qingzhou, he decided on two development strategies for Qingzhou, the first is naturally to fully develop the fiefdom, industry and commerce, and the second is to establish a friendly interest group in Chang'an, which is only for one purpose, capital accumulation.

Second, Chang'an is the Xi'an of the later generations, which is the richest area of coal resources, and there are many open-pit coal mines, so he needs to reserve coal resources now to prepare for the emergence of steam engines, after all, only local coal mines at that time could not meet industrial needs.

The third is particularly important, which is related to the problem of the commodity market, if there is no support from interest groups in Chang'an, his business will inevitably be hindered in this place of deceit.

Economically, exports are constrained, which will hit local industry hard, because no one will put money into industrial projects because no money will be made.

This is also why the West has to open trade ports even with artillery, everything is for the sake of capital, even in modern times, trade surpluses are also one of the root causes of disputes between major powers.

Therefore, he wooed these three people this time just like other vassal kings were doing, delineating his own sphere of influence in Chang'an.

At this time, these three people are extremely important, and he will visit a few more people later, so that his real mission to Chang'an this time will be completed.

In the future, he will maintain contacts with these people, consolidate and expand this interest group for his own use.

While pondering, the bead curtain was opened, and the scene opposite the bead curtain was revealed.

Princess Pingyang sat in the middle, while Princess Xiangcheng sat at the bottom, and opposite Princess Xiangcheng, there was a veiled woman staring at him.

(To be continued.) )