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I don't know when Xiao Wenxuan began to get tired of those vulgar fans, and coveted this peaceful tranquility, where he seemed to be able to forget all his troubles for a while.

Maybe he's old, maybe he's too tired, and in recent days he always thinks of when he was a prince.

At that time, he had King Wei, King Ning, and many other princes by his side, but now, he only has a cold throne.

The throne that he has been crazy about all his life.

"If this throne is now King Ning's, will this Great Yu Kingdom still suffer such humiliation?" A terrible voice came to his mind, and he drove it away in terror.

When he came back to his senses, a layer of cold sweat broke out on his back.

With a wry smile, he now has to face the state letter of the barbarians and the endless quarrels of the ministers.

Carefully looking at Concubine Zhen's low-hanging slender eyelashes, Xiao Wenxuan seemed to have made up his mind in his heart, and he said: "Now that the King of Qi is burdened, how can I ignore it, now his business is a state matter." ”

Concubine Zhen sighed and said, "It's nothing else, it seems that there is no saltpeter or something like this in the fiefdom, and it is said that the merchants are not selling this thing to Qingzhou now?" ”

"Saltpeter?" Xiao Wenxuan frowned, "Is King Qi making gunpowder?" I didn't expect him to be this city now. ”

"I'm also strange, now Ming'er seems to know a lot of things, and I don't know where I learned it from him." Concubine Zhen took the lotus seed porridge and fed Xiao Wenxuan.

Xiao Wenxuan shook his head, "No matter where he learned it, it's always much better than not learning it before." ”

Then he said: "The saltpeter of this Great Chongqing Kingdom is only in the nitrate cave of Shu, and it must be the king of Shu who is the obstruction from it, and the two of them are at odds when they are in Chang'an, and the king of Shu knows that he needs saltpeter, and he must make a fuss about it." ”

Knowing that a son is like a father, Xiao Wenxuan is clear about the character of the King of Shu.

"Hey, at this time, there is still such intrigue between the princes." Concubine Zhen frowned lightly, and couldn't help but be a little angry.

Xiao Wenxuan rarely saw Concubine Zhen's angry look, and he couldn't help but be a little surprised, but he said: "This is just my guess, even if it is instructed by the King of Shu, I probably won't admit it if I question him." ”

"So what can I do? This saltpeter seems to be important to Ming'er. Concubine Zhen said worriedly.

"It's okay, I will transfer all the gunpowder and saltpeter from the Equipment Division to him, and then order the king of Shu to send saltpeter to Chang'an to see if he dares to obey."

After all, Xiao Wenxuan has also been the emperor for more than 30 years, and he is used to this kind of small trick in the court.

Concubine Zhen nodded, she was the same as Xiao Wenxuan, she still didn't know the importance of this gunpowder to Xiao Ming, it was just the same as coal and iron.

Sighing, Xiao Wenxuan got up from the bed, and then said, "There are still twenty torches in this equipment division, and they will be sent together this time." ”

"Your Majesty, where are you going?" Concubine Zhen saw Xiao Wenxuan get up and asked worriedly.

"The affairs of King Qi cannot be delayed, besides, these ministers must be dealt with."

Xiao Wenxuan put on his clothes and walked out.

At this time, the minister who knelt on the ground outside the Chengqing Hall saw Xiao Wenxuan come out, and then the minister cried and shouted: "I hope the emperor thinks twice, this time the barbarian envoy is a golden opportunity, and I hope that Your Majesty will think about the common people in the world." ”

"In this case, if any of you have a daughter, you will be sent to the palace, and I am willing to accept him as a righteous daughter, and this matter of harmony depends on your Aiqing."

Xiao Wenxuan's face was pale, he was able to win the throne not only because of the support of King Zhao, but also because of his extremely smart mind.

If it was before, he might have agreed to the barbarians' requests in exchange for more than ten years of stability, but since the last time he saw that these vassal kings with different surnames had ill intentions, he came back to his senses.

Because of this, the land of the royal family became less and less, and the vassal king with a different surname asked for money and food in the name of resisting the barbarians, and the royal family became weaker and weaker, and the vassal king with a different surname became more and more powerful.

Decades later, this Great Yu Kingdom may be about to change its surname, so this time he simply pushed the matter out directly.

When the ministers heard this, they looked at each other, you look at me, I look at you, it has nothing to do with them when the emperor's daughter is sent out, but it is different for his own daughter to be sent out.

Who doesn't know the brutality of this barbarian, can they still survive if they are sent away?

No one answered for a while, and then Xiao Wenxuan said: "As for the treasury, you must also know very well that the annual tribute has stretched the treasury, so it is better for you to think about which vassal king to borrow some silver from to deal with this old tribute." ”

These words once again caught the ministers by surprise.

Looking at these ministers who hesitated when it came to their own interests, Xiao Wenxuan snorted coldly, threw off his sleeves and left, leaving a sentence, "This matter does not need to be discussed again, just do what the court said last time, if the King of Qi and the King of Wei can't hold Cangzhou, I also admit it, this is the royal incompetence, if it can be kept, whoever talks about peace again, I will cut off his head!" ”

Xiao Wenxuan left, and then the ministers stood up.

Everyone asked the leading minister, "Lord Cui, how is this good?" ”

"How is it good? Do you want to give your daughter away? "This Master Cui is Cui Hao.

"Naturally, I don't want to." The minister shrank his neck.

"Since this is the case, let's wait for Cangzhou City to be broken, our emperor has always been not to cry when he sees a coffin." Cui Hao sneered and left humming a minor tune.

Seeing this, the other ministers knew that no matter how useless they knelt, they dispersed one after another.

Qingzhou.

It has been 20 days since the newspaper published the news of the purchase of saltpeter, and the purchase of real money and silver by the government government has made the people no longer hesitate, and the production of nitrate has gradually become hot, and the people who have lined up to sell saltpeter powder can always be seen at the entrance of the government offices in various states and counties every day.

Although the fleet from Chang'an also brought a lot of saltpeter, Xiao Ming did not stop the idea of buying saltpeter.

Because of the intelligence that came with the fleet, he had to go all out to prepare gunpowder.

"Three months! That being said, now we have just over two months left. In the governor's mansion, Pang Yukun said.

Before the fleet arrived, Xiao Ming received a reply from Xiao Wenxuan, in which Xiao Wenxuan complained about the actions of the barbarian envoy in Chang'an, and the angry words in the letter showed that Xiao Wenxuan was not lightly angered this time.

However, the time for the barbarian attack has basically been determined, and now it seems that it is only more than two months.

Looking at the twenty torches that were sent to the ground at the same time, Xiao Ming said: "That's right, so you have to prepare now, if I'm not mistaken, the wheat outside the city will be harvested in three days, you now notify the state governments to prepare to purchase reserve grain, and organize the people to deliver supplies to Cangzhou City now." ”

Pang Yukun nodded, "Leave these matters to the lower officials, and they will not delay His Highness's major affairs." (To be continued.) )