Following the eunuch's soft call, the palace door opened.
Nan Yu stepped across the threshold, her beautiful eyes looked around the empty hall, and finally her eyes fell on Hu Mei's face.
The shocked emotion flashed from her eyes.
As the palace door creaked shut, her face was gradually filled with bitterness.
After a while, she suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, as if a huge burden had been lifted, and sighed sincerely: "It is indeed like this..."
When she saw Hu Mei appearing here, Nan Yu understood.
The little plan that the Divine Phoenix Sect thought no one would notice has already been exposed by Zuo Chongming.
Hu Mei was definitely not having a heart-to-heart talk with Nanchuan tonight, but was carrying out Zuo Chongming's instructions to take revenge on the Divine Phoenix Sect.
"Princess, long time no see."
Hu Mei raised her glass from afar and looked at Nanchuan: "Your Majesty, I have said all that needs to be said. It is already getting late, so I won't stay any longer."
After saying that, he raised his head and drank the wine in the glass, leaving behind a string of silver bell-like chuckles that disappeared without a trace.
Nanchuan watched Hu Mei leave and signaled the guard outside to close the door.
After a while, he moved his eyes to Nan Yu's face, a smile appeared on the corner of his lips, and said slowly: "Imperial sister, sit down."
"Your Majesty..."
Nan Yu opened her mouth and looked at him with a desolate expression.
Nanchuan sighed, stood up, came to her, and said calmly: "There are no outsiders now, and the emperor's sister does not need to be born."
"According to the decree."
Nan Yu lowered his head slightly, missed his sight, and silently came to sit down at the low table.
"What don't you want to say, Princess Royal?"
Nanchuan sighed quietly: "If Zuo Chongming hadn't reminded me, I would never have thought of you, and I wouldn't have dared to think about it. I wouldn't have thought that it was you..."
"Zuo Chongming?"
Nan Yu suddenly raised his head and stared at him in astonishment.
Zuo Chongming was far away in Xiyun Mansion, how could he know that the plan to assassinate Nanchuan and frame Wei Tao was planned by him?
"I was also very confused at first."
Nanchuan sighed and said: "But then I figured it out. There is a saying that the authorities are confused, but those who are onlookers are clear. If he is not in the game, he will naturally see further."
Nan Yu's face was as pale as paper, and she gave up her struggle completely, lowering her head in despair: "What are you going to do with me, Brother Huang?"
"Although I really want to kill you, brother."
Nanchuan looked at her quietly and suddenly said: "But I have to admit that what Zuo Chongming asked Hu Mei to convey makes sense."
"In my position and in my political affairs, as the king of Wu, the current situation in Wu is not optimistic. I must not make decisions based on temporary joy and anger..."
Nan Yu's heart suddenly shook and she raised her head in disbelief: "You're not afraid..."
"Shenhuang Sect?"
Nanchuan sneered: "Zuo Chongming will deal with them. They are just gangsters. They are short-sighted and don't know that their death is coming."
It’s Zuo Chongming again!!!
Nan Yu took a deep breath to calm her turbulent mind and asked in a hoarse voice: "What does the emperor want me to do?"
Nanchuan stared at the throne on the steps and said softly: "You have been to Xiyun Mansion, you should know the industrial gap between us and him."
"How can Wu State lay a solid foundation for industrial development in a short period of time? We don't expect to surpass Xiyun Mansion, but we must at least catch up with Zheng State."
Without even thinking about it, Nan Yu said: "I think the most important thing right now is actually to reduce taxes and relieve the pressure on the people."
"At the same time, we should improve the quality of the people, convert part of the labor force into what is needed by industry, and lay a sufficient foundation for industrial development."
"Moreover, we can spend some money to go to Xiyun Mansion to recruit a group of experienced workers to cultivate talents for our country of Wu."
Nanchuan frowned: "I agree with the first part, but the second part..."
Nanyu said: "If the workers in Xiyun Mansion can earn one tael of silver a day, then we will charge a price of three taels of silver."
"And we don't need too much. After all, we are not asking them to work, but letting them teach the people of Wu how to work."
"Not only does this job offer huge benefits, it's not tiring, and it also comes with many benefits. Why don't they come here?"
Nanchuan was noncommittal: "Continue talking."
Nanyu lowered his head to organize his words and said softly: "We can introduce some policies to attract businessmen from Xiyun Mansion."
"If merchants want to make money, they must invest first, so we can use the hands of merchants to promote Wu's industrial base..."
"Although doing this will definitely allow the merchants to share the profits and plunder the wealth of our country of Wu, who has made us fall behind?"
"Now that we have fallen behind, if we want to catch up with others, we must pay a higher price. This is an eternal truth."
Nanchuan narrowed his eyes: "After the foundation is established, we can start kicking it out to support Wu's independent industry."
"No."
Nan Yu unexpectedly vetoed: "This is harmful and useless, because without the threat of competition, independent industries cannot develop."
"We only need to reduce the benefits to them, but still make them feel that they can make more money here than elsewhere, and they will not leave."
"By then, with external competitive pressure, our independent industries in Wu will feel threatened and will work harder to develop."
Nanchuan was silent for a long time after listening to her words.
After a while, he nodded: "That makes sense, what else?"
"Brother Royal."
Nanyu continued: "We also need to build schools and reorganize education. Workers are only high-level labor. What the country needs for development is talents."
"After some time, I will go to Xiyun Mansion, sign relevant treaties with them, and purchase their teaching materials for reference."
"When the people we sent to Xiyun Mansion come back, let them compile our own teaching materials based on these teaching materials..."
In fact, at this point, Nan Yu had already risked everything.
She didn't know if Nanchuan really didn't want to kill her, but she knew one thing very well - she was a descendant of the Nan family, and the world belonged to the Nan family!
Therefore, no matter what her fate is, she does not want the Kingdom of Wu to be destroyed.
She must rack her brains and do her best to help Nanchuan, help Wu State catch up with Zheng State, and even Xiyun Mansion...
(Do these remarks look familiar?)
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A certain day in the month of Xu.
The pier of Xiyun Mansion... no, it should be the airport.
After the aircraft was developed, the flying boat was quickly banned.
The once bustling Feizhou Pier has been transformed into Xiyun Civil Airport.
However, it was only Xiyun Mansion that popularized airplanes, and flying boats were still used in most places.
On this day, just before noon, many people saw the airship coming from far and near, and was finally guided to land at the airport.
"What ship is this?"
"Let me do the math. From the beginning of the month to now, there are probably more than seventy ships."
"I really don't understand, what's the use of this crap? It's noisy, and it's so big..."
"Do you think other places can afford a plane?"
"Only you are lucky enough to be born in Xiyun Mansion."
The common people did not pay much attention to this huge flying boat, and they dispersed after a few comments.
In their opinion, these outsiders coming from far away must be here to buy things...
The locals of Xiyun Mansion, especially those living in the city, see outsiders who have never seen the world every day.
At first they could still watch the fun, but then they gradually got used to it.
"This this……"
"This is Xiyun Mansion?"
"hiss……"
"Isn't this building too high?"
"What is that? Can the iron box run?"
The staff at Xiyun Airport watched silently as these bumpkins stepped off the craft, shouting and yelling.
Not only did they not laugh, they didn't even feel any emotion in their hearts.
They see situations like this every day, more than the common people.
After quite a while, when the group of people finally calmed down, the staff smiled professionally and stepped forward to greet them.
"Hello."
A staff member greeted: "Dear guests of the Divine Phoenix Sect, I am your guide Bai Jie. Please follow me."
A certain Supreme Elder of the Divine Phoenix Sect frowned and said, "We want to see Zuo Zhong... The champion has already submitted his invitation."
"We have been notified."
Bai Jie smiled: "Since the airport is still some distance away from the meeting place, we need to take a welcome car. Please be patient."
"demon?"
A disciple of the Divine Phoenix Sect suddenly shouted violently and stared at a white fox not far away... that jumped out of a passenger plane.
"Ahh!!!"
The young lady was frightened, hugged the white fox tightly, and glared at the man: "Are you sick? Demon, you are trying to trick your grandma."
Although Bai Jie still smiled, his tone became stern: "Guests, for the sake of other passengers, please don't shout loudly and cause unnecessary commotion."
The disciple looked sideways when he heard this, and saw that he was only in the blood coagulation realm, and became furious: "You only coagulate blood, how dare you do this to me..."
The Supreme Elder glanced at him coldly and snorted: "Hai Sheng, shut up."
"yes."
"Apologize."
"On my authority..."
"Apologize!"
The disciple opened his mouth, blushed, lowered his head, and said stiffly: "I... just spoke out of necessity, and I hope you will forgive me."
"It's okay, don't blame those who don't know."
Bai Jie continued to smile, cursing in his mind: "Sure enough, there are unruly people from remote villages, but they are still disciples of a large sect. How can they really be born without mother's teachings?"
During this period of time, he has received too many foreign sects.
But most of them are cautious in their words and deeds, and they are cautious, but this Divine Phoenix Sect... has the most arrogant attitude.
On the car.
The disciple of the Divine Phoenix Sect who made such a fuss just now secretly sent a message: "Elder, why are we here?"
"The monk secrets in Zuo Chongming's hands were all obtained from Ji Changyun. Wouldn't it be better for us to go directly to Ji Changyun?"
The Supreme Elder shook his head: "I'm here not only for the monks' secret books, but I also want to see the so-called rune martial arts..."
The disciple hesitated and said: "In my opinion, this rune martial arts is just something Zuo Chongming cooked up to fool the people. It cannot be considered elegant, so why should you care so much?"
The old man glanced at him and said calmly: "So you are not as good as him."
"I……"
The disciple looked away with a livid face and stared silently out of the window, a ruthless look flashing in his eyes.