Ning Changping saw him like this and asked, "Brother, what's wrong?"
Ning Guzhou said slowly: "The problem here is more serious than I thought."
"If I'm not wrong, King Dingbei has done some things to the people here and won their favor."
"In their view, Rongzhou is the richest place, King Dingbei is the best king, and the outside world is extremely poor."
Ning Changping widened his eyes and said, "Are they blind? We are richer than Rongzhou wherever we come."
Tang Jiuge governed the country well. After he came to the throne, he issued a series of measures to benefit the people. Now Gui Qian, not to mention extremely rich, is about the same.
Rongzhou, on the other hand, wants to support 300,000 soldiers and horses on the land of this state, and all the money has to be paid by the people.
Because of this, Rongzhou is visibly poor, and the people here can only have enough to eat.
Ning Guzhou said quietly: "They are not blind, but they are blinded and do not know the outside world."
"You may not have noticed when you came in just now. It's easier to get in than to get out of Rongzhou."
When you go out, you need to provide a lot of documents before the soldiers here will let you go.
Ordinary people themselves don't run around.
Coupled with the control measures put in place by the Dingbei Palace, they have no idea what the outside world is like.
Ning Changping couldn't help but said: "King Dingbei is so shameless!"
Her words were a bit loud, and someone nearby heard her and immediately cast an angry look at her.
Ning Guzhou hurriedly protected her behind him and said with a smile on his face: "Misunderstanding, what she just said was to thank the prince for allowing us to live a prosperous life."
Someone next to him pushed Ning Guzhou and said, "For the sake of your brother's young age, he doesn't care about her. Not everyone can slander the prince."
This time Ning Changping disguised herself as a man. She was not that big among men, and the face in the human skin mask looked small.
Ning Guzhou said hurriedly: "I will teach her a lesson when I go back."
When several people saw that he was very sincere in admitting his mistake, they stopped arguing with him.
After Ning Changping and others left, he said softly: "Brother should not have stopped me just now. I really want to beat them all to pieces."
Ning Guzhou gave her a cold look: "Then you were chased by them and ruined your sister-in-law's plan?"
Ning Changping: "..."
She immediately lowered her head and did not dare to speak any more.
When Ning Guzhou saw the scene here, he felt even more worried.
King Dingbei now sends people to kill the pigeons and kill those who released the pigeons. He is afraid that Tang Jiuge's previous arrangements in Rongzhou will be affected.
Now that their news cannot be spread, judging from the current situation, it is definitely not a good thing.
This is the situation we have just reached in Rongzhou. Going further inside, the situation should become more serious.
His temperament has always been calm, and even if he knew that the situation was very unfavorable to them, he could still maintain his stability.
Just how to make a comeback in this situation, Ning Guzhou felt that he needed to think carefully.
He looked in the direction of Tang Miaoxin and wondered if she was doing well now.
The brother and sister walked around the city. Ning Changping said he was hungry and the coins he had on him had been used up, so he took out some money to pay the bill.
The shop owner found some coins for Ning Guzhou. His eyes darkened when he saw the coins, but he calmly put the coins into his purse.
Next, he took Ning Changping to buy some things, all in silver, and asked the boss to find copper coins for him.
Even though Ning Changping reacted slowly, she felt something was wrong. She asked softly: "Brother, what's wrong?"
Ning Guzhou did not answer her question directly, but took her back to the inn.
He put all the copper plates he got today on the table. Ning Changping picked up a copper plate and asked, "Is there something wrong with these copper plates?"
Ning Guzhou nodded: "Among the six countries, each country has its own set of currencies, and there is a certain exchange mechanism for the circulation of these currencies."
"To put it simply, silver is calculated by weight, which is universal among the six countries."
"Because of the different casting methods of different countries, the weight of copper coins has a certain difference, and there is a certain difference ratio when they are circulated."
"I have seen Guiqian's copper coins, and their casting methods are slightly different from those of other countries."
"Their copper coins are slightly heavier, but the copper coins from Rongzhou are completely different. They are of inferior quality and obviously much lighter."
"One copper coin returned to the dive is about the weight of one and a half copper coins here. Do you know what this means?"
Ning Changping scratched his head and said, "I don't know."
Ning Guzhou: "..."
He shouldn't have too many illusions about his silly sister and expect her to figure out this deeper problem.
He said directly: "King Dingbei minted coins privately and used simplified materials, so the copper required will be much less."
"He uses such currency to circulate in the market, which means he can do the most with the least money."
"In other words, King Dingbei has long been disobedient and is still short of money."
This set of cyclical methods shows the ambition of King Dingbei everywhere.
Although each of the six countries has its own management methods, matters such as salt, taxes, iron ore, copper mines, and coinage are all in their own hands.
Whenever someone mints their own coins, it means they are committing rebellion.
And now the locals in Rongzhou accept these coins well, which means that they have been using this kind of money for a while and are used to it.
In this case, it would definitely be impossible to hide it from Tang Jiuge's eyes.
But Tang Jiuge never took action. What did Tang Jiuge want to do?
Ning Guzhou assumed Tang Jiuge's position, but still couldn't understand Tang Jiuge's thoughts.
He let out a gentle breath.
At this moment, after thinking about everything, he finally came up with only one reason:
That is, Tang Jiuge did not touch Dingbei Palace, he just wanted to keep them for Tang Miaoxin to practice and establish his power.
If this is really the only reason, Ning Guzhou wonders whether his father-in-law is generally ferocious.
When he said this, Ning Changping understood. She asked him: "Then what should we do now?"
Ning Guzhou replied: "We can't do anything now. We need to figure out what's going on in Rongzhou first."
He knew that what he knew now was just the tip of the iceberg in Rongzhou.
Not many of them entered Rongzhou this time. The original test question given by Tang Jiuge to Tang Miaoxin was to defeat the North Prince's Mansion without using force.
Under the current circumstances, how can they defeat the Northern Palace without using martial arts?
Ning Guzhou thought along this train of thought, and an idea came into his mind, and he was slightly startled.
If all this is really what he guessed, then it may not be that difficult to break the situation this time.