After laughing and scolding, Zhao Kang asked people to bring tea, candied fruits and other refreshments without asking around.
"His Highness deigned to come to this outer city, not just to support you, right? Then I am really flattered."
Xiao Feiyu stuffed cheap preserved fruit into his mouth, and after swallowing it in a few mouthfuls, he responded: "Do we still need to talk like this between you and me?"
"I came to you to ask you, is it possible for this cake Xixi to open in the inner city?"
Zhao Kang shook his head: "Don't think about it."
"Why? I think there's a lot to be done! No one would refuse such an advantage, right?"
Zhao Kang still shook his head: "It's different. The people living in the outer city are ordinary people and merchants. Although these people are considered wealthy compared to the people in other places, they are just like that."
"Pie Xixi's stuff is cheap, and they are happy to accept it. But the people in the inner city are not as knowledgeable as those in the outer city."
"They are used to living a life of fine clothing and fine food. From birth to adulthood, they use the best and most expensive things."
"If you take this cake Xixi to the inner city, you will only be laughed at. This is why our Noble Hall can open in the inner city. The products of the Noble Hall are what they like."
Xiao Feiyu suddenly understood and tore off a piece of fruit pulp, "I see, it's such a shame that such a good idea to make money, let's go and get another one somewhere else?"
Zhao Kang rolled his eyes: "It's possible in other places, but the effect won't be as good as in the imperial capital. The purpose of doing this is to make money, and to make Prince Xuance's people something to do.
Do it, otherwise you will end up causing trouble to the people all day long. What's wrong? His Highness Prince Ning is so short of money?"
"Tell me, I'll lend you three points!"
Zhao Kang clicked it deliberately, Xiao Feiyu pretended to be stupid and said: "Who would dislike someone with a lot of money?"
Seeing that he was deliberately pretending to be stupid, Zhao Kang didn't point it out.
Xiao Feiyu then said as if he mentioned it accidentally: "I heard that Your Majesty and you have planned to join forces with Jing Guo to mine the Yunshan mineral veins?"
"If you talk about government affairs arbitrarily, be careful and be beheaded!" Zhao Kang joked.
Xiao Feiyu was delighted: "My Highness is a prince after all. How could His Majesty kill my head? What is going on? I heard that many ministers already regard you as a thorn in their side because of this matter!"
After taking a look at the other party, Zhao Kang began to make some calculations in his mind. It was still unknown how much energy this guy who was good at hiding his clumsiness had under his hands.
It would be a good thing if I could borrow it.
So Zhao Kang sat upright and said, "Yufeng, please go out first."
Qin Yufeng exclaimed and walked away with lotus steps.
Xiao Feiyu looked at his back and turned around.
"Old Zhao, you must still have this point. As the old saying goes, a twenty-eight-year-old girl's body is as soft as a piece of cake, and her waist is like a sword that can kill ordinary people. Don't let others squeeze you dry."
"Fuck you, I'm in very good health."
Zhao Kang cursed, and Xiao Feiyu just laughed, but what Zhao Kang said next made him feel awe-inspiring.
"Since the founding of the Qian Kingdom, the matter of salt and iron has seemed to be in the hands of the imperial power, but this is just an illusion. The real beneficiaries are the powerful families."
"Often only a small part of the benefits from the iron ore mined fall on the country, and most of them are divided up by these people. That's why they reacted so strongly to the fact of mining together with Jingguo!"
Zhao Kang snorted coldly: "I just want to treat them well this time. I don't ask them to spit out what they have eaten before, but at least this time no one can get a piece of the Yunshan mine!"
Xiao Feiyu's eyelids were twitching wildly, but he deliberately pretended not to understand and asked Zhao Kang to explain.
Zhao Kang also acted with him. At the end, Prince Ning slapped his chair: "These moths are really nothing!"
"No!"
Zhao Kang snorted: "The plan hasn't been finalized yet. I guess these people will still stumble when it really starts, and then they will have another headache."
"It's okay, just go ahead and do it! Anyone who dares to hold back on this matter will be killed by me!" Xiao Feiyu said excitedly.
Zhao Kang squinted and said, "You? Let's forget it. Even His Majesty can easily intervene in this matter. Can you still beat them?"
Xiao Feiyu hesitated for a moment, but in the end he didn't say anything. He just said: "His Majesty will definitely support you secretly in this kind of matter. So don't worry."
"Come on, I have received your moral support. In the end, I still have to do it myself."
Zhao Kang deliberately sighed as if he was worried about this matter, and Xiao Feiyu saw all this.
After leaving Zhao Kang, Xiao Feiyu casually tore up the 799 taels of prize tickets in his hand and returned to Prince Ning's Mansion and entered the study.
His fingers kept tapping on the mahogany tabletop, his eyebrows furrowed.
The old man with a goatee walked into the study: "Has Your Highness met Zhao Kang?"
"I've seen him. He seems to be in a lot of trouble lately."
Xiao Feiyu hummed and tapped the table with his fingers: "Mr. Qingtong, please take a trip to Youzhou."
While talking to Xiao Feiyu, he opened the drawer, fumbled around a few times and pulled out a booklet.
The name on the booklet is very interesting, National Insect Record.
What is a national insect?
Just moths.
After flipping through a few pages and tearing them off, His Highness Prince Ning's eyes were filled with murderous intent.
"Let our people in Qianlong Mountain kill all the people on these two pages of the roster, leaving no one behind, including men, women, old and young!"
Mr. Qingtong was shocked and hurried up the mountain. He picked up the two lists that Xiao Feiyu tore off and took a breath of cold air when he saw them.
The people here are all traveling caravans, seemingly unrelated, but they are all money trees secretly cultivated by several major families in the imperial capital!
If they were killed, wouldn't those people go crazy? They wouldn't dig deep enough to find out who did it?
He hesitated for a moment before saying: "Your Highness, is this going too far? The combined population of these eighteen caravans is over a thousand. Killing them all at once will probably attract attention."
Xiao Feiyu smiled sarcastically: "It doesn't matter, let our people find them, lure people to the area around Qingfeng Village in the name of business, and kill the bandits who will then blame Qingfeng Village."
"Besides, what if they investigate? It's Zhao Kang who is targeting them now. They just need to investigate, and we can do it secretly."
Mr. Qingtong was puzzled: "Isn't this a waste of effort?"
Xiao Feiyu glanced at him and said calmly: "Some things do not necessarily have to be beneficial. I have long wanted to eradicate these worms in the country, but it has been difficult to do so! This time, Zhao Kang is the target.
, it’s time to make these guys suffer!”
As he spoke, a strong desire burst out in Xiao Feiyu's eyes, "I want that chair! And before that, whoever touches my Daqian Guoben, I will kill him with his body intact!"
How could Xiao Feiyu not know the dangers of the aristocratic family after lying low and dormant for a long time?
