Chapter 71: The King of Xuekang County (seeking a monthly ticket)
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Not more than a moment.
Prince An and Wang Shouzhe had finished talking about their business. Prince An immediately set up the chessboard with great interest, picked up the black and white stones, and prepared to kill Wang Shouzhe without leaving any armor behind, and return for revenge.
Playing chess with Shouzhe has been King An's favorite leisure activity recently, just because his chess skills are so bad, like a rookie, he can fly, but he can't fly high or far.
There are thousands of rookies in the world, and King An has also tortured other rookies, but he was not as comfortable and happy as he was when he tortured Wang Shouzhe. On the contrary, it was boring and no fun at all.
Thinking about it carefully, it can only be attributed to the fact that Shouzhe is too perfect in every aspect, and he always has no tricks at all, which makes people look up to him. No matter how many times he tortures a rookie of this level, he never gets tired of it.
Just at this time, a general came to report that Yao Chengchao, who was transported by the Yao family from the Immortal Dynasty, came to visit.
"Please come in, Mr. Yao," Wang Shouzhe said.
After the family general received the order and retreated.
Prince An put down the chess pieces with some lack of interest and said quietly: "Young Master Yao has been coming here very frequently recently. Shouzhe, do you have any plans to develop in the Immortal Dynasty?"
"In the Immortal Dynasty, you have to go and experience it if you have the chance." Wang Shouzhe said with a smile, "I heard that the Qi Refining Realm has been popularized there. Even ordinary tenant farmers and the boys who serve tea and water have the Qi Refining Realm.
His cultivation is truly fascinating."
When he talked about this, Prince An suddenly became very interested: "When I was young, I also went to the Immortal Dynasty to study. Under the management of the Immortal Court, the concentration of spiritual energy in the entire Immortal Dynasty was extremely high, and there were many spiritual veins.
There are countless spiritual fields, and the productivity is far from what we have. As far as tenant farmers are concerned, one tenant farmer can often contract two to three hundred acres of farmland, and then take care of several acres of low-grade spiritual fields. This way, they can have more money to buy some Qiling Pills.
A similar low-level bloodline qualification elixir."
"This has been passed down from generation to generation, creating a virtuous cycle. Nowadays, the blood purity of the common people in the Immortal Dynasty is no less than that of the unfashionable small Xuanwu families in Daqian."
"If we can achieve this step, the overall national strength will be greatly improved. The Western Jin Dynasty and Southern Qin Dynasty will not be mentioned at all."
Wang Shouzhe also agreed with this: "Our Wang family is now also trying to mass-produce spiritual pills, and select some outstanding people with close to low-grade qualifications from civilians to improve their bloodline. Once they can reach the third and fourth levels of the Qi Refining Realm, their physique and strength will be improved."
, the speed is far beyond what civilians can match. Especially when it comes to land reclamation, engineering, river excavation and other tasks, the efficiency is extremely high."
However, high efficiency means high cost. It is extremely expensive to train a Qi Refining Realm worker. The cost price of Qiling Pill alone is several hundred gold. This is because most of the raw materials are produced by ourselves, and the alchemist is in-house.
In the case of Wang Shouye.
In addition, workers in the Qi Refining Realm must eat spiritual food to replenish their Qi and blood, and occasionally have Xiao Pei Yuan Dan to assist in their cultivation, etc. The annual support and other costs add up to dozens of gold!
It must be fortunate that the Wang family is very profitable, otherwise an ordinary family would not be able to afford this...
"If I really have the opportunity to ascend to the throne of God, I will make this my goal throughout my life." While King An yearned for it, he also determined his goal.
"His Royal Highness Mingyuan is so courageous."
At this time, a hearty voice sounded at the door. I saw a burly "young" man stepping into the yard with great strides. He said with a smile: "If that day comes, I will be able to call Da Qian." It’s like ‘immortal dynasty’.”
"Mr. Yao." Prince An and Wang Shouzhe stood up and saluted to greet him.
"You two, please don't try to offend Yao." Yao Chengchao hurriedly returned the gift, "One of you is a quasi-emperor, and the other is Yao's creditor. You are not worthy of your honor. You are not worthy of your honor."
Creditor?
Prince An Jun glanced at Wang Shouzhe and Yao Chengchao, and couldn't help but laugh: "The Yao family is a first-class Immortal Dynasty, and is extremely powerful. How can he owe Shouzhe money?"
When talking about this matter, Yao Chengchao became a little angry: "Your Highness Mingyuan, after you ascend the throne, you have to take good care of the unhealthy tendencies in Daqian. Your emperor was destroyed because of the "Afterglow Picture of the Divine Dynasty", and he suddenly... He blackmailed us into quadrupling the compensation, saying that if we didn't pay, he would order the various families not to sell us the materials to repair the Yunray Flying Boat, so that we wouldn't be able to return home..."
Because of a broken picture, Yao Chengchao's direct loss reached tens of millions.
Forcefully extort four times the compensation?
King An's lips twitched, His Majesty was quite fierce. However, I remember that His Majesty's temper was not like this before. A few years ago, he was still an emperor who paid great attention to dignity and face.
I wonder if you have suffered any adverse effects? Or maybe the older you get, the more shameless you become?
"That's not all, he also forcibly detained the five little wolf cubs that caused the accident." Yao Chengchao was very angry, and then looked at Wang Shouzhe resentfully, "Well, those five little wolf cubs are the ones who have become famous recently. From the magpie's... brother Shouzhe's family... Your Highness Mingyuan, do you know how much our Yao family has suffered in total because of those five little wolf cubs?"
"Uh...hehe, I have heard about this. My condolences, Mr. Yao..." The corners of Prince An's mouth twitched, and it took a lot of effort to stop laughing.
He would not sympathize with the Yao family. The Yao family has monopolized the large-scale air freight market by relying on the Yunray Flying Boat. The freight prices are extremely high, and it is unknown how much money they have made.
"The most abominable one is brother Shouzhe. You clearly know that the five wolf cubs are in the hands of the emperor." Yao Chengchao rolled his eyes in anger, "Why are you still staring at our Yao family for the wolf cubs?"
"Brother Cheng Chao, what you said is wrong. Everything must be reasonable, right?" Wang Shouzhe brewed a pot of spiritual tea himself, handed a cup over and said with a smile, "Those little wolf cubs were entrusted to you by our family Li Ci. The Yao family sent it to us, the Wang family, by air transport. But we, the Wang family, did not receive the little wolf cub. If not you, the Yao family, should I ask for the consignment, who should I ask for it from?"
Yao Chengchao took the spirit tea, drank it all, and drank a few more cups. Then he sat down and ate various pastries unceremoniously: "Can't you ask the emperor for it?"
"No, I, the Wang family, have no debt relationship with the emperor." Wang Shouzhe continued to pour him tea, "Also, it is said that His Majesty dislikes me, and he will definitely make things difficult for me if I go."
"Why doesn't he make things difficult for me?" Yao Chengchao had a depressed look on his face.
It's not like he didn't try to ask the emperor for it, but he was kicked out every time.
"We will discuss this matter later. Brother Cheng Chao, this is the list I made. I need your help the next time you come to work with us." Wang Shouzhe took out a long list.
Yao Chengchao glanced at it and exclaimed: "You are going to build a spirit gathering array. The scale and specifications are not low... Those who know know that you are a sixth-grade family, and those who don't know think you are a second-grade family. Woolen cloth!"
The size of the spirit gathering arrays of second-grade aristocratic families is generally not small, but at the core of the array, there is at most a ninth-level spiritual plant or a rare object of the same level. With the immortal plant in Wang's plan as the array center, There is an essential difference.
"Brother Cheng Chao, please." Wang Shouzhe said with cupped hands.
"Okay, I'll try my best to collect materials for you, but some special materials take time and are difficult to collect at once." Yao Chengchao thought about it and said, "Also, don't talk about things like a little wolf cub anymore. Ask the emperor to get it."
"Those are two different things. On the price of this material, I have reserved a reasonable profit for Yao." Wang Shouzhe said calmly, "Unless Brother Cheng Chao is willing to remove the profit..."
"Okay, I'd better go find the emperor again." Yao Chengchao put away the list and rolled his eyes and said, "Brother Shouzhe, are you ready for dinner? Your two beautiful cooks will cook for you today. What’s delicious?”
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Wang Shouzhe and Prince An.
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Humble Administrator's Pavilion.
Emperor Longchang lay half-lying lazily.
On the side, Prince Deshun took Lao Yao's place and served him personally, pouring tea and water, tapping his back and legs, and bombarding him with a series of flattery and good words for free.
After serving the emperor comfortably, I sighed that Deshun boy has become more filial now and can speak better than when he was young.
This makes Old Yao roll his eyes constantly. Prince Deshun, you are so good at occupying a position that you even take the old eunuch's job? Or, why don't you just cut it off and give my old Yao's position to you, Deshun?
On the other side, members of the Sancai Department, the Criminal Law Department, and the Supervision Department, headed by Meng Yuanbai, were reporting to the emperor the investigation results of a series of recent cases.
"So, the Wang family really didn't make a fuss about taxation?" Emperor Longchang's eyes were also slightly surprised.
"Your Highness," Meng Yuanbai replied, "We have used a large number of experienced tax officials and auditors to thoroughly investigate the Wang family's accounts and various assets in the past decades. We found that King Changning Not only has he never evaded taxes, but he will also be richer in terms of tax amount."
"In addition, the Wang family often spends huge sums of money to build water conservancy, official roads and other facilities in Changning Guard and even Nanliu Guard."
"Your Majesty, the Wang family of Changning is really a role model for the aristocratic family." Prince Deshun patted the Emperor's back and said calumniatively, "I think the Wang family should be commended and commended to encourage other aristocratic families to follow suit."
Although it was a slanderous statement, Emperor Longchang also felt that it was quite reasonable. He nodded and said, "We should indeed commend him generously. We will draft a decree later to commend Wang Shouzhe and allow him to participate in the next imperial meeting."
When talking about Wang Shouzhe, Emperor Longchang really had complicated emotions that were hard to express. He looked forward to meeting him from the bottom of his heart, but because of his bold words, he couldn't persuade him to summon him.
What's even more disgusting is that the guy ignored his hints several times...
As the incident progressed, Emperor Longchang's curiosity about Wang Shouzhe became uncontrollable, so he simply allowed him to participate in the imperial meeting with the intention of commending him. Even if it did not violate his determination not to summon him, he could also participate in the imperial meeting.
I went up to meet Wang Shouzhe.
Look how smart he is, he can do something earth-shattering at every turn.
"Your Majesty, the only doubt about the Wang family is that they have extremely strong demand for iron ore." Meng Yuanbai added, "Although every account they make clearly shows where the iron was used. But inside the house
, inside the roadbed, inside the city wall pass... we shouldn't go and check it, right?"
It was precisely because of this suspicion about Wang that the tax inspectors were attracted. When they noticed the "smuggling" strangeness, they suddenly had a "sudden realization" and concluded that Wang was the smuggler behind the scenes.
"I will personally ask Wang Shouzhe about this at the court meeting." Emperor Longchang made final decision, then asked again, "Has the Zhao Zhikun smuggling case been completely investigated? Has anyone else been implicated, such as the Zhao family, or the heirs...
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"Your Majesty, all the current human witnesses, physical evidence and circumstantial evidence can only prove that they are related to Zhao Zhikun and the missing Zhao Kui. There is no evidence to prove that Zhao is involved, and there is no evidence to prove that His Highness Chengsi is involved." Meng
Yuan Bai said matter-of-factly.
Things have developed to such an extent that the only thing Meng Yuanbai and the others can do is to say "do business impartially and impartially", so as to avoid making mistakes.
"Your Majesty, although there is no evidence, it does not mean that he was not involved, right?" Prince Deshun began to admonish again, "I heard that Prince Kang has rushed back from the battlefield outside the territory. Why not let Meng Yuanbai go for interrogation?"
"How can we go to trial without evidence? Just based on the rumors spread by your Prince An's lineage?" Emperor Longchang rolled his eyes at him angrily, "Although I am old, I am not confused yet. Call me back.
Reinforce your people, and this farce of throwing dirty water at each other can stop."
"Yes, yes." Prince Deshun looked resigned.
"That being the case, Meng Aiqing still needs to help Chengsi prove his innocence and quell the rumors. After all, Chengsi is the quasi-emperor, and it won't sound good if this quarrel continues." Emperor Longchang waved his hand and said, "Go ahead."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Meng Yuanbai and others retreated.
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after.
With the return of Prince Kang, the three departments of the Sancai Department, the Criminal Law Department, and the Supervision Department were ordered to assist him in quelling the "rumors." Those rumors that were once unfavorable to Prince Kang quickly died out in a short period of time.
Instead, the public began to slander Zhao Zhikun, the iron-hearted and loyal king.
It was Zhao Zhikun who was clearly smuggling and collaborating with the enemy in order to pay off his gambling debts. After being caught, he still refused to repent and tried to trick His Highness the Prince of Kang County in order to reduce his crime, cover up the ugliness of the Zhao family, and confuse the public. .
Fortunately, after the results of the three-party trial were announced, His Royal Highness Prince Kang made a speech in person and proved his innocence with a tearful and impassioned speech.
It turns out that His Royal Highness King Kangjun has been fighting bloody battles in the battlefields outside the territory, bravely killing enemies, defending mankind from foreign enemies, and bringing glory to Daqian. However, he was held back by his teammates in the rear, and had to suspend the war that was about to win and return to the capital. To wash away your own grievances.
For a time, names such as "the wronged King of Xuekang County", "the war god Wu Chengsi on the battlefield", "the model of heroes in Daqian", etc. began to spread rapidly in Guilong City.
When mentioning "Loyal to the King and Patriotic King Kang", everyone gave a thumbs up and praised him endlessly.
For a time, Prince Kang's reputation soared.
It's a pity that King Kang, who was happy that the suspicion was cleared, unexpectedly stepped into the trap.