Chapter 214 Secretly Arranged

The atmosphere of the poetry meeting gradually became solemn.

All the scholars kept silent, for fear that they would be involved in this matter, and immediately stood away from Pan Yu.

The King of Shu's face was extremely ugly, but there was nothing he could do at this time.

"Pan Yu, what else do you want to say?" Zhu Yushu looked at Pan Yu with a sneer, and the whip in his hand made a "pop" sound.

Pan Yu glanced at the King of Shu again, and seeing that the King of Shu was still indifferent, he was secretly annoyed. If it wasn't for the King of Shu, even if he hated the King of Qi, how could he be so bold? Life is gone.

He said anxiously, "The King of Shu ordered me to do so much."

As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at the King of Shu. Xiao Ming sneered and practiced. There were not many scholars in Chang'an who had backbone. He knew this. Sure enough, after such a fright, Pan Yu immediately explained the mastermind behind the scenes. come out.

This time Pan Yu was small, Xiao Ming just wanted to take advantage of this incident to clean up the King of Shu, and that was the point.

Although he is now mobilizing the people of Qingzhou to collect saltpeter, this is not a solution in the long run. After all, the amount of gunpowder he needs will only increase in the future.

Because not only did he want to produce gunpowder, but he also had to sell it to other vassal kings. As a result, it was even more impossible to rely on the private saltpeter.

The King of Shu's entry into Beijing this time must have something to do with the King of Shu playing tricks behind his back.

Now that the King of Shu has been caught by him again, he can go to Xiao Wenxuan to complain, let Xiao Wenxuan see the contradiction between the King of Shu and him, and let him issue an decree that the King of Shu shall not obstruct the mining of this saltpeter.

"You bastard, you are spitting blood." The King of Shu was furious when he heard this, and he raised his foot and shoved it towards Pan Yu.

Pan Yu let out an "oops" and lay on the ground like a gourd.

Then the King of Shu walked over and punched and kicked Pan Yu, as if he wanted to spread the resentment on Pan Yu.

"Enough!" Princess Pingyang's sullen voice came, "King of Shu, you are brave enough to make trouble at this palace's poetry fair, hmph, this time I can't say that I want to participate in a show in front of your father. Book."

When the King of Shu heard the words, his heart trembled, but he was still very afraid of Xiao Wenxuan, and said, "Auntie, this villain is causing trouble in this matter, and it has nothing to do with my nephew."

"Hmph, right and wrong, Ben Gong already knows, you don't need to argue any more, now you can leave this place for me, and when the poetry session ends, Ben Gong will settle accounts with you." Princess Pingyang said angrily.

"Yes, Auntie." The King of Shu was even more angry, but he still dared to make trouble with Princess Pingyang.

Turning around, the King of Shu walked out. When passing by Xiao Ming, the King of Shu almost squeezed out the words between his teeth and said, "Let's see."

Xiao Ming didn't look back, just spit on the ground.

"As for Pan Yu, you dare to provoke right and wrong among the princes. Wouldn't it make people look down on our royal family, come here, take Pan Yu out and whip him a hundred times!" Princess Pingyang continued.

Pan Yu on the ground turned ashen.

Resolutely handled the conflict at the poetry meeting, then Princess Pingyang said: "King Qi, since you are the best at this poetry meeting, why don't you go to the lake with Ben Gong, I have something to tell you. "

Up to now, the farce of this poetry meeting has ended, and the other scholars left with a sigh when they heard the words.

Zhu Yushu, Du Boyuan, and Qin Rui were ecstatic. The three looked at Xiao Ming gratefully. This moment was in their hearts. Even after five years, Xiao Ming still took care of their big brother in their hearts.

"Yes, Auntie." Xiao Ming sighed lightly.

In fact, this time, I have to win the poetry of the technology library so hard, but the purpose is not to be brave at the poetry meeting.

This is idle and idle, in order to be able to see the appearance of his future wife, this is one of them.

But later, he worked so hard for the three of them.

In this battle of the barbarians, Xiao Ming just won a small battle to defend the city, and the news brought by Wang Xuan afterwards proved that this time Bei Shan only used Xiao Ming's hand to attack the loyal barbarian Datai Jiwu. The Huyantuo tribe of Zhugu.

Of course, if he could destroy the Huyantuo tribe and seize Cangzhou City, this would be Bei Shan's perfect plan, but this plan could not be fully realized. He could only take the former and attack the Huyantuo tribe.

Therefore, after the Blood Wolf Guard only lost thousands of people, he ordered to retreat. If Bei Shan was determined to fight to the death, Xiao Ming's ammunition at that time would not be able to resist the barbarians entering Cangzhou. The victory of this war was also a fluke. Only oneself knows best.

The most important thing is that this battle is a great honor to outsiders, but it has greatly consumed the wealth and soldiers he has accumulated during this period of time.

No matter how big a country is, it will die if it is warlike, not to mention that he is a small land of six states, so if there are a few more wars, he will have to drink the northwest wind again.

Based on this, at the Qingzhou meeting, he decided on two development strategies for Qingzhou. The first is naturally to fully develop the fief, industry and commerce, and the second is to establish a friendly interest group in Chang'an that is friendly to Qingzhou. Articles serve only one purpose, capital accumulation.

In this way, at this time, he really needs an interest group in the DPRK to protect Qingzhou from disasters and deal with various emergency situations. Second, Chang'an is Xi'an in later generations. This place is the region with the most abundant coal resources, and there are For many open-pit coal mines, he now needs to reserve coal resources to prepare for the emergence of steam engines. After all, only local coal mines could not meet industrial needs at that time.

The third article is particularly important, which is related to the issue of the commodity market. If there is no interest group support in Chang'an, his business will inevitably be hindered at every level in this intriguing place.

Economically speaking, exports are hampered, which will hit the local industry hard, because no one will put money into industrial projects because there is no money to be made.

This is why the West has to open trade ports even with cannons. Everything is for the sake of capital. Even in modern times, trade surplus is also one of the root causes of disputes between major powers.

Therefore, he drew these three people this time, just like other vassal kings were doing, to demarcate his sphere of influence in Chang'an.

At this time, these three people are extremely important, and he has to visit a few people later, so that his real mission in Chang'an this time has been completed.

In the future, he will maintain contacts with these people, consolidate and expand this interest group for his own use.

While he was contemplating, the bead curtain was opened, revealing the scene opposite the bead curtain.

Princess Pingyang was sitting in the middle, while Princess Xiangcheng was sitting at the bottom. Opposite Princess Xiangcheng, there was a veiled woman who met his eyes.