Chapter 395 Royal Merchant Treatment

There was silence all around, and a cold sweat suddenly broke out from Xiao Ming's back.

At this time, his cornered light swept to the door inside the imperial study, which was connected to the outside.

If he didn't sign at this time, he seriously doubted that there would be soldiers rushing out to kill him on the spot. After all, this episode has been staged more than once in history.

In order to ensure the throne of the eldest son, the emperor forced the powerful prince to swear not to rebel, but Xiao Ming did not expect such a thing to happen to himself, and he had to sign this vote.

But this shows how much Xiao Wenxuan dotes on the prince.

"My son signed!" Xiao Ming said almost without hesitation.

Xiao Wenxuan looked at Xiao Ming with satisfaction and said: "Ming'er, you are the most straightforward person to answer so far. The royal father is not wrong this time. It seems that there is nothing wrong with letting you be the executor. You can rest assured, as long as you sign the nomination form. , After the crown prince ascends the throne, he will definitely be hesitant about the oath to vote for the name, and I also hope that you can do your duty, so that the country of Great Yu will be stable."

Xiao Ming actually wanted to say that when a contract was created, it was torn up. If this contract did not have a strong executor, it would be equivalent to waste paper.

This contract will be very useful when Xiao Wenxuan is reincarnated, because once violated, he will face the situation of breaking his oath and be killed, but it is difficult to say whether this effect is still in effect after Xiao Wenxuan's death.

Now Xiao Wenxuan chooses him as the executor of the certificate. One is that he does not have any clan background, and the other is that he holds Shanhaiguan and has enough chips to threaten other princes.

"Father, the sons have always been part of their duties. I only hope that the Great Yu Kingdom can unite to defend against the barbarians. I hope that this submission will allow the brothers to abandon their previous suspicions and deal with the barbarians. Destroying the barbarians is not so easy."

Xiao Wenxuan nodded and said: "My father is for this purpose."

After a pause, he continued: "You have made such a contribution, you were assassinated as soon as you arrived in Chang'an, and now I have asked you to submit a certificate, I am really ashamed of you, so let's talk about what you want What kind of reward, I will definitely promise you what I can achieve."

Xiao Ming didn't care whether he signed the nomination certificate or not, and it was even beneficial to him to sign the nomination certificate. What he really wanted was a stable development environment, and he also wanted to be able to gather the strength of the Great Yu Kingdom to fight the barbarians.

He didn't want to be an ambulance and put out fires everywhere.

Now that Shanhaiguan has given him a layer of security, it would be even better if the princes could settle down.

After pondering for a while, Xiao Ming said: "Father, my son does have an unkind request to go to Chang'an this time."

"Let's hear it." Xiao Wenxuan showed an interested look.

Xiao Ming said: "My son hopes that the products of the Qingzhou Chamber of Commerce can travel unimpeded in the royal fief without being charged any taxes. I wonder if the royal father can agree."

"Isn't this the treatment of royal merchants." Xiao Wenxuan said.

"Yes, what Erchen wants is the treatment of the royal merchants." Xiao Ming nodded. On the royal land, only the royal merchants were not charged any taxes, and no official dared to offend them.

"What's so difficult about this? I promised you, but is this really the only one?" Xiao Wenxuan couldn't believe it, he didn't care about the businessman.

"Thank you, Father." Xiao Ming's heart almost jumped out, he did not expect Xiao Wenxuan to answer so smoothly.

Xiao Wenxuan nodded, and then he said to Xiao Ming: "This is just a small matter, but I think this award is too small for your credit."

"My son is already content."

Xiao Ming declined and said that he did not dare to ask for anything else. In his opinion, this was just a test by Xiao Wenxuan. If he asked for too much, Xiao Wenxuan would definitely feel uneasy, because it meant that he was too ambitious.

And this royal merchant treatment may not be very important in Xiao Wenxuan's view. After all, Xiao Wenxuan has been promoting agriculture and suppressing business. It is precisely because of this that the status of businessmen in the Great Yu Kingdom is so low.

Xiao Ming's answer made Xiao Wenxuan look of admiration again, and then he said to Xiao Ming: "By the way, this time it is said that you used a new firearm and something called a hot air balloon in Jizhou. ."

"That's right. The name of this firearm is a musket. This time I brought a batch, and I also brought this hot air balloon. The emperor can show it to the emperor at any time."

Xiao Wenxuan became more and more excited, and he said, "Okay, since that's the case, the emperor will announce the reward for you tomorrow morning, and then go watch it."

"Yes, Royal Father." Xiao Ming nodded, and he didn't care about the rest, because he had already achieved his goal.

After a few more words with Xiao Ming, Xiao Wenxuan asked Xiao Ming to leave, and called the Eighth Prince in again.

Leaving the imperial study, Xiao Ming walked outside the palace with a wry smile.

When he came to Chang'an this time, he encountered all kinds of absurd things, but whether it was an assassination or a name-call, it couldn't interrupt his plan.

As long as the trade route is opened up, and when he returns to the fief, that is when his fief takes off.

When he used Youzhou, Qingzhou, this vast land to develop, he didn't care about the name.

Leaving the palace, Xiao Ming thought that it was time to find King Yong.

It is estimated that the fiefs of King Wei have not escaped, and King Yong is even less likely to escape. Now there is no problem with the scope of the royal family, and the rest is the fiefs of vassal kings with different surnames.

However, this problem is difficult, but for him, no matter how difficult it is, he must try it. After all, the rich land in the south is very important.

As for what the chips to be exchanged are, he already has an idea.

In the imperial study, after the Eighth Prince reluctantly signed his name and left, Xiao Wenxuan looked at the man beside him and said, "So, did you see anything?"

This person is Yang Zhen, the commander of Lijingmen. He said: "Apart from King Qi being so refreshing, the other princes are a little unwilling, especially the second prince, who seems to have resentment in his unwillingness."

"Second prince." Xiao Wenxuan narrowed his eyes, and he felt the same way, "Do you think this assassination was done by the second prince?"

Yang Zhen said: "Xiaguan has sent people to investigate the source of these barbarians, and found that these barbarians were all provided by a Shanxi merchant, but the strange thing is that this Shanxi merchant who was very close to the prince in the past has disappeared without a trace. ."

"Shanxi merchants?" Xiao Wenxuan said in surprise.

Yang Zhen nodded, "The merchants in King Liang's fief are called Jin merchants. These merchants have the closest relationship with the barbarians, and outsiders can't sell these mixed-race barbarians."

"However, this does not mean that the second prince did it. After all, many of these Shanxi merchants are minions of the barbarians."