¡°I just don¡¯t know what happened in that village, so Jia Xu had no time to send people to look for him.
With worries, Qi Xiaoyu took Dongfang Wenyin to ask for directions back to Jiangning Road.
When we arrived at the entrance of the village, we found that there was Zhijinwu guarding the place. Looking inside, we saw the shadow of an army mecha. What happened that even alerted the army? Could it be that what I was worried about happened in advance? He was startled and quickly went over and asked: "Dare I ask you two eldest brothers, what happened in this village?"
When Nazhi Jinwu saw a man in ragged clothes, he thought he was a beggar. He said with undisguised disgust: "This is not something that a beggar like you can know. If you don't go away quickly, I will arrest you and put you in a cell." A few days!¡±
Unexpectedly, the beggar smiled and said, "I'd like to trouble this elder brother to inform the adults inside that Marquis Wu'an is back."
Just after Qi Xiaoyu said these two sentences, the two Jinwu laughed and said: "If you are Marquis Wu'an, then we are the generals. Don't fool around with the men here and make them unhappy." Okay, I¡¯ll beat you until you can¡¯t stand up straight!¡±
"You are really looking down on others!" Dongfang Wenyin was furious. Qi Xiaoyu seemed to have many things on his mind along the way, so he hurried back anxiously. Unexpectedly, he encountered two difficult janitors when he came back!
"Hey, this little bitch is so sarcastic in her words." Only then did Nazhi Jinwu see a stunningly beautiful woman standing over there with unrivaled elegance and delicious beauty. So I had evil thoughts in my heart and wanted to tease him.
"Is this how Sun Fuhu taught his subordinates?" Qi Xiaoyu's face remained unchanged, but his tone became colder.
"How could you, Lord Commander, allow you to call him by his first name?" I felt that this beggar was deliberately looking for trouble. Zhi Jinwu was no longer polite and wanted to give Qi Xiaoyu a good beating. They are used to showing off their authority on weekdays, so how can they allow Dou Sheng, a commoner, to act arrogantly in front of them.
Who would have thought that Qi Xiaoyu only stared at them twice, wondering if they had been hit with some kind of immobilization technique. He couldn't even move his body.
"Since you two are unwilling to report, I have to break in." Qi Xiaoyu is now extremely powerful, and since some people regard him as a sick cat, he must show off his power, otherwise the two Zhijinwu will crawl to the top. Go up and tell people about it and make people laugh!
In desperation, the two guards pressed the jingling bell, and for a moment, the whole village was ringing with jingling bells.
Qi Xiaoyu didn¡¯t expect that the entire village would be equipped with bells, and he was even more eager to know what happened inside. So he pulled Dongfang Wenyin and rushed inside.
Two military mechas blocked his way. A riot gun was pointed at him. Prepare to fire tear gas.
His figure flashed, and the two mechas lost their target in sight!
Qi Xiaoyu rushed under one of the mechas with a quick stride, and gently buckled the leg of one of the mechas. The mecha was as if it were made of paper. It immediately lost its balance and fell to the ground.
Another mecha, as if it saw some monster, shouted in the communicator: "There is an assassin!"
"There are assassins!" All the spirit ring forces in the entire village took action and surrounded the place where Qi Xiaoyu was.
A group of military cadets were also a little leisurely, and wanted to take advantage of others' surprise to see what the assassin student looked like.
When they groped over, they found that nearly ten mechas had fallen on the field. But there was a person in the field who came and went as if nothing existed, moving freely. This time, they were all shocked.
"Isn't that Lord Marquis?" A military cadet with sharp eyes noticed the man with cool and unrestrained movements. Isn't it Qi Xiaoyu who has disappeared for almost a week? Although I don¡¯t know why he was recognized as an assassin, it was definitely because the flood washed away the Dragon King Temple and the family got into a fight.
So I quickly went to find the person in charge and told him the situation. The person in charge did not dare to neglect and immediately came out to observe the situation.
At first glance, I was shocked.
Qi Xiaoyu alone made almost all the mechas in the village lie down, and he was the only one left standing on the field!
The mecha took out its Guangwu and wanted to kill the assassin on the spot!
The person in charge immediately shouted: "Stop it!"
When the two parties in the conflict saw this man, they stopped their hands one after another.
This man is none other than Captain Zhijinwu, Sun Fuhu!
Seeing Qi Xiaoyu¡¯s shabby appearance, Sun Fuhu frowned and said, ¡°Why did you end up like this! What should I do?¡±
When Qi Xiaoyu saw him, he was also surprised and said: "Master Sun? Why are you here?"
"Don't talk about me yet, go and change your clothes quickly, my lord" Sun Fuhu was just talking when he heard someone announce.
¡°The Emperor has arrived!¡±
"Your Majesty?" Qi Xiaoyu's head was short-circuited for a moment, and suddenly he thought that this place was protected by Zhi Jinwu and the army. Who else except the emperor could have such a grand scene?
Cold sweat broke out immediately. He cursed in his heart: "Why are you hanging around my place if you have nothing to do? This is a good thing. Whose fault is it if you offend others and startle the Holy Master?"
"I heard that there were assassins here, but I didn't expect that Marquis Wu'an had returned to his fiefdom. There was a lot of commotion and he actually killed one of my mecha battalions!" Qi Xiaoyu looked up and saw, isn't that who the emperor is today? His eyes were smiling but not smiling, as if he was thinking about how to punish himself.
So he immediately admitted his mistake and said: "Wei Chen didn't know that the Holy Lord had arrived, and he was anxious to know what happened to Wei Chen's fiefdom"
"Come on, you're just here to demonstrate for me." The emperor laughed and scolded: "Now that my legs have healed, my strength has improved. Now I can fight with mechas without wearing a battle suit. It's really impressive after three days of separation." Treat each other.¡±
There was something wrong in the emperor's words, but Qi Xiaoyu didn't dare to answer, so he smiled and said: "It's all thanks to the emperor Hongfu. I have made some achievements in martial arts recently."
"If you can defeat mechas, you are already a master? But ordinary masters can only fight against mechas, but you, a grandmaster, have defeated my guard camp! What's going on?" the emperor asked.
"Weichen just understood the essence of certain things. For example, this mecha is made up of joints just like humans. With Weichen's power, it is naturally impossible to resist the mecha. But destroying some of their Important joints are still possible. Of course, this requires a deep understanding of mecha knowledge. Wei Chen feels that among the masters. Apart from Wei Chen, there is no other person who can do this." It seems that the emperor was thinking of it. worried, so Qi Xiaoyu said with a smile.
"That's enough bullshit. Although you are a disciple of Gushan Gate, I don't believe that knowledge of mechas combined with force can have such great destructive power." The emperor turned his head and looked at the other person beside him, who was the Han general. Yuwen Chengdu!
Qi Xiaoyu didn¡¯t expect that his grandfather would also come here. What on earth is going on? No one said you were coming before! I won't be here for a few days. Why has the world changed so much? Could it be that he has traveled through time again?
"What Marquis Wu An said should be true. I think that even when I was young and strong, I couldn't be as brave as him." The general didn't know whether he should be happy or worried. After three days of separation, this little boy The guy came back from abroad as a military advisor. The entry of martial arts is so terrifying. Over time, what kind of little monster will this grow into!
"Of course I trust the words of the general. It seems that you did not lie to me I will forget about today's incident, but what's the matter with you dressing like this? Are you crying for me? I've been here for a few days, and you don't know where to go. Where are you hanging out? You came to see me today and are still dressed like this. What kind of tricks are you playing with me?" It's a coincidence. The emperor arrived on the second day after Qi Xiaoyu disappeared, and lived in the small village in Qi Xiaoyu's fiefdom.
"Weichen feels that the scenery in the south of the Yangtze River is beautiful and wants to travel there personally. As the saying goes, 'It is better to travel thousands of miles than to read thousands of books.' Weichen feels that we are in the prime of our youth. If we don't travel well, we will be wasting our time." ." Qi Xiaoyu made nonsense, and those who knew the inside story couldn't help but wipe their sweat secretly. He thought that this was Qi Xiaoyu. If it had been anyone else, who would have dared to tell lies in front of the emperor!
"Humph!" The emperor seemed a little dissatisfied, pointed at Qi Xiaoyu and said, "Come with me!"
This confrontation between the emperor and his ministers made some military school students dumbfounded. They all knew that the emperor was so kind and favored Qi Xiaoyu, but in any case, Qi Xiaoyu's behavior today was regarded as disturbing the emperor, and the crime of the Han Dynasty Laws was not a light one. Ah, such a sentence has been exposed?
When he arrived at the place where the emperor camped, he retreated to the left and right sides, and the emperor's bad breath finally broke out: "Marquis Wu'an, you are so bold!"
"I hope the emperor will make it clear." Qi Xiaoyu felt that something must have happened and the emperor knew about it, but he had done so many sinister things, it was too numerous to list, and he didn't know which one the emperor was talking about. So I simply didn't mention it directly and waited to see what the emperor said.
"A few days ago, my brother's house was attacked by bandits. Is it you who did it?" the emperor asked.
"The Emperor's Holy Ming." Qi Xiaoyu knew that what he did was not perfect after all. After all, so many battle clothes were scooped out, and anyone who knew what was going on could relate to him. He could also directly deduce that they were all lost. , but Qi Xiaoyu was worried, and the emperor simply recognized him, proving from the side that he had done this.
"Tell me, why do you do this?"
"I am short of money" Qi Xiaoyu answered honestly.
"" The emperor was choked. If you are short of money, go and rob a prince.?Fu Zhai, are you too brave? Why don't you just go and rob the treasury?
"Your Majesty, please calm down and listen to me first. I wonder why your Majesty let your brother leave the capital in the first place?" Since Taizu of the Han Dynasty, all members of the royal family, except the prince, have fiefdoms but cannot leave the capital. However, However, today's emperor allowed the emperor's brother to build a royal palace in the fiefdom a few years ago.
"Do you care?" The emperor rolled his eyes at Qi Xiaoyu.
"Wei Chen guesses that nothing the prince did could be hidden from the emperor's eyes and ears." Qi Xiaoyu looked at the emperor's face carefully and answered carefully. Since ancient times, accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger. If he accidentally puts this man in a bad mood, Qi Xiaoyu will have a hard time in the future.
"So what?" The emperor neither admitted nor denied it.
"But the prince's hand stretched too long and reached into the fiefdom of Wei Chen." Qi Xiaoyu replied.
¡°You have to be patient after all, don¡¯t forget your identity!¡± the emperor replied.
"I endured it, and I endured it very hard, but in the end I found that I couldn't hold it in" Qi Xiaoyu was so frustrated here.
"" The emperor was helpless and said, "You cunning guy! Now that I know about this, give me half of the money you robbed, and I will pretend that this never happened."
"The emperor is rich all over the world, why should he have the same knowledge as his ministers?" Qi Xiaoyu has no habit of spitting it out, even if he is the emperor.
"Are you going to give it or not?" The emperor stared at Qi Xiaoyu.
"Here." Qi Xiaoyu replied honestly.
"Huh, I've saved all this money for Xiaolu. It will be used as a dowry when I get married in the future." The emperor's statement seemed to be that he said to Qi Xiaoyu that he would betroth Liu Xiaolu to him. What he said was too cryptic. Qi Xiaoyu thought about it for a long time before he finally realized it. But is there any difference between this and scooping it up himself? This is the same as the New Year's money Qi Xiaoyu received when he was a child. His mother took it back and said that she would not use it until Qi Xiaoyu gets a wife in the future. I don¡¯t know where the money went in the end.
"I just don't know why the emperor is doing this" Qi Xiaoyu asked cautiously.
"There are some things that you don't know about."
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"I have seen your design sketch. Why did you design this place like a military fortress and buy so much food? Do you want to rebel?" After saying this, the emperor came to make trouble again. Looks like I won't make things clear today. The emperor was unwilling to give up. I don¡¯t know what his purpose is for coming here at this time.
Qi Xiaoyu wanted to say something: "There are some things. It's better that you don't know." He looked so domineering, but he couldn't. The man in front of him was also the supreme ruler of this country. So he replied: "Your Majesty, do you think this year will be a good year or a bad year?"
"The weather will be good this year. It will naturally be a good year." The emperor replied without thinking.
"My opinion is exactly the opposite of the emperor's." Qi Xiaoyu said.
"Oh? Why do you say that?" the emperor replied.
"This area of ??Jiangning was once the land of Wu and Yue in ancient times. Does the emperor know about Wu and Yue's struggle for hegemony?" Qi Xiaoyu asked.
"I have studied the history of this country since I was a child, so I naturally know it." The emperor said.
"Then Wu was once the overlord, but why was it later replaced by Yue?"
"The King of Wu favors Xi Shi, so naturally the country's strength is declining day by day." The emperor replied.
Qi Xiaoyu shook his head and said: "This is just one aspect. The most important thing is the Yue Kingdom's plan to wipe out every household."
"A plan to wipe out the entire household?"
"Yes, when there was a severe drought in the country of Yue, the country borrowed 100,000 shi of grain from the country of Wu and survived the crisis. But within a few years, it became a severe drought in the country of Wu. The country of Wu asked the country of Yue to pay back 100,000 shi of grain. The country of Yue How did the country do it?¡±
"Of course the grain will be returned to the state of Wu." The emperor read this paragraph and said.
"The emperor only knows one thing but not the other. The one hundred thousand shi of grain that Yue State returned to Wu State were all cooked seeds."
"What is a mature seed?"
"It can only be used as grain, not as seeds, but as cooked seeds. What Wu State lent to Yue State back then were raw seeds, that is, grains that had not been cooked and could be used as seeds."
"Then what?"
"The ripe seeds had been cooked and looked plump. When the people of Wu State saw such plump seeds, they were reluctant to use them as food, so they went to the fields to plant them, hoping to grow food that was as good as the ripe seeds in the coming year."
"The results of it?"
"At that time, the Wu State had no harvest, no food for the soldiers, and no fertilizer for the horses, which led to a great decline in national power. So the Yue State took advantage of the situation and took Wu's place, becoming the overlord of the Spring and Autumn Period." Qi Xiaoyu said.
? ???What does this story have to do with what you are doing now? "The emperor was puzzled.
"I think the emperor must have passed through this cropland in the south of the Yangtze River when he came here." Qi Xiaoyu asked.
"That's right," the emperor replied.
"What does the Emperor think?"
"The south of the Yangtze River is a land of fish and rice, and it is prosperous. What he says is true." The emperor is the ruler of the world, so he naturally likes these things.
"But these seeds planted this year are all from the Star Alliance" Qi Xiaoyu stopped talking mid-sentence.
The emperor finally changed his color: "You mean, these seeds are just like the mature seeds back then? Impossible, impossible! These seeds have been tested and there will be no problem!"
"Of course it's impossible for all of these seeds to be defective, but if half of them are defective, then this year's harvest will reduce production by half. If three-quarters are defective, will our grain reserves be enough?" Qi Xiaoyu asked .
"The grain storehouse is full, enough to feed our Han people for three years."
"But has the Emperor ever thought about how much of the grain that goes into the granary can still be cultivated? And what about three years later?" Qi Xiaoyu asked.
"Within three years, not only can we import grain and seeds, but the grain grown in Jiangnan will be harvested three times a year, and nine in three years. Isn't it enough?"
Qi Xiaoyu sighed and said: "Your Majesty, let me tell you this. If we import seeds from the Star Alliance every year in the future, we will have a problem with one crop every year. And within the past three years, international food prices have doubled every year. In the third round, what do you think the big man will do?"
There are some things you can¡¯t dwell on. Once you think about it carefully, the consequences are terrible.
The emperor was a little stunned, and then he said angrily: "Why didn't you tell me these things earlier? If I didn't ask, did you plan to never tell me? Even if you did this, you didn't You did it without telling me, and I will never think you have any merit!"
"Your Majesty, it was just my guess before. The things I told you were the conclusions I came to after making on-the-spot inquiries after I came here. It was by no means intentional concealment. Of course I know what should be done and what should not be done. If not After I came back, I personally went to investigate. How convincing do you think my casual remarks will be? Do I want to slap myself in the face in front of all the officials and say that these are just some speculations of the minister? What's more, these things are originally household matters. I have already crossed the line within the jurisdiction of the ministry. Now I just hope that what I worry about will not come true." Qi Xiaoyu said. The reason why Qi Xiaoyu went to talk about this matter now. It was because of the two years he spent in the hut of spirit and time that he figured out why the Han Dynasty's national power declined so drastically three years later. Wasn't the Star Alliance using the same destructive strategy as the Yue Kingdom? But this time they used a more subtle and advanced method, using genetically modified seeds to fool the big man. The emperor took the initiative to ask today, so Qi Xiaoyu used the past to talk about the present, and explained the matter clearly to the emperor, so that the emperor would be well aware of it. And I must bite my tongue. I figured it out after I came here. Today's tattered clothes are the best proof of my on-site inspection. Although Qi Xiaoyu knew that the clothes were torn. It was because he had been wearing it for two years, but in the eyes of the emperor, it was the best proof that he had penetrated deeply into the grassroots. Otherwise, how could a pair of luxurious clothes become as tattered as it is now? Showing it to the emperor? Is this necessary?
"I know, I wrongly blamed you." The emperor calmed down and thought about it, Qi Xiaoyu was indeed right. Which emperor doesn't want to be a good emperor? But Qi Xiaoyu's words today stimulated him too much, so he panicked a little.
"What do you think of this?"
"Actually, Your Majesty, you don't have to worry too much. I have inspected it and found that Star Alliance seeds are mostly cultivated in the south of the Yangtze River. Farmers in the north of the Yangtze River still like to use our own seeds. So as long as we handle it properly, this matter will go smoothly within a year or two."
"How to deal with it?"
"Weichen thinks there are three things. First, in order to cope with the possible harvest failure this autumn, the Ministry of Household Affairs should immediately and low-key buy old grains from various countries. If this year is really a disaster year, it is inevitable that countries will raise prices and sell our grains at high prices. "
"Yes, your suggestion is very popular with me." The emperor nodded.
"Secondly, starting from next year, it will be stipulated that all grains imported from various countries can only be eaten and cannot be grown. The other is to promote our country's local improved varieties and use less or no foreign seeds. Even if they are used, they will only be used in a few areas. The state is used as an experimental field, and food problems cannot trouble me, a big man."
The emperor nodded in approval.
"Third, we must first inventory the world's granaries, and then expand the granaries to meet the unexpected needs of our Han Dynasty. I believe that the current granaries can only feed the Han people for three years, which is not enough! If there is no harvest, we should ensure it for at least ten years! "
"This third point is difficult. It takes ten years, which is an astronomical figure." The emperor frowned.
"Your Majesty, it is only ten years in theory. In fact, it can be used for five years, which is basically enough. But the important thing is that the new granary must be hidden. I built this earth building to hide the food so that no one can see it. Even if there are clues, most people would never dare to take the idea of ??building this earth building! Food is also an important weapon of the military. Without food, it means losing the support of the people." Qi Xiaoyu suggested.
"Yes, you are right!" After Qi Xiaoyu explained the pros and cons, the emperor finally paid attention to the food issue. "Marquis Wu'an, I have you just like the Taizu has Zhang Liang, a great scholar of the country." The emperor was shocked by Qi Xiaoyu's words today. Despite the fact that this boy is usually aloof and has a somewhat shady relationship with his daughter, he is really thinking about this great country.
Since he was a young man, there has been one word in the emperor's heart, and that is loyalty!
From the emperor's point of view, it doesn't matter whether a person has talent or not, nor how much ability he has, the most important thing is that he is loyal enough. And a loyal and capable talent is even more difficult to find. Although this boy has shortcomings of one kind or another, and his mischief often causes trouble, the emperor just likes him! Because he is sincerely thinking about the big man. If we don¡¯t use such people, then what kind of people should we use?
In fact, whether it is the emperor or the leader who employs people, isn¡¯t it the same principle?
So, the emperor was moved by Qi Xiaoyu. "As for your words and deeds today, did you deceive me in the past? I also forgive you!"
"Your Majesty, there really is such a thing" Qi Xiaoyu smiled sheepishly. Since you said it so well, if I don't take the initiative, this matter will inevitably be used as a handle in the future.
"What's up?"
"I have an affair with the Star Alliance princess"
"Pfft" The emperor just took a sip of tea and immediately spurted it out.
"when?"
"Just last year I lent her some money."
"How many?"
"Not muchonly 500 million."
"Five hundred million is not much? How many people in the Han Dynasty can earn five hundred million?" the emperor said dissatisfied.
"I'm talking about Star Alliance coins"
"You kid didn't commit treason?"
"My loyalty can be learned from heaven and earth!"
"you sure?"
"I'm very sure and sure." Qi Xiaoyu smiled innocently. Anyway, the emperor has no words to say. I have explained the matter, and you can decide on your own.
"My dear, I don't know why, but the good impression I had on you just now suddenly turned into an urge to crush you."
"Many people have thought so, Your Majesty."
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ps:
It¡¯s a big chapter of 6,000 words, just don¡¯t separate it.