Chapter 163

The Green Water Pavilion is fresh and elegant, quiet and peaceful, just like the temperament of a princess.

I don't know when, Xiao Wenxuan began to be tired of those mediocre fat vulgar powder, greedy from this peaceful quiet, here he seems to be able to temporarily forget all troubles.

Maybe he is old, maybe he is too tired. In recent days, he always thinks of his time as the prince.

At that time, he was surrounded by the king of Wei, the king of Ning, and many other princes, but now, he has only a cold throne.

He was crazy about the throne all his life.

"If the throne was king Ning, would the state of Dayu suffer such humiliation?" A terrible voice came to his mind and was driven away by him in horror.

When he came back, he was in a cold sweat.

With a wry smile, what he has to face now is the barbarian credentials and endless quarrels among ministers.

Looking carefully at Zhenfei's drooping slender eyelashes, Xiao Wenxuan seemed to have made up his mind. He said: "now the king of Qi is bearing a heavy burden. How can I ignore it? Now his affairs are state affairs."

The princess sighed and said, "there's nothing else. It seems that there's no such thing as saltpeter on the fief. It's said that the merchants don't sell it in Qingzhou now?"

"Saltpeter?" Xiao Wenxuan frowned, "is the king of Qi making gunpowder? I didn't expect him to be in this city now. "

"I'm also surprised. Now ming'er seems to know a lot of things, and I don't know where he learned them from." Zhenfei feeds Xiao Wenxuan with lotus seed porridge.

Xiao Wenxuan shook his head, "no matter where he learned it from, it's better than before."

Then he said, "the saltpeter in the state of Dayu is only found in the saltpeter cave in Shu. It must be the king of Shu who made the trouble. When they were in Chang'an, they didn't get along with each other. At this time, the king of Shu knew that he needed saltpeter, so he wanted to make an issue of it."

Xiao Wenxuan knew the character of the king of Shu clearly.

"Ah, at this time, the princes are still so intriguing." Princess Zhen's eyebrows were lightly locked, and she could not help getting angry.

Xiao Wenxuan seldom saw Princess Zhenfei angry, but he said, "it's just my guess. Even if it's the king of Shu, I don't think I will admit it when I ask her."

"What about that? It seems that nitre is very important to ming'er. " The princess worried.

"It's OK. I'll give him all the gunpowder and saltpeter from the equipment department, and then ask the king of Shu to send the saltpeter to Chang'an to see if he dares not."

After all, Xiao Wenxuan had been an emperor for more than 30 years, and he was used to this kind of small stratagem.

Princess Zhenfei nodded. Like Xiao Wenxuan, she didn't know the importance of gunpowder to Xiao Ming. She thought it was the same as coal and iron.

With a sigh, Xiao Wenxuan got up from the bed and said, "there are twenty torches in the equipment department. This time, they've been sent together."

"Your Majesty, where are you going?" The precious imperial concubine sees Xiao Wenxuan rise, worry ground asks a way.

"The affairs of the king of Qi can't be delayed. Besides, we have to deal with these ministers."

Xiao Wenxuan put on his clothes and went out.

At this time, the minister kneeling on the ground outside Chengqing hall saw Xiao Wenxuan come out. At this time, the minister cried: "look, the emperor, think twice. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the barbarian envoys to come here. I also hope your majesty will think about the common people in the world."

"In this case, any one of you who has a daughter will be sent to the palace. I'm willing to accept him as my adoptive daughter. It depends on your love."

Xiao Wenxuan's face is old and quiet. He won the throne not only because of the support of King Zhao, but also because of his intelligence.

If it had been before, he might have agreed to the barbarians' demands in exchange for more than ten years of stability. However, since the last time when he saw that these vassal kings of different surnames had ulterior motives, he came back.

Because if it goes on like this, the land of the royal family is less and less, and the vassal kings of different surnames ask for money and food in the name of resisting the barbarians. If it goes on like this, the royal family is more and more weak, and the vassal kings of different surnames are more and more powerful.

In a few decades, I'm afraid the state of Dayu will change its surname, so this time he simply pushed the matter out.

The ministers looked at each other. Look at me and you. The emperor's daughter has nothing to do with them, but her own daughter is different.

Who doesn't know the brutality of the barbarians? Can they survive if they are sent?

For a moment, no one answered. Then Xiao Wenxuan said, "as for the Treasury, you must know that the annual tribute has stretched the Treasury. Why don't you think about which vassal king you want to borrow money from for me to cope with the annual tribute?"

Once again, this was unexpected.

Looking at these ministers who hesitated because they were involved in their own interests, Xiao Wenxuan snorted coldly, left with a sentence, "this matter does not need to be discussed any more, just do it according to what was said in the court last time. If the king of Qi and the king of Wei can't keep Cangzhou, I also recognize that it's imperial incompetence. If they can keep it, I will cut off his head if they can talk about peace again!"

When Xiao Wenxuan left, the ministers stood up.

They asked the leading minister, "Mr. Cui, what can I do?""What should we do? Do you want to send your daughter out? " This is Mr. Cui Hao.

"Naturally, I don't want to." The minister shrunk his neck.

"In that case, let's wait for Cangzhou City to break down. Our emperor has never seen the coffin and shed tears." Cui Hao sneered and hummed away.

When other ministers saw this, they knew no matter how to kneel down, they scattered.

Qingzhou.

It has been more than 20 days since the newspaper published the news about the purchase of nitrates. The purchase of real gold and silver by the Yamen government has made the people no longer hesitate. The production of nitrates is becoming more and more popular. Every day, people can be seen lining up at the Yamen gates of all States and counties to sell nitrates.

Although the fleet from Chang'an also transported a lot of nitrates, Xiao Ming didn't stop buying nitrates.

Because of the information coming with the fleet, he had to prepare gunpowder with all his strength.

"Three months! So now we only have more than two months left. " In the governor's mansion, Pang Yukun said.

Before the fleet arrived, Xiao Ming received a reply from Xiao Wenxuan. In the letter, Xiao Wenxuan told the barbarian envoys what they had done in Chang'an. The angry words in the letter can show that Xiao Wenxuan was angry this time.

However, the time of the barbarian's attack was basically determined. Now it seems that it is only more than two months.

Looking at the 20 torches sent to the ground at the same time, Xiao Ming said: "yes, so we must prepare now. If I remember correctly, the wheat outside the city can be collected in three days. Now you inform the prefectural government to prepare to purchase and reserve grain, and organize the people to deliver materials to Cangzhou City."

Pang Yukun nodded, "let's leave these things to your highness. It won't delay your Highness's important affairs."

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