Fast travel: The host is too crazy to shoot, the system can't stop it

Chapter 94 Ancient (22) Why Don’t Men Wear Wu Hooks
A thousand words.

Even for Xue Jiagui, this amount is huge. If it were in the past, he would have to think about it more or less, but today, for some reason, it may be because he has the confidence to improve his status, or he really wants to seize this opportunity. , he immediately agreed as soon as his mind got hot.

The deal was concluded, and Mr. Mu Xin said that he would complete the praise within half a month, during which Xue Jiagui could come to check the progress every day until it was completed.

Xue Jiagui was very satisfied with the arrangement, and left excitedly to prepare the money.

Seeing that the people had already left, Yan Nanxu ordered his attendants to put out the incense first, and opened the window to diffuse the smell.

Cao Yushi came out from behind and asked doubtfully, "His Royal Highness, Xue Jiagui is the richest person, so it might not be impossible to take out the money, right?"

"Of course he can get it out. But this is not a small number. A businessman pays much attention to profits. If he loses such a large sum at once, he will definitely try to make up for it as soon as possible to feel safe."

Yan Nanxu spread the rice paper on the table and said while rubbing ink: "Xue Jiagui has a wide range of businesses, but most of them are not able to get huge returns in a short period of time, so if he wants to quickly fill this hole, basically only a way."

Cao Yushi suddenly realized, "So, my son, you expect him to make up for the vacancy from the salt?"

"Sealing salt has been taboo in the country since ancient times. One reason is that salt is a necessity of life. It is indispensable from the daily life of the people to the marching and fighting of the army."

"Secondly, because of the huge income from the salt tax, there are many farmers in this dynasty. They can be self-sufficient in some daily food supplies, but they have to buy salt alone."

"Xue Jiagui has already tasted the sweetness of selling salt, so he will naturally put his mind on it."

"What the prince said is reasonable, but simply raising the price of salt shouldn't cause Yanjin to turn against Xue Jiagui immediately." Cao Yushi asked.

Yan Nanxu smiled lightly, raised his eyes and said, "Of course it's not enough to just raise the price of salt, but we have to see at what point he did it. Yan Jin can't tolerate sand in his eyes."

Cao Yushi's heart moved, and he asked tentatively, "So what will happen in the next half month?"

Yan Nanxu lowered his eyes and continued to write praises, and reminded slowly: "The third prince and his party will probably reach the frontier tomorrow..."

The sixteen cities on the border are currently planned as territories of foreign tribes. With the pass as the boundary, the south is the Central Plains of the dynasty, and the north is the territory of foreign tribes. Although the two sides maintain a superficial peace, they actually have soldiers stationed on defense to guard against sneak attacks.

When Yan Ze arrived at the border, he brought not only his attendants, but also his personal soldiers.

Looking at the desolate scene on the border, Yan Ze recalled the conversation with Yan Nanxu that night──
"I know that Your Highness, you have a lot of private soldiers outside, with complete weapons and equipment, but they are not enough to compete with Yan Jin, who controls the overall situation. I need you, Your Highness, to take a small team to the border. The small team is disguised as a regular army. Appearance, pretending to investigate around the sixteen border cities, there is no need to do anything, just make sure that the foreign guards can see it."

Yan Ze frowned slightly and said, "You really did investigate me before." Otherwise, how would you know that you have private soldiers outside, and you are so clear about the number.

Yan Nanxu did not deny this, and continued: "Your private soldiers and equipment, Third Highness, are all arranged according to the regular army of this dynasty. It must be easy to disguise them. Foreign tribes have always coveted the fertile land of the Central Plains. At this time, they just lack a reason, and you Just use this as an excuse, don’t worry about other things, we can just be ‘fishermen’.”

Yan Ze still seemed to be a little worried, "Can Yanjin really win? If foreigners..."

"He must win." Yan Nanxu said firmly: "Yan Jin is not stupid, on the contrary he is very smart. If the northern border pass is broken, it will be difficult to drive out the foreigners, and his own throne will not be guaranteed, so he He will do his best to win, and use all the troops he can mobilize at present, and when he wins, it will naturally be the time to exhaust himself."

This plan is thoughtful, Yan Ze has no reason not to accept it.

Yanze brought people to the Malay border to spend Yanjin's "strength", while Yannan Xu in the capital secretly cut off Yanjin's "financial resources".

Since ancient times, people who have achieved success are nothing more than gathering "military strength" and "financial resources". Yan Nanxu's strategy was not only carried out at the same time, but also achieved extremely fast results, and almost did not cost a single soldier on their side. It is really... Subtle and very...

Thinking of this, Yan Ze suddenly smiled and shook his head, Shen Linxi saw the inexplicable behavior of his Highness, and asked what was wrong.

Yan Ze was also free and easy, and said bluntly: "It's nothing, I just think it's a good thing that Yan Nanxu won't live for too long."

"Why did Your Highness say such a thing?"

"He knows how to take advantage of the situation. If he doesn't die soon after being poisoned, I'm afraid I will be afraid of him in the future."

Since ancient times, the master of high meritorious deeds has always been hurt.

In the past few days, Xue Jiagui went to Mingyue Tower almost every day, no matter how busy he was, he would go there, in order to check the progress of Mr. Mu Xin's Zanwen every moment.

If he had time, Xue Jiagui would sit in the Accord for a while before leaving. The incense in the Accord was different every day, and sometimes Mr. Mu Xin’s attendants would pour him a cup of tea. Naturally, famous things are elegant, and Xue Jiagui would be very happy finished drinking.

"The praise should be completed in three days, so you don't have to worry about it."

After reading the content on the cloth, Xue Jiagui immediately said: "Don't worry, my son's article is wonderful, and every time I read it, my heart beats violently. Don't worry, all the money has been handed over to Mr. Lu in Mingyuelou. You can just write the article with peace of mind. "

Today Xue Jiagui drank another cup of tea, and left cheerfully.

Yan Nanxu looked at the servant boy who was grinding the ink, and reminded him not to forget to add something. The servant boy took the order and immediately squeezed a little more powder into the ink...

On the second day, an urgent report came from the border to the capital, and the foreigners suddenly contacted the guards and soldiers, saying that a few days ago, soldiers from the dynasty had been acting strangely outside the sixteenth city, and had injured a patrol team of the foreigners.

The guards said that they never sent soldiers to approach Shiliucheng, but the foreigners insisted that they were the ones who injured them, and asked them to open the door to let the foreigners find the murderer, otherwise they would go to war directly!
Yanjin was so angry that if the first few sentences of the foreigner were credible, the latter few sentences were really nonsense!Also let them open the gate?Those who open the pass can directly call the capital!
It's not that Yanjin can't beat those foreigners. They have lost since the foreigners were willing to cooperate with Yanjin, but Yanjin didn't want to tear himself apart with the foreigners so quickly.

So although Yanjin was not happy, he still asked the border guards to try to communicate with foreigners.

However, foreigners have always bullied the weak and feared the strong. When they saw Yanjin's tactful attitude, they thought they were afraid of themselves, so they became even more aggressive, harassing the border in various ways, and even threatened to gather troops to attack the city and seize territory!
There was a lot of movement on the border, and the people in the capital also knew about the movement. The people of this dynasty had long had grievances with the foreigners. Seeing that it was so rampant, there were many voices of indignation for a while, but it was only because of the current relationship between the emperor and the foreigners. The attitude is subtle, and I dare not make too much noise.

At this time, another copybook written by Mr. Mu Xin was put on public display. There was only one poem on it: "Why don't men bring Wu hooks and collect the fifty states in Guanshan?"

This time the font is still official script, but it is a little more elegant than the original one. The dignified official script also incorporates the arbitrariness of running script, which is more temperamental. In addition, this poem is full of heroism, which has the meaning of battlefield gold, and it seems to just reflect Given the situation in the frontier at this time, the fighting spirit in people's hearts was aroused, unprecedented.

In a few days, even the children on the street will recite this sentence: "Why don't men wear Wu hooks and charge Guanshan Fifty States!"

The public opinion was overwhelmed in an instant, from the children of the aristocratic families down to the common people, everyone's voice was that we must fight the foreigners, and we must not tolerate it any longer!
Yanjin saw that the foreign tribes in the frontier could not be suppressed, and the voices of the people in the capital were getting louder and louder. You must know that when he was in office, the most criticized thing was to cooperate with foreigners and donate sixteen cities on the border. Now that foreigners are invading, Yanjin is really Don't dare to stand by and watch.

If you don't dare, you can't!

As a result, Yanjin made up his mind to formally prepare for the border war.

Talking about the huge amount of money that must be spent in war, Yanjin wanted someone to invite Xue Jiagui to the palace for discussion, but who knew that the first time he went to invite Xue Jiagui, he couldn't invite him, saying that he had closed the door to thank guests these few days, and no one was seen.

Yanjin was in a hurry and asked someone to invite him again, saying that this time he would bring him even if he used force.

On the way, the Ministry of War sent the details of the budgeted military pay to Yan Jin for review. Yan Jin frowned when he saw the huge figure, and subconsciously thought that the Ministry of War had made a mistake. Later, when he saw the expensive price of salt, he was so angry that he directly slammed the booklet in his hand. Throw it to the ground!
Is this Xue Jiagui going to rebel? !The price of table salt is almost twice as expensive as the previous official salt. Is he courting death at this time? ! !
(End of this chapter)