wait for another year

Before his death, the first emperor once said that King Su was filial and sincere, and now it seems that it is not false. As soon as the emperor came to the throne, King Su made three statements to express his heart. Zongzheng Siqing was moved to tears on the spot.

In addition, Xuanyuanhui also accepted all the successive tax increases by the imperial court. Although he made a note and cried for being poor, it was still the power of the poor Suzhou to pay the tribute on time, ignoring the whole area of ​​Suzhou. micro word.

Of course, as for where King Su got the money to subsidize the people's livelihood in the prefecture, the court far away in Chang'an could not know.

"Is this the long knife? Is it really stronger than the Mo knife?" Zhao Xu, who came in disguise, looked at it with great interest.

Ou Xuan said unhappily, "Wangfei will know after trying it."

After all, before Zhao Xu could react, he threw a long knife at Zhao Xu.

Zhao Xu used to be unable to carry his shoulders or lift his hands. Even after arriving in Suzhou, he learned some moves from Xuanyuan Hui to strengthen his body, but he is still a frail scholar. How can he catch his moves?Seeing the long knife flying straight towards him, he only had time to take a few steps back to avoid a tragic death from the knife.

The guard behind him, Jai Zi, reacted quickly, stepped forward to take the knife, and was relieved to see that Zhao Xu was safe and sound, and was already covered in cold sweat.

"Brother Ou has such a violent temper." Zhao Xu shook his head and took the knife from Yazi's hand, and looked at it carefully, "It is much lighter than ordinary Mo Dao, and it looks sharp, Yazi."

Yazi knew it, and ordered a guard to use this new long knife, and he himself used the old Mo knife. When the two fought against each other, within fifteen moves, the guard was defeated.

"Good knife!" Yazi said sincerely.

Zhao Xu walked over and saw that although Yazi had won, the edge of the knife was uneven, but the long knife was not damaged at all.

"How many tricks can he use under your hands?"

"Up to five moves."

Zhao Xu clapped his hands and smiled, "Master Ou, show us that divine crossbow again."

After seeing those weapons, Zhao Xu and Ou Xuan backed away.

"How many long knives can you make in a year at most?"

Ou Xuan frowned, "If there is no limit to pig iron, thousands of dollars a year should not be a problem."

"Thousands a year..." Zhao Xu mused, "Then can we make bows and crossbows at the same time?"

"Difficult." Ou Xuan didn't think about it.

Zhao Xu sighed, "I thought it was lighter than the Mo Dao, so I could make more, but now it seems that my thinking is too simple. How many Mo Dao are in stock now?"

"More than nineteen thousand."

The Qi Dynasty strictly forbids the private manufacture and storage of weapons, not to mention such a large number, Ya Zi on the side was speechless.

"I'll allocate another 300 people to you, and you can weigh the money yourself." Zhao Xu ordered someone to take the map, and pointed at a village in the northwest of Suzhou, "I have moved out all the villagers before, and this village is yours now. You decide for yourself."

Ou Xuan cupped his hands, "Thank you, Your Highness."

"Also, I heard that you will leave all the maids who sent you away, leaving only an ugly and dark girl? Why didn't you see me today?" After finishing the business, Zhao Xu couldn't restrain his curiosity and gossip.

There was some disdain on Ou Xuan's face, "Your little prince told you again?"

Zhao Xu chuckled.

"Everything in the world has its form, and it's all empty. Everything is empty, so how can there be any difference?" Ou Xuan played with the small nine-link ring on his waist, "In your eyes, that little prince is enough Let you spend the world, but in my opinion, there is not much difference between him and the lame old beggar at the gate of the city."

Seeing that Zhao Xu was taken aback and wanted to explain himself, Ou Xuan shook his head, "They are all smart people, so there is no need to put on a show here. I don't know how the little prince is, but I see you again after two years, but you know clearly." It's because of deep-seated love. I don't know about the other general affairs of the palace, how much did you plan to subsidize him with me alone?"

He usually does not pretend to speak, and rejects people thousands of miles away, but he has such a clear mind.Zhao Xu smiled wryly, "Unexpectedly, even you can see it..."

"But that silly prince is still in the dark." Ou Xuan sarcastically said.

Thinking of the ignorant Xuanyuan Hui, Zhao Xu couldn't help but let out another long sigh, but heard Ou Xuan say, "Perhaps in your eyes, Xiao Xian is not beautiful, and even looks a bit vulgar, I don't match her, I will definitely regret it in the future. But only I know how clever she is, and how insightful she is. To give an inappropriate example, in the eyes of others, King Su is still a man no matter how promising he is. , even if you have done so much for him now, you will not be with him for a long time in the future, could it be that you have to retreat bravely and regret your past?"

Zhao Xu pondered for a long time, and said with a smile: "Brother Ou's words today are a blow to Mr. Zhao. Mr. Zhao has little knowledge and judges people by their appearance. I am afraid that he accidentally offended Miss Xiaoxian, so I apologize to Mr. Ou!"

After all, Zhao Xu bowed, Ou Xuan didn't back down, and accepted the gift safely.

Zhao Xu didn't get up, and bowed again, "The future is unpredictable, and His Highness and I can't guarantee that we will escape unscathed. If there is any mistake between the two of us, please brother Ou burn it all down, and pass the recipe to the next one." Master of the White Sun Club."

Ou Xuan turned his head to look at him a few times, and nodded noncommittally.

Although he was defiant and utterly immoral, but he never said anything, Zhao Xu felt relieved and said goodbye and went back to the palace.

As soon as the house was overturned, Bai Su handed over several residence newspapers, Zhao Xu took a look at it, was startled at first, and then laughed leisurely.

Since Cui Jinghu became the Princess Xiaohui, she has been on the rise. She has never taken a scientific examination, never entered the Imperial Academy, and never served in the Six Departments.Although this official position is only of the fourth grade, it is of great importance-the long-term servant of the emperor, all the emperor's will is drawn up by this person, and he can also speak from the water.

The spies wrote in the mansion newspaper that the eldest princess and his wife seem to be inseparable, the eldest princess often stays in the inner palace to accompany the queen mother, and the son-in-law is on duty at Zhongshu Province every day. Unless the eldest princess calls, he will never ask to see him.

Zhao Xu tapped a few cases, and read the mansion newspaper back and forth three times.

"Why, are you still brooding over this Cui Jinghu?"

Suddenly Xuanyuan Hui's voice sounded behind him, startling Zhao Xu, "I won't inform you when your Highness is here."

"Young one has informed..." Bai Su felt a little aggrieved.

Xuanyuan Hui waved his hand to signal him to back down, "Why, are you afraid of Cui Jinghu?"

"It's nothing to be afraid of," Zhao Xu sighed, "I was just thinking, whether it is the Xuanyuan family or the Deng family, to Princess Xiaohui, they are all blood relatives. Eldest princess, why is she standing on Deng's side?"

Xuanyuan Hui snorted coldly, "I see, I'm afraid people still want Fengyi Tianxia."

Zhao Xu circled Cui Jinghu's name, "Let's see the trick."