Overlord's Road to Ancient Emperors

Xu Zichun stayed in the palace until early in the morning before leaving the palace. The eyeliners who got the news and waited in the dark also stayed up with them all night. When they saw the three of them going out, they carefully observed their faces and found that one of them was full of joy. , one of them was full of sadness, and the other was yawning so hard that his eyes could hardly be opened.

The three got on their horses one after another and disappeared on the street in the blink of an eye.

Arriving at General Lu's mansion, the younger brother of the Lu family squinted his eyes and waved his hands: "We'll talk about the big things when we wake up. Right now, my head is full of mud and I can't think of anything." After speaking, he left without hesitation.

The elder brother of the Lu family was not as big-hearted as his younger brother, so he grabbed Xu Zichun and asked, "Uncle Chun, is King Shun trying to make my Lu family and the Yunyang army all submit to him? It's still in his hands, right?"

Along the way, he finally figured out some things, and he was no longer as happy as before.

Xu Zichun patted his hand and comforted him: "It's true that the prince planned this way, but we have the final say on whether to listen to it or not, and the conflict of interests is not too big, so it is not necessary to completely obey him. There are still many benefits. of."

"I don't think so. Originally, we could ask the court for the money, but now we have to earn it ourselves. If we earn it, we will get a share of it. After thinking about it, we are still at a loss."

"That's not the way to say it. Of course, asking the court for money is a no-cost business, but there are times when the treasury can't afford it. Now it's a peaceful age, so we can support us with the power of the whole country. Once there is a war, we will be unable to make ends meet." Xu Zichun had thought a long time ago that the imperial court would settle the military expenses one day, but he never thought that it would be done in the hands of a prince.

If such a talent can't sit on that throne, I'm afraid the end will not be very good.

But just because of his courage and courage, Xu Zichun also admired Li Xu, especially the conversation that night made him see King Shun's economic ability. No wonder Nanyue was able to change from a backwater to a fragrant bun.

Nowadays, even the northernmost border towns can buy things produced in South Vietnam. Tea and salt are the most in demand, followed by cloth and daily necessities. I don’t know when, people have become accustomed to looking for caravans from South Vietnam, and then always Can grab the goods in the first time.

The eldest prince also didn't sleep all night. Ever since the three of Lu's family entered the Shun Palace next door, the eldest prince got the news. They talked all night, and the eldest prince also sat in the study all night. When they left, he angrily went to the next door , smashed open the gate of Prince Shun's Mansion.

Li Xu was just about to eat something early and go to bed, when he heard the eldest prince's roar from a long distance away, he thought it was coming from the next door.

"The eldest prince had an attack early in the morning, and he is in good spirits."

Kou Xiao's hearing is better than his, and he pointed to the front yard, "It didn't come from the next door, but from the front, probably the eldest prince knocked on the door."

"Yo, then hurry up and eat, when he finds him, he will definitely smash the table." Li Xu took a bite of the cake, chewed it casually, and swallowed it.

Since returning to the capital, his busy days have been endless, and he doesn't even have time to have a good meal. This superior is really not a human being.

After he finished eating a piece of cake and a bowl of porridge, the eldest prince finally broke through the barriers and found Li Xu. Although the guards of the palace were intercepting him, they did not dare to kill the eldest prince, and the eldest prince's martial arts were really good.

"Li Xu!" The eldest prince roared angrily, ran over angrily, kicked Li Xu's table, the stone table fell down in response, and the porcelain plate on the table shattered to the ground.

Li Xu sighed, and looked helplessly at the angry eldest prince: "Brother, what are you doing? How many people's families can't get enough to eat, how much food you have wasted."

The eldest prince didn't care about this, he pointed at Li Xu and asked, "What exactly do you want to do? Must you kill them all and put me to death?"

"What do you think, big brother?"

"Don't pretend to be stupid, you have a clear mind about what you want to do!"

Although Li Xu doesn't like this eldest prince, he still has to show a hospitality attitude when he comes to the door, "Let's go to the study and talk."

The eldest prince didn't want to tear himself apart with Li Xu in front of his servants, so he followed him into the study room, glanced at this scholarly study room, and then stood in front of the map of the whole Dayan to look at it for a while. There is also the mark of Li Xu's occasional notes. Although the eldest prince can't understand it, Li Xu's ambition can be seen from this picture.

"Do you know that you are the person I hate the most?" The First Prince suddenly asked.

Li Xu was confused, "You and I have a grudge?"

"Enmity?" The eldest prince snorted coldly: "Since the two of us were reincarnated into the royal family, and from the first day you were born, we have been natural enemies. Personally teach, the brilliance is infinite, any prince is first-class than you, you say, why don't you attract people's hatred?"

Li Xu smiled helplessly: "You also said that this is a matter of reincarnation technology, and it's not up to me to decide. Besides, isn't my position as the crown prince also abolished?"

"But you have learned everything that a ruler should learn, so you do everything better than me, and the city government is deeper than me. The civil servants say that I am a warrior who doesn't know how to govern the country, but who gave me the opportunity to learn how to govern the country?

Since I was a child, I can only watch with envy that you are being taught by the emperor alone, while we can only take the lessons of those old masters, which are boring and not as interesting as horseback riding and archery. "

Li Xu interrupted him and said: "You're wrong, you think it's boring because you don't like reading and hope to practice martial arts, just like some people are born to love playing the piano but not playing the flute, and naturally love men and not women, the reason is the same, Brother Dahuang is talented in martial arts, even if you are given the best teacher to teach you how to govern the country, you may not like it."

The eldest prince grasped the point of his words, and sarcastically said: "I am born to love men but not women? Are you talking about yourself? I haven't told my father about you and Kou Xiao. Do you stop?"

Li Xu was not surprised when he found out the relationship between himself and Kou Xiao, "The rumors spread outside are all done by the big emperor, but how many people in the whole capital believe it? This king and Kou Xiao... even if it is love Bi Jinjian can also be said to be a brotherhood, what can you do to me?"

"You..." The eldest prince probably didn't expect Li Xu to react like this, he was so angry that he vomited blood, "You are really shameless!"

"Thank you for the compliment, but let's get down to business, I'm sleepy from not sleeping all night."

The eldest prince hasn't dealt with Li Xu for many years. I don't know that this person is not willing to get in. Kou Xiao and another guard are guarding Li Xu's side. He doesn't even have the ability to beat him up. He feels aggrieved. very.

Before entering the capital, he thought that he was sure of winning. Li Xu was just a deposed prince with only three or two kittens in the army. Even if the civil servants supported him, so what, if he put a knife on their necks, wouldn't they dare to resist?

But after arriving in the capital, the eldest prince knew that he was thinking of things simply. Most of the troops in the capital were controlled by Li Xu. Even if he brought 30 troops to the capital, he would face a difficult siege If the Huns take the opportunity to enter the war, he will be attacked by the enemy.

Some counselors once suggested to him, asking him to cooperate with the Xiongnu royal family and use the Xiongnu soldiers to capture the capital. The person who would make such a suggestion was divided into pieces by him. He can dominate his own territory and compete with his brothers. It's life and death, but it's all about your own business. What are the Huns?It's jackals, tigers, leopards, and evil spirits. How can such people cooperate?

He sat in front of Li Xu, put on an aggressive look, and asked, "What did you say to the Lu family? What did you promise them? Or did you reach some kind of agreement?"

Li Xu tilted his head and stared at him, and laughed for a long time. He took out a thick planning book from the drawer and threw it to the eldest prince, "The answer you want to know is here, it depends on whether you can understand it or not." gone."

The First Prince opened it at will, the content inside was too much and messy, and he couldn't understand it at first glance, but as long as he calmed down, he could see a thing or two. These are ways to make money, and he felt his heart beat faster when he just looked at any of them. , I can't wait to take this book as my own.

He licked his lips, and asked dryly, "You used these to bribe the border troops?"

"What do you think, Big Brother? Is this deal going? You are the Northwest Generalissimo. If you think it's good, you can talk about anything between brothers."

The eldest prince slammed the paper on the table, and refused firmly: "You want to buy me with money, but you really don't understand me!"

Li Xu laughed loudly, propping his chin with both hands, "There is only one kind of person in this world who can say that he doesn't like money, and that is the person who has never experienced the pain of not having money. Well, the imperial court has never shortened your military salary, and even paid as much as you want. But other generals don’t have such treatment, and they have lived a good life with you all these years. You said they would like to ask for money, or Do you prefer the days when you make money by yourself?"

"You can get money without any effort, are they stupid?"

"But is the national treasury inexhaustible? Does Brother Dahuang know how much silver is in the treasury and how much grain is in the granary?"

The eldest prince has a constipated look on his face, how could he know this?All he wanted was money.

"I guess you don't know either. The remaining money from the treasury is not enough to build roads in the capital. Brother Dahuang, have you seen the concrete roads in South Vietnam? I guess you haven't. The money from the treasury is not only used to raise soldiers. There's too much to do."

The eldest prince retorted: "Without us, how can the people live a stable life? How can the courtiers have the energy to govern the country? How can you blame us if the treasury is not enough? Since you are so good at making money, why don't you make everyone rich? When everyone is rich, the treasury will naturally have a surplus. Why beat around the bush?"

Li Xu shook his head, if this was his employee, he really wanted to fire him immediately, "One yard is one yard, the money from the treasury is one thing, the military expenditure is the same thing, what we need to check now is whether the military expenditure is reasonable, reasonable and natural It’s easy to say, if it’s unreasonable, it needs to be corrected, I’m willing to give them ways and means to make money, it’s because I feel sorry for the hard work of frontier sergeants, not for anything else.”

"He's full of hypocrisy!" What the eldest prince hates most is Li Xu, as if he is the kindest and most benevolent in the whole world, and compared to him, he is like a mouse in the gutter.

How is this not disgusting?

"The First Prince, go back and think about it carefully. There is a wool mill in the northwest, and a lot of cotton has been planted. If you operate it properly, you will get a lot of money. It's up to you if you want to cooperate."

The eldest prince thought to himself, I'll just grab these things by hand, why bother talking about cooperation?

Li Xu could see what he was thinking, and added: "It's just the beginning of what's happening now. Brother Dahuang has to take a long-term view. You have to believe that it's better to live with someone who can make money than with someone who can fight wars." , I believe everyone will make the right choice.”

The eldest prince left angrily, Li Xu said to Kou Xiao: "Do you think he will understand?"

Kou Xiao pointed at himself, and said decisively: "Let him see and I will know, following the prince to have meat to eat, this business is not bad, but there are not many people in the world with eyesight like mine."

"Haha... that's right, you're the smartest! You booked this king early!"

"The world belongs to the lord, but the lord belongs to me. Think about it, is it very successful?" Kou Xiao asked He Zun proudly, and the latter only responded with a blank look and a cold face.