The noble boy likes to play chess

Shu Jing knew Prince Yu, since he came to see him, he would not be willing to hand over Duan Zheng; he also knew Fengchi, he would not change his mind at will when he said something during the negotiation, especially when it comes to important matters involving diplomatic relations between the two countries.For this matter alone, Shu Jing was powerless to mediate, so he just told Zhao Jie that he might as well put the matter of Duan Zheng and the matter of marriage together, so as to have more conditions for negotiation.

It's just why the drug suddenly increased?Since Big Brother Feng said it, there must be something, but I always feel that something is wrong, is there something missing?Normally, he could still ask Brother Feng directly, but now he can only wait for others to give him news.

Only three days later, Zhao Jie came to look for Shu Jing again. This time, Zhao Jie's face was extremely ugly, and he was a little angry: "Shu Jing, where are you going? If you don't know that you are the real prince , I really want to kill you today!"

Zhao Jie gritted his teeth and clenched his fists. It seemed that something serious had happened.Shu Jing raised his eyebrows, and asked seemingly indifferently, "What happened?"

"The generals guarding the nine cities on the border between our Beiyuan Kingdom and Chongyang Kingdom were taken away by the people of Chongyang Kingdom at the same time. The envoys of Chongyang Kingdom took the tokens of the nine soldiers and threatened the emperor, demanding that our country return Prince Duanzheng. And take those nine cities as the fiefdoms of your Seventh Prince, and especially emphasized that they must be the real Seventh Prince!" Zhao Jie slapped the table angrily, and continued, "A few days ago, I talked about getting married, and now I want to make a marriage. Such a despicable thing, I think the diplomatic relations between the two countries are completely ignored!"

Shu Jing closed his eyes, and slowly revealed nine cities: "Yancheng, Luocheng, Xumenguan, Yunzhou, Maocheng, Hongcheng, Weizhou, Zhangcheng, Shizhou."

Every time Zhao Jie heard one, he was startled, one of the nine cities was not bad!He pointed at Shu Jing tremblingly: "You, you are really collaborating with the enemy and traitorous!"

"It seems that you won't believe that I guessed it right." Shu Jing asked back, "Don't you know what I have done these days?" These days, he was under the supervision of Zhao Jie and others , In addition to eating, sleeping, and playing chess, I did nothing.

Seeing that he was speechless, Shu Jing smiled and said, "Actually, it's not difficult to guess at all. At the junction of the two countries, if you want to be my fiefdom, it must be these nine cities, because if the two countries If you start a war, you must not bypass these places, unless you use other countries."

Zhao Jie didn't know the locations of these nine cities very well, so he naturally didn't fully believe what Shu Jing said. He had a lot of reasons for collaborating with the enemy and treason, but these days, he really couldn't find any act of collaborating with the enemy and treason.

"For Beiyuan Kingdom, you are the Seventh Prince, and for Chongyang Kingdom, you are Yueyin of Shenyue Palace. If those nine cities were your fief, which country would they belong to?" Qiao Qingcang entered the door suddenly. , asked worriedly.

Shu Jing was not at all surprised by Qiao Qingcang's appearance: "Prince Yu is worried that if these nine cities are my fiefdom, it will be tantamount to handing over to Chongyang Kingdom, and I am even more worried that Chongyang Kingdom will use the excuse of Beiyuan The country detains Prince Duan Zheng and attacks the border. At this moment, there are no major generals in important cities, and the defense has weakened. I still want you to test my tone and try my attitude, right? Qiao Qingcang."

"As expected of the resourceful Yue Yin, since you guessed it all, do you have anything to say to the prince?"

"I never hope that the two countries will go to war. As long as I am at the border for a day, I will do my best to ensure the tranquility of the border."

"Is this what you planned in advance?"

Shu Jing smiled and said: "It's okay to say, a few years ago, I mentioned to Xiaolie that if one day, I can't stay in Chongyang country for a long time, I will find a small town on the border to live. You can visit him often, and he can come to me when he is free."

One year later

In the grand city, a unique courtyard was being repaired, and the workers were busy coming in and out. Shu Jing appointed Zhao Jie as the supervisor, and hid himself in Zhenqifang to drink tea.After Shu Jing arrived in Hongcheng, he set up a yard first, and opened a rare chess workshop after some repairs, where he entertained guests with tea and met friends with chess.Shu Jing went to play when he was interested, and went to the back hall to be the boss when he didn't want to play chess. Under Shu Jing's guidance, Liu Yun had already managed the place in an orderly manner.

'Seventh Prince', no, it's Prince Hong, who hurried in and asked angrily: "Why do you allow trade between the two places?! The imperial court issued an order the year before last to prohibit trade with Chongyang Kingdom! You've offended me by doing so." Don't you know how much trouble you have caused! A 'Zhenqifang' is enough trouble!" Compared with the earth-shaking changes in the past six months, this is not a big deal, but it is not a unilateral matter. When did the messenger come?When was it negotiated?When was the consensus reached?As Prince Hong, Xuanyuan Wenli didn't know anything.In the past, he still felt that Prince Yu was too harsh on Shu Jing, and insisted that Ling Zimo stay in Shengjing, but now he understands that it is a necessary precaution!

Shu Jing drank tea and said leisurely: "You also said that it happened the year before last. Today is different. Last year, the two countries got married and established friendly relations. , Can it really be banned? Instead of letting the people take risks to smuggle, why not put these transactions under our noses, easy to manage, and increase taxes?"

Prince Hong sat facelessly across from Shu Jing, spread the court documents on the table, and said angrily and helplessly: "Yes, yes, yes, what you said is reasonable, but you cut it first and then play it, what do you want me to do?" Explain this matter to the emperor! Your words can be used in the court?! Those civil servants can drown me with a single spit!"

Shu Jing showed a sweet smile, and said: "That's something your Lord Hong needs to consider. As for me, Shu Jing, I just want to make everyone's life more nourishing. But don't worry, I won't let you It’s too difficult to do, Chongyang Kingdom handed over the letter of credence, requesting the two countries to open up trade, just beat the side drums.”

Xuanyuan Wenli knew from the beginning that pretending to be the Seventh Prince was a mistake, but he didn't expect that this mistake would lead to such a result: the so-called "Father Emperor" was unwilling to admit that he had wronged his son, let alone admit that a man in a romantic place He is his own son, but in the face of internal and external troubles, he had to make concessions. Therefore, he became the nominal manager of these nine cities. The assigned person is taking care of it.

Shu Jing has no status, but is the real manager of the nine border cities. Xuanyuan Wenli didn't know what kind of agreement was made between Lord Yu, Shu Jing, and the envoys of the Chongyang Kingdom during the half-year-long negotiations. , making Shu Jing willing to live in the shadows all the time, and put on heavy shackles in this glamorous life.

Or maybe, for Shu Jing, such a life is comfortable, although there is only limited freedom.Shu Jing couldn't leave this fiefdom, but someone came here for him: Dong Tianyou, a great talent, has been living in Zhenqixuan recently; after the sixth prince was banned, Lin Fang resigned from office and was sent by Shu Jing to take care of a private school; Cheng Jingzhi is often not free, but his third senior brother comes more often; there is also a naughty boy named Xiaolie...