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Lou Yu has been on the throne for ten years.

In the past ten years, he has worked hard and managed every day to make the whole Dasheng look brand new.

All the people in the world call him the Holy Emperor Mingwang, and there are countless articles praising him.

The only regrettable thing about such a wise monarch is that he has not established a concubine until now, not even a single heir.

Over the past ten years, people have gradually forgotten the words of Guanzhu Qinghe.

Now that the country is prosperous and the people are safe, the border is undisturbed, and the ministers have no major worries, so they set their sights on the emperor's harem.

To be honest, they really feel that His Majesty is too lonely alone, and of course such a prosperous age needs a decent successor.

"Your Majesty has come to stand, and now the weather is good, the country is peaceful and the people are safe, why don't your majesty set up a concubine and continue to have children?" Someone couldn't help but jumped out to suggest.

Yang Guanghuai glanced at him: "Have you forgotten the comment of Master Qinghe?"

The Lord of the Qinghe Temple has passed away, but his influence among the people is still very large.No matter what, someone will always keep this comment in mind.

If the emperor really accepts a concubine, Dasheng will be a little bit catastrophic at that time, and the common people will probably blame Lou Yu. Who will bear the responsibility?

Lou Yu has seldom been angry in recent years. He smiled gently: "For the sake of the country, I can always dedicate myself to government affairs, and I will not establish an empress or accept a concubine. Don't mention this matter in the future."

It's not that he can't say it, but every time he mentions it, he will suffer that night.

Someone can't hear these words.

Of course, it's not that no one has been a matchmaker for Huo Yan these years.It's a pity that Huo Yan was not moved at all.

Later, he was really annoyed, so he asked the Taoist priest of Ziyun Temple to do the horoscope for him.

The core comment is: Hit the wife.

Now no one dares to die.

But in the end it's still embarrassing.

Lou Yu and Huo Yan are two golden bachelors, powerful and good-looking, it's really a pity that they can't get married.

"Your Majesty, a military report came from northern Xinjiang yesterday, saying that in October last year and February this year, there were frequent conflicts in the stock exchange. The specific reasons are still under investigation."

Huo Yan's report directly broke the peaceful dream of the courtiers.

Today's Dasheng can indeed be called Wufu Min'an, but the crisis in the dark still exists.

Whether it's the greedy and cruel bandits on the sea, or the Agutu tribe in the north, they all wake people up from the beauty of the prosperous age.

Duan Heng frowned: "The border has been stable for ten years, is there going to be chaos again?"

"Hey, Agutubu is ambitious, so I have to guard against it."

"The reason for the conflict in the exchange is still unknown, so you don't have to worry about it."

"What unfounded worries! It's clear that Beiman deliberately provoked the trouble!"

"It's not too late to find out the reason."

"It will be too late to find out. I think we still have to be prepared. If Beiman really overestimates his capabilities, I will definitely let him come and go!"

Lou Yu listened to the discussion in the hall, his eyes were calm and distant.

He never thought that the northern border would always maintain peace with Dasheng, but he was surprised that Utimu was not such an impulsive person.

It is impossible for him not to know Dasheng's current combat power, so why must he provoke a dispute?

After the dynasty was dispersed, Lou Yu used the Anbu news network to get them to quickly find out the conflict at the border exchange.

After Feng Sanmo stepped back, Lou Yu couldn't help sighing.

Huo Yan accompanied him into the palace, and when he saw this, he felt distressed, and comforted him: "Don't worry, even if the northern border really intends to violate the border, we are not afraid."

Over the years, he has been devoted to the construction and management of the army. Right now, the army has outstanding combat power, sufficient material reserves, and a lot of improved weapons. As long as the northern border dares to go south, Dasheng can kill them all.

So what if they have cavalry?Dasheng also has cavalry!

What they have, Dasheng has; what they don't, Dasheng still has.

If the Agu Tubu really wanted to go south, it would be humiliating itself.

Lou Yu said with a sarcasm: "Over the years, the northern border has benefited a lot from the mutual market. Maybe it's Dasheng's wealth that makes them jealous."

Even if Utimu is rational, he cannot control other people's greed.

Although Wutimu unified the northern border, not all tribes really obeyed him.Regardless of the Abalu forces in the north, take the royal court as an example, the noble officials of other tribes also have certain power.

They were willing to submit to Utimu, firstly because Utimu was indeed powerful, and secondly because Utimu had promised them that when the time was right, they would go south to attack Shengguo.

But more than ten years have passed, and seeing Shengguo becoming more and more powerful, some nobles and high-ranking officials in the royal court gradually couldn't sit still.

Is Wutimu really going to trade with each other for a lifetime?

What they want is not a mutual market at all, but a prosperous country with abundant products!

But Wutimu always believed that the time had not come.

What is timing?Is it time to wait until the time when Sheng Guo can no longer be defeated?

As long as the heart of greed is not dead, war will always exist.

Not long after, the Anbu and the new military reports came almost simultaneously.

After Lou Yu finished reading, his handsome eyebrows frowned slightly.

He said, "The name Penu sounds familiar."

Huo Yan remembered clearly: "Back when Danzhou fell, the captain of the Agutu tribe stationed in Danzhou was named Pei Nu."

"You have a good memory." Lou Yu praised him, and continued, "Back then, Penu was a general under Achinade. After Achinade died, he led a group of people to become jobless people on the grassland. Acknowledging Utimu, the king of bone protruding, unexpectedly voted for Wutimu in the end."

I don't know if it was because of the pressure of survival, or if I really surrendered.

Huo Yan said calmly: "Penu deliberately sent people to provoke these conflicts. We don't know for the time being whether he wants to commit crimes on his own or under Wutimu's orders. But in any case, the turmoil in the northern border will eventually happen sooner or later." thing."

Lou Yu squinted his eyes: "It depends on how Wutimu chooses. Close the border exchange first, they are so used to lawlessness!"

He thought for a while, and then said: "If you want to hold the northern royal court accountable in the name of the imperial court, I'd like to ask Wu Timu what he wants to do in the northern border."

As soon as the emperor's edict was issued, the border exchange was immediately closed, and the people of Shengguo were not allowed to leave the customs for trading.

In this way, it is not the people of Shengguo who are suffering, but the herdsmen in the north.

Over the past ten years, they have been accustomed to trading necessities such as grain and cloth with the people of Shengguo. The sudden closure of the exchange brought them great panic and shock.

They don't grow food, and they don't have the habit of storing food. Once they lose the trade channel of the prosperous country, they will quickly face difficulties.

Is this worth it? !

They rushed into the exchange one after another, wanting to ask for clarification.

Today's exchange is only left with the stewards of the northern border. They have received Sheng Guo's explanation, but they can't tell the herdsmen directly, they can only confuse it with vague words.

It can't be said that it's because some idiot broke the deal and angered the Shengguo court, right?

After the mutual market was closed, the news reached Wang Ting, and Utimu felt quite a headache.

He summoned high-ranking officials from various ministries to the king's tent.

"This king has received a letter of submission from the court of the Sheng Kingdom, you all should read it."

All of you here have made more or less money in the mutual market between the two countries, and most of them have a positive attitude towards the mutual market.

After hearing that the exchange market was closed, they were also anxious.

When the letter of opinion was passed to Penu, Penu glanced down, sneered, and threw the letter of opinion to the next person with an extremely arrogant attitude.

Wu Timu lowered his eyes and said: "Penu, I heard that you sent the provocative person, do you have something to say?"

Everyone stared at Penu.

Penu said arrogantly: "Yes, it's me, I just can't see the bullshit exchange market! You want to kneel down and beg Shengguo, but I don't want to!"

"What do you mean!" Songhan frowned and said loudly, "Who is kneeling down to beg Shengguo? This is a mutual market! It's a fair and legitimate transaction! Do you think it's a tribute?"

The rest all nodded in agreement.

Penu sneered: "Shengguo's proposal to close the mutual market, you are all so anxious, and you still say you are not kneeling? Shengguo opens it if you want, closes it if you want, and say you are not kneeling?!"

"The mutual market agreement ten years ago clearly stated that if one party is at fault and causes damage, the other party has the right to temporarily or permanently close the mutual market! This time it is indeed our fault, and Shengguo's closure of the mutual market is justified!" Song Han explained, "What we should do now is how to let Shengguo reopen the mutual market."

Basically everyone here agrees with this statement.

Seeing this, Pei Nu couldn't help laughing up to the sky for a moment, and his words were extremely sharp: "Songhan, you were saved by the people of Sheng Country back then. I can understand you kneeling and licking like this, but what's going on with everyone here?!"

Songhan slapped the table and stood up: "You fart! Who the hell is kneeling and licking? I'm all thinking about the grassland!"

"You want to marry your daughter to the emperor of the Sheng Kingdom, who doesn't know about it?" Peinu said coldly, "And when the Sheng Kingdom mission stirred up the wind and rain in the royal court and defrauded Danzhou City, you, Songhan, also had a share! "

Songhan: "..."

Wu Timu suddenly said in a deep voice: "According to what you say, this king also has a share?"

Everyone knew about the changes in the royal court back then.Isn't Penu's reminiscing about the former king on this occasion just losing face to Utimu?

Is he crazy? !

Peinu snorted coldly: "When I was stationed in Danzhou City, if it weren't for the interests of some people, our Agutu tribe could have taken advantage of Danzhou to take Shengguo directly! But now, you all succumbed to the falsehood brought by Shengguo. In terms of prosperity, do you really understand that what we want is not the alms from Shengguo, but everything from Shengguo!"

These words shocked the spirits of the people present.

It seems to make sense.

In the past ten years, they have indeed become somewhat dependent on Shengguo's public and private markets.

Back then, when Achinade was still in power, their cavalry could plunder wantonly on the border of the Sheng Kingdom, not now, but after a few small conflicts, they called everyone to discuss in a hurry.

How could there be any prestige of the grassland tribes?

Wutimu didn't know what Penu was thinking.

If it wasn't for the group of soldiers under Penu back then, he would have killed Penu long ago.

What Penu said seems to be for the sake of the grassland, but in the final analysis, it is still for his own benefit.

As the former king's former minister, he naturally cannot be reused, which makes him powerless in the royal court, and he can't make much benefit from the mutual market.

Without reuse, there is no benefit, and of course there is no willingness to continue working.

From Penu's point of view, he is a brave warrior on the grassland, how can he be reused?That is war!

Only by fighting can he become a hero of the grassland again.

To destroy the mutual market is to destroy the symbol of friendly exchanges between the two countries.

Wutimu asked: "Penu, you keep talking about the former king, so when the former king was still alive, was the life of the herdsmen in our grassland comparable to the present?"

"When the late king captured Danzhou, if the king's court hadn't been attacked, he wouldn't have had to return to help. He could have struck while the iron was hot, and then took the rest of the city of Shengguo! By then, when we rule the Central Plains, life will be worse than it is now?" Peinu was angry. refute.

Over the years, whenever he thought of this matter, he felt very heartbroken.

Danzhou, which was captured with great difficulty, was sent back just like that!

Everyone present frowned.

That's right, if they could go directly to the Central Plains back then, wouldn't they be able to live a wonderful life like a fairy like the nobles of Shengguo now?

For a while, they all felt a little resentful towards Wu Timu, the culprit.

If it weren't for Wutimu's sneak attack on the royal court for personal gain, Achinade would definitely be able to hit the capital of Shengguo!

It was originally an easy-to-get wealth, but now you have to rely on Shengguo to establish a mutual market to get one or two points. Isn't this kneeling and licking what is it?

The atmosphere in the tent gradually became tense.

At this moment, Song Han snorted coldly.

"Can you stop dreaming? Even if Achinade conquered Shengguo back then, do you really think you can sit back and relax?"

This time without Penu, someone took the lead in asking the question: "Songhan, don't be a running dog of Shengguo!"

"Fuck your mother's lackey!" Songhan cursed, "If Achinade hadn't been smart, Danzhou would not have returned it unconditionally! In the end, he is shameless and incompetent!"

Penu stopped arguing, and asked directly: "Do you still want to continue to be slaves under the mutual market of Shengguo! Everyone is a warrior on the grassland, why wait for that little alms from Shengguo? Don't you feel ashamed and panic!"

These aristocratic high-ranking officials have a predatory nature in their bones, and they still have a good face. After being so provoked by Penu, they all rose up and stared angrily.

"Your Majesty, what Penu said is right! If we continue to be so comfortable, maybe one day we will become vassals of the Sheng Kingdom."

"Yeah, yeah, we can't just watch Shengguo become more and more tyrannical, and Shengguo is so rich, it would be a pity if we don't snatch it!"

Utimu asked calmly, "What are you grabbing?"

"We have the bravest warriors and the most powerful horses. Shengguo is just a bunch of weak chickens. What is there to be afraid of?"

Utimu sneered.

Weak chicken?How naive.

He still remembers the scene of Lou Yu giving him several carts of weapons back then.

At that time, he concluded that Lou Yu would be a formidable opponent.

Sure enough, going to the northern border once again made him feel a chilling threat.

Later, he was busy conquering various tribes in the northern border, and he did not forget to pay attention to the news of Shengguo.

Lou Yu really won, and won beautifully.

Wu Timu had analyzed Lou Yu's road to the throne, the more he analyzed, the more frightened he felt.

It was hard for him to imagine how Lou Yu quickly broke through one city after another.

He knows exactly how difficult Sheng Country's city is to break through.

Because of this, after Lou Yu ascended the throne, he signed a mutual market agreement with Shengguo based on the principle of friendly exchanges.

In the past ten years, Shengguo will only become stronger.

Penu's eyes showed contempt: "My lord, are you really afraid of Shengguo?"

Wu Timu got up suddenly and drew his sword, and slashed at Penu!

Penu, who has experienced many battles, quickly escaped.

As a subject, he had to unload his weapon when he entered the king's tent. He didn't have a sword to contend with, so he shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, have you become angry from embarrassment!"

The Wutimu long knife rested on his neck, and his face was serious.

"Penu, don't you just want to make military exploits by destroying the mutual market and inciting everyone to become an enemy of Shengguo? This king will help you."

"My lord, what does this mean!"

Wutimu said coldly: "Abalu in the north has been like a fly all these years, you take someone to kill him, this king will make you a general."

Penu: "..."

"Why? Don't you want to?" Wutimu squeezed the long knife tightly, and said in a cold tone, "You really think I'm a fool? Are you colluding with Abalu and want to seize the royal court when the tribe leads troops to attack Shengguo?"

Abalu is a warlike person, and he and Penu are like-minded, so it's not surprising that they colluded together.

Penu's eyes widened: "Your Majesty, don't slander me! I just think we can get better things, why are we still huddled on the grassland!"

"Your Majesty, what Penu said is not unreasonable, and it is said that he colluded with Abalu, and there must be evidence." Someone spoke for Penu.

Utimu really had no evidence, he couldn't kill Penu just because he disrupted the market.

"Penu harassed the mutual market and intended to destroy the friendly covenant between the two countries. Is it not too much for me to punish him with fifty lashes?" Wutimu said coldly, withdrawing his knife.

Songhan replied: "It is not an exaggeration for him to destroy the mutual market without considering the interests of the herdsmen!"

Although the rest were moved by Penu, they were still somewhat dissatisfied with Penu's private provocative behavior, and agreed to the punishment decision.

Everyone left one after another, only Songhan stayed in the king's tent.

"My lord, they were incited by Penu."

Wu Timu frowned and said, "They are just a bunch of frogs in a well. They don't understand Sheng Guo, they don't understand Lou Yu, maybe they will really make trouble."

How can there be any fragrance from the transaction?

Does Utimu not want to attack the Central Plains?Of course he would.

But now is not a good time.

"Then what should we do?" Songhan said, "We can't let them take people to the border to provoke, right?"

Wutimu felt very tired.

The tribes in the grassland are not in agreement, and even the Agutu tribe has some internal conflicts. If he hadn't been a bit majestic in his conquests all these years, those people would have started to make troubles.

But as he grew older and the princes grew up, Utimu felt more and more that his majesty was slowly disappearing.

He often pays attention to Lou Yu, and is shocked by Lou Yu almost every time.

Why was he able to govern the huge and prosperous country to prosperity, but he could only rely on north-south trade to make profits for the grassland?

Is he going to be dominated by Lou Yu for the rest of his life?

What Penu said was provocative because he really spoke to the hearts of everyone.

Even Utimu is not immune.

If he hadn't had a deep understanding of Sheng Country, he would have been as excited as those people and wanted to go to Sheng Country to rob.

Wutimu sighed, and murmured: "Songhan, what do you think Lou Yu would do if he faced my current situation? If it was Lou Yu, how would he manage the barren grassland? He could still manage the prosperous grassland like he did." Do you want herdsmen to live a good life like that in China?”

Is Lou Yu really stronger than him?

Utimu was not reconciled.

If he also owns a rich land like Shengguo, he can manage it well!

Songhan asked back: "My lord, if you were the son of King Qing back then, would you be able to become the current emperor of Sheng Kingdom?"

His words, like a ladle of cold water, made Wutimu's whole heart feel cold.

That's right, how could he have forgotten that Lou Yu was just a powerless son of a vassal prince at the beginning, and he couldn't even offend the magistrate.

Wutimu closed his eyes, and when he opened them, it was already full of vicissitudes.

"I'm going to reply to the Shengguo court, saying that the culprit has been punished, and my department is willing to make compensation, hoping to reopen the exchange market."

After receiving the reply from A Gutubu, Lou Yu couldn't help laughing.

"It seems that Utimu doesn't plan to fight yet."

It's self-knowledge.

Huo Yan peeled a lychee for him and fed it to his mouth, "He still has reason, others may not."

Lou Yu took a bite out of his hand, the juice was full, sweet and delicious, and he couldn't help but bend his eyes.

"It's so sweet, you can eat it too."

These were shipped from the south and kept on ice throughout the process. Thanks to the developed and efficient logistics system, the lychees are still considered fresh.

Huo Yan lowered his head and clasped the back of his head.

After a while, he said hoarsely, "It's really sweet."

Lou Yu: "..."

The older someone gets, the more turbulent they become.

"Wutimu still has some means to unify the northern border. He should still be able to suppress those people."

Huo Yan continued to feed him lychees, and said casually, "A Yu, do you want to continue to trade?"

"Wait a minute, I'm not without a temper."

Huo Yan's eyes showed doting: "Okay."

The matter seemed to be over like this, but both of them knew in their hearts that the northern border would not be able to suppress their greed one day.

Although Dasheng does not want war, it is not afraid of war.

However, no one can predict when the northern border will violate the border.

Lou Yu sighed: "I don't know how those two little guys are doing now."

After the ocean voyage plan was launched, he asked Lou Chi and Lou Gu to participate in it.

The preparation work for this plan is very cumbersome, ocean voyage itself is a big project, which involves many departments.

The Ministry of Finance needs to make a budget, the Ministry of Industry needs to recruit craftsmen to build ships, the Ministry of Officials needs to organize personnel to participate in the voyage, the Ministry of Rites needs to select officials who are good at diplomacy and foreign languages, the Ministry of War needs to provide weapons and armaments, the Ministry of Agriculture needs to prepare food, etc. .

In order to train the two juniors, Lou Yu asked them to stay in various departments for a while.

One is to let them have a deep understanding of the operation mode of the department; the second is to let them gain more knowledge; the third is to cultivate their sense of identity with the voyage plan; the fourth is to observe their words and deeds and exercise their abilities.

With his actions, the whole court couldn't guess his deep meaning?

This is cultivating heirs!

Of course, in the eyes of most people, if His Majesty has no heirs, Prince Rui is the sure successor. As for Princess Rong Le, she should become a court lady like Princess Jingping.

At this time, the Ministry of Industry was having a meeting, and both Lou Shu and Lou Gu were present.

Lu You said: "According to statistics, there are currently 28 warships, 29 grain ships, [-] horse ships, and [-] passenger ships. It is estimated that in one month, our mission will be completed."

"Lu Shangshu, I heard from my uncle that it took them a month to travel from Cangzhou Port to the pirate stronghold. Wouldn't it take longer if they went to those distant ocean countries?" Lou Po asked seriously with a small face.

Knowing that the two of them knew a lot, Lu You would not just treat them as children, so he nodded and said, "That's true, what doubts does Your Highness have?"

"It would be nice if the boat could go faster."

Lu You smiled proudly: "Our Dasheng ship is already the fastest."

Lou Gu silently wrote down a few words in his notebook: How to speed up the boat.

Since fireworks can soar into the sky without relying on the wind, why do boats have to rely on the wind?

This question raised by my sister can be studied in depth.