Su Yu sat in front of a chair and drew. He drew a lot without any trouble. After finishing the last one, Su Yu nodded with satisfaction.
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"Done?"
"Xiaohe, come and take a look at the crossbow arrow I drew. What do you think?" Su Yu showed the drawing he had drawn to Wang Jinhe.
After reading it, Wang Jinhe was a little surprised: "Amazing."
Su Yu is worthy of being Su Yu. She came up with the idea of the crossbow arrow just by looking at the crossbow cart she copied. Isn’t this too amazing
"I'm going to the palace."
Wang Jinhe reached out and grabbed the man: "Don't you even look at the weather? Go tomorrow."
Su Yu looked outside and didn't expect it was so late, and the four children had gone somewhere.
Su Yu carefully put away the drawings before discussing the matter of convenience foods with Wang Jinhe.
At this time, Yin Fan walked in from outside with a serious expression: "Brother Yu has sent back news from Qi State."
"Oh? What news?"
"Qi started to train its troops frequently after the New Year, and the taxes in Qi increased by 20% right after the New Year. I suspect Qi is preparing to take action."
"Qi State will not take any action within one or two years. If they do take action, it will be together with Ling State. Xuan State will be exhausted from dealing with the attack from both sides." Su Yu said with narrowed eyes.
I didn't expect Qi to act so quickly.
"Since this is the case, we cannot allow Qi to form an alliance with Ling. Brother Yu, do you want to sow discord between the two countries?"
"No need. Come here, Yin Fan. I have something for you to do." Su Yu waved at Yin Fan.
After Yin Fan came over, Su Yu said a few words to him, and Yin Fan's eyes became brighter and brighter: "Brother Yu, you are so amazing."
"Go ahead."
"Okay."
Not long after Yin Fan left, Nan Qiao, Luo Yan and the others also came: "Brother Yu, is Qi ready to send troops?"
Su Yu shook her head: "Not yet. Qi has been hit by natural disasters in recent years, and they don't have that much food and grass to fight Xuan State."
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"Yin Fan just sent back a message that Qi is training its troops and has increased taxes by 20% this year."
Nan Qiao was relatively familiar with Qi State, and when he heard that they had increased taxes by 20%, his face turned ugly: "Brother Yu, Qi State's taxes were already 40%, and now they have increased by another 20%. How are the people going to survive?"
Is the remaining 40% of food enough for the people to eat
He learned about Xuan Kingdom when he came here. Ever since the current emperor ascended the throne, the tax rate has always been 20%. No matter how difficult the situation was or when the treasury was empty, Xuan Kingdom never thought of increasing the taxes on the people.
This is what a ruler of a country should be like.
He didn't want Xuan State to be annexed by Qi State and Ling State.
“We have no way to help solve this problem at this stage.”
Nan Qiao pursed his lips and said nothing. He was not a good person, but he also didn't want to see the people suffer.
Luo Yan looked at Su Yu and said, "Brother Yu, do you want me to prepare some gunpowder? We can use it for siege when the war breaks out."
"Prepare some, but not too much." Su Yu looked at Luo Yan and said warningly.
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Luo Yan nodded expressionlessly: "I understand."
Brother Yu is good in every way except that he is too talkative.
He knocked Luo Yan: "Don't do anything stupid."
"Okay." Luo Yan rubbed the place where he was hit and muttered.
But he felt warm in his heart. He was willing to listen to Su Yu not because his martial arts skills were so strong that he could not beat him, but because Su Yu's words were all about him.
He didn't allow himself to make too much gunpowder, in fact, he was worried that he might get hurt by the explosion, or that the gunpowder would be regarded as a thorn in the eyes of others.
Nan Qiao propped up her chin and watched Luo Yan being beaten, laughing uncontrollably: "Luo Yan, you were beaten by Brother Yu."
"Nan Qiao, you go find Wan Gu and work with him to come up with some effective prescriptions for treating external injuries."
"No problem." Not only does he know how to play with Gu, he also has a high level of attainment in medicine and poison.
"Brother Yu can call Bai Qi. He is from a medical family and should have many prescriptions for external injuries."
"Okay, where is Bai Qi?" He didn't come with them, which surprised Su Yu.
"He was playing with Xiaobao and the others, and then he got entangled with the emperor's son." Nan Qiao found it funny when she thought of Bai Qi's desperate look.
A two-year-old baby was very interested in medicine and pestered Bai Qi to teach him about medicinal herbs.
Although Bai Qi seemed a little disappointed, he could see that Bai Qi was happy.
"It's hard for him." Hongyi was raised by them, so Su Yu naturally knew what kind of person he was.
Wang Jinhe listened to the two talking, and only spoke after they finished speaking: "Does Nanqiao need high-yield grain seeds in southern Xinjiang?"
"Of course we need it. If it's not enough, sister-in-law, you don't have much this year. Just leave some for me next year." Nan Qiao originally wanted to find Wang Jinhe to buy some grain seeds, but when he thought that Xuan Country needed it more, he didn't say anything.
"After deducting everything from my family, I can still spare more than 20,000 kilograms, which I will give you when the time comes. Just consider it as a gift from Xuan Kingdom to Nanjiang in recognition of the friendship between the two countries." The relationship between Su Yu and Nan Qiao is destined to be that Xuan Kingdom and Nanjiang are friends rather than enemies. Since they are friends, they naturally cannot let their friend's country starve.
"Then I would like to thank my sister-in-law on behalf of the people of southern Xinjiang." Nan Qiao said happily.
"Why are you being so polite to me?" She really liked her younger brother Nan Qiao. She thought Nan Qiao was really well-behaved, cute, and very sensible.
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"Su Yu, when you go to see the emperor tomorrow, tell your brother about this matter. I believe your brother will agree."
"good."
Nan Qiao thought about it and planned to wait until Su Yu talked to Xuan Feiran, and then write a letter back to the current King of Southern Xinjiang, asking him to send someone over. The diplomatic relations between the two countries cannot rely solely on Xuan Kingdom.
The next day, Su Yu went to court again. Seeing Su Yu coming to court alone, Xuan Feiran knew that he must have something to say.
After the court session, the Minister of War, the Minister of Works, and several generals were called to court.
After the other ministers had left, the one who was called looked at Su Yu and asked, "What is the matter that the prince called us for?"
"I do have something to say. This is not the place to talk. Let's go to my brother's study and talk."
"good."
Xuan Feiran was not surprised at all to hear that Su Yu brought people here, so he asked Lai Fu to call them in.
"Xiaoyu, do you have something to say today?"
"Brother, this is the information I just received yesterday. Please take a look at it first." Su Yu handed the information to Xuan Feiran and waited for him to read it before speaking.
Xuan Feiran's face changed after he finished reading it. He handed the things to others and said, "You can take a look too."
After everyone had read it, the Minister of War said, "We still have at least one year to prepare. Your Majesty, we have already refined a lot of refined iron."
"We have also made the weapons designed by the prince. We have had several generals try them out and the results are very good."