"Your Majesty! I respectfully offer you a toast..."
Song Chizhu's fat face was flushed with excitement. He was only a seventh-rank sesame official a few months ago, and Bian and Xie's family dared to flirt with him. Now that he can sit at the same table with the emperor, he feels that the ancestral grave is about to burst into smoke. on fire.
"allow!"
The prince put down his wine glass and said: "Lao Jiu and I are about to go overseas to conquer the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, but my Dashun soldiers are not good at naval warfare, and the warships of the navy are also in disrepair. It may not be easy to land. Countermeasures?"
"Let's build a gunboat! Soft sail and iron-clad gunship, I've drawn all the blueprints for you..."
Zhao Guanren said with a relaxed smile: "Don't be in a hurry to go to sea. When you get to the sea, you should practice the navy first, and then fund the Thai people's rebellion. The small-scale ones will be given money first, and the large-scale ones will be given armaments. One for five thousand taels!"
"That's right! It's a great plan, why didn't we think of it..."
The prince's eyes lit up suddenly, but Prince Duan spread his hands and said in mourning: "It's a good way to say it, but where can we go to raise money? It's so tight!"
"Haha~"
Zhao Guanren laughed and said: "You have raised so many moths, you will go to hell if you don't eat up the national treasury, let's not talk about the far ones, guess how much money I copied at Mr. Tian's house?"
"It must be quite a lot..."
Emperor Shun Yao said angrily: "The dead eunuch must have been greedy all these years, and even stole a lot of treasures from the treasure house. I estimate that there are more than one million taels of silver in his courtyard. , more than three million taels is not uncommon!"
"Old Song! You report a real number to the emperor..."
Zhao Guanren ate a mouthful of food with a smile, and Song Chizhu hurriedly said, "Report to the emperor! There are many treasures and fields, and the exact amount is still being estimated, but as far as the current situation is concerned, I estimate that there will be 16,700,000 taels, more than silver." Twenty million taels is also possible!"
"How many?"
The two princes jumped up suddenly, their eyeballs stared round and round, and the wine glass in Emperor Shun Yao's hand fell to the ground, and they couldn't close their mouths.
"Your Majesty! Do you know how big a moth you have raised..."
Zhao Guanren shook his head and said: "The old eunuch's treasury is supported by twelve pillars, one of which can be hugged by two people, and each one is made of solid sterling silver. Dashun's annual income was only over 60 million taels last year, and he swallowed it all by himself. Nearly half of the national treasury, I didn't let you kill this person by mistake, did I?"
"Hiss~"
The two princes took a breath at the same time, and suddenly felt how poor they were as princes, and they couldn't compare to an old eunuch.
"Ah~ Yunxuan..."
Emperor Shun Yao held his head and mourned: "You have helped me find out so many demons and ghosts. My Dashun is so corrupt. I can't absolve myself of the blame, I can't absolve myself of the blame!"
"Your Majesty! You don't have to sigh, I don't want a tael of money..."
Zhao Guanren took out all the banknotes in his arms, and even put the big seal of the bank on the table, and said: "In war, money is what is fought. In Kyrgyzstan, let's talk about it first, and take precautions as a supplement. In Thailand, we will directly attack it." Mainly, supplemented by intimidation, these things are indispensable for money!"
"I'll give you everything I've said, how can you go back on your word..."
Emperor Shun Yao waved his hands again and again, but Zhao Guanren smiled and said: "I can't spend that much money, besides, I took away all the rare treasures, and I also picked a few nice houses and fields. Those women in my family are enough to spend." , take the rest and prepare for the battle!"
"Father!"
Prince Duan said excitedly: "If we have this tens of millions of taels of silver, we are sure that the Thai thieves will destroy the country, so you can accept it. Yunxuan doesn't care about it at all, and we have to use money to help the common people ah!"
"The cost of destroying the country is too great, and the gains outweigh the losses..."
Zhao Guanren raised his voice and said, "If they are willing to pay a large sum of money, they can send a few princesses to be concubines."
, Send two more princes over as hostages, so we don't have to waste money and money, but I need at least two princesses, and I have to let their sons be surnamed Qianye! "
"Hahaha… "
The father and son all laughed, only they understood the stalk, but Jin Wuming suddenly cursed a foreign language, only to see Dong Ming prostitute subconsciously knelt down and shouted something in the same language, but after shouting She turned pale in horror.
"Damn it! It really is a Thai thief..."
Jin Wuming pulled out his waist knife suddenly, and slashed forward with a burst of knife light, but a cloud of white smoke burst out from under the skirt of the courtesan Dong, covering the entire singing and dancing room with a "bang", frightening the geisha. They all yelled, and Jin Wuming slashed through the air with a single knife.
"She jumped out of the window!"
Zhao Guanren rushed to the window, only to see Dong Mingju leaped out of the wall very quickly, and shot into a small boat on the lake like lightning. middle.
"Block Pingyao Lake, arrest Thai thief Dong Siyun..."
Jin Wuming lay on the window and yelled, the guards outside and field guards immediately dispatched, and the imperial guards also rushed in, pushing all the geisha to the ground.
"They have nothing to do with each other! You guys wait outside the door..."
Zhao Guanren dragged the mother and daughter of the Hu family over, and the crown prince slapped the table angrily and cursed: "Damn it! Go and ask the Jingdu guards, how did you investigate the secret agents? The four famous prostitutes are actually Thai thieves. People should check it carefully, there must be Thai thieves!"
"Admonish them! Don't abuse lynching, I will supervise..."
Zhao Guanren hastily added a sentence. After all the people were escorted out, Emperor Shunyao asked again in surprise: "No life! How did you find the flaw?"
"It's not me! Lord Zhao recognizes her..."
Jin Wuming put away his knife and came back. Zhao Guanren smiled and said, "This girl is an onmyoji I met in Lantai. Although she was covering her face at the time, I was impressed by her big eyes, so I deliberately let the old man Jin let her go and let her go back to report to the King of Thailand!"
"Why?"
Several people don't understand.
"Don't look at the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Elementary School..."
Zhao Guanren said in a low voice: "Actually, their fighting power is very strong, and their cohesion is also very high. They may not be able to defeat them with all the strength of the whole country, so it is best to scare them, scaring them to lose money and people, and then use their money to trade. Fight, and subdue the enemy without fighting!"
"Hey~"
Prince Duan gave a thumbs up and said with a smile: "As far as strategy is concerned, you are still a chicken thief. If you can really defeat others without fighting, we don't want to kill in vain!"
"Your Majesty! I want 3,000 elite soldiers, and the frontier troops who are familiar with the country of Kyrgyzstan are the best..."
Zhao Guanren clasped his hands and said: "It seems that the Chinese New Year will be over a month away. I plan to go to Jiguo after the 15th day of the first lunar month. Zhang Tiansheng, who was carrying the corpse poison, has not been found yet. I am afraid that he will be captured by Jiguo, or fall into danger." In the hands of Thailand, this person may be the source of the disaster!"
"as you wish!"
Emperor Shunyao said with arrogance: "I will go to the border in person in the future to celebrate the New Year with all the soldiers at the border. At that time, I will have 500,000 soldiers and advance and retreat with you at the border. If the thief dares to attack you Playing tricks, I will use all the power of the country to crusade against you!"
"Okay! Then let's advance and retreat together..."
Zhao Guanren bowed his hands in great satisfaction, sat down to eat and drink with a few people for a while, and then took Song Chizhu downstairs first, and he also brought out the mother and daughter of the Hu family.
"Humble job has seen King Zhao!"
Commander Duan of the Weichang walked over to salute, and the entire Jiaoyuefang was restrained. The people who touched the row were lined up to be scolded. He also had a tired expression on his face, but he was used to where Zhao Guanren went. , where something big happened.
"Old Song! Have any of you Dong Ming prostitutes played before..."
Zhao Guanren stopped with his hands behind his back, and Song Chizhu said in a low voice: "Who doesn't play with her? Prince Duan and the crown prince have played with all of them, but only in front of the emperor.
Pretending not to know, I tried it a few days ago, but that's it, boring like a dead fish! "
"Commander Duan! I'll give you a clue..."
Zhao Guanren said: "Dong Siyun is an onmyoji, and she may be twins with the real Dong Siyun, because the one who ran away just now was obviously a virgin with unfurled brows and tight buttocks, maybe you can find another Dong Siyun." Si Yun is here!"
"ah?"
Commander Duan looked at him in surprise, but Song Chizhu slammed his hands and said, "Twins make sense. It takes at least half a month's journey from the capital to Lantai. In a few years, it is impossible to leave for more than ten days without anyone knowing!"
"Thank you, my lord! I'll go check it out now..."
Commander Duan hurried away with his people, and Song Chizhu saw that the people from the etiquette department also came, so he had no choice but to go to work with him.
"Let's go!"
Zhao Guanren led the Hu family's mother and daughter out the back door, came to the river and asked, "What are your plans? Hu Xiancheng, I have been buried in Biyanggang, Lantai. If you want to return to your hometown, I can send someone to see you off." You go back, and I will give you a few hundred taels more!"
"Thank you, sir, for saving my life..."
The mother and daughter suddenly knelt down in unison, and the wife of the Hu family cried and said: "My lord! You saved my mother and daughter from the fire and water regardless of the past, and buried my dead husband well. I can't repay you. If your lord doesn't dislike me, My mother and daughter are willing to serve for the rest of our lives!"
"Mother and daughter, I can't stand it, uh~ that's not what it means..."
Zhao Guanren hastily helped them both up, and said: "I know that you didn't expect to find anything when you first came out, so you might as well follow me back to the palace until the Chinese New Year. It's not too late to tell me, okay?"
"Thank you for taking me in!"
The mother and daughter agreed pitifully, and followed him to the wooden bridge. The Zhao family's family's painting boat had already been waiting by the bridge, but as soon as he walked on the bridge, he realized that something was wrong. A boat full of women unexpectedly There was no sound at all, and there was a strong smell of kerosene.
"Oops!"
Zhao Guanren stopped abruptly, only to see a woman suddenly appearing on the bow, holding a lighter wet all over, it was Dong Siyun who had just escaped, and she said sharply: "Get out! Otherwise, I will give you a whole boatload of wives and concubines." Funeral!"
"ah!"
The Hu family's mother and daughter exclaimed in shock, but Zhao Guanren stepped forward unhurriedly, and said with a smile: "If you have something to say, talk about it, you and I are bathing in a boiling water pot—acquaintances! What do you want? Besides, how about I can send your two sisters away from Beijing?"
"Hmph~ your nose is sharper than a dog..."
Dong Siyun said angrily: "Dog officer! Tell your people to bring my sister out, and you also come on the boat and personally escort us out of the city. If you dare to play tricks, I will die with you!"
"Ganoderma lucidum! Go in and find Commander Duan, and bring out the real Dong Siyun..."
Zhao Guanren waved his hand with a smile, then jumped onto the bow of the boat, looked at all the wives and concubines who were stunned in the cabin, and said with a smile: "Put away the lighter, little girl, don't play with fire, play with fire and pee your pants, I I have always kept my word, and I will definitely do it when I say I will send you out!"
"Don't give me a hippie smile, they will be gone as soon as I move my hand..."
Dong Siyun cautiously took a few steps back, and a large group of people soon flooded out of the teaching music room, including Emperor Shun Yao and others. Sure enough, another Dong Siyun was found. Commander Duan He personally tied her up and carried her to the bridge angrily.
"It's okay! Throw it up for me..."
Zhao Guanren smiled and waved. Commander Duan looked at Emperor Shunyao hesitantly. Emperor Shunyao nodded before he carried him onto the bridge, but Zhao Guanren spread his hands and smiled again: "Miss Dong! Did you forget to leave A boatman, I can't row a boat!"
"Plop~"
Dong Siyun kicked a bundle of rope and said loudly: "Ask the mother and daughter of the Hu family to come up and row the boat, and then tie this dog officer up for me!"