Lu Yu made an "iron house", and the prince soon learned about it.
He sighed, and then smiled bitterly: "A guest invited by the king needs to build a safer house in the king's castle. This is really ironic..."
He gritted his teeth, and then asked in a cold voice: "How is the investigation?"
With a swish, a man in black appeared on the opposite side, and said respectfully: "The assassins didn't have many clues, and they were fully prepared, leaving no traces, and even the hunt did not result in any results. "
The prince squinted his eyes and said in a deep voice, "Is this the result of your work?"
The man in black did not panic, but continued: "Because there is no result, it is a result."
"What do you mean?"
"My lord, in this Windy City, there are not many people who can stab in the castle without leaving any traces."
"Yeah..." The prince muttered, "Okay, continue to investigate. There must be a result for this matter."
"Yes, my lord."
The figure shook, and the man in black disappeared again.
The prince looked at the empty hall and thought for a long time before he said to himself: "Although it is abrupt, but this incident should not disrupt the plan... Come here, go and call Duke Wilson."
About half an hour later, Duke Wilson arrived, and the prince specially asked the maid to prepare a chair for him and sit down.
The prince said: "Wilson, this king recently acquired a crop. If nothing happens, it can improve the lives of the people in our city-state."
Wilson was taken aback and surprised: "Is that so? That's great. Now the biggest problem in the city-state is hunger. If this can be solved, it is really a great plan for the future!"
"Yeah..." The prince couldn't help but feel happy, and then said: "But at the same time, this king wants to do something else, Wilson, do you have some business dealings with the kingdom?"
Wilson was taken aback, and hurriedly stood up and said, "My lord, you dare not betray the city-state!"
"Hey, what are you doing so nervously?" The prince laughed, stretched out his hand to beckon him to sit down, and then continued: "Even though our two countries are at war, some business contacts are still normal. Recently, this king heard It is said that many city owners in the city-states are smuggling. In fact, the king has known this for a long time, but he just opened one eye and closed one eye. Before, he did not regard it as a good thing, but he did not regard it as a good thing. A bad thing, as for now, this king thinks this is a good thing, and... this king also wants to smuggle some things."
Wilson was taken aback, then smiled bitterly: "Your prince is joking."
Yes, the city-state belongs to him. What else does he talk about smuggling
Smuggling is against the law, and he is the law.
The prince shook his head and said: "This king is serious, because this king is going to smuggle. If this matter is known to outsiders, there will always be some trouble. If you think about it, only you... this king can do it. Trust, so I want to leave this to you. This king has recently gained some wealth, and the number of real gold coins is very large, so I want to buy something from the kingdom. Food and the like...the more the better."
Wilson raised his head to look at the prince, trying to see from his face whether what he was saying was true or... just a test.
"Even if your prince said so... but the smuggling thing..."
"Hey, if you even conceal these things from this king, this king really doesn't know who to trust. Smuggling this matter, this king is imperative. If Wilson can't do it, then The king has no choice but to find someone else, but he also has to worry about whether other people can keep the secrets of the king like Wilson, and have such great strength."
Wilson knew that he had to bet once.
Is it true or not
If it is a temptation and exposes the smuggling matter, it is very likely that the prince will be used as an excuse for'fornicating with foreign enemies' and thus seize his military power.
But if it is true, but he did not promise to help, I am afraid that the position of his cronies will also not be guaranteed.
And this is really an opportunity.
The most important thing is that the Prince's request is very weird. Yes, he is the master of this country. If he wants to trade, he can just say a word, and he will become legitimate. Is it guilty to personally participate in smuggling? Isn't this a funny thing
But thinking on the other hand, the Delsa city-state now needs food, and the prince also lacks food. From whom can he get it? Go buy it from the kingdom? If the kingdom would buy food for the prince, that would be a weird and funny thing. But if you use smuggling channels, your prince can really buy the necessary food, which is feasible.
It's just that... Wilson is a bit strange. He knows the wealth of the Prince's family better than anyone else. It is really impoverished. If the state treasury, it has been consumed almost because of the previous three disaster relief and two border wars. It can only be waited for two months. Taxes can barely be replenished afterwards. Where can the spare money be smuggled
It seems that I can see Wilson’s worry, or the Lord Prince thinks he should be more convincing, so... He slapped his chin twice, and two maids walked in, carrying a box laboriously, and opened them directly. , A brand-new gold coin leaked out of it.
There was a whole box of gold coins, at least nearly a thousand. Although it was not a large sum of money for Wilson, it really surprised him that the prince today could take it out.
Thinking in his heart, it seemed that Delsa was really anxious, and even took out his own coffin.
As I was thinking, and about to say something, I found that two more maids came out carrying a box, then put them down and opened them.
Then, another box...
In this way, in a short while, forty small boxes were placed in the hall, and each of them contained about 1,000 gold coins... In this way, it was forty to fifty thousand gold coins!
This is a great wealth.
Wilson was startled and wondered where the prince got the money, but at the same time he also understood that this old Delsa really wanted to smuggle it.
Surprised, sighed, and then smiled bitterly, Wilson rubbed his head, and then said: "Actually... my nephew underneath has been taking care of a smuggling tunnel. I have talked about him because of this, but his reason is that as long as he can Buying things from the kingdom actually supplements the needs of our city-state. Although smuggling is not very good, the result is good, so I have always treated him as if it were, so this smuggler Lu... Now he can help Lord Prince."