"Confiscate the house and confiscate all property!"
With a word from the emperor, everything that Zhou Zonghan and Qi Lan had already turned into nothing in an instant. And the family property of the two of them has reached more than 1.9 million taels at this time, and with the addition of various shops, it is almost 2.5 million taels.
Afterwards, Zhou Xu said to the prince, "A big gift for you, do you like it?"
Seeing that the prince didn't speak, Zhou Xu went on to say, "Are you blaming yourself? Do you think you shouldn't rob his family property?"
The crown prince still didn't speak, but Zhou Xu said: "A common saying goes, a fly doesn't bite a seamless egg, and if he can say something like that, don't blame the emperor for copying his property. Isn't it just the way things are in this world?" Is that so? If he can donate part of it, the emperor will definitely give him the title of a charitable merchant, and maybe he can earn more money in the future, but what about him? I just want to say that he deserves it.”
"In addition, I have a big gift for you." Zhou Xu took out a stack of things, the prince's eyes flickered slightly, and Zhou Xu continued with a smile: "Two million and nine hundred thousand taels of silver, I donate it personally, how?"
It's not that the prince has stopped talking this time, but he is speechless. The person he loves is too powerful. As the prince, he feels that he is not worthy. What should he do? If he ascends the throne in the future, will he give away these thousands of miles of land
"What's wrong?"
"I was thinking, if I really become the throne in the future, are you willing to have this country?"
Zhou Xu was taken aback for a moment, this is really a gift that he never thought of, but Zhou Xu replied with a chuckle: "Yes, but if I become the emperor and have a second and third harem, don't you blame me?"
The prince's earlobe was red again, Zhou Xu was in a good mood, but he didn't take half a step, and then he was pulled into the prince's arms vigorously.
Hearing the prince's violent heartbeat, Zhou Xu felt that this feeling was indeed a little familiar. He thought of Xia Qingfeng in his previous life, who was called the God of War, but he was always a little awkward in front of him.
Zhou Xu was thinking, but the crown prince pressed his forehead and kissed him. His slightly jerky technique was similar to Xia Qingfeng's, and everything was telling Zhou Xu that this prince, Xia Qingfeng from the previous life, and Han Zikui from the previous life seemed to be In some places, they are inexplicably similar.
"Well… "
The prince's initial jerky gradually faded away, and the tip of his tongue slowly became fierce and brutal. Zhou Xu started to fight back after being dazed at the beginning. He just likes this kind of duel with the strong, and of course kisses are also.
After the kiss was over, the corners of Zhou Xu's lips glistened, and the prince whispered, "I want you, now."
"Then irresponsible?"
The prince's earlobe was red again, Zhou Xu continued with a smile, "I'm waiting for you to ascend the throne, don't worry, I won't run away."
"It's a deal."
In this way, Zhou Xu and the prince went to Jiangnan together, and after they actually went to Jiangnan, the prince really realized what it means for people to live in poverty.
After the flood, most of the villages are left with ruins and ruins. The weather in late autumn is cold and lifeless, like the end of the world, sad and desolate.
The howling cold wind blew by, and there were worn pieces of cloth and clothes blowing in the wind. The whole world seemed to be covered with a layer of grayish yellow, without a trace of vigor and vitality.
Zhou Xu had seen it before, but it was the first time for the prince to see it. He looked at everything around him silently, and the great grief in his heart made him understand the meaning of the word "Jiangshan".
"Search to see if there are any living people." The prince ordered.
"yes."
Zhou Xu didn't say anything. If a person in a high position can truly understand the people's sentiments, can he be more diligent and responsible? This is a blessing to the country.
The two continued to walk along the dilapidated path, and the rest of them were separated from them by a little distance. Then Zhou Xu asked, "Why did you agree to come to Jiangnan?"
"Because I want to catch the Third Prince."
"The handle of the third prince?"
"Floods and plagues in the south of the Yangtze River are not bad, but the south of the Yangtze River continues to go south, and there are private soldiers of the third prince there. Moreover, the five million taels of silver that was originally distributed in the south of the Yangtze River has not solved any problems. I suspect it is also a moth. It's troublesome, but among the moths, the third prince's people should account for a lot."
"You want to uproot?"
The crown prince nodded, but Zhou Xu frowned, "Your father probably doesn't want you to do this, does he?"
"His health is dying, and the third prince is also starting to worry, so I will be assassinated in the capital, and it will be the same when I come out, but it will be easier for me to do things when I come out."
"It's just that?" Zhou Xu looked at the prince with a half-smile, the prince paused and replied, "Also, I want to seize the military power of King Zhennan."
Laughing loudly, Zhou Xu patted the prince on the shoulder and said, "Tell me everything, are you afraid that I will confess you?"
But the prince said word by word: "I will not hide anything from you, as long as you want to know."
Zhou Xu's heart warmed slightly, and then turned his head, Zhou Xu suddenly said: "There are people in the east, be careful."
After finishing speaking, Zhou Xu gestured to the people behind, telling them to follow up quickly. As soon as they came up, a dozen masked killers flew out of the short grass in the east.
The prince's guards, who had been prepared for a long time, quickly blocked the prince and Zhou Xu behind them, and fought against the dozen or so masked killers.
The killers are obviously masters, and the prince has long been prepared, especially before the killer came up, Zhou Xu had already signaled the prince and the guards, so the prince soon gained the upper hand.
Soon, the killers also knew that they couldn't succeed, so suddenly, a puff of smoke came out, and after a few seconds, the killers were gone.
The guards wanted to chase, but Zhou Xu yelled, "Don't chase!"
The guards who had just flown a few meters came back quickly, the crown prince looked at Zhou Xu, and then said to the guards: "They may divert the tiger away from the mountain, so don't chase him at any time."
"yes."
Checking the supplies, Zhou Xu and the prince's team continued to move forward, just walking, Zhou Xu whispered to the prince: "Don't make a sound, you are in danger now, it may be the ghost in our team."
"How do you know?" The prince also whispered.
"Intuition." Zhou Xu replied, if it was someone else, he might think that Zhou Xu was talking nonsense, but the prince didn't doubt it at all, because he believed in Zhou Xu.
The two continued to move forward, perhaps because they thought that Zhou Xu and the prince had raised their vigilance, so the inner ghost suddenly became silent, and even the murderous intent in his heart was concealed.
"There is no danger for the time being, but there are ghosts in the team. If you want to investigate at night, I will accompany you."
"Okay." The prince replied.
Zhou Xu's perception of danger is too keen. As he said, the ghost secretly hid his fangs because of everyone's nervousness. However, since the fangs have been sensed, he can't live much longer. long time.
The village was completely empty, they hadn't seen a single living person, and it happened to be the place where the dam collapsed. It should be normal that there were no people. After all, even if there were survivors, they fled to a slightly better place.
Afterwards, the team continued to move forward. According to the map, they would encounter a small town after traveling for about two hours. However, before reaching the small town, they encountered the second wave of attacks.
The attack was very fierce, because they took the most primitive weapons and used the most primitive attack methods. After the prince saw who was coming, he ordered his guards: "Don't hurt them, just subdue them."
This wave of attacks was completely subdued by Yizhuxiang's kung fu, but this wave of attacks were civilians, not those killers with strong kung fu.
But a dozen or so people are all ragged and unkempt, and some of them are even wearing light clothes. Obviously, they have no thick clothes to wear. They are shivering from the cold, but hunger is a more terrifying thing, too long Hunger made them pale and skinny, and even their eyes were empty and lifeless.
"Who are you?"
A man in his forties was also held down and knelt on the ground, a little panicked. He said: "We are villagers in Dadianzi Village. We haven't eaten for a long time. I beg the officials to spare our lives. Our family There are still children, if they can survive, they will never come to rob, begging the officials to spare their lives... "
The man started to kowtow, and the others followed suit. They looked terrified and frightened, which made people feel sad. What kind of world and officialdom made them so afraid of officials
One can see the whole leopard at a glance, the Prince's originally alienated expression became colder at this moment.
"Don't be afraid. To tell you the truth, the person next to me is the current prince. This time he came with food. Even if you are blocking the road and robbing, if you come here and explain the matter clearly, the prince will definitely understand." Zhou Xu didn't smile at all but smiled a little bit. This calm and gentle tone made the group of people put down their guard in an instant.
Zhou Xu saw that they had put down their guard, so he called people over, and each of them gave ten catties of rice. This group of people was holding the rice, and everyone was stunned. When they all reacted, a group of mobs had become a group because Ten catties of rice and a child dancing with joy.
"Ahem, we won't pursue the matter anymore. You guys got the rice too, so why don't you come over and thank the prince." Zhou Xu said to them with a light smile.
"Plop, plop..."
More than a dozen people knelt down in succession, each expressing their gratitude, "Thank you, Your Royal Highness, Long En."
Satisfied with Zhou Xu's performance, the prince helped them up and said, "Get up, this is what you should do alone. Go and ask them to sign up. Before the harvest next year, you can get the corresponding rice and rice per head every month." Coarse grain, but also get cotton-padded clothes and quilts for the winter.”
The dozen or so people who were about to stand up knelt down again, and a few teenagers even started to wipe their tears. The crown prince and Zhou Xu looked at each other, and finally believed that the five million taels that were originally handed out might be one None of the points went to the hands of the people.
On this day, they did not continue to move forward, but followed the dozen or so people to their hiding place. It was a dilapidated temple on the top of the mountain. There were several thatched houses behind the dilapidated temple. There is a roof, their own house, has collapsed long ago, and there is no money to repair it, so they can only live here, it is a shelter from the wind and rain.
In addition to these dozen or so people, there are seven or eight children, five women, and two elderly people living in the house, adding up to more than twenty people, and all of them have not eaten for three days and three nights.
After seeing the rice, the children danced with joy, while the women sobbed and hurriedly boiled water for cooking. The old man touched the rice bag, and his dry eye sockets were moistened.
Zhou Xu noticed the prince's expression, it was a kind of sadness, probably the first time this kind of sadness entered the prince's heart so deeply.
When they were eating, Zhou Xu and the crown prince also wanted a bowl of porridge, and the oldest old man brought it to the two of them tremblingly. The crown prince quickly took it and said, "We can do it ourselves."
The old man's teeth almost fell out, and his voice was dry and hoarse, "His Royal Highness, you saved the lives of the whole village."
While drinking porridge, the prince took the opportunity to chat with the old man. It turned out that they had never heard of the disaster relief money, let alone received any help or compensation from the government. Even after the disaster, they still had to pay tax money. This made their already stretched lives, and when they reached the bottom of the valley, the food left in the whole village was not enough to pay enough tax money.
The old man went to the county government office to ask for it, but was beaten out by the government servants. In the end, the government even sent people to search their home and took away the last bit of food left over.
The more the prince listened, the angrier he became. Others couldn't see his indifferent expression, but Zhou Xu knew he was angry.
Gently patted the back of the prince's hand, Zhou Xu signaled him to calm down, the prince looked at Zhou Xu, nodded, and continued to listen to the old man talking about things nearby.
At the same time, Zhou Zonghan, whose house was ransacked, became completely crazy. He wanted to take revenge. Why did Zhou Xu have everything, but he had nothing? Why should Zhou Xu rely on his status as his son
Qi Lan was also in despair, Zhou Zonghan was not the man he wanted, she just wanted to raise the child properly now, as for Zhou Zonghan, she even hoped to be as far away from him as possible.
Relying on his relationship with the first beauty in Beijing at that time, Zhou Zonghan got in touch with a person, and this person happened to be the third prince's subordinate.
The third prince was also very happy when he heard that it was Zhou Zonghan. After all, the policy theory at that time was praised by everyone. If it hadn’t been compared with Zhou Xu’s later article, Zhou Zonghan would definitely win the championship. It’s a pity, after being compared , The emperor didn't even give Zhou Zonghan the second place and third place.
After Zhou Zonghan knew that the person he leaned on was the third prince, he was overjoyed, because he swore that the third prince must be enthroned, no matter what method he used, anyway, as long as he could get revenge, he didn't care about anything.
What's more, history has always been about winners and losers. If he and the third prince succeed, then he will be a hero, and it is not impossible for him to be the prime minister at that time.
Thinking of this, Zhou Zonghan said coldly, "Zhou Xu, I will fight you to the end."