Xining Guanfeng is windy and sandy, and the people here seem to look the same, shabby jackets, gray faces, few women here, and the only courtyard with red lanterns is the only gold cave here.

The composition of the Eight Princes, His Majesty's personal soldiers, the Imperial Concubine carefully matched the people who took care of the prince's daily life, the imperial doctor, and the people who dug the Eight Princes themselves, dug wells, and farmed the land, Qi Zongwen was curious about where he was looking for these people.

The guard of Xining Pass heard that the prince was coming, in order to entertain the prince, he was bald, and in order to take the sword of the ancestors of the family as some money, he also had a fight with his mother-in-law, and when the eighth prince came, he still had three finger prints on his face.

The eighth prince asked people to take out the sword that the guard had taken out from behind him, "I passed through Xichuan and learned that the captain had taken the sword of the general of Xining back then, and he was very reluctant, so he redeemed it and returned it to its original owner." ”

The guard looked ashamed, "The last general is incompetent, let His Highness see the joke." ”

"I know you're going to be it just to welcome me, but you don't have to be like that, you just treat me as if I've been deposed here, just look at me and don't bother to do anything for me. The Eighth Prince said. "These people I brought with me, they also take care of themselves, they have to eat and drink, they have money. ”

"Xiningguan has nothing, and it's useless to have money. The guard smiled bitterly, "Why did Your Highness come to this place to suffer?"

"The countrymen thought that His Majesty was deposed, but the last general still read the palace newspaper, His Royal Highness is the beloved son of His Majesty and the imperial concubine, and he will never be dethroned. ”

The Eighth Prince pursed his lips and smiled, "You just think I'm here to play." ”

After that, the Eighth Prince really took people around to play, and the Eighth Prince brought the people who drilled the well, and the guard general said with a wry smile, "In fact, we also went to other places to find experienced people to come and dig wells, but no water was drawn, and now the water in Guanli still relies on the wells drilled decades ago." ”

"If we were able to produce water in the past, we can definitely do it now. "The eighth prince said that it was not enough to wander around in the pass, and he also went to look around outside the pass, and the soldiers were only responsible for protecting the safety of the prince, and could not interfere with the actions of the prince.

Seeing the battle, he came to explore the truth, but was caught and beaten by his own soldiers, warning not to come over again and let him go, after all, they only came to protect the prince, not to fight.

Although there has been no war for a long time, everyone's hands are itchy.

After looking for more than a month, most people thought that they couldn't find water, but the eighth prince didn't care, and continued to go out every day to look for it.

Walking farther and farther outside the pass, from the flat ground to the foot of the mountain, the group took a nap, and the captain of the pro-soldier looked at the gray-faced Eighth Prince, "Your Highness, this is too far away, even if you find water, you can't transport it back." "The implication is don't look any further.

The Eighth Prince nodded, "Hey, I read books like geographical atlases, saying that where there is no water on the ground, there is water underground, and water feeds all things, and without water it is a dead land, this land looks desolate, but I feel that there is life, but why can't I find water? ”

"Your Highness has personally walked through so many places, even if you don't find it, you can learn from it. ”

"Your Highness. A craftsman came to the Eighth Prince with a flower in his hand, with a solemn expression, "Your Highness, look. ”

"This little blue flower is pretty good-looking. The Eighth Prince said.

"Your Highness, this flower is called copper grass in my hometown, where this kind of flower grows, there will be a copper mine below, I just went over there to take a look, this flower is halfway up the hill. The craftsman said.

The Eighth Prince stood up, "Are you sure?"

"If you're not sure, you'll have to dig and see. The craftsman said, "I should be able to tell what the copper and stone look like." ”

The eighth prince's face was solemn, and he exchanged a look with the captain, "Now go dig and see." ”

According to the craftsman's saying, digging a few meters down can see the ore, this maybe, some rich mines dig a few meters to see the ore, and some poor mines have to dig one or twenty meters to see the ore.

However, the eighth prince was lucky, and the craftsman dug for a quarter of an hour with a hoe before he saw the ore, "This is still a rich mine." ”

The Eighth Prince pondered for a while, "Go back." ”

"Go back now?" said the captain in surprise, the Eighth Prince's discovery of a mine was more than the number of wells he dug in Xining Pass.

"No one is allowed to say anything about today. The Eighth Prince said. "If there is a violation, it will be killed. ”

"Yes. ”

After the eighth prince went back, he wrote an excerpt attached to the ore and sent it to the capital quickly, and found that the copper mine was in the middle of the border line and Dada, in order to ensure the safety of the mine and the subsequent mining, it was necessary to extend the border line a hundred miles outward, in order to become famous, he decided to take the risk.

He didn't say what the specific risk was, but the day after Qi Zongwen received the letter, he received an urgent report from Xining Pass, and he invaded Xining Pass at night and kidnapped the Eighth Prince.

The official of the Ministry of Industry was excited with the ore, "The ore content is very rich, this is a rich mine, it must be mined, it must be mined." ”

Qi Zongwen couldn't figure out whether Xiaoba directed and acted by himself and wanted to be famous, or if he was really taken captive, so he stomped his feet and immediately ordered two generals in the court, asking them to lead their troops to Xining Pass, and be sure to beat Dada back for 300 miles.

The general received the order, but he didn't return home, he got on the horse and ordered the troops first, and then followed up with the grain and grass, Qi Zongwen acted resolutely, and when the court officials came to their senses, the soldiers also came out, and the grain and grass began to be borrowed.

At this time, someone said that it was ridiculous for the eighth prince to go to Xining Pass, to add chaos to the imperial court, and the country had not fought for a long time, and now it was ridiculous to start another war for the prince.

Qi Zongwen suppressed these words, he only took the letter from the Eighth Prince back to the harem to explain to Qin Yunyi that Xiao Ba was not necessarily in danger.

Qin Yunyi clutched his chest, "Who does Xiao Ba look like?"

"I am not afraid of heaven and earth. ”

"Don't worry, I let people send a message back immediately when they see the Eighth Prince, this wartime delivery is much faster than usual, and we can get the news soon. ”

"No, why did he still find the mine. ”

"That's a good thing. Qi Zongwen said happily, "There are people who specialize in prospecting for minerals who can't find the mine, and Xiaoba accidentally ran into a rich mine, which shows that Xiaoba is blessed." ”

"It's such a big deal as soon as you go out, don't let him go out in the future. Qin Yunyi twisted his eyebrows and said, "My heart, I didn't hear that he was okay, but I couldn't let go." ”

A large number of troops went to Xining Pass, Da Da was shocked, they attacked Xining Pass at night, just like countless times before, but this time it attracted so many troops to press the border, I really don't understand, weigh it, I can't beat it, I simply packed up and fled further west.

When the army arrived, they went directly a hundred miles forward, set up camp, gathered many laborers from the rear, and began to build the city walls. It wasn't until a year later that the class teacher returned to the dynasty that everyone found that not only had Da Da been repulsed, but also that a Xining Pass had been built.

Xining Pass is vast and sparsely populated, deserted and useless, and it is useless to occupy more of these lands, and more soldiers are needed to guard it, which is really more than worth the loss.

However, soon after, Xining Pass reported that the Eighth Prince had discovered a copper mine in the Pass, and the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry jointly organized a team to go to Xining Pass. ”

At this point, everyone realized that this inexplicable battle was self-directed and self-staged by the Eighth Prince, especially the people from the Ministry of Industry who later reported that the copper mine found in Xining Pass was still a silver-copper associated mine, and the content of this silver ore was not low.

Qi Zongwen said loudly that in the future, one of the annual output of the Xining mine will become the private treasury of the eighth prince.

This is a great honor, but no one wants to talk about this discord, and at this time they all wonder if they can take a bite of this fragrant dumpling.

The Eight Princes stayed in Xining Pass for three years before leaving, and when he left, Xining Pass had completed the transition from a remote pass to a heavy fortress, and when he left, everyone in Xining Pass had a portrait of the Eight Princes, worshiping the Eight Princes as worshiping the God of Wealth.

The Eighth Prince did not go back to Beijing directly, but went to Jiangnan, where His Majesty wanted him to go, and there was one thing when he arrived at the place, preparing to welcome His Majesty's southern tour. The sixteen-year-old eighth prince is already as tall as an adult man, and the wind and sand in the northwest have tempered him, handsome and hearty, and he doesn't know how many daughters' hearts he has taken away when he arrives in Jiangnan.

The Governor of Liangjiang greeted him personally, "The Eight Emperors are young and talented, and the ministers have been admired for a long time." When the eighth prince came to Jiangnan, he must change Jiangnan's appearance. ”

"Adults don't need to be nervous, I have been in the northwest for a long time, and my father is afraid that I will return to Beijing like this, so Tubaozi is timid, let me come to Jiangnan to see the world. The Eighth Prince smiled and said, "When Your Majesty travels south, I will return to Beijing with Your Majesty." ”

Whether the governor believes it or not, the eighth prince believes it, and they all say that there is nothing new under the sun, Jiangnan has always been an officialdom greedy for ink, not greedy, is he still an official?

Besides, his father also reminded him that he should come to Jiangnan to make a reputation, but don't think about turning the Jiangnan government upside down.

He wasn't really ready to do it, but who had someone assassinate him in front of him. The beautiful woman arranged for him by the governor said softly to change the prince's clothes, but her hand was stretched out but it was a pair of sharp thorns. The eighth prince is not a weak scholar, he learned a good kung fu in Xining Pass and the army, and he subdued people in a few moves, "Who sent you?"

"I can't kill you, it's because I'm not as good as others, if I want to kill, I have to listen to my family, my family is gone, I can't avenge them, it's better to live than to die." ”

"Did I kill your family, why did you want me to take revenge?" the Eighth Prince only thought it was strange.

"My family was not killed by you, but no one can call the shots for me, the eighth prince was kidnapped by Dada, His Majesty was angry and sent 100,000 soldiers, I just want to assassinate you and attract the Son of Heaven to make decisions for me. ”

The Eighth Prince's subordinates unloaded their forces and let go of the hand that restrained her, "The gossip in the market is exaggerated, and if you believe it, you will lose." ”

"Also, you have to learn the correct way to sue the emperor, assassination is the next step, you just meet me, otherwise a small life will die in vain, and your family will not be able to rest in peace. ”

In fact, it is a case of ingenuity and robbery, and the innate beauty has brought ruin to the family, and the governor who is entrenched in Jiangnan has used beautiful women to weave the net of his own rights, behind which are the blood and tears of countless innocent people.

The Eighth Emperor was silent, on the surface he was playing in the mountains and rivers, chanting poems against each other, searching for evidence behind his back, and when the Governor of Liangjiang built the palace, the Eighth Prince's impeachment excerpt followed, and Qi Zongwen, who had just praised the Governor, only felt that his cheeks hurt, gritted his teeth and scolded the little rabbit cub, and issued an order.

In the case of the Governor of Liangjiang, seventy percent of the Jiangnan officialdom was imprisoned, but it provided enough positions for the Beijing officials who wanted to move.

The dragon boat traveled to the south of the Yangtze River, and the eighth prince who came to greet him with a group of new officials who were not wearing hot official uniforms smiled brightly, and the first person he saw was the second prince who had been crowned King Xian, "Second brother." ”

"Eighth brother. King Xian held his shoulder and sighed, "Grown up." ”

"Second brother, how is my father feeling?"

"I postponed going down to Jiangnan for a year, but I've heard my father say more than once that he wants to teach you a lesson. ”

"Second brother, do you think it's okay for me to be cute now?"

Qi Zongwen couldn't resist missing his son if he wanted to punish him, so he still called him in, "My son asks my father to say goodbye, my father, my son wants to kill you." Before he could see his face clearly, he saw him kneeling down numbly, kowtowing loudly, and kneeling in front of Qi Zongwen and hugging his legs.

"You," Qi Zongwen held his shoulder, feeling the power contained in it, and was excited, "You are still coquettish when you are such a big person, and you are not afraid of being laughed at." ”

"No matter how old the son is, he is also the child of his father, how can he not be coquettish. The Eighth Emperor said confidently, when he looked up at Qi Zongwen and saw the gray hair on his sideburns, he was stunned for a moment, why is his father old?

Qi Zongwen was stunned at first when he saw him, his eyes were red randomly, how could he not understand what he was thinking, "My father is already old, but don't worry, your mother is still as beautiful as a flower." ”

The Eighth Prince only hugged him in silence.

"Xiaoba, you have done a good job over the years, my father is very satisfied, and I will take care of your mother and your brothers and sisters in the future, and my father is very relieved. ”

"I still want my father to take care of me, don't just think about being lazy. ”

When Qin Yunyi was in front of her, she was crying again, and the fifth princess wiped her tears on the side, and when she finished crying, she sniffed and asked, "Brother, will you take the woman you brought with you to avenge your family, will you take her back to the palace?"

She was an important witness and had to take it with her, but then she got revenge, and she said that she had nowhere to go, and I couldn't just feed the idlers. When I go back, can't Jiangnan not have a bite to eat for idlers?" said the eighth prince.

"I heard that the woman is extraordinary in beauty and gentle and petty, tsk, brother, you really don't understand the amorous feelings. The fifth princess said.

The Eighth Prince looked at Qin Yunyi and said, "She is very tenacious and persistent, it is easy for me to bring her back, but it hurts her, she can't be a housewife, and she can't become a concubine who keeps to herself." ”

"That's why I didn't touch her in the first place. ”

"I believe in you. Qin Yunyi said, "I know you are measured, and I have never worried about you." ”

"Father, Emperor and Mother have carefully selected ten ladies to go down to Jiangnan with them, they are for you, you can watch them carefully. The fifth princess said.

"The mother concubine doesn't force you, she wants to live with you for the rest of your life, and you have to pick one you like. Qin Yunyi said.

The eighth prince had long known that his father had been in poor health in the past two years, so he wanted to see him get married, he smiled and said, "I definitely like what my mother chooses, and I will get married when I return to the capital." ”