Helian Xuanyi's face was dark and calm, and his whole body exuded coldness.

The man sitting at the bottom also had an ugly face, his fists clenched tightly, and his face was full of unwillingness and anger.

The atmosphere in the hall was extremely solemn, and at this moment it was the time of the palm lamp, and the sound of palace people walking outside was heard, and the palace lamp in the corridor slowly lit up, projecting light from the door frame.

Helian Xuanyi, who was hidden in the darkness, was very unkind, and only after a while did he whisper: "Your Royal Highness King Rui, now, what else do you have to say?" ”

The person sitting at the bottom is Xuanyuan Rui, who is not as graceful and luxurious as before, and the clothes he wears are only slightly better cyan robes, and the belt of the same color is decorated with small jade beads, but it is simple and introverted.

However, the sharp temperament on the body has not been restrained at all, so it seems that there is a bit of a down-and-out son.

Hearing Helian Xuanyi's questioning, his face turned pale, the fist on the armrest tightened suddenly, and he hesitated for a long time before he was unwilling to endure his feelings, and said in a low voice: "The world...... The king, the king...... I didn't expect this to happen. ”

"Humph!"

Helian Xuanyi slapped it on the table and looked at him angrily: "Can you solve it without expecting it now?" The lone 200,000 army lost three-fifths of the battle in this battle! If you don't stop, this Guizhou country will have to die with Dayu! Let that big korea pick up the cheap! ”

Helian Xuanyi was almost!

I really didn't expect it, I didn't expect it, how could I be blind at that time and agree to cooperate with such a straw bag?! said that it was okay, but as soon as the battle began, the prime minister ran over with people himself. There is no consciousness of staying in the court at all!

As a result, he was not regarded as a human resource, did he think that today's Xuanyuan Rui was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who was in a high position at that time? ! Without the position of prime minister, that person is just a pawn used to threaten others!

Therefore, what kind of master there is, what kind of subordinates there are, this Xuanyuan Rui is also stupid on each side, he doesn't expect it at all, and he completely shrinks back and lets him be the boss!

The most important thing is that none of them expected it. The king of Jing actually tricked him and didn't say anything. also went to the battlefield by himself, his excellent ability made Helian Xuanyi very jealous, whether it was arranging troops or going into battle to kill the enemy, this person could attack, retreat and defend. Picture perfect. There are no weaknesses.

The only weakness is his wife and children. However, the family has a powerful father-in-law, where is the Medicine King Valley that ordinary people can enter? Hundreds of people have been damaged, and he has not been able to get his wife and children! I had no choice but to give up.

Well, forget it, anyway, although this time it's a little more expensive. But he has already won ten cities, as long as he works a little harder, Dayu can become a bag! When the time comes, Xuanyuan Rui, a fool, will make an excuse to kill him, and Dayu will be rightfully his own!

Thinking like this, Helian Xuanyi repeatedly endured Xuanyuan Rui, but he didn't expect that the Jianmen Pass was defeated, if the reinforcements could arrive that night, it would not be a fiasco, and the whole army would be annihilated, but I don't know where the despicable and shameless villain came from, playing some small tricks that could not be put on the table, so that tens of thousands of troops all lost their combat effectiveness, and it would take at least a few days to recover.

After the golden time of that night, the battle was launched again, and it was no longer effective.

As soon as the army was formed, the Qianguo could no longer send troops to Dayu.

This time, it was really a big loss, and it took hundreds of thousands of soldiers to take down the ten cities of Ququ, which is not the richest! Now every day, the group of people at the top and bottom are chattering endlessly, which makes him extremely annoyed.

Helian Xuanyi held his breath in his chest, and he couldn't find a place to vent, so he could only take Xuanyuan Rui as the culprit.

"Your Royal Highness King Rui, you and I both know the current situation, let's just say what to do!"

Helian Xuanyi's sound of grinding his teeth was really obvious, which made Xuanyuan Rui feel a little angry in his heart.

This person really turned his face and didn't recognize people, he said it was good when he was planning at the time, help himself to take Dayu, give him all the fifteen cities here, and pay tribute every year, such good conditions, of course this person will not give up, plus in order to ascend to the position of the king, he borrowed his own strength.

However, today, I have already won ten cities, but the price is a little bigger, so I have to give an explanation myself!

What can he give to him?! Da Yu is not in his hands yet! It's useless to look for him!

complained bitterly in his heart, but Xuanyuan Rui forced a smile on his face, and said politely: "The king...... Aren't these ten cities already in your hands......"

Helian Xuanyi's eyes narrowed, and he said coldly: "Heh, His Royal Highness King Rui, all these hundreds of thousands of soldiers have been lost in exchange for this ten border poor cities!" Do you know how many years it will take to restore hundreds of thousands of soldiers! Will these cities be able to make up for the shortfall?! ”

Pursing his lips, trying to hold back the ** he wanted to say directly, Xuanyuan Rui whispered again: "King, you also understand what I mean, what I said that day, if I take Dayu, I will send fifteen cities in Qianguo, and now that Dayu has not been laid, Qianguo already has ten cities, which is not a loss!" ”

Helian Xuanyi was almost laughed at, he also understood that the current Xuanyuan Rui was a single, anyway, it was useless to ask him, he was helpless.

Huh, huh?

"Well, since His Royal Highness King Rui thinks so, then our cooperation will end here, and tomorrow I will send someone to send you back to Dayu!"

After speaking, without waiting for Xuanyuan Rui to react, Helian Xuanyi waved his sleeves and left, no longer giving him room to consider.

Seeing that the palace people were about to come in and put on the lantern, Xuanyuan Rui bit his lip, dodged helplessly, and left from the secret passage.

said that it is a secret passage, but it is just a secret passage to the imperial dining room of the house, this secret passage is connected to the side hall, every time Xuanyuan Rui needs to see Helian Xuanyi in person, he takes this secret passage, and then asks his henchmen to inform Helian Xuanyi.

At the beginning, Helian Xuanyi would come every time, but as the war was defeated again and again, Helian Xuanyi came two or three times out of ten.

Now, I'm afraid I won't come again.

Xuanyuan Rui returned to the imperial dining room and changed into the clothes on duty, who would have thought that the dignified generation of princes would fall into such a situation.

There is no way, I lost the blessing of Helian Xuanyi. He also wants to completely protect himself, so he can only hide here. He knew that his father had a team dedicated to spying on assassinations and the like.

On the day he became the crown prince, his father specially selected two people for him, who were responsible for security for a while, but monitored the left and right.

I naturally disliked it, so I thought of a way to get rid of those two people, who knows, I regret it incomparably.

If I hadn't been so confused that day, I wouldn't have happened now...... Alas. A long sigh. Xuanyuan Rui had a wooden face, sat in the seat on duty, and honestly acted as a servant.

Although no one dared to provoke him, the act itself was an insult.

Sitting in place. Xuanyuan Rui lowered his head. Hide the look in your eyes. The bright and dim lights cast on the wall, casting a shadow.

…………

"Ah, Mrs. Xia. Why are you here, but be careful! ”

"Yes, yes, madam, you must be careful, you will be at home at this time, don't be tired!"

"Isn't it! Oh, Mrs. Xia, be careful! ”

Everyone came up and talked about Xia Mei, still holding a small shovel with mud in her hand, with a flattering and concerned chuckle on her face.

Xia Mei stood on the ridge and smiled lightly at these peasant women who came up: "I'm fine, I have Yunni with me, aunts, go get busy!" ”

After brushing her feelings and expressing concern in front of her, the peasant women left contentedly and returned to their fields.

Yunni stood behind Xia Mei and carefully supported her, now her belly is not big, it looks like a big ball, and it looks very scary.

The most important thing is that there is still more than half a month to go, and at this time, Sister Xia Mei still insists on running out, which makes Yunni extremely resentful and helpless.

"Okay, Sister Xia Mei, you've seen it, everyone is very skilled, don't worry! Anyway, it is said that the war has stopped, and there is not so much food left, so don't worry! ”

With a bitter face, her mother-in-law whispered in Xia Mei's ear, Yunni felt that she was really several years old, and she had already started nagging!

Xia Mei was amused, looked at Yunni's wrinkled little face, shook her head, and snuggled up to her helplessly, "Let's go, let's go back!" ”

Yun Ni was happy, and hurriedly helped her out carefully, the ridge was extremely narrow, Yun Ni stared carefully, for fear that if she was not careful, Xia Mei would have an accident.

Lifting her into the wagon, it was not a bumpy ox cart, but a closed carriage on all sides, which had been specially rented by the town to fulfill her wish for the day - to confirm the harvest of potatoes in the field before giving birth.

This will be confirmed, and the head will begin to walk back, a village not far from the village of Dashan, where most of the people have grown potatoes and some of the remaining fields are used for daily food.

In the past six months, although Xia Mei is pregnant with a child, she has not left anything behind, such as planting potatoes and hyping up the benefits of potatoes.

Xia Mei did not stop, she not only handed over the potato seeds to all the village names who were willing to come to exchange the seeds, but also took the initiative to report to the county order, so that he could report layer by layer, hoping to tell the emperor that potatoes could be planted nationwide.

This time, Xia Mei did not charge any fees at all, everyone could take fifty catties of potatoes back, at least two acres of land, as long as there were two acres of potatoes, no one would starve to death.

For the rest, if you want to buy and eat, you naturally have to collect the value and exchange it for land. The changed land Xia Mei still leases to them, but she only takes 20% of the harvest herself, which is counted as rent.

This is actually a very cost-effective thing, the land is still planted by itself, and you only need to pay 20% of the potatoes to harvest more potatoes. The high yield of potatoes has been obvious to all, those aunts who planted potatoes at that time saw with their own eyes, a small piece of this thing planted, and finally came out of a litter of more than a dozen large and small, fist-sized not a few, very cute.

According to this output, I don't lose at all, okay?! The most important thing is that now there are only some old and weak women and children left in the family, and many of the men who used to do the heavy work of farming and plowing are gone, and the women have to do it themselves if they want to survive.

This potato is much easier to grow than other grains, and Mrs. Xia has someone to teach how to grow it, she is really a good person!

And the county magistrate knew about this matter, and he paid special attention to it, and he personally brought potatoes to meet the state capital, although he did not have the qualifications to meet the saint, but the state capital lord had! Now that the war is raging, all the officials are worried, and their families are also shrinking their clothes and dieting, keeping food and money to send to the soldiers at the border gates.

But now that the situation is getting stricter and worse, where is there any surplus food? The people couldn't get enough to eat, and the soldiers couldn't eat even more. Therefore, the battle was repeatedly defeated, and news of the loss of the city kept coming.

The emperor was furious all day long, and the courtiers trembled and walked on thin ice.

Therefore, when the county magistrate took out the potatoes and made two dishes for the lord of the state to eat, the lord of the state capital jumped up with a slap on his thigh and rushed to the royal city without stopping.

Emperor Xuanyuan also remembered that his hair was half white, and he could hear bad news every day, and his heart hurt when he opened his eyes now, no, he said that when he opened his eyes, his eyes were never closed.

It's another day, and they're all ready to hear the news of the loss of the city, Xuanyuan waved his hand lazily and asked in a low voice, "Say, what's the news?" ”

After a pause, a person walked out of the crowd, it was the head of the household, and he stood up to report: "Back to the emperor, the minister has something to do." ”

Seeing that it was him, Xuanyuan frowned slightly, and sighed uncheckably, where is this starving to death? He can't help it, after all, he has to satisfy the soldiers who are fighting on the battlefield first, if the people can't support themselves, the country can't do anything.

"Say it!"

"Your Majesty, the minister received the Qingzhou prefect yesterday, and it stands to reason that he is not allowed to return to Beijing without the emperor's call, but this matter is serious, so he came in person."

Xuanyuan frowned at Qingzhou, his face was solemn, and he asked in a deep voice, "What's the matter?" Say it! ”

Isn't it a riot? Plague?

The head of the household said: "Your Majesty, the prefect of Qingzhou, carrying the risk of disobeying the emperor's order, came to sue Sù Weichen that someone in the place under his jurisdiction has grown a new type of grain, which has a high yield, is easy to plant, and has a short growth cycle, and can be harvested in two or three months soon. ”

Xuanyuan blinked, a little incredulous at this turn.

He had always thought it was bad news, but now it seems ...... Isn't that good news?

If you think about it, isn't that good news? With a big determination in his heart, he quickly packed up his feelings and asked eagerly, "Oh? I don't know what kind of food it is? What kind of species are there? Where is the man, bring it up and talk! ”

The head of the household has already prepared, "Back to His Majesty, the prefect of Qingzhou is outside, please summon Your Majesty." ”

So the prefect of Qingzhou was summoned to come up, it was not the first time he came up to the Jinluan Palace, so his expression was calm, and he knelt down and asked for peace without being humble or arrogant: "Qingzhou prefect Kong Fang, see my emperor, long live my emperor, long live long live!" ”

Xuanyuan hurriedly raised his hand, "Aiqing is exempt." ”

"What's going on with this food? Tell me more! ”

Seeing that it was him, Xuanyuan frowned slightly, and sighed uncheckably, where is this starving to death? He can't help it, after all, he has to satisfy the soldiers who are fighting on the battlefield first, if the people can't support themselves, the country can't do anything.

"Say it!"

"Your Majesty, the minister received the Qingzhou prefect yesterday, and it stands to reason that he is not allowed to return to Beijing without the emperor's call, but this matter is serious, so he came in person."

Xuanyuan frowned at Qingzhou, his face was solemn, and he asked in a deep voice, "What's the matter?" Say it! ”

Isn't it a riot? Plague?

The head of the household said: "Your Majesty, the prefect of Qingzhou, carrying the risk of disobeying the emperor's order, came to sue Sù Weichen that someone in the place under his jurisdiction has grown a new type of grain, which has a high yield, is easy to plant, and has a short growth cycle, and can be harvested in two or three months soon. ”

Xuanyuan blinked, a little incredulous at this turn.

He had always thought it was bad news, but now it seems ...... Isn't that good news?

If you think about it, isn't that good news? With a big determination in his heart, he quickly packed up his feelings and asked eagerly, "Oh? I don't know what kind of food it is? What kind of species are there? Where is the man, bring it up and talk! ”

The head of the household has already prepared, "Back to His Majesty, the prefect of Qingzhou is outside, please summon Your Majesty." ”

So the prefect of Qingzhou was summoned to come up, it was not the first time he came up to the Jinluan Palace, so his expression was calm, and he knelt down and asked for peace without being humble or arrogant: "Qingzhou prefect Kong Fang, see my emperor, long live my emperor, long live long live!" ”

Xuanyuan hurriedly raised his hand, "Aiqing is exempt." ”

"What's going on with this food? Tell me more! (To be continued.) )