There are many minerals, and of course the demand for mining workers is also large, and basically every family will have a strong man to mine to subsidize the family, and the remuneration given by the red blood in this regard is also quite generous, so the average person can often save some money in his hands.

If it weren't for the fact that there were too many red blood volcanic belts and earthquake zones, the people of red blood could actually live a richer life than many people in the Xuantian Kingdom!

After Qin Shuang and Ah Chen came to the border town, they deliberately turned around to ask these people about their thoughts on war, and came to the conclusion that the red-blooded people did not all like to fight.

It should be said that normal people don't like to fight all the time, although they understand that fighting is to get more land suitable for their survival, but why do they have to use such violence and barbarism as war? In the end, you can get a lot of land (vassal countries) and materials (war reparations), but there will also be a lot of casualties.

Where did those casualties come from? They are all conscripted by families! After you die, it's okay to give some money, and the people want to be reunited and safe and sound more than money!

It can be done in a gentler way, and it is clear that their relatives may not need to be sacrificed!

Ordinary people don't understand, and they don't want to understand the ambition of big people to fight for power and profit, they want to expand their territory, they just want to live a good life, if they can make their living conditions better, it is naturally the best, but if the price is to make them lose one or more relatives, they would rather stay the same.

This is the voice of the majority of the people, and the people at the border are also the people who have been devastated by the most war, and their thoughts are the most real.

In other words, as long as they don't hurt their relatives and friends, and don't let them live more hard than they do now, even if they die in blood, they don't really care much, on the contrary, maybe the blood is gone, the war is gone, and they will still steal the fun.

Of course, there are also people who have an unwavering patriotism for the red blood, but in the face of the problem of survival, these loyalties that are of no use to the people seem too insignificant, and such patriotic people account for only a very large part.

This also means that once Red Blood really faces the problem of losing the country, there are not so many people who will resist to the death and resolutely refuse, as long as the people can live a better life, I believe that more people will be willing to change the environment to live.

This was tantamount to a valuable piece of good news for Qin Shuang and Ah Chen, which was much better than they expected.

If the people of the Red Blood Country are extremely loyal to their own country, when the Red Blood Dynasty is changed, many people will be secretly ready to move, create all kinds of rebellions, and let the war be rekindled, and the mess that Qin Shuang and Ah Chen have to clean up will also increase, and because of these people, the treatment that the Xuantian Kingdom can give to the Red Blood people will inevitably plummet.

Because the treatment is too good, when these people eat inside and outside, Xuantian Kingdom will lose a lot.

It is certain that you have special feelings for your homeland, but if you have to choose between survival and hometown, I believe many people will still choose the former, and when these people have enjoyed a truly stable and good life without war, I don't think many people will be willing to be poor and tossed, right?

Qin Shuang's four people only stayed in the border pass town for a day, and they left after understanding everything they should know, and hurried all the way to the Red Blood Capital, during which they would also rest a little when they passed through some towns, and they would not stay overnight, just go in for a meal, and by the way, learn about the situation of the local people, as well as the current situation of the Red Blood Palace.

'Investigation' all the way, and when he approached the Red Blood Capital, he had already clearly understood most of the national conditions in the Red Blood Country, and he already had a preliminary plan for how to deal with Red Blood in the future.

On the fifth day after leaving Licheng, Qin Shuang and the others arrived at the capital of red blood, this is not to say that there is such a short distance from the border of the Xuantian Kingdom to the capital of red blood, but in the absence of outsiders, in order to arrive quickly, Qin Shuang added some power to the carriage to increase the speed, otherwise even if he rushes non-stop every day, without half a month, don't want to get close to the capital of red blood.

The prosperity of Cheng dù in the Red Blood Capital is not much different from the capital of Xuantian Kingdom, the houses are more exquisite, and the people are better dressed, except that there is a slight difference between them and Xuantian Kingdom in terms of dress, walking on the street is similar to walking in the capital of Xuantian Kingdom.

What is slightly different is that after walking a little bit in the capital of the Red Blood Country, you can see some city guards in armor patrolling around with weapons in their hands, their eyes like X-rays constantly scanning some fresh faces, Qin Shuang and the four of them were stopped by more than one team of city guards after entering the city, and after reading their identity certificates, they also asked a lot of questions before they were released.

This is obviously the result of the martial law in the capital after Yu Er was injured, and most of these people were looking for the assassin who assassinated Yu Er.

The four of them quickly found their destination, an inn called 'Iris', the inn of the Red Blood Capital City didn't know why, it was basically named after various flowers and plants, rhododendrons, peonies, and peonies, these three were the largest inns in the Red Blood Capital, and the iris could only be regarded as medium-sized, not so conspicuous, and would not be wiped out by the public.

asked for two upper rooms, handed the carriage to the little two in the inn, and the four of them went upstairs.

Not long after entering the room, there was a loud bang in the window, and a figure rushed in at a very fast speed, and as soon as it landed, the window was blown back shut by the wind.

Qin Shuang and Ah Chen sat at the table in the outer room of the room drinking tea, and they were not surprised at all when they heard the movement, but poured another cup of tea and put it on the empty seat, and the figure also sat in that position very simply, picked up the teacup and drank all the cups of tea.

"I think this city is quite heavily guarded, is the old man doing well here?" Qin Shuang raised her eyebrows and looked at the crane-haired old man opposite.

This person is the crazy old man who beat You Er to a serious injury in the Five Heavens Advance Palace.

Probably the red-blooded people would not have thought that this guy would really dare to continue to stay in the capital after doing that kind of thing

How dare you continue to stay in the capital?

The guards were patrolling everywhere, and they weren't actually looking for the Assassin, because most of them thought that the Assassin should have fled long ago, and even if there were those who stayed, at most it was the Assassin's internal response.

As long as they inquire a little, they can know that many of the city guards' patrol centers are near the residential areas where high-ranking officials live, which is called to protect these people, but in fact it is for surveillance.

The crazy old man stepped on another empty chair next to him casually with one leg, picked up the teapot and poured himself a cup of tea, and smiled proudly: "Of course it's good, do you think those useless city guards can still do anything to me?" Hum! Don't look at the Red Blood Palace, it seems that the security is several times stricter than usual, but I still don't take whatever I want to eat in their imperial dining room every day, and those idiots haven't noticed any of them! Tut! Worse than the palace garrison of Xuantian. ”

Qin Shuang smiled.

Since You Er was seriously injured, the atmosphere in the palace must be quite tense, the palace guards, and those bloody dead soldiers should be waiting for them, but I didn't expect that the crazy old man would dare to run into the palace every day in this situation, and he was really not afraid of being besieged.

Well, speaking of which, he is really not afraid, Qin Shuang and Ah Chen also deliberately left a protective suit for the old man when they left Ruyizhuang to go to the capital before, that is, he was really discovered, even if the palace was ready to give him a thousand arrows to leave people behind, he could still leave unscathed.

Maybe that's the main reason why he's so emboldened?

Qin Shuang touched her chin and thought for a moment, so to speak, is the mad old man so bold or is she used to it?

"Then you have been in the capital for five days, have you learned about the situation of those officials in their court?" Ah Chen asked.

"Of course." The crazy old man pursed his lips disdainfully, "As long as you observe them for a period of time when they are in the morning court, it is easy to see the position of these people, and there is no difficulty at all." ”

Qin Shuang felt quite surprised, "This You Er is so seriously injured that he only has one breath left, and he can't preside over the early dynasty at all, and the red-blooded officials will actually go to the early dynasty?" ”

The crazy old man spread his hands and said: "Recently, all kinds of bad news have been sent from the border pass, and the emperor has to come up with a solution if he is seriously injured, how to treat it, and whether to find the eldest prince to preside over the overall situation first, but the oldest prince is only ten years old, and some people also mention that they should set up a regent to assist the government, and there are so many things to deal with, of course they have to discuss it in the early dynasty, just because the emperor is not there, these officials have several factions, and no one is convinced of anyone's ideas, Every time I go to the morning court, it is the same as the folk vegetable market, very noisy. ”

Qin Shuang and Ah Chen could easily think of that chaotic scene.

"Speaking of which, it is thanks to you that you have made such a big battle at the border pass, which has made the situation in the government and the opposition even more chaotic." The crazy old man laughed twice, "I heard that you abolished Xiongba's house, and let the Red Blood Army lose very badly, and there are only 20,000 or 30,000 left in the 200,000 army?" Well done! It's so relieving! ”

Ah Chen said slowly: "Since they are unwilling to withdraw from the army, we can only take some extraordinary measures, which they brought on themselves." ”

"That's right! They brought it on themselves! The people of the Red Blood Country have always been immortal when they don't reach the Yellow River, if you don't hurt them and are afraid, they really think that our Xuantian is afraid of them, and continue to kick their noses in the face! ”

As long as the crazy old man thought that his precious apprentice grandson was almost captured by a red-blooded person, he was so angry that the roots of his teeth itched, and he couldn't wait to rush to the palace to give You Er another slap! it! It's bigger than his heart! Honestly guarding the red blood, don't you get it, but you want to fight the idea to Xuantian, is the Xuantian Kingdom so easy to conquer? There should be a limit to dreaming!

With his old man for a day, no one can think about what the Xuantian Kingdom will do!

But now that Qin Shuang and Ah Chen are here, there is no need for him to work hard.

Qin Shuang asked, "Among the several factions of these officials at present, which side is the dominant one?" What's the opinion? ”

The crazy old man thought for a while, and then said: "Because of the defeat at the border pass, Xiong Ba, the boss, has become a waste again, the main battle faction is currently in a weak position, and it is the main and the faction that has the advantage, they want to find a suitable opportunity to negotiate peace with Xuantian, Red Blood is now in civil strife because the emperor's life is in danger, they can't spare more energy to continue to attack Xuantian, and peace is the best way for them to deal with it at present." ”

"Peace?" Ah Chen sneered: "They said that they would negotiate peace? Have you asked our Xuantian Kingdom for its opinion? ”

"This red-blooded country really treats itself as a dish." Qin Shuang shook his head, and his eyes also revealed contempt for red blood.

The crazy old man snorted angrily and said, "Not really! Now because of the civil strife to negotiate peace, when their civil strife is resolved, the new emperor for his own merits, maybe he will bring up the old matter again and continue to attack Xuantian, if we really agree to negotiate peace, wouldn't it be tantamount to giving them the opportunity to reserve their strength in vain, and pushing themselves into the fire pit? ”

If you want him to say that taking advantage of the bloody civil strife and taking advantage of the fire to rob and severely damage the red-blood country is the most important thing for them to do.

"Therefore, it is best to take advantage of this opportunity to prevent future troubles!" The crazy old man's eyes rolled, and suddenly the whole person fell on the table, and came to Qin Shuang and Ah Chen to look at them left and right, "Is it true what you said in the news before?" Are you really going to put the red blood? ”

"Of course it's true, can this kind of thing be joked?" Qin Shuang asked him funny.

"I know you don't make such jokes, but it's not that easy to take down the Red Blood." The crazy old man shook his head and said: "They are in civil strife, but the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, how to say that the red blood is also a big country, and it will take a lot of time and energy to pocket it." ”

"No, you don't." Ah Chen was determined" Ah Chen smiled firmly: "At most, it will not take more than a month, and the red blood will inevitably change hands." ”

The crazy old man's heart was shocked, and his eyes flashed, "Oh? One month? So fast? How sure are you? ”

"Ninety percent." Qin Shuang said very modestly.

The crazy old man stared at Qin Shuang carefully for a long time before he smiled and said, "Frost girl, don't say that my old man doesn't believe in your strength, you say that there is a way to take down the red blood, I believe it, but the red blood can change hands in a month, isn't this time too short?" ”

"Of course, how to arrange the red-blooded people is not something that can be dealt with in a month, and it may take several years to completely stabilize the situation in the future. But that's what the emperor has to do, all Ah Chen and I need to do is to govern the red-blooded civil and military officials, so that they don't dare to make any rash moves, as long as they take them down, how to arrange the red-blooded people is not easy? ”

In fact, even the one-month period was conservatively estimated by her, and in fact, it didn't take so long at all.

The crazy old man also understood that what Qin Shuang said was indeed the key, but how easy was it to take down all these officials? You can't just kill anyone who is not convinced, until everyone is convinced, right?

This method is a bit too rough, and it may also cause a huge backlash, so that the officials who are still alive will jump over the wall and do something drastic, how will they end up then?

The direction of the crazy old man's thinking more or less coincided with Qin Shuang Ah Chen's plan, they did intend to use a relatively simple and crude way to make the red-blooded officials compromise, but this method was not directly used on the officials, but ......

"What the hell are you going to do?" The crazy old man asked impatiently.

"I can't say yet." Qin Shuang and Ah Chen shook their heads together and smiled at each other.

The crazy old man looked at their tacit understanding and became even more manic, scratched his unkempt hair, and said, "Then when can I say?" ”

"Why bother saying it? Can't you just look at it then? Ah Chen took a sip of hot tea and said unhurriedly: "Tomorrow, when the Red Blood Kingdom is in the morning, we will also be there." ”

"What?" The crazy old man was stunned, "Present?" You're still going to break into the palace? And swaggering to participate in someone's early dynasty!? ”

"Old man, you can go to 'observe' other people's early dynasties, as the crown prince and princess of the Xuantian Kingdom, what's wrong with participating in their dynasty once?" Qin Shuang smiled meaningfully and said, "Not only are we going to participate in the Early Dynasty, but we are also going to talk about life with those officials." ”

“…… What the hell!? ”