Chapter 129: Temptation (Part II)
King Ming's anger is for a reason, and many things are beyond his control. What was supposed to be good for him has changed unconsciously.
The price of grain increased, and King Wen suddenly became more prosperous, and with it, the price of land in King Wen's fief increased, and the enthusiasm of those landlords and commoners to grow grain increased. Grain, which had not been sold for a price, began to sell well, and even King Wen's army increased its manpower and continued to increase the purchase of iron and stone.
On the contrary, the price of food here in King Ming has also risen, but they have passively followed suit. Not only the fiefdom of King Ming, but also the fiefdoms of other princes have also risen. And the one who benefited the most was the Seventh Princess, who built four new warships in a row and repaired and updated eight warships in just two months.
What's even more worrying is that the people of Xiyuan City have now begun to stabilize, and half of the taxes have been canceled, and people's lives have also improved significantly, and what is even more incredible is that the nineteenth princess also launched a food called tofu, which made the originally difficult to eat bean food suddenly become delicious, and the key to making soy products is in the hands of the nineteenth princess, but even so, this food called tofu is still very cheap, and it can be burned in a variety of patterns.
There are also a lot of tofu making shops, and the nineteen princesses will sell them some marinade at regular intervals according to their output, although it is not very cheap, but the amount is very small, and it does not affect people's enthusiasm for processing tofu.
But what's worse is that this kind of tofu can't be insured for a long time, even if it is bought from Xiyuan City and sent back to himself, it is already rancid, which makes King Ming very depressed. And this kind of tofu processing workshop soon appeared in King Wen's place, or the processing workshop opened by King Wen, and the nineteenth princess did not set up a tofu processing workshop in King Wen's fiefdom, because she did not have so many manpower, and it was impossible to control all the business. Just control the recipe of the little brine, and you have already made a lot of money!
So now if King Ming wants to eat some tofu, he has to send someone to King Wen's fief to buy it, and then send it back on a fast horse, so that it can keep it relatively fresh. Because his fief and King Wen's fief are connected.
Even King Ming's harem is not very peaceful, although the soap and tea of the nineteenth princess are delivered on time every month, and even this month has added a beautifully decorated extraction napkin, a box made of mahogany, one can be drawn each time, which is very convenient and practical, so that the harem is inextricably contested, because there are ten boxes in total, and the princess and wife left four boxes alone. The remaining six boxes must not be snatched up!
What makes King Ming even more worried is that Mrs. Princess's sexual interest is now soaring, since King Ming has played a few times, Mrs. Princess seems to have found the feeling of being young, so she has shown great enthusiasm! This made King Ming excited and panicked, he relied on burning knives to lift his strength, but the burning knives that he could buy back every month were not enough for him to drink. Not to mention that sometimes you have to have a few drinks with the princess and lady before you can enter a more fiery state.
Anyway, none of these things of the nineteenth princess are easy to buy, and every month when it is time to go on sale, there is a long queue at the door of the shop early, as if everyone is very rich, and more people are driving carriages, loaded with food, and are waiting to buy a jar of burning knives, and they have been thinking about it for several months! What's even worse is that now rush to buy burning knives, and check your identity in case someone joins hands to buy them, which makes King Ming's several intelligence points in Xiyuan City and King Wen's fiefdom complain, and in the long run, these intelligence points must be exposed!
Therefore, King Ming has a resolute attitude this time, and he has to give Xiyuan City some warning. It's not that he can't understand, on the contrary, he sees farther than Liu Shiyan, and the current development of his actions is very unfavorable to him. For King Wen, he is determined to cooperate with the nineteenth princess. And the nineteenth princess has the support of the seventh princess behind her, which is undoubtedly a very big potential threat to King Ming! What is worrying is that the nineteenth princess has taken a series of measures, which have begun to benefit the people of Xiyuan City a lot, and have begun to receive the general support of the people.
"Chitose, you need to be cautious in this matter! Reckless use of soldiers and horses is a taboo for soldiers! Liu Shiyan still has the courage to advise, strategists, you have to be able to stick to your own opinions at critical moments.
"Enough! What kind of reckless moves? I'm going to herd the horses. Let Xia Zixiu see the power of my ironclad army! Someone come, pass on my order, and send 20,000 ironclad troops to the border of Xiyuan City! Then send someone to Xiyuan City to repair Xia Zi's book, and ask him to send me a lot of forage from the previous months! King Ming no longer paid attention to Liu Shiyan, but directly gave an order.
"Chitose, think twice! You can only be more and more passive like this, if you ......" Liu Shiyan still wants to hold King Ming and advise again.
"Enough! I've had enough! Your idea doesn't work at all! Can you guarantee me thirty jars of burning knives a month? Can you help me deal with the princess's entanglement? Now I spend an extra 80,000 taels of silver every month just for the army's food, and you can earn it for me? King Ming exclaimed angrily. King Ming's heart is bitter, now it is very difficult to deal with the princess, this month, the other concubines have not been to the room, one is no energy, and the other is that he does not dare to go, each concubine is complaining, saying that they did not get fragrant napkins, soap is not enough, toilet paper is not enough, and some are still complaining that even tofu can not be guaranteed to be supplied. There are hundreds of women in King Ming's harem, can you not be annoyed!
"Report to the city lord! King Ming's ironclad army suddenly set up troops on the border of Xiyuan City! ”
"Report to the city lord! King Ming sent someone to write the book! ”
"Report to the city lord, King Ming's army is constantly provoking, and our defenders have been wounded six people!"
The successive reports made Xia Zixiu suddenly angry, he is now full of confidence, not only has the number of people increased, but also Zhao Meng's 10,000 horses are in charge, and the forage that King Ming wants has already been prepared, just as he has food in his hand and does not panic!
"Humph! King Ming is too presumptuous, this is still the Great Xia Kingdom, there is a royal law, he thinks this will scare me? Hmph, dream! Come, give him the fodder he wants, and see what he does. Xia Zixiu shouted very arrogantly.
Now the people who are confronting King Ming are Xia Zixiu's men and horses, and Zhao Meng's men and horses are stationed not far from the inner city of Xiyuan, he will not confront King Ming, he just needs to ensure the safety of Xiyuan City!
"What? You've got more troops again? Why don't you discuss it with me? Isn't this provoking King Ming! The nineteenth princess rushed to the city lord's mansion and asked very dissatisfied.
"He's provoking, is there anything wrong with us Zeng Bing? I won't be like my father, who blindly compromised, and in the end he plotted against me! Xia Zixiu had a look of resentment, he had always kept in mind the hatred of killing his father, and he wished that he could kill King Ming with his own hands.
"But...... Now is not the time! What we did before was just to get him to give up the task of providing forage, but in fact, the opportunity has already appeared, but you have ignored it! The nineteenth princess said a little unwillingly. Originally, what she wanted was to come forward and have a good talk with King Ming now, and then open a shop with King Ming, so that a relative balance was still maintained, but the forage task of the two princes could be exempted. But I didn't expect to be messed up by Xia Zixiu. But as a son of man, Xia Zixiu's approach is not good for too much responsibility, so the ninth princess also tries to be tactful.
"What was the opportunity? It's not like we can't get this bit of fodder? I just don't want him to succeed, I just want to see him in a hurry, I want to kill him and avenge my father! Xia Zixiu gritted his teeth and shouted fiercely.
"But......" The nineteenth princess was a little disappointed, but now Xia Zixiu is at her most emotional, and she can always think about the revenge of killing her father, which can be regarded as bloody! It's not good to blame too much. The nineteenth princess was disappointed that Xia Zixiu's current confidence was not earned by herself, but gradually rose by relying on the nineteenth princess. Now, even half of the food needed by Xia Zixiu's men and horses is also supplied by the nineteenth princess.
"Nothing! I've already sent him fodder! What else do I think he can do? Xia Zixiu shouted very domineeringly, at this time he is the city lord of Xiyuan City, this feeling is very good, the army of 30,000, weapons and armor have also increased a lot, and the treatment of soldiers has also improved, so now the momentum is very strong! Xia Zixiu also felt full of anger.
"Sent? Hey...... Sure enough, he was prepared, no wonder the little rabbit cub was so arrogant! You think you'll be fine if you send it? I'm going to withdraw my troops? It's naïve to think! King Ming listened to the report of his subordinates and couldn't help but sneer.
"Chitose, what else do you have to do?" Liu Shiyan asked respectfully on the side. Now, he can't persuade anymore! can only try to help King Ming get back face.
"A good idea? Of course. Come, send him the spoiled forage in two days, and say that the forage they sent is not up to standard, and let them send it again! King Ming took a sip of the burning knife and snorted very proudly.
Yesterday, I bought twelve altars of burning knives from King Wen's fiefdom, this is the most bought, and I went to Xiyuan City and the fiefdom of the Seven Princesses to come back soon, and it is estimated that I can buy a lot by then, so now King Ming's mood has become very good, because last night he raised his eyebrows again, and completely overturned Mrs. Princess, as a last resort, Mrs. Princess had to let a personal maid next to her also come up, which can be regarded as able to deal with King Ming's fierce felling!
For the princess's wife, King Ming dare not despise it, behind her is a super family, and King Ming's greatest support comes from Mrs. Princess. What's more, the princess's wife's martial arts were still quite high at their peak, and they could reach the strength of a first-level martial artist, that is, they had lived too comfortably in the past few years, and their figure had begun to be blessed, but they should also have the skills of a third-level martial artist.
"What? Got spoiled and moldy? Impossible? I can't imagine that King Ming actually resorted to such a method? As soon as Xia Zixiu heard the report of his subordinates, he was immediately stunned......
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