The war in the south of Zhao was tight, and the west and north of the border were also under tremendous military pressure, so they had to deploy heavy troops for defense.

As a result, the imperial court spent a lot of money, and the treasury became increasingly empty.

Emperor Qinglong ordered the palace to reduce unnecessary expenses, and to find ways to open up sources and reduce expenditure, so as to supply the front-line soldiers with the money and food saved.

And at this time, Yang Xu, who owns many industries, announced that he would donate 30% of the annual income of Yang's coal, Yang's cement, Yang's glass and other industries to the imperial court to fill the treasury, and it will be the same every year!

Yang Xu did this, although he gave up a large part of his interests, but at the same time, he also tied his own interests with the Zhao royal family.

As long as the royal family of Zhao has a little brain, they will definitely support Yang Xu in the future and support Yang Xu to make his business bigger and bigger, instead of killing chickens and eggs, and directly seizing Yang Xu's industry by strong means.

After all, Yang Xu didn't know how many means to make money in his mind, which was the most favored by the Zhao royal family.

Moreover, Yang Xu's industries also need Yang Xu to operate by means of turning clouds and rain in order to be more profitable.

After all, although there are many businessmen in the world, not everyone can be called a "little god of wealth".

The news of Yang Xu's donation to the imperial court came out, and the entire Zhao business community was a sensation.

The businessmen of Zhao Kingdom all knew how profitable Yang Xu's industry was, and they couldn't imagine that he was willing to donate 30% of his income, which really needed to be bold.

There are also people who understand that they can see clearly and know that Yang Xu's approach is to protect himself.

The husband is not guilty, but he is guilty.

Giving up part of his interests in exchange for his own long-term peace, Yang Xu's approach has been praised by many people.

Some cool-headed Zhao Guohao businessmen have taken Yang Xu as an example and donated money and materials to support the front line.

Even some wealthy people were inspired by Yang Xu and donated money to contribute to the country.

The people of Zhao were wealthy, and the people mobilized together, and in a short period of time, Zhao's treasury was full again, and all kinds of material resources were continuously transported to the front.

The front-line army, which had no worries, won successive great victories under the command of King Qin, and quickly put down the rebellion.

When the news came back, the whole country rejoiced.

King Qin was certainly rewarded by Emperor Qinglong, and even Yang Xu was praised by Emperor Qinglong himself.

After this incident, Emperor Qinglong realized the strength of the people, and specially invited Yang Xu and other officials and people who were quite famous and prestigious among the people to discuss how the imperial court could unite the people's hearts and how to benefit the people.

Yang Xu's impression of Emperor Qinglong is still good, knowing that this is a good emperor who is diligent and loves the people, and really wants to do something for the people.

In comparison, Emperor Qinglong's three sons are a little less worry-free.

Especially the prince of the East Palace and the second prince of King Jin, in order to achieve their goals, they will do whatever it takes, so they also have a grudge against Yang Xu.

Yang Xu understands that if the three kings seize the throne, sooner or later there will be a bloody tragedy.

And Yang Xu, who belongs to the camp of King Qin, naturally can't stay out of the matter in the three kings' succession.

Once the King of Qin fails to seize the throne, the fate he faces will be very miserable, and at that time, one of them, the officials of the Qin Dynasty, will be counted as one, and they will be lucky to be able to save their lives.

Therefore, Yang Xu has begun to take precautions and build his own strength.

Of course, this power is extremely secretive, and only three people know its existence: Yang Xu, Yang Hongyu, and Grandpa Tai.

This force that belongs to Yang Xu's control is to protect Yang Xu and the people of Yangjiazhai if something unpredictable happens in the future.

Except for Yang Xu and the other three, the entire Zhao Kingdom, including Emperor Qinglong, who ruled the world, did not know that there was a secret training base built in a deep valley near the imperial capital.

The people who were trained in this secret training base were all teenagers, about 300 people.

These teenagers are all orphans secretly collected by Grandpa Tai from all over the Zhao Kingdom.

They were brought to this secret training base by their grandfather from all over the Zhao Kingdom, and lived in the barracks that had been built in advance.

Their daily task is to follow the training syllabus formulated by Yang Xu, under the supervision of Grandpa Tai and Yang Hongyu, to repeatedly train some subjects that improve physical fitness and cultivate teamwork spirit.

In addition, Yang Hongyu and Grandpa Tai will also teach them some martial arts.

Therefore, these teenagers are not very old, but they already have a very strong individual combat power, and their ability to fight together is even more amazing.

Yang Xu also appeared in the secret training base from time to time, and in the spare time of those teenagers' training, he gave an impassioned speech to "brainwash" those teenagers.

His speeches can often make those teenagers listen to their blood boiling, full of enthusiasm, and fascinated, and then have a kind of worship to Yang Xu.

After a long time, under Yang Xu's repeated brainwashing, which teenagers have regarded Yang Xu as their mentor in life and are loyal to Yang Xu.

In Yang Xu's brainwashing words, there are many big rebellions, if it reaches the ears of Emperor Qinglong, a hundred heads are not enough to cut off.

While secretly training the three hundred teenagers, Yang Xu was also secretly creating a battlefield "weapon" with a group of skilled craftsmen.

This battlefield weapon was named "arquebus" when it was first born, and later after continuous improvement and upgrading, it was named "Yang's flintlock pistol" by Yang Xu.

After the advent of the Yang's flintlock pistol, even the unfathomable grandfather was shocked to see the power of its test firing.

"Boy, this kind of powerful weapon you have concocted, even the old man I can't dodge! If you have a team of thousands armed with such weapons, you can rebel even in the future! ”

Grandpa Tai fiddled with a Yang's flintlock pistol and said to Yang Xu with a smile.

Yang Xu waved his hand and said, "I'm not interested in rebellion!" This weapon was created only to protect itself. ”

Grandpa Tai smiled and said, "Some things, when they develop to a certain extent, you will find that you can't help yourself." You don't want to rebel now, what if one day in the future, the emperor of Zhao State will hide all the birds and hide the rabbit and the dog will kill you, what will you do? ”

Yang Xu scratched his head and said, "This ...... Probably not, right? I have already ceded a large part of my interests to the Zhao royal family. It would be too unjust for them to unload the mill and kill the donkey. ”

Grandpa Tai chuckled lightly and said disapprerovingly: "If you want to be a qualified emperor, you must cut off the seven emotions and six desires, what kind of benevolence and righteousness will be talked about there?" One day, when the Emperor of Zhao senses that your presence will be a threat to him, he may have a showdown with you. ”

What Grandpa Tai said, Yang Xu didn't think about it, but he didn't want to admit it in his heart.

In Yang Xu's opinion, today's Emperor Qinglong needs to contribute his own money to fill the treasury, and he should not do anything unfavorable to him.

And in the future, if the king of Qin ascends the throne, with his friendship with him, as long as he does not rebel, he should not want to kill himself.

If it is the crown prince of the East Palace or the second prince King Jin ascending the throne as the emperor, he will inevitably not be able to tolerate himself, and he will want to kill himself and then quickly.

Yang Xu is now building his own strength, and the main purpose is to kill himself after the crown prince of the East Palace or the second prince Jin wins the throne in the future.

But another purpose, as Grandpa Tai said, is to prevent the future emperor of Zhao from hiding his bow.

Although Yang Xu has no ambition to compete for the world, if his industry and his relatives and friends around him are threatened, then no matter who the other party is, he will fight back to protect his own interests.

And the 300 loyal boys who were trained in the deep mountains, and the flintlock pistol he spent a lot of money to build, were the greatest reliance on his future life!