The Great Xia Dynasty is decaying, and although the Seven Kingdoms have been established for decades, this decadent world has not yet been revitalized.

Outside the city, the crops are not harvested every year, and the land is full of hunger and misery. But those in power only care about pleasure and don't care about people's livelihood.

Most of the source of all this is because of the contradictions between nobles and commoners, the hierarchy of nobles and lows in Great Xia is very strict, and once you become a nobleman, you can enjoy all kinds of preferential treatment. But once they become civilians, they can only survive.

After the founding of the Great Xia Dynasty, it was based on agriculture, and it stands to reason that the common people went to farm, and there was naturally no shortage of food.

However, the taxes on agriculture are too heavy, and in the year of natural disasters, there is no harvest, and taxes have to be paid. At first, it was okay, the treasury was full, and there were not many hungry people, but the people in power in Bactria did not realize this problem, and only cared about exploiting the common people and annexing the land, resulting in more and more people not being able to even cultivate the land.

Outside the bustling Linzi City, it is a different look.

At this moment, Xu Xiang lived in a village outside Linzi City, and there were several yellow steamed buns on the table in front of him, exuding a strong smell, and one of them was bitten.

"Your Highness, your subordinates have done their best. There is no food in the whole village, and even if we have silver, we can't buy it, that's all we can't buy......" Looking at Xu Xiang, who was deep in thought, Yang Dianfeng lowered his head and said with some self-reproach.

Since Xu Xiang escaped from prison three days ago, Jiang Shenyu's maid Jing'er arranged for him to go to this village, and he hasn't had a good meal in the past few days.

Yang Dianfeng and Xu Yi only received Jing'er's notice today and came to him.

In the past few days, relying on some white noodles left by the owner of this house, I have made some buns to eat so as not to starve to death. After Yang Dianfeng came over today, there was no white face left.

"Alright, since you're all here, let's leave!" These steamed buns were hard and unpalatable, and he took a bite and vomited.

The reason why he stayed here for three days was to wait for Yang Dianfeng to come over and leave with them.

He thought very clearly, he had no money on him, and he didn't have martial arts, it would be very difficult to walk alone, and he would at least have some sense of security with Yang Dianfeng and Xu Yi.

"Your Highness has you figured out where we're going?" Xu Yi asked, and then said, "There are three roads where we are now, one is to return to Dachu in the south, to go to Beimeng in the north, and to Zhongshan in the west. ”

"Go to Ningdu."

"Ningdu? Ningdu is the territory of the Ming clan, does His Royal Highness want to borrow troops from Zhongshan Kingdom? Yang Dianfeng pondered for a moment, and then his eyes lit up, "His Royal Highness is struggling to leave the city in the south, and he can't even send a letter asking for help, if His Highness can borrow troops in Zhongshan Kingdom, he may be able to recover my Great Chu homeland!" ”

Xu Xiang sneered, went to Zhongshan to borrow troops, what kind of international joke was he making? Let's not say that people are willing to lend you soldiers, even if they lend it to you, it is tantamount to seeking skin with a tiger, and then you will be eaten to the point that there is no scum left. The reason why he wanted to go to Ningdu was that among the Seven Kingdoms, although Northern Mongolia was the strongest, only the Ming clan, who controlled the Great Xia royal family, was not afraid of Northern Mongolia's force.

He thought about it, no matter which country he went to, they would be forced by the threat of force from Beimeng to hand him over, and only Ningdu would be safe.

"Is there any news of ginger sinking fish?"

"Princess, she ......" Yang Dianfeng's face was embarrassed, and Xu Xiang's heart sank.

"How is she?"

"I heard that I was put under house arrest by the King of the East China Sea......"

Xu Xiang breathed a sigh of relief. "It's just house arrest, after all, she is the daughter of the King of the East China Sea, and she won't be severely punished for rescuing herself."

"More than that, Princess Lanxin, she ......" Xu Cheng suddenly spoke, but was stopped by Yang Dianfeng's look, Xu Xiang felt that this matter was not so simple, but Lao Yang didn't seem to want to let him know.

"Old Yang, let him speak!"

"Your Royal Highness, your safety is the most important thing at the moment, I heard that the third prince of Beimeng arrived in Linzi last night, and he wants to exchange 100,000 gold with the East China Sea for you, we have to leave the East China Sea quickly, otherwise it will ......"

100,000 gold? I didn't expect that I was still worth 100,000 gold? Xu Xiang had a wry smile on his face.

He already had a certain understanding of the currency of this world.

In the people, copper is mainly used, and copper coins have been minted by the Great Xia Mint Division for a long time. The copper coin is round, with a straight warp of 20 mm, a thickness of 1.5 mm, and a hole in the middle, which is convenient to string with hemp rope. The copper coin is divided into two sides, the front side is carved with the four characters "Daxia Copper Library", and the reverse side is a dragon wrapped around a square hole. Such a copper coin is called a coin.

In terms of purchasing power, ordinary white-flour steamed buns can buy five for one penny, which is equivalent to five yuan in later generations.

Of course, in addition to copper coins, there was also gold and silver, and gold generally circulated among the nobles, and rarely went to the people. With the current state of currency in the East China Sea, one tael of silver can be exchanged for a hundred yuan, and one tael of gold can be exchanged for a thousand yuan.

100,000 gold is equivalent to 500 million in the future!

"Give me this 100,000 gold directly, why do you want to be cheap in the East China Sea?" Xu Xiang muttered quietly.

"Your Highness, what did you say?" Xu Yi didn't seem to hear clearly, and asked with his ears pricked up, and Yang Dianfeng also looked at him with strange eyes.

"Nothing...... Xu Yi, what did you just say happened to Princess Lanxin? ”

Xu Yi was just about to speak, when there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps outside the door.

The three of them looked out vigilantly, and a girl in a green light veil pushed the door in, she carried a gray package, gasped and said, "Your Highness, you hurry up!" ”

This girl is Jiang Shenyu's maid Jing'er, her face is sweating profusely at this time, and her clothes are also stained with a lot of dust.

This little girl looks weak, but in fact, she is also a master of the quadruple the day after tomorrow, and even Yang Dianfeng can't take more than fifty moves under her.

Now that she looks like this, it can be seen that she is very anxious, and she doesn't even notice that her clothes are dirty.

"Let's go? Where to go? Xu Xiang asked.

"Don't ask so much, this is the luggage that the princess asked me to prepare for you, it is not advisable to stay here for a long time, come with me!" Jing'er's face was filled with an anxious look.

Xu Xiang vaguely felt that things were not simple, so he asked in a deep voice, "What happened?" If you don't say it, I won't leave! ”

"Your Highness, will you listen to the princess first and leave the East China Sea? Please! Jing'er knelt directly in front of him, her tone full of pleading.

"What the hell happened to the sunken fish? Is it that the king of the East China Sea wants to punish her and save me? "With his character, he is unwilling to leave in such a daze, Jiang Shenyu himself must be in danger, how can he leave.

"Not ......"

"Then hurry up, what's going on?" Xu Xiang slammed the table, and with a loud bang, the steamed buns on the table bounced off the plate and fell down again.

Jing'er trembled with fright, knelt in front of him with her head bowed, and didn't say a word.

"Your Highness, it's better to ...... You just listen to the princess and leave the East China Sea first, right? Yang Dianfeng spoke, interrupting the dreary atmosphere.

Xu Xiang turned his head to look at Yang Dianfeng, his eyes were like sharp daggers, looking directly at him. Yang Dianfeng's eyes dodged, and he didn't dare to look at Xu Xiang.

It seems that everyone knows, only he is still in the dark! Xu Xiang's gaze turned to Xu Yi on the side, "Xu Cheng, come on!" ”

"Your Highness......" As soon as Xu Yi spoke, he was suddenly interrupted by Yang Dianfeng.

"Lao Yang, have you forgotten who is the master?" Seeing that Yang Dianfeng still planned to stop Xu Yi from speaking out, he snorted coldly.

"The subordinates don't dare!" Yang Dianfeng suddenly knelt on the ground, not daring to say anything more.

"It's good to know!" Xu Xiang said leisurely and looked at Xu Cheng again.

Xu Yi was slightly apprehensive in his heart, he didn't expect that the second prince, who was gentle and elegant on weekdays, would have such a sharp face, he didn't know if the second prince would run away when he heard the news of Princess Lanxin.

So he trembled and said, "...... At today's court meeting, Mu Jun, the third prince of Northern Mongolia, suddenly broke in and asked the king of the East China Sea why he let you escape! Mu Jun's words were sharp, forcing the King of the East China Sea into an embarrassing situation. Since Northern Mongolia added 30,000 elite troops at the junction with the East China Sea, they did not dare to directly refute Mu Jun. In desperation, Muyangjun, one of the five monarchs of the East China Sea, threw the pot to Princess Lanxin......"

Mu Jun took the plane...... said that he wanted the princess to go to Beimeng to make peace, otherwise there would be a war, and Donghai had to agree...... Ten days later, Princess Lanxin will marry in Beimeng. ”

"What?" Xu Xiang stood up with a "pout", his face was very ugly.

This person in the East China Sea is really capable, he doesn't dare to start a war in Beimeng, so he has to sacrifice Jiang Shenyu.

Yang Dianfeng saw Xu Xiang's angry face, and said, "Your Highness, don't be impulsive!" Beimeng wants to make the princess and her relatives fake, and it is true to lure you out. ”

After hearing this, Xu Xiang calmed down a little for a moment, and Jiang Shenyu finally rescued himself. If you want to go out to stop this harmony at this time, it is indeed in Mu Jun's hands.

But he couldn't watch Jiang Shenyu being sent to kiss like this, no matter what, she was the wife who exchanged the marriage letter by himself.

"Let's not go yet." Xu Xiang sat down and said calmly.

"Your Highness, you ......"

Yang Dianfeng's dissuasion was interrupted by Xu Xiang, "Needless to say, I want to see someone." ”

"Who do you want to meet?"