The new policy decided at the court meeting, as if informing the emperor Liu Xuan, after Liu Xuan responded, the officials went to ponder the details of the new policy. There is a way to think day and night, and come up with a killing list. After some trading operations by the officials, all that remains is to sharpen the knife to the pigs and sheep.

Li Xiaofei in Luoyang was also affected, Li Xiaofei was not a pig or a sheep, but the palace was almost unable to buy vegetables, and the food was getting worse and worse. Xiao Qian was suspicious of offending Xiang Xiaoyu at first, so she quietly sent a few maids to follow Xiang Xiaoyu to some granges for the palace to eat, but the owners of several granges were arrested by the government and no one took care of the property. Xiang Xiaoyu had to drive a carriage to the countryside every day to buy vegetables and meat to supply the palace.

Liu Jian didn't manage these ordinary affairs very much, but when he heard that all the merchants who provided food and carriages to the palace had been arrested, he was still frightened. Liu Jian thought that now that the world was peaceful, the imperial court wanted to clean up a strong vassal like him, so he hurriedly came to discuss with Xiaoyu, Li Xiaofei, and Murong Ling.

Xiang Xiaoyu smiled first: "His Royal Highness King Han is too worried, now the entire west of Taihang Mountain and north of Hanshui are garrisoned by the Chen family's army, and the imperial court will not dare to touch you." They are now dealing with the merchants and farmers of the world. Those businessmen were arrested because the new policy stipulated that all businessmen must first pay 30,000 yuan to the imperial court to obtain a business license, and those who do not have a business certificate will be regarded as illegal business, and they must be arrested and prosecuted. These small traders who sell vegetables and meat and drive horse-drawn carts can't say 30,000 yuan, even if they can't get 300 yuan, how can they get this business certificate? ”

Li Xiaofei exclaimed: "I thought we were already profiteers in exchanging some pots and pans for cattle, sheep and horses in the monolithic fort, and we are better people than us, no wonder they got rich."

Xiao Qian blushed and said, "I didn't expect my father to look so ugly, didn't this cut off the livelihood of these small traders?" ”

Liu Jian looked at Xiao Qian: "Can the princess be kind and help these people, I want to eat the dishes they sent, I'm panicking these days."

Everyone looked at Xiao Qian together, Xiao Qian thought for a while: "It's okay, now that I do some good deeds, it can be regarded as accumulating some virtue for my father and them, and the prince also has to love the people, right?" ”

Murong Ling rushed to be the first to applaud: "Okay"

Li Xiaofei was preempted by Murong Ling, so he had to point at Murong Ling and say, "Princess, if this person can say a good one, it must be good, it can't be better, I have nothing to say."

Xiao Qian was also flattered: "It seems that I really did the right thing, since Mr. Murong said it well, then it depends on you Li Xiaofei to do a good job, it is inconvenient for the prince to come forward in this matter, you and Xiang Changshi went to the treasury to bring a few cars of money to the Luoyang Mansion to help those poor traders do things."

Li Xiaofei pulled Murong Ling: "You have to count him, otherwise this matter will be difficult to do, those officials sent by Jinling must have wine and wealth together to do good things."

Murong Ling shook it off: "What's counted, I'm going to go"

Everyone laughed, and then went to Luoyang Mansion with money. Xiang Xiaoyu first praised Xie Hua, the Taishou of Luoyang, and then invited Xie Hua and the officials to a banquet, and gave each person a thousand yuan at the banquet, plus Murong Ling and Li Xiaofei took turns to toast, everyone was drunk and satisfied.

When he went to get the certificate the next day, Xie Hua became an upright and honest official, saying that personal relations are private friends, and official affairs are official affairs, and those small traders can be released, but the certificates cannot be issued. Let Xiang Xiaoyu do his best, but Xie Hua only released people and did not issue certificates, but Xiang Xiaoyu and the three of them have been entangled, Xie Hua couldn't get around and had to say: "The court means that all transactions can only be done by the people designated by the court, your Han Wangfu is so strong, do you want the court to think that the king of Han wants to confront the court?" ”

When Xiang Xiaoyu and Li Xiaofei heard this, they hesitated, but Murong Ling said: "Han Wangfu has this strength", and then stared at Xie Hua viciously, Xie Hua snorted, Murong Ling's eyes were too fierce, as if he would draw a knife in the next second.

Xiang Xiaoyu also wanted to explain, but Li Xiaofei immediately helped: "This Luoyang is also the fiefdom of King Han, and the entire Guanzhong is the soldiers and horses led by the prince, Lord Xie, do you think this Han Wangfu has this strength?" ”

Xie Hua didn't expect these two to dare to threaten him so nakedly, so he insisted and said: "Don't let the two of you be disloyal to the prince, you can't take it back if you say it."

Xiang Xiaoyu also understood at this time that he could only come hard, and he also smirked a few times: "Master Xie, if you want to continue to be a Qing official, we will let you live forever until the imperial court sends another obedient person to collect money." Anyway, the imperial court will not gather soldiers and horses to recruit King Han for the sake of a Taishou, Lord Xie, is what you said right or not? ”

Xie Hua sat slumped in his chair, they had always blackmailed and intimidated others, but now they were clearly telling him that they wanted to take his life, but he still knew clearly that no matter how rampant these three people were, they would not kill him on the spot. Just thinking about it, he heard the clatter of the knife coming out of the sheath, Xie Hua jumped up in fright, but Murong Ling's knife had already been sheathed, Xie Hua patted his chest, and as a result, the clothes on his body were all broken, and he was naked in the lobby all of a sudden. The guards hurriedly rushed over, and as soon as Murong Ling turned around and waved his scabbard, the officials and guards all flew out and fell to the ground.

Xie Hua covered his body and hid under the table, Li Xiaofei bent down and said with a smile: "Today we used a knife to force Lord Xie to collect money, Lord Xie will not accept it?" If you don't accept it, the three of us will live in your mansion, and my brother Murong will wait if he is in a good mood, and if he is in a bad mood, he will break you and replace you."

Xie Hua sat on the ground with a crying voice: "I'll take it, I'll take it, I'll send you the certificate you want, just send someone if you have anything to do, you better don't come, I can't afford to provoke it"

Xiang Xiaoyu sighed: "Isn't it okay for Lord Xie to do this a long time ago, now it's undignified, why bother?"

Xie Hua cried: "You who have fought are like robbers and bandits, I have never met a lord like you in Jinling. I shouldn't have come to Luoyang City, it's really not good to be an official who doesn't spend money."

Murong Ling glared at him again: "Remember, don't mess with people who have fought!" ”

After a combination of soft and hard work, he finally rescued more than a dozen small traders who supplied food, carriages and horses to the palace and obtained this business certificate, and these more than ten people went to the palace to thank them for their kindness, and immediately hung Liu Jian's portrait at home when they went home.

Also affected is the Black Flag Khanate in Mobei, because the guards and generals from the monolith fort have changed again, and they have to go to give gifts again to dredge. Unexpectedly, Lu Wan, the guard who came this time, was a person who refused to accept gifts, originally the family planned to let each family take turns to come to Monolith Fort to make a fortune, but after Lu Wan of the Lu family came, he felt that there would always be hidden dangers in selling weapons and armor to the Black Flag Khanate, and he resolutely refused to sell it again. The Black Flag Khanate suddenly cut off the source of weapons and armor, and the newly recruited soldiers could only train with wooden sticks.

Pajaqili was worried, so he gathered everyone to discuss countermeasures, but at this critical moment, Hu Gao was out and did not return. Pajachili waited a few days and had to consult with the generals first. The White Wolf King Ju Wuzhi proposed to directly capture the monolithic fort, kill Lu Wan and let Liang Guo replace him, and many generals agreed. But Dunhulu objected: "If we want to storm the monolith fort, many people will die, and we will get more than we have lost after defeating it, not to mention that this will alarm the Liang State, and then not only will there be no business to do, but it will attract the Liang army to go deep into Mobei." When the time comes, we will be seriously injured again, and more than a year of recuperation will be in vain."

Everyone was at a loss, and Zuo Du Lieutenant Kuchar proposed to go to other passes to communicate and give gifts to buy the guards, but Pajaqili strongly opposed: "This method does not outweigh the losses, the Central Plains people are too cunning, there are too many officials who accept gifts and do not do things, and when the time comes, they will deceive us of a lot of gold and silver."

Ke Dunhulu looked at the generals: "I think it is better to wait for Liang Guo to change people for now, and let's continue to go to the monolith castle to do other business."

The right lieutenant Alertel said: "The monolith fort has come in and sold us some tattered goods, so we will lose money in this transaction, and we must change something."

At this time, a person outside the tent shouted: "Yes, it's time for a change!" ”

When everyone heard it, they knew that Hu Gao was back, and they all looked at the door, only to see Hu Gao walking in with three Central Plains people.

Hu Gao went straight to sit under Pajaqili and Kulu, Pajaqili and Kulu were about to greet Hu Gao, but Hu Gao waved his hand: "The Great Khan and Kedun don't have to be like this, my old bones are still fine, what the right lieutenant said just now is very good, our Black Flag Khanate must change"

Pajachili asked, "We have been like this for hundreds of years, what do we need to change?" We just need to settle the matter of trading in the monolithic now."

Hu Gao picked up an iron arrow and asked, "May I ask if the ancestors of the Great Khan used iron arrowheads?" ”

Pajachili didn't hesitate: "At that time, there were only arrowheads made of bones, where were there iron arrowheads?" ”

Hu Gao smiled: "Isn't this just a change?" Our current method can no longer solve the current problem, we must change, only change can be strong"

Hu Lu nodded: "What the national teacher said is very right, we are also very slow to get news now, and the transaction is also controlled by others, and we have lost every year in the past few years, and we have to change."

Hu Gao looked at everyone: "In fact, the reason why we are passive is that our kings and generals only care about the interests of their own departments, and they do not really obey the orders of the Great Khan!" ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was in an uproar, and they all put up their military exploits to show their loyalty.

Hu Gao patiently listened to what they said, and sneered a few times: "Then why did the Great Khan order that only five sheep could be exchanged for a pot, but you had to have twenty or thirty heads to fight for it?" The Great Khan made you take turns grazing on the meadows, and you had to gnaw a piece of grass until it was all sandy. How many people in the entire khanate really listened to the orders of the Great Khan? ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone lowered their heads and remained silent, but Pajaqili took the opportunity to play: "I usually strictly control you, all for the sake of the whole country, if you all refuse to listen to me, what is the point of me being this Great Khan?" ”

Unexpectedly, Hu Gao immediately reprimanded Pajaqili: "The Great Khan can't lead by example, how can you order everyone, as the Great Khan, you still rob horses with others, fight for pastures and water, and the spoils of war are also unfairly distributed, how can everyone obey you?" ”

Pajaqili was about to get angry, but Hu Lu said: "The national teacher is right, the Central Plains people have a saying that the upper beam is not right and the lower beam is crooked, the Great Khan is the king of a country, if he can't take the lead first, I'm afraid that all the subjects will not believe what the Great Khan said, and the Great Khan can only convince everyone if he comes up with an example first."

Pajaqili asked rhetorically: "I have already done the thing, how can I still convince everyone and swear to God?" ”

Hu Gao touched his beard: "Great Khan, the Central Plains people have a story of taking Mu Lixin in ancient times, why don't the Great Khan follow suit, the Great Khan can take a barrel of fire wine, and then gather thousands of people where the royal court is located, who can move this barrel of wine to the river, the Great Khan will reward him with his golden helmet, so that he can win the trust of everyone again"

Everyone looked at Pajaqili, but Pajaqili was a little hesitant, and suddenly took off his golden helmet: "The method of the national teacher is very good, let's start with this matter first!" ”