Of course, the scar man sent by Di Ting did not pose any danger to the 'client' of the prince, on the contrary, the fact that he sent a new connector again also proved from the side that the 'Di Ting Organization' attached great importance to him as the 'unsucceeded king'. However, compared with this scar man, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince certainly still prefers the soft-spoken Nankang woman.

This scarred man who made him 'annoyed' also brought himself a thick stack of arrears notes from the 'Diting Headquarters'. It's all because in the past, when Huang Li discussed the transaction with himself, because he was the prince of Youbei Third Road and the reliable identity of Li Deng's nephew, he often only needed to pay a small 'deposit' to make a deal;

According to what the scar man said, the reason why Di Ting agreed to the kind of 'installment payment' before agreeing was originally that Yan Tian must have sufficient repayment ability after ascending the throne; plus he also has Li Deng, a well-known uncle in the world, this will express his sincerity in this way and spare no effort to provide him with human and financial help; Xueqiu' is beyond the scope of Di Ting's bearing, and he keeps saying that as a 'collateral' for the 'future of the north', with the announcement of the alliance between Beiyan and Mobei, it is natural to re-evaluate the price.

After some internal consideration, Di Ting finally came to the final conclusion: they could continue to provide services to Yan Tian, but he must also settle all the arrears within a year.

These arrears were like a mountain, pressing on Yan Tian's shoulders; And although he was also appointed in danger in the future and became the prince of the prison state, the silver in the treasury of the palace was not even a drop in the bucket compared to the debts he owed; And now the treasury of Youbei Third Road, although there is still a lot of silver balance on the books, but in fact, it has been moved to an empty place under the collusion between him and Wan Changning. At this time, even rats can be starved to death in the Youbei Treasury! If not, where would the prince, who was very closely guarded, get so much silver to pay the 'deposit' for the hired Diting?

If it weren't for the financial power of the household department, which had always been firmly in the hands of Li Deng, he Wan Changning was afraid that he would not be able to send out even a month's official Feng Lumi.

Not only that, the Zhongshan Governor's Army, which has been stationed on the border to defend against the enemy all the year round, and the Yan Clan's Flying Bear Army, are all waiting for the national treasury to allocate the annual ration of grain, grass, ordnance, and salary; And Yan Jiuning, the great sect of the clan mansion who is in charge of these affairs, is even more clamoring to see him every day. is the so-called three points of fat, what is the idea of this old immortal, Yan Tian has long been clear in his heart.

The crown prince, who was under heavy pressure, naturally hit the idea on the rich and invincible uncle. Even if Yan Tian is not a smart person, he is definitely not stupid; His maternal uncle Li Deng has been the prime minister for half his life, and every grass and tree on the three roads in the north is in his heart, and he Li Deng is not only a protégé of the party all over the world, but also has 10,000 acres of fertile land belonging to himself in his hometown of Dongyou Road.

And those fertile lands grow endless wealth every year for him to drive. With the maintenance of his protégés and old henchmen, and the fact that he has plenty of wealth to squander, how can such a 'Dongyou King' with deep roots be easily shaken by himself, a prince who has not yet gained power?

Just when the prince was worried, it was Lu Xiangyin, who had a rather ambiguous attitude, that instructed his disciple Liu Zhi to come and 'discuss' a good idea with him.

Fengjing City is the base camp of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, and Lu Xiangyin is naturally very aware of the problems that the prince is encountering at the moment. He said to himself through Liu Zhizhi that a large part of the reason why Di Ting urged him to settle the balance within a year was because of the fact that the eldest son deserved the crown prince's position had undergone earth-shaking changes. And this change is the blood relationship between the Mobei envoy and the second prince Yan Qinghong. If he can dissolve the 'Two Northern Alliance' without spending a single soldier with the half of the Youbei bloodline that Concubine Lan and Yan Qinghong are carrying, then the crown prince's position, which was originally in his pocket, will naturally have the possibility of changing hands;

As for whether the Mobei people really formed an iron-clad alliance with the Northern Yan Dynasty, whether they would completely defeat the Yan family, Yan Tian had no time to worry about it for the time being. After all, from the time it seems, the person who needs to solve the war between the two norths is not himself; But once Yan Qinghong is allowed to take the lead here, even if he takes into account his brother's old relationship and does not kill himself, the 'former prince', after 'usurping the throne', Nan Kangdi, who has lost his 'investment', will never let go of himself.

Treatment also has to be prioritized, so the first thing Yan Tian chose to solve was the 'top priority' that would cost him a small life.

Originally, the result of his agreement with Liu Zhi was to turn Concubine Bao in the Beiyan Palace, his second brother Yan Qinghong, and his half-sister, Princess Yan Shuqing of Fengyang, into ashes. As long as there are no survivors left in the Beilan Palace, then with the attitude of the father and the emperor towards their branch, this matter will completely disappear in the first two or three months.

What followed was the heavenly fire in Beilan Palace, and the palm that Liu Zhi personally killed Concubine Bao.

But who knew the result of this operation, only one Lan Concubine died; And the most important target person, the second prince Yan Qinghong, if he hadn't been stupid and wanted to rush into the fire to save his mother, he wouldn't have left even a small opening......

The prince originally thought that the development of this matter was actually acceptable, because after the death of Concubine Lan's Bao family, Youbei Sanlu completely cut off the possibility of re-friendship with Mobei. I don't know what crazy my uncle Li Deng is, and I don't know why the Mobei envoy Mugel gave Yan Qinghong face like that; Originally, it was a separatist plan that was nine out of ten, but it was dissolved by Shen Guiluo and silently.

In this way, the Imperial Horse Supervisor, who was startling the grass and the snake, naturally could only choose to lie dormant in the face of Liu Banxian, a master of the Heavenly Spirit Vein who appeared out of nowhere; And the man with the scar sits in the private room on the third floor of the Double Sky Gambling House every day, waiting for him to go to 'pay off his debts'.

This day is like a thorn in the back, which is really unbearable for Yan Tian. He has lived a life of fine clothes and food since he was a child, and when he grew up, he did not have any 'vices' in the traditional sense, which originally had nothing to do with the word 'debt'. But now he is forced to pay debts every day by a fierce creditor blocking the 'doorstep'. Such an uncomfortable living environment also made Yan Tian's temper more and more irritable day by day, and he couldn't hold his breath day by day.

As the saying goes, 'the boat is naturally straight to the bridge', one day when Yan Tian went out of the palace to relax, in the green willow building of the South Market, he met his fellow elders - Yan Jiuning, the current patriarch of the clan mansion and the current patriarch of the Yan family. Don't look at this old man's hair and beard, but like his unsuccessful second brother, he lingers between the Qin Mansion and the Chu Pavilion all the year round; Moreover, this old man is not afraid of meat and vegetarians, and his slightly staggering figure has appeared in the north and south markets.

There is even such a saying in Fengjing: In the north and south markets, more than half of the fireworks houses are the private property of this old man who is about to die for many years. It can be seen from this that those soldiers who fought for the country on the front line, how much of the food and salary they deserved were deducted by this 'old man'.

After a few glasses of flower wine, Yan Tian, who was already not good at drinking, used the wine to completely vent the depression in his heart for many days. I didn't want to fight, I just complained after drinking, and my 'clan grandfather' really pointed out a clear way for himself.

He introduced Yan Tian to the secret medicine recorded in the classical books of shamanism, called 'Xianggu', which has the effects of analgesic, cough suppressant and hypnosis.

Yan Jiuning said that because he was old, he naturally had the old problem of insomnia. And this 'Elephant Valley' is also a panacea introduced to him by the great elder of the shamanic sect. However, although this thing is very effective, after taking it for a period of time, it is completely inseparable from it.

In the entire Huayu continent, the richest businessmen all started by selling 'addictive goods'. For example, Southern Yunnan and Qilu in Northern Yan are famous for trafficking in high-quality tobacco; and Guangling and Shencheng in Nankang are entrenched by rich salt merchants in the world; And the land of Bagui in Nankang has also produced countless sugar merchants......

Tobacco, alcohol, sugar, tea, salt, etc., these addictive and inconspicuous daily necessities, as long as you grasp one of them, it is equivalent to mastering a steady stream of money. And these things were all monopolized by officials in the Northern Yan Dynasty. Relying on these inconspicuous gadgets, he can earn endless wealth for the Northern Yan royal family, the Zhou family, every year; On the other hand, the 'Youbei Third Road' from the Caotai team, the only rich businessman who can be put on the table is the Li family on Dongyou Road, who started by selling grain.

Of course, Yan Tian knew that no matter what earth-shattering things he planned to do, if he didn't have gold and silver to assist, he could only live under the supervision of the Li family all day long, just like his father Yan Hunt, and couldn't move a single bit.

However, if Yan Tian wants to do this 'Elephant Valley' business, then there is a big constraint, that is, he does not have a wide and fertile land in his hands! Although he was rewarded with some land on Guanbei Road by his father when he was crowned king in his early years, this 'Elephant Valley' business was a bit shady after all, and it was really impossible to plant it on a large scale in broad daylight. In the end, Yan Tian set his sights on Dongyou Road, and he took a fancy to the fertile land far away from the Emperor Tiangao.

For Yan Day, completely overthrowing the Li family on Dongyou Road is also one of the plans he has already formulated; Now it's just a little bit earlier......