When Zhao Hongrun found out that it was not Zhao Wenkai, the king of Yuanyang, who met him, but Zhao Chengxiu, the son of the king of Yuanyang, who had met in Daliang a while ago, he realized that the purpose of coming to Yuanyang today could not be achieved nine times out of ten.

It's no wonder, after all, Zhao Chengxiu, the son of the prince of Yuanyang, showed a hostile attitude that was too obvious, not only did he place many guards in the Yuanyang Palace, but also waited for Zhao Hongrun, Shen Yu and others to enter the palace, and after coming to the front hall, this guy still didn't mean to get up to greet him, but just hugged a beautiful maid and looked at Zhao Hongrun lightly, the meaning of which is self-evident.

"This guy ......"

Zhao Hongrun couldn't see that this was Zhao Chengxiu's intention to demonstrate against him, after all, the smug look on the latter's face was too obvious.

Because of this, after Zhao Hongrun walked into the front hall of the main hall of the palace, he only looked around pretendedly, or glanced at Zhao Chengxiu lightly from time to time, but he didn't ask, because he knew that Zhao Chengxiu couldn't help but take the initiative to ask.

Sure enough, Zhao Chengxiu deliberately put on that kind of posture, obviously just to give this cousin who had a grudge to give him a disadvantage, but Zhao Hongrun just didn't obey and didn't take the lead in asking.

Zhao Chengxiu was a little sorry for this, after all, if Zhao Hongrun was the first to ask, he could naturally put on a show and tease the other party, but Zhao Hongrun never spoke, so the urgency in his heart prompted Zhao Chengxiu to take the lead in opening his mouth.

"Isn't it a surprise?" Holding the beautiful maid in his arms, Zhao Chengxiu asked with a mocking face.

Zhao Hongrun glanced at Zhao Chengxiu when he heard this, and a faint smile appeared on his face.

As soon as he saw Zhao Chengxiu's posture, he could guess that this person was most likely uneasy and kind when he met him, so he didn't speak rashly. In order to avoid falling into passivity.

And it turned out that Zhao Hongrun overestimated Zhao Chengxiu's patience, and it was just a moment, so Zhao Chengxiu couldn't bear it and took the lead in talking to him.

This avoids the embarrassment of being the first to speak but being sneered at by the other party.

"Why the accident? This is the palace of the former Yang Wang, and you are the son of the former Yang Wang. You're here, rightfully so, and what's there to be surprised about? ”

Zhao Hongrun said lightly.

After eating a soft nail, Zhao Chengxiu's face was slightly ugly, as for the reason, it was nothing more than that the sentence he said first did not make Zhao Hongrun feel uncomfortable, but was lightly ridiculed by him.

After thinking for a while, Zhao Chengxiu asked with a cold expression: "King Su visited my Yuanyang today, I don't know what you have to do?" ”

Zhao Hongrun did not immediately ignore him. He only looked at the few paintings and calligraphy hanging in the front hall, and after half a ring, he asked indifferently: "This king came today because he had a business to discuss with the king of Yuanyang. ”

The implication of this sentence is nothing more than to remind Zhao Chengxiu: first, this king is here for official business today; Second, what this king wants to see is not you, Zhao Chengxiu, but your father, King Yuanyang.

Zhao Chengxiu raised his eyebrows, as if he understood the deep meaning of Zhao Hongrun's words. His face was very unswerving, and he asked in an almost questioning tone: "What does King Su mean?" This prince is not qualified to consult with King Su, right? ”

"Let's wait until you inherit the throne of your father, King Yuanyang." Zhao Hongrun glanced back at Zhao Chengxiu, and said nonchalantly: "And before that, even if this king told you about this official matter, it would be useless." ”

"Oh?" When Zhao Chengxiu heard this, his face became even more ugly, and he said coldly: "King Su doesn't say what he meant. How do you know if the son of this world can be the master? After that, he sneered and added: "My king is taking a nap, if you want to wait for him to wake up, hmph, King Su is here." Let's wait a few more hours! ”

Glancing at the unconvinced expression on Zhao Chengxiu's face, Zhao Hongrun pretended to be thoughtful for a moment.

But then again, although he pretended to be thinking, in fact, he was indeed thinking, but he deliberately let Zhao Chengxiu see his hesitation.

In all fairness, Zhao Hongrun was not inclined to talk to Zhao Chengxiu about this matter, after all, there was a grudge between the two, and he didn't believe that Zhao Chengxiu would resolve the conflict with him, otherwise, Fang Cai would not have just hugged the beautiful maid and would have gotten up to greet him.

But on the other hand, if you ignore Zhao Chengxiu's words, it is a small matter to offend this person again, the problem is that there is no talk, is it possible that Zhao Hongrun will take the initiative to speak later? That's what he tried to avoid.

After thinking about it for a while, Zhao Hongrun finally made up his mind, nodded and said, "Okay, since this is the case, it will not be a big deal for this king to talk to the prince." ”

Hearing this, Zhao Chengxiu showed a slight smug smile on his face, because in his opinion, this was a sign that Zhao Hongrun had given in to him, and he was worthy of his pride.

"Please make it clear to King Su." He said lightly.

Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun no longer concealed it, and said truthfully: "There is a wasteland called Bolangsha in the eastern suburbs of Yuanyang, and this king has taken a fancy to it and is ready to build a giant river port on this land. ”

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Zhao Chengxiu frowned and glanced at Zhao Hongrun when he heard this, as the prince of Yuanyang, he has been hunting horses in this land for a long time, so he is quite familiar with this land, and naturally knows what kind of wasteland Bolangsha is.

To put it bluntly, there is not much difference between the wasteland of Bolangsha and the none, because there are no people living there at all, and the terrain is complex and harsh, muddy and difficult to walk, although it is said that there are some raccoon dogs and badgers, but Zhao Chengxiu will not go there to hunt in the past, it can be said that it is useless at all.

And now, Zhao Hongrun actually plans to build a giant river port on the barren land over there, if it weren't for a grudge with Zhao Hongrun, I'm afraid Zhao Chengxiu would have jumped up and supported it loudly.

After all, the river port means transportation, means a large number of manpower and material resources, simply put, if Zhao Hongrun really built a river port in Bolangsha, then, the gain for the surrounding neighboring counties is extremely huge, such as Zhongmu, Huangchi and other counties can profit from it, even if he Yuanyang, will also speed up the development because of this river port, making this land more rich.

Therefore, from a rational point of view, Zhao Chengxiu should not refuse this temptation, after all, if Yuan Yang gradually becomes rich, it will also be of great benefit to him.

But unfortunately, in front of Zhao Hongrun at this moment, it is Zhao Chengxiu, the son of the Yuanyang King, not his father, Zhao Wenkai, the Yuanyang King.

I believe that if Zhao Wenkai, the king of Yuanyang, heard about this, he would definitely support Zhao Hongrun's decision, but Zhao Chengxiu, even if he knew that building a river port in Bolangsha would be beneficial to his Yuanyang, but he couldn't estimate the specific value, so he was a little hesitant.

He may be hesitating which is more important, face or profit.

is not as good as Zhao Hongrun and others, you must know that Zhao Hongrun and his brothers have been influenced by Wei Tianzi's imperial power since childhood, and they are all outright people with supreme interests, paying attention to "rules and unscrupulous means", and even for their own interests, like King Yong's reputation, and even dare to frame the prince of the East Palace at the ceremony of worshipping the sky.

For them, interests are higher than face, as long as the interests are sufficient, even if they are former enemies, they can resolve the conflict, Zhao Hongrun is a typical example.

Once upon a time, Zhao Hongrun was eager to cut the Xuancheng Jun Xiong Tuo with a thousand knives, but when he realized that there must be a powerful person in Chu who competed with Liyang Jun Xiong Sheng for the position of the King of Chu, so that the Chu State could fall into civil strife in the next few years, Zhao Hongrun took advantage of the relationship with Mi Jiang to resolve the grievances with the Huancheng Jun Xiong Tuo.

It's a pity that Zhao Chengxiu, who is opposite him at the moment, although he is five or six years older than Zhao Hongrun, his thoughts and thoughts are probably still in the stage of life to save face.

But it's no wonder, who told Zhao Hongrun that he really didn't give Zhao Chengxiu face last time.

I remember that after Zhao Hongrun transported a large amount of money and goods from Chu last time, the princes led by Zhao Chengxiu went to Daliang together, hoping to get a share of it, after all, these sons are all children surnamed Ji who are accustomed to the sound of dogs and horses, and where is the money given by their fathers.

But Zhao Hongrun didn't care about the feelings of the same clan, and didn't give them even a copper coin, which made the princes of those kings complain about Zhao Chengxiu, because as far as they know, it is very likely that Zhao Chengxiu clashed with Zhao Hongrun, the king of Su, in a water pavilion, which caused Zhao Hongrun to refuse to give them a piece of the pie.

This made Zhao Chengxiu, who had promised to get a share of the money, lose face among those cousins and cousins, and returned to Yuanyang sullenly.

As for revenge against Zhao Hongrun, to be honest, although Zhao Chengxiu thought about it at that time, he didn't care much about it, after all, he was so arrogant that he had something to restrain this cousin.

But even he didn't expect that Zhao Hongrun would visit him Yuanyang and propose to build a river port in Bolangsha.

I have to say that this is an opportunity for Yuanyang to accelerate its prosperity and development, but in the same way, I am afraid it is also the only opportunity that can make Zhao Hongrun "unhappy".

Is it to choose profit or save face?

Zhao Chengxiu fell into an inner struggle.

Reason told him that if he rejected Zhao Hongrun's suggestion, he would most likely be severely reprimanded by his father, Zhao Wenkai.

After all, although Yuanyang is located close to Daliang, it is not a prosperous location, and it has always been tepid, so if they can build a river port in Bolangsha, it can be said that it will be beneficial and harmless to their Yuanyang line in the Ji surname Zhao.

However, the problem is that although he knows that this is a win-win situation, if he agrees to the other party like this, Zhao Chengxiu will obviously feel unwilling in his heart, after all, he doesn't have many opportunities to restrain Zhao Hongrun.

To put it bluntly, in fact, Zhao Chengxiu had agreed to this matter in his heart, but for the sake of face, he felt that he had to make Zhao Hongrun pay some extra price to save face, otherwise, he would not be able to raise his head in front of those cousins and cousins.

Thinking of this, Zhao Chengxiu pretended to ponder for a moment, and said lightly: "King Su wants to build a river port in Bolangsha, this matter is not impossible, but ......" He paused, and finally made a request: "Although Bolangsha is barren, it is the fief of my Yuanyang Kingdom after all, if King Su wants to build a river port there, he will buy that piece of land." …… One million taels of silver! ”

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Zhao Hongrun raised his head and looked at Zhao Chengxiu with a foolish gaze. (To be continued.) )