The news spread all the way, and finally reached the Liang State Legation's Office. As a newcomer to the country, Ji Kang was quickly confused by the content of the communiqué.

"Father, this eldest grandson country has eaten the bear's heart and leopard gall, and dares to attack the Xianguo during the alliance, and attack the Yuke and Ligong faction, isn't the eldest grandson country lord crazy!"

"Do you really think this is the work of the eldest grandson?" Ji Tong asked his son Ji Kang rhetorically.

"Isn't it father, this communiqué is from the official mansion of Chenling, and it is written so clearly in black and white, where can it be fake."

"This is Baili Yanna......"

Ji Tong sighed, his expression was extremely gloomy. Ji Kang was puzzled and hurriedly asked:

"What does Father mean?"

"From the very beginning, this matter was the plan of the Changsun Kingdom and the Jin Kingdom, and after being discovered by Baili Yan, he planned to make the Changsun Kingdom and the Jin Kingdom jump into the trap. At first, his father suspected that the eldest grandson country moved to the Xian Kingdom Alliance, and he must have other plans, but he didn't know that he was complicit in Yongxing with the Jin State.

It is also clever to think of this plan, but unexpectedly, Bailiyan set a trap in Yongxing City early, invited the Ligong faction into the urn, and there were royal guests who came forward to defend it, once the eldest grandson's navy forcibly landed in Yongxing City, even if the Xianjun was a preemptive strike, with the friendship between the royal guest and Bailiyan, this matter could also be reversed black and white and changed to the eldest grandson.

Moreover, in the battle of the southern border, Yuke was extremely dissatisfied with the eldest grandson, and it was not surprising that this happened. In this way, the eldest grandson is dumb and eats coptis, and there are words of suffering.

The most powerful thing is this communiqué, what happened in the morning, but it can be printed in two or three hours, even if Baili Yan is like a god, but it can't be too early, and it will be printed in the last few days. It is said that there is a new printing method in Xianguo, which is different from the common engraving, and it is extremely fast.

If we follow this method, with the output of paper in Xianguo, dozens or millions of sheets will be printed in a month, I am afraid it will not be a problem. If this is scattered among the vassal states, the faces of the Jin Kingdom and the eldest grandson may be over. ”

"Shhh...... In this way, Yongxing Hou is really powerful. No wonder Uncle Guang said in the early years that if this person lived for another forty years, Liang Guo would probably not return. From this point of view, one day Baili Yan will definitely raise an army to attack Jin. ”

"It seems that yes, the King of Jin first cut off the East County of Jiangdong, and now he humiliates the King of Xian like this, Bailiyan has a hatred of killing his mother and taking his wife, I am afraid that this monarch and ministers are single-minded, and Bailiyan is so good, the Jin Kingdom may not be able to escape doom in the future, unless Bailiyan dies young, but his self-medical skills and martial arts are strong, I am afraid it will be difficult to stop it."

"But King Xian is over half a hundred years old, once the crown prince Jiang Yu ascends the throne, it is difficult to say that Xihuan will not interfere in politics, and the relationship between the new king, Xihuan and Yongxing Hou is still unpredictable, and Xianguo Xing may not go too far."

"Well, there is some truth in what Kang'er said, the crown prince Jiang Yu has been in charge of the government for ten years, and the foundation is deep, Xihuan is dominant in the prince's mansion, and has two sons, and his position is firm, and it may be difficult to remove the prince. This variable, I don't know if Bailiyan can be prepared. ”

While the father and son were talking, Li Yidong looked around and broke into the inner hall:

"Uncle, uncle, nephew have heard a piece of news, but it's terrible."

Li Yi is also a person who is about to run for thirty, and his startled problem has not changed for so many years, and his voice is getting louder and louder, which makes Ji Tong's heart very stimulated.

"Nephew, why are you screaming so much?"

"Uncle, my nephew just came back from the oil mill, and on the way I heard that Yongxing City produced more than 1.3 million catties of wrought iron in middle age, which is ten times that of my Liang Kingdom."

"What, 1.3 million catties!"

Ji Tong was taken aback, and Ji Kang hurriedly asked:

"Cousin, you didn't listen."

"Wherever you can hear, the word has spread in this street, how can you hear? Unless it's a salty rumor, it's true. Moreover, Xianguo exports 200,000 or 300,000 catties of iron every year, and he can't only use 120,000 catties by himself, and the rest must have been hidden by my second uncle or secretly sold. ”

"My God, Baili Yan is so generous, the eldest grandson and the Jin Kingdom will definitely suffer a big loss this time!"

Ji Tong affirmed, Li Yi was puzzled and hurriedly asked:

"Uncle, what does this Yongxing City Iron Producer's eldest grandson and Jin Kingdom have to suffer a big loss?"

At this time, Ji Kang had already understood, and took over the words first:

"Cousin, this time the eldest grandson told a big lie and conspired with the Jin State to Yongxing City, which was to go to Yongxing City. Previously, it was rumored that Yongxing City could produce 450,000 jin to 600,000 jin of iron per year, whether it was true or not, the eldest grandson and the Jin State would divide it, and it would not cause the princes to be dissatisfied.

Now the iron production of Xianguo is more than 1.3 million catties, which is not less than the total amount of the Central Plains countries, if it is divided by the eldest grandson and the Jin state, it can be prepared in a large number of steel blades and iron armor in just a few years and ten years, and the vassal states will be unable to compete with it, who can watch the eldest grandson and the Jin state swallow up 1.3 million catties of iron production, this is a matter that violates the anger of the public, once it spreads, the eldest grandson in the name of the alliance, stealing according to the fact of Yongxing, but it is really shameless to the end.

And with the scheming of Yongxing Hou, such shocking news was released at this time, I am afraid that the king of Jin and the lord of the eldest grandson are in the dark, so it is the eldest grandson army who attacked Yongxing City today, if he hears the news, he will not suspect that the Jin country is secretly harming. ”

"Yes, Kang'er is right. Let's go to the Yongxing Marquis Mansion. It must be to draw a clear line with the eldest grandson, and must not be harmed by it. ”

Ji Kang thought in a blink of an eye that continuing to maintain the front line with the eldest grandson and the Jin Kingdom would not help digging his own grave and becoming the target of public criticism.

The iron products of Xianguo not only supplied Liang State, but also almost the entire Central Plains and Xihai countries. In a sense, the Black Turban Army is not the end of the strong crossbow, but the iron weapons of the vassal states have a large order of magnitude superiority, completely overwhelming the quality of the Black Turban Army's weapons.

On the one hand, a large number of iron tools were seized in the south, and on the other hand, steel ingots that were continuously exported and sold by the Xianguo were continuously supplied to the Central Plains.

All countries are counting on the improvement of equipment and agricultural tools in the Xianguo Iron Machine, and the Liang State continues to maintain the current position, but in the end, it becomes the acquiescence of the Liang State to divide the iron production of the Xianguo State, and the political credibility of the Liang State will be endangered in the end.

At the same time that Ji Tong got the news, the Prince's Mansion also got several communiqués, and Xihuan was shocked and anxious:

"General Ji, don't you say that the iron production of Yongxing City is only four or five hundred thousand catties, where did one million and three hundred thousand catties appear out of thin air, and the extra eight or nine hundred thousand catties fell from the sky!"

"Your Highness, Baili Yan is cunning and abnormal, she must have hidden iron ore and coal. His subordinates estimated that his iron production was 450,000 catties, which was already an overestimate, and the highest could not exceed 600,000 catties, but where did he think that Yongxing City's iron production had exceeded 1.3 million catties, which was more than three times more. ”

"Could that be Bailiyan's exaggeration, so he deceived the world and stole his name!"

"Even if, once the news of 1.3 million catties is released, it is impossible for the vassal states to sit idly by and watch our Jin State annex Yongxing, not to mention that with Baili Yan's temperament, it has never been empty words and intimidation, 1.3 million catties of iron, it will only be more and not less, and its purpose is to attract the princes to Yongxing to pursue each other's profits, and the Xianguo is good at making profits in it.

Now that the secret of Yongxing City has been revealed, now the king must have been conspired by Baili Yan and could not retreat, and the princess should think of retreating. ”

"The way out, why should this palace retreat!" Xihuan was dismissive.

"Your Highness, if the king's plan fails, King Xian and the crown prince will be angry with the princess, and the princess will probably be in a more difficult situation in the future."

"Hmph, his father and son dared to abolish the palace, and the palace was fortunate to give birth to two sons for his Jiang family, so he wanted to abolish the palace, wishful thinking!"

"Your Royal Highness, even if King Xian will not abolish His Royal Highness, he will be strict in the future, and today's Xianguo is no longer the Xianguo of twenty years ago, if King Xian sets up another crown princess, His Royal Highness's status may not be guaranteed."

"He dares!" Xihuan's face was hideous, and his vicious face jumped: "The old thing dares to set up another princess, and the palace will return to the Jin Kingdom with Tuo'er and Ping'er, and when Jiang Yu dies in the future, the palace will also make a comeback, and if he dies, he will also die on the throne of the queen mother!" ”

"Princess, now is not the time to be reckless, if King Xian summons the princess today or tomorrow to make trouble, what should the princess do!"

"General Ji, you said, what should the palace do?"

"Presumably, the king must have been caught off guard by Baili Yan, and it is impossible to swallow Yongxing City again at this time, and it will be very suspicious of the eldest grandson country. The princess should immediately plead guilty to King Xian in exchange for verbal leniency from King Xian and the crown prince, so as not to hurt His Royal Highness's position as the crown princess. ”

"If you want this palace to ask King Xian for guilt, never!"

Ji Jinsheng's proposal was categorically rejected by Xihuan, for Xihuan, asking her to ask King Xian to plead guilty is tantamount to completely erasing her self-esteem and the glory of her life.

Ji Jinsheng was anxious, and persuaded again:

"Your Royal Highness Princess, if Bailiyan proposes to King Xian at this time to abolish the position of His Royal Highness's crown princess, King Xian agrees, and Her Royal Highness Princess will let the king deal with it. Whether the king gives the color of the salty country, or does the king swallow his anger.

If it is the former, not to mention that it is currently in the alliance, how can the 100,000 soldiers and horses in this Chengling City and the 200,000 northern army be moved. If it was the latter, wouldn't it make the Jin Kingdom lose face and make Baili Yan's treacherous plan succeed. ”

"What about this palace, where is the face of this palace, but I have to bear the fault of Brother Wang, what is the reason."

"Your Highness, forgive your subordinates, the king has long regarded His Highness as a bargaining chip that can be exchanged at any time. Even if the king still has a little brother and sister affection, he will not easily have the idea of annexing Yongxing before the crown prince ascends the throne and His Royal Highness is not promoted to the queen, which is tantamount to roasting His Royal Highness on the fire.

For the sake of the queen's throne, in order for Tuo Gongzi to be able to become the prince one day, His Royal Highness should endure it, and he must not lose a big one because of a small one. ”

"Even if the palace pleads guilty, will King Xian and Bailiyan let the palace go!"

"At present, the king has not yet withdrawn his troops, as long as His Royal Highness quickly enters the palace to plead guilty, and promises to persuade the king to withdraw his troops, this dilemma will be solved."

"How can Brother Wang retreat so easily."

"Your Highness, at present, the king has only one way to retreat, otherwise, the Jin Kingdom may become a faithless and unrighteous person in the eyes of the nations. Therefore, Fan Xiangding will persuade the king to withdraw as soon as possible, so as not to be seized by the king of Xian and further expand the situation to the point where it is beyond control.

At this moment, His Royal Highness should make a quick decision and enter the palace before the king withdraws, otherwise it will be too late once the king begins to retreat. ”

Xihuan has always acted decisively, but now it is difficult for her to choose between dignity and status.

(End of chapter)