Chapter 055: Old Friends in Prison
At this time, Yuan Xianling's eyes were already soaked with blood, and he vaguely saw Lu Xiaoyu's figure, and he heard that familiar voice. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
"You are a small fish, how did you get caught by the prince. Did the prince embarrass you? ”
Lu Xiaoyu saw that Yuan Xianling was already covered with injuries, and he was still concerned about whether Lu Xiaoyu was injured, and he was moved.
"Lord Yuan, don't worry about me. I am blessed with a great life, after being imprisoned, I ate well and slept well, and no one came to torture me, but Lord Yuan, why did the prince do such a cruel thing to you. ”
Lu Xiaoyu helped Master Yuan to the wall and helped him wipe the blood off his face. Yuan Xianling looked at the chicken leg in Lu Xiaoyu's hand and swallowed his saliva unconsciously. Lu Xiaoyu immediately handed the chicken leg to Yuan County Ling, and as soon as he took the chicken leg, Yuan County Ling grabbed it and gnawed wildly, it seems that Lord Yuan has suffered a lot in this dungeon.
Seeing that Lord Yuan swallowed the chicken thighs into his stomach before he had time to chew, he choked several times. Lu Xiaoyu handed over a bowl of water, "Lord Yuan, you eat slowly, be careful not to choke, this prince is too ruthless." ”
Yuan Xianling finished eating the chicken legs, drank a bowl of water, and leaned comfortably against the wall. sighed and said, "Alas, it's all my own fault, and now it's still you and me in prison." ”
Lu Xiaoyu asked curiously: "Lord Yuan, what happened to make the prince so angry." ”
"What we did was exposed!"
Lu Xiaoyu was shocked, he naturally knew what Yuan County's order was referring to.
"One, last time I asked you to help me with shipping. The imperial court meant that no matter what way it was adopted, it would be fine as long as it was shipped by sea. As a result, King Wu Yue secretly contacted the commissioner in charge of shipping, and he didn't want the Cao Gang to interfere. Xiaoyu, you use the Cao Gang to carry out the idea of shipping, and let the Cao Gang earn all the money, the prince will naturally not agree, so he wants to come to Xingshi to ask for the guilt, and the Cao Gang has already been suppressed by him by the armed forces. ”
"This is all assigned by the imperial court, and there are no other requirements, will he King Wuyue be too lenient." Lu Xiaoyu said angrily.
"King Wu Yue is not simple, he doesn't care if you are the king or not, he is obedient to Emperor Xuanhe on the surface. But it is rumored that when the emperor was alive, he had a plan to usurp the throne, it seems that this time, he was secretly doing something big, and I was an official in his jurisdiction. He can be regarded as an example of killing chickens and monkeys, and the court officials who want to win over Wu Yue are on his side. His next step was to take control of all of Wu Yue's economy. ”
King Wu Yue was going to rebel, Lu Xiaoyu had already known about it when he was undercover in Khitan, so naturally there was nothing to be shocked about. It's just that I didn't expect that the prince would move so fast, and as soon as Emperor Xuanhe went to the northern front, he would make a rebellion in Wuyue with great fanfare.
"Xiaoyu, why aren't you surprised at all, do you think I'm telling the truth? This is what I saw with my own eyes when I came to Qiantang to work, King Wu Yue was recruiting outlaws from all over the world to expand his army, and he also built countless weapons privately, and the court did not levy taxes on him, and now he is rich in military spending. The next step is to rebel! I originally wanted to secretly return to Jingzhou City and report this matter to Lord Li Mi, but I didn't expect to be caught by King Wu Yue one step too late. ”
"Speaking of which, I gave you a bad idea to make you like this." Lu Xiaoyu said guiltily.
"Xiaoyu, don't blame yourself, the heart of King Wu Yue is known to everyone. Since he's going to turn around. No matter how wise he appears on the surface, he will still secretly attack those who resist him. I, Yuan, have been loyal to the court all my life, how could I succumb to a chaotic minister and thief like him. ”
"Lord Yuan, I think this King Wu Yue has already set you up, it seems that he has more than just a handle on you."
What Xiao Yu said is that when King Wu Yue allocated special funds for shipping last time, it seemed that there was a conspiracy. He deliberately put all the gold in my vault and told me that the gold was not in a hurry to be built for shipping, and that it would be said when it was urgently needed in the future. Unexpectedly, I wanted to hope that through you, I would roll over more and more money, so as to boost Guangling's economy and improve the lives of the people, and it didn't take long for his prince to come to recover this gold. I could have found a way to turn around this gold, but I didn't think that when I came to you that day, I saw that I was arrested by the prince, and then he sent someone to take me away from the county government. ”
"It seems that the cause of everything is because of me, I really damn it. What kind of construction, what kind of riches. Now it's going to end like this. Lu Xiaoyu regretted that he had been sharp and had caused so much unnecessary trouble.
"Xiaoyu, no, without you, the people of Guangling would not be able to live a better life than before. I have been an official in Guangling for many years, and it is not as great as the changes you have made to the people in the past few months. Your money bank, your cotton factory, your cement factory, and the lot of wooden furniture you have built have all changed the lives of the people. You also opened a porridge factory, opened a Chinese medicine store, and provided jobs for the poor who did not have land and were bullied by the gentry. I really hope that the current emperor can open his eyes and promote you as a person, so that the whole Nanchu will not be rich and strong. ”
Yuan Xianling was impassioned, and praised Lu Xiaoyu for a while, and Lu Xiaoyu naturally knew that Yuan Xianling was a heartfelt remark. But what he heard was particularly harsh, no matter how good a country's economy is, its fists are not harder than others, others can still bully you, and you can only obediently hand over the fruits of your labor. So now Lu Xiaoyu has figured it out, if he can get out alive, he must try his best to engage in military affairs. In front of Beiyi, the economy is bullshit, and on the battlefield there, fists are the standard for measuring value.
"Yuan County Order, you don't have to praise me anymore. I'm not as good as you say. I'm so aggressive about the economy, in fact, to put it bluntly, it's a bit like the capitalism that my hometown talks about. But I forgot one important point, no matter how good the capitalist economy is, if it wants to become a power, it must be militarily far ahead of its opponents. I promise you, if I Lu Xiaoyu can get out alive, I will definitely make Beiyi succumb to the feet of our Nanchu. ”
Yuan Xianling looked at the young man in front of him, and in his eyes, he saw the calmness and calmness that did not belong to his age. There seemed to be no difficulty that he could not solve. He patted Lu Xiaoyu's shoulder heavily, "Xiaoyu, the old man is old, although his heart is higher than the sky, but his heart is more than enough and his strength is insufficient." I hope that the future of Nanchu can be supported by you. ”
At this time, there was a rapid and heavy sound of footsteps outside, and Lu Xiaoyu felt that the footsteps would bring him hope for life, or the coming of death.