King Zhu Ziguo was very satisfied with this crown prince.

The prince is only eighteen years old, he is so brave, killing wild boars and shooting tigers is just leisure, and killing monsters is his forte.

When such a prince ascends the throne in the future, he will be able to firmly control the military power, and the national security will be stable.

It's just that the prince is too brave, he is only afraid of emphasizing force and ignoring literature, and he doesn't know how to govern the country, and the king often has this doubt.

Today, when he heard that the prince had a book, the king couldn't help but be shocked.

"Qi my king, my Zhu Ziguo has a vast land, fertile land, a large population, all the characters are lofty, neatly dressed, and the language is clear, presumably the border passes the four continents of the world, and it is also a large country, but Erchen recently counted the household files, but found that the tax and silver are decreasing year by year, so I reported it. ”

Feng Zhou's words immediately stabbed a hornet's nest, not only the officials of the household department were frightened, but even several scholars and prime ministers were also unhappy.

The reduction in taxes is naturally due to the incompetence of the household department, or the prime minister's corpse vegetarian meal.

Feng Zhou's words were like a slap in the face, which made them happy in their hearts.

Immediately, the household officials complained: "Qi my king, as the prince said, the household tax is decreasing year by year, and there are many reasons, but last year, my king just gave the prince 30,000 acres of fertile land, which are not included in the tax......

"It's ridiculous, the field tax is only one-fifth of the national tax revenue, the commercial tax is the foundation of our country, the level of my country's field tax is stable, and the reduction is the commercial tax, I don't even know this, the Taoist priest is used to rushing to beat a rake!"

Feng Zhou's words turned the household official's face red, but he ignored him, turned to the king and said: "Father, the sons are too lazy to take care of the pickled affairs of the household department. ”

"During this time, Erchen went deep into the people, carefully investigated, and found several major events that affected my country's business travel tax. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone couldn't help but look at each other, and they really couldn't understand what the prince wanted to express.

Even the king was puzzled, and he didn't know why, so he asked, "Prince, if you have something to say, just say it." ”

"Yes!"

Feng Zhou smiled faintly: "As we all know, far away in the east of our country, is the Celestial Empire Huaxia, the southwest is the Tianzhu Kingdom, the northwest is the Persian State, and further away there is the Great Qin Kingdom with a high nose and deep eyes. Together with our Zhu Zi Kingdom, it constitutes the five major countries in the world, and between the five major countries, there are countless small countries and city-states. ”

"And my Zhu Ziguo is located in the center, for thousands of years of business travel, exchange of knowledge, to provide my country with a steady stream of rich taxes, but in recent years, the past business travel has gradually decreased, my country's tax revenue has naturally decreased. ”

"Then why is there a decrease in the number of caravanserais?" said the king, who hastily asked.

He is a king, and he naturally knows the tax problem, and now that the DA has found out what the problem is, he naturally has to ask seriously.

"Back to my father, the decrease in business travel is naturally because the road is dangerous, or the road is blocked and it is difficult to move. ”

"Erchen has inquired that to the east of our country's land, on the border with the Saisai country, there is a mountain called the Seven Peerless Mountains, eight hundred miles from east to west, where the land is vast and sparsely populated, and no one has walked to the deep mountains for eternity. Every year, the ripe persimmons fall on the road, filling up a stone alley, and they are covered with rain, dew, snow and frost, and mildew through the summer, making all the way filthy. This family is commonly known as the persimmon valley. Blocking the road to the East in our country. ”

And in the west, west of our country's border, there is a Pansi Ridge, and there is a lion camel country in the west of Lingxi, where the king's ministers and the people are all devoured by monsters, and the city is the king. Business travelers are afraid, so naturally they dare not pass by.

The traffic between the east and the west is cut off, and the business travelers who come and go have to take a detour, without passing through my Zhu Ziguo, this business tax is naturally less. ”

"Speaking of which, if it weren't for the business and travel between the Wusi Tibetan State in the south and the Tocharian State in the north, I am afraid that the goods flow in our country will be cut off, and the people will not be able to buy things, and they would have already cried and cursed the government!"

"What, that is the case?" was astonished not only by the king, but also by the prime minister and minister.

Because of the vast territory, the monarchs and ministers rarely communicate with other countries, and the mountains are dangerous, everyone Jing knows nothing about the situation of neighboring countries, and he is not as good as the prince who is only eighteen years old.

When the prime minister looked at the affairs, his face suddenly turned red, and he wanted to hide it, but he didn't know what to say.

But the king could not wait.

As a king, taxes are the foundation of the country, and if he can't collect taxes, he can't do anything even if he has the posture of a hero.

He knew that it was no problem for the prime minister and minister to handle government affairs, but it was difficult to overcome difficulties like the crown prince, but it was difficult to subdue demons and eliminate demons.

Therefore, he asked the prince: "You have found a problem, is there a solution?"

"Erchen thinks that the East is the Celestial Empire of China, with abundant products, and it happens to communicate with our country, so we should first pass through the Oriental Persimmon Valley, open up the route of communication with China, trade with each other, communicate with each other, and our country's commercial tax will be high. ”

Huaxia is the kingdom of the Celestial Empire, although the monarchs and ministers have not seen it, but they have heard that the legend is that the Huns who fled west through Zhu Ziguo hundreds of years ago were driven away by Huaxia.

If you can trade with such a big country, this tax will definitely be indispensable.

Thinking of this, the king couldn't help but feel a shock in his spirit, and immediately made a decree to let the boat seal full authority to open up the route to the east and facilitate the opening of trade routes.

As for the prime minister and the household department, it was natural to gather merchant travelers and urge them to trade with the East.

Feng Zhou received the order, and then took a brigade of men and horses, assisted by Jiang Bin and others, to leave the royal city and gallop to the east.

They were cavalry troops, and their speed was many times faster than that of the people who learned the scriptures step by step, and it only took seven or eight days to reach the Seven Peerless Mountains.

Sure enough, I saw that the mountain path of seven or eight hundred miles, only one of the two sides of the persimmon valley was connected, and it was already full of blockages, and it was foul-smelling, and the officers and soldiers under his command changed color together.

Jiang Bin also looked worried, and said to Feng Zhou: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, this thin persimmon valley is full of rotten persimmons, don't talk about clearing them, just by getting close, they can be smoked to death." ”

Feng Zhou said lightly: "The soldiers are here to fight, and in this valley that smokes the dead, naturally no mortals can do it." ”

He paused, and then said: "Tell me to go down, set up camp, prepare excess food for each person, and I will go and ask the great gods to come and clean up this thin persimmon valley." ”

"But I don't know who His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will invite?" Jiang Bin asked curiously.

"You'll know when he arrives!"

Feng Zhou smiled faintly, supervised everyone to set up camp, and instructed Jiang Bin to lead the army and not to make trouble.

When everything was arranged, he rode away, went to an inaccessible place, and went up to the sky.

In the original work, this rare persimmon valley is Zhu Bajie's appearance of the law and the earth, turning into a behemoth pig, arching all the way to eat, arching the 800-mile valley cleanly, which can be regarded as receiving this stinky work.

But now that he is still a teenager, I don't know if this Zhu Bajie has gone down to earth, but there is another guy, whose mana is stronger than the old pig, if he comes to arch this thin persimmon valley, I am afraid that he will do it faster than Zhu Bajie!

Thinking of this, Feng Zhou ascended to the clouds and flew straight to the southeast, and in just a moment, he saw a high mountain Linghan. Press the head of the falling clouds, stop on the peak to watch, the mountain is made of stone as the bone, and the stone is the essence of the soil. The haze contains the moisturizing, and the moss helps the new green. Saga's power bully Peng Island, quiet and fragrant flowers. A few trees and pines inhabit wild cranes, and several declining willow warblers. It is true that it is a thousand-year-old monument and a thousand-year-old immortal trace. The blue plane sings the colorful phoenix, and the living water hides the dragon. The winding path is hung with dill hanging, and the stone ladder vine is climbing the cage. Ape roaring emerald rock on the moon, birds. Tall trees like clear skies. The two forests of bamboo are as cool as rain, and the flowers are thick and not embroidered. When I saw the white clouds coming far away, slightly amorphous and drifting with the wind.

Feng Zhou smiled with satisfaction, pressed the cloud head, and suddenly shouted: "Zhu Ziguo Prince Feng Zhou, come to meet the Cuiyun Mountain Pingtian Great Sage Mighty Bull Demon King!

Its sound rumbled, like thunder, and instantly spread to every corner of this Cuiyun Mountain, even if it was insects, ants, birds and beasts, they could hear it clearly.