The economy of this world is a gold standard system.

The gold and silver stored in the warehouses of the royal palaces of each state are equivalent to the reserves of the central bank, which correspond to the gold and silver bills circulating in the market.

The gold and silver of the Youzhou Mansion are gone, and the gold and silver tickets cannot be exchanged for gold and silver, just a piece of waste paper.

If Youzhou were a country, the economy would have begun to collapse at this time.

Fortunately, Youzhou is only a state in Daxuan, and gold and silver can be transferred from the adjacent Qingzhou and Pipa Zhou to stabilize the market.

But this is not a long-term solution.

According to the usual practice, sixty percent of the taxes collected by each state were handed over to the state treasury, and forty percent remained in the Qingzhou royal palace.

This forty percent will be distributed to the counties, and a part will be deposited in the treasury and silver coffers, and the rest will be spent by the royal governments of the states.

Now the reserves of the Youzhou royal palace are burned, and those that are handed over to the treasury cannot be less, and those that are given to the counties below cannot be deducted, and the only thing that can be deducted is the use of the palace.

In other words, after Lu Qian went to Youzhou to become the prince, he had to save 30 million taels of silver and 12 million taels of gold from his own expenses.

During the period, you can only cut back on food and clothing, and you can't spend money lavishly.

This has to be saved in the Year of the Monkey?

Of course, with his current reputation, it is no problem to ask the household department for money, or even withhold taxes or something, but the taxes are collected at the end of the year, and it will take three or five months to ask for money back and forth.

During this time in between, he had no money for krypton!

If he can't krypton gold, then his cultivation speed will definitely plummet!

This is the fact that the financial route has been cut off, the cultivation has been blocked, and the trick of deceiving children is such as the fire dragon burning the warehouse...... The Buddha is unbearable!

Lu Qian pressed his hands on the table, leaned forward slightly, his eyes were cold and sharp, and he stared directly at the old man in golden armor: "Just a fire, burned me more than 10 million gold and 30 million silver?"

The high temperature of thousands of degrees can only melt gold and silver.

If you want to burn the gold and silver directly, you have to be at least 3,000 degrees, can a mere fire have this power?

"Back to the prince, that fire is not ordinary!"

At this time, Xu Lin, the old man in the golden armor, bowed his hand and said solemnly: "That flame is golden, extremely fierce, like a fire dragon descending into the world, burning the sky and destroying the earth, as soon as it burns, it will sweep the entire warehouse, and the more than thirty guards of the Gang Qi Realm can't escape, and they are directly burned to the point that no bones remain! Only Li Chongque, the general of the Flying Heaven Realm, escaped!"

As soon as these words came out, the pupils of everyone in the hall shrank.

A golden flame that even a Gang Qi Realm master burned to ashes in an instant?

"A golden flame that melts gold and silver?"

Lu Qian's eyes narrowed: "From this point of view, this fire is extraordinary, someone deliberately put it?"

The old man in the golden armor, Xu Lin, nodded solemnly: "Yes! The old man thinks that it was the remnants of the Great You!"

Scold.

Hearing this, Lu Qian sneered in his heart, and his eyes were cold.

The Great Remnant has nothing to do, burning the vault to play, and the time is still so cleverly controlled?

He returned to Pipazhou and started to take the boat, but there was a delay on the way for a while, and the news of the capital should have reached the Youzhou palace long ago.

Probably more than a dozen days ago.

Lu Qian was preconceived and didn't believe in any bullshit at all, so he asked in a cold voice: "You said it was the Great Youyu remnant, what evidence do you have?"

"Back to the prince's words, that golden flame came and went quickly, and the flame was amazingly powerful, it should be the secret medicine of the Great Imperial Family's 'Earth Dragon Flame'!"

Xu Lin replied.

Earth Dragon Flame is the name of a kind of lead medicine, the Taoist Fang Shi refined, the main medicine is a strange stone deep in the ground, directly spontaneous combustion in the air, the flame is golden, the temperature is extremely high.

Some of the extraterrestrial metals that can't be smelted by ordinary fire are melted with earth dragon flames to calcine divine weapons.

Hehe.

Lu Qian sneered in his heart again.

The earth dragon flame used to refine the sharp weapons of the gods, the remnants of the Great Shadow were stupid enough to burn gold to play after eating bats.

Now he was absolutely certain that someone had stolen his gold.

"How many palace guards are left guarding the vault?"

Lu Qian asked coldly.

"There are five people left. ”

Xu Lin sighed and said, "It's a pity that General Li Chongque, who was on duty at night that night, and the thirty-three palace guards were all buried in the fire. On the night of the fire, the old man was in another county, and when the old man returned to the Youzhou Palace, he only saw a piece of desolation, and there was not a trace of gold! The old man was ashamed of the King of Youzhou, and he was ashamed of His Majesty!"

"So the witness is gone?"

Lu Qian's eyes narrowed, and two cold rays of light shot out.

"Yes. ”

Xu Lin bowed solemnly: "There has been such a big disaster, and the people in Youzhou are already panicking, and the old man implores the prince to leave for Youzhou on the same day! With the reputation and prestige of the prince, he will definitely be able to make the 1.2 billion people in the twenty-four counties of Youzhou feel at ease! Moreover, the prince is from the Zhenfu Division, and his eyes are like torches, maybe he can find some clues and catch the real culprit behind the scenes!"

Everyone's eyes immediately turned and projected on Lu Qian.

"Are you going to Youzhou?"

Lu Qian's fingers tapped on the tabletop, thoughtful.

After a moment of silence, he raised his head and said coldly: "You go back to the Youzhou Palace, this king will pack some things and pass over in a while." ”

"This ......"

When Xu Lin heard this, his face showed a look of doubt: "Lord Wang, now all the counties in Youzhou are six gods and no masters, and they are all looking forward to your Dinghai God Needle going over!

"You...... Are you teaching this king to do things?"

Lu Qian looked down at Xu Lin with a majestic and indifferent expression.

"The old man doesn't dare!"

Xu Lin hurriedly bowed his hand.

"Get out!" Lu Gan waved his hand, as if chasing flies: "If there is something wrong with the Youzhou Palace, this king will be the first to kill you in Youzhou!"

“...... Yes!"

Xu Lin seemed to want to say something, but when he saw Lu Qian's cold face, he could only bow down and exit the hall.

As soon as he left, Fang Tianlao, who was sitting on the top right, immediately exuded a golden aura, enveloping the hall, and said with a sinking expression: "There is something wrong with this person." ”

"Hmph! The two armies are fighting each other, and let him live a few more days. ”

Lu Qian snorted coldly.

This is a provocation, the people over there in Youzhou clearly didn't take him seriously, and actually used such a low-level means as the fire dragon burning the warehouse, and even brought out the big Youyu to take the blame!

Is he a fool?

"You really won't go there, in case there's another mess......"

At this time, Fang Youxue, who was sitting beside him, frowned slightly.

"Now Youzhou is singing on stage and singing a 'fire dragon burning warehouse', and the human and physical evidence, gold and silver are all gone. I can only go over now, and I can only be incompetent and furious, beheading a few substitute ghosts, and letting those people see the joke for nothing. ”

Lu Qian's eyes flashed.

He knows very well how many catties and taels he has, and there are more than one billion people in Youzhou, and he can't manage it alone, and he can't come in a hurry.

What about killing people's heads?

Youzhou is in chaos, and the chivalrous value of the monthly settlement may be directly zero.

It's better to watch the fire from the other side, watch the group of people in Youzhou sing a one-man show, and wait to find out the situation, and then directly catch it all!

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but nod secretly in amazement.

There must be calm in every big event, plan and then act, the Lord Lu in front of him is not like a nineteen-year-old boy, too calm and steady!

Zheng Cha, Qi Tianxia, and the others were suddenly ashamed.

"Everyone, you hand over first, and I'll talk to Elder Fang about the affairs of Youzhou. ”

At this time, Lu Qian got up and gave up his seat to Fang Youxue, then sat down in the other corner of the hall with Fang Tianlao, frowned and asked, "What's going on over there in Youzhou?"

He now believes that Zhao Xuanji has another intention in sealing Youzhou to him.

"Youzhou?"

Fang Tianlao stroked his short beard and pondered for a while before he said: "The situation in Youzhou is a bit complicated! The biggest force is the local Shi clan, and they have been deeply rooted from Da Yue 2,000 years ago, to Da You, to Da Xuan! Seventy percent of the people in Youzhou are all from the local Shi clan!"

"Another thousand-year-old family?" Lu Qian frowned.

"No, no, no!"

Fang Tianlao shook his head again and again: "It's more terrifying than the thousand-year-old family! These scholars control all walks of life in Youzhou, they are intertwined, and they are very xenophobic, the twenty-four county guards, and officials from all walks of life, firmly control the people of Youzhou, and the people only listen to them!"

From top to bottom, consistently xenophobic?

Lu Qian's heart sank.

This time, he went to be the king of Youzhou, I'm afraid it would take a lot of effort.

"Such a situation, I'm afraid no dynasty wants to see it, isn't Da Yue, Da You haven't tried to destroy the Youzhou Shi Clan?"

Lu Qian suddenly thought of something, frowned and asked.

"I've tried, but nothing has happened. ”

Fang Tianlao stroked his short beard and said, "First, it is the Emperor of the Heavenly High Distance." Second, Youzhou is Haikou, and it is very important to connect with overseas Yunze countries. Once the Youzhou Shi clan is in chaos, the annual tax loss is too great!"

Obviously, the fire dragon burning warehouse was a disadvantage given to Lu Qian by the Youzhou Shi clan.

This king of Youzhou is not easy to be!