"Since you don't know it, forget it, okay, let's go back with this king" Ye Zhen whispered indifferently, and immediately returned with his hands.

It's just that most of the princes present are not stupid people, and the meaning of Ye Zhen's words is already very obvious, and the mastermind behind the assassination of Ye Zhen this time is likely to be Ji Chang.

It's just that what everyone doesn't understand is that if the assassin was really sent by Ji Chang, why would the king of Shang let Ji Chang go so easily?

"Is the murder still to come?"

However, it is useless to guess, so I can only go back first and then make plans, and by the way, I will ask the big Shang court officials where I am staying about the latest trends, so as to make plans for the future.

However, in the afternoon, Ye Zhen summoned all the eight hundred princes into the palace with an edict.

"I have summoned you here today, firstly, to invite everyone to enjoy the imperial meal, and secondly, to have a good thing to discuss with you," Ye Zhen raised his glass and whispered.

"If the king has any commands, it is my duty to obey the king's orders as courtiers!" Ji Chang raised the wine glass in his hand.

"In that case... The Acropolis Doyle and others also saw it, and this king ordered that from tomorrow, all the pipelines of the entire Dashang will be replaced by cement roads."

"But the people and money who built the cement road need to be out together, and after the road is completed, you can get a share of the general dividends, what do you think?" Ye Zhen whispered.

Hearing Ye Zhen's words, everyone knew that what they were thinking about today was about to come true, and they couldn't resist.

"Don't worry, this king is not an arbitrary person, but the benefits of this cement road are obvious, tonight is to discuss with you, if anyone here doesn't want to, to put it bluntly, this king will not blame him" Ye Zhen smiled.

The voice fell, among the eight hundred princes present, Jiang Huan Chu was the first to get up and come out, followed by Chonghou Hu, the next was just the kung fu of breathing, all the princes knelt down in the hall, and said in unison, "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" ”

"Hahaha! Very good! ”

Ye Zhen waved his hand and smiled, "Everyone, Aiqing, please get up, today's wine, but it is brewed by immortals, it is immortal wine, just smell the aroma of the wine can prolong life, you have a good mouth today!" ”

"Thanks to the king!"

Then the guests and hosts enjoyed themselves, coupled with singing and dancing music, and the atmosphere quickly became lively.

Suddenly, after making eye contact with Ji Chang, E Chongyu suddenly put down his wine glass, got up and saluted Ye Zhen and said, "King, the minister has something to ask for."

"Then I won't talk about anything else tonight, but I can't disturb the nature of others," Ye Zhen smiled.

"That's it, I said Nan Bohou, you are not too young, and you don't even have this eyesight, today's occasion, is it time to talk about things?" Among the four princes, as his name suggests, he has the most powerful physique, and he is also a staunch pro-merchant Chonghou Hu snorted coldly.

"It's... Weichen confessed his guilt" Seeing that Ye Zhen didn't mean to listen at all, he could only retire first.

I haven't been able to see Ye Zhen before, but fortunately, Ye Zhen finally appeared, so let's think of another way tomorrow.

The eight hundred princes all understood that the difference between them and the Great Shang was in this* subordinate, the Great Shang was the world of the aristocracy, at least sixty percent of the money in the world, and he was willing to become rich and flowing.

In order to develop the population, the eight hundred princes have been implementing some policies that benefit the people in their territories.

However, if they are unable to obtain seeds for sweet potatoes and other crops, and with Ye Zhen's permission, it can be expected that no matter how good the policy of benefiting the people is, it will not be as good as the reality of having enough food and clothing.

At that time, the population flow is absolutely inevitable, if the population flow is too much, not to mention that Ji Chang, who originally wanted to replace the big business, was directly cut off, and the territory of the other small princes is afraid that it will become a "ghost" city in a few years.

It's just that... The princes who were full of wine and food, and had come to the palace to wait when they were drowsy the next day, but they received an order from Ye Zhen not to go to court and not to see anyone.

"Prime Minister, how is this good? Such a good dealer, if it can be planted by everyone in the world, I am afraid that there will be no hunger to death on the side of the road, this is a great merit, can you help me persuade the king" Ji Chang looked at the main road in front of him with a bitter face.

"Yes, Lord Bigan, this year's drought is particularly serious, my territory is full of victims, more than how many people starve to death every day, even if Weichen has opened a warehouse to release grain, it is only a drop in the bucket."

Bigan nodded slightly, and said in a deep voice, "Okay, I'll go to the king to persuade one or two."

Hearing this, Ji Chang bowed deeply to Bigan with a sad face. said: "Weichen treats the people of Xiqi, thank you Prime Minister!" ”

"No, let's not talk about the friendship between you and I who have known each other for many years, and as you said, this is indeed a good thing, since it is a good thing, it is natural to do it vigorously."

When the words fell, Bigan turned around and walked towards the harem, he is the prime minister, and he is also Ye Zhen, the "uncle" of Di Xin, if Ye Zhen does not specifically explain that Bigan will not be allowed to enter the palace, except for the queen and concubine of the harem, other places can be obtained.

"My lord, aren't we going to the king's bedchamber? Why do you keep going around this garden?" puzzled the leader of the guards, who had been following Bigan all the time.

Looking at the delicate and dewy plants and flowers in front of him, he replied, "The scenery here is beautiful."

As soon as these words came out, the guards behind him became even more confused.

Then he followed Bigan to see the scenery of the fish pond for a long time, and finally went around in a circle, until two hours, the sun was a little scorching, Bigan avoided the heat in the shade, and then suddenly with a happy face, he walked quickly towards the front hall, and turned the guards behind him dizzy.

"It's coming! Bigan-sama is here! ”

"What happened to the prime minister?" Ji Chang stepped forward and saluted.

"A good thing, a good thing!" Bigan stroked his beard and smiled.

Hearing this, the eight hundred princes first showed a look of astonishment, because if this matter was put on them, they would definitely not agree, and then there was a surprise.

"But the king agreed to let me wait..."Ji Chang's face was happy, and the light in the depths of his eyes could hardly be hidden.

Brushing his long beard, Bigan smiled and said, "The old man has pleaded for a long time, but the king has not agreed to let you bring the seedlings back, or I am afraid that it will not be in ten years."

"It's... Why did the prime minister say it was a good thing? Ji Chang smiled reluctantly.

"Although the king did not agree that you should bring the seedlings back for planting, he did agree that in the next few years, when the grain was abundant, sweet potatoes and corn would be sold to you at a very low price."

"In this way, not to mention the complicated cultivation process, it can also allow the people in the ministers' territories to have enough to eat, isn't it a good thing?" Bigan asked Ji Chang rhetorically.

"Well... It's a good thing, it's a good thing," Ji Chang sighed.

Looking at the appearance of the eight hundred princes smiling in front of him, Bi Gan said again, "Don't blame the king, it's just that the number of these seedlings can't even be popularized by the people of Chaoge City, don't say that it will be given to the ministers again."

"If you disperse, you can't guarantee the best cultivation, and in the long run, the impact will be significant, but if you have a 10-year buffer, you can eliminate it"

"It's really helpless, this is a seed seedling that can be called a divine thing, but it is brought back from the outer world with great difficulty, and there must be no mistakes," Bigan sighed.

"Prime Minister rest assured, we are not people who don't know what to do, the king can promise to sell the crops to me in three years, so that the people can live, and Weichen does not dare to have any extravagance"

"Please accept Ji Chang's worship!"

Lifting the hem of his clothes, Ji Chang knelt directly on the ground and bowed deeply to Bigan.

Ji Chang is not a person who is in a hurry, if it weren't for the change in Dashang that disrupted all his previous plans, he would not have taken the risk of sending someone to assassinate Ye Zhen two days ago.

Now that he has been suspected, Ji Chang does not dare to make any more inches, waiting, hiding, learning, and developing, and he knows how to do it.

If Xiqi can't get food, the population will naturally lose, this time Ji Chang calculated, it should be three years later, if it is three years to be able to get these food, it is already a blessing in misfortune.

It's just that in the past half a year, Ji Chang has also seen the speed of the development of big business, and he has also learned a lot of essence, and everything will be talked about after returning to Xiqi.

Ten years later...

In the past ten years, Ye Zhen will appear once a year on the day of tribute to rejoice with the ministers.

And seven years earlier, all kinds of grain were also sold to 800 princes as promised.

It's just that these eight hundred princes can't be happy.

In three years, just three years, all kinds of frightening grain crops filled the granaries of the cities of the Great Shang, and even expansion was to no avail.

The people's families also had endless surplus food.

The grain sold to the 800 princes was purchased by the Great Merchants and Trade Department and then shipped everywhere.

The quantity control is very strict, every time it is just right, it is impossible for the eight hundred princes to want to store grain.

Among them, there are also those who do not believe in evil and secretly plant, and then they are pressed by the army of Chonghou Hu, and directly slaughter the princes.

In this way, no one dares to plant secretly.

In ten years, the world seems to have entered a period of reproduction, and the population has surged, but this surge is only for the big merchants.

The headquarters of Dashang originally had a population of just over 4 million, but now it has exceeded 10 million ten years later!

Among them, more than 3 million are from the territories of 800 princes, and the loss of population cannot be stopped.

In the past ten years, Dashang has launched three foreign wars, counting no man's land, and the territory has directly expanded more than doubled!

And with the backing of Dashang Academy, there is no shortage of management talents at all.

The most important thing is that the roads are basically all built, and each city has at least one wide cement road leading to other cities, and when you look down from the 10,000-meter void, the cement roads are like spider webs that almost encompass the entire Central Plains.

It's just that if a cultivator observes it carefully, he will find that this spider web version of the road is actually somewhat similar to a certain formation pattern.

......

"King, I never expected that there are so many capable people in this Dongyi ghost clan, no wonder it can be stalemate with Wen Taishi for ten years, but fortunately, yesterday's good news, Wen Taishi deliberately showed weakness, and then lured the enemy to go deeper, wiped out 80,000 soldiers and horses of the Dongyi ghost clan, and has now driven it to the shore of the East China Sea."

"I believe it won't be long before we can get it out of the country completely," Bi lamented.

It's been ten years, with the backing of the big businessmen who are thriving and the national strength has increased many times, and Wen Taishi personally led the army, it took ten years to kill the Dongyi ghost clan, but just drove it overseas.

In the imperial study, Ye Zhen sat behind the desk and waved his pen to write urgently, stopped after a while, and looked up at Bigan not far away, "The day of tribute is coming again, right?" ”

"Not bad," Bigan nodded.

"Don't worry about them, you go and take care of this matter first" Ye Zhen threw the oracle he had just written directly into Bigan's arms.

After reading the content of the oracle, Bigan was shocked, closed the oracle, and wondered, "The king wants to recruit troops?" But at this time, there are 400,000 people in my big merchant army, and Master Wen Taishi will return to the dynasty soon."

"There is no war, raising so many soldiers and horses, the treasury is still a little tight, please think twice."

Slowly getting up, with his hands behind his back, Ye Zhen whispered, "When did this king do something that he was not sure of, if the prime minister didn't want to do it, he would hand it over to someone else."

Ye Zhen walked slowly, and directly crossed Bigan to the outside of the hall, but when he was about to go out, he said again, "The calmer it is, the more dangerous it is, and some people are about to be unable to bear it."

When the words fell, Ye Zhen disappeared, leaving only Bigan with a shocked face, maybe it took a long time, and Bigan almost forgot it, in the past ten years, Dashang has developed rapidly, and Na Xiqi is also close behind, but the process is too secret and long, if you are unintentional, you can't find it at all."

In the dormitory, he finally soared into an immortal, and even reached the realm of human immortals, but with the help of Ye Zhen, Zhao Min, who was not discovered by anyone, still had the mentality of a girl, "Husband, calculate the time, is the prologue of the gods about to begin?" ”

After tasting the tea made by Zhiruo, Ye Zhen whispered, "It has begun, the development speed of big business in the past ten years, the most important thing is faith, which has made those guys in the sky unable to sit still."

"Humph! Those guys stay in heaven all day and do nothing and want to be worshiped for the rest of their lives, how can there be such a good thing in the world"

As he spoke, Zhao Min's eyes rolled and he smiled coquettishly, "But then again, in the past ten years, the people of the big business have been respectful of their husbands like gods, and yesterday my sister and I transfigured out to visit the court."

"On the way, I met a child who was not inferior to her husband, and no one else saw or heard it, but the child's mother beat her very badly, and there were other similar situations."

"Now the common people of the Great Merchants, whether they are poor or rich, have a statue of their husband, which is fragrant in the morning and evening, which is more punctual than eating and sleeping."

Hearing Zhao Min's words, Ye Zhen's calm face also melted instantly, "This is thanks to Chunjun, but this sculpture is not so simple, but a part of the large array, to be completed, with the territory of the Great Shang as the array, the road is sparse, and the tens of millions of people and Zhou Tian's aura are the base"

"Every sculpture is an array of eyes, and no matter how much faith feeds, except for the Heavenly Dao, no one can spy on the great merchants, even the saints."

"The concubine is just worried, for this big array, the husband has put too much effort into it, the project is huge, and it involves a lot, at this critical moment, don't have an accident," Cai Liang whispered.

"Don't worry, the two of them patrol every day, there will be no problems, although the Sky Covering Array has cost me a lot of effort, but it will be of great use in the future, it is a must-do."

When the words fell, Ye Zhenxin suddenly felt something, and his face changed slightly.

"Husband?" The three women asked in unison.

"It's okay, it's just that some people can't sit still anymore, it seems that I can't retreat in the future, the world has been silent for ten years, and it's going to start to be lively," Ye Zhen smiled.