Kwai Yuan, who was only twenty-seven years old at the time, had already cultivated two forces that could threaten Prime Minister Luo's accumulated rule for more than 20 years.

But is that really the case?

On the twenty-seventh birthday, whether it was Wuyi Hou Chuhong, or Jiang Luzi, the president of the Oriental Chamber of Commerce, they did not come to the palace in person to congratulate but chose to send someone to give gifts to finish the work.

I don't know when Kwai Yuan had an inexplicable sense of distance from the two cronies who were hand-promoted, and the Marquis of Wuyi can now grow to occupy the territory of the northwest region and has little to do with him, although the imperial military order to temporarily requisition the major cities in order to facilitate the wartime was given by himself, but Kwai Yuan did not expect that the Marquis of Wuyi would be used in such a place as expanding the territory, and the rapid expansion of the Wuyi army was not what she meant; Jiang Luzi has been depressed for a period of time since he was rejected by himself last time when he proposed his relatives, and then reinvigorated himself and marched into the southern region of commerce, and has achieved certain results over the years, but all these strategic moves are not his original intention, and the connection with it is almost severed.

Although on the surface, the development of the two cronies' forces coincided with their own expectations, but Kwai Yuan always felt that there was something wrong hidden in the shadows, Chu Hong and Jiang Luzi were not hostile but joined forces to deal with Prime Minister Luo, and now the development momentum has overshadowed each other, if this is their own plan, it is fine, but in case the two of them are obeying others? When most of the country fell into the hands of the two, the instigators behind the scenes came out to try to seek power and usurp the throne, so would they be able to resist at that time?

This is not a foreign enemy like the Star Monster or the Northern Barbarian, and he can once again gather people's hearts to fight the enemy as the leader of the emperor; If there is a real civil strife, the enemy will be his own people, and the Aoi Dynasty may face the crisis of changing the dynasty.

Maybe it's just that I'm thinking too much, there is no evidence that Chu Hong and Jiang Luzi are both under the orders of the same person, at least as collaborators, they should have some contact, and in recent years, there has been no sign of a meeting between the two, whether it is on the surface of the public or the secret place where you need to inquire about intelligence, there is no news outside, but logically it doesn't make sense, I don't know what Chu Hong thinks of Jiang Luzi, Jiang Luzi previously expressed his disgust with the Wuyi Army's march to the east, but now he has completely abandoned the main force of the eastern city and developed to the south, It is impossible for the two to put aside their grievances and cooperate together for their own sake, and they don't want to believe this kind of thing, so Kwai Yuan always has a trace of suspicion and scruple about this matter, that is, someone between the two must come forward to unite the two sides to let them walk on the same path, and the most terrifying thing is that this person is not Kwai Yuan himself.

However, there are also fortunate things to happen, that is, one day and night from Qin Zhanna, the captain of the forbidden army, received a letter from the Emperor Xing, unknowingly Emperor Xing has been away from him for six years, and thought that the next meeting will be at least ten years later, for Kwai Yuan, who feels lonely in the palace, it is very warm to receive a letter from a friend from afar.

The letter was very small, and it was a simple reminder to the Aoi Gardens to be careful of the barbarians, who had not completely evacuated from the north but were hiding in unknown places, and that the Black Rakshasa had close contact with them.

Kwai Yuan carefully folded the letter and put it away secretly, thinking that Emperor Xing and Qiluo Mosquito were actively fighting somewhere in the Central Plains, and he could not fall behind because of this, no matter how dangerous the road ahead was, he had to walk bravely.

In the ninety-first year of the Kwai Dynasty, the development of trade in the south of the Oriental Chamber of Commerce was blocked, but Prime Minister Luo's newly revised policy also harmed the interests of local merchants, anyone who tried to do business in the south must first negotiate with Prime Minister Luo's forces, and it is easy to obtain a permit to open a business after obtaining permission through interest transactions, and the strict inspection of the shop license is implemented every three months.

In the same year, the two forces of Wuyi Marquis and Prime Minister Luo reached out to Tonghua City, which was originally subordinate to the interest chain of the Eastern Chamber of Commerce, at the same time, and both wanted to seize this kind of commercial city as the cornerstone of the enemy's territory.

The fiefdom of Tonghua City was too guarded by Baiyuan, a scholar of the dynasty, a famous mathematician and physicist of the contemporary era, and he was in a key position and belonged to one of the few neutral forces that did not turn to Prime Minister Luo under pressure.

Originally, the Oriental Chamber of Commerce and Baiyuan had a deep interest relationship, but in recent years, the Oriental Chamber of Commerce has invested all its manpower and material resources in the south, and the trade and business in Tonghua City have decreased.

One night, the envoys sent by the Marquis of Wuyi to diplomacy returned to Guanzhong City to report, and a deafening shouting and scolding came from the room.

Chu Hong said angrily: "You still have the face to come back?!" Tell me how many times you've been there, and every time you come back, you'll only tell me to eat behind closed doors?? ”

The diplomat wiped his sweat and replied, "Lord Wuyi...... Lord Baiyuan, he was really not interested in the conditions we put forward at all, and he sent away the guests with less than ten words every time he visited. ”

Chu Hong slapped his chair and wondered, "How much gold and food does that old guy want before he is willing to bow his head?" The stuff I sent me was enough for him to eat for five years! What benefits did Prime Minister Luo give to him to linger?! ”

Han Fu sighed at the bottom, it seemed that for their group of martial artists, the power game in peacetime was too difficult and complicated.

Let Wuyihou try to conquer Tonghua City with Wen is the meaning of fox, after all, it has passed the era of fighting and killing, and if you want to continue to move forward, you must learn to engage in politics, the result is that Wuyihou has not made the slightest progress in the past two months, on the contrary, he heard that Baiyuan and Prime Minister Luo's diplomatic envoys have been in contact more and more frequently, and it seems that Prime Minister Luo is about to win the first battle between the two sides.

That night, Wuyi Hou attacked the fox boudoir at night, but he didn't expect that the other party had not fallen asleep in the middle of the night, and he threw himself on the bed and kissed the quilt only to find that there was no one underneath, and the fox lit the oil lamp and laughed: "If the adult likes this quilt, it will be sent to the adult's room tonight." ”

Chu Hong responded cheekily: "It's just right, I love all the things that beauties have used!" ”

stepped forward to hold the fox in his arms, but was pushed away by the other party and asked, "Are you done with your business?" It didn't look nervous at all, so interested. ”

Chu Hong sighed and said: "Beauty, the task you gave to Ben Hou is too difficult, Bai Yuan's old thing is soft and hard, and he doesn't understand what kind of benefits Prime Minister Luo has given him to turn a blind eye to our gifts!" ”

Hu Mei: "My lord, have you investigated the content of Prime Minister Luo's gift?" ”

Chu Hong shook his head and said, "That's not true, isn't it all money and food?" ”

Fox Mei: "It turns out that adults only know how to give these two things, and compared to money, food should account for the majority, right?" ”

Chu Hong scratched his head and said, "How did the beauty know?" Obviously, I haven't revealed anything to you in the whole process. ”

Hu Mei said with a smile: "The cities occupied by the Wuyi army are all based on agriculture and military rations as the first priority, and now that the war is over, the food is abundant, and it is natural to give generous gifts." ”

Chu Hong: "Sure enough, nothing can be hidden from the beautiful ice and snow smart mind." ”

Fox Mei sighed and said: "In the end, I still have to go out, but I have to take the lead before Lord Baiyuan agrees to Prime Minister Luo, otherwise they will definitely take the next step after the matter is completed, and we can only defend passively at that time." ”

Chu Hong: "What the beauty said is extremely true! Then ...... tonight."

Fox Mei: "The two things that the adult promised the little girl - to arrest the enemy Fengshuang and bring it to the little girl and take Tonghua City have not been realized, and the adult is embarrassed to stay here?" ”

Chu Hong left in a gloomy manner: "Okay, in order to make the beauty happy, I will work harder!" ”

In the next few days, after Hu Mei made diplomatic preparations, as a new diplomat of Wuyi Hou, he went to Tonghua City to visit Taishou Baiyuan, at first almost empty-handed and only brought some supperopards to meet with gifts, and was ridiculed by Baiyuan Wuyi Hou's diplomacy was not smooth and began to use women as gifts, Hu Mei did not care about chatting with Baiyuan about political affairs, and then sent someone to investigate Baiyuan's interests and hobbies after doing what he liked, and still only came to talks as a visitor rather than a diplomatic alliance, and the gifts sent became more and more pleasing to the other party.

In Hu Mei's view, in the peaceful era when there was no war, people lived without hunger, and naturally wanted other things, so Wuyi Hou only had money and food in his mind, especially the excessive proportion of food, it was difficult to please people's hearts in social interactions.

And Wuyi Hou also made another mistake, that is, what he prepared was a one-time bribe, and for the scheming officials, they didn't bother to pay attention to this kind of stolen money that was not only limited in quantity but also easy to verify, and they should use hidden long-term interests to reach a deal with them.

But now the person who came out to lobby is himself, intelligence is an extremely important part of the business war, and there is nothing she wants to know about the ability to prove the fox and demagoguery, and she can hide from her eyes, from the beginning of the formal proposal to Baiyuan, the price code offered each time is just over Prime Minister Luo's power, but it will not be too high to let his party pay in vain, just like when the two sides bid at the auction, one of them has more than the other party every time, and the behavior is extremely disgusting, but in this game, both sides should not know the other party's bid, Fox's counteroffensive directly made Prime Minister Luo's forces scratch their heads, and the conditions that had been negotiated suddenly turned back on the target, and it was still the case after he raised the price many times.

The battle for the power of Tonghua City is obviously only a matter of time away from the victory of the Wuyi Army, but Hu Mei has been back and forth between Guanzhong City and Tonghua City many times, but she has noticed strange things, it seems that someone has been secretly peeping at herself, Hu Mei can be sure that it must have been done by the same person many times, not just watching the lively crowd of people, because that person will immediately leave quietly every time his eyes sweep to her, could it be that his recent behavior is too eye-catching, and he is being targeted by Prime Minister Luo and preparing to send assassins to commit murder again?