"What!" Xiao Ming moved, the crown prince was able to find him in such a short time, Xiao Ming was not surprised at all, but he was a little puzzled, what was the matter with the crown prince looking for him?

Xiao Ming glanced at the young man and said, "Please come inside." Mobile Reading"

In the living room, Xiao Ming and the middle-aged man sat down face to face, the middle-aged man looked around, and said directly: "That's the case, after you were expelled this time, the crown prince immediately dispatched all the introductions to find your traces, so that we can find you in a short time." ”

"Hmm. ”

Xiao Ming nodded.

"The prince told us to find you, and then report your safety to the top, and the other thing is that I want to hand over a token to you, and then, you will report to the army, on the side of the Nanban, there is one of our people, his name is Hong Ming, he is a powerful general under the governor Taishou, if you go to report, you can defect to him. ”

"Hmm. ”

Xiao Ming nodded, he took the piece of Lingyu from the middle-aged man, that Lingyu, with a cool breath, Xiao Ming touched it, nodded, and then took it.

"Another ......"

The middle-aged man stood up and said respectfully: "Xiao Houye, if you don't mind, then please go back to the house with me, the crown prince also explained one thing to me." ”

"Hmm. ”

Xiao Ming stood up, he didn't ask anything, at the moment, he followed behind the middle-aged man, walked the mansion, only to see a wide pavilion bridge parked outside the gate, at the moment, at the invitation of the middle-aged man, Xiao Ming walked on the pavilion bridge, and then under the shoulders of the four young adults, slowly carried outward, the speed was not in a hurry. Sitting in it, Xiao Ming had a feeling of being a superior person. scolded in my heart: Sure enough, it's a dog official, enjoy it more!

When the pavilion bridge stopped, it had already come to the prefect's office.

At that moment, Xiao Ming, under the enthusiastic leadership of the middle-aged man, walked in and entered the palace. When Xiao Ming passed by the hall, he saw a scholar who was busy. The white-haired scholar, when he felt the sound, he raised his head, saw the middle-aged man at a glance, and hurriedly said: "Master, you came back well, this year's agricultural production is not good, and the people under our jurisdiction have very little agricultural grain, I am afraid that they will not be able to complete the targets issued above." ”

"This ......"

The middle-aged man frowned and said, "We belong to the crown prince's subordinates, and we have to pay him three thousand quintals of grain every year, how much are we missing now?"

"Two thousand quintals are still missing. Master said.

"What!"

The middle-aged man was shocked, froze there, his face was a little ugly, and he was silent. The master didn't bother with interest, but glanced at Xiao Ming, and then lowered his head to settle the account.

"Alas!"

The middle-aged man sighed, then sat down with Xiao Ming, he picked up the teacup, gently penetrated it, exhaled, and then said: "Xiao Houye, I originally asked you to come over to hand over three thousand quintals of grain to you, the crown prince thinks that you will go on a march, and all you need is money, so he instructed me to give you enough three thousand quintals of grain no matter what, and these grains can all be exchanged for silver taels for you." It's just that now ......"

Before the middle-aged man finished speaking, Xiao Ming had already waved his hand and said, "Gu, I don't want it, but I want to know, how much is the farming and revenue across the country now?"

"Alas......"

The middle-aged man sighed and said: "To be honest, it's not just that I can't harvest enough grain here, but I can't harvest enough all over the country, over the years, the sky is not beautiful, the north is drought, the south is flooded, the people have worked hard for a year, and in the end, they only get a small part, and this is still an order from the imperial court, it can't be too taxed, if not, I'm afraid that the whole world will be violent = chaotic!"

"Hmm. ”

When Xiao Ming heard this, he nodded and said, "So, the crown prince can't collect enough taxes?"

"This ......" The middle-aged man shook his head, his face was a little pale, and said: "I can only take some out of my warehouse, make up enough, and then hand it over to the crown prince, once the crown prince ascends the throne, then it will be the time for our loyal ministers to shine!"

As he spoke, the middle-aged man's face was excited, and there was a sense of righteousness and awe-inspiring morality.

Xiao Ming nodded, he thought in his heart, at this time, the corn harvest was being sold at the wind auction, but Xiao Ming naturally knew that it was impossible for all of these corns to be auctioned off, and now that Li Huimi's woman had noticed him, he could take advantage of this time to leave and go back to the capital, first, to see the situation of Sun Tingting, Qiuning, and Fang Haiqing, and second, to give the corn to the crown prince to show brotherhood.

Thinking like this, Xiao Ming stood up and said, "This thousand quintals of grain will be collected in the warehouse in case of emergency." ”

"How can this be, what about the crown prince......"

"Naturally, I have an explanation. Xiao Ming said a word, and then walked out, when he returned to the mansion, he immediately found Wang Lao, Da Niu and Xizi Xiaoxiao, he briefly explained a few words, did not say anything, just asked them to clean up their things.

Seeing Xiao Ming like this, the three of them were puzzled.

Soon, Helan Feixue came back from the wind auction, she came directly to the living room, and as soon as she opened the door, she saw Xiao Ming and the four of them, she said with a smile: "Guess how much we earned in this auction?"

"At least fifty taels of gold!" Xizi said slightly.

"No, at least a hundred taels. Da Niu said.

"Hehe, you all guessed, it's three hundred taels of gold!" When Helan Feixue's voice sounded, Wang Lao, Da Niu and Xizi Xiaoxiao were all shocked and completely froze there, especially Da Niu, whose mouth was opened into a circle-like existence, looking at Helan Feixue in surprise.

Only Xizi ran up excitedly, stretched out his hand, and showed a cute little face: "Bad sister, I want a little money." ”

"No, I'm the housekeeper, I'll have the final say!" Helan Feixue said.

"I hate it!" Xizi pursed her lips.

Xiao Ming nodded and said, "Don't be afraid, Helan Feixue, I let you be the financial steward here, and naturally I will hand over all the properties to you to take care of, in addition to the auction, how much corn is left?"

"More than 200 pieces were auctioned, and there are more than 1,700 left. Helan Feixue said.

"Hmm. Xiao Ming nodded and said, "Very good, next, I'm going to take the rest of the corn to the capital, and you will stay here." ”

"What!" Helan Feixue was anxious: "What are you going to do with these 1,700 pieces of corn?"

"Naturally useful, you don't have to ask about this!" Xiao Ming said: "You only need to be responsible for staying here, and when we come back, we will immediately plant more corn!"

"This ......"

Helan Feixue was a little dissatisfied, but she still nodded and said, "You said, when you come back, you will plant more corn immediately, and I will wait for you to come back!"

"Hmm. ”

Xiao Ming nodded.

At the moment, Xiao Ming and Da Niu prepared for a while, and then set off, Wang Lao was old and could not travel far, Xiao Ming didn't want Xizi Xiaoxiao to follow, but the little girl said that she didn't want to say anything, and she had to follow her when she died, so at that moment, Xiao Ming, Da Niu and Xizi Xiaoxiao San left the mansion and ran towards the capital overnight.

When they arrived in the capital, it was already two days later.

The three of them did not enter the city, but settled in a small town at the foot of the Son of Heaven not far from the capital, and then, Xiao Ming instructed Da Niu to enter the capital and report to the crown prince. As a result, in the afternoon of the same day, when the big cow returned, he brought back a few people.

"Brother Naru......"

A crisp voice sounded, and the first one who came into view was Sun Tingting, only to see that her little face was covered with small tears, as soon as she ran in, she immediately threw herself into Xiao Ming's arms, and cried: "Brother Ming, where have you been these days?" I'm worried about you to death!"

"Hehe......"

Xiao Ming smiled, patted Sun Tingting's jade back, and said with a smile: "I'm fine, be good, don't cry, cry again, you will really become a flower-faced cat." ”

"I hate it. ”

Sun Tingting raised his little head and smacked Xiao Ming the chest.

"Hehe......"

Xiao Ming smiled, he looked up and saw Qiu Ning, although Qiu Ning was still wearing a veil, but from her eyes, Xiao Ming could see a wave of eager feelings, he walked up, held Qiu Ning in his arms, and said, "Qiu Ning, long time no see." ”

"Hmm. ”

Qiu Ning didn't say anything, just leaned quietly in Xiao Ming's arms, carefully feeling his warm embrace, but tears couldn't help but welled up.

"Ahem!"

At this moment, a cough sounded, Xiao Ming raised his head and looked over, seeing Yongheng and Fang Haiqing.

"You're here......"

Xiao Ming hurriedly greeted him.

"Haha, second brother, I didn't expect that you actually came to the capital, and as soon as I received that you came to the capital, I immediately rushed out. Yongheng's face was a little excited, he stepped forward, hit Xiao Ming's chest with a hard fist, and said, "You kid, I was worried about you coming, but after finally seeing you, I breathed a sigh of relief." ”

"Haha......"

Xiao Ming laughed, then he looked at Fang Haiqing next to Eternity, and said, "Third sister, aren't you happy to see me?"

Fang Haiqing smiled and said, "I'm so happy that I can't talk about it, it's just that when you come back this time, I have a good place to go." ”

"Where are you going?"

"It's to go south with you to join the army. ”

"This ......"

Xiao Ming glanced at Fang Haiqing, then looked at eternity, and said, "Let's talk about it first." ”

"Good. ”

At that moment, Xiao Ming, Yongheng, Fang Haiqing, Qiu Ning, and Sun Tingting all sat down, Xiao Ming instructed Da Niu to prepare wine and meat, and after a while, Da Niu came back with high-quality wine and umami beef. At that moment, everyone began to drink, and after three rounds of drinking, Xiao Ming said: "Eternity, how is your harvest this year?"

"Harvest?" As soon as he said this, Eternity's face was not so good-looking.

He was silent for a moment, and then said: "Over the years, natural disasters have continued, drought in the north, flooding in the south, and the harvest is getting smaller and smaller year by year, and these times, the second brother and they have all united against me, constantly dividing my territory, and the rest can only provide me with some amount of taxes." ”

With that, the whole room fell silent. (Chivalry Chinese Network)