It seems that the third prince himself knows that his approach is a bit unorthodox, so he generally has a simple etiquette when taking concubines, and he will not set up a banquet.

So when Dong Xiang saw Feng Huanhuan, Feng Huanhuan had already entered the Spirit King's Mansion for four days.

In the past half a month, Dong Xiang has been very anxious. Feng Huanhuan and Feng Huanhuan are both from Jinguo. Whether it was his Feng Huanhuan or not, he really wanted to see it.

But as a guest of the Three Princes, the woman who went to find the Three Princes was inevitably a little unpleasant.

On this day, there was finally an opportunity, and the three princes held a banquet in the Lingwang Mansion to celebrate the newly opened iron mine.

Dong Xiang was also invited, and when the wine was half-drunk, Feng Huanhuan came out.

It was the third prince who asked her to come out and toast everyone.

The moment Feng Huanhuan appeared at the door, Dong Xiang's whole person was stunned, and his cold hair stood on end.

It's exactly the same, except it's more mature, it's exactly the same.

Dong Xiang almost called out the sentence "Huanhuan".

When everyone congratulated the third prince on taking a beautiful concubine, Dong Xiang stayed there and couldn't speak.

When Feng Huanhuan began to toast to everyone at the banquet, Dong Xiang quickly lowered his head as if he had reacted to something, not knowing whether he was afraid to recognize himself, or afraid that he would be unable to help himself, or both.

What should come is always coming.

"This is Dong Xiang, Dong Changshi, is my right-hand man, Huanhuan, you must toast him, Dong Changshi has made a lot of contributions to my Lingwang Mansion in the past two years." The third prince introduced Dong Xiang to Feng Huanhuan.

"Dong Changshi, the slave is polite, thank you Dong Changshi for trying his best to assist my father-in-law, and please drink this cup." Feng Huanhuan poured wine for both himself and Dong Xiang and gave it to Dong Xiang.

Interestingly, Feng Huanhuan usually does not use the word "Xianggong" to call the three princes, after all, it is the royal family of the Zhou State, different from folk couples, I don't know if there is any deep meaning, but it makes Dong Xiang very uncomfortable, on the day of the marriage, Dong Xiang mentioned to Feng Huanhuan that he will call him "Xianggong" in the future, but unfortunately, today's "Xianggong" is not him.

Dong Xiang took the wine glass from Feng Huanhuan's hand and bowed: "You are too polite, it is the duty of your humble duty to be loyal to Your Highness." ”

After speaking, he didn't clink glasses with Feng Huanhuan, and directly raised his head and drank the wine in the glass.

Feng Huanhuan toasted a circle of wine and went back to the inner house, making Dong Xiang lose his taste all night.

Dong Xiang, who returned to his house, was still very puzzled, whether it was Feng Huanhuan or not, it was exactly the same, he and Feng Huanhuan had been very close since childhood, and it was impossible to admit his mistake. But if you say yes, the difference is a little too big, Feng Huanhuan in my impression is the kind of innocent and careless appearance, but today's Feng Huanhuan exudes a kind of charm between his gestures, which is almost charming to the bones.

Otherwise, how can it be said that "Qunfang Pavilion" can be famous all over the world, this ability to cultivate women is really not covered.

Dong Xiang kept thinking about this, so much so that his newly married wife pushed open the door of the study and came to him without noticing.

Dong Xiang's wife only thought that her father-in-law was thinking about a big matter, so she didn't dare to disturb and went out directly. After the sound of the door closing woke Dong Xiang up, he was still unaware of his wife's arrival, only a hot tea at hand.

Looking at this hot tea, Dong Xiang made up his mind to check this Feng Huanhuan.

For three months, whether it was from Qunfang Pavilion or from Qingling City, there was not the slightest news about Feng Huanhuan or Feng Huanhuan.

Even he personally tried it several times, but there was not a single flaw, and Dong Xiang really had no idea at all.

Is there really such a similar person in this world?

Half a year has passed, this Feng Huanhuan's methods are indeed extraordinary, after entering the Lingwang Mansion for more than nine months, the lustful nature of the third prince actually did not accept a concubine, but let Feng Huanhuan drive away two.

For a while, there was a feeling that the three princes favored her Feng Huanhuan alone, and the Lingwang Mansion was almost properly governed by Feng Huanhuan, and almost all of them respected her as the Spirit Princess.

In fact, to a certain extent, Dong Xiang is quite willing to see this situation, after all, the name of the three princes has reached the ears of the emperor over the years, and there are already many people in the court talking about the lust of the three princes, and there are even rumors that the three princes forcibly occupy the people's daughters because of their lust.

Now that the three princes have improved, and they are more focused on military and political affairs than before, Dong Xiang is very happy.

But this joy didn't last long, and Dong Xiang was blinded.

Within the fiefdom of the Lingwang Mansion, the mining tax of all gold, silver, copper and iron ore has been increased by one and a half, and the mines that have paid the mining tax can be exempted from two percent of the trade tax and sold directly to the southern countries.

Dong Xiang is simply too familiar with this kind of thing, and the reason why he did it to his hometown and his father and father-in-law is not because they pretend to be public and private, embezzle national funds through raw ore trade, and harm national interests to satisfy themselves.

Dong Xiang rushed to the Lingwang Mansion very anxiously, and invited the three princes out of Feng Huanhuan's room to inquire about the situation, but the three princes said "The Lingwang Mansion is very expensive, and even the Lingwang Wei and the fiefdom officials all need money, instead of going around the local government's mansion, it is better to hand it over directly to the Lingwang Mansion, so as to avoid corruption." "I'm back.

Because of the large scope of the Zhou State and the military policy of outward expansion in recent years, there are often rainy and snowy weather, and the tax revenue of various places is not uniform.

Northern Xinjiang mostly taxes horses, cattle and sheep; There are many mountainous areas in the northeast, which are not suitable for grain grazing, but they are rich in minerals, so they mostly use ores, crude metal ingots and even iron weapons as taxes; In the southwest and central regions, the soil is fertile and flat, and the terrain is suitable for growing grain, so the grain is used as a tax; In the southeast region, there is a river running through the capital of Tongyingfu, so the commerce is relatively developed, so copper coins and grain can be used as taxes.

In order to avoid the loss of local tax revenue in transportation to the national capital and the allocation of funds from the national capital to the local government, the Zhou State adopted a dual tax system of national tax and local tax.

After the local government collects all kinds of grain, horses, cattle and sheep, minerals and other materials as tax materials, they will pay a certain percentage of copper coins to the central court, and the difference in the middle will be registered and stored in the local government yamen.

It is decided that the transfer of these materials needs to be requested by the local government to the central court, and then used or sold after approval, but because the four princes opened the government and set up a government, there will be a decision-making link between the local government and the central court, that is, the four princes' palaces.

More than 60 percent of the military strength of the Zhou State was gathered around the national capital, and the 16 Guards and Forbidden Army plus the internal guards, and more than 500,000 armored soldiers surrounded the vicinity of the Tongying Mansion of the Zhou State, which was easy to cause the local military situation to be unstable.

The four princes' mansions will serve as an important supplement to the local garrison and armament, but they can't let the horses run but don't let the horses graze, so the four princes' mansions have a considerable amount of autonomy over taxation and even military and political affairs within their respective fiefdoms.

However, it is said that the fiefdom of the Lingwangfu is located in the northeast of the Zhou Kingdom, so minerals are the main force of local taxation, under normal circumstances, the local government will collect the ore and rough embryo as the main materials for taxation, and then a large part of it will be handed over to the Lingwangfu for forging, and the weapons will be sent to the Lingwangwei to do part of the military expenses, and the iron will be sold to the whole country of the Zhou State and even the southern countries, and finally it will be exchanged for copper coins and handed over to the central court.

Now the decision of the three princes is equivalent to throwing the main income of the forging of the Lingwang Mansion to the southern countries, and the fire consumption and loss in the meantime are not more than millions in a year, but the three princes still feel that they can save a lot of manpower and force, but they do not take into account that many people will lose their jobs after the closure of the iron workshop.

But few people can change the decision made by the three princes, in the past, Dong Xiang made suggestions to the three princes in advance before they were adopted and implemented, and now that the decree has been issued, it is difficult to collect it, not to mention, the three princes will definitely not slap themselves in the face like this.

Dong Xiang was only the third prince who didn't realize the possible losses for a while, so he had to give up, but he didn't want to receive a new decree.

That is, the agricultural tax of Huizhou and Dongguan Road is completely exempt, but the commercial tax is increased by one percent.

Dong Xiang has not reacted to the problem of this move for a while, but he has a gut feeling that the consequences will only be more serious.

That's true.

At present, the foreign business and trade channels of the Zhou State are mainly the three princes to dig the Beihe River and then carry out water transportation to the south through the wharf of Qingling County, as well as the Chun Nei Road in the fief of the two princes, and finally the Qichun Ancient Road and Linxi Road in the fief of the four princes.

The Beihe River in the fiefdom of the three princes originally belonged to the farthest one on the road, and the cost of river transportation was relatively low, and the trade volume was okay. However, now that the rise in commercial taxes has caused many large merchants to prefer to take the land route from the Chunnei Road, the Qichun Ancient Road and the Linxi Road rather than take the water route to pay taxes in the fiefdom of the Three Princes.

Just when Dong Xiang was worried about how to make adjustments to the three princes, he received news that Feng Huanhuan proposed all this to the three princes.

Dong Xiang, as the governor of King Ning's Mansion, is in charge of political affairs in the fiefdom of King Ning's Mansion, and Dong Xiang is very worried about the plummeting financial revenue, but the three princes don't think so, because the money basically goes into King Ning's Mansion, that is, the three princes' own pockets, Ning Wangwei has really become the personal arm of the three princes.

The three princes are stubborn and self-serving, which Dong Xiang has long been deeply aware of, and now the three princes have almost taken Lingwangwei and the local armed forces of Huizhou and Dongguan Road in their hands by controlling taxes and military expenditures, Dong Xiang is really worried that the three princes will have bad ideas.

It seems that the army of more than 100,000 is very scary, and because of the influence of the Inner Ting Mountains in the northeast, the terrain is precipitous, and it can almost be divided into territory and become a country on its own, but Dong Xiang is very clear about the emperor's purpose of placing 500,000 forbidden troops near Tongying Mansion.

This amount of troops may be okay to deal with the Jin Kingdom, but if there is an objection, it will be directly wiped out in two months.

At that time, the lives of the officials of the Lingwang Mansion and even Huizhou and Dongguan Road will not be guaranteed.

Thinking about this, Dong Xiang was determined in his heart, and he was bound to get rid of this Feng Huanhuan!

We must not let the demon girl bewitch the three princes, causing irreparable disasters, and even let their ideal of "king trying to dominate the industry and benefit the people" come to naught.

At this time, Dong Xiang had already succeeded in his self-attack in his heart, this Feng Huanhuan was not his Feng Huanhuan, just a woman in the dust who was confused by the devil.

Things are interesting, everything is ready, and the three princes can do it when they leave Xinyuan Mansion.

Dong Xiang laid out the layout for more than half a month, and finally invited the third prince to walk out of Feng Huanhuan's boudoir and go to Dongguan Road for border inspection.

This inspection will take at least more than ten days, and this time is enough for Dong Xiang, who has been the head of the Spirit King Mansion for nearly two years, to kill Feng Huanhuan.

In order to clear himself of the suspicion of killing the concubines of the three princes, Dong Xiang will patrol with the three princes.

Just when Dong Xiang and the three princes left the Xinyuan Mansion together, Feng Huanhuan gave the three princes a painting in front of Dong Xiang before the three princes left.

It is the "Lingwangfu Welcoming Picture" painted by Feng Huanhuan on the attic diagonally opposite the palace.

In the end, what made Dong Xiang unable to attack Feng Huanhuan was the poem above:

The heart is leisurely to send you away,

Tears and tears look forward to the king's return,

The mountains are full of mountains and look at the king's road,

Don't forget to go back when the water is murmuring.

When Dong Xiang saw this poem, there was only one thought left in his heart: this person is his Feng Huanhuan!