Xiao Tingsheng was stunned at first when he heard this, and secretly thought in his heart that he had not arranged this stubble in advance.

After thinking about it, it may be that Zhao Shijun has some desire to explore the bottom.

"Stand down, all of you!"

Xiao Tingsheng waved his hand to let Wang Sheng and Luo Tong both withdraw.

"Yes!"

Wang Sheng saw that Zhao Shijun's people had retreated, so he left boldly and went to the next room.

In this way, in the huge wing, only Xiao Tingsheng and Zhao Shijun are left.

Zhao Shijun sat with a golden knife, while picking his teeth, he looked at Xiao Tingsheng and said:

"Lord Wang, no, no... It should be Lord Xiao now, we are all old acquaintances, so let's open the skylight and say something bright. ”

"What is the purpose of the prince's coming to Northern Xinjiang, please tell the truth!"

When Xiao Tingsheng heard this, he smiled and said:

"I don't dare to say that I know all about the prince's intentions, but I dare to say that he mainly attended the funeral of Moxi Khan, so as to stabilize the situation in the Eastern Turks as the first priority, and secondly, to inspect the planning and actual results of the agricultural reclamation of the Military Affairs Department."

"To attend the funeral and inspect the Military Affairs Division, it stands to reason that the imperial court can send a special envoy, is it necessary for the prince to come in person?"

Nazan put down his hand to pick his teeth and said in a deep voice:

"How can I hear that someone gave the prince a lesson, saying that Youzhou has been controlled by the Zhao family for many years, supporting the army and respecting itself, and not listening to the call of the imperial court."

"The prince is also ready to eradicate my Zhao family, this time with more than 20,000 elite forbidden troops, trying to trap himself in Yuyang."

Xiao Tingsheng smiled slightly after hearing this, "As a feudal official for more than ten years, there are some gossips in the court, which is normal, not to mention that in the past few years, the Hou Ye has moved his family to Youzhou, and he has not gone to the court to take up his post." ”

"Youzhou is not only the strategic point of the final Jin Empire, but also the real estate materials here are abundant, there are trade markets in Youzhou both inside and outside the Guanxi countries, and the taxes and silver are abundant, and it is also the largest grain producing area in the north."

"The prince also hopes that the agricultural reclamation project of my military affairs department will be supported by the Youzhou government, so he sent me to inspect on his behalf."

"For the Hou Ye, the actual prince is still more assured, he said that for more than 20 years, Lord Zhao has been guarding the country, everything is safe, and he is a loyal minister and a good general."

Zhao Shijun breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and grinned:

"Youzhou is a poor place with bad mountains and bad waters, in addition to forestry and animal husbandry, there is also a considerable scale of agriculture, of course, there is commerce, there is nothing!"

"But how did I hear that Youzhou has been trafficking illicit salt, tea, cloth and grain outside the customs for many years, as well as some ordnance to support the huge military expenditure on the part of the adults."

Xiao Tingsheng suddenly hit Zhao Shijun's most taboo issue.

Zhao Shijun's face changed greatly after hearing this, his hand shaking his teeth, and the bamboo stick suddenly poked the gums out of the blood.

He groaned, held his cheeks and snorted:

"Lord Xiao, if someone else said this, Lao Tzu would immediately divide his five horses and throw them into the valley to feed the wolves. What does that mean? ”

"I don't mean anything else, I just want to ask what the smuggling profits are?" Xiao Tingsheng also pretended to be stupid.

"Do you want to get in on the foot, too?" Xu Shijun is not stupid, he came straightforwardly.

"Just selling some illicit salt and tea or something, Xiao is not interested." Xiao Tingsheng said indifferently.

Zhao Shijun's fish bubble stared at Xiao Tingsheng for a long time, and he couldn't figure out what the other party wanted to express for a while.

After a long time, he swallowed his saliva before saying:

"Don't say secret words in front of the Ming people, this matter is to hide it from the top and not from the bottom, Zhao someone sells salt and goods in the area outside the Guan, and the profit is about 10,000 taels of silver per trip, and it is 100,000 taels a month."

After Xiao Tingsheng heard about it, he felt very funny.

At present, the Youzhou Mansion sells strategic materials such as illicit salt and grain, which can be said to be the whole country, and no one knows about it.

"Master Hou, this time His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asked Xiao to bring you a message, he can't get into his eyes for hundreds of thousands of taels of silver!"

Xiao Tingsheng shook his head and pouted.

Zhao Shijun was in good spirits when he heard it.

"Then according to the prince's vision, what should Youzhou do?"

Being able to eliminate the prince's suspicion is the best policy, and of course Zhao Shijun hopes for this.

In all fairness, of course, he will not easily turn his face with the imperial court, provided that the crown prince cannot interfere in all the affairs of Youzhou.

It is equivalent to Youzhou gaining autonomy.

"The prince hopes that you will not just guard Youzhou, but use Youzhou as a springboard, wave your army out of the pass to fight outside the pass, conquer Murowei and other tribes, and wait for us to take Goryeo."

"He hopes that Xiao will assist you, and the entire Yuyang Military Affairs Division base will serve as the rear of the Youzhou Army, providing you with enough reservists and a large number of weapons and equipment."

Xiao Tingsheng said.

He was ordered by the crown prince to test Zhao Shijun.

Zhao Shijun is an old Jianghu, and he didn't answer this for the time being.

"Expedition to the outside of the gates?"

Zhao Shijun leaned back after hearing this, looking a little embarrassed.

"This is difficult to do, Lord Xiao, there are hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses of the Murowei, Turkic, Xianbei and other tribes combined, how can this be feasible with this little army and material reserve in Youzhou?"

Xiao Tingsheng took the opportunity to say:

"Therefore, we must strengthen the construction of the base of the Military Affairs Department, in addition to strengthening the light

Cavalry, heavy cavalry, and a large number of crossbows, etc., don't tell me

You don't have that idea. ”

Zhao Shijun smiled, straightened up and said:

"Who doesn't have an idea, but how easy is it? This requires tens of millions of taels of silver, or even more, excuse me, where does this money come from? ”

"You don't have to ask, you know when the time comes, how... Do you want to do it? ”

", why not! Lao Tzu has a powerful heavy cavalry, plus a crossbow battalion, can conquer Guanwai, where the territory is more than dozens of times larger than Youzhou, why not? ”

Zhao Shijun slapped his face and said excitedly.

Compete for the world and achieve great things, everyone wants to be a man.

"That's okay, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said to Xiao that Hou Ye is a hero, a generation of heroes, Xiao saw it today, and it really deserved his reputation."

"Your Highness said that all the conquered lands will be under the jurisdiction of the Hou Ye."

Xiao Tingsheng took the opportunity to pour the ecstasy soup.

"This... Hehe, I never thought about it, but there is something I have to ask the prince to open up. ”

Although Zhao Shijun was very excited, he did not show it, but took the opportunity to make a request.

"It's open, but it's okay." Xiao Tingsheng said in astonishment.

"It's the prince Zhao Min, who was bewitched by the Cao Mansion before, participated in the military admonition to the prince last year, and is now grounded in the Xiangguo Princess's Mansion, I want Lord Xiao to speak well in front of the prince, can the prince return to Youzhou and help the old man."

Zhao Shijun had the audacity to make a request.

The eldest son, Zhao Min, is now detained in the capital by the crown prince and asked him to cast a rat trap.