King Kang glanced at King Jin, and after the two exchanged a look, they asked in unison, "Father has something on his mind?" ”

Both of them knew that their father was acting like this because he wanted to say something, but it was not good to speak directly, so they asked them to find a place to go down.

And generally this kind of thing is very embarrassing, but in order to express themselves, the two can only rush to speak.

King Jin is good at this kind of thing, after asking, without waiting for Zhou Gan to answer, he continued: "Father and Emperor are in charge of every opportunity, hard work, whether it is as a courtier or as a son, there is a desire to help but also forceless, if there is something we can really help, I hope that my father will not hesitate to teach." ”

“……”

King Kang really admired these nonsense words spoken by King Jin.

Do you want to have a face?

Have a heart to help but can't do anything?

The Jin royal faction controls nearly thirty percent of the official positions in the court, and the Jin Wangfu and his mother family are even more first-class powerful lords.

"Father, although I am not as capable as the tenth brother, I also have a heart to share for my father."

King Kang didn't talk much, and while praising King Gaojin, he didn't forget to show that he wanted to help.

Troubles and big problems, all of them will be handed over to the King of Jin.

After all, what can make his father feel embarrassed, he should also be powerless.

Behold.

Zhou Qian did not respond to King Jin's statement, and took over King Kang's words: "Old Fourteen, the cart of tobacco seeds on Lingnan Road has left the capital?" ”

Why did you suddenly ask about it?

King Kang glanced at him and was not accosted, but his face was very natural and ordinary, as if King Jin, who knew everything in his heart, had a lot of thoughts.

Father is definitely not a tobacco seed that is mentioned casually!

But no matter what the emperor wants, he must answer truthfully.

"Back to my father's words, yesterday I have counted the number, according to my father's request, after taking out 100 catties, send 100 officers and soldiers, escort out of the city, return according to the route when I came, and then along the land route south of Jiangnan Road, take Wuhu to Lingnan."

King Kang didn't specifically mention Wuhu, he wanted his father to think of his daughter.

Simply because Gangnam Province has recently vigorously cracked down on robbers and robbers, this route is relatively safe.

When Zhou Qian heard this, his face showed satisfaction.

"You have always been cautious and cautious in doing things, you must have arranged it properly, and you will supervise the tobacco matter, I can rest assured."

As soon as these words came out, King Jin, who guessed what he was invited today, still frowned fiercely.

Damn King Kang!

Tobacco that should be extinguished!

Tobacco can indeed bring a steady stream of taxes to Daxing, but the money is neither in his hands, nor is the credit on him, and he wishes that tobacco had never come out.

In addition to secretly cursing King Kang, he also scolded Ning Wuxian, who discovered the usefulness of tobacco, in his heart.

I can't wait to summon Ning Wuxian into Beijing at this time and give him three knives and six holes!

"Old ten, the envoy sent by the countries of the Western Regions, what have you been doing in the past two days?"

Zhou Qian finally fixed his eyes on King Jin's body.

King Jin immediately stretched his brows, and bowed his head: "Back to my father's words, after the envoys sent by the countries of the Western Regions stayed in the 'Xiyi Pavilion', except for sending someone to send a letter to the gate to deliver the challenge of your father, he has been sleeping with his head covered, and has never left the Xiyi Pavilion. ”

Xiyi Pavilion is a post house in Daxing that specializes in entertaining envoys from the Western Countries, and it is only one street away from the Jin Palace.

In addition, the king of Jin has always advocated peace talks with the countries of the Western Regions, and it is not appropriate to make a big move, so the matter of entertaining the envoys of the countries of the Western Regions fell on the king of Jin.

After hearing about the movement of Xiyi Pavilion, Zhou Gan's face turned cloudy again, his two eyebrows were twisted into a line, and the fold in the middle of his eyebrows was like a fly.

It seems that asking a question from the east and the west has no purpose, but this kind of performance still made King Jin and King Kang understand the purpose in their father's heart at once.

It was not the tobacco that made the emperor difficult, but the challenge of the countries of the Western Regions.

But what exactly he was thinking about, King Kang couldn't guess it, so he kept his mouth shut and prepared to brake quietly.

And the king of Jin made a bold attack in order to promote his own goals.

"Father, although the envoy of the Xiyi Pavilion did not leave the post house one step, but the sons sent someone to inquire privately, according to the little guy who followed the envoy, the countries of the Western Regions will send a total of nearly 2,000 talented sons and talented women to challenge Daxing together, and they have prepared for this competition as early as three years ago."

Three years ago?!

When Zhou Qian heard the news, he only frowned tighter, but he didn't have any words to refute.

Judging from the content of the conditions proposed by the countries of the Western Regions to challenge the victory or defeat, they should have been preparing for a long time.

But it is not yet known what exactly has been prepared.

"My father may think that they are barbarians in the west, but according to the people I sent, in the past three years, they have asked the 2,000 people gathered to study the famous poet king, the king of words, the king of words, and the famous masters of qin, chess, calligraphy and painting, and at the same time specialize in studying their artistic shortcomings and flaws, not to mention, and also make various predictions specifically for their temperament, which can be said to be very well prepared."

At the mention of this, King Jin pretended to learn from Zhou Qian and sighed.

"This time they came prepared, if they win, not only will they become the laughing stock of other countries, but I am afraid that the conditions they offer will also be unacceptable to us."

Everybody understands things like this.

It can be linked to the preparations of the countries of the Western Regions, and there is an unprecedented pressure.

Zhou Qian no longer hesitated, he asked King Kang, "Old Fourteen, what do you think?" ”

"If they really dare to open their mouths, they will fight!"

King Kang is not afraid of the challenges of the countries of the Western Regions.

For things that are deliberately set up under the banner of cultural competition, it doesn't matter if you win or lose.

Even if the countries of the Western Regions succeed in their conspiracy for a while, it does not mean how prosperous their culture is, and they cannot afford to lose if they lose.

"Father, the sons and daughters think that they should stock up on food and recruit troops now, in case of emergency!"

"The fourteenth brother is confused, if he wins the competition, he can subdue the countries of the Western Regions without much effort and make them submit, why do you have to work the people and waste money to fight, not to mention that Daxing has been peaceful for many years under the wise governance of his father, and the military household has been changed with his father's meritorious service to the emperor, and there are less than sixty percent left, you say that the conscription will be conscripted, do you think the people will be happy?"

mentioned the change of nationality of military households due to merit, Zhou Qian's old face was hot.

At that time, he didn't listen to people's persuasion, and felt that the soldiers who followed him were too hard, so he was exceptionally released to the people.

The military is less than sixty percent of what he was when he ascended the throne, and even half of it is gone.

Therefore, the preparations for this war must be made, but in the past two years, coupled with the disaster, if he can use the competition to delay the time of the war and give Daxing more time to prepare, this is what he is most happy to see.

"According to Lao Shi, the countries of the Western Regions are prepared this time, how can this be good?"

Zhou Qian once again threw the problem to his two sons.

The topic of King Kang's desire to fight was lightly revealed, and he was reluctant to speak again.

And the King of Jin took the opportunity to say: "Father, according to my inquiry, the envoy sent by the Western Regions set off five months ago, and the plan they made was formulated three years ago, that is to say, the new talents who have risen in the past three years, they don't know, especially the rising stars who have a huge influence in the literary world, that Jinling Shixian Ning is unharmed, and they don't know anything about this person!" ”

"Who doesn't know that Ning Shixian is as easy as eating and drinking water to write poems and lyrics, according to Erchen, he alone is enough to reach two thousand envoys from the countries of the Western Regions!"

Kill!