Perhaps it was an accident that Wen Yuli saw that he and Wen Guan were tired, and Peng was a little hurried when he chased him out.

Stepping out of the Heavenly King Palace, I just breathed a sigh of relief, but I saw a team of people coming from the south, and the leader was still an acquaintance.

"When will General Cheng return to Lincheng, why don't you send someone to inform him?"

"And General Cheng's eyes...... What's going on? ”

Cheng Niu came up and patted Peng Chai on the shoulder, "It's not in the way, I was injured by a guy who doesn't have long eyes, but that old boy is worse than me!" ”

Then he lowered his voice and whispered, "General Ben has just come back, this time the estuary and his party have gained a lot, in order to avoid thieves from worrying, all the way day and night, hurry up!" The messenger was not long ahead of us, so he didn't send anyone to inform the king! ”

To put it bluntly, I am still worried that Pei Zhi will lead people to catch up with new firearms, after all, he did it secretly to make a living by kidnapping tickets.

Peng Chai nodded slightly, "Then congratulations to General Cheng for his great achievements, Peng will go to do things first, and talk later." ”

Now that he knew that the cyclops had already succeeded, he didn't care too much about the process, and the result was as he wished.

Peng Chai was about to turn around, and said with some unease, "General Cheng must remember not to provoke Wen Chen in the past two days, take it slow in advance, and don't rush for quick success!" ”

Wen Chen is now in power, although he is not really powerful, but he is always the general of Tiance who is personally appointed by the Holy Lord, and the new official has three fires, and no one wants to be the first to be stabbed.

The one-eyed cow sneered indifferently, thinking that Lao Tzu had done everything, and he still cared if he provoked him? Besides, a stinky boy who has not dried up, what kind of storm can he make in Lincheng?

But his mouth was full of promises, "Don't worry, Mr. Peng, I know it in my heart!" ”

"Is it General Cheng who is talking outside? What are you doing, come in! ”

A warm call came from the hall.

Peng Chai's face immediately became unnatural when he heard the voice, and he arched his hand slightly, and then fled away from this neighborhood.

Cheng Niu walked into the door with a group of men carrying the box, and bowed to the seat.

"I am glad to be humiliated!"

Wen Yuli smiled and raised his hand, "Get up and talk about what you have gained." ”

After a pause, he added, "This Gonggong Du is his own person, and General Cheng doesn't have to hide it." ”

"Back to the prince, before the Third Highness left, he should have expected that the prince would send someone to ask for someone, and when he arrived at the mouth of the river, Pei Zhi had already sent Emperor Hongqing back to Southern Qi, and the 80,000 Southern Qi troops collected by the Third Highness before were also missing and not in the city!"

Wen Yuli frowned slightly, although he was a little annoyed, but he also understood that with the caution that Wen Chen had shown in the past few years, it was indeed not that simple for him to succeed smoothly.

"It's like this kid's style, but General Cheng didn't bring Emperor Hongqing back, and he didn't get anything from the soldiers and horses, so why don't you say it?"

The one-eyed cow grinned, "The lowly position has brought back something more affordable for the prince - silver!" ”

Wen Yuli raised his eyebrows, "How much?" ”

As soon as he talked about this, the one-eyed cow was excited, deliberately bought a pass, and stretched out five fingers, "This number!" ”

"Five hundred thousand taels?" King Zhennan nodded slightly, "It's a lot, but it's still a little worse than the value of Emperor Hongqing and the 80,000 army......"

"Returning to the prince, it is five million and fourteen thousand taels of silver, most of which are silver tickets, and some of the silver is loaded with twelve carriages!" The one-eyed cow triumphantly.

"What? Five million taels?! Wen Yuli glared at him, and stood up instantly, he thought that Wen Chen's estuary city might be richer, but he didn't expect it to be so rich!

The old eunuch on the side was also frightened and froze in place.

In recent years, Dasheng Kyushu's annual tax and silver revenue has only been more than 20 million taels of silver, and it is unbelievable that a small estuary city can take nearly a quarter of this amount of silver taels.

"Third Highness...... What a talent......"

Du Lun took a deep breath, and for a while he felt a little pity for Wen Chen's identity, he said that he was not Wen Yuli's son, even if this kid offended himself at the beginning, he had to take him under his command regardless of his previous suspicions and earn money for himself!

The one-eyed cow looked at the shocked expressions of the two and showed a satisfied smile, "Back to the prince, what the humble post brought this time is only the tax and silver paid by Hekou City this year, according to the conditions that Pei Zhi promised, he will pay no less than this amount of tax silver to the prince at this time of year!" ”

Wen Yuli heard this, his expression instantly looked like a blooming chrysanthemum, haha laughed, five million taels a year, this is indeed much more useful than the eighty thousand Southern Qi army!

This little son, who has never looked down on him, really gave himself a big gift!

The old eunuch on the side complimented him sourly, "Congratulations to the prince, congratulations to the prince, now you don't have to worry about the annual military expenses......"

"Don't worry, this king won't forget Du's father-in-law!" Wen Yuli laughed, and his heart was extremely happy.

But he quickly came back to his senses and asked cautiously, "General Cheng, these five million taels of silver can't be forcibly robbed by you by force, right?" ”

If this was put before Cheng Niu set off, he would not object to making a hammer deal at the mouth of the river, but since Pei Zhi promised to give five million taels of silver every year, the situation would be different.

Wen Yuli has changed his mind slightly, and he still hopes that he can get a steady stream of financial support from Estuary City every year in the future!

The one-eyed cow naturally understood what the prince meant, and hugged his fists slightly, "The humble position did use some means, but it didn't hurt the money-making business in Hekou City, please rest assured that the prince was relieved!" ”

Wen Yuli secretly breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good!" ”

"But......" The one-eyed cow changed his words and said with a sneer, "I feel that the practice of the Third Highness to make a fortune in silence is very disrespectful to the prince, so before proceeding, I kidnapped fifty children in the city as hostages, thinking of beating him for the prince......"

The old eunuch on the side pursed his lips, "It's just fifty children, Wen Chen won't care about that, right?" ”

"Du's father-in-law doesn't know that the reason why he was able to get the five million taels of money in an instant is to threaten the lives of more than 8,000 children in Hekou City, and each of them asks for a ransom of five hundred taels, so Hekou is too guarded by Pei Zhi to be willing to comply!"

Wen Yuli snorted, "It's no wonder that this kid can earn so much silver, regardless of the cost of winning the hearts of the people, if this king is also a common person in the estuary, eighty percent will die for him!" ”

He had already learned all kinds of policy news in Hekou City from Lu Youzhi and his son Wen Yue, and without understanding Wen Chen's true purpose in doing this, it was natural that his "burning silver" move was attributed to currying favor with the people.

"Then these fifty people, what does General Cheng plan to deal with?"

The one-eyed cow laughed fiercely, "Returning to the prince, it seems that since the matter has been done, it must be done thoroughly, kill the chickens and make an example of the monkeys, and directly break the psychological defense line of the Third Highness, so that he understands that those who fool the prince will not end well!" ”

At this time, Cheng Niu had already forgotten all about Peng Chai's instructions just now, and only wanted to express himself in front of Wen Yuli.

"Good!" Wen Yuli sneered, "I'll leave this matter to you, and kill the spirit of this good son!" ”

"Obedience!"

Before leaving, the one-eyed cow also specially instructed his subordinates to show Wen Yuli the estuary specialties brought back from the box, one of which was suitable for making military food, and the food called instant noodles was very popular with him.

Duren looked up as he ate a small snack on his plate.

"Lord Wang, since Hekou City is a treasure land, why don't you use some means to take it back into your own hands?"