Chapter 142: Look up at the sky
Like Kangxi, being an emperor is a very tiring and boring thing, this is Wei Xiaobao's true thoughts at the moment, in his opinion, the emperor is a chore, it is better to practice hard, maybe one day, he can rise to the highest level, and be invincible in the world?
However, what he doesn't know here is that on the land of Kyushu, there are many countries, and the king of a country collects the qi in one, and he can make a decision to be arbitrary, and he dare not obey the order.
The most terrifying thing is that in the land of Kyushu, the major dynasties, the imperial dynasties, and the imperial dynasties and the heavenly dynasties, the monarch will hand over most of the affairs to his subordinate courtiers, and he will monopolize the number of qi, continue to cultivate, and constantly become stronger! Unless there is another country to attack, or something extremely important, he will not ask about it. The way of the emperor is not necessarily Wei Xiaobao's understanding of everything, and being good at using talents is the key. Regarding the land of Kyushu and the matter of transporting the dynasty, there is a method, but it has not revealed a lot.
Yes, Wei Xiaobao didn't know this, and he had no interest in dominating the world! At the moment, he was just thinking about how to deal with the people who were about to come outside the world. I don't know if Wei Xiaobao's idea will change in the future, as time evolves, and he wants to dominate the world?
After a farce, several women finally settled down.
Wei Xiaobao's life is also a lot better. Practicing martial arts every day, "King Kong is not bad and protects the body" has been greatly improved, and it seems that it is only a trace away, and it will break through to the sixth nirvana realm.
And in the first few days, Shi Yan also came to the mansion to ask for Wei Xiaobao, asking for instructions on how to deal with the attack led by Prince Kang, 30,000 soldiers and horses with white flags? Wei Xiaobao told him not to worry, he had his own way to deal with it, and at the same time, he summoned the Heavenly Will Firm Yu Ba and gave some orders
Because the imperial court has always been in a non-war period, and in recent years, there have been many droughts and floods in the border areas, and a large amount of grain needs to be transported every year to help the victims. There is not much grain in the treasury, and now is not the time to pay taxes and grain, so the government must not force the people to hand over their own food. So, a minister advised him to buy from a merchant.
"Well, Hubu Shangshu, the purchase of grain and grass will be handed over to you!" Kangxi directly agreed.
500,000 taels of silver were allocated to the Hubu Shangshu, so that he could buy grain in the capital and the surrounding wealthy merchants for military use. However, suddenly, when the head of the imperial court, the head of the household, went to buy grain, the reply from the major wealthy merchants was no!
It turned out that within a few days, all the grain stored by the wealthy merchants in the capital and its surroundings was purchased by the Providence Firm at a high price, and now the grain prices around the capital are getting higher and higher, and the Providence Firm's hands are holding the grain, but they will not let go. This is something that the rich businessmen did not expect.
Since ancient times, merchants have pursued profits, and no matter what the situation is, the price offered by the Providence Firm is sufficient, several times the original price of grain, and of course they are eager to sell it immediately. Therefore, in just a few days, the grain was gathered in the granary of the Providence Firm, which no one could have imagined.
In this way, Hubu Shangshu had no choice but to go to the helmsman of the Providence Commercial Bank in the capital.
proposed that the imperial court was willing to buy grain at a high price, but to the surprise of countless forces, the Providence Trading House actually refused with a tough attitude. I don't sell my own grain, if I don't want to, I don't sell it. Originally, the head of the household department thought that the Providence firm was doing this in order to make a lot of money, but unexpectedly, if the price was raised again and again, it would not make sense, and the government could not send troops to grab grain, right? Once this kind of thing happened, it would be a sign of great chaos in the country, and it was absolutely unacceptable. As a result, the head of the household was helpless.
Early one morning, the Jinluan Hall in the capital, the early dynasty began, and the civil and military ministers were all listed.
"Prince Kang, didn't I let you lead the troops to attack Yangzhou? Why haven't you set off yet?" Kangxi looked at Prince Kang who was in the front row, with a look of anger on his face, and asked in a deep voice.
"Your Majesty, it's not that the old ministers don't send troops, but that the grain and grass haven't been prepared yet!" Prince Kang said.
"What? Hubu Shangshu, what's going on?" Kangxi was furious and looked at one person.
Hubu Shangshu is an old man, fifty or sixty years old, who stood up tremblingly at the moment, and said loudly: "Emperor Qiqi, it's not that the old minister doesn't do his best, but there is really no food, this is all to blame for the Tianyi firm, the grain is there for them, but no matter how high the price, they just don't sell it." ”
Hubu Shangshu had no choice, so he had to report it truthfully and tell Kangxi about the situation.
"How can this be reasonable, they are bold, heaven, will, business, and action!" Kangxi was furious.
His face turned red, and he roared directly above the court, and the ministers were silent.
This matter soon spread all over the world, and all forces sent countless secret agents to investigate, and finally found out that this Tianyi Commercial Bank, headquartered in Yangzhou City, was in just a few years, but it was difficult to shake it easily with a terrifying speed. In Yangzhou, could it be that it is related to Wei Xiaobao?
"Hey, check, check for me, I must know whether the Providence Firm has anything to do with Wei Xiaobao, if it is really Wei Xiaobao's instructions, then this Wei Xiaobao is terrifying. The forces of all parties were suddenly shocked, and they were shocked one by one, and then they realized that businessmen can sometimes come in handy. For a time, the whole world was undercurrent.
And Wei Xiaobao here ordered Shi Yan to step up the training of the army, and once again recruit new troops in Yangzhou City. At the same time, various preparations are being made
In this way, two or three days later, when all the forces in the world were concerned about how the imperial court would treat the Heavenly Will Trading House in the capital and its nearby shops?
But when he saw a method coming over, he smiled at Wei Xiaobao and said: "Now that a few days have passed, there has been no change in the sky, it seems that there is a difference in time between the Luding Realm and Kyushu."
Congratulations, there should be a month left to prepare!"
"Yes, there is still a little time, but I don't know if this little time is enough? Yifa, you said that before they step in, there will be celestial changes, I'm curious, how will it change?" Wei Xiaobao was not so optimistic, nodded and frowned slightly, and asked Yifazi.
Yifazi's face was as usual, but he shook his head slightly, and said, "I don't know! What will the changes in this Luding Realm be? I just know that when the origin is complete, there will be earth-shattering changes." ”
"Shocking changes?" Wei Xiaobao heard this, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he said in a deep voice.
Yifa nodded, without much explanation, Wei Xiaobao thought for a while.
In this way, the days of waiting seemed to be calm all of a sudden, Wei Xiaobao practiced hard day and night here, and asked Yu Ba to spend a lot of money to buy a large number of weapons through various channels, and even among them, there were five 'Shenwu cannons', as well as a batch of muskets and the like, which were bought with foreigners. With the addition of the five 'Shenwu Cannons' on the previous ship, a total of ten have been collected.
This is also the providence firm, with a wide business network, which can connect with overseas countries and foreigners to conduct business. Otherwise, it's almost impossible to get. It is necessary to know that even the Qing court did not have a few 'Shenwu cannons', Emperor Kangxi was indeed more ambitious, Wei Xiaobao had heard that Kangxi had invited two foreigners who understood this aspect and wanted to develop their own 'Shenwu cannons', and in terms of technology, they are now stepping up research. However, during the non-war period, Kangxi did not buy much.
He was thinking, when he researched it himself, where would he need to buy it at a high price?
It's not easy for the imperial court, and you can't afford to spend too much unjust money, but Wei Xiaobao is not short of money?
Even if the foreigner lion opens his mouth, he can afford the price. These ten 'Shenwu cannons' were secretly transported into Yangzhou City, and Wei Xiaobao ordered people to treasure them and block the news
Just like that, the days seem to be peaceful!
A month has passed. In a month, considering that it might cause drastic changes, Kangxi still did not order the government to act against the providence of heaven after all, and the court endured it, preparing to wait for a while, and when it was time to pay grain, the treasury had grain, and then attacked Yangzhou Mansion.
In the past month, Wei Xiaobao has rarely shown up, and he has worked hard to practice every day.
On this day, at noon, the sky was sunny and abrupt, but the haze was full of the sky, the wind and clouds changed, and after a while, it rained heavily. Lightning and thunder roared, and suddenly a thunderbolt resounded all over the world.
At this moment, in the Luding Realm, all the strong people in the middle of the world and above, all the strong people in the middle and upper congenital stages had a bad premonition, as if a catastrophe was about to come, and they walked out separately.
In the Chincha Mansion, the door of a guest room opened, and when he walked out, he looked up at the sky and sighed: "It's coming! This battle will eventually begin, hehe, this battle!"
The same is true for Wei Xiaobao, his face is heavy, and he slowly steps out of the bedroom.
His eyes narrowed slightly, revealing a fierce glow, Wei Xiaobao said in a low voice: "I should come, I can't hide!"
He looked up at the sky!
At the same time, in the Luding realm, everywhere in the world, many people have feelings. Even if they don't know what's going on, they all look up at the sky!
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