Hua Wu and Tingyue were too seriously injured, and there was no one to help. There is no other way to do it than to refine some pills and take them. The cultivation of the two of them was completely lost, and the effect of the alchemy pill was limited, and it was better than nothing. At present, the situation of the two is only a short breath.

Ran Hua Wu has practiced the Great Yan Divine Technique for many years, and he has had the opportunity to continue the immortal path several times, but the mana is gone, and he can't continue to be halfway through the deduction every time, but it is related to Liu Sicheng. I don't know how it turned out either.

Three months ago, Hua Wu counted Liu Sicheng as having this trip, and the two built a hut here and waited for King Ji to meet.

Hua Wu's mind is to follow Liu Sicheng to find that opportunity, and Tingyue does not object, but Tingyue looks at his face after seeing Liu Sicheng, he is not an honest and trustworthy gentleman, and he is a little half-hearted.

Listen to the moon and pack up, a few simple burdens, two bamboo boxes, and pack up.

"Liu Sicheng has arrived, I'll meet him. Hua Wu got up and came out, and as soon as he arrived at the gate of the small courtyard, Liu Sicheng and his party arrived.

After getting off the horse and seeing Hua Wu at the door, Liu Sicheng gave a salute. "Sir, well. ”

Hua Wu reluctantly returned the salute, "Lao Yu has already packed his luggage, since King Ji came in person, Lao Yu will go with King Ji." ”

Liu Sicheng was overjoyed when he heard this, and he was really a stranger. No longer call himself king. Busy said: "Mr. must know Sicheng's sincerity, Mr. agrees, Sicheng is very grateful, hard work sir." ”

Liu Sicheng and Hua Wu took a car back to the palace.

After walking thirty miles, Liu Sicheng was just about to speak, Hua Wu raised his hand lightly, and said: "King Ji has cleaned up the east courtyard of the palace? There is a small courtyard in the second mile of Jiwangfu East Street, the head of the household surnamed Liu is about to sell, a hundred taels of silver should be able to be sold, and please ask Jiwang to break the fee, I will live there with Tingyue. ”

"As the gentleman said. ”

Liu Sicheng no longer had the slightest doubt about Hua Wu's deduction technique, so he poked his head out of the window of the carriage and gave a few words to a guard, who promised to ride back home.

Looking back, Liu Sicheng said: "Mr.'s spring hand is really wonderful, that night Sicheng went to bed in a white shirt according to Mr. Order, and there were three black marks on his clothes when he got up in the morning. The family martial arts practice practiced by Sicheng had three blockages on his back, and it was unobstructed for a while. ”

"King Ji's practice of holding the disabled, there are also some rumors in the martial arts, the old man knows that the practitioners of this exercise are mostly trapped in the accumulation of disabilities, and it is difficult to improve if there is no other way to cultivate to the seventh layer, and the same is true for King Ji. Spring hands have the effect of removing stasis, so the old decay please drink the king. "Spring hand is the spiritual tea that Hua Wu carries with him, and it is of great benefit to cultivators who cultivate immortals.

In order to convince Liu Sicheng sincerely, Hua Wu not only showed off his prophetic ability from time to time, but also did not hesitate to do anything about the spiritual tea that cultivators valued.

Hua Wu didn't want Liu Sicheng to know his details, and the essence of Chunshou naturally wouldn't tell Liu Sicheng.

"With the foundation of King Ji, he has solved the problem of accumulating remnants, and after three years and two years, he should be able to practice the swordsmanship. ”

The sword technique of guarding the lack contained in the Disabled Heart Technique must be practiced to the ninth layer of skill before it can be practiced, and no one in the royal family can practice the Disabled Heart Method beyond the seventh layer.

Liu Sicheng was very excited after hearing this. "Thank you, sir, for the tea. Then he asked Hua Wu for some of the confusion in the method of holding the disabled, and Hua Wu answered all questions and knew a lot about the method of holding the disabled. Liu Sicheng was surprised in his heart, and it was inconvenient to ask.

All the way non-stop, I used some dried meat, vegetables and fruits in the car, and walked for three hours to arrive at Yizhou City in the three northern states.

Yizhou is the location of the Jiwang Mansion, and the guard who left earlier was waiting at the city gate, and the guard commander said outside the car: "Qi Ji Wang, Li Yuan is here waiting for the prince to ask." ”

Hua Wu suddenly said: "King Ji, the old man invites King Ji to eat in the house, and then it's not too late to leave." ”

Liu Sicheng said to the guard commander through the window: "Lead the way with Li Yuanqian and go to Mr. Hua's residence." The group continued to move forward with Li Yuan.

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The guard Li Yuan is a clever person, he listened to the orders of King Ji before, and he went to Yizhou more than an hour earlier than King Ji, and went to the place where Hua Wu said first, and saw a piece of paper pasted on the door of a small courtyard, with a word for sale.

After getting off the horse and asking, the head of the household was surnamed Liu, without saying a word, he took out a silver ticket of one hundred taels, and the head of the household immediately agreed to sell, and Li Yuan accepted the deed and asked him to vacate the house immediately.

Rushed back to the palace to see the housekeeper, and after the matter was finished, the housekeeper spent three thousand taels of gold yesterday to prepare a gift for Hua Wu. He personally led more than 40 people, the furniture and utensils were simple and precious, and they looked at it by no means luxurious, and packed two large carts with food, clothing, and other things to come to the small courtyard.

The original head of the household did not have many items in his house, and it was vacated for a while, and dozens of people worked together to clean and resettle, and the window paper was grated.

In order to make it easier to speak, the small courtyard was temporarily given the name of "Xianju Small Courtyard". The palace has already prepared a banquet, so there is no need to bother with this.

The housekeeper was afraid that Hua Wu would not want to eat in the palace, so he booked a table in Keyue Building, and was afraid that there would be a mistake, so he asked Keyue Building to send a table to the small courtyard of Xianju.

After entering the city, Hua Wu said to Liu Sicheng: "King Ji, the housekeeper of the old decay residence palace has given the name of 'Virtuous Residence Courtyard', but it is more appropriate to use leisurely leisure." King Hua smiled and said: "Let King Ji break the bill today, let the guards use the banquet in Keyue Building, and the old man of the palace will not worry about it." ”

Liu Sicheng only arranged a banquet in the palace, and he didn't know about the banquet in Keyue Building, and he had never heard of it in the small courtyard of Xianju.

Liu Sicheng didn't ask much. "Just sir. The group stopped in front of the small courtyard of Xianju, the housekeeper stepped forward to say goodbye, and Liu Sicheng asked the guards to go to the Keyue Building.

The housekeeper introduced Hua Wu Tingyue and Liu Sicheng into the courtyard, Liu Sicheng took a closer look, the five tile houses in the courtyard have been cleaned up, and there are some potted flowers in the courtyard, but they are also chic, "This courtyard is too small, Mr. Grievance." ”

"It's in line with the wishes of the old man, thank you to King Ji. ”

Entering the hall, the banquet had been placed, Hua Wu did not push, sat on the main seat, invited King Ji to sit on the upper seat, and pointed to the chair, "The butler listens to the moon and sits down." ”

The housekeeper hesitated a little, and Liu Sicheng said, "Mr. told you to sit down." The housekeeper sat down with Tingyue.

"The old people in the mountains and wilderness don't understand the rules, please forgive King Ji. ”

Liu Sicheng said: "Mr. is a master outside the world who is not formal, and Sicheng admires him." ”

"The number of courtesies is still required, this table is full of delicacies, the four of me can't eat enough, the old man wants to send a few with people, I don't know if King Ji will agree?"

"There is no reason to deny it. ”

In the hall, there were two male servants and two maids standing beside them, and Hua Wu said, "You can bring some dishes to the kitchen to eat." Seeing that the servants did not dare to move, he ordered six plates at random.

"Don't thank you, sir?" Liu Sicheng said.

The four subordinates said in unison: "Mr. Xie." After serving the dishes, Liu Sichenghua and the five of them were very happy with the wine, and the housekeeper poured the wine and served it, and gradually became less restrained, Tingyue just ate some vegetables and did not speak.

When the wine was hot, Liu Sicheng asked the housekeeper: "You named this small courtyard where Mr. Hua lives?"

The housekeeper was startled, got up and saluted: "The prince forgives the sin, the villain only has the courage to temporarily write down the small courtyard of the virtuous residence for the money and things to be named in the account." ”

Liu Sicheng said: "Mr. Hua has long known that this place will be called a small courtyard in the future. ”

"Yes".

Liu Sicheng came to determine whether it was true to name the courtyard "Xianju", and secondly, to flatter Hua Wu, so he asked and changed.

Hua Wudao: "King Ji, living in idleness is the wish of the old decay, if the old decay has difficulties in the future, when you enter the palace to meet the king of Ji for advice, the king of Ji is busy, so you don't have to come to the small courtyard to take care of it." ”

Liu Sicheng knew that Hua Wu refused to disturb him and nodded. Sicheng wrote down. ”

After the banquet, Hua Wu smiled. "The wealth and silk that the guards got out of the car and moved in were worth three thousand gold, as well as four servants, and the old decay was not needed, and I asked the king to take it back. Liu Sicheng was not reluctant, and agreed.

In the next two months, Liu Sicheng did not dare to visit, but practiced the method of holding the disabled in the house to relieve the difficulty of storing the disabled, and his skill cultivation improved rapidly.

The housekeeper sent some rice, flour, grain and oil, meat and vegetables, dried and fresh fruits on time. The silver tickets are sometimes collected and sometimes refused, all of which are made by Tingyue, and the expenditure is not large.

The housekeeper knew the five methods of Hua, and the subordinates did not dare to profit from it, and every time the items such as money and food were carried out, the housekeeper kept in mind that King Ji often asked, and he could answer them fluently.

One day after two months, Tingyue brought the number plate of the palace to the door to ask to see the king of Ji, this number plate was left by the housekeeper in the small courtyard, the housekeeper heard the newspaper and hurriedly went out to greet him, and saw that the moon was very respectful, and the person quickly reported to the king, so he led the moon into the house.

The family members who will be notified will sue the housekeeper. "The prince met in the study. The housekeeper led Tingyue to the study, Liu Sicheng greeted him at the door, and the housekeeper withdrew when he saw King Ji handing it over like this.

Listening to the moon and seeing the king of Ji's gift, Liu Sicheng let Tingyue into the house.

"Listen to the moon, you sit. ”

Listening to the moon, it is Hua Wu's face that has this courtesy, and Hua Wu has spent a lot of effort in order to communicate with Liu Sicheng, and he does not dare to be presumptuous.

"The villain didn't dare to sit, my husband said that this year's summer grain harvest should be collected and stored as much as possible, for fear that the crops will fail in the future. Prepare more silver taels, white countries and other countries can also entrust grain merchants to collect, the warehouse is not enough to build some now, this year the five countries are a good year, easy to deal. Mr. was afraid that the news would not be beautiful, so he ordered to listen to the moon and see King Ji. In particular, we should put more effort into the white country, Mr. said that this is a "salary draw from the bottom of the kettle", which will solve the confrontation between the prince and the prince, and it is difficult to deal with it. If there is an income in the coming year, Mr. will take 20%. ”

Liu Sicheng confronted Bai in the three northern states, and businessmen bribed officials of the two countries for profit, so the trade between the two countries was basically normal.

Liu Sicheng was convinced of Hua Wu, and was secretly happy in his heart after listening to Tingyue's words.

Tingyue looked like she was twelve or thirteen years old, Liu Sicheng ordered the housekeeper to take eight boxes of cakes, biscuits and fruits, and sent Tingyue back in a small sedan chair, and after sitting down, he sorted out Hua Wu's words.

Hua Wu said that he tried his best to collect and store, and naturally the more the better, but he didn't say how not to leak the news. Thinking of this, Liu Sicheng smiled. I am quite conceited in my life, why is I so dependent on Hua Wu, as long as I plan carefully, it is not difficult.

Liu Sicheng thought about it for a few days, and gave Qiantai a secret fold, only saying that it had recently been rumored that there were treasury officials in various official warehouses selling grain and storing grain, and they were greedy for ink.

Qiantai finished reading the recital and was very angry. For decades, Liu Zhouxiao has been working day and night for the society of the country, and he cannot tolerate lazy government and greed. One day, when the meeting was made, the order was checked.

There is always no shortage of corrupt officials in all dynasties, there are some problems in the official warehouse granary, and those who are less corrupt try to raise money and sell grain to fill the shortfall, and those who are greedy have no other way but to resign themselves to fate.

For a time, the people of the DPRK and China were panicked, and the other four countries also knew the news of Qiantai Chaku.

After the summer grain was harvested, Liu Sicheng used his confidants to borrow money or pawn it, and used all the silver he could raise to collect the grain. And entrusted several large grain merchants to advance funds in the white country and the map country to collect on their behalf. In addition to the newly built ones, some private houses were also rented as warehouses.

Everyone said that the king was entrusted by others, and he bought grain to cope with the imperial court's inspection, and he didn't care. Liu Sicheng's plan to hide from the sky and cross the sea really worked.

As a result of the large number of purchases, the price of summer grain rose by 10%. The Anguo court investigated and dealt with several corrupt officials, and the granary was basically full.

The three northern states hoarded large quantities of grain. However, Liu Sicheng also encountered trouble, those grain merchants who purchased on behalf of them could not get the silver after paying the grain, and went to the palace every day to ask for it, Liu Sicheng's subordinates just put it off for a few days, and the grain merchants were helpless.

In the autumn, floods and droughts occurred frequently in the five countries, and the autumn grain harvest failed by 50 percent, grain prices began to rise, and 20 percent of the grain stored had already been earned. In the coming year, there was another spring drought, the summer grain harvest was only half of that of a normal year, the price of grain doubled, and grain shortages began in the five countries.

In the days that followed, the price of grain began to skyrocket. Because of the Qiantai Chaku, the official warehouse has sufficient grain storage, and the imperial court has opened a shed to give porridge, so there is no chaos.

In the other four countries, hungry people made trouble, killed officials, and robbed large households. Liu Sicheng entrusted several large grain merchants to collect grain at high prices in the White Country, and many of the officials and warehouse managers sold official grain privately, so the situation in the White Country was the most difficult.

In addition to providing relief to the victims, Liu Sicheng also had a large amount of grain, and Hua Wu did not spread the word, so he was not in a hurry to sell it.

After a period of time, the situation in various countries became more chaotic, there was no trade in bulk grain, and the price of grain had risen threefold, and the price had skyrocketed, which made Liu Sicheng a little unable to sit still.

On this day, the housekeeper came to see Liu Sicheng and said: "Lord Qi, the slave walks around in front of the small courtyard every day according to the instructions of the prince, and today he heard the moon come out and said to the slave: 'I saw you wandering around at this door for a few days, and the gentleman said that there is no need to worry. I asked Tingyue to have tea, but he refused to go. ”

After listening to this, Liu Sicheng waved his hand to let the housekeeper go down, and his mind was settled.

On this day, the housekeeper hurriedly came to see Liu Sicheng and said: "The villain is waiting outside the door of the small courtyard today to listen to the moon, Mr. Daihua rumored that tomorrow Su Maha, the king of Bai Guoqi, will see the king of Ji and want to buy grain." At present, the military rations at the border passes under Bai Guo are only enough for one month, and before the food is cut off, they will definitely try their best to attack the three northern states to get food, and they will inevitably lose both. King Ji can sell the surplus grain to King Qi, Su Maha won the trust of the emperor in the white court, and is a man of his word in the army. Selling him a great favor is beneficial and harmless to King Ji. ”

The next day, Su Maha, the king of Bai Guoqi, really came to see Liu Sicheng with an envoy, although it was a hostile two countries, the exchanges between the princes also paid attention to etiquette, Liu Sicheng had a banquet in the palace, and invited Su Maha and his party.

Su Maha is the hereditary leader of the lower herding tribe at the foot of the Damang Mountain in the White Kingdom, and he is generous and bold. is also in his twenties, which is the same age as Liu Sicheng. The two fell in love very much, and they were drunk during the banquet.

On the second day, the palace hall discussed official affairs, because of the foreshadowing at yesterday's banquet, an agreement was quickly reached, Liu Sicheng agreed to sell 500 quintals of grain to Su Maha at the market price, and agreed to a truce at the border for three years.

The Angolan army is weaker than that of the White State, and Liu Sicheng's efforts in the three northern states cannot fundamentally change the situation. After a three-year truce, Liu Sicheng could go all out to deal with the internal party struggle, and the people also had to recuperate.

After the grain shortage, the treasury of the White State was empty, and Su Ma Ha Deliu Sicheng was grateful for selling grain and was willing to make a truce. Both were happy.

When parting, Su Maha said to Liu Sicheng: "Lord Ji will give Xiao Wang a big face today, and he will never shirk when he comes to the place where Xiao Wang will be useful." ”

Seeing off Su Maha, Liu Sicheng sighed with emotion: "Mr. is better than a million soldiers. ”

Liu Sicheng collected and sold grain this time, and liquidated the interest and use of pawn loans and arrears of grain payments to grain merchants, making a profit of 30 million taels.

Liu Sicheng got an opportunity to visit the idle courtyard, changed into an ordinary man's gray cloth robe, and went to see Hua Wu with six million taels of silver tickets. When I arrived at the door of the small courtyard where I was idle, I was about to knock on the door, but the door opened by itself. The person who opened the door listened to the moon and said, "Lord Wang, please." Liu Sicheng nodded and entered the door.

The small courtyard was still the same as when I came that day, but there was a faint smell of medicine. Liu Sicheng hurriedly asked Tingyue: "How is sir, why do I smell a smell of medicine?"

Tingyue whispered: "Mr. has had some cough recently, but it has gotten better, this is the last medicine." ”

"That's good. ”

Tingyue led Liu Sicheng to the east wing, pushed open the door and invited Liu Sicheng in.

Liu Sicheng entered the house and saw Hua Wu lying on the kang and bowed.

"Sicheng has seen Mr. ”

When Hua Wu saw Liu Sicheng coming in, he sat up straight and said: "The old man is old and cold, warm up on the kang, and ask the king for forgiveness for his sins." ”

"Sicheng just heard that Mr. Yue said that he was sick, I don't know if it's okay?"

Hua Wu smiled. "He has been cured, and King Ji deigned to ask him to sit on the kang. ”

Liu Sicheng sat cross-legged on the kang. Listen to the moon to send two teas, or use stoneware pots.

Hua Wu picked up the teacup. "King Ji, please". Liu Sicheng held the teacup in both hands and looked at it carefully, expecting that it would be spring again.

Hua Wu knew his thoughts and chuckled: "This is the 'Ming Qian Silver Needle' of the Great Tea House." ”

Liu Sicheng smiled. "Sicheng is too greedy. Mr. collected and sold grain this time because of his clever calculations, and he earned 30 million taels of silver. After speaking, he took out a stack of silver tickets from his bosom and put them on the small kang table, "This is six million taels, please accept it." ”

Liu Sicheng continued: "This time, the Bai country was severely affected, and Sicheng sold the grain to the Bai country according to the instructions of Mr., and reached an agreement with Su Maha, the king of Bai Guoqi, that there would be no war at the border for three years. The people of the two countries were able to recuperate from the suffering of war. The imperial court can also reduce the amount of food and salary. Under Sicheng's rule, the three states are rich in money and food, and the people will be able to live and work in peace and contentment, all thanks to Mr. From this point of view, the thirty million taels should belong to the gentleman, and the gentleman will agree?"

Hua Wu shook his head with a smile and said, "Old decay and Tingyue, I don't know how to make these many silver taels, so there is no need to mention this matter." ”

Seeing this, Liu Sicheng stopped talking about the silver, and asked some questions encountered in the practice of holding the disabled, and Hua Wu answered carefully.

Liu Sicheng benefited a lot and returned happy. After Liu Sicheng left, Hua Wu shook his head and sighed after calculating the number of Dayan.

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Liu Sicheng sat on the border, ran the three northern states, and in the past few years, he changed the declining trend of defeating and winning few battles with the White State in the past few decades, first killing 2,000 people of Zhang Huzi's White Tiger Army, and fighting with the sword of Wang Jiao.

Later, there was a secret fold to promote the investigation of the treasury, collect and sell grain, so that Anguo could survive the famine year peacefully, and the war with the white country was also quelled, and he was quite far-sighted. King Ji's power in the court has increased.

Although Qiantai was wary of him and placed his fief in Xiuzhou on the Gyeonggi side, the officials of the court and the central government did not figure out the thoughts of the saints, and when they saw this arrangement, they thought that the king of Pan would become the lord of a generation.

The fief was adjacent to the capital, and it was convenient to move around, and Liu Shi lived in the capital nine out of ten. changed the cold and domineering style of the past, drank and hunted with the princes and ministers, and deliberately enveloped.

The voices praising the three princes gradually increased in Qiantai's ears, and Liu Zhou didn't care at first. Among the ministers, those who are unsatisfactory are vying to find ways to tie up with the king of Pan, and there are many talented people who have not met him. Some of the important ministers of the court also left a way back for themselves, and they were close to Liu Shilai, and there were hints of the Panwang Party.

King Pan is very handy in doing things, and the appointment of private cultivation of party henchmen has gradually become the climate, Liu Shi has coveted the crown prince for a long time, and he is secretly anxious to see Liu Sicheng repeatedly doing miraculous achievements in the three northern states.

For a period of time, the situation between the DPRK and China changed drastically, and the forces supporting King Pan and King Ji evolved into a party dispute.

Since ancient times, father and son have turned against each other on the throne, and there are countless people who have fought and pulled the fight between the two factions, and it seems that they do not take sides with either side, and the result of the fight is only a few ministers being punished.

In Liu Zhou's heart, he has also made many comparisons between the two, and in the end, he thinks that Liu Sicheng is the best candidate to inherit the unification.

Qiantai is overconfident, and the Panwang Party will eventually become a big problem. In the months that followed, the party struggle intensified, and Qiantai intended to punish King Pan and clear the way for the subsequent crown prince.

King Pan has been in business for a long time, there are many eyes and ears, and the eunuchs in the palace have also been bought by him, and the news soon became known to King Pan.

Some officials who followed King Pan, fearing that King Ji's power would harm him, instigated King Pan to kill the king and usurp the throne. Liu Shi is cold by nature, and consults with his henchmen to plan. Qiantai heard a little about it and was very shocked.

At this time, Emperor Qiantai was ready to depose Liu Shi on the throne and cut off his henchmen, but found that the commander of the nine gates of the capital, the guard of the Beijing division outside the city, and the main generals of the two major military camps were already in the hands of Liu Shi.

Qiantai knew that he was powerless to return to the sky, and the general trend had gone.

Liu Sicheng, the king of Ji, had a heavy army, but he did not have any intention of usurping the throne. Most of the people in the court are civil officials, and these officials don't know much about the strength of King Pan, but they only know that King Ji has made great contributions recently, and he plays Qiantai every day to ask for the crown prince. Qiantai is annoying.

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On this day, Liu Sicheng was studying in the study, and the servant who accompanied him came in with a bowl of ginseng soup, and said softly while putting the bowl down: "Lord Wang, Mr. Hua is here." ”

Liu Sicheng raised his head and quickly stood up. "Please. Then he walked out, and the housekeeper had already led Hua Wu to the door.