Su Huaizhi stood up and handed the envelope to the secret guard, "Remember to knock on the door first next time."
The secret guard carefully put the letter into his arms, opened the door from the inside and left the room.
Su Huaizhi looked at the candlelight on the table and no longer felt sleepy.
After receiving Wen Jinhe's letter, Man Qiu went out early the next morning.
In just one day, a convoy transporting food from the capital set off.
The people on the roadside looked at the endless motorcade and wondered, "Where are they going? Transporting so much food."
The wheat seeds from Shuonan City arrived first, and Wen Jinhe asked people to distribute them to the people in Nanchang. They planted them first, and when they harvested, they had to hand over 60%25 to the government.
However, all the young and middle-aged people in Nancheng were hired by the government to build the cross-river dam, and those left at home were all the old, weak, women and children. Even if wheat seeds were distributed, there would not be enough manpower.
So Wen Jinhe had no choice but to order one-third of the people to go back to farming, and the remaining one-third to be recruited again. Since the north was poor, the wages he paid were not low, so there was no need to worry about not being able to recruit people.
In the backyard hall.
Song Zhiyuan felt a little scared, and the hand holding the drawing trembled slightly. He did not expect Princess Che to actually have this idea, "Princess, privately forging a large number of weapons violates the laws of the court. If you are discovered, you will be beheaded and executed."
He was originally patrolling the river crossing, but Wen Jinhe called him over with an order.
Unexpectedly, what he had to do was beheading.
Princess Che let him buy more pig iron than he budgeted for in the name of building a cross-river dam. How could this happen?
Wen Jinhe stared at the pale Song Zhiyuan, not expecting that the other party was so timid, "I didn't ask you to forge weapons. Look at the drawings clearly. They are tools for farming."
Song Zhiyuan trembled even more, "Princess, the farming tools and weapons on this drawing are too similar."
"I have bought a large amount of wheat seeds from Shuonan City and the capital city. All the open spaces in Nanchang must be planted so that there will be a harvest next spring. Since we want to improve efficiency, it is inevitable to invent new farming tools. Mr. Song is a high hat in casting weapons. , I really don’t dare to wear it.”
If there were no iron mines in Nancheng, why would Wen Jinhe spend a lot of money to buy them in the name of the cross-river dam.
Song Zhiyuan raised his head tremblingly and looked at Wen Jinhe, "I wonder if this is an order from King Che, or...?"
Wen Jinhe glanced at Zhao Bi and He Shi, who were standing motionless on both sides of the hall, "It doesn't matter whether it's King Che's order or my princess's order. As long as you know, Li Junche will stand by me unconditionally."
As long as gambling, there are risks. Before deciding to come to Nancheng, Wen Jinhe decided to completely eliminate the risks.
"Nancheng is my fiefdom. Now that Master Song is here, just obey my orders."
When Song Zhiyuan left the hall, his palms were sticky with sweat.
Looking back at Wen Jinhe who was sitting on the high seat, this matter had to be reported to Prince Che immediately.
When he returned to his room, he had just finished writing the letter and was about to ask someone to send it away when Zhao Bi appeared in front of him.
"Master Song, when we left the capital, the prince and his subordinates said that as long as the princess's life is not harmed when arriving in Nancheng, the princess's orders must be fully obeyed." Zhao Bi lowered his head and said with his hands.
Song Zhiyuan squeezed the envelope in his hand, "Are the same for Lu Qi and Lu Jue?"
Zhao Bi nodded and admitted, "Yes."
After thinking for a moment, Song Zhiyuan closed the door and stood in front of the desk in despair for a long time. Then he put the letter on the candle and burned it to ashes.
King Heng was very happy after taking away Wen Jinhe. It happened that another happy event happened in Prince Heng's palace. Li Yuheng's other concubine, the legitimate daughter of General Ning Yuan, was pregnant.
But unfortunately, before the news was delivered to the palace, the concubine fell off the bed and had a miscarriage.
Within half a year, the two newly married concubines both became pregnant and had miscarriages. Li Yuheng felt as if he had fallen into a valley and scolded the concubines.
He scolded the other party for being too active and sleeping in an inelegant way, and even dropped the child.
At the same time, Li Junche began to take drastic measures to deal with King Heng's influence in the court and the military.
As two Western-grade civil servants were convicted and demoted, and seven officials below the sixth grade had their homes confiscated, the fight between the two princes in the court became more intense.
The full-fledged Li Junche is no longer a match for Li Yuheng.
After all, many officials under King Heng began to fall silent, and some even wanted to stay away from the capital, a place of right and wrong. After Li Yuheng of the province was completely overthrown, they were affected.
The emperor is very clear about the current situation in the court. The emperor of Beidi Kingdom has always been a sage, and he now prefers Li Junche to succeed him.
Check the study room of the Prince's Mansion.
Man Qiu picked up the news from Lu Yebai from Linyue Kingdom, "Ten days ago, Linyue Kingdom's prince Wen Mingting forced the palace. The emperor and the second prince were killed, and the third prince was imprisoned."
Li Junche stared at the few numbers on the note and said, "Wen Mingting is already the prince, why do you still want to force him to concubine?" This matter is somewhat unreasonable.
Man Qiu shook his head, "The Linyue Kingdom's forced palace incident happened too suddenly. The two people Lu Yebai bribed were not truthful and they are still investigating. When the news of Lu Yebai spread to Kyoto, the death of the Emperor of Linyue Kingdom had not yet happened. Rumor has it that Wen Mingting must have ascended the throne now."
Li Junche handed the note to the secret guard, "Send the news to the princess."
Wen Mingting, this person is becoming more and more extraordinary.
In late November, news came out that the imperial palace of Linyue Kingdom was infected with the epidemic.
The emperor, empress, second prince, and second princess unfortunately fell ill and died.
Many eunuchs and maids also died in the palace.
The prince ordered that in order to prevent the spread of the epidemic, the corpses were immediately burned and buried.
Even the emperor's funeral was hasty.
Under the urging of Linyue Kingdom's Shu Ling, Leshan Hou and others, Prince Wen Mingting ascended the throne and became the new emperor of Linyue Kingdom.
Above the court hall of Beidi Kingdom.
Everyone lowered their heads and stared at the ground, not daring to say a word.
Who knows whether the news from Linyue Kingdom is true or not? So many people died, but people from the emperor and queen's lineage were infected with the disease and died. This is too much of a coincidence.
Emperor Li Jingxing was sitting on the dragon chair, the restlessness between his brows becoming increasingly difficult to conceal. All the spies he had stationed in Linyue Kingdom had lost their news overnight some time ago.
The people sent to Linyue Kingdom to investigate also lost their traces.
As a result, he didn't know until now that Linyue Kingdom had a new emperor, and he didn't know anything about what happened behind the scenes.
This uneasy feeling made Li Jingxing feel very bad.
The deaths of those spies must be related to Wen Mingting, and he underestimated this young boy.
In the imperial study room.
Li Jingxing stared at Li Junche with a serious face, "You will immediately mobilize the army to attack Linyue Kingdom before the beginning of next year."
The ministers present looked at the emperor sitting on the dragon throne in astonishment. This order was really too sudden.
The suppression by Li Junche in the past two months was very serious, which caused King Heng to feel depressed. Winter was coming soon. It was not appropriate to send troops now, but if Li Junche died on the battlefield, the throne would be his.
