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Chapter 457: Ten Million Taels of Silver in Troubled Times (asking for monthly tickets)

Xiyi City...

Li Guanyi stared at the last line of words. His palm brushed across the letter. He also felt the strong wind on it and the human destiny flowing on it. Even the Jiuzhou Ding in his body was stimulated and whistled slightly.

At this moment, Xiyi City represents a place of competition among the four parties. Its significance is extremely important, but at the same time, it also means that controlling this city will inevitably bring tremendous pressure.

Let’s not talk about anything else for now, Ying State will not let it go.

Chen Guo just cut him on the arm.

If Li Guanyi took Xiyi City, it would be like chopping off Ying Guo's arm. Not only that, he would also directly snatch it away.

The border conflicts that had just been eased would almost immediately become tense again, tense, directly tense!
Li Guanyi sighed to himself, "Erlang, Erlang, such a difficult problem was just thrown at me like that, it's really..."

He was silent for a moment, then smiled carefreely: "As expected of you!"

This letter, these last words.

It not only affects Li Shude, but also invites Li Guanyi from afar with a sword in hand to join them in the world. The young man's heroic spirit is different from the old man's silence and rigidity, like wind and fire.

The sharp and vigorous spirit almost comes from the words.

Li Guanyi could almost imagine the girl with slightly raised eyes holding a sword, with a hint of playfulness and provocation, with the calmness between you and me in the turbulent world, smiling: Brother Li, do you dare to take it? "

Such a world, such a strategic place.

So unrestrained and free as an invitation from the phoenix in the wind.

How can you come up with a second answer?

Li Guanyi took out a pen and wrote down his response, saying——

"it is good."

As soon as the words were written, the turbulent situation in the world seemed to have changed subtly.

A flow of luck came with the ink and was drawn into the body.

In the Jiuzhou Cauldron, the Qi was flowing, as if it was faintly stimulated by this, making a roar one after another, as if there would be some changes. However, this subtle change only stopped there.

I was unable to continue this momentum and move forward further.

Just when things are about to change, they come to an abrupt halt.

After all, Li Guanyi has not yet been to Xiyi City, his luck has not been fully connected, and he has not been able to undergo further transformation, nor has he been able to get any feedback on his own strength.

But from this point of view, by the time we arrive at Xiyi City, there should be some improvement.

Does that mean that by using Xiyi City as an anchor point and gathering the territories of Chen, Ying, and Turkic, can we also directly cast a tripod there to stabilize the country?
Li Guanyi seemed to be thinking about something.

At that time, he would go northwards from Xiyi City and go to the Turkic grassland. With the help of this momentum, he would go to the grassland, forge the Nine Li magical weapons of gold and iron, and obtain the life-extending Gu.

"It just happened naturally."

Li Guanyi smiled carefreely, suppressing these distracting thoughts for the time being.

He took out the seal of the King of Qin and pressed it on the reply letter to Li Zhaowen.

He went again to find Mr. Pojun and others to discuss the great changes in the world. They all said good things, but the significance and weight of Xiyi City at the moment was too great. Even if Emperor Chen and Emperor Ying guessed that Li Guanyi had accepted Xiyi City, they could not admit it.

If this kind of thing were made public, it would definitely greatly irritate each other.

Wen Lingjun sighed and said, "I still need to rest and recuperate."

Everyone said so.

But even when we are resting and recuperating, we cannot let go of this critical point.

Li Guanyi found Mr. Wen He and mentioned the matter of Li Yuanchang. Mr. Wen He was very calm about this matter and replied:

"My Lord, you know me."

He smiled slightly: "Send it."

"Yes."

"In the name of Yan Daiqing, I will definitely make him a good brother who respects his brother!"

Mr. Yan Daiqing, who was passing by in an ordinary way, stared at Wen He's back with a gloomy gaze, clenched his fists, then slowly opened them, leaned over, and picked up a bench.

Li Guanyi: “…………”

His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin chose to leave in silence.

Now all four sides need to recuperate. The location of Xiyi City is different from the route provided by Chen Tianyi before. The latter relies on the secret realm, hides troops, and waits for the opportunity. Once a gap in Chen State’s defense is discovered, it will immediately emerge from the woods.

Avoiding the strong and attacking the weak, a powerful force rushed forward and hit Huanglong directly.

What matters is a surprise attack, and the strength lies in taking the enemy by surprise and catching them off guard.

Xiyi City is like a nail, firmly stuck in a place that is valued by all parties. The eyes of Khan Jiang Su, Jiang Wanxiang and Chen Dingye are all staring at it. The flow of personnel and changes in military forces in Xiyi City will be detected from all angles and then sent to the heroes of various countries.

Xiyi City, it’s a tough battle!
What we are competing for is national strength.

Li Guanyi sighed: "I still need to rest and recuperate..."

Humans are not made of steel, and even weapons made of steel will break and their edges will be chipped in intense fighting. After two or three years of fighting on all sides, it will take a long time for the damage to heal.

It would take Li Guanyi quite a while to go to Xiyi City and then reach the border of Northern Territory. After thinking for a while, he decided to finish some things that he had not been able to do before going out.

He was dressed in ordinary clothes, walking leisurely on the road of the capital of the Eighteen Prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River. Many of the original noble families in this capital had now "disappeared", leaving only some luxurious courtyards.

Li Guanyi once asked Mr. Wenhe, have all these people from the aristocratic families been eliminated?

Mr. Wenhe replied gently, "They are still alive and well, my lord."

"As for these ancestral houses, these courtyards, pavilions and waterside terraces, they all offered them to us voluntarily and sincerely. When I said I didn't want to accept them, they were very excited and begged me with tears in their eyes."

“I just treat them the same way they treat other people.”

"I didn't expect that I would be so grateful."

"Ah, Jiangnan is a place of great culture, and these children of noble families are all good people, good people."

Li Guanyi's mouth twitched: "... ...you just accepted it?"

Wen Qingyu said: "Of course not."

He touched the corner of his blue eye and said as a matter of course: "It costs more money!"

Li Guan suddenly realized, "Hmm? So, we spent some money to buy it, so it shouldn't cost much..."

Mr. Wenhe smiled.

Li Guan paused, he slowly turned his head to look at Mr. Wen He over there, hesitantly said:
"We paid some money?"

Mr. Wen He smiled happily and said, "What are you thinking about, my lord? We are willing to accept his gifts, but of course we also want them to pay money to thank us!"

Li Guanyi: “…………”

Mr. Wen He said, "After all, if they don't pay, they may not be able to sleep well. It's all because Brother Yan's reputation is too great. Oh, Dai Qing, it's really tiring to be burdened by the reputation."

Li Guanyi really wanted to say, Mr. Wen He, do you want to think about the reason?
The two men were walking along the street, with children holding books on both sides. With sufficient financial support, the Mohist disciples finally stopped creating Mohist mechanical techniques for killing and war, and instead improved the printing technique for use by the people.

Wen Qingyu watched the children walk along the flat road.

The poison master's eyes dropped.

"Qingyu, this is the book you want to read..."

"Don't worry, I'm a maid at that master's place, and I'll help you borrow the book with the steward. It's okay."

"My little brother is a genius..."

The counselor's eyes were scattered, watching the young man and girl happily walk by. He turned his gaze away, without a ripple in his eyes, and just smiled and said: "These children of noble families have sucked the blood of the world. What they ate in the past should be paid back with interest."

"I just took back the things I lent them."

His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin next to him asked, "Is this also a plot by the Master?"

Wen Qingyu smiled and said, "Yes, this is to seek personal gain."

"It's just, just extend it to others."

Li Guanyi laughed loudly at that time and just said that all the good and bad things had been said by the teacher. Wen He just chuckled and said that the emperor and his subjects got along well with each other. All the gold and silver of the noble families became the basis for educating the people and implementing many new policies.

But their mansions and courtyards were all empty.

If it were any other forces, they would have divided the things at this time.

He rose up in rebellion, defeated his enemies, and then scattered all the mansions, fertile fields, and beauties. The people who once fought against the evil beast suddenly transformed themselves, wearing the beast's scales and armor, sitting in the beast's manor, enjoying everything as the victor.

However, the atmosphere in Qilin Army and Tiance Mansion is extremely strict nowadays.

The dryness and restlessness that had gradually emerged at the beginning were all shattered by the three arrows of the King of Qin. These magnificent mansions were left empty, which was exactly what the States of Chen and Ying were planning to build a royal palace.

Li Guanyi directly allocated this piece of land that originally belonged to the aristocratic family to them.

Then mark out an open space next to it, or tear down the walls to connect them, or design a new architectural style.

When Li Guanyi walked over, he saw that the craftsmen and artisans here had already started to get busy. Among them were many martial artists and disciples of the Mohist School.

Perhaps because they really wanted to corrupt the King of Qin quickly, the construction speed of Chen State and Ying State was quite fast, but Li Guanyi failed to discover Nan Hanwen.

But a few days ago, when Xiao Shaohui looked at the first batch of gold and silver allocated to him, he was overjoyed, but Nan Hanwen fell silent after seeing this number.

After counting, Xiao Shaohui said happily: "Two million eight hundred and seventy thousand taels of silver."

"Is this the first time you give me so much?!"

However, when Nan Hanwen saw these approval documents, he was in a trance for a moment. Suddenly, an expression of disbelief and an absurd smile appeared on his face. The feeling of extreme powerlessness, mixed with hatred and unwillingness, made him laugh out loud.

Chen Dingye said this on the rare occasion when he met him.

It’s ten million taels.

Nan Hanwen looked at the official seals on the letter, feeling dazed.

Is it impossible...

This is a matter of life and death for the country; this is a time of great change in the world.

impossible, impossible...

It is impossible for them to still enrich themselves at this time.

impossible……!
He thought of all the dignitaries he had seen before.

They all seemed to be worried about the country and the people, with a tense look of worry on their faces. When talking about the current situation, they all had their own opinions. Those people who were elegant in the past became twisted into a knot when facing this issue.

They would even let go of their usual composure and start making loud noises in the palace.

It can be said that he is working so hard and worrying about the country.

They all felt that they must try to contain the King of Qin at this moment. The King of Qin was a young hero with a fierce spirit. They could not compete with him on the battlefield. Only by doing it slowly, the steel could be turned into soft silk, thus corroding the heroic spirit in his heart.

Every official was so sincere and serious, with a look of concern for the country and the people, their brows were furrowed, and they were all shocked by the current situation in the world. They were all anxious from the bottom of their hearts and concerned about Dachen.

but!

Ten million taels turned into two million eight hundred and seventy thousand taels.

Nan Hanwen's mind went blank.

The human heart is extremely complex.

Nan Hanwen was in a state of struggle. He was loyal to the hometown where he grew up, but he also yearned for the world that the King of Qin saw. He was unwilling to abandon the State of Chen, but he also did not want to be an enemy of the King of Qin. He could only follow Chen Dingye's orders.

Let yourself be like a sailboat, tossed in the turbulent ideas and waves of this chaotic world, in the relative positions. You can only suppress your heart, like a chess piece, and do what you should do.

But people are not chess pieces after all.

All kinds of thoughts and emotions were surging and struggling in his heart. He couldn't sleep all night. When he occasionally fell asleep, he was invaded by all kinds of chaotic dreams. Fragmented, endlessly repeating images kept emerging in his mind.

Sometimes I returned to the State of Chen in my youth, walking slowly on the road of Jiangzhou City of the Great Chen, seeing the flourishing culture, people coming and going, and the royal majesty, and sometimes I heard sharp sounds breaking through the air in my ears.

Three arrows tore apart the warmth of the past. Turning back, the King of Qin, dressed in black and wearing a jade hairpin, holding a bow, stood among the people, looking at himself calmly, opened his mouth, and his lips moved, as if he was saying something.

Every time this happened, Nan Hanwen would suddenly wake up and sit up abruptly.

The sky was actually still dark, but scattered morning stars could be vaguely seen.

Nan Hanwen gasped for breath and could no longer fall asleep.

He has a desire to dream of a bright future.

But there are also concerns about the country.

When he saw this kind of thing happening, he was still filled with a huge, unreasonable sense of absurdity. Nan Hanwen clenched the letter in his hand and suddenly became angry. He was obviously a civil servant in his early fifties.

But suddenly he pushed the young Xiao Shaohui away.

Nan Hanwen strode out and rode his divine horse at full speed. After a few days, he returned to the State of Chen, exhausted. Without bothering to go home or rest, he first went to pay a visit to the right prime minister who was in charge of this matter.

Right Prime Minister Feng Yuning was a solemn and dignified man, a descendant of an aristocratic family. He had been able to write articles at the age of thirteen, criticizing current social ills. He had been famous throughout the world for more than sixty years. When Tan Tai Xianming came here, his reputation was far inferior to that of Feng Yuning.

This right prime minister had already resigned from office and retired to enjoy his rural life.

Later, because Xue Daoyong stepped into the court, these civil and military officials thought of him again, and went through great pains to bring this retired old man here to check and balance Xue Daoyong's existence.

When Nan Hanwen met him, the right prime minister was wearing simple clothes and was always a man of dignity. When Nan Hanwen went there, the right prime minister was still looking through official documents. When he saw Nan Hanwen coming back, he was surprised.

He quickly asked someone to get clothes for Nan Hanwen to change into.

At the same time, he held Nan Hanwen's arm and said worriedly, "Hanwen, aren't you in the Eighteen Prefectures of Jiangnan now, responsible for the plan against Qin? Why did you come back suddenly? Has something happened there?"

Nan Hanwen said: "The King of Qin has just been crowned, and the situation is stable in all directions. There is nothing unusual. The strategies we have arranged for the King of Qin are also being implemented..."

Right Prime Minister Feng Yuning breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's good."

He frowned with worry, and said sternly: "King Qin is brave, and our Great Chen is now in the most precarious time in the past three hundred years. We need to be united, and the monarch and his subjects must work together to overcome the difficulties, in order to survive this crisis."

"If anyone dares to hinder such an important event, it is a crime against the country, an enemy of the people, and it is against etiquette. It is simply a traitor to the people."

"If there is such a person, Hanwen, tell me. Even if I have to risk my life, I will help you clear all obstacles. A man should study hard. At my age, there is nothing to regret in this life. It is better to die for the country."

"In this case, even if I die, I will have no regrets."

The white-haired right prime minister whispered to himself: "It is a worthy death to die for the country."

"A warrior like Lu Youxian can still die for his country."

"Scholars like you and me, don't we have such character? Are we worse than him? There are heroes in the Qilin Army. How can we, the Great Chen, with its vast territory, three hundred years of national history and cultural heritage, lack him?"

Nan Hanwen changed his clothes and drank a sip of hot ginger tea, finally calming down a little. Hearing this, he was moved and said, "Right Prime Minister, I do have something to report."

Feng Yuning asked, "What's the matter?"

Nan Hanwen said: "I was in charge of building palaces and went to dispel the arrogance of King Qin, but the amount I received was only 2.87 million taels..." He didn't continue talking here.

The right phase solidifies.

The old man's elegant and calm face turned red almost instantly.

His chest heaved violently.

He grabbed the teacup on the table, smashed it hard on the ground, and cursed: "!!! What a filthy thing! My country has come to this point, and the people have ended up like this. It is obvious that our families are about to be destroyed, our country is about to be destroyed, and we are being humiliated by others!"

"They are still using such petty tricks. Shame on them!"

"Shameless villain, bringing disaster to the country and the people!"

"They are all big thieves who are fat-headed and do nothing. Big thieves! My country has reached this state because of people like them!"

Feng Yuning cursed in agony, gasping for breath. This great scholar, celebrity, and prime minister of this era was really furious. When his emotions became intense, he almost started coughing.

Nan Hanwen hurriedly supported the right prime minister, who was already over 80 years old, and said, "Sir, there is no need to be so angry about such a thing..."

Feng Yuning gasped for breath, and then seemed a little depressed, saying: "The country has actually declined to this extent. At this time when the country's survival is at stake, there are still people who do such things. Alas, it is my fault. Don't worry, Hanwen."

The old man said softly: "This matter concerns the country. Even if I die in this matter, I will help you find out clearly!"

Nan Hanwen was extremely grateful. He felt his blood boiling and there was hope for Dachen again.

Then I heard this famous scholar grit his teeth and say:
"Your Majesty's order, I personally gave it, but I gave the full amount--"

"Eight million taels!"

"Who actually took away more than five million taels!"

The expression on Nan Hanwen's face froze.

He looked at the famous scholar and the prime minister, and the passion in his blood was extinguished.

Emperor Chen gave 10 million and informed Nan Hanwen in a letter.

But when the Right Prime Minister took it out, it was only eight million.

He looked at the loyal and resolute celebrity, the Right Prime Minister, and felt his body trembling and speechless. He didn't know that the Right Prime Minister's anger was for his country.

Or is he angry because someone got more than him.

Nan Hanwen didn't know how he walked out in a daze. He looked at the residence of the right prime minister and the prosperous Jiangzhou city.

He wanted to meet Chen Dingye, but was stopped.

Hundreds of officials tried to stop him from seeing Emperor Chen.

Nan Hanwen gritted his teeth and picked up the letter. He was unwilling to give up, so he followed the seal to find the yamen one by one. Everyone was furious. The Ministry of Rites said that they gave a full six million taels, so how could there be only that much?

The same is true for officials from the Ministry of Industry and Construction.

After going through all the levels, everyone had no problems.

Everyone is concerned about the country and the people!
Everyone is extremely worried about the country and the general situation of the world. They are all shocked and angry that there are still people who dare to embezzle money even though they have already given away so much.

I just took a little bit.

As long as the people behind don’t take it, it will be just right when it falls in Jiangnan!

But, how did you take them all?!

How come you guys took them all?!

In the end, the man who delivered the things turned out to be a rogue. When he was caught, he was drinking in a brothel. It was raining heavily, and Nan Hanwen knocked on the door but there was no response. He stood in the rain and knocked on the window. He didn't know how many times he knocked before the window was opened.

There was a sweet smell of heating and cosmetics in the building. The officials were dressed in gorgeous clothes. There was wine and meat on the table, and the wine had just been warmed. There were four cold dishes, four hot dishes, four meat dishes, and four vegetable dishes. Most of them only touched their chopsticks.

It was a cold winter rain outside and Nan Hanwen was standing there.

The raindrops fell down his sticky white hair, and he restrained his anger to ask.

The official looked at him impatiently and just said, "I took it, of course I took it!"

Nan Hanwen's chest heaved as he said angrily:

"You don't know, this is a betrayal of the country. Do you know that this is a major national plan?"

The official almost laughed in anger, saying, "What are you talking about?! If I don't take it, how can I eat meat? If I don't take it, how can I drink? If I don't take it, how can my superiors come to see me! If I don't take it, how can my superiors take it?"

"If the superiors don't take it openly, how can the ministers take it? How can the ministers dare to employ us so-called honest officials? If they don't dare to employ us, how can we get promoted and make money?"

"Besides, I gave them a full three million taels."

Nan Hanwen was stunned: "It's not two hundred and eighty-seven..."

The official scoffed: "Who told you that?"

Nan Hanwen thought of the young official Xiao Shaohui and seemed to understand something.

Suddenly all my strength was taken away.

The official laughed: "You are such a noble fool!"

He slammed the window shut, and the rain splashed out from the gap and splashed on Nan Hanwen's face. He heard laughter coming from inside, and the woman asked with a smile who was coming.
The official laughed and said, "A lunatic."

Madman, madman...

Nan Hanwen suddenly laughed bitterly. The old man had lost his arrogance. He himself didn't know how he had arrived in the south of the Yangtze River with the new team of craftsmen. But when he returned, he still saw the gloomy sky and continuous winter rain.

Nan Hanwen just felt that there were too many smart people in troubled times.

He felt an invisible and intangible enemy. Even though Emperor Chen had awakened and had the courage of a hero, his every move, every chess move, from the prime minister to the officials who followed him, was taking action.

Everyone thinks that if they take a little, no one will notice.

The world is in turmoil and chaos, but even at this time when the country is destroyed and the family is ruined, they still follow their old habits and do so many things. Everyone is acting for their own interests.

Nan Hanwen suddenly lost interest. He felt that the sky and the earth were gloomy, and the rain was continuous. He could not see the way forward. The gloomy sky and the falling rain were like a cage of despair. He could not find the way forward, so he stumbled forward and let the rain soak him.

Where is the road ahead? Where is the road ahead?

The future of my Dachen, the future of the people, and the future of the world.

Where? Where!
Suddenly, the rain stopped.

The distraught old man was stunned and slowly raised his head.

An umbrella covered his head, and a gentle voice came:

"It's been a few days since we last met. Why are you walking in the rain?"

The ink-black sleeves of his robe fluttered, and Nan Hanwen's throat moved. He looked at the man holding an umbrella and murmured:

"...King Qin?"

(End of this chapter)