Good! My stupid son finally rebelled!

hiss!

Ling Tian was stunned when he heard this: "So many?"

You have to know that the things that Niu Er just mentioned, plus this special material, can be used to equip a powerful elite force in Daqian.

Ling Tian frowned: "This bastard Zhou Ren is making weapons so extensively, could it be that he is planning a rebellion?"

"As a governor of Huaitong, he definitely doesn't have such power."

"Or is there someone else behind him directing him?"

"Could it be..."

Ling Tian narrowed his eyes and had a bold idea in his mind: "I'm afraid it has something to do with the Crown Prince."

Ling Tian suppressed his thoughts: "How many people know about this mine?"

"This……"

Niu Er hesitated and said, "Your Highness, in fact, not many people know about this mine. Strictly speaking, only those of us who participated in the forging know about it, and the rest are Zhou Ren's confidants."

"But that dog official and his cronies were all killed when Your Highness came to Huaitong."

“So, not many people know about it now.”

Ling Tian thought about it carefully after hearing this and said nothing. The mine was so powerful that he really wanted to take it for himself, but according to Niu Er's words, there might be someone colluding with Zhou Ren behind the scenes.

He is the prince after all!

Or someone else.

No matter who it is, with his current strength, if he wants to take over the mine completely, I'm afraid it will be...

It’s as difficult as climbing to the sky!

Seeing Ling Tian remained silent, Xiang Lin stepped forward subconsciously and lowered his voice: "Your Highness, since no one knows the secret of this mine, why don't we..."

Xiang Lin made a gesture of wiping his neck.

"No."

Ling Tian shook his head and refused: "Just because few people know about Huai Tong doesn't mean that no one in the court knows about it."

"Once Emperor Wu knows about this, I will be in a passive position."

Emperor Wu was narrow-minded. As an emperor, he was scheming and it was not surprising that he did some cruel and ruthless things for the sake of his own status.

If Emperor Wu could remain indifferent after knowing this, he would be a real waste.

Xiang Lin didn't think too much about it: "Your Highness, what should we do now?"

Ling Tian paced with his hands behind his back, and then his eyes sparkled: "Xiang Lin, arrange for people to dig the mine first. Today, I will personally write a letter of divorce and report it to the royal family openly."

"I'm afraid I can't completely occupy such a mine now."

"but."

"How much you can take away depends on your ability."

Xiang Lin was stunned when he heard this: "Your Highness, if you tell His Majesty about this mine, the Imperial Forging Department will definitely send someone here."

"I know."

Ling Tian nodded: "If killing one person can allow me to occupy 30% of the mine, then why not?"

Xiang Lin was shocked by Ling Tian's words. Although he didn't know the deeper meaning behind them, Xiang Lin understood that Ling Tian was definitely not the kind of person who would give up easily, especially since the ore had already been discovered.

How can I give it up?

Plucking feathers from a passing goose is the real ghost face.

"Your Highness, I will arrange it now." Xiang Lin didn't think any more, bowed and accepted the order and left. Ling Tian then looked at Niu Er and others in front of him.

Gulu!

Niu Er's scalp tingled when Ling Tian looked at him: "Your Highness, I have an eighty-year-old mother."

"There are eight children below."

"And five women."

"I don't want to die yet."

Niu Er was very excited when he spoke, and Ling Tian felt a headache: "Don't play the victim. If I wanted to kill you, you would have died in your sleep last night."

hiss!

Niu Er was stunned when he heard this. Ling Tian whispered, "You are all elite blacksmiths in Huaitong."

"now."

"Your Highness has only one request. The mine is a national resource of Daqian, and the ore is related to every citizen of Daqian."

"No matter how much the reserves are, they have already been destroyed by that bastard Zhou Ren. Now you need to mine the ore in a protective manner."

"Do you understand?"

Ling Tian's words stunned everyone, and then they all nodded. Ling Tian glanced at Niu Er and asked, "Who are you working for at the Daqian border?"

"Your Highness, I used to be under General Qin Zhaojun."

Sister-in-law?

It's not as delicious as dumplings, but it's not as fun as my sister-in-law.

Ling Tian thought about it for a while before smacking his lips: "Niu Er, you don't look old enough to retire from the army, why did you become a blacksmith now?"

"This one……"

Niu Er was somewhat helpless and smiled bitterly: "Your Highness, in fact, when I was at the border, I was also a centurion."

"Unfortunately, during a mission, my brothers were ambushed by the Northern Zhou barbarians."

“It was almost a total annihilation.”

"I was also seriously injured in that battle and was rescued by the people. Later, the general saw how badly I was injured."

"So I was allowed to retire early."

kindness?

Ling Tian narrowed his eyes: "According to my Daqian Law, as a centurion, you should be assigned a position after you return."

"At least he is a local leader, why is he working as a blacksmith here?"

When Niu Er heard this, he sneered: "Your Highness, I'm afraid you have only lived in the deep palace for a long time and don't understand the complicated hearts of people outside the palace."

After saying this, seeing Ling Tian's gloomy face, he realized that he had said the wrong thing.

Snapped!

Niu Er slapped himself and said, "Your Highness, I was just talking nonsense. Don't take it to heart."

"I don't want to be a leader, I want to marry more women, so I want to make a living by working as a blacksmith."

Ling Tian sneered: "Really?"

"According to the laws of Daqian, no matter how high your achievements are, even if you are a captain of the county police, you can get ten taels of silver every month, and your family can also receive food subsidies."

"It's totally possible for you to live a decent life."

"How much silver can you earn from your hard work as a blacksmith?"

"Or are you a slut and like to live a hard life?"

"Or are you saying that you were lying to me? You are not a soldier at the border of Daqian. What's worse, you are afraid of death and fled back to the border. That's why you dare not show your true face to others?"

Ask questions one after another.

Niu Er's face changed slightly, and he almost shouted at the top of his voice: "Your Highness, you can scold me."

"You can hit me."

"It could even kill me."

"But you can never say I'm a deserter."

"I, Niu Er, have been in the army for eight years, guarding the border and fighting for eight years. Although I can't say that I have made great achievements, I am also a man of steel."

"My knife wounds are the evidence."

Niu Er said as he tore open the clothes on his chest. The shocking wound suddenly appeared in Ling Tian's eyes. Ling Tian was not angry: "If that's the case."

"Why do you need to forge iron here?"

Niu Er was no longer afraid, and simply scolded: "Your Highness, although the royal family has various subsidies for us veterans."

"But he is an official under Daqian."

"It's not a thing at all."

"Not to mention job placement, there is not even any pension."

"Almost all of my one hundred brothers died in the battle. According to the number of deaths in the battle, each of them should have received a hundred taels of silver."

"But none of my brothers have a penny."

"Such a corrupt court!"

"What's the point of being loyal to him?"

"It's better to live out your life in peace."

"I just hate that Niu Er is so incompetent. If I had the chance, I might as well rebel."