Back and forth: I brought supplies to help the impoverished prince

Wen Jiu was completely unaware of Emperor Gao Wen's thoughts. He continued to talk with a look of longing about what he knew about the divine realm. Occasionally, Emperor Gao Wen would raise one or two questions in return.

The human heart is unpredictable.

What Wen Jiu wanted was for Emperor Gao Wen to pay attention to the issue of gender equality, but what Emperor Gao Wen was thinking about was no longer how wonderful the divine world was.

"I am the Son of Heaven, the emperor with the largest territory among the three powerful countries! Why would the goddess meet a prince who is a hostage from another country? Although he is my son, this opportunity is something I have never had before."

Emperor Gao Wen lowered his eyes and waved his hand: "Alright, no matter how magical the God Realm is, you live in this mortal world. Don't forget your identity. You are Prince Yongle. How should Xingzhou be governed? Do you have any idea?"

Wen Jiu's voice suddenly stopped, and he smiled naively: "Farming, let the people have enough food first, and the rest can be taken care of later. Dad, do you have any suggestions for me? What should I do?"

The darkness in Emperor Gao Wen's heart shrank back when he was called "father". He shook his head helplessly: "I remember that you were not like this before you went to Zhou. You were quite ambitious at that time."

"I have it now too! I want to enjoy life early. I want to keep fighting and all that away from me. Life is wild! I don't want to be constrained, so I will work hard for a dozen years, and then I can just lie down and rest." Wen Jiu looked at Emperor Gao Wen, "Dad, the world will be yours sooner or later. I just hope you'll be safe and healthy, so that I can live as I please."

Emperor Gao Wen looked at Wen Jiu's sincere eyes and couldn't help but sigh: "The life of a mortal is short after all. I can't protect you forever. I want to hear your thoughts on the matter of the fiefdom."

"Oh, I plan to go over and plant the seeds that the goddess gave to me first, then prevent floods and build reservoirs. By the way, I heard the goddess tell me that if you want to get rich, you must first build roads. My palace is in Yun County, so I will develop Yun County first, so that the rich can drive the poor." Wen Jiu looked serious and naive when he talked about his ideas. He had not considered the hardships involved at all.

"What if someone objects?" Emperor Gao Wen asked.

Wen Jiu blurted out without hesitation, "Whoever tries to stop me, I will be irreconcilable with him. This is an important experiment for the development of Chu Wen's national strength. But it is inevitable that someone will report it to you, so Dad, as long as you support me, I am confident that Chu Wen will not lack food and grass in the next five years. By then, we will have enough strength to dominate the world.

By then, you will be the true master of the world! And I will be the son of the master of the world. I can live whatever life I want, after all, I have you as my father!"

"Stop flattering me!" Emperor Gao Wen smiled and stood up, patting Wen Jiu on the head. "Okay, Daddy will support you from behind, just go ahead and do it. Xingzhou is just a small trial ground given to you by Daddy. When you make achievements, I will give you more power."

"Thank you, Dad!" Wen Jiu stood up excitedly and bowed to Emperor Gao Wen, "I promise, I will farm well! When the harvest comes this year, you will be able to eat the food that your son planted with his own hands! Dad, you just wait for my good news in this palace!"

"But now the national treasury is empty. I can't give you much, so you will have to deal with many troubles yourself." Emperor Gao Wen finally got to the point.

Wen Jiu looked up in surprise: "Ah? How can we be without money?"

Seeing Wen Jiu's surprised face, Emperor Gao Wen said solemnly: "The country is not as smooth and simple as you see in the God Realm. The people's food, clothing, housing and transportation are affected by various disasters every year, and the allocation of funds everywhere can happen at any time.

Forget it, I have told you so much, but you may not understand it now. You lived in the palace in Zhou State and had good food and drink, and you did not go to the people to experience the suffering. When you govern Xingzhou well, you will understand. "

"Oh, okay, then how much funding can you give me to support me?" Wen Jiu now looks like a college student who is about to start school, begging his parents for living expenses.

Emperor Gao Wen extended a finger.

"One million? That's OK. Let's not make it so big in the early stage. I'll go back and make new plans." Wen Jiu lowered his head, as if thinking about putting those plans aside for the time being.

However, only he himself knew that this was a high price he had raised, and the most Emperor Gao Wen could give him was 100,000 taels, which was already an overflow of fatherly love.

Wen Jiu almost felt sick after watching such a loving father-son scene with him.

"No, it's 100,000 taels." Emperor Gao Wen patted Wen Jiu on the shoulder, "You have worked hard in Zhou State over the years. 50,000 taels are for your daily expenses, and 50,000 taels are for governing Xingzhou."

"Ah? No, Dad, what can you do with fifty thousand taels?! I..." Wen Jiu was so shocked that he couldn't speak. He widened his eyes in disbelief: "I can spend it all in two months! No, this..." He frowned tightly.

Then he looked up at Emperor Gao Wen with sparkling eyes as if he remembered something: "I have a good idea. People living in the imperial city are either rich or noble. What do you think about me launching a crowdfunding campaign among them?"

"Crowdfunding?" Emperor Gao Wen sneered in his heart. It was only five years, and Wen Jiu really didn't learn anything in the Zhou Kingdom. Even his visit to the God Realm made him feel arrogant. None of the civil and military ministers, dignitaries in the capital were vegetarians.

Wen Jiu nodded, and then looked at Emperor Gao Wen cautiously: "That's right, if we want to raise a lot of money, it will inevitably hurt the reputation of the royal family, so my son will tell you in advance that I plan to raise money from the people below in the name of the royal family. Although it hurts our reputation a bit, the money will be in hand!

I think it shouldn’t be difficult to raise one or two million yuan by crowdfunding in different places.”

“No!” Emperor Gao Wen knew from the expression on Wen Jiu’s face that what Wen Jiu meant by “hurting some face” was not just a real loss. He was afraid that the entire royal family would be embarrassed!

Before Wen Jiu could say anything, Emperor Gao Wen said sternly, "You are a member of the royal family. You have returned to Chu Wen. Remember that as a member of the royal family, doing anything that undermines the royal dignity is an unforgivable sin!"

"Oh." Wen Jiu hung his head, "But the money is really not enough! Why don't I secretly find some people to organize..."

"Speaking further!" Emperor Gao Wen slapped Wen Jiu's head in frustration, "I will give you another 100,000 taels. This is my limit."

"Okay, okay, I get it." Wen Jiu looked sad, and he looked at Emperor Gao Wen with resentment, "If I have a conflict with the people of Xingzhou, you must stand on my side, Dad. If you really want to punish me, just give me a symbolic punishment."

It is a foregone conclusion that Xingzhou will wipe out the Jiang family, but the Jiang family still has many connections in the court, and someone will definitely make things difficult for him after this incident. At that time, if his father turns a blind eye, the matter will be easily resolved.

Now, with another 100,000 taels of silver, it was worth it for him to endure the nausea and play the role of the naive son who was brainwashed by the gods for a whole night.

Emperor Gao Wen suddenly remembered something: "Goddess... Try to use some women, give them some status and opportunities. Try to make them equal to men. Of course, all this is your idea."

Wen Jiu was not surprised at all when he heard Emperor Gao Wen say these words hesitantly.

After all, it took so long to prepare for this.

Wen Jiu nodded: "You want to emulate the God Realm? But I will be the one who gets scolded! I also thought about this when I first went to the God Realm and saw these things.

However, since ancient times, men have been superior to women and the order of seniority has been respected. I can only be nicer to the women around me. If I go to Xingzhou to do something like this, I will offend many people, and then there will be even more people who will make things difficult for me. "

Wen Jiu looked at Emperor Gao Wen, looking troubled: "Why don't you just issue an edict, this way it will be calm."

Emperor Gao Wen looked at Wen Jiu with anger on his face: "You are afraid of this and that, what kind of prince are you?"

"The main thing is... my reputation isn't that good to begin with. If this continues, I'm afraid that the people of Xingzhou will hate me. How can I farm happily then?" Wen Jiu said this with confidence.

"Find a way yourself!" Emperor Gao Wen waved his hands in annoyance. "Go away! If you can't do what I tell you to do, don't blame me for not favoring you!"

"Oh~" Wen Jiu bowed and said, "Then my son will leave first."