Crown Prince of the Empire, I quit!

All of this was actually manipulated by the imperial court!

"I, a humble commoner, kowtow to Your Majesty."

Just when Lei Wuji was feeling sad, Ma Sandao had already jumped off his horse and knelt down in front of Qin Ming with a thud.

"You are very good."

Qin Ming looked at Ma Sandao approvingly.

There is a saying that goes, He who knows the times is a hero.

Ma Sandao is such a person.

After vaguely realizing Qin Ming's purpose, Ma Sandao said earnestly without any airs of a sect leader:

"I don't know how I can help Your Majesty, but if Your Majesty needs me, I am willing to sacrifice my life for you!"

"Ma Sandao, you..."

Lei Wuji was somewhat dissatisfied. He could not directly submit to the imperial court.

What's more, with such a huge force as the Thunderbolt Hall, he has the confidence to not bow even when facing the imperial court.

Noticing his attitude, Qin Ming brought up the matter.

"The imperial court will cultivate two factions in the martial arts world. Currently, they are the Thunderbolt Hall and the Blood Blade Sect. What do you think?"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your cultivation!"

Ma Sandao kowtowed to the ground without any hesitation.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your cultivation!!"

"Long live your majesty!"

Upon seeing this, the disciples of the Blood Knife Sect all knelt on the ground.

Everyone in the Thunderbolt Hall looked at each other.

I was at a loss for a moment.

"What will happen if I refuse?"

Lei Wuji looked at Qin Ming.

"From today on, the Thunderbolt Hall will be removed from the Jianghu."

Qin Ming spoke lightly, with a tone that left no room for doubt.

Lei Wuji smiled bitterly and knelt on the ground.

"I am willing to serve your majesty at my utmost."

"I will arrange for secret guards to take care of the rest of the matter."

"Yes!"

After bringing the two major forces in the world under his control.

Qin Ming then set about diverting the conflict between the martial arts world and the imperial court.

Originally, Qin Ming's appearance made all the martial artists in the world focus their attention on him.

There are even many people who want to challenge him for being the best in the world.

The major underworld forces also began to stir up trouble and oppose the imperial court.

But after this battle, the power of the underworld has been greatly weakened.

Coupled with newspaper publicity, more people focused their attention on the disputes in the martial arts world.

The conflicts between the imperial court and the underworld gradually faded from their perspective.

After returning to the capital, Qin Ming received news from Chen Shimao.

"Your Majesty, the Northwest Canal is nearly halfway complete. Shall we begin transportation?"

"Notify Yan Ziqiong and ask her to come when she's free to prepare for establishing a trade route with the northwest."

The canal in the northwest was originally designed to connect all the goods there with overseas trade.

This will allow more factories to be built here in the future.

The northwest area is relatively safe.

If they were not close to Western Shu and the Southern Barbarians, the Thirty-Six Kingdoms in the Western Regions would have been divided and would not pose a threat to the northwest.

As long as dozens of factories are developed here, with the number of people migrating from outside the northern border of Yan Dynasty, a large amount of goods can be obtained quickly.

But things seem a little strange today.

When Qin Ming just said this, Chen Shimao whispered:

"Your Majesty, Yan Ziqiong may not come in the near future."

"what happened?"

"The Third Prince, Yan Zheng, is currently competing with her for control of foreign trade. He will most likely come to you next time."

"Has it been taken away?"

Qin Ming was a little surprised.

He knew that Yan Zheng was now favored by the Yan Dynasty royal family and was being trained.

But he didn't expect Yan Ziqiong to lose the right to connect with him so quickly.

If things continue like this, Yan Ziqiong will have no advantages, not to mention her dream of becoming an empress in the future.

"Has she contacted you?"

"Well, Yan Ziqiong said that she and Yan Zheng will take turns to trade with Daqian in the future. I hope you can help."

"help……"

Qin Ming narrowed his eyes and began to weigh this issue.

Originally, he supported two major forces in Yan Dynasty: Luo Jiao and Yan Ziqiong.

In addition, there are also some troops stationed in the eastern region that they have conquered.

In addition, two of the Four Pillars have already had close communication with him. Logically speaking, if Yan Ziqiong stands on his side, there won't be too many twists and turns.

However, the Yan royal family has been making efforts, both overtly and covertly, to expel Qin Ming.

In this situation, the pressure on Qin Ming's side has increased a lot.

"Your Majesty, what are you thinking now?"

Chen Shimao also knew that this matter might be a difficult decision for Qin Ming.

So he spoke up and broke the window paper.

"Nothing, just helping Yan Ziqiong."

Qin Ming spoke lightly.

As an emperor, he worked hard to build such a family fortune. If at this time, he even gave up the subsidy for his woman Douhu, then all his efforts over the years would have been in vain.

Chen Shimao smiled, he knew Qin Ming would most likely make this choice.

"Do we need to send troops?"

"Don't worry, go ask Yan Ziqiong how I can cooperate."

"Ah."

Chen Shimao left quickly.

News from the Yan Dynasty also arrived soon.

This time, it was Yan Zheng, the third prince of the Yan Dynasty who was at the peak of his power, who came in person to trade with Qin Ming.

This is the first time they meet in this capacity, and both parties need to grasp the attitude of this contact.

Qin Ming thought so too.

Three days later.

Yan Zheng's fleet sailed all the way up from the Jiangnan port and along the canal to the capital.

Qin Ming arranged for Song Dingsheng to entertain them.

But he never met Yan Zheng.

After this attitude was revealed, Yan Zheng became a little anxious.

She began to contact Song Dingsheng again and again, urging him to arrange a meeting between her and Qin Ming.

Yan Zheng is only one step away from becoming the next successor of the Yan Dynasty.

That is the relationship with Qin Ming.

If Qin Ming is willing to support and be his backup.

Yan Zheng's future path to power will be very easy.

In order to win Qin Ming's support, Yan Zheng even put aside the complicated matters in his hands and came in person to wait for Qin Ming's meeting.

Song Dingsheng quickly found Qin Ming.

"Your Majesty, the Yan Dynasty envoys are pressing us and want to see you."

"I've suppressed it two or three times, but they still come to me at the same time and place every day."

Qin Ming also knew that the Yan Dynasty delegation was eager to meet with him.

However, when Qin Ming heard what Song Dingsheng said, he did not react, but just said lightly:

"Go ahead and entertain them, ignore them."

"This... Your Majesty, they may not want to stay here for long."

Song Dingsheng thought for a moment and said:

"If that's the case, I can only work towards forcing Yan Zheng to retreat."

"Then let him go back."

Qin Ming continued to speak calmly, without any panic.

"what?"

This is really a problem for Song Dingsheng.

If this is really done, will the communication between Daqian and Yan Dynasty be able to continue in the future?