Crown Prince of the Empire, I quit!

"How ridiculous! Haven't you already exhausted all your tricks? You still want to threaten me with this kind of talk."

Facing his threat, Hua Yunhong sneered and a fierce look flashed across his face.

He had already sentenced Chu Ying to death in his heart.

No matter how eloquent his words were, he would never forgive him given the significant impact they had on the entire Shenmu Dynasty.

"Do you think my methods are powerful? Then I can only tell you that Daqian is the most terrifying. They have broken through the electrolytic silver technology and now have countless silver in their hands. Even if they use money to smash you, they can still crush you."

Chu Ying's current actions are a bit like using a tiger's skin as a banner.

But the technology he mentioned made Hua Yunhong's heart tremble.

"What is electrolytic silver technology? What does endless silver mean?"

"It's unlimited silver for you."

"How can this be?"

"Why not? I can tell you that if you kill me now, dozens of smuggling routes will completely collapse. That's when the market will be in chaos."

There was already a hint of threat in Chu Ying's tone. He knew that Hua Yunhong not only represented himself, but also had to take care of the entire dynasty, so he would never dare to kill him.

"You bastard."

Du Zi angrily kicked Chu Ying more than ten feet away.

He had met Chu Ying once before and thought he was just an ordinary businessman, but no one expected that when they met again, he had caused such a huge stir in the entire court.

Even Hua Yunhong and Du Zi could no longer ignore him.

"You're fine."

Hua Yunhong was silent for a while, then slowly uttered a few words.

next moment.

Swish!

The long sword was unsheathed, cutting off one of Chu Ying's fingers, and blood gushed out.

The intense pain made Chu Ying's whole body tremble.

But he raised the corners of his mouth and pulled out an ugly smile. He made the right bet.

Hua Yunhong didn't dare to kill him, otherwise the sword would have cut his throat.

"Since you've been caught, you should leave something behind to make this trip worthwhile."

Looking at the severed finger on the ground, Hua Yunhong spoke lightly.

Although Chu Ying's face turned pale, he remained calm and responded through gritted teeth:

"Your Highness is indeed a hospitable person. If you want, I can leave another one for you."

"No need."

"Take him down."

Hua Yunhong thought that catching Chu Ying was a good thing.

But after hearing the various situations revealed by Chu Ying, he discovered that undercurrents had begun to surge within the originally peaceful Shenmu Kingdom.

The external Daqian even has the ability to completely destroy their market.

If that countless silver really exists.

Not only the Shenmu Kingdom, but all the surrounding countries will be plundered by Daqian.

Thinking of this, cold sweat broke out on his back.

"Your Highness, didn't we capture Chu Ying in vain? We can't kill this guy. We can't just keep him here as a sacrifice."

Du Zi felt a little anxious, and now they were in a dilemma.

Killing Chu Ying would anger Qin Ming and cause the dozens of smuggling routes he operated to collapse, implicating hundreds or even thousands of merchants and affecting the entire Shenmu Kingdom.

For the sake of the stability of the entire dynasty, they absolutely could not do this, but there was no point in keeping him here. Over time, those smuggling routes would still collapse.

Thinking of this, Hua Yunhong suddenly mentioned someone.

"I asked you to contact Fang Yuanjian before. Has he replied?"

"Not yet. We have sent several letters but have received no response."

Some time ago, Hua Yunhong arranged for someone to contact Fang Yuanjian.

I wanted to use some force from Fang Yuanjian to see if I could pry it open.

Although now he already knew that Daqian was standing behind Fang Yuanjian.

But it doesn't matter much.

As long as the two parties are still royal families, there is a layer of blood relationship.

Is this blood relationship much more stable than any alliance relationship?

The royal families of all dynasties, as well as various civil organizations, have always been nepotistic, and this is the next life deeply hidden in everyone's heart.

And he believed that Fang Yuanjian was unwilling to leave this land.

For this, Hua Yunhong is willing to pay some price, as long as Fang Yuanjian agrees to come back.

"Arrange someone to tell him that Chu Ying is in our hands now. If you want to rescue him, then come and see me in person."

Fang Yuanjian has already gained enough benefits from Qin Ming, and he has also seen through that the top leaders of the Shenmu Kingdom will never allow new technologies to flood in and impact their status.

So at this time, he also made up his mind to start anew and promote science and technology in his new territory, so as to enrich the country and strengthen the people.

Even though Hua Yunhong has repeatedly extended olive branches to him.

He promised that he would definitely keep his position after his return and let him enter the court.

Build the Shenmu Kingdom with me.

However, Fang Yuanjian, who knew the other party's ambitions well, did not believe what he said at all.

Even though Hua Yunhong arranged for people to send several letters, they were all like a drop in the ocean and received no response at all.

But this time it was different. Chu Ying had been captured by them. If he wanted Chu Ying to be alive, he had to come over.

"I see."

Du Zi nodded immediately and arranged for someone to write a letter and send it to Yuanwangling.

The letter was very effective. On the morning of the third day, a group of people quickly approached Dieshui Pass from outside the pass.

Of course, the soldiers standing at the head of the bed saw this scene and quickly ran to Hua Yunhong to report the situation.

"Your Highness, a troop of soldiers is coming outside and wants to see you."

"Sure enough, it's here."

Hua Yunhong nodded with satisfaction. After his evil plan succeeded, he quickly took a group of people to open the city gate.

Sure enough, the person who came was Fang Yuanjian.

Hua Yunhong sighed when he saw this brother who had loved and hated him for many years.

"You're finally back. It's been a long time since we last met, right?"

He walked up and spoke with concern.

If an outsider saw this scene, they would only think it was a picture of brotherly love and respect.

No one would have thought that Hua Yunhong had arranged hundreds of thousands of troops to encircle and suppress Fang Yuanjian.

"What do you mean by wanting to see me and return to the court? Have you figured out how to promote this new technology?"

As soon as they met, Fang Yuanjian asked him what he was thinking.

The first reason he came today was to tell him that the new technology is better than mechanical engineering.

Another thing is to advise Hua Yunhong not to continue to fight against Qin Ming.