If you traveled back to ancient times, while others ate Guanyin clay, you would actually have giant

Zhou Wu immediately wrote a letter and sent it directly to the Crown Prince's residence in the capital.

"You must take this token and personally deliver the letter to the Crown Prince."

"Yes, I will certainly live up to your expectations."

Zhou Wu selected several skilled men from the Qingyang Army. They all looked ready to die. Zhou Wu really wanted to say that it was unnecessary, as it was just a message to be delivered, but seeing the determination in the young men's eyes, he couldn't bear to say it.

"Go."

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"It's an adult."

In the end, Zhou Wu had no choice but to cooperate. With a resolute look in his eyes and a reluctant turn of his head, the young men immediately became as energetic as if they had been injected with chicken blood, wishing they could fight to the death with that non-existent enemy.

. . . . . .

Prince's Mansion.

The Qingyang Army finally delivered the letter to the Crown Prince in person, fulfilling their mission. However, they were slightly disappointed because the journey had been too smooth, and there hadn't been a single assassin.

"Someone, take them to rest first."

"promise."

After reading the letter, the Crown Prince also fell into deep thought. In fact, helping the neighboring small countries was a trivial matter for both Li Tiancheng and Li Junren. However, since salt was involved, they had to be cautious. The powerful families in the court were a complex and intertwined group. Even Li Tiancheng sometimes had to give them some leeway, let alone Li Junren.

"Guards, bring us to the palace."

"promise."

At this moment, Li Junren was also undecided and could only secretly go to the palace to discuss it with his father, the emperor.

royal palace.

Li Tiancheng took a rare break today to relax in the Imperial Garden, but his pleasure was still ruined by his own son.

"Your Majesty, the Crown Prince requests an audience."

"Yes, Xuan."

Although Li Tiancheng was somewhat disappointed, he could still distinguish between what was important and what was not. The Crown Prince must have something important to discuss with him.

"My son, I pay my respects to my father."

"Your Highness, please dispense with the formalities. Is there anything urgent?"

"Uh~~~"

Seeing the Crown Prince looking around, Li Tiancheng knew what he meant.

"Come sit with me in the pavilion."

Li Tiancheng dismissed his attendants and took only the Crown Prince to a pavilion in the middle of the lotus pond to rest.

"Father, Zhou Wu has a secret document."

Li Junren took out Zhou Wu's letter directly. Li Tiancheng felt that Zhou Wu's appearance rate had been a bit high recently. He had just left the capital and a secret letter had arrived, and it was even through the Crown Prince.

After Li Tiancheng finished reading it, he also felt a headache coming on, just like the Crown Prince. The matter wasn't big, but it involved salt, so it was going to be difficult.

"Your Highness, what do you mean?"

Li Tiancheng remained calm at first, wanting to hear the Crown Prince's thoughts.

"Father, I believe we should do our best to help the Kingdom of Stan. Our Great Dragon has just been established. Although the country is at peace, we have not yet established our prestige among the surrounding countries. Father has always taught me to use both kindness and severity."

Li Tiancheng strongly agreed with the Crown Prince's idea. No matter how powerful a country is, it is impossible to conquer all other countries by force. Moreover, offending all the surrounding countries at the same time would be tantamount to self-destruction. Now that the Great Dragon already has the powerful enemy, the Dada Kingdom, it would be unwise to make a new enemy.

Seeing Li Tiancheng nod slightly, the Crown Prince continued.

"We have no chance of resolving things peacefully with a country like Dada, but we can extend favors to a country like Stan. However, the most important issue right now is the source of salt. It's impossible to purchase it in large quantities from aristocratic families, and we can't even let them know about this. Otherwise, given their greed, they will definitely demand exorbitant prices."

"Yes, so I support this in principle, but the most pressing issue right now is the salt problem. Most of the salt wells in Dalong are controlled by powerful families, and we have no way to deal with them."

Li Tiancheng and Li Junren were also caught in a dilemma with no solution.

"Prince."

After a long silence, Li Tiancheng was the first to break it.

"My son is here."

"Zhou Wu is full of tricks, why don't we just throw this problem at him?"

"it is good."

After a brief moment of thought, Li Junren realized that this was the only way. After all, this problem was given to him by Zhou Wu, so now he could also trouble Zhou Wu.

So the question was sent back to Zhou Wu via letter.

. . . . . .

Niujia Town.

"Your letter, sir."

They were still the same passionate Qingyang Army soldiers, and it seemed they had rushed back without rest, their faces showing signs of exhaustion.

"Take a good rest this afternoon, don't push yourself too hard."

"promise."

Clearly, Zhou Wu's affirmation had a significant effect on these passionate young people. Although they had worked tirelessly for several days, their backs ached and their legs no longer hurt.

When Zhou Wu went into his study alone and opened the letter, he was dumbfounded.

"Holy crap, you can do that?"

Even with Zhou Wu's good temper, he couldn't help but curse. After all, he was the ruler of a country and the crown prince. Wasn't this just being a scoundrel?

Zhou Wu pushed open the study window and called out, and someone immediately responded.

"Someone, go and fetch Deng Yuanliang."

"promise."

Soon, Deng Yuanliang was summoned.

"My lord, has the capital sent a reply?"

"Hmph, look at this, I'm truly impressed by our Emperor and Crown Prince."

Deng Yuanliang took the letter and read it carefully, quickly understanding the general situation.

"My lord, according to His Majesty's wishes, he agrees to this matter in principle, but we have to handle the salt supply ourselves, and the whole process must be carried out in secret? Now there is only one problem left, which is the salt supply."

"I'm wondering why this is a good thing, so why is it being done in secret?"

Seeing that Zhou Wu didn't seem to be paying attention to the main point of the matter and was rather gossipy, Deng Yuanliang patiently analyzed and explained.

"My lord, I believe that His Majesty's reason for having us conduct this in secret is mainly to guard against powerful families."

"Beware of powerful families?"

Zhou Wu was somewhat puzzled.

"My lord, as you know, the salt wells are now basically controlled by powerful families. In addition, the influence of these families in the court is complex and intertwined. His Majesty has to consider them. However, these people are all ruthless and will not consider the interests of the Great Dragon. They only care about their own family interests. So when they find out about this, they will definitely make exorbitant demands. This is precisely why His Majesty asked us to keep it a secret."

"I see, you're absolutely right."

"Sir, can we focus on the important points?"

"Isn't the key point why it's kept secret?"

"Of course not, the key point is where we're going to find salt, that's the important thing."

Most of the time, Deng Yuanliang thought Lord Zhou was quite clever, but on rare occasions, he would get so angry that he would vomit three liters of blood.

"Oh, salt? If we can't buy it, we'll just produce it ourselves."

"My lord, are you delirious? All the salt wells that have been discovered are now controlled by powerful families. There's no way we can get involved."

"I never said I wanted to compete with the aristocratic families for the salt wells."