Steel Dynasty - Chapter 76

[Chapter 76 Interrogation]

A few peach blossoms outside the bamboo, a duck prophet of the warmth of the spring river.

The ground is full of wilting poles and the reed buds are short, which is when the puffer fish is about to come.

This poem was written by Su Shi in the Song Dynasty, but the situation and situation made Xiao Ming sigh with emotion at how well it fit the current situation.

After leading the cattle for a distance of one acre, Xiao Ming returned the cattle to the soldier. At this time, he was exhausted and sweating profusely. In primitive agriculture without modern machinery, spring plowing and autumn harvest are very tiring. of.

Lu Fei laughed loudly and walked over, “Your Highness, I thought that Your Highness could only shoot dogs and horses with a bow, but he didn’t expect that he was also a good hand at farm work.

Xiao Ming almost said it out loud like I used to do this when I was a child, but when he realized Said: “What’s so difficult about this? Just imitate the soldiers. “

Recalling his childhood in his previous life, Xiao Ming was even a little sad, because he had never known who his parents were since he was a child, and he had always been with the grandmother who raised him.

Unfortunately, after he worked for a year, his grandmother also passed away.

Also Because of this, he didn’t have much concern after coming here and quickly adapted to this place.

“Even so, His Highness is probably the first prince in the Chongqing Kingdom who can cultivate land. Lu Fei chuckled, then changed the subject and said, “Your Highness, the Construction Corps has no problem with production during the farming season, but it has to train troops in this free time, right?” This armor of the Qingzhou Army…”

While working, Lu Fei kept hesitating, but it turned out that this was what he was talking about.

He said: “I will definitely accomplish what I promised. At the end of next month, the first batch of plate armor will be delivered. Crossbow arrows, Mo Dao will arrive at the Qingzhou camp.

“Mo Dao?

“

Crossbows, why not bows and arrows? “Xiao Ming just promised to equip the Qingzhou Army, but Lu Fei didn’t know the specific equipment.

Now that Xiao Ming said it, he couldn’t help but wonder.

“It’s early today. I’ll take you to see for yourself what Mo Dao is tomorrow? “Xiao Ming said.

Lu Fei said in surprise: “Thank you, Your Highness. “The Qingzhou Army was really scared. When they saw weapons and equipment, they were as excited as wolves when they saw meat. After

washing the mud off his legs in the water of Xiaoqing River, Xiao Ming stood up to leave. When he raised his eyes, he suddenly saw a huge The black shadow rushed over.

He looked carefully and saw that it was a huge carp,

and after the carp, a large group of fish swam past. The unpolluted natural environment allowed the fish here to multiply freely, which made him feel sad. Suddenly he had the pastoral feeling of being alone on a boat and wearing a hat.

It was a busy time, but proper leisure was also necessary. He thought about letting Chen Qi hook him up and go fishing

along the way .

As Xiao Ming walked towards the palace, the land was now in straits, and farming was naturally part of it, but breeding was also a part of agriculture,

and this part had been ignored for a long time. Many people said that the Song Dynasty was caused by the loss of horse breeding land. The number of war horses was insufficient, but it was difficult to shirk responsibility for the chaotic horse administration in the Song Dynasty.

Xiao Ming also felt the importance of breeding from this incident of purchasing cattle,

so after farming, he gave the following to the production teams of various states and counties. The task is to breed cattle, sheep, mules, horses, chickens, fish and pigs.

Back to the palace, Xiao Ming had a simple meal and was about to write a decree on breeding, when Zi Wan came over and said to Xiao Ming. : “Your Highness, while you were away in the afternoon, His Highness King Wei’s people arrived at the palace in the afternoon and asked the servant to inform His Highness that King Wei will return to Qingzhou to visit His Highness in five days?

“The King of Wei paid a visit to me?

“

“Xiao Ming seemed to have heard a big joke.

Uncle Wei Huang had never given him any real help since he came here. Even three years ago, he was doing the same thing as the local wealthy family.

He gathered soldiers and horses Self-defense at the border, instead of sending a single soldier to Xiao Ming’s fiefdom.

Moreover

, he played a trick on him and kept raising the price of the cattle, causing him to lose hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.

He

actually deigned to come to visit him.

After thinking about it carefully, Xiao Ming suddenly understood that the purpose of King Wei’s visit was not simple. The businessman Lu Fei captured from Cangzhou was still in Qingzhou Prison.

, it seems that this businessman has a lot of money, so he needs to interrogate him.

Putting down the paper and pen, Xiao Ming sent people to find Lu Fei and interrogate this businessman named Zhou Ziyu

overnight

.

It is a prison cell located on the street next to the Qingzhou Army. It is under the jurisdiction of the Qingzhou Government. People caught by the city’s police officers who commit crimes are usually detained here.

Because

the Qingzhou Army is stationed next door, few people in Qingzhou Prison always dare to make plans.

, Lu Fei would boldly imprison this businessman in it.

“Your Highness, this is that businessman. Lu Fei said,

the dim lights in Qingzhou Prison were flickering, and the corridors of the cells were dark and damp, exuding a disgusting smell of rot, mixed with rotten food, and the disgusting smell of feces.

Zhou Ziyu was imprisoned in the innermost room, unlike other prisoners. Although he was sluggish, he looked relaxed and contented, as if he could leave at any time.

“Zhou Ziyu, you are enjoying yourself. “Lu Fei roared.

Zhou Ziyu, who was lying on his side on the ground at this time, stood up and walked to the cell door. He looked at Lu Fei, then at Xiao Ming, and cupped his hands and said, “This must be His Royal Highness King Qi. Well, the common man Zhou Ziyu has met His Highness.

Xiao Ming stared at Zhou Ziyu with interest and said, “How do you know I am the King of Qi?

“

“

“The only person in Qingzhou City who can make Captain Lu Fei follow him step by step is probably His Highness King Qi. “

“You have observed carefully. It seems that you are also a smart man. So I will tell you straight away. Are you under the instruction of King Wei to smuggle war horses? What is the purpose of King Wei’s smuggling of war horses?”

Zhou Ziyu laughed loudly after hearing this.

Laughing: “Your Highness, do you think I would risk offending King Wei by telling you this?”

“Aren’t you afraid of offending me?” Xiao Ming said coldly.

“With all due respect, Your Highness, do you think that in the Emperor’s heart, you are more important than King Wei? If you had to choose between King Wei and Your Highness to survive, do you think the Emperor would choose the one with the wealth and the most soldiers? The King of Wei is still guarding a ruined fiefdom and is worthless… Your Majesty,” Zhou Ziyu said teasingly, with contempt for Xiao Ming hidden deep in his eyes.

Zhou Ziyu’s arrogant attitude angered Lu Fei. Lu Fei raised his riding crop and whipped Zhou Ziyu hard. With a scream, Zhou Ziyu covered the left side of his face and staggered back. Blood flowed down the left side of Zhou Ziyu’s face.

Lu Fei was furious, “Bold slave, how dare you speak to my Highness like this? Even though your King of Wei has three heads and six arms, I, Lu Fei, am not afraid.”

Having said that, Lu Fei raised his whip and was about to lash it out, but was stopped by Xiao Ming. Stopped.

Zhou Ziyu’s words were hard to hear, but it is true that Xiao Wenxuan, the king of a country, puts profit first in everything.

If Xiao Ming needs to be abandoned, he will be abandoned without hesitation. At this time, Zhou Ziyu mentioned Xiao Wenxuan, He basically saw the trick in this smuggling of war horses, and he said: “The matter of smuggling war horses was secretly given by the father to King Wei, right? ”

(End of chapter)