The strongest world crossing

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The speaker's territory is not very large, but his mind is very flexible. If he can take on this task, although he may not be able to find the real culprit, it is still very handy to fabricate one.

"No need, the culprit has already been killed, count the time, he will come soon." Ye Zhen whispered, standing with his hands behind his back, looking indifferently behind the eight hundred princes.

Seeing this, the eight hundred princes kneeling on the ground turned their heads and looked back, and saw a group of guards galloping towards them in the distance, and the leader of the guards was carrying a large box wrapped in yellow cloth.

"boom!"

Get off the horse and kneel down, holding the box high in front of Ye Zhen with both hands.

Ye Zhen opened the box, glanced at the contents, and then threw the contents in front of Ji Chang who was closest to him.

"Accidentally, my hand slipped. Can Ji Aiqing help me take a look at this thief's face?" Ye Zhen whispered.

"Here"

Ji Chang glanced at the head in front of him, and saw its appearance through the messy hair sticking to his face.

The pupils shrank instantly.

"Does Ji Aiqing know this thief?" The corners of Ye Zhen's mouth curled up slightly.

"Reporting to the king, I don't know you," Ji Chang hurriedly replied.

"is it?"

PS: Spoiler alert, the layout of the human world is too boring, so it will be finished soon, and then I will write some interesting things.

Chapter 684 Ten Years of Change

"Since you don't know him, forget it, that's enough, let's go back with the king." Ye Zhen said softly, and immediately returned with his hands behind his back.

It's just that most of the princes present were not stupid, and the meaning of Ye Zhen's words was already very obvious. Ji Chang was probably the mastermind behind the assassination of Ye Zhen this time.

But what everyone didn't understand was, if the assassin was really sent by Ji Chang, why did King Shang let Ji Chang go so easily?

"Is the killing still behind?"

However, guessing randomly is useless, so I can only go back first to make plans, and by the way, ask the official of the Great Shang Dynasty who is staying with me about the latest developments, so as to make plans for the future.

But in the afternoon, Ye Zhen summoned all the eight hundred princes into the palace with an edict.

"I called you here today, one is to invite you to enjoy the imperial meal, and the other is to discuss a good matter with you," Ye Zhen said softly, raising his glass.

"What is the king's order? Just say it. As a subject, it is our duty to obey the king's order!" Ji Chang held up the wine glass in his hand.

"Since that is the case... Daoer and others in Chaowei City have also seen it. This king ordered that from tomorrow onwards, all pipelines in the entire Dashang will be replaced by cement roads."

"However, the people and money for the construction of the cement road need you to contribute together. After the road is completed, you can share the general dividend. What do you think?" Ye Zhen whispered.

Hearing Ye Zhen's words, everyone knew that what they thought today might come true, and they couldn't resist.

"Don't worry, I'm not an arbitrary person, but the benefits of this cement road are obvious. I want to discuss with you tonight. If anyone here doesn't want to, let me just say that I won't blame him." Ye Zhen smiled.

After the words fell, among the eight hundred princes present, Jiang Huanchu got up first, followed by Chonghouhu, and the next thing was just breathing. All the princes knelt down in the hall and said in unison, "Long live my emperor, long live, long live! age!"

"Hahaha! Very good!"

Ye Zhen waved his hands and said with a smile, "My dear friends, please, today's wine is brewed by immortals. It is immortal wine. Just smelling the aroma of the wine can prolong your life. You are lucky today!"

"Thanks to the King!"

Afterwards, the guests and hosts had a good time, coupled with singing and dancing, the atmosphere quickly became lively.

Suddenly, after making eye contact with Ji Chang, E Chongyu suddenly put down his wine glass, got up and saluted Ye Zhen, "Your Majesty, I have something to ask."

"Let's talk about it later, don't talk about other things tonight, so we can't disturb other people's nature," Ye Zhen said with a smile.

"That's right, I said, Nan Bohou, you are too old and young, and you don't even have this kind of eyesight. Is today's occasion a time to talk about things?" Chonghou Hu of the Merchants faction snorted coldly.

"This... I'm guilty of my crime." Seeing that Ye Zhen didn't intend to listen at all, he could only leave first.

I couldn't see Ye Zhen before, but fortunately Ye Zhen finally showed up, let's think of another way tomorrow.

The eight hundred vassals all understood that the difference between them and the big merchants was the slavery. The big merchants were ruled by the nobles, they controlled at least [-]% of the world's money, and they were willing to become very rich.

In order to develop the population, the eight hundred princes have been implementing some policies to benefit the people in their territories.

But now there are many changes in the big business, especially the food issue. If they can't get the seeds of sweet potatoes and other crops, and Ye Zhen's permission, it can be expected that no matter how good the policy of benefiting the people is, it won't be as good as eating and clothing. .

At that time, population loss is absolutely inevitable. If there is too much population loss, not to mention Ji Chang, who originally wanted to replace the big merchants, will be cut off. The territories of other small princes may be lost in a few years. It's going to be a "ghost" city.

It's just... the princes who were full of wine and food, came to the palace to wait when it was dark the next day, but got the verbal order from Ye Zhen not to go to court or to see people.

"Prime Minister, how can this be done? If such a good grower can be planted by everyone in the world, I am afraid that no hungry child will starve to death on the roadside. This is a great merit. Can you help me persuade it?" Advise Your Majesty," Ji Chang said to Bigan in front of him with a bitter face.

"Yes, Lord Bigan, this year's drought is particularly serious. There are victims everywhere in my territory. More than a few people starve to death every day. Even if I have opened a warehouse to release food, it is just a drop in the bucket."

Bigan nodded slightly, and said in a deep voice, "Forget it, I'll go find the king to persuade him."

Hearing this, Ji Chang bowed deeply to Bigan with a sad face.Said, "Thank you, Prime Minister, for the people of Xiqi!"

"It's not like this, let's not talk about the friendship between you and me for many years, just like what you said, this is indeed a good thing, since it is a good thing, it is natural to do it vigorously."

After the words fell, Bigan turned around and walked towards the harem. He is the prime minister and also the "uncle" of Emperor Xin, Ye Zhen. If Ye Zhen didn't specifically explain that Bigan is not allowed to enter the palace, except where the queen and concubine are in the harem, other places are big. Can go too.

"My lord, aren't we going to the King's bedroom? Why have we been circling around this garden?" The leader of the guards who had been following Bigan was puzzled.

Looking at the delicate and dewy vegetation and flowers in front of my eyes, I answered irrelevantly, "The scenery here is beautiful".

As soon as these words came out, the guards behind him became even more confused.

Then he followed Bigan to look at the fish pond scenery for a long time, and finally circled around again until two o'clock, the sun was a bit scorching, and Bigan escaped the heat in the shade, and then he suddenly looked happy and walked quickly towards the lake. Walking to the front hall, the guards behind him became dizzy.

"Here we come! Lord Bigan is here!"

"What's the result, Prime Minister?" Ji Chang stepped forward to salute.

"Good thing, good thing!" Bigan stroked his beard and smiled.

Hearing this, the eight hundred princes showed astonishment at first, because if this matter were placed on them, they would definitely not agree, and then they were pleasantly surprised.

"But Your Majesty agreed to let me wait..." Ji Chang's face showed joy, and the light in the depths of his eyes could hardly be hidden.

Brushing his long beard, Bigan smiled and said, "The old man has begged for a long time, but the king has not agreed to let you take the seedlings back, or I am afraid that it will not be possible within ten years."

"This...then why did the prime minister say it's a good thing?" Ji Chang forced a smile.

"Although your majesty did not agree with you to bring the seedlings back to plant, he agreed that in the next few years, when the food is abundant, you can sell sweet potatoes, corn, etc. to your lords at a very low price."