Chapter 178 You must let your sister see this man clearly

Chapter 178 You must let your sister see clearly the evil side of this man

After hearing Mu Zixuan's answer, Lu Chen smiled slightly.

He likes Mu Zixuan, a good wife and loving mother, who can handle big things right and wrong without being jealous.

In terms of beauty, Mu Zixuan only has a score of 93, which is still worse than Chu Yuqin, but Lu Chen's love for her is not based on the system score.

As long as the woman he likes is very important in his heart, it cannot be influenced by mere system ratings.

Lu Chen said at this time: "Okay then, I will let Nan Yan take over the treasury for the time being. After I find a suitable candidate, I will replace her."

After the words fell, Lu Chen stretched out his other hand and hugged Mu Zixuan's waist sideways.

Although Mu Zixuan was pregnant, it didn't stop the two of them from cuddling.

Mu Zixuan thought of something at this time, so she asked: "By the way, Your Majesty, will the construction of the straight road start next spring? I heard that you had people make a lot of cement."

Lu Chen said: "Yeah."

Mu Zixuan pondered for a moment and said, "We will need a lot of food next year. Now Daxia and Dawu are at war, and the price of food in Daxia has soared."

Hearing Mu Zixuan's words, Lu Chen was stunned for a moment. He left the food purchase to Mu Zixuan, so he didn't know the price of food in Daxia.

However, after hearing what Mu Zixuan said, Lu Chen roughly guessed that the current food prices in Daxia must be very exaggerated.

Mu Zixuan continued: "Furthermore, the price of grain is controlled by the Jiangnan family. The price of white rice in Daxia has risen to nearly six taels of silver per stone."

Lu Chen was stunned when he heard Mu Zixuan's words. Although he was not responsible for buying food, he probably knew the price of rice in the capital in the past. The price of rice in the capital used to be between 0.5 and 0.6 taels. fluctuation.

If the price of one stone of white rice has risen to sixty taels, it means that the price of food has increased tenfold.

"Six...six taels?"

"So expensive?"

Mu Zixuan said: "If the war between Daxia and Dawu continues, I'm afraid the food supply will continue to rise. By then, before Dawu's army reaches the capital, I'm afraid the people will..."

Mu Zixuan instantly realized that she was talking too much, so she immediately shut up and did not continue.

Seeing that Mu Zixuan suddenly shut up, Lu Chen said with a smile: "My dear concubine, you don't have to be so taboo in front of me, just say whatever comes to your mind."

"And you are right. If the price of food continues to rise, the people may indeed rebel. However, there is still food left in the people's homes. It will not be a big problem to hold on for another six months or a year. And I estimate that the war will be over soon. "

As long as a war breaks out, food prices will inevitably rise, even if Daxia takes the initiative to launch a foreign war. It is impossible to say that as soon as the war is launched, the people will rebel as soon as food prices rise. It cannot be so fast.

The people basically want to rebel only when they are about to be unable to survive. The war has just begun a few months ago, and it is impossible for the people of Daxia to survive soon.

However, Lu Chen guessed that the war was likely to end. Although the war would cause food prices to rise, the war between Daxia and Dawu had just begun and was about to enter the confrontation stage. Food prices in Daxia should not have risen so exaggeratedly. .

The price of white rice suddenly increased tenfold. Does this mean that the Jiangnan family is putting pressure on Emperor Xia?

On the one hand, he manipulated food prices to exert pressure, and on the other hand, he exerted pressure through external wars. There was a high probability that Emperor Xia would soon be unable to withstand it and would compromise.

I just don’t know what the result of compromise will be.

As his father is young and strong, it is definitely impossible for him to abdicate, but it is possible to establish a prince.

However, once Emperor Xia compromises with the Jiangnan family and wants to make the eighth prince the crown prince, other factions in the capital will not be happy. Then Daxia will set off another round of bloody political struggle.

When he thought of this, the corners of Lu Chen's mouth raised slightly. Fortunately, he was entrusted to Beijun. What happened in the capital had nothing to do with him. He could just develop in peace.

Let's fight, let's fight, it's best to fight to the death, then he can take advantage.

At this time, Lu Chen said: "My dear concubine, in a few days, I will allocate 70,000 taels of silver to the county governor's office and ask Li Rui to pay all the officials' salaries. By the way, let him repair my government hall."

Although Li Rui only asked for 50,000 taels of silver, and it was obvious that he exaggerated, Lu Chen did not intend to dwell on this. Instead, he gave Li Rui an extra 20,000 taels of silver.

Let's give the North County officials some sweetness first, because he will make big moves next. Lu Chen still understands the principle of adding sugar to a big stick.

Mu Zixuan said: "I know it. I will ask someone to transfer 70,000 taels of silver from the warehouse to the governor's mansion later."

Lu Chen thought for a while and then said: "As for the food issue..."

At this point, Lu Chen stopped talking.

Food prices are indeed a big problem. Food prices in Daxia are controlled, and the most affected is Beijun. Beijun is already poor, and most of the food in Beiwang Mansion is bought.

If he spent six or seven taels of silver to buy one stone of rice, Lu Chen would feel like there was something wrong with his brain.

However, crops such as potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn have not been promoted. Crop promotion takes time. It does not mean that you can harvest immediately after planting.

Moreover, after the first batch of crops are planted, seeds must be saved. It will take at least a few years before Beijun can truly solve the problem of food and clothing. In these few years, Beijun will still have to buy food from outside.

Lu Chen thought for a while and then said to Mu Zixuan: "The palace will temporarily stop buying grain. I will ask Wang Qingci to see what the current grain prices are in other dynasties. Then we will use Tingyu Tower to purchase grain from other dynasties.

Mu Zixuan asked: "Your Majesty, won't doing this expose the relationship between Tingyulou and the palace?"

Lu Chen said calmly: "Just make false accounts. When the time comes, I will hear Yulou announce to the public that the price of grain they sell to Beiwangfu is about the same as that of Daxia."

"Tingyu Tower is originally a business institution, and it must play its role."

Although the main function of Tingyu Tower is to collect intelligence, its apparent purpose is to do business. Currently, there is nothing that Tingyu Tower does not sell. There is a shortage of food in Beijun. It is very normal for Tingyu Tower to resell the food to North County to make a profit. business practices.

Mu Zixuan said: "I understand."

After being cozy with Mu Zixuan for a while, Lu Chen left the main hall and went to the study.

As soon as he arrived in the study, he said to the guard in brocade: "Go and call Lord Wang. I have something to ask her."

Wang Qingci has rarely been in Beiwang Mansion in the past half month. I don't know if it was because she was so violent last time that she was frightened. She was so frightened that she didn't dare to come back.

But after all, she was his slave girl. If she didn't come back, he could just ask someone to call her. As long as she didn't leave Yancheng, she had to come to Beiwang Mansion to report information to him.

After Lu Chen waited in the study for a while, Wang Qingci's voice sounded outside the study, "Your Majesty, the slave family is here."

Lu Chen sat at his desk, writing Beijun's reform plan with a brush, and said, "Come in."

Wang Qingci then opened the door and entered the room.

Seeing Lu Chen busy, Wang Qingci breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that Lu Chen was looking for him to satisfy his other ideas.

Thinking about it, there are so many women in the inner courtyard of Beiwang Mansion. Even if he doesn't come back, Lu Chen will not be idle, and there is no need for her to satisfy Lu Chen.

And there was no need for Lu Chen to specifically ask Jin Yiwei to find him for that kind of thing. If he came to find him, there was a high probability that he had something serious to do.

Wang Qingci took the initiative and asked, "My lord, what do you want from the slave family?"

Lu Chen said: "I would like to know which dynasty or country has a relatively low price of food recently. The Beiwang Mansion plans to stock up on some food."

Hearing Lu Chen's words, Wang Qingci instantly understood what Lu Chen meant. She was engaged in intelligence work and knew very well that the price of food in Daxia had risen horribly recently, and she had already helped Lu Chen to find out. The price of food in that dynasty was relatively low.

Wang Qingci immediately said: "Your Majesty, the Nu family has already inquired for you. For now, the price of food in the Dayue Dynasty is relatively low, but the main food crop in the Dayue Dynasty is wheat."

Daxia people like rice, while Dayue people live in the northwest region all year round. They prefer pasta, and most of their food is wheat.

Even though Beijun is further north than Dayue, the people in Beijun have only moved here from Daxia in recent years, so the staple food of most people is still white porridge.

After hearing Wang Qingci's words, Lu Chen thought for a moment, and then said: "Wheat is fine, as long as the price is relatively low."

Habits can be changed. Today, when the price of rice in Daxia has risen to sixty-two yuan and one stone, it is good if it can fill your stomach. Do you still need to distinguish between pasta and rice?

Wang Qingci said: "Okay, I'll ask the caravan to hurry up and purchase food."

Having said this, Wang Qingci glanced at what was written on Lu Chen's desk, and then asked tentatively: "Your Majesty, you probably have nothing else to do. If you have nothing else, I will go and get busy first."

Lu Chen put down the brush in his hand, smiled slightly, then looked into Wang Qingci's eyes and asked: "Is Mr. Wang very busy recently? He has been so busy that he hasn't returned to the North Palace for half a month? Why did I hear about Mr. Wang? Have you ever left Yancheng?"

Wang Qingci's heart skipped a beat when he heard Lu Chen's words.

Lu Chen treats her differently from the women in the palace. When Lu Chen talks about business with her, he usually calls himself "I" instead of "I, the king."

During this period of time, I don't know if Lu Chen likes to play identity or something, but every time he does something bad to her, he doesn't call himself "I", but "I".

As long as she heard Lu Chen calling himself "I am the King" in front of her and then calling her "Master Wang", it meant that Lu Chen wanted to do bad things to her.

Wang Qingci quickly said: "Your Majesty, the slave family also wants to help the prince collect more information about other dynasties as soon as possible, so that's why they did not return to the palace. The slave family has absolutely no other intentions."

Lu Chen said calmly: "Really? Mr. Wang must have not forgotten that he has another responsibility, right?"

Hearing Lu Chen's question, Wang Qingci knew that she couldn't run away today. She glanced at Lu Chen resentfully, and then said: "Your Majesty, I have injured my body recently while practicing martial arts. I hope you won't be so fierce today. "

Having said this, Wang Qingci twisted her small waist and came directly to Lu Chen's side.

Seeing Wang Qingci's enchanting figure, Lu Chen stood up, pressed her down on the desk and tidied her up without saying a word.

It would be okay if he left Yancheng and went on a mission. However, Wang Qingci stayed in Yancheng for half a month and did not leave Yancheng.

He stayed in Yancheng for half a month and didn't return to the palace. This was because he didn't take his master seriously at all, so he had to be punished.

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During this time, Chu Qingli had become completely familiar with life in the palace.

And gradually she didn't want to leave Beiwang Mansion.

Originally, she came to persuade her sister to leave Beiwang Mansion with her, and then live a life of two with her sister, but she herself had the idea of ​​staying.

This made Chu Qingli a little unacceptable. She always felt that she was bewitched by some mysterious power.

Otherwise, how could she have such thoughts.

Chu Qingli patrolled while analyzing what kind of power he might have been bewitched by.

After a while, she patrolled to the door of the study.

Before she even got close to the study, she heard some oohing and ahhing sounds.

Chu Qingli was still thinking about why she wanted to stay. After hearing those voices, Chu Qingli frowned slightly and her face suddenly became extremely cold.

That lecher is doing bad things again.

I really don’t know how he has so much energy every day. After she came to Beiwang Mansion, she never saw that bad thing calm down.

But after her observation, every woman in the palace had no problems. Not only did she have no problems, but she looked radiant and seemed to become more beautiful the next day after doing bad things with the bad guy.

Although she didn't understand the specific principle or what was going on, she knew very well that what Lu Chen was practicing couldn't possibly be some magic skill like Hehuan Gong.

If Lu Chen was practicing magic, according to Lu Chen's ability, these women in the inner courtyard of the palace would have turned into mummies long ago.

Chu Qingli was stunned at this moment.

Since she came to the palace, she has always heard that Lu Chen is a person with immortality.

If the kind of Kung Fu that Lu Chen practiced was an immortal method that only had benefits for people and had no harm, then it would seem to be able to explain the problems between Lu Chen and his wives and concubines.

Thinking of this, Chu Qingli suddenly had an association in her mind.

If Lu Chen really has an immortal destiny, then he should have obtained more than just one kind of immortal magic. He has done so many bad things to his women, but he has never seen his wives or concubines have any resentment towards him.

Moreover, Lu Chen's women seemed to like Lu Chen very much, as if they were hypnotized.

Is there a possibility that the immortal inheritance that Lu Chen received contains a kind of hypnotic magic that would make him stay willingly?

The case is solved!

The reason why she wanted to stay must be because of that lecher!

In fact, Chu Qingli only speculated on Lu Chen with the greatest malice, but her intuition was a little too accurate, allowing her to accidentally guess part of the reasons for her psychological changes.

Lu Chen obviously doesn't know how to hypnotize people. The reason why Chu Qingli thinks so is mainly because of her experience in the world. As a killer, she knows very well that there are techniques in the world that can hypnotize people, but she just doesn't know how to do it.

Chu Qingli thought at this time that the lecher must have used some kind of hypnosis technique on her without knowing it, otherwise how could she think of staying.

She said that his woman was tortured by him every day, so how could she not have any resentment towards him? It turned out that he had used such a shameful method!

No, she must let her sister see clearly the evil side of this man!

Of course, the most important thing is to take my sister out of the sea of ​​suffering and fly away with my sister.

Thinking of this, Chu Qingli glanced at the study and was already thinking about how to remove Lu Chen's hypnosis.