Chapter 232 It’s time to incorporate Northland into the Northern Kingdom

After taking down Lin Wanyun, Lu Chen felt refreshed. Although he didn't sleep all night, he was not sleepy at all because of the Grand Master's physique.

Lu Chen was sitting at the table in the main hall, eating breakfast and humming a tune.

At this time, Mu Zixuan was feeding her child not far away. Seeing that Lu Chen was so happy early this morning, Mu Zixuan asked curiously: "My lord, did you encounter something happy just now?"

Lu Chen put down the bowl in his hand and asked, "How did you tell?"

Mu Zixuan laughed, and then said: "The prince has been humming a little tune since he came back. His mood is written on his face, and I can naturally see it."

Lu Chen smiled and said, "Well, it seems that I can't hide things at all."

At this time, Lu Chen suddenly thought of something, and then said: "By the way, I got a method of making salt not long ago. It happens that the east of the North Country is close to the sea. You can recruit some workers to make salt in the east."

Hearing this, Mu Zixuan was stunned for a moment, and then asked: "Your Majesty, does the palace also need to dry salt? Isn't it inappropriate to leave this matter to me?"

Lu Chen said doubtfully: "My beloved, you should have heard about it a long time ago. The imperial court has abolished the official salt industry. We, the vassal kings, can also make our own salt privately."

Mu Zixuan said: "That's not what I mean. What I mean is that the ownership of the salt industry management rights is of great importance and should be handed over to the small court in the north."

Although some functions and powers of the current Northern Palace and the small court of the Northern Kingdom are not completely separated. For example, the money earned by the Northern Palace will be allocated to the Northern Kingdom's treasury from time to time. However, people also know that as the regime of the Northern Kingdom gradually stabilizes, the Northern Kingdom will The small imperial court and the Northern Palace must be separated to a certain extent. For example, things such as the harem not being able to interfere in politics will have to be brought up sooner or later.

Although the Great Xia court has liberalized the right to operate the salt industry, if the right to operate the salt industry was liberalized in a remote place like the North, the price of salt would have skyrocketed that day, and the people would have been very poor. If the price of salt rises too outrageously, people will not be able to afford salt.

The management rights of the salt industry must be managed in a unified manner. The management rights of the salt industry represent politics. Mu Zixuan knew that she was just Lu Chen's princess, a woman, and the harem could not interfere in politics casually.

Salt production is not an economic issue, but a political issue.

If Lu Chen insists on letting her intervene in the management of salt production, it means that Lu Chen's plan is to liberalize the management rights of the salt industry. Because the management rights are liberalized, it will be the same for whoever makes salt, and there is no suggestion that she is interfering in politics. However, once the right to operate the salt industry is released, the price of salt will easily rise randomly.

Hearing what Mu Zixuan said, Lu Chen instantly understood what she meant. He then said, "You don't have to leave it to the officials to dry the salt. Just let the people in the palace dry the salt. And the production method I got It's better. The dried salt is high-quality salt and won't taste bitter. I don't want the salt-making method to be leaked yet.

"As for the issue of the right to operate the salt industry, this can be easily solved. At that time, part of the profits from the royal family's salt drying will be handed over to the state treasury. In addition, I will set up a salt monopoly bureau. The salt monopoly bureau is only responsible for selling salt, not making salt."

Anyway, in this era, the whole family belongs to him. Even the entire Northern Kingdom belongs to him. It doesn’t matter that he asked the prince to make salt. Moreover, the method of making salt was invented by him. It is already considered a big deal for him to hand over part of the proceeds from selling salt to the national treasury. Not bad.

For now, he alone has the final say in the Northern Kingdom. The small court belongs to him, and no one will say anything.

There are so many properties in the palace, and no official in the Northern Kingdom dares to say that the palace is competing for profits with the people.

Of course, only Lu Chen can do this. If other vassal kings want to do this, those aristocratic families will definitely jump out to oppose it.

Mu Zixuan said: "I understand, I will dispatch some workers to make salt at the beach later."

Lu Chen immediately took the time to eat. After breakfast, he got up and left the main hall, heading to Wang Qingci's courtyard.

When he left the study just now, the maid told him that Wang Qingci came to see him last night, and there was a high probability that Wang Qingci had something going on.

However, as soon as Lu Chen walked out of the main hall, he saw a beautiful figure in a red dress leaning against the wall of the courtyard. Wang Qingci's S-shaped figure looked extremely attractive, with a curvy front and a plump figure.

Before Wang Qingci could speak, Lu Chen smiled and said, "What does Mr. Wang want from me?"

Wang Qingci smiled and replied: "The slave family is looking for you, so of course they have important information."

"Your Majesty has been busy lately. If I want to report information to you, I will have to wait all night."

Lu Chen walked up to Wang Qingci at this time and placed his paws on her waist naturally, "Master Wang, are you going to your room or my study?"

Hearing this question, Wang Qingci rolled her eyes at Lu Chen. She knew that Lu Chen didn't sleep all night last night, so she wasn't worried that Lu Chen would criticize her later, so she said, "Let's go to the slave's room."

Lu Chen and Lin Wanyun stayed in the study room all night last night. The smell in the study room may be a bit strong now. Anyway, she was just reporting information to Lu Chen. It would be the same wherever she reported it.

Lu Chen said: "Okay."

Then Lu Chen held Wang Qingci's waist and came to Wang Qingci's bedroom. As soon as he entered the room, Lu Chen put her on the couch and pressed her on top.

Wang Qingci was stunned for a moment, thinking that Lu Chen was going to do something to her, but soon she realized that she was overthinking it. After Lu Chen fell on the couch, he hugged Wang Qingci's waist and turned over, lying on his side. Holding her was like holding a pillow.

At this time, Lu Chen buried himself in her arms, took a deep breath of the fragrance and said: "Tell me, if there is any news in the recent dynasties, you can report it directly and put the paper information on the table in my study later. Just go on. I didn't sleep last night. Let me squint for a while.

When Wang Qingci came back to her senses, she said, how could Lu Chen criticize her at this time? Lu Chen was busy in the study all night last night. Even if he is a great master, he still needs to rest.

Wang Qingci then let Lu Chen hold her soft and delicate body, and she said: "The students from Huanyu Academy originally wanted to pass through the Daxia Dynasty and then come directly to the Northern Kingdom, but they were driven to the Dawu Dynasty by the Northern Kingdom's army. , the reason for Daxia’s army is that they are afraid that they will spread the plague, so it may take some time for those students to reach the Northern Kingdom."

If they were to pass directly through other counties of the Great Xia Dynasty, the students of Huanyu Academy would be able to reach the North Kingdom in three months. But now they take a detour through the Dawu Dynasty, and then have to pass through the Dayue Dynasty. This may take four to five years. It took months to reach the North Country.

Lu Chen hugged Wang Qingci's soft and fragrant body tightly, and said lightly: "I understand, is there any other information?"

Wang Qingci continued: "It is said that the eldest princess of the Dawu Dynasty went to the southwest region of Dawu to negotiate with the rebel leaders and planned to recruit the rebels."

"Um?"

Hearing this, Lu Chen immediately raised his head from the warm fragrance of Wang Qingci's soft jade, and then looked sideways at Wang Qingci, "She shouldn't be the one to negotiate, right? She is a princess, and she has to go and negotiate with her. Negotiations with rebel leaders?”

Wang Qingci said: "It was true that she was not the one to go at the beginning. At the beginning, Emperor Wu wanted to use force to quell the rebellion. At the same time, in order to accumulate some achievements for his two sons, he asked his two sons to lead troops to suppress the rebellion. The army was defeated, and both of his sons were defeated, causing them heavy losses."

"Under the persuasion of Prime Minister Chai Jiliang, Emperor Wu once again agreed to peace talks. Because Princess Wu Chang had always had a better reputation among the people, he chose to let her negotiate with the rebel leader."

When Lu Chen heard Wang Qingci's words, Lu Chen smiled and said, "It's interesting. It seems that in a few decades, another queen will appear in this world.

"But having said that, since ancient times, there has been no such thing as a rebellion. Those rebel leaders shouldn't agree to surrender to the Dawu court, right?"

Hearing Lu Chen's words, Wang Qingci said with a smile: "Your Majesty, your guess is wrong. The slave family heard that some of the rebel leaders in the southwest of Dawu had planned to surrender and chose to join the Chang Army. A princess."

this……

Lu Chen was stunned again.

If they rebel half way, aren't those guys afraid of being reckoned with by the queen?

Lu Chen asked: "Is this news accurate?"

Wang Qingci replied: "Accurately, there are indeed rebels who intend to surrender to the Dawu imperial court, but there are also some rebels who refuse to surrender. Those rebels who do not surrender are basically from the aristocratic families in the southwestern region of Dawu."

Lu Chen smiled. Those aristocratic families indeed had no way out. If it were ordinary people, even if they rebelled, the rulers might end up choosing not to punish the people because of the large number of people. But those aristocratic families were different. Those aristocratic families The rebellion is obviously aimed at overthrowing the rule of the Dawu royal family. Even if they surrender, they will definitely be liquidated in the end, so the war in Dawu will continue for some time.

Thinking of this, Lu Chen felt relieved. The situation in Daxia is also quite chaotic now. If Dawu recovers at this time, maybe Emperor Wu will send troops to attack Daxia immediately due to his character.

Although Lu Chen is not the emperor of Daxia yet, in his eyes, the entire Daxia dynasty will belong to him sooner or later. He does not want to see Daxia occupied by Dawu.

At this time, Wang Qingci continued: "In addition, there is another piece of information about the Dayue Dynasty."

Lu Chen said curiously: "Information about Dayue? What happened to Dayue recently?"

Compared to other dynasties, Dayue has always been relatively calm. Except for the 200,000 troops they stationed in the border area of ​​the Northern Kingdom, there has been no movement.

Wang Qingci said: "The barbarians are moving south, and Dayuetun's 200,000 troops in the border area of ​​​​the north have gradually been transferred to the northwest to fight against the barbarians."

Hearing this, Lu Chen fell into deep thought.

Although the main barbarian tribes in the north have been wiped out by them, there are actually not many barbarians in the north. The barbarians are divided into several large tribes, and these tribes have their own royal courts.

Originally, these tribes were unified, but after the death of one of their generals, these tribes established themselves as kings. Among them, the Tianlang King tribe and the Beixian King tribe moved to the north, while the other tribes remained in the northwest region.

Dayue, like Daxia, is invaded by barbarian tribes every year, and the number of barbarian tribes in the northwest far exceeds that in the north. Therefore, the barbarians from the northwest going south will put great pressure on Dayue.

Lu Chen thought in his mind that now Dayue had to resist the barbarian invasion, which meant that all the major dynasties had no time to pay attention to him.

It’s time to incorporate Northland into Northland!

After the Northland is incorporated into the Northern Kingdom, the area of ​​the Northern Kingdom is likely to directly exceed the Great Xia Dynasty. When the Northern Kingdom develops again, it will not be a problem for him to directly claim emperor in the Northern Kingdom in the future.

Thinking of this, the corners of Lu Chen's mouth rose slightly. He buried his head in the warm fragrance of Wang Qingci's soft jade again, and then continued to sleep with his eyes closed.

At this time, Wang Qingci said: "That's all the information I want to report. Your Majesty, do you have any orders?"

Lu Chen asked in Wang Qingci's arms: "Has the Qian family done anything recently?"

Wang Qingci replied: "The Qian family has been more active recently, but compared to some time ago, they seem to be a bit more low-key."

Lu Chen said: "Keep staring at them."

Wang Qingci said: "Okay, Your Majesty."

Lu Chen then took a deep breath of Wang Qingci's fragrance again, and then said, "Okay, if you have nothing to do, stop talking and let me hold you to sleep."

Hearing this, Wang Qingci smiled slightly, and then stopped talking. Her delicate chin rested on Lu Chen's head, and then she raised her jade arms to hug Lu Chen.

Holding Wang Qingci's soft body, Lu Chen quickly fell asleep.

Time flew by, and not long after, it was time for Zhou Youyou to give birth.

Lu Chen has not left the palace recently. He happened to be at the palace on the day Zhou Youyou gave birth to her child. Lu Chen came to Zhou Youyou's delivery room early in the morning and was waiting.

With Lu Chen standing beside her bed, Zhou Youyou wasn't worried at all about what would happen later.

At this time, Lin Wanyun was waiting outside the delivery room with Chu Yuqin and the others. Lin Wanyun's thoughts were a little confused. In the past few days, Lu Chen had been having sex with her, trying to get her pregnant. She felt that she had been completely cheated. It bears Lu Chen's mark.

When she thought about giving birth to a child for Lu Chen in the future, a blush appeared on Lin Wanyun's face and her face became extremely hot.

No, no, she had to quickly find the antidote and help Rong Rong escape. She couldn't keep thinking about giving birth to a child for this little villain. When she was pregnant with the child, she didn't even know that the Year of the Monkey had passed.

At this time, Chu Yuqin looked at Lin Wanyun and said, "Sister Lin, why is your face so red?"

Lin Wanyun came back to her senses and said quickly: "Oh, I'm fine. I've been a little obsessed with practicing these past few days."

Hearing this, Chu Yuqin was stunned for a moment.

Obsessed?

Later, Chu Yuqin discovered that Lin Wanyun's neck also had many red marks similar to those on Chu Qingli's neck. Chu Yuqin said, "Sister Lin, why did you become obsessed with practicing martial arts?"

Lin Wanyun said in confusion: "Is there anyone else in the palace who is practicing martial arts and becoming possessed?"

Chu Yuqin said: "Yes, Qingli has often gone crazy in the past few months. Look at her neck. Those red marks were left when she went crazy while practicing martial arts."

"It's strange, why do you have so many red and purple marks on your neck after you practice martial arts and go crazy?"

Hearing this, Lin Wanyun and Chu Qingli who were not far away were startled. Lin Wanyun and Chu Qingli turned to look at each other at the same time, and found that the marks on the other's neck were indeed the same as theirs.

Seeing this scene, Chu Qingli snorted in her heart, that lecher didn't even let Lin Wanyun go.

She finally discovered that as long as there were beautiful women in the inner courtyard, Lu Chen had no intention of letting them go.

No, she had to hurry up and complete the deal with Lu Chen, and then rescue her sister.

After her hard work during this period, there were not many transactions left between her and Lu Chen, and she had to speed up.

Although they could see that each other's body and mind were already in the shape of Lu Chen, Chu Qingli and Lin Wanyun both had a tacit understanding and did not say it out loud. They both turned to look at the delivery room at the same time, pretending that this incident had not happened.