MTL - Dressed As a Farm Boy, He Cheated on His Way Out of the Desert.

Chapter 1204: Stealing the emperor’s money box!

 The little fox was a little scared and covered his eyes with his little paws.

The prince quickly stopped laughing, gently touched the little fox, and said comfortingly, "Don't be afraid, I just remembered the hardships I suffered when I was a child. Unfortunately, when I talk about it now, everyone will probably call me hypocritical."

 After all, I will be the emperor soon!

“Emperor, the entire Tianwu is under my control, and everyone will kneel down when they see me.

"But Santiao, I sometimes think that if I were an ordinary citizen, I would be a trusted steward in the Li family, or even... marry the girl I like, have several children, be a good husband and father, and live my life Are you happier?"

The little fox tilted his head, with some inexplicable emotions in his little eyes. Finally, he gently rubbed his hand, which was a silent comfort.

The prince smiled bitterly and hugged it tightly.

“That’s all, that’s it. I’ll just be an emperor. At least I’ll be better than the one in the coffin.”

The little fox immediately chirped a few times and raised his little chin, rarely looking proud...

The sun rises and the moon sets, two days pass by in a flash, and the kneeling spirit is already halfway through, and everyone feels much more relaxed.

 In fact, according to the etiquette system, the death of the emperor is far more complicated and troublesome than this.

But the prince said that state affairs were the most important thing, and there were indeed many trivial matters inside and outside the court, so the civil and military officials silently obeyed his orders.

 After all, if nothing else, thousands of refugees outside the city have not yet been resettled.

At dusk that day, a dozen knights, covered in gunpowder smoke, rushed eight hundred miles into the new capital, bringing explosive news.

Xintinghou recaptured the border pass, but was betrayed when he led the vanguard army out to attack the barbarians. The barbarians set up an ambush and besieged Gushan for four days, and they were in danger.

At the critical moment, with the help of thunder from the sky, the vanguard army fought back and wiped out more than 3,000 grassland barbarians.

 The Khan of the Grassland and the fifth prince were killed, and there will be no more power to invade within twenty years!

 Handhou Xinting and General Li Si are missing and their whereabouts are unknown!

 All the civil and military officials kneeling in the palace were excited!

I have been calling for the unification of the country and the country, but I never thought that it would be accomplished one day!

Twenty years of peace, as long as the new emperor is not a fool, Tianwu can recuperate and create a prosperous age!

What's more, the new emperor is now much wiser and wiser than the previous emperor!

Bei Zhengjun and Xintinghou are definitely the biggest contributors to Tianwu!

Some veterans fell to the ground crying in ecstasy, and some smart people immediately calculated how many officials would be needed to take care of the recaptured Jiangbei, and how many benefits the family could gain.

 But more people are still thinking about the missing Marquis Xinting and General Li Si!

 Why did you disappear?

 Was he killed by someone's cunning plot, was he killed in battle with no bones left, or was he able to retreat bravely and escape from the rapids?

Thinking of the Li family evacuating in the dark night, everyone feels even more headache!

The Li family knew that the Marquis knew that the Marquis was retreating bravely, so they withdrew.

Or did the Li family retreat to Quanzhou after receiving the news that the Marquis was going to fight to the death, fearing that they would lose their support and struggle to survive in Xindu?

 For a time, everyone was outwardly happy for the complete victory of the Northern Expedition, but their minds were in a mess!

The prince was unexpectedly calm and issued a series of decrees.

 Determine the generals who will temporarily guard the border, collect food and grass to transport, reward the Northern Expeditionary Army, provide compensation to the generals who died in battle, and arrange for the wounded soldiers to recuperate...

Every will is just right, without any mistakes, as if it is the result of long consideration.

This also made the courtiers' slight contempt for him because of his youth completely disappear.

But the imperial edict is good, but because of a severe drought, Xindu is short of food!

It is not an easy task to raise food for tens of thousands of people, and both the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of War are worried.

At this time, Mr. Liu took Liu Zhiheng into the palace.

 The two of them came up with enough food for the Northern Expeditionary Army for two months, which solved their urgent need. However, this grain was specially left behind by the Li family when they withdrew, apparently to repay the grain they had borrowed from various aristocratic families.

Now the old man of the Liu family assessed the situation and reported it to the prince.

The prince immediately summoned these families and offered to temporarily lend grain to the Northern Expeditionary Army, and then implicitly promised that they could send their daughters to the palace, or that family members could serve as officials in Jiangbei.

Several families were overjoyed and responded immediately.

 Food is in short supply, but after this year, the fields can still grow.

 But the opportunity to enter the palace and become an official is not always available!

Just when everyone was kneeling down to express their gratitude, Mr. Liu and the prince looked at each other, both smiling happily.

 The food left by the Li family was originally used for the Northern Expedition.

It's just that the prince has to throw out some benefits in exchange. For the family, the huge benefits are just a few more women in the harem, or someone in Jiangbei to govern.

　　It is he who has the final say whether a woman is good or not.

 Whether an official is good or not, there are also political performance assessments!

 The court was very busy, and many people in Xindu were also busy.

 In the past few years, the Li family's several businesses were simply too good, making huge amounts of money every day, to the point where everyone was jealous.

Now that the Li family has withdrawn, this business has become a big piece of meat that everyone wants to swallow.

There is also the treasure trove of Broken Gold Beach. Everyone wants to hold it in their arms and make money even in their dreams!

So, someone started to make a move and stretched out their little paws.

On this day, the closed Baiyunjian was suddenly knocked on the door by the government officials, who claimed that they had colluded with unscrupulous merchants, bought low-quality flour, and planned to make snacks and sell them to diners.

 Chen Xi and others were naturally dissatisfied, and the result was that the kitchen was smashed into a mess.

 When the news spread, many people were upset, wondering who had made the move so early, and regretting that they had missed the first move.

 But on the second day, ten thousand of them rejoiced!

 Because the third princess used the power of thunder to find out who was driving the guards, she led a hundred guards into the small family's mansion, smashing it to pieces from the inside out, and even chopped off an arm of the family owner!

And the new emperor was so arrogant and cruel to the princess. Instead of stopping her, he ordered the small family to be directly sent to the border to perform hard labor.

Some veteran ministers bit the bullet and interceded on behalf of the small family. Finally, they found out that Baiyunjian and other shops and businesses, and even Broken Gold Beach, are now the property of the third princess and the new emperor!

That small family was bullying not the Li family, but the royal servants!

　　It was a sign of mercy from the new emperor that he was sent to the border. Otherwise, if the entire clan was beheaded, no one would be able to say anything!

After all, I haven’t heard of anyone who dares to “rob” the emperor’s money box!

 When the small family was escorted out of the capital, they cried loudly, but it was unusually quiet inside and outside the new capital.

 The small family is like a chicken, and everyone is a scared monkey!

 The old and young people of Broken Gold Beach also stood by the roadside, watching quietly. They did not laugh or curse, but everyone’s backs were straight!

 The most correct choice in their lives was to follow the Li family. No matter when, the Li family never abandoned them!

Even none of the Li family is here, but they are still protected under powerful wings.

When the last prisoner was out of sight, everyone returned to Broken Gold Beach. They worked when they needed to work and ate when they needed to eat.

In the orchard, weeds have grown up because of the rain. They need to be pulled out as soon as possible. Be careful not to waste the land and delay the fruiting next year.

It’s time to thin out the cabbage and radish seedlings in the fields. Don’t be greedy. If you leave too many seedlings, they won’t grow big.

There are also seven or eight fat pigs in the pig house, which weigh more than 200 kilograms. We will kill five of them, find someone to prepare them into bacon, and send them to the south, so that everyone will not forget the taste of home...

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