Huaiyu is slightly cool

Zhou Huai, who was still stubborn after being kicked off the carriage, finally fought because he was greedy for the beauty of the eldest princess, and when the eldest princess refused to follow her death, the two fought directly.

The two were surrounded by doubtful crowds of subordinates. One held a long sword, while the other gave up the daggers, long knives, guns, crossbows and other weapons that he was good at, and just "resisted beating" with bare hands.

Then... Unable to resist, Zhou Huai, in order to appease the eldest princess' anger, wrote an interest-free redemption note of 300 million taels of silver to the eldest princess as a 'sponsor' for the construction of water conservancy projects in the south.

But the eldest princess only wrote an IOU of 200 million taels of silver to Zhou Huai, and immediately ordered her subordinates to withdraw 100 million taels from Huai's Bank in the Northwest and Fang Shuying's Huai's branch in the capital with the money back, leaving 100 taels of silver. Wan waited until Yunzhou to withdraw from Zhou Huai's private treasury.

Zhou Huai thought that his 300 million taels of silver was about to be donated to the pockets of corrupt officials in the court, endured the aggrieved feeling of losing half of his property before the girl got it, and after seeing the redemption ticket in hand, he made intensive plans The eldest princess who requisitioned 15 civilians and planned to spend five years rectifying the rivers and rivers in the south, building embankments and opening ditches wantonly.Looking forward to it with the mood of watching a good show, and looking forward to the start of the Daxing Water Conservancy of the eldest princess with a little gloat.

She never reminded the eldest princess at all that according to the current level of corruption in the court and the empty treasury, it is impossible to complete the grand project planned by the eldest princess.

You know, since the founding of Jingguo, the imperial court has allocated funds to control the river every year. Why is it still flooded every time there is a heavy rain?Poor technology is one aspect, and another is corruption from top to bottom. Water conservancy projects have become a cornucopia for corrupt officials.Want to rectify?It can't be done without an iron fist.In the court, it is not uncommon for such methods to be high-minded and strong-willed, but I want to find someone who is not tied to this interest, capable and willing to delay my time for several years or even ten years to do this thankless drudgery. Officer, not really.

And the eldest princess can't do what Zhou Huai did when he was building the national official road. After the 200 million taels of project start-up funds were received, he didn't rush to start construction, but first cracked down on corruption with an iron fist. The spies were cast down like a net and rewarded with heavy money Once the whistleblowers found out that the clues were true, they followed the clues and personally led soldiers and horses to ransack the houses one by one. The methods were cruel, and torture was often used to extract confessions.The result was also unexpected, the copied silver was worth half of the silver that Wu Mingtai pulled out from the treasury.Although Zhou Huai had been nicknamed 'Ye Xiao' since then, Zhou Huai never cared about these good names.I only know that those who make big things don't care about small things.

But the eldest princess and the prince are advocates of Confucian benevolent government, they pay attention to moderation and hope for checks and balances.

It's a pity that although the eldest princess has great ambitions and is capable of both civil and military skills, she is not satisfactory in terms of employing people.Zhou Huai was expecting something from the eldest princess, preferably when the people rebelled and the court was in chaos.

However, Jiang Wenyuan refused to stamp the IOU of "defeating power and humiliating the country". Finally, after repeated discussions with Xiao Yu from the eldest princess's side, he dispatched technicians and rented thousands of mechanical equipment to the eldest princess for free for five years in exchange for only A renegotiated IOU for borrowing 150 million taels of silver.

After the eldest princess returned 50 taels of cash and a bill of one million taels in Zhou Huai's private treasury, she praised Jiang Wenyuan to Zhou Huai: "Sure enough, he has iron teeth and copper teeth, even Xiao Yu can't beat him."

There is no one else in the camp where the two of them are talking now, but Zhou Huai pretended to be indifferent: "It's a fang! But it's a bit easy to talk but clumsy in practice, and it's too gossip, and it's a son's temper when doing things. Shen regrets that he is not happy to let him stay. Huaiyuan, just find something to send him out when there is nothing to do."

"If you don't like it, I can recommend him to be an official in the court."

"I want to train him for a few more years, and then send him to Zhaoguo as a permanent resident diplomat. As for being an official in the court, it's fine. If he dies of anger, the asthmatic prince will be fine."

When the eldest princess heard this, her face collapsed: "The prince's illness has gradually been brought under control, and he will recover."

"Hey!" Zhou Huai sneered, and said unceremoniously: "So what if it's cured? It's not like living in my shadow forever, mediocre."

The eldest princess clenched her fists and stared angrily but powerlessly at Zhou Huai, whose face was still bruised. Her face was very ugly, as if Zhou Huai was not talking about the prince, but her.

Zhou Huai looked at the eldest princess and continued to 'sprinkle salt on the wound': "Also, in my world, which is nearly 2000 years more advanced than the current medical treatment, no cure for asthma has been developed."

The eldest princess turned cold when she heard the words, and the resentment in her heart was hard to calm down.Sometimes I have to admit that the gap between people is not knowledge and background, but fate!When an emperor sees the decline of the country, but does not wait for the time, no matter how hard he puts in, he is unable to turn the tide, and finally he can only sigh that the righteous way in the world is vicissitudes of life, she has experienced this kind of misery once, and she was so ambitious in her previous life. To die, to see the mountains and rivers of Jingguo broken, but to die with hatred.

Could it be that it was destiny for Jing Guo to change hands?The eldest princess was sad and angry, hating the ruthless heaven, but her anger was directed at Zhou Huai: "You wish that the prince died, and Wuliang City would sit there, right? Don't deny it, I know that Wuliang City has always been in touch with you."

Zhou Huai glanced at the angry eldest princess and suppressed his irritability, but he still couldn't help asking: "What do you think of me? If you don't believe me, what are you doing in the northwest? What are we now? "

The eldest princess was stunned.My purpose of coming to the Northwest has always been clear, it is best to seize the power of the Northwest.But Zhou Huai should also know that he is not a good person, so if he asks this question now, does he want to do something to him?Twenty miles away from the notorious thirteen black bandit strongholds in Fuzhou, if you wipe out all the people you bring, and you can still blame those bandits, what will the court do?

It's just that although she thought so in her heart, for some reason, the eldest princess had no fear in her heart.One is that she dared to come to the northwest, so she had already prepared for the worst.The second is that she always felt that Zhou Huai would not hurt her, and was inexplicably or even unreasonably sure that Zhou Huai would not hurt herself, so she couldn't help but become presumptuous. Down, there is no restraint.Dare to point fingers, dare to draw swords at each other, just because they are sure that the other party will back down, but what are they now?

"Zhou Huai, in this situation, how do you want me to trust you? Whether it's a friend or an enemy, it's not me, it's you! It was predicted that you would bring disaster to the world. Let me ask you now: Do you really intend to do this?"

Zhou Huai laughed, and laughed wildly!While smiling, he said to the eldest princess: "The world is in trouble, so the situation of 'Nanwu Beihuai' is far from enough! Don't you put the national interest first? Then you should dedicate your life to me for the peace of the world. The ancient princess Isn't it all used as a political bargaining chip, marrying a high-ranking official? Then you will marry the Northwest!"

The eldest princess was provoked by Zhou Huai's insulting words, her face was livid, and she immediately retorted: "My palace dares to marry, do you dare to marry? Zhou Huai, you are not afraid of being accused by everyone. After death, everyone in the world will poke your spine? !"

"People in the world? Heh! What does it have to do with me? I don't care whether I will be famous or not. I will conquer all those who oppose me. I don't care whether it is with profit or butcher's knife. For what I want, I will fight for it. . I've never failed at that."

"You are a lunatic!" The eldest princess paused every word, gritted her teeth and looked at the extremely arrogant Zhou Huai, and said awkwardly.

Zhou Huai stared at her for a while, then smiled: "Yes, otherwise I wouldn't like you like masochistic, but with the money and power I have now, would you refuse?"

The eldest princess looked into those cold eyes, took a deep breath, calmed down her complex and heavy mood, and said: "I don't like you. I would rather spend my time worrying about the country and the people than falling into love. Struggling in pain. Moreover, love is just icing on the cake for you now, why should you be persistent?"

"Life is short, and you should bravely pursue what you like. Everything in the Northwest was created for you. Do you like it?"

Since ancient times, emperors either love wine or are greedy for sex.Zhou Huai, who is already the overlord of one party, doesn't care about these things. She just likes the eldest princess Wu Liangyue alone. She has liked it for a long time, but she has not yet fallen in love.Zhou Huai's world is barren, with prosperity, fame and fortune, things that ordinary people pursue for a lifetime are too easy for her to get and destroy, and even a game can't arouse much interest.Only love is the only thing Zhou Huai lacks the most, and it is the only thing that has made her suffer. The previous love did not become a thing of the past, but instead aroused the unyielding energy in her bones, and it became Her only obsession.

"Then you can use the ten states in the northwest as the employment, and I will wait for you to marry me!"

Zhou Huai looked at the pissed eldest princess, but nodded seriously: "Okay, you stay in the northwest first, and let's cultivate our relationship first. When I'm fifteen years old in the next year, whether you like me or not, I will love you." I will hand over the power of the ten northwestern states to you."

The eldest princess didn't believe it, and looked at Zhou Huai coldly: "What evidence do you have?"

"I'll write it out and sign it. As long as I'm still alive, I'll give it up to the ten Northwest states."

"The northwest is the territory of Jingguo."

Zhou Huai chuckled: "Wu Mingtai handed over the military, government, and finances of the ten prefectures in the northwest to me. As long as he lives, the prince is just the prince of the supervisory state, and in the northwest, I will only hand it over to you. "

"What do you mean?"

Zhou Huai took out a pen and paper, laid them on the table, and said, "I only believe in you, but I don't dare to believe everything. The territory of the Northwest will be handed over to you, but I will continue to keep the Huai family and the private army. The country is not interested, but this is the foundation of my life."

The eldest princess watched Zhou Huai finish speaking and began to write, meditating silently.