This is not the first time Li Cong has come to Qinzheng Hall, but every time he comes he is shocked by some of the artistic effects here. Some of the sculptures here are so amazing that even Li Cong feels like he has seen the world.

, these carvings can also leave a deep impression on Li Cong. To Li Cong, these things are like a batch of works of art, that is their value.

In addition, what gives people the deepest impression is the strength of the emperor. It should be said that the strength of the royal family and the strength of the empire. As long as people who have never been here may not feel how powerful the strength of the empire is, the three hundred and fifty people around the Qinzheng Hall

These guards are the top strength of the royal family. They are the real imperial guards. They are all ninth-level warriors. Although there are more ninth-level bidding warriors, there are also many ninth-level peak warriors. This is what it looks like on the surface.

In addition to this, I don’t know how many people are secretly there. Li Cong can feel that they are around him, but he can’t see them. This shows that the people who are more capable are here.

It is impossible to rush in with this kind of defense. No matter where the emperor goes, these people will follow him. Therefore, no one of the emperors of the four empires has been assassinated since their establishment. These guards are the least

They have been working for thousands of years, and they don’t seem to know how tired they are. The royal family can make so many people loyal to them. It is absolutely impossible to do this with the royal family’s money. There must be another meaning.

of.

The two ninth-level magicians standing in front of the main entrance completely belong to the royal family. Who says magicians are noble? Although they are wearing warrior clothes, Li Cong can tell at a glance that these two magicians are noble.

I am a magician. I am afraid that the magicians union will talk too much, so they will not run in wearing magic suits. These people are the other magicians, the so-called court magicians. They seem to have not changed over the years.

, and every time one disappears, someone else may soon replace it. Even now, everyone knows where these magicians came from. But they have it.

The entire Qinzheng Hall was like a huge monster. Li Cong felt as if it had swallowed him. If he had to say where he saw the most powerful momentum, it might be here. He glanced at the people in the middle aisle.

Sculpture. I don’t know why the royal family likes to say that they are real dragons. Li Cong smiled helplessly in his heart. Those people are not real dragons. The real dragon is himself, and he is the real dragon. The five-clawed golden dragon, that guy is

The world inside my body is slowly getting bigger.

After entering, Li Cong found that there was no one on the emperor's throne. Generally, emperors did not sit in the main hall all the time. They just received a few ministers. It would be too deserted if they were all on the throne. At this time,

The emperor usually stayed in the Imperial Study Room to the east of the Qinzheng Palace. It was also the place where the emperor often met with his courtiers in private. But being able to enter here can be said to be the absolute highest level of the empire. Even if some princes don't have much ability,

That is also impossible.

The chief eunuch took Li Cong and walked there on Monday. The chief eunuch had a very good attitude toward Li Cong along the way. Eunuchs are the people closest to power, but the life of the eunuchs is also the most difficult. They are far away

The rights are very close, but these people have no rights. They can only rely on the masters behind them to gain power. Imperial law stipulates that eunuchs are not allowed to interfere in government affairs. If they are discovered, the lightest sentence is three thousand miles of exile.

More severe head loss will be fine.

For such a leader eunuch, Li Cong is not a fool. Li Cong will not just give a few gold ingots to solve the problem like he did to the young eunuch. According to the news that Li Cong received, this old bastard himself is

With the strength of a seventh-level warrior, a eunuch who has no masculinity can still reach this level is already very powerful. If nothing else, let’s just say that Li Cong also admires this guy. On the surface, this guy

No bribes are required, but that's not the case in private. This guy's salary of 3,000 taels a year belongs to the middle class in the empire, but this guy's assets have been inspected by Li Cong, and they are worth hundreds of millions.

, if he didn't reach out in private, how could he have such assets? Don't be kidding.

"I heard that my father-in-law recently adopted a stepson, how are you doing recently? I heard that your father-in-law loves that young master very much." Li Cong said with a smile. What a eunuch like Zhou Yi worries about most is after his death.

No one burns paper for himself, so the first priority he has to do is to implement this matter. The first thing he does is to get his nephew from a brother in his hometown. All he wants are younger ones.

, I don’t remember anything. Of course, that brother won’t do anything wrong with his money. Besides, farmers in the countryside, how do they feel when they see that the county magistrate is so flattering to his brother who is a eunuch?

They will have other ideas. In their opinion, the county magistrate can handle anything.

"Thank you Sir for your concern. This kid is pretty good, but I don't know what will happen in the future. Alas, when I didn't have a child, I naturally wanted one, but now that I have one, I have to worry about his future. It's really embarrassing.

." The old eunuch said depressedly.

"Really? Father-in-law, please don't worry too much. By the way, I have some cubs of level six monsters over there. They were just shipped to the capital recently. The number is not very large. If father-in-law is interested, you can pick them up from me some other time.

One, it would be good to be a bodyguard for the young master in the future." Li Cong said with a smile, the children of powerful families in the capital usually adopt a Warcraft cub at a very young age, they have no way to deal with magic.

Like masters, they have concluded soul treaties with those Warcraft. They rely on cultivating a good relationship with the cubs when they were young, and their lives will be very good in the future. There are countless such things, but starting from the last 200 years, people who want to get Warcraft

It is not that easy to get cubs. Nowadays, the price of a level 6 monster cub is tens of millions of silver. Li Cong naturally does not need to worry about getting these. Li Cong also had two considerations in doing so.

The first one is to make a fortune from them, but Li Cong is the emperor in their hearts. It is very convenient for them to break into the houses of powerful people and get some information. From ancient times to the present, no one can think of Warcraft.

It will deliver messages to people.

The smile on Zhou Yi's face came out as soon as he heard this. This guy really didn't know what to say. This Li Cong is really interesting. He can do such things. In the past, I thought that Li Cong

He has always been a trustworthy person, but now it seems that this person's ranking in his heart has skyrocketed. It's just that with his own power, he has been looking for such a valuable thing for a long time, so he gave it to him directly.

I, maybe I have some thoughts in my heart? Thinking of this, the smile on Zhou Yi's face has disappeared, but at this time, it is no longer possible to ask Li Cong carefully what is going on. They have already arrived at the Imperial Study Room

We are in front of the door. We will go in immediately.

Zhou Zhou organized himself and hurriedly went in to report. The emperor also asked Li Cong to go in. Zhou Zhou felt like a cat's paw, thinking that his child could have a World of Warcraft. Everything was ready now, but in the end, for

What? He was thinking about this problem himself. He wished that the emperor would finish meeting with Li Cong quickly so that he could go up and ask what was going on.

After entering the house, Li Cong saw an old man with white hair sitting thirty meters directly in front of him. This man was the emperor who had ruled the Northern Empire for thousands of years. During his reign, it could be said that there was nothing obvious about the Northern Empire.

There has been progress, but there is absolutely no obvious decline. The people of the Northern Empire still have a very good reputation for this emperor. At least there were no large-scale wars or major disasters during the emperor's term. Of course,

, he can't block the Warcraft Mountains in the south.

"I have met His Majesty the Emperor." If Li Cong is an imperial count, then Li Cong must kneel down to talk to the emperor. But in addition to this identity, Li Cong also has another identity, that is, a magician. Li Cong now has

The strength of a ninth-level magician is equivalent to that of an eighth-level magician, so even when meeting the emperor, he only needs to bend over. As for kneeling, that is absolutely impossible. The magician's legs cannot

Curved, this is a fact recognized by all magicians, and later it evolved into a fact recognized by everyone. There cannot be any disrespect for magicians.

"Haha, dear son-in-law, please wake up. We are all a family. You may come to the capital a little less, but I am a strange old man who likes family atmosphere very much. This is either the former dynasty or one of my study rooms. I think

You probably won't salute like this when you go to your other father-in-laws. Just like them, just call me father." The old emperor glanced at Li Cong, and Li Cong also looked over with this look.

Very sharp. It is absolutely impossible for such a person to abdicate in a short time. This old emperor will have to be the emperor for at least several decades. Although Li Cong felt strange in his heart, he also understood these things.

It has nothing to do with him at all, and I won't get involved in their royal family's affairs.

"Thank you, His Majesty the Emperor. It's better to talk about the national etiquette first. The national law is as great as the sky." Li said without being humble or arrogant. In his heart, the old guy scolded Li for being a little fox. Damn it, the national law is as great as the sky. Why don't you kneel down to me?

Let me tell you, you magicians are like this. What you think to outsiders is how polite you are, but really, you don’t understand anything. You are the only one who despises our imperial power.

, in fact, there is another reason why the emperor treated Li Cong so favorably, that is, the emperor wanted to improve the relationship with the magician union. It is impossible for the old magicians to discuss anything with him. In their opinion, what they did

Everything is right, I just need to tell you about it afterwards. As for what you think of asking him to report to you, don’t think about it. That is absolutely impossible. Those guys don’t know how to do it.

Listen to you, this is what those damn magicians do. They do things that disgust the royal family almost every day.

"Haha, a good son-in-law is still a person who values ​​etiquette, just like your father. Back then, your grandfather and your father helped me guard the south for hundreds of years, and they also made great contributions to the empire. It's a pity that it's about you.

The cause of my father's death has not been given to you yet. The people in the imperial supervisory department are really stupid." The emperor said angrily, and Li Cong sneered in his heart. This Cao Zheng is a stranger to him.

Whether you want to pursue it or not, I won't care about that. It's the same as if these things have nothing to do with me.

"I am actually concerned about my father's affairs all the time. It's just that my ability has been limited these years. I hope His Majesty the Emperor can help me." Li Cong said lightly. He and Cao Zheng had no feelings.

, that guy Cao Zheng may have considered it for himself later, but it was mainly because he found out that he was a magician. If he was not a magician, he would never do that. The emperor would never do that.

He would talk about this matter for no reason. He must have his own thoughts when he said this. Li Cong wanted to see what this guy was thinking.

The emperor said a few words about Cao Zheng and knew that the old guy Cao Zheng was unpopular with Li Cong. He also knew what kind of life Li Cong had lived with Cao Zheng in the past. The emperor didn't think this was anything.

Wrong. These legitimate concubines all have their own differences. If legitimate sons and concubines are the same, the whole society may be in chaos, and then I may be punished by a large number of old scholars. As the emperor of the empire, he is

I don't want to be like that.

"Well, I will pay attention to this matter. The empire is in a troubled time now. I wonder if my wise son-in-law is interested in helping me in the imperial capital. I know you have your own affairs. The recent development of the Cao Family Trading Company is very good.

I have seen it all, but a trading house is just a trading house, and it is different from politics. In the entire society, politics is the most important." These words came from the mouth of the emperor.

, if other people heard this, they would probably go crazy with joy, but for Li Cong, he has to participate in politics, but it will definitely not be now. He is developing rapidly in all aspects now. If he is tied up,

If you live in the imperial court, the losses will be huge, so I won't agree to this no matter what.

"Thank you, His Majesty the Emperor, for your kindness. I think this matter needs to be looked at in the long term. First of all, I am not very suitable to make any achievements in politics. It can be said that I have no ideas at all in politics. I

Everything I do is based on my own preferences. My business is mine, so I can make the decision as I please. I can do whatever I want, because it is my own, but the empire is yours. I

If you make a small mistake, it will affect the entire empire. This is absolutely unacceptable for me, and it is the same for you. Secondly, I have no interest in politics.

, you have also seen that I have never been to the fiefdom you gave me. It’s not that I don’t want to go, but that I don’t know what I want to do. My fiefdom is probably the worst among most counts.

Well, I really don’t know how to manage them. I always thought that as long as I gave them money, the income of the people in my fief was much better than that of other people. But as it turned out, I was really wrong. Not only

There has been no improvement, and the people have become extremely greedy." Li Cong said helplessly.

When Li Cong spoke, he took a good look at the emperor. This old guy definitely didn't really want him to help him. If Li Cong had this opportunity in the past, he would definitely join in quickly, but now

Li Cong also understood that what the emperor was afraid of was that he would enter politics. The more ignorant he is about politics, the better. This is the impression Li Cong has on the emperor now, and most people know about Li Cong's fiefdom.

, a county with one million people for Li Cong to govern was very chaotic. It was not a good place before, but it was still good. However, after Li Cong took over, the various benefits were not good.

Too little, as a result, the people there have developed the habit of eating too much and being lazy about cooking. Not only does it have no good results, it also makes the hardworking people suffer.

The old emperor gave Li Cong a deep look, as if he wanted to see through everything in Li Cong's heart. However, Li Cong did not avoid it at all. His face still looked like he had drank bitter tea just now. The old emperor looked at

I didn't see anything for a while. Either Li Congzhen was not interested in politics, or he really didn't want to do this.

"Since you don't want to do this, let's talk about the issue of the ocean-going fleet that you told me about last time. Our Northern Empire also has many seaports, but most of them are for relatively short distances.

The transportation is only some transportation within our own borders. We have never been to far away places. I also believe that you said that it would be a good idea to transport our goods to the Southern Empire on freighters and then transport them back from the Southern Empire.

But the losses on the road will definitely be huge. We don’t know what the situation is in the vast sea." The emperor said a little worriedly.

The four major empires on this planet all rely on the sea. These four empires are all on the same continent, and are naturally surrounded by sea areas. However, they have never developed maritime transportation, mainly due to their sailing technology and their knowledge of the sea.

The fear kept them from moving forward. In Li Cong's opinion, these things are not difficult. As long as they are willing to spend time to study, there is no problem. Now it is just a matter of asking the emperor to express his position. Of course, he has to give it to others.

There are certain benefits.
To be continued...