Song An was immersed in excitement all night. It wasn't until the sky lit up that Song An returned to Tai'an County with Xu Chu and a hundred divine fire troops. The remaining four hundred divine fire troops and Wei Dingguo stayed in the mine. Those miners would also come later.
was sent back.
But when Song An returned to Tai'an County, before he entered the city, he saw Wang Kang kneeling at the gate of the city, his face looking pale and haggard.
Seeing Song An's return, Wang Kang hurried over and shouted with horror on his face.
"My lord, something bad has happened. After you left last night, thieves broke into the palace and slaughtered all the servants in the palace..." Wang Kang's voice was trembling when he spoke. He didn't know that Song An knew the news.
What will be the reaction afterwards?
Upon hearing the news, the smile on Song An's face suddenly disappeared, replaced by endless gloom!
His palace was massacred???
Who has the courage to massacre a royal palace and place it in Daqi? This is a serious crime of confiscating the family and exterminating the clan!
"Do you know who did this?" The murderous intent in Song An's eyes was not concealed. It seemed that some people finally couldn't bear it anymore, and they didn't even come in secret, but wanted to kill him openly.
"Going back to the prince, my subordinates didn't know that there was only one person who came. He was wearing a black robe and couldn't see his appearance. All he knew was that he was holding a black sword in his hand. He killed everyone in the prince's palace, and the soldiers left behind by the prince.
There is no one left alive among the horses!" Wang Kang was trembling all over, and Song An's eyes could kill people.
"one person!!!"
Song An gradually calmed down, and he killed everyone in the Chu Palace by himself, and there was no one left alive, which showed that the opponent's strength had probably reached the master level.
Although Xu Chu could kill everyone in the palace, he couldn't leave anyone alive!
It can only mean that the other party is more powerful than Xu Chu.
"Lu Qinglian?" Song An suddenly remembered something. Lu Qinglian was still in the Prince Chu's Mansion.
"Miss Lu is missing. Miss Lu's body was not found in the palace." Wang Kang said hurriedly.
not dead?
Song An immediately determined that Lu Qinglian was not dead. The person who came should know Lu Qinglian, or the other person was simply here to complete the task that Lu Qinglian had not completed!
"Lord, what should we do now? If the other party hasn't left yet, it will be too dangerous here!" Xu Chu's face was full of anxiety. A master hiding in the dark is too dangerous.
"Don't worry, the other party is probably gone. Even if he has a huge force behind him, he wouldn't dare to kill me in front of me. After all, I am still the King of Chu, the seventh prince of the current Holy Emperor!"
"Let's go back to the palace!" Song An's face was gloomy, and the good mood before was suddenly wiped away.
The enemy turned out to be stronger than he thought.
When he returned to the Chu Palace, there were corpses everywhere. Although Wang Kang discovered the tragedy in the Chu Palace, he did not dare to touch anything in the palace. He only dared to wait for Song An to come back before making a decision!
Song An walked around the Chu Palace with a gloomy face. There were hundreds of corpses alone. In addition to the servants and maids, all the seventy light-armored soldiers left by Chen Yuanwu also died in the battle. These were originally left by Song An to guard the palace.
"Drag them all out and bury them. Since the other party didn't find me, I'm afraid they will come again!" Song An's face was extremely ugly. He couldn't understand why the other party wanted him to die. Who did he offend by living?
The other six princes?
My grandfather was the general of Zhennan. Is he afraid that he would seize the throne?
Even so, those people wouldn't dare to be so presumptuous. If they really offended his grandfather, Da Qi would probably feel uncomfortable too!
Song An only felt that his brain was in pain. These intrigues were really annoying.
"Yes!" Xu Chu nodded and immediately ordered people to do it, while he stayed by Song An's side.
…
Time flies, and another three days have passed. Song An was on guard and the other party never appeared again. Although the silence of the whole palace caused a great sensation, the news of the return of more than 300 miners was soon revealed.
After suppressing it, the reputation of Chu King Xiande spread throughout the country.
Especially when I heard that the King of Chu was recruiting personal guards, and the benefits were generous, applicants came in droves, even from some surrounding counties and counties.
In three days, Song An's 700 divine fire army and 300 heavy armored soldiers were fully recruited, and they were all selected elites. The divine fire army was led by Wei Dingguo, and the heavy armored soldiers were led by Xu Chu. Daily training was in order.
However, after there were more people, Song An faced another problem. He had no money again. Building an army was a waste of money. The previous five thousand taels were consumed in a few days. This was also the case when they owned iron ore.
Well, if you had to buy all these things, it might cost four or five times more to build such an army.
"No, we can't go on like this, we have to make money!" Song An touched his chin. There is no money to be made here in Tai'an County. If you want to make money, you can only go to Taizhou City, which is the capital of Taizhou. Compared with Tai'an County,
Much richer.
"Come here, call Huang Jia over!" Song An has never forgotten this guy. In the past, he was willing to spend an extra three thousand taels of silver in order to gain a reputation. Now he is running the palace's shop in Tai'an County, and his business is
Extremely hot.
Not long after, Huang Jia rushed over. He was excited when he saw Song An. There must be something good about Song An calling him here!
"The villain Huang Jia has met the prince!" Huang Jia said respectfully.
"Huang Tian Jia Di, your name is a bit interesting!" Song An said with a smile. The word "A" says a lot.
It may be a coincidence to put it on others, but judging from Huang Jia's previous performance, this person is by no means simple. Maybe this is the dragon hidden in the abyss that the ancients said?
"Your Majesty, that's wonderful. My little cleverness can't hide from Your Majesty's discernment!"
"Since you are a smart man, I won't beat around the bush with you. Now I have a fine iron mine in my hand. How can you turn it into money in the shortest time?" Song An said bluntly, what he lacks most now is
money.
Hearing that Song An actually had a concentrated iron ore in his hand, even Huang Jia, who was as calm as Huang Jia, was a little surprised. Concentrated iron ore is sometimes more useful than silver. Suddenly, Huang Jia remembered that Song An had rescued him before.
The miners suddenly made a judgment. It seemed that the mine to the north should be the concentrated iron ore that Song An mentioned!
"Your Majesty is in a hurry?" Huang Jia asked with a serious look on his face.
“It’s urgent!”
"If that's the case, I think the prince can sell the armor and weapons directly. Now that the prince has no war, the weapons left in his hands can be sold first. Is the prince going to fight in the near future?" Huang Jia said loudly.
"Probably not for the time being!" Song An frowned slightly. This guy asked himself to sell armor directly?
However, it sounds like it can be done!
"The prince's new soldiers are still training, so they won't need those armors for the time being. Once they are trained, the prince's mine should be able to refine new armors!"