Bai Jinghong was on the verge of collapse. He could only rely on Yuan Youying to stand up reluctantly. He asked:
"When did the concubine take charge of King Qi's military camp? Does Sun Guogong know about this?"
As far as he knew, the real person in charge of Guqi Prefecture was actually Sun Guogong, but now it was obvious that things were going to change, and a woman was actually put in charge of the Qi King's military camp.
If Duke Sun Guo knew about it, the life of this concubine would be at risk.
Yuan Youying snorted coldly,
"Isn't this side concubine the vixen that Princess Qi's sister said? Huh, don't let me enter the Qi King's army camp, otherwise I will kill her to make her look good."
She had long promised Princess Qi's sister that she would come to King Qi's military camp to kill Tian Xiang.
And it was precisely because Tianxiang got the news from Hua Jin that he ordered the King of Qi's military camp to exclude all the people from Tianyi Valley.
In King Qi's military camp, King Qi hugged Tian Xiang, stroked Tian Xiang's belly with one hand, and asked:
"Tian Yigu and His Highness the Crown Prince have always had a close relationship. My dear, if you shut them out, you won't let me offend His Highness the Crown Prince, right?"
With tears in Tianxiang's eyes, she protected her belly and looked sideways at King Qi,
"But, Your Majesty, you haven't even seen the male disciple of Tian Yi Gu. He has been poisoned. If the poison gas is a little bit too strong for me and I get bad, then our child..."
"Ouch, you can't say that, little ancestor."
King Qi hurriedly caressed Tian Xiang's belly. This was his first child, so he couldn't let anything go wrong.
He also hurriedly ordered the troops of King Qi beside him,
"You go and tell the two disciples from Tianyi Valley to stay away from King Qi's military camp, so as not to scare the concubine."
"yes!"
Two soldiers of the King of Qi hurriedly went down, left the King of Qi's barracks, and drove away Bai Jinghong and Yuan Youying.
Tian Xiang, on the other hand, nestled in King Qi's arms and whispered softly:
"Your Majesty, today I have found two beauties for you. Take a look."
King Qi, who originally wanted to see the excerpts, nodded with gleaming eyes after hearing this.
"Okay, my beloved concubine wins my heart the most. If Sun Guogong hadn't been in the way, I would have made you Princess Qi immediately."
Tianxiang smiled silently and just clapped her hands. Two women wearing Persian dance clothes emerged with their bare feet and twisted their waists in front of King Qi.
King Qi was so fascinated that he lost his soul completely.
Tian Xiang, who was on the side, naturally took the booklet that King Qi put on the desk. She didn't even look at it, she just tied it into a package and handed it to the girl Zhu'er along with King Qi's royal seal.
Zhuer turned around and handed it over to one of the attendants, King Qi Jun.
The King of Qi's army went out with the book in hand. Not long after, the package and the seal of King Qi were placed on Hua Jin's desk.
She picked up King Qi's seal with satisfaction, admired it in the sunlight outside the window, and said:
"It's true that Prince Qi was ignored by Tian Xiang so easily. He didn't even know that Prince Qi had lost his royal seal."
Lian'er came over with tea and looked at the royal seal of King Qi in Hua Jin's hand with a smile.
"With the royal seal of King Qi, the person who calls the shots in Guqi Prefecture is not Sun Guogong, but you, the empress."
When Sun Guogong was in charge of Guqi Prefecture, although he had more than ten thousand people per person, some key decrees still needed to be stamped with the seal of the King of Qi before they could be implemented smoothly by departments at all levels.
So from time to time, he would make some notes to give King Qi his seal.
Hua Jin did not comment, walked back to the table and began to read the note written by Sun Guogong to the King of Qi.
Then he naturally took out his ink pen and started to criticize the discounts. Some of the discounts were rejected, some were feasible, and some were left alone.
After Hua Jin finished approving the book, he asked Lian'er to send it back to King Qi's barracks, and Tian Xiang announced it directly.
In Sun Guogong's mansion, a teacup was thrown on the ground. Sun Guogong asked angrily:
"Is King Qi crazy? He wants Guqi Prefecture to dig ditches? Where do we get so much money?"
Qi Wangjun, who came to deliver the discount, lowered his head and responded:
"His Royal Highness said that Guqi Prefecture has been experiencing severe drought for several consecutive years. It is not an option to continue like this. The entire fiefdom should be mobilized to spread water canals throughout Guqi Prefecture."
"That's ridiculous, where is the money? Your Highness, where did the money come from?"
"His Highness said that if there is no money, Guqi Prefecture officials and wealthy households can pawn their property. This matter is a foregone conclusion and cannot be changed."
The King of Qi's army who presented the zhezi kept his head down until he was kicked out of Duke Sun's mansion by Sun Guogong, and then he raised his face.
It was none other than Ergouzi.
As soon as he left Sun Guogong's mansion, he went straight to the beggar gang branch in Guqi Prefecture, passed on Hua Jin's order, and found out all the private affairs of Guqi Prefecture officials and wealthy households.
Especially the matters within Prince Qi's Mansion must be investigated to the letter.
In Prince Qi's palace, Princess Qi was losing her temper.
She held a silver comb in her hand and slapped a girl kneeling on the ground hard.
While beating, she screamed,
"That bitch Tianxiang was just a beautiful concubine raised by the prince in the past. After she was sent away, King Xiao Li returned her. Now she is not only a concubine, but she has also taken double the money from me.
Tell me, why should she? Why?"
The girl on the ground only dared to cry and didn't dare to reply a word.
Princess Qi has never been favored by King Qi, and in Prince Qi's palace, except for the beauties raised by King Qi who are given out as gifts, almost all the maids have been touched by King Qi.
Especially the maids next to Princess Qi all slept with King Qi.
Princess Qi felt angry and aggrieved, so she often beat and scolded these girls to vent her anger.
Amid the maid's cries, a boy reported to the foreign exchange,
"Mother, the Duke is here."
"Daddy?"
Princess Qi put down the comb in her hand, turned around and walked out.
Her father didn't come to Prince Qi's mansion easily because he couldn't stand his extravagance. Why did he suddenly come over today?
Could it be that Yuan Youying succeeded and really killed Tian Xiang for her?
When she thought of this possibility, Princess Qi's footsteps became brisk. She ran into the living room and shouted happily as soon as she entered the door:
"Abba!"
Sun Guogong turned around and slapped Princess Qi directly, knocking her to the ground.
"Daddy?"
Princess Qi looked very surprised, raised her head slightly, covered her face with one hand, and looked at Sun Guogong.
He pointed angrily at Princess Qi,
"I asked you to keep a good eye on your man. Apart from venting your anger and abusing the servants in Prince Qi's mansion all day long, what else would you do? Not only is Tian Xiang's belly getting bigger and bigger now, even your man dares to have his own
idea."
It was only when Sun Guogong left the Duke's Mansion that he found out that when the fold was delivered to him, the matter of building canals in Guqi Prefecture had already been sent to all the big cities and yamen in Guqi Prefecture.
At this time, I am afraid that the people at the lowest level already know.
The north of Guqi Prefecture is adjacent to Beidi, and the construction of the water canal started from the north of Guqi Prefecture.
Princess Qi stood up holding her cheek, sobbing aggrievedly,
"Isn't it just to build a canal? Guqi Prefecture is suffering from severe droughts. What's wrong with building a canal? Is it worth a slap in the face for my daughter as soon as dad comes here?"
"Is this about repairing canals?"
Sun Guogong looked at Princess Qi with a look of hatred,
"Today he dares to build a canal without telling me, and tomorrow he dares to go to a house to build a tile. Besides, where does the money for building the canal come from? Apart from getting it from officials and wealthy households, do you think he can conjure it up?
Money coming?”
"Do you know how many private things will be dug out and how many people's heads will fall off?"
Having governed Guqi Prefecture for so many years, Sun Guogong would not have known how difficult this matter would be, and it would directly shake the upper structure of Guqi Prefecture.
And he has been camped in Jiji, Guqi Prefecture for so many years, and the superstructure is his fortress of wings.
Let the King of Qi kill one, and his power will be reduced by one point.
But Princess Qi didn't understand these complicated things, so she cried and said,
"Then, let's dig from the mines in the north. The mining was not very good before, but now a silver mine has been opened again. Just use the money from that silver mine."
Sun Guogong looked at Princess Qi with difficulty and said,
"You are a woman, but you still feel unconvinced. If the mines in the North are so easy to dig, Princess Biyue won't be able to get a cent? As for the prince, please ask Tian Yigu to take action to deal with the tigers in Yutou Mountain.
Suffering?"
He said and snorted again,
"Maybe that map is also a trap, and it's not time to spend money yet. King Xiao Li in the North is getting stronger and stronger. If we want to compete with King Xiao Li, we must be well prepared."
After getting the map, Sun Guogong never sent anyone to inspect the mineral veins on it.
He didn't want to alert the enemy now. The North was already strictly investigating private mining veins. If Sun Guogong rashly sent people to mine at this time, his ambitions would easily be exposed.
But I don’t know where King Qi found a small vein of silver mine. I heard that he has been digging it, but the profit is unknown.
Thinking of this, Sun Guogong immediately ordered Princess Qi,
"Don't hang around in the capital. If you don't look at your man, your position as Princess Qi will be taken away from you. Now go to King Qi's barracks and find out whether all the money dug out by your man has been stolen."
Where did he spend it?"
Princess Qi looked like she didn't want to be tired of traveling and traveling.
So Sun Guogong scolded him again, hating iron for not turning into steel,
"If you don't go now, your position as Princess Qi will be taken to the end!"
Princess Qi reluctantly packed her luggage, led a long procession of honor guards, and rushed from the capital to King Qi's military camp in the north.
In the north of Guqi Prefecture, intensive publicity has begun, and all villages adjacent to Beidi have received news that water canals are to be built.
This requires a lot of manpower and material resources, but it is not difficult for the Northland with its large labor force.
Many strong men in the North also knew about this, but at the same time, the Ministry of Works in the North issued a decree to sign labor contracts with all the strong men working as coolies.
Once they sign a labor contract, they will never have to worry about work. Not only are they provided with five insurances, but they are also paid basic wages when there is no work to do.
The condition is that these laborers must work wherever they are.
If the North Land is built, the North Land will be built; if the Gu Banner Prefecture is built, the Gu Banner Prefecture will be built.
The strong men from the North signed up enthusiastically. Every day, the strong men lined up at the entrance of the South Line City and the North City Industrial Department. The queue was so long that it could go around the city three times.
At this time, Bai Jinghong lurked back to Hua Jin's village.
Hua Jin was looking through the mountains of documents in Guqi Prefecture, and Ergouzi had asked people from the Beggar Clan to find out these documents about the misdeeds of officials at all levels in Guqi Prefecture.
Under the candlelight, Lian'er brought a bowl of white fungus soup,
"Mother, please read it tomorrow to avoid burning your eyes."
Hua Jin threw the folder on the desk aside and sneered,
"From top to bottom, there is no clean official in Gu Banner Prefecture."
As soon as he finished speaking, a person suddenly came up from behind Lian'er. Hua Jin's phoenix eyes flashed, and the person quickly took action and inserted a silver needle into Lian'er's back, restraining Lian'er.
"Flower girl."
Bai Jinghong looked at Hua Jin with helplessness in his eyes and said:
"I have no choice but to make this decision. I want to remind you that my uncle is nearby and she has a weird temper. Girl, please be careful."
Because he was worried about Hua Jin, and because he wanted to see Hua Jin's beautiful face again, Bai Jinghong couldn't wait. As soon as he was detoxified, he hurriedly came to see Hua Jin.
Hua Jin didn't say anything, she just sat behind the desk and looked at Bai Jinghong with a pair of phoenix eyes, not knowing what she was thinking in her heart.
"Really, flower girl, Bai is sincere to you, you believe me."
Seeing that Hua Jin had been quiet all this time, Bai Jinghong was anxious and she didn't believe it. He was also amazed by her calmness, and it was inevitable that he was distracted.
Hua Jin raised her eyebrows, looked at Bai Jinghong, and couldn't help but laugh.
"You spent so much effort, sneaked into my room, and restrained my girl, just to tell me this?"
"Girl, Bai is worried about you."
Bai Jinghong took two steps forward and looked at Hua Jin with eyes full of obsession.
"My uncle is a man with a weird temper, and he hates people in the demon sect. If there is a chance, it would be better for Hua girl to draw a clear line with your husband."
This is what Bai Jinghong said from the bottom of his heart. The Hua Jin he saw was calm, kind, helpful, and righteous, so there was no need to ruin his future by following a demonic man.
He hopes Hua Jinhe leaves Li Yunqing.
Then, Bai Jinghong said to Hua Jin:
"If the flower girl has no place to go after leaving the devil, Bai has a few residences where the flower girl can stay first."
"Then it's natural for you to hide your beauty in a golden house, first be friends with me, have a good chat over wine, and then make a meal out of raw rice while I'm drunk?"
Hua Jin put down the ink pen in her hand, looked at Bai Jinghong sarcastically, and asked again,
"Do you think your tricks for picking up girls are useful to me?"
"Flower girl, Bai is doing this for your own good."
Bai Jinghong, who was told what he was thinking, had a look of embarrassment on his face, but he refused to admit it.
"Why doesn't Flower Girl believe me? That devil is not your lover, and he is not the only good man in the world."
"Do you know who he is? Just open your mouth and act like a devil, and shut up like a devil."
Hua Jin walked towards Lian'er and saw that Lian'er was motionless, with anger and anxiety in her eyes, but she couldn't say a word, so she felt strange.
Then he looked back at Bai Jinghong,
"You untie my girl's acupuncture points and leave here, and I will spare your life."
"Flower girl, you know what you are saying now is no different from a female devil..."
Bai Jinghong's eyes were full of pain, but before he could finish his words, he was hit by Hua Jin's palm, flew out directly, and landed on the ground, spitting out a large mouthful of blood.