The gentle breeze blows like a fragrance in the garden.
The black-feathered cranes kept in the garden made loud crows in the wind. There were also a few cranes that simply took advantage of the wind to flap their wings and jump up and down, so happy.
Several palace maids and palace maids had already taken the young master Xiao Fucha and the young master Xiao Fulei, who could only sit in a small cart and could not even walk, to the waterside in the garden to watch the fish.
Xiao Shizhu's bodyguard, the black monkey, also ran up to a ghost tree on the rockery by the water. He overlooked the little princess and the young master not far under the tree, and protected the princess well according to Xiao Shizhu's request.
and the young gentlemen.
In the towering main building, the flowers were vying with each other in the wind, and the colorful birds were extremely quiet today. They were neither noisy nor fussy, and all of them were busy taking naps.
Even Tengu Dahua was a little sleepy. He went around to the screen behind Xiao Shizhu and the Ghost Mother's throne, found a quiet corner and lay down, curled up, and fell asleep.
The two phoenixes raised by the ghost mother did not look sleepy at all. Instead, they jumped up on the top of the screen, leaned their heads over, tilted their heads slightly, and watched curiously as Xiao Shizhu moved around and turned the gold around.
The word "tired" was written in the ghost script commonly used in the underworld today, and it was written on the memorial document sent by Lin Cong.
"Go and arrange this quickly, let Jin Lei quickly hand over the palace gate patrol work and then take office." After Xiao Shizhu stopped writing, he put down the ink pen in his hand and put the ink pen holder in the jade pen tube.
Go to the pen stand.
After the two phoenixes looked at it curiously for a while, they shrank back and each went to comb their wings.
"No." Lin Cong responded, but had no intention of getting up and saying goodbye. After a pause, he continued to speak to Xiao Shizhu's ghost mother: "There is one more thing. I was ordered to secretly investigate Jiuyou Gong a few days ago.
Now we have some clues."
Even though there were only three ghosts in this building, Lin Cong subconsciously lowered his voice and did not make any loud announcement.
"Say." Xiao Shizhu said quickly with a slight nod.
He had read about this matter from several reports about ten days ago. At first, Xiao Shizhu didn't pay attention to it the day he received the secret report, but someone was confused and asked for a lot of money.
It was just a bow, so he naturally didn't take it to heart. But after thinking about it carefully, he felt that the matter was not simple. There seemed to be some hidden clues behind it.
The Jiuyou Kingdom is vast and rich in resources. It is no longer the small island it once was. Nowadays, there are many kinds of things in this land that are more valuable and more practical than the Jiuyou Bow. But why are there people willing to pay three thousand gold to get one?
The Jiuyou Bow that can only be used for hunting?
Xiao Shizhu was suspicious, and after careful consideration, he remembered that he had read all the history books in the human world, and there was really a similar plan.
Xiao Shizhu thought about this idea more and more carefully. After thinking about it for a long time, Xiao Shizhu suddenly discovered that the ghost who bought the bow was just trying to lure the ghost people of Jiuyou Kingdom. Under the inducement of large sums of money, the ghosts saw the advantage.
Ketu will immediately produce a large number of Jiuyou bows, but the farming season will be delayed, and the grain cannot be harvested in a few months. For a time, the country's grain reserves will drop rapidly, and prices will rise accordingly. The financial and financial situation of Jiuyou Kingdom will be
The economy will soon be brought to its knees.
Xiao Shizhu made a prompt decision and asked Lin Cong to investigate the matter openly and secretly. Lin Cong was really capable, and within a few days, he found out the ins and outs of the matter.
"Your Majesty, you are wise." Lin Cong responded and hurriedly reported back: "You guessed that day that the Beiyin Dynasty might have been behind this incident. I was ordered to investigate again and found out that it was really the Beiyin Dynasty that was behind this.
.Things that have been found out
Yes, this matter is now under the full responsibility of the King of Wheels, and he only reports to the old ghost of Fengdu. All actions are still confidential to the Northern Yin Dynasty. I am still secretly investigating the number of people sent and how many bows to buy, and it will take some time.
”.
When Xiao Shizhu heard this, he gradually lost his interest and curiosity; he had already guessed this, after all, in the entire underworld, only the wealthy ghost country could do such a thing that consumes a lot of gold and silver.
Counting and counting, now in this underworld, among the six seas and ten continents, only the Jiuyou Kingdom and the Northern Yin Dynasty have so much money.
Therefore, it must be the Northern Yin Dynasty who is behind this.
"Not long after the peace treaty was signed, the Northern Yin Dynasty took advantage of the loopholes in the treaty and made trouble behind the scenes." After Xiao Shizhu said these speculations thoughtfully, the ghost mother immediately became angry and snorted coldly.
He made a sound and said in a deep voice: "Why not arrest a few ghosts from the Beiyin Dynasty who came to buy bows and arrows, interrogate them, and charge Fengdu with disturbing the peace!".
What she said was a way. Lin Cong thought about it for a while and nodded in agreement. But Xiao Shizhu remained silent, neither agreeing nor denying.
Seeing that Lin Cong had nothing to report, Xiao Shizhu just sent him down first and then began to think deeply again.
This move of the Beiyin Dynasty is really a bit sinister and vicious, with needles hidden in cotton wool, killing people and killing people without showing any blood. No matter how vast the Jiuyou Kingdom is, and its money bank is full, it cannot withstand such a strategy several times.
While Xiao Shizhu was deep in thought, he did not forget to remember the damn Beiyin Dynasty in his mind a dozen times.
But Xiao Shizhu was still calm. He knew that cursing could not kill Bei Yin Chao, so he quickly thought about countermeasures and methods.
Seeing that her husband was silent, the ghost mother simply picked up a memorial and started reading.
But he was also careless, thinking about how to deal with and crack the Beiyin Dynasty's conspiracy.
After a long time, Xiao Shizhu slowly opened his mouth, without telling the solution. He just shouted to the open door: "Qinglan."
After the words were spoken, Qing Lan trotted into the building, stood in front of the memorial, and bowed slightly.
"Go and call Lu Wu and Chun Yun." Xiao Shizhu still didn't say what he could do. He just told Qing Lan in front of him, put his hands behind his head, and leaned against the throne chair.
Carry it on your back.
The ghost mother turned around and saw that Xiao Shizhu's long-knit brows had relaxed.
It seemed that Xiao Shizhu had already thought of a solution, and the ghost mother felt at ease. She stopped thinking and asked no more questions, and continued to read the memorial at hand.
After a while, Qing Lan invited Lu Wu and Chun Yun, who had hurried over, to the building. Chen Ruo also followed, packed up the tea cup that Lin Cong had used before, and walked out.
"Sit down." After Lu Wu and Chun Yun bowed, Xiao Shizhu asked them to sit down.
At the same time, Qinglan also bowed and retreated.
Chunyun and Lu Wu were seated in front of the memorial. As soon as they sat down, Xiao Shizhu had already spoken and said: "I remember that there is a Gongren Division in the Winter Palace, who is formulating the official system of our country.
It was formulated at the time. But because our soldiers used crossbows and muskets as long-range weapons, the Bowman Division was withdrawn by me."
"Yes." Lu Wu nodded, but his brows furrowed slightly. He didn't know why Xiao Shizhu brought up the old matter again.
"At that time, some middle school craftsmen who knew how to make crossbows were registered. Most of the crossbow craftsmen were invited by Mrs. Lai to join the weapons supervisors in various places to develop firearms." Chun Yun took over the words and said to Xiao Shizhu:
"Later on, most of the ghosts who could make bows have changed careers."
"Well, how many people can still make the Nine Nether Bow now?" Xiao Shizhu asked, nodding.
"I'm not sure about this." Under Xiao Shizhu's questioning gaze, Chun Yun thought for a long time before replying: "Many ghosts who can make the Nine Nether Bow have changed careers. Now we need to know how many ghosts can still do it.
We have to re-create the statistics to find out."
In the early years of Jiuyou Kingdom, in order to ensure food production and reserves, it had been stipulated that farmland could not be abandoned at will. Once these craftsmen who made bows and arrows switched to agriculture, they would not be able to change their profession again without any special circumstances. Chunyun also knew this.
Once most of these craftsmen changed careers and became farmers, picking chrysanthemums and living a pastoral life, they would not be able to make bows now, let alone abandon farming at will and then make bows again.
This is illegal in Jiuyou Country.
"Find out the roster of these ghosts and re-count them to see how many ghosts are still able to make Jiuyou Bow and have not changed careers. Gather them first and rebuild the Gongren Division." Xiao Shizhu followed up and told Chun.
Yun and Lu Wu said categorically: "Tell them that after joining Gongrensi, they don't have to worry about their livelihood problems. Even if Gongrensi is disbanded in the future, the ghost offices in their places of origin will solve their work problems."
Hearing these words, both Lu Wu and Chun Yun felt that it was sudden and inexplicable, and they looked at each other in confusion.
I don’t even know what Xiao Shizhu is going to do? After all, the Jiuyou Army does not use bows and arrows to fight. Even the Fusang ghosts who surrendered and are good at archery no longer use long bows and heavy bows to fight, but instead use fire guns.
Jiuyou Bow is only used by some ghost people who still make a living by hunting; but there are not many of them anymore. In many places in Jiuyou Country, hunters have already raised their prey, developed it into pastures, and expanded breeding.
It took several days and nights to go to the mountains and sleep in the open air, and it took even months to get a little bit of animal soul skin and flesh. Naturally, it was impossible to use too many bows and arrows.
So Chunyun and Lu Wu really don't know what Xiao Shizhu is going to do when he reorganizes the Gongren Division?
Only the ghost mother, who had probably guessed what Xiao Shizhu was going to do, smiled and said nothing and continued to read the memorial in her hand.
"Your Majesty, Lu Wu dares to ask, what are you going to do?" After being stunned for a moment, Lu Wu turned his head, and his confused eyes shot straight into Xiao Shizhu's calm face.
"Make the country rich and strengthen its people." Xiao Shizhu chuckled, and slowly said to Lu Wu with great interest: "I heard that someone in our country paid a lot of money to buy Jiuyou Bow in large quantities, and they can even offer three thousand taels for each one.
Jin. Don’t you want to do such a good deal?”
"Is there such a thing?" Lu Wu and Chun Yun slowly opened their eyes together.
Obviously, they don't know about this yet.
"Yes." After Xiao Shizhu nodded heavily, he added: "Reorganize the Gong Ren Division, gather these ghosts to make Jiuyou Bow, and then sell it. We will share the money with the craftsmen equally, 50-50. The craftsmen will get half of the income.
, the imperial court gets half of the income. Of course, the materials for making bows and arrows are funded by the imperial court. In this way, the craftsmen who can make Jiuyou Bow can make a profit, and the imperial court can also make a profit."
Lu Wu and Chun Yun thought secretly for a moment, and then looked at each other. Chun Yun was the first to speak, and said thoughtfully: "That's true, but now there are only a few ghosts who can make Jiuyou Bow.
.”.
"No problem, your Summer Palace will immediately go and order that from today onwards, in order to prevent weapons from being leaked, people are not allowed to know about bows and arrows without permission." Xiao Shizhu, who was not interested in this issue, waved his hand and said: "If the bows and arrows needed by the hunters are damaged,
can be broken and
Damaged bows and arrows were exchanged for brand new bows and arrows at the ordnance inspectors in various places. Then a bow division was formed to specialize in manufacturing bows and arrows, mainly Jiuyou bows, and sold them to those ghosts who worked tirelessly and traveled thousands of miles to buy bows with huge sums of money."