He looked handsome and had a smile on his face, but he was talking about the Seventh Prince that sent chills down the spine.
The counselor's face instantly turned pale and his body was trembling.
"Seventh Prince, I have absolutely no intention of challenging Prince Jing's authority. I just think this matter can be done to gain some benefits for us.
As long as such a thing is carefully planned, no one will know that it is related to us."
The seventh prince ate a grape given by the beauty next to him.
"Do you know there is a saying that there is no airtight wall in the world?"
The seventh prince asked the counselor in return.
After a pause, the Seventh Prince said: "Of course, if you are willing to try, go ahead and try. I will never stop Uncle Jing from killing you. If you involve me, I will be the first to destroy your nine clans.
"
After speaking, the seventh prince looked at the counselor and asked, "Do you have anything else to do?"
The counselor bowed and said, "My subordinates are leaving."
After the counselor left, the beauty who fed the seventh prince grapes said to the seventh prince Rourou: "Your Highness, do you need me to investigate him?"
The seventh prince spat out the grape seeds, shook his head and said, "No, just kill him."
After a pause, the seventh prince explained to the beauty: "My two brothers and one sister don't know how to use this stupid trick.
Just kill him directly, don't waste my money on investigating a fool!"
The beauty happily agreed: "Yes."
After responding, the beauty asked: "Your Highness, could this person be sent by Wu Xian?"
The Seventh Prince thought about it carefully and felt that this method that he thought was smart but was actually stupid might indeed be Wu Xian's handiwork.
Although it might be true, the Seventh Prince thought about it seriously and felt that even if it was true, it would be of no use to him.
"It's better to kill him directly. Even if it is really my fifth brother's handiwork, there is no use in arresting such a person.
Will you use this person to threaten my fifth brother?
My fifth brother has nothing now.
Apart from accumulating some connections, they are of no use.
Is there anything else my fifth brother can offer now?
My fourth emperor sister ransacked my fifth brother's house very thoroughly.
Now my fifth brother is really a complete pauper."
The beauty said again: "What if we use this matter to deal with His Highness Wu Zhao?"
The seventh prince thought about it seriously and shook his head: "It's useless. Even if we really do something to my fifth brother, my fourth sister will not be moved at all.
In the end, it will make my fourth sister evil.
If she really turns around and confronts me head-on, my two brothers will be happy.
This deal is not worth it."
After saying this, the Seventh Prince suddenly thought of something and said to the beauty beside him: "Have you made any progress with the spies around you when you investigated for me before?"
The beauty said with shame: "A dozen of them were arrested, but they have nothing to do with the other highnesses."
The seventh prince was not surprised at all by this result.
"If you can catch them immediately, it would seem that my brothers and sisters are too incompetent."
The seventh prince suddenly turned his head, hooked his finger on the beauty's pointed chin and said, "If you are a spy for one of them, the possibility is higher."
The beauty did not avoid the Seventh Prince's gaze, but said, "Which family does Your Highness want me to be a spy for?"
The seventh prince thought for a moment and said: "My eldest brother is the oldest and the most calm in his work.
And my eldest brother wants to build a country based on benevolence and righteousness.
So even if we do send spies, we will never send a stunning beauty like you.
My third brother is the most decisive in doing things and will never be sloppy in his actions.
If he wanted to know something, he would most likely grab someone from me and ask.
As for my fourth emperor sister, she is currently under the East Palace.
She is the most thoughtful, and no one knows how many back-ups she has.
But my imperial sister is also a woman, and she probably wouldn’t be willing to see a woman sacrifice her appearance in exchange for information.”
The beauty looked at the Seventh Prince and said, "So the slave family has been excluded from the scope of spies by His Highness, and they are people that His Highness can trust."
The Seventh Prince shook his head frankly: "Not yet. You don't seem to be sent by anyone, but you could be sent by anyone. This is the clever and dangerous thing."
The beauty asked the seventh prince in return: "Since Your Highness doesn't trust the slave family so much, why do you still let the slave family do so many important things for His Highness?"
The seventh prince smiled and said: "Does this king want to do nothing just because of suspicion?
You are indeed suspected of being a traitor, but your abilities are also needed by this king.
You can help me and do what I want to do, so why don’t I use you?
The king has at least three thousand counselors under his command.
I don't even know how many traitors have gotten into this place.
But this does not prevent me from using them to do things.
Moreover, I feel that it is more convenient to use spies to do things.
Let eldest brother's spies help me deal with third brother.
Let Third Brother's spies help me deal with Fourth Sister.
Then let the fourth sister's people help me deal with my eldest brother.
As long as they are properly arranged, their work efficiency is quite high.
Without such ability, how could I have been sent to the north to guard the five cities at such a young age?"
The beauty said quietly: "Your Highness spoke from the bottom of his heart to me like this. Aren't you afraid that I would tell the master behind you?"
The seventh prince laughed loudly and said: "If you really have a master behind you, even if you say these things, he will not reward you.
Because this king is now a conspiracy.
They all know what my king's strategies and plans are.
But they will not stop at all, and will send their people to this king.
After all, it is easiest for me to place people here."
"So Your Highness plans to build a country based on balance?" the beauty asked.
The seventh prince shook his head: "No, this king intends to build a country based on business principles.
If I have no money, how can I support these thousands of counselors?
Do you know that this king has to spend close to one hundred thousand taels of silver a month to support them?
How can I support myself if I have no money?
My brothers and sisters are not kind enough to give these counselors money to do things for me."
Having said this, the Seventh Prince picked up the wine glass in front of him, smelled the shabby room in the glass, and said to the beauty: "I asked you to investigate the boss behind Wanhong. How is the investigation going?"
The beauty replied: "Wan Hong had some connections with His Highness Wu Zhao before.
However, His Highness Wu Zhao saved Wan Hong's life, so the relationship was completely cleared.
Now the only person behind Wan Hong is Ning Chen.
The brewing method of this [humble room] should have been given by Ning Chen."
"Ning Chen."
The seventh prince recited this name, which was very unfamiliar to him.
The Seventh Prince has read the information about Ning Chen several times.
There are no problems with Ning Chen's information.
The seventh prince did not believe that this information was false, because it was too easy to verify the authenticity of the information.
It's just that the seventh prince just can't figure it out. He doesn't look like a deviant at first.
Why did he become so deviant?
Ning Chen was so talented that the Seventh Prince was not surprised at all.
After all, he is the number one winner with three consecutive wins.
How is it possible without some talent?
But after that time at Yunshan Academy, Ning Chen's talent really surprised the seventh prince.
The saint-level enlightenment text makes the statue of the Confucian saint speak.
This cannot be explained by just three words: "talented".
This is a great talent.
It is precisely because of this that the seventh prince wants to know more about Ning Chen's past.
It's just that I really can't find anything.
Moreover, the Seventh Prince believed that he would not be able to find anything on his side.
Wu Zhao and his two brothers also couldn't find anything.
All this can only be said that Ning Chen is one of those geniuses in the dust among the people. After he soared into the sky, he was out of control.
"You go to see him on my behalf and see if he is willing to give me 10% of the business of this new type of wine. I am willing to pay three million taels to buy it." The seventh prince ordered the beauty.
The beauty couldn't help but be surprised after hearing the seventh prince's words.
Three million taels.
This was all the money she knew the Seventh Prince had.
Although the seventh prince may have another small treasury, it is unlikely to exceed three million taels.
After excluding all expenditures, the Wu Dynasty's tax revenue was only four million taels.
The Seventh Prince can spend three million taels alone, which is definitely a big sum.
But after spending so much money just to buy 10% of the shares, Meiren felt it was too much of a loss.
"You don't understand. After he changed it like this, this wine has become a brand new business.
Now the Wu Dynasty consumes nearly 30 million taels of wine a year.
Putting aside the cost and liquor tax, the profit is almost four million taels.
Ning Chen's new wine just needs to be promoted.
With their current prices, they will definitely dominate the entire beverage market.
This year's income is four million taels.
This is a hen that lays four million silver eggs a year."
Speaking of excitement, the seventh prince saw his beauty, completely uninterested and confused.
I knew I was playing the piano to a cow.
Just don't talk about it anymore.
For these business matters, the Seventh Prince felt that he had to find a like-minded person to discuss them in order to be happy.
"Just go and do this for me." The seventh prince, who had lost interest in continuing the story, ordered the beauty in a half-hearted voice.
The beauty responded and continued to peel the grapes for the Seventh Prince.
…
At the same time, Ning Chen, who had left the morning court, was directly invited to his home by Wang Lin this time.
Wang Lin's home is not as luxurious as Ning Chen's mansion.
But it's not bad, and it fits his status as a soldier.
If Ning Chen really counts, he can definitely be convicted of transgression.
But no one would appear to be fine and use such a trivial reason to offend a powerful minister like Ning Chen.
Of course, Sun Kejian was not included. Sun Kejian did not talk about trespassing, simply because he felt that talking about such a trivial matter was not worthy of his status as a censor.
"Master Ning, have you thought of any solution to this problem in the past two decades?" Wang Lin asked Ning Chen straight to the point.
As the vassal king and the prince are about to enter the capital, the pressure on Wang Lin, the military minister, is increasing.
Wang Lin still has great pursuits for himself as a military prime minister.
Even under his own command, the Fuwei Army cannot be like the Dingguo Army.
At least it can't be much worse than these feudal kings.
Therefore, Wang Lin felt that the drinks at Ning Chen's side were very necessary.
"Sir, actually, I really thought of a way.
This is the method, but I think it is a bit too much, so I have never dared to discuss it with the adults."
When Wang Lin heard that Ning Chen had really thought of a solution, he couldn't help but feel happy and said: "Speak out first and listen to see if it's too much. The truth will tell you."
Well, now the initiative has returned to Ning Chen.
Ning Chen immediately told Wang Lin what Wan Hong had thought of.
According to Wan Hong's plan, if Wang Lin wants it, he can supply the same quality and quantity of wine as Marquis Dingguo's.
Wang Lin must provide at least 500,000 acres of military land. As for the division of these military lands, Wan Hong has already planned it.
It was located in the fifty most prosperous and populous cities of the Wu Dynasty.
Five hundred thousand acres sounds like a lot, but in fact it was all calculated carefully by Wan Hong.
In the Wu Dynasty, one acre of land could produce nearly three hundred kilograms of grain.
According to Wan Hong's estimation, three to five kilograms of grain can be used to brew one kilogram of wine under secondary distillation.
If we calculate everything based on five kilograms, one acre of land only costs sixty kilograms of wine.
Ten thousand acres of land would only produce 600,000 kilograms of wine.
If it is done normally using market-priced grains, the cost of these 600,000 kilograms of wine will be.
The cost is about 5,000 taels.
If you use military fields, the cost will be about 2,000 taels less.
Five hundred thousand acres is only less than one hundred thousand taels of direct cost.
If the Ministry of War is priced according to the quantity and quality of the drinks served by Marquis Dingguo.
In fact, Ning Chen still suffered a slight loss.
Of course, Ning Chen would not tell Wang Lin about the savings in transportation costs.
Ning Chen just wanted to make Wang Lin feel that he was actually taking advantage.
In fact, if Ning Chen really wanted to occupy 10,000 acres of military land, Wang Lin really wouldn't care too much.
But right now, what Ning Chen wants to occupy is half a million acres of military land.
This is no small number.
If this is found out, it will really cost you your head.
Even if your intentions are good, this matter is very serious.
"Sir, actually this matter is not as serious as you think. First of all, these military fields are idle.
If used now, it can actually produce some benefits.
In addition, if your lord is willing, I can directly hire the guards to farm the land.
As for remuneration, it will be based on the normal hiring price.
So in this case, it is equivalent to the Fuwei Army planting its own military land.
But in the end, this food belongs to me.
Of course, the food expenses were not given to me for free, I paid for them with wine."