Chapter 13: Viper Moon
It was already late at night when Jin Chenbai returned to the inn in Guangdu Nanfang.
The New Year's banquet on the first day of the Lunar New Year is a rare time to postpone the lock-out of the Dakang Palace and the Imperial City.
Hundreds of carriages came out from several gates of the Imperial City, basically heading towards the inner city.
Jin Chenbai had very few followers, just two or three warriors, so his carriage walked very fast and returned to his residence in a while.
As expected, Mr. Feng sat in the small living room and slowly drank tea and read books, waiting for him.
Jin Chenbai stepped forward and took a larger cup, poured himself half a cup of tea, and drank it without caring it.
"Tsk tsk, this palace banquet is delicious!"
After drinking it, Jin Chenbai sighed without feeling the slightest, "The delicious pork is served, and all kinds of delicacies are endless. People in Dakang often eat such banquets, and they are indeed rich in the world!"
"Your Majesty, you're thinking too much." Mr. Feng put down the book in his hand and said lightly: "Do you know how much it costs for a banquet like this?"
Jin Chenbai calculated the number of tables and roughly estimated: "Fifty thousand... no, one hundred thousand taels?"
There are about a hundred tables in the Taihe Hall, each of which costs 1,000 taels of silver, which is simply luxurious.
After all, a few days ago, they went to a famous restaurant in the capital to book a private room for dinner, which was only more than 500 taels.
Mr. Feng shook his head and revealed the answer: "Haha, it's not too much to say that you have increased to ten times."
"ah!?"
Jin Chenbai was a little dumbfounded.
He is the king of the Qiyan Heerdasu tribe. No matter how poor he is, he has seen tens of thousands of taels or hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.
But he would never have thought that someone could spend millions of taels of silver at a banquet.
Even if this person is the Emperor of Dakang.
He thought about it and was still a little unbelievable: "Although there are a lot of good dishes and wine in the banquet, and even a small bag of big white rabbit milk candy in front of each person, it can't cost a table of ten thousand taels! Isn't this a nonsense?"
Mr. Feng smiled contemptuously, "Since ancient times, the palace has been a very dirty place. If you don't make more accounts, how can thousands of eunuchs make money?"
"But this is one million taels! Emperor Dakang doesn't feel sorry for him, won't he pursue it?" Jin Chenbai still didn't believe it.
He knew Dakang's recent dilemma clearly. The emperor had to rely on scouting his home to recover the debt and replenish the national treasury and internal treasury. How could he remain indifferent to one million taels?
Mr. Feng smiled even more contemptuously: "This emperor looks generous and kind on the surface, but in fact he is a soft boy. He is careful in doing things. As long as he has a deep relationship with him, he will not punish him even if he knows that there is something wrong.
For example, this time, the corruption case, such as Nangong Ji, Wang Feiteng, Zhang Xiang, Lin Zhenyuan, Zhu Kun, etc., obviously, it should be beheaded and displayed in public to deter those corrupt officials, but he did not kill any of them!
There is also Li Fan, who is said to have involved the inexplicable death of King Ren, who has fled so far, but his father Li Xiutai is still in the position of the Heavenly Office of the Ministry of Personnel. Do you think this is right?
After understanding these, you will know that the reason why the people below will lose 700,000 to 800,000 yuan but don’t speak at all.”
Jin Chenbai was a little silent when he heard this.
After a while, he sighed: "This is a good person, but not a good emperor... Mr. Feng, if one day I can realize my ambitions, please supervise me by my side. Once you find that I have such a tendency, I will immediately scold me!
I will give you a golden mace, you can use it to hit me until I wake me up! I will never complain!”
Mr. Feng, under the mask, didn't look like he was, but bowed: "Please rest assured, since I assisted the king now, I will do my best to help the king fulfill his dream!"
"good!"
Jin Chenbai smiled heartily: "Our Heldasu tribe does not lack elite soldiers and generals, but it lacks a counselor like Mr. Strategy, detailed and effective planning! I won't say anything extra. When the day when a major event is achieved, I will definitely be rich and honorable, and don't forget each other!"
Mr. Feng nodded with a smile, and then asked, "The king went to attend the New Year's banquet today. Have you encountered anything new? Did Liu Mingqi continue to write amazing articles?"
"Hey!"
Jin Chenbai exclaimed at the military advisor in his heart, and then said, "Of course, today's New Year's banquet is very exciting! Let me slowly tell you to Mr...."
Jin Chenbai told in detail what happened tonight.
Mr. Feng kept listening with his eyes closed.
Only when Jin Chenbai finished speaking and started drinking tea again did he slowly open his eyes.
"If Liu Mingqi doesn't kill this person, Da Kang will definitely be difficult to conquer!"
This is the first thing Mr. Feng said.
His eyes were full of murderous intent, and he was also wary of Liu Mingqi.
It is already terrifying enough for a saint who can make "Encouragement of Learning" and a saint who can say "those who sacrifice themselves and seek justice".
Now, he can actually shout "If you live in a high temple, you will worry about the people; if you live in a far away world, you will worry about the king" and "If you worry about the world first, you will be happy about the world later", what talent and courage is this?
The most important cohesion of Dakang is such a person.
They can use articles after article to motivate the people and motivate everyone to gather together, so as to actively resist the invasion of foreign enemies.
Once such an atmosphere is formed, the Central Plains will not be conquered. No matter how strong the foreign enemy is, it will only rage for a while, and will eventually retreat in a disappointing manner.
Jin Chenbai agreed, "Yes! This person is such a terrible guy! Not only can he invent so many things, but he is also outstanding in moral articles. In another ten or twenty years, when he is fully mature, God knows what Dakang will be powerful!"
"Don't wait for him to mature. Even now he must be killed." Mr. Feng said coldly, "King, before we leave the day after tomorrow, you should discuss with them how to send elite dead soldiers to directly attack and kill Liu Mingqi!"
"Okay, I will discuss it with them." Jin Chenbaihe said first.
But he was also unsure of it, "This should be more difficult. Liu Mingqi has dozens of elite guards around him at any time, especially two personal guards, one tall and one short, who are even more keen and strong. On our grassland, he is also a top-notch hero!
Unless it is a large-scale army attack, small-scale assassination will probably not be successful! After all, this is their home court. As long as they buy some time, the entire attack will be in vain."
Mr. Feng was silent and did not answer.
After a while, he shook his head and asked Jin Chenbai, "You really don't decide to buy sulfonamide powder?"
"No."
Jin Chenbai smiled bitterly and shook his head, "With so much money, I might as well buy more food for the soldiers, buy more weapons, or buy more honeycomb coal for the tribe's people to keep warm. Even life-saving medicine is more expensive than our lives!"
"The next is the most critical period for the development of our Heldasu tribe. Our strength is not strong, and it is best not to lose the elite backbone." Mr. Feng said in disagreement, "Have a few such medicines around you, and maybe you can save the lives of soldiers who can grow into generals in the future."
"How easy is it? What about money?" Jin Chenbai sighed, "The people of the Central Plains often say that a bronze slandered a hero, that's really true!"
"It's okay, I'll take out the money first. When the king succeeds, I'll give it back to me." Mr. Feng said.
"How can this be done?" Jin Chenbai was stunned and immediately disagreed, "Not whether we can succeed or not, it is really wrong to just say that you have to pay for this matter! Besides, a few or dozens of copies are not of much use."
"I have one million taels of silver here. You can use it to Liu Mingqi and ask him to give you two thousand sulfa powder. He will definitely agree."
Mr. Feng said calmly, as if he was talking about a few taels of silver.
Jin Chenbai looked at him in horror, "Sir, how could you have so much money?"
"You don't have to worry about this king." Mr. Feng said: "You can visit him tomorrow and discuss this matter."
"But even with so much money, you asked him to sell it in half, only selling only 500 taels of silver per portion. What can he do?" Jin Chenbai recalled, "Liu Mingqi never suffered a loss. Today he told me that he wanted 2,000 taels of silver per portion!"
"That's just a means of sowing discord, so don't pay attention to it." Mr. Feng said, "Just tell him that the stronger Qiyan develops, the more energy Shi Wei and Xi Qiang will be involved, and he will naturally give it to you."
Jin Chenbai scratched his head, "Is he so worried about the country and the people? Can a prince who doesn't want to be an emperor sacrifice himself for Dakang like this?"
"That's why I said he was terrible, even ten times more terrible than Ning Wang Liu Mingguan, who was likely to inherit the throne." Mr. Feng said in a deep voice: "If he uses his intelligence to do business, eat, drink and have fun, it's nothing. The key is that he always has to think about Dakang, which is very troublesome!
You can wait and see. He is about to go to the Ghost Gate. With him here, the Ghost Gate will be opened in at most two or three years. At that time, the loss of the canal transport in Dakang will be reduced by more than 30%, and the transportation efficiency will be greatly improved!!"
Jin Chenbai smiled bitterly when he heard this: "When I talk to them about the gate of hell, they seem to feel disapproving."
Mr. Feng snorted coldly: "This is because they are short-sighted and have no idea of the important role of the Gate of Gate of Hell in boosting the vitality of the entire Dakang business and food transportation! Even Yelu Feiyang and Mozang Haochuan think so, and I am really a little disappointed!"
Jin Chenbai felt a little embarrassed.
In fact, he also felt it was impossible.
Why?
The reefs formed over tens of thousands of years can be imagined at the degree of solidity!
If there is really a way, then you have to wait until now?
Their previous dynasty had already begun to be done!
He has seen some similar reefs or stalactite holes. He can't even cut them off with a knife and an axe!
Mr. Feng did not notice his expression, but continued: "Liu Mingqi knew that if Qiyan became strong, it would definitely be bad for Dakang. But compared to Xiqiang and Shiwei, Qiyan is still too weak now, and he would not consider it at all.
If we want to restrain the Wei and Xiqiang countries, we must have to be strong, so powerful that they have to divide their troops to attack us and weaken us!
Only by returning with so much sulfonamide powder can we further expand our power, conquer many small tribes, and allow more brave soldiers to join us!
Liu Mingqi knew this in his mind, so he would definitely give such two thousand portions of sulfa powder... In fact, I think he would sell it even if we bid 100 taels of silver."
Jin Chenbai was dumbfounded when he heard this.
Mr. Feng, you are really exaggerating.
Chapter completed!