Yan's foreign relatives, give Da Yan a little Xuanwu Gate shock

He laughed and said it was a misunderstanding, and asked the soldiers to disperse.

Then he pulled the reluctant little girl over and pointed at Yuan Congqian and said, "Xiao Zongyao, this is your cousin, Yuan Congqian, the son of the Queen's brother! He came to the palace to see you two years ago. Do you still remember him?"

The little girl looks like Empress Yuan. She is actually a little Yuan Congqian with longer hair and a cuter look. Her tiger tail is swinging behind her.

"No! I don't want the onion money, I want my brother!"

The little girl screamed and ran away, wagging her tail, and Zong Zhengqing stood there in embarrassment.

Yan Zongyao was the daughter of Empress Yuan, and he wanted to introduce the ten-year-old Yan Zongyao to Yuan Congqian to ease the atmosphere, so that Yuan Congqian could talk to Wei Yanwu smoothly and let the family dinner return to normal. This was also the responsibility of the Zongzhengqing who managed the affairs of the royal family.

But Yan Zongyao was originally pestering Wei Yanwu for fun.

How can a child obediently serve as a tool for their elders to socialize?

"It's okay, it's okay. Maybe seeing me is like seeing the queen. I'll play with her again after the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet."

Yuan Congqian just smiled and took Yan Junyan and Lao Li to a table farther away, added more wine and lights, and the three of them had a separate feast.

Yan Zongyao is only the emperor's daughter now and has not yet been given the title of princess.

Princess is a title that is usually given to a princess when she reaches adulthood or before she gets married. Originally, the title was given by a place name, that is, Princess, but over the past thousand years of Great Yan history, the place names have long been used up, and auspicious and beautiful words have long been used as titles.

According to the original historical course, the princess's two daughters, Tallulah and Chen Huijie, would have to call themselves uncle.

The three of them sat down.

Li Cunshan looked at Yuan Congqian, unable to smile, his face stiff.

Yuan Congqian and Qiu Fengshu sat next to him. Li Cunshan stood up and moved aside as if he had touched something dirty. Yuan Congqian sat down again, and he moved again. The two of them moved several times in a row without saying a word.

Yan Junyan thought the atmosphere had become cold again, and became anxious.

He made jokes while pouring wine for the two and asked them to go to his luxurious mansion which occupied a quarter of a block to have a drink and watch female sumo wrestling. Yuan Congqian and Li Cunshan almost refused at the same time. Sumo wrestling has existed since ancient times, and female sumo wrestlers are women who do not wear clothes.

Afterwards, Yuan Congqian started arguing with Li Cunshan again, making Yan Junyan and others almost dizzy:

Do you have a good relationship or a bad relationship?

Finally, Li Cunshan couldn't hold it anymore, and pulled Yuan Congqian's sleeve and begged, "Brother Yuan, don't come closer, please! How much do you want the Shaofu to pay for the Western Pharmacy? Can you tell me a number? I will never bargain!"

Yuan Congqian shook his head pretentiously: "This won't work. If the Shaofu gives money to the Western Medicine Bureau, won't others think that you and I are in the same group? If they blame me, I will suffer with you. What should I do?"

Li Cunshan had never seen such a person before.

How could Dayan have such a relative?

Why did he want to share the money from the western medicine? Why did he want to talk to him? Now it’s all right!

Yuan Congqian first provoked him to take sides and threatened him, but now he refuses to admit it and wants him to make a clear statement!

Li Cunshan doesn't want to help anyone, he will help whoever wins, and what he hates most is to take a clear stand. Yuan Congqian asked him to express his position, which was even more terrifying than the appearance of five male actors posing in front of him!

Yuan Congqian stared at the emperor's purse, his eyes showing that he wanted more than that.

Li Cunshan's brain was spinning like smoke, and he could only say, "How is that possible? Brother Yuan and I hit it off right away!"

"Ah?" Yan Junyan once again felt like an outsider.

"Your Majesty has issued an imperial decree, saying that we should jointly look after your Majesty's Western medicine business, and the Shaofu will naturally share your Majesty's worries."

Li Cunshan said something insincerely with disgust, "The imperial decree says that the Western Pharmacy does not have to pay taxes, and the Minister of the Treasury also wants to show your Majesty's kindness. The Western Pharmacy can borrow 10 million taels from the Western Pharmacy without interest, and 20% of the tax can be offset. In addition, the Minister of the Treasury can..."

"Brother Li, I knew we would hit it off right away!"

Yuan Congqian activated his Originium skill and tightly grasped Li Cunshan's hand like a pair of pliers.

Chapter 30: Legendary Captain and his wife Wright

Yan Junyan didn't understand. It was obviously Lao Li who came to cause trouble at the beginning. How come he broke a cup and became good brothers with Yuan Congqian at first sight? The Shaofu was the emperor's private finances. The Ministry of Revenue and the Shangshutai were in charge of the national finances. How dare Lao Li lend the emperor's money to the Western Pharmacy?

"That's good." Yan Junyan's smile was a little forced.

He brought two bowls of macaroni and said with a smile, "You've been talking all this time, why don't you eat something?"

Li Cunshan is still feeling nauseous:

"I will not eat."

"Give it to Brother Li." Yuan Congqian said.

"I!……"

Li Cunshan looked at Yuan Congqian and gritted his teeth: "...I'll eat two bowls."

Yuan Congqian helped Yan Junyan to bring the noodles to Lao Li and persuaded him, "Lao Li, you are obsessed. Think about it carefully. Is His Majesty the True Dragon's intention of holding more banquets and building more civil engineering projects just for his own enjoyment?"

"Isn't it? When he was young, he often went with me to watch female sumo wrestling."

This is what Yan Junyan said.

Li Cunshan and Yuan Congqian both ignored his words.

Lao Li nodded first, then shook his head: "Maybe I know. But it is a taboo for a minister to speculate on the emperor's intentions."

The emperor likes subjects who can understand what he means.

He doesn't like ministers who particularly understand what he means.

"True Dragon, you want to create a peaceful and prosperous world with no troubles and no talented people left. So your Majesty followed the edict of the previous emperor and continued to expand the scale of the Imperial College, and also tinkered with the small details that no longer conform to the living habits of the people, just to benefit the people. You are building a high-rise building, just for the sake of fame."

Yuan Congqian said in a low voice, and paused, "The New Culture Movement must have started with an attack on classical culture. He didn't want this movement that would affect his reputation to be accomplished overnight, and only wanted to select the best and improve it. Similarly, my Western pharmacy is a move to steadily promote your majesty's love for the people."

The more ancient the heritage of a place, the more people cherish their reputation.

A true dragon is also a human being. He doesn't want to be called a tyrant in Terra, where information spreads faster and faster, even if he really is a tyrant. If he can solve the problem of the capital's people having difficulty using medicine during his reign, he will surely be known as a benevolent ruler who loves the people, right?

If you look at it from this perspective, many of the True Dragon's decisions make sense.

"..."Li Cunshan did not respond to Yuan Congqian's words.

Like a magician, he conjured up a talisman with one hand and stuck it on the ground. The noise around him suddenly stopped.

"Are the Minister of Zongzheng and the Minister of Shaofu willing to serve as the foil of the Shangshutai?"

Yuan Congqian struck while the iron was hot, his voice low, like the whisper of a bewitching demon: "As the family of the True Dragon, shouldn't we share your worries and contribute to the country's pharmaceutical and chemical industries?"

"As it should be!" Yan Junyan clapped his hands in admiration, then bowed and asked, "Then how should we do it specifically?"

Zong Zheng actually also manages some of the high-level financial movements.

Judging from the expressions in the prison, the emperor's wallet was obviously tempted. He and Yan Junyan both felt that the pie drawn by Yuan Congqian seemed really tempting.

"First of all, we will never participate in the New Culture Movement. We will focus on developing our industry."

Yuan Congqian pointed his finger and said, "The Queen asked me to submit a petition to the Emperor in my own name. I believe it will be announced during the October court session for discussion by all the dignitaries in the court. After that, it will have nothing to do with us. We will focus on developing the Western pharmacy. We will build an industrial chain in one year and cover the whole country in two years!"

These words were specifically spoken to the two of them.

Yuan Congqian only verbally asked Lao Li to bow his head and get on the car. If he still wanted to help whoever wins, who would he help? If he didn't help the Duke of Wei, it would be like telling the people in the capital that he chose to help the Duke of Shu. Compared with a verbal agreement, Yuan Congqian felt that common interests were more reliable.

It just so happens that the Western pharmacy is something that can perfectly match the interests of everyone.

Lao Li was a little hesitant.

“Why should others sell it to you?”

When the time came for him to share in the profits from the Western pharmacy, he became cautious instead.

Yuan Congqian asked back:

"If they don't sell it to me, then they can only keep it as military supplies, or sell it to enemy countries that pose a threat to them. Does Da Yan, which has not fought any foreign war for a hundred years, pose a threat to them? Do you think that since Ursus and Victoria have been at war for many years, do they have more or less military supplies?"

"That makes sense." Yan Junyan nodded.

"One of the conditions I asked Longmen Chen to report was to help us build a chemical industry platform. This has always been the weakness of Yan Country. Yan Country has the heavy industry technology to build mobile cities, but it only has one leg to walk on. The chemical industry is like a blank sheet of paper, not to mention the light industry technology to supplement people's livelihood. This is why the people envy the Victorians!"

Yuan Congqian said, "If industrial platforms are everywhere in Yan State, the people are prosperous and food is abundant, then your majesty can become a sage king! The duty of a loyal minister is to make the king a sage. The new culture and simplified Chinese characters that came after that are just small contributions and are not worth mentioning in comparison."

"Cai! Serving the emperor as a saint is of course the duty of a minister!"

Yan Junyan became excited and echoed: "However, the soldiers are exhausted, the people are sick, the food is scarce, the fields are barren, the granaries are empty, the neighboring princes are not convinced, and the title of hegemony cannot be established. This is the reason why his counselors are not loyal to him!"

Li Cunshan listened carefully to Yuan Congqian's words, fearing that he would miss anything.

He crossed his hands and placed them in front of his mouth, as if thinking.

"Gentlemen, do you know any Western scholars? For example, in the chemical industry, or other medical scholars, it would be best to hire them. Western pharmacies should not only import from the West, but also have the ability to conduct independent research and understand traditional medicine." Yuan Congqian looked at the two of them, hiding his true purpose.

Lao Li shook his head. He was just a man making money for the emperor.

Yuan Congqian was not discouraged by the lack of results. After all, Yan State did not have any laboratories and did not have the conditions to attract scientists. In order to make sure that the Yan State he would take over in the future was not an old mess, he advised: "We should still promote it more in foreign countries."

There will always be poor and mediocre scholars coming.

What is academic garbage in Columbia and Victoria may be the enlightenment of chemical engineering in Yan Country.

Thinking that the conversation would end here, Yuan Congqian was about to ask Lao Li for a few guards, but unexpectedly, Yan Junyan spoke.

"Speaking of scholars, when I went to hand over the matter to the Colombian Embassy in Maxter District, I received a letter to be delivered to Leitania."

Yan Junyan scratched the crown on his head:

"It seems that a scholar family named Wright in Columbia is seeking funding to establish an inorganic non-metallic materials science laboratory. When I asked further, it seems that he has already invested and is preparing for an aircraft laboratory..."

The Wrights!

Yuan Congqian immediately interrupted Yan Junyan and said hurriedly:

"Write to him and ask the Wrights to come to Yan Country!"

"Ah? They already have a research laboratory. They have mastered the most advanced aircraft technology. Are you willing to come to Yan Country?"

"Just tell him..."

Yuan Congqian held the cup filled with tumor milk and said, "Dayan is willing to open a manned spacecraft laboratory for him, so that he can explore with him how high the sky is on this earth and what is above the sky!"

"If this is rejected, wouldn't it be..."

"They will agree to it."

The parents of the future Rhine Life Director, the Wrights, who crashed after soaring into the sky when the Director was young, their aircraft research can be said to be strategic. And their dream with Director Christen is to explore Terra's star pod.

If Yan Country can master the aircraft technology, it may be able to overtake others.

Even if we have to send a heavenly master, we have to bring the Wrights over.

Columbia claims to be free. Do they dare to restrict members of the Wright family from going to Yan for research?

Chapter 31: Long Sword is Needed for the Thousand Miles of Reliance on Heaven

The hour hand moved quietly in the lively atmosphere of the dinner.

Lao Li was thinking about pleasing the real dragon, Yan Junyan was thinking about whether the royal family and relatives were in harmony, and Yuan Congqian was thinking about the Wrights.

For the dream of flying in the sky, they would rather cheat the military investment and die together to test the height limit of Terra's sky. They flew into the sky in the 1083s, and in , the daughter of the Wright couple, Christen, established Rhine Life, so it was still early.

If he could reach an agreement with Victoria or Ursus to bring Western medicine to the East, and recruit the Wrights to come to Yan Country and build a manned spacecraft laboratory from scratch, it would be a win-win situation for Yuan Congqian: he would win twice.

Lao Li and Yan Junyan had a very pleasant conversation with him, and there was no sign at all that Lao Li had used the cup-breaking gesture as a signal earlier.

Amid the clinking of cups, Qiu Fengshu was like a still lake, without any ripples. She just lowered her head with deep eyes, holding her sword and sitting quietly in the corner, looking at the noisy crowd from time to time, but never blending in.

Wei Yanwu lost interest after taking a few bites and left with the veiled woman. The Duke of Shu did the same.

The brothers are no longer used to eating with each other under the same roof.

At the end of the dinner, when the royal nobles left one after another, Qiu Fengshu pulled Yuan Congqian's sleeve, with a glimmer of a beast in her eyes. She whispered, "My dear, I'm not full. Just now, I was staring at other places."

"The food from Yunque Pavilion in the food box should still be warm."

As Yuan Congqian spoke, he boarded the carriage leaving the imperial city under the guidance of the emperor's guards.

In the carriage, Yuan Congqian put his hand into his sleeve, took out a talisman that he had snatched from Lao Li, and stuck it on the ground.

The talisman paper with dragon and cloud characters on it emitted bursts of light.

"But what's so strange about the palace?" Yuan Congqian asked her, thinking to himself, "Since it's a family dinner, it's inappropriate for the queen not to arrive."

"It was mentioned by Duke Wei when he was talking to the soldiers. When the city of Jiju in the south of the Yangtze River was avoiding the natural disaster of the source stone rain, a group of water bandits took advantage of the city's separation and sneaked into the pipeline layer at the bottom of the city from the river. They killed the Jiju chief clerk and the Jiju Academy director who were drinking in the prefect's residence."

Qiu Fengshu said, "There is also a group of bandits active around Yumen. They ambushed and killed a ranger who was delivering information to the territory of Yan State, and incited a group of vagrants and infected people in the wilderness to move south. The veiled woman said that if we don't send people to encircle and suppress them, I'm afraid they will go directly to the suburbs of the capital."

"The suburbs of the capital?" Yuan Congqian was surprised.

The wilderness between mobile cities is quite empty.

The Yan State governor would also help the settlements in the wilderness for the sake of reputation, to prevent the fragile peasant economy from collapsing. For example, in the villages on the snowfields in Ursus, the tax collectors did not even collect taxes, and assumed that the villages were all illegal households. If they encountered natural disasters, they would be crossed out from the safe passage on the map.