1967: C1967 Final volume

C1967 Final volume

Hearing Xiao Xiang's words, Xiao Yuan immediately stood up and poured his cup of wine on the floor. Seeing that, everyone present also stood up and followed suit.

Xiao Xiang sat down again, picked up the second cup of wine, and said to Xiao Yuan and the other Marquis: "This time, I must thank the Second Royal Brother and all the Marquis for their help. If not for everyone's help, it would have taken the imperial government quite a bit of effort to pacify Hong Yuetian!"

Xiao Yuan and the other dukes immediately picked up their wine cups and laughed, "Sister Xiang, we don't need to talk about family matters anymore!" That's right, your highness is too courteous. "

Xiao Xiang laughed, and said: "Cheers!"

"F * ck!"

Everyone drained their cups in one gulp. After putting down the cup, Xiao Xiang suddenly remembered something and said to Xiao Yuan and the other dukes, "That's right, I have a present for you all." As she spoke, she raised her hand and clapped twice.

Very quickly, a guard walked in from outside with a square Brocade Box in his hands.

The guard walked all the way to Xiao Xiang, placed the Brocade Box on the table, then bowed and left. Xiao Xiang's face was full of smiles as she patted the Brocade Box's lid and looked towards the dukes, asking with a smile: "Does the dukes know what is in it?"

Marquis's face was full of smiles, guessing everything. However, Xiao Xiang shook her head from start to finish, indicating that what they said was wrong.

In the end, Xiao Yuan still said with a smile: "Sister Xiang, stop keeping us in suspense, hurry up and open our eyes!"

"Good!" Since the Royal Brother has spoken, let us have a look! " While speaking, Xiao Xiang shook her head at the bodyguard beside him.

The guard stepped forward and removed the cover of the Brocade Box. The instant the lid of the box was removed, the four walls of the Brocade Box also completely scattered. Looking at the Brocade Box again, what was contained was not any sort of treasure or treasure, but a pale, bloodless head.

Everyone present was startled to see a severed head inside the box, especially the dukes. Their bodies trembled as quite a few people cried out in alarm.

Xiao Yuan jumped up, his eyes opened wide, and looked at Xiao Xiang without blinking, and asked in shock: "Sister Xiang, what is the meaning of this?"

Xiao Xiang smiled slightly, lowered her eyes and looked at the severed head on the table, then said faintly: "This is the head of the disorderly party Hong Yuetian, this thief is bold, took troops back to the capital privately, colluded with the Elder Royal Brother, and caused chaos in the imperial court. He is detestable, his heart can be destroyed, and in the battle of annihilating Hong Yuetian, all the dukes have contributed greatly, so I will naturally let the dukes see the results of this rebellion." As she spoke, her eyebrows slanted as she glanced at Xiao Yuan, and asked with a smile: "What do you think Second Royal Brother thinks Royal Sister intends?"

Xiao Yuan looked at Xiao Xiang, then at the severed head on the table. After being silent for a while, he laughed dryly, then slowly sat back down. The faces of the dukes present grew more and more unsightly as they unknowingly began to sweat profusely.

It would be a crime if any of them were to blame Hong Yuetian for it. Today, Xiao Xiang was able to kill Hong Yuetian with such a crime, then tomorrow, she would be able to eliminate him with the same crime. If one were to say that the dukes were not afraid, that would definitely be impossible.

At this time, Xiao Yi trembled as he bowed. He cupped his hands and said, "Your Highness, this old subject ? "This old official intends to lead the army back to the mountains in the near future ?"

He had not finished speaking when Xiao Xiang had already smiled towards the sky. He waved his hand and said, "What is Uncle Wang anxious about? Since you have already come to the Zhaoyang, why don't you stay here for a few more days!"

Xiao Yi and Xiao Xiang belonged to the same sect, and in terms of seniority, he was indeed a generation older than Xiao Xiang.

However, Xiao Yi's heart shrunk when he was called by her, and beads of sweat continuously dripped down. For a moment, he didn't know what to say.

Xiao Xiang retracted her gaze, and suddenly changed the topic of conversation, and continued: "Recently, it has been a busy time for our country. There are Feng Country covetously watching from the north, and People of Zhen Country's rebellion in the west is unceasing. Just yesterday, the County Head of Xiuyang County sent an urgent message to the imperial government. It had been raining cats and dogs throughout Xiuyang County for a long time, and the flood of the river waters had affected the entire territory of Xiuyang County.

The marquis did not understand why Xiao Xiang would suddenly mention the incident in Xiuyang County. Xiao Yuan rolled her eyes and continued: "Sister Xiang, is the national treasury empty right now?

Hearing his words, the marquis suddenly realised. So Xiao Xiang was just trying to take advantage of him, but then again, as long as she could keep her head, what did losing money and food matter? The duke of Changshan, Xiao Yi, was the first to step forward and said, "Your Highness, there is no need to worry. Since the imperial government is in trouble, we should do our best to help." Pausing for a moment, he immediately continued: "This humble subject is willing to offer five ? Eight hundred thousand silver taels, to help the victims of the calamity in Xiuyang County! "

As soon as his words fell, more dukes rose up to express their stance. Everyone was scrambling to be first, the least being five hundred thousand.

Xiao Xiang laughed and said: "Thank you, I thank all of you marquis for your assistance, but, the imperial government is still able to afford the food and money to help the people who were affected by the disaster. The reason why I brought up this matter here, is that, just disaster relief alone is not enough.

"Your Highness's meaning is ?"

"Construct the canal!" Xiao Xiang said in a serious tone: "Construct a large canal between the two rivers and bring the water of the Sky River to Shang Jiang. This way, not only will the worries of Sky River's flood be solved, the worries that Shang Jiang is withering will also be resolved. This will benefit the common people of the two realms and is also the last wish that the Former King has yet to fulfill!"

Monk Jiang was one of the two largest water systems in the southern part of Chuan Country. It was just as Xiao Xiang had said, it was common for rain to fall heavily on the Sky River Rivers, but Shang Jiang was gradually drying up and many tributaries had already disappeared.

However, the distance between the two rivers was more than a thousand miles. To link these two rivers, it would take a huge amount of effort and effort, and the amount of manpower and financial resources required was not something that could be solved with just several million or several tens of millions of silver taels.

Even when Xiao Xuan was alive, he only dared to think about it, and at the very most, bring this idea to the imperial court to grind his teeth with the ministers, but he did not dare to actually carry it out. Now, it sounded like Xiao Xiang was trying to open a wide channel.2

All the dukes thought that this matter was too unreasonable, but no one dared to stand out to express their opposition or doubt it. Even they themselves found it difficult to protect themselves, so how could they dare openly oppose Xiao Xiang?

Seeing that the dukes' heads were all lowered and had not spoken a word, Xiao Xiang slowly creased her brows and asked: "What, the dukes don't approve of the matter of opening the heavenly passage? are you all not willing to fulfill the last wishes of the Former King? "

Upon hearing her question, everyone's body trembled. They hurriedly raised their heads and said, "No, no, no. Your Highness has misunderstood me. This is a great benefit to our people in the south. How could we oppose it?"

Xiao Xiang's face finally revealed a smile, and said: "So that means, all of the dukes have supported my decision?"

"That's right!"

"But just words of support might not be enough!" Xiao Xiang said slowly.

Understanding her meaning, Xiao Yi felt hatred in his heart. Clenching his teeth, he cupped his hands and said, "In order to help your highness fulfill the last wishes of the Former King, this old official ? This old official is willing to donate ? "Three million!"

The remaining 3 million silver was squeezed out from the gaps between his teeth by Xiao Yi. His face even turned purple as he gave it away with everything he had.

When they heard that he wanted to donate three million silver, the other dukes all cursed in their hearts. How were they supposed to say that you'd called out three million silver all of a sudden?

The dukes braced themselves and all called out an astronomical figure that even they themselves found difficult to accept.

Looking at the nobles who looked like they had been cut into pieces, Xiao Xiang snickered in her heart, but didn't show it on her face at all. She helplessly shook her head and said: "The national treasury is now plentiful, the one who is lacking is not silver!"

"Then... But lack of food? "

"Ha ha!" Xiao Xiang laughed and said: "My Chuan Country and land are fertile, so when have I ever been short of food?"

"Don't know ?" "What is the current government lacking?"

"People!" Xiao Xiang squinted her eyes and said faintly: "Right now, what we lack the most is manpower! As long as she had sufficient manpower, it would be easy for him to carve out the heavenly resources. Our country is currently suffering from internal and external troubles, so we are unable to allocate that much manpower to carve out the Tianshang canals. Our thoughts is that we can temporarily borrow your Family Army from the imperial government, and after the imperial government is done with the Tianshang canals, we can then return your Family Army to the lords. I wonder what everyone thinks? "

Ah? When Xiao Xiang finished speaking, the dukes' and even Xiao Yuan's expression changed greatly.

So it turned out that this was Xiao Xiang's true motive for setting up a feast. She did not want to kill the dukes, nor did she want to extort a sum of money from them. It was rare for her to come up with such a grand excuse.

"Your Highness, this ?" "This ?" Xiao Yi instinctively stood up and looked at Xiao Xiang, not knowing what to say. The Family Army was their lifeline, something that their clans had accumulated over the decades or even hundreds of years. Now that Xiao Xiang had asked them to donate all their Family Army and bring it to Sky River Monk Jiang as a labour force, how could they accept that?

Looking at Xiao Yi's uncertain expression and then looking at the other dukes who had similar expressions as him, Xiao Xiang smiled. She didn't say anything and only picked up a pair of chopsticks, lightly hitting the table as if she had some sort of ulterior motive.

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