"This is just Lao Nu's guess."

Qian Dafu showed hesitation, but he had much more information about Chang'an than Xiao Ming.

Lu Fei looked cold, "Your Highness, these third princes may be targeting you, but this incident may be a match between inside and outside."

"How do you say this?" Xiao Ming was puzzled.

"Your Highness, the last general has always been extremely strict in the army. The people entering and leaving the city gate cannot carry bows and arrows and swords into the city unless they are hiding in goods."

Xiao Ming browed deeply and looked at the direction of the Wang family compound. Where the wealthy families in Qingzhou were drinking and having fun, the large goods came from them. Who among them was the third prince who was in the same place?

After pondering for a while, Xiao Ming said: "The assassin is dead, and there is no evidence of death. These are all our guesses, but it is true that someone wants to murder this king."

"Your Highness, this kind of crime has never happened in Qingzhou. If Your Highness goes out in the future, you must bring your guards to protect him." Qian Dafu has always been the most concerned about Xiao Ming's safety.

Xiao Ming nodded, and this incident woke him up - this world is still very dangerous.

There was no result in a discussion at the moment. Xiao Ming asked Lu Fei to secretly stare at the movements of several wealthy families in the city, and at the same time strengthen the escort of the royal palace.

News of the assassination of the King of Qi spread in Qingzhou that night.

This is the news that Xiao Ming deliberately asked Lu Fei to release, with the purpose of alarming the enemy and seeing if there will be any abnormalities in the city.

"Dad, King Qi was assassinated. Who did you think this would be done?"

The dim candlelight swayed, and in the pavilion of the Wang family's mansion, Wang Shijie and his father sat opposite each other, the family banquet was separated, and there was still a faint smell of alcohol in the courtyard, and he was a little drunk.

Wang Chengchou stroked his long beard, closed his eyes and seemed to be thinking about something. He said, "I looked at Captain Lu's actions, and seemed to suspect that the wealthy families and outsiders in the city colluded to murder the King of Qi."

"How do you see this?" Wang Shijie said in confusion.

Wang Chengchou snorted coldly, "You never listen to you when you ask you to read more poetry and books, but now you are ignorant. It is such a vague thing that King Qi was assassinated, but Lu Fei is promoting it with great fanfare. Isn't this agitating a snake?"

Wang Shijie shook his head in fear, "Isn't it strange? It's just who it is? If King Qi dies, it will be bad for us."

"The King of Qi is stupid and does not know how to manage fiefs. This is a good thing for us. I believe that the other three families just want to use the King of Qi, just like us, and they will not even conspire to murder the King of Qi." Wang Chengchou said in contemplation.

The assassination of King Qi also puzzled him. When the news came, he immediately withdrew the family banquet and sent someone to inquire about the news.

After pausing for a while, Wang Chengchou said, "Tomorrow morning, you will bring gifts to visit King Qi, and also show the closeness of our Wang family and King Qi."

Wang Shijie nodded, remembered something and said, "By the way, Dad, you asked me to go to the Equipment Department, and I have gone too. At that time, King Qi seemed to be teaching what craftsmen wanted to create. These coal cakes and iron are all used for this."

"Well, you and I know the skills of King Qi. I can't make any waves. I sent you to me just because I was worried that the barbarians would invade, so the Equipment Department wants to build weapons. Since it is not, don't stare anymore. Just win him over on weekdays." Wang Chengchou looked like he was planning and strategizing.

At the same time, the Wei family, Qin family and Sun family in Qingzhou also talked about it.

The next day, all the four families sent their children to visit the Qi Palace.

"Brother Wang, Brother Wei, Brother Sun, Brother Qin, why are you so polite?" Xiao Ming was awakened by Qian Dafu early in the morning.

When I woke up, I realized that it was the local wealthy family who came to visit him.

Needless to say, this large and small gift is all in place, Wang Shijie, Wei Qing, Sun Dong and Qin Mu, who are known as the Four Evils of Qingzhou.

All four of them were dressed in scholars and wore long gowns in blue, red, black and green colors.

Wang Shijie's face was pale and sick, Wei Qing was strong and dark, Sun Dong was white, fat and round, while Qin Mu was tall and thin.

The four of them stood together and looked like a mountain, with different heights and heights.

"Your Highness!" The same thing is that when they saw Xiao Ming, the four of them showed a humble smile.

In the Great Yu Kingdom, ordinary people cannot afford to read books, but the children of wealthy families must have fame and fortune. All four of them have read books, and it can be said that they are all scholars.

Because there are not many scholars in Qingzhou, the four of them call themselves the four talents of Qingzhou, but in the eyes of the people, they are just four evils.

"Great rich, please sit."

Qian Dafu, who was busy receiving gifts, heard the sound, and then he remembered that the four young men were still standing and immediately asked someone to bring a chair.

"Your Highness, I heard that Your Highness was assassinated yesterday, and I was worried and I didn't sleep all night. I came to visit Your Highness early this morning." Wang Shijie looked worried, as if his father was seriously ill.

"Brother Wang, it's too fake. What I worry most is that I am the one who hasn't slept all night, but also asked the servants to prepare wooden stakes and chop them up as an assassin a thousand times to relieve my hatred."

Wei Qing has always claimed to be both civil and military, and has developed muscles.

"Brother Wei is too superficial. Your Highness, this time my father asked me to send me a hundred-year-old ginseng to help you replenish your body." Sun Dong's face shook with fat, very sincere.

At this time, Qin Mu showed a look of disdain. He gently shook the paper fan and said, "Your Highness, they are all too vulgar. I thought about it all night last night. In order to relieve the worries in Your Highness, I thought of an excellent place to go."

"Isn't it just You Mihe?" the three of them said contempt at the same time.

I have to say that Xiao Ming had a good relationship with the four scumbags in the past, and he didn't say anything nonsense, so the four of them laughed and scolded in front of him, regardless of their concern.

Although Xiao Ming now puts the eradication of the harm of the noble family first, he now has to pretend to be the same as before.

Whether in modern times or ancient times, the exchange of interests is actually very simple. Basically, there are brothers on the table and knives are used under the table.

On the surface, everyone still needs to be harmonious.

However, what Qin Mu said about Mihe made Xiao Ming's heart move.

Qingzhou where he is now located was later Qingzhou City, and the locations are not much different.

Qingzhou is a half-mountain and half-plain terrain, located in the northern foot of Yimeng Mountain and the Yishan Mountain. The mineral reserves are the largest in limestone and iron ore.

On the south side of Qingzhou City, a river passes by the city is the Mi River at Qin Mu's mouth.

Before the steam engine appeared, hydraulic power could be said to be the most important natural force among the people. In addition to the Mi River, Qingzhou also has the Yang River and Xiaoqing River to the north. These three rivers eventually flowed into the Bohai Bay.

Now he teaches craftsmen how to make lathes, but it doesn’t mean that steam engines can be made immediately.

These lathes are just to facilitate the production of various accessories, and it will take some time before craftsmen can make steam engines.

After all, the basis for the development of steam engines is also based on mature craftsmen.

However, before this, he could give these craftsmen some practical opportunities, that is, to create some traditional tools, which is to use the technological level of the late Tang and early Song dynasties to be equivalent to practical equipment in the Ming Dynasty.

Many of these devices are related to water.
Chapter completed!