"Your Highness, I'm going to ask Chai Lingwu of Cangzhou." Wang Shijie said in a solemn voice.

Xiao Ming frowned. He thought it was an ordinary horse smuggling, but Wang Shijie pointed out Chai Lingwu directly that there would be a problem. He thought Chai Lingwu was the son-in-law of the Qin family.

However, what he really cares about now is not the battle between the Wang family and the Qin family, but the King of Wei smuggling horses. Was Chai Lingwu bribed by the King of Wei? If so, this person would be a time bomb and he had to be replaced.

This is definitely not what Xiao Ming thought too much. The position of the governor of Cangzhou is very important. Now the dispute over the throne in Dayu is getting worse and stronger. According to his judgment, if the prince is deposed, it will inevitably cause some turmoil.

By that time, anyone could be his enemy.

Therefore, it is not important for King Wei to smuggle horses through merchants in Cangzhou. The Great Yu Kingdom lacks horses. Many other powerful people in the Great Yu Kingdom buy horses from the grasslands in private. The King of Wei is not an exception. He himself also wants to smuggle horses from the grasslands to buy cavalry.

Chai Lingwu did not go through this matter, but secretly communicated with the King of Wei in private, which was a problem.

I have to say that Wang Chengchou really caught Xiao Ming's fatal point this time, and no vassal king could tolerate a person who was stingy.

"Your Highness?" Seeing Xiao Ming fall into deep thought, Wang Shijie reminded him again.

Xiao Ming came back to his senses, "Thank you, Shijie, reminded me that I don't know that there are such people who are hiding evil intentions in Cangzhou. I have his own concerns about this matter and will give the Wang family a lot of merit."

"Your Highness, you are polite. As a citizen of Your Highness's fief, you should think of what Your Highness thinks." Wang Shijie smiled, feeling extremely proud. Now he will depend on how the Qin family will take the initiative.

In order to squeeze out foreign merchants, the Wang family, Sun family, Wei family and Qin family jointly bought Chang'an's soap, perfume, and Zuiqingzhou's operating rights. Of course, they could win a large part of it because other merchants gave Xiao Ming a face.

However, although the four companies jointly engaged in business, the conflicts in it could not be reconciled. Li Kaiyuan told him that because of the question of who is more and who is less, the four companies often argued.

After seeing off Wang Shijie, Xiao Ming called Pang Yukun to the palace and told him about this.

Pang Yukun pondered for a while and said, "Your Highness, the opportunity to clearly understand the foundation of the local tyrants from the government."

"Pang Changzhi and I thought of it, but if Chai Lingwu was taken down, who could be the governor of Cangzhou?" Xiao Ming said.

"If Your Highness believes in the officials, I can recommend a few people. They are all from poor families. Although they are full of fame and fortune, the officialdom is dark, ah..."

Xiao Ming understood what Pang Yukun meant that these people did not pass the meeting when they met, and now they do not have a single official or a half position.

Compared with these four families, Xiao Ming believes in Pang Yukun more. Even if these people form cliques with Pang Yukun in the future, they will be just in the officialdom. However, the four families have people occupy important military and political positions in the six states, which is what Xiao Ming is afraid of.

It is precisely because of this that he is so tolerant of the four families.

If he rashly cleared out the four forces in the government, the four families would inevitably rebound, and the fiefdoms would inevitably be in chaos at that time. Now that the Wang family and the Qin family are fighting each other, he can take advantage of this opportunity to remove these officials in important positions.

At the same time, it can also aggravate the conflict between the two companies.

"Although Pang Changshi introduced it, I am eager to seek talent now, and I only hope that there are people who can give advice for me. I have endured it for five years just to get rid of the four evils of this fiefdom." Xiao Ming said gritting his teeth.

Pang Yukun nodded, "Since that's the case, I'll go and write a letter and ask them to come to Qingzhou."

"Well, the matter of Chai Lingwu is temporarily put on hold. When they arrive, I will order Lu Fei to take Chai Lingwu down." Xiao Ming said.

"Captain Lu took action?" Pang Yukun was a little surprised.

"Three years ago, Cangzhou lost its territory, and it fled because the defender abandoned the city. Now, there is no news about the smuggling of horses in Cangzhou, whether it is Chai Lingwu or Cangzhou Governor Yuan Tao."

"Your Highness means that the two of them are in love?" Pang Yukun's face changed.

"That's right." Xiao Ming said, this is a barbaric era, and it is also a very rogue era.

He had to be wary of Chai Lingwu and Yuan Tao when they learned that they were going to chop their heads and rebelled. If they colluded with the barbarians and led the barbarian soldiers into the country, he would be completely finished.

Pang Yukun thought for a while and understood. He said, "Your Highness has a deep thought, and the emperor admires it."

Xiao Ming was happy and said, "Pang Changshi will praise me too."

"No, the scholar should look at him with admiration the next three days, and he said that his highness was his master and his subordinates surrendered." Pang Yukun smiled bitterly.

At this time, the dusk had already enveloped the royal palace, and the servants were igniting the red lanterns in the royal palace one by one.

In the past, Xiao Ming did not dare to waste the money in the royal palace, so the royal palace was always pitch black. Now he asked Aster to buy lanterns, place candles in them, insert bamboo poles along the road that seemed to be, and hang the lanterns on them.

This finally made the style of the royal palace a little higher.

At the same time, it also made him feel a little safe. There was no way, he was afraid of the darkness, and in this way, the safety was also high. If an assassin came in, the guards of the royal palace could see it at a glance.

Turning back to the bedroom, Luluo had prepared hot water for Xiao Ming, he took a shower and went back to rest.

At this time, there was no longer the coldness of winter, and the air seemed to have a hint of warmth of spring. When winter came and spring came, it was about to come to farming season.

Xiao Ming was afraid of the darkness and the cold. When he thought that spring was coming, he always had some expectations in his heart.

By then, you can go out to take a walk in the spring, fish and enjoy the original scenery.

Half dreaming and half-thinking all night, the next day, Xiao Ming took the morning class in the school in the morning, briefly taught the periodic table of elements, and went to the Equipment Department in the afternoon.

"Your Highness, what kind of armor is there?" Chen Qi asked anxiously as soon as he arrived at the Equipment Department.

He didn't sleep well that night.

"Plate armor!" Xiao Ming said.

As a plate armor that was eliminated by firearms as soon as it appeared, it has not existed for a long time in history, but its combination of protection and mobility is very excellent. Especially for soldiers holding swords, a soldier wearing plate armor is a nightmare.

Because this kind of armor defends slashing almost in all directions.

Now Xiao Ming wants to make this kind of armor, of course it is not to defend against firearms, because in the era of firearms, there is no need for armor.

These plate armors are only used to deal with the army in Dayu, and not even to deal with barbarian cavalry, because plate armor is still fragile in the face of bows and arrows.

"Plate armor?" Chen Qi looked confused.

"But before this, we need something, hydraulic forging hammer." Xiao Ming said, this is the reason why he chose plate armor. Scale armor and armor are very troublesome to make. I don't know when to equip his army with all the equipment.
Chapter completed!