Chapter 1: Founding Emperor【08】
King Cheng looked at Yan Siqiu, who was in a **** mess, and could hardly believe what he had just heard.
Live a new life? Can someone go back to the past and live a new life?
Although he doubted that Yan Siqiu was fooling him, this was what Yan Siqiu couldn't bear the torture to say. If she wanted to evade punishment by making up empty lies to deceive him, why not make up something more practical?
Just because Yan Siqiu's words sounded too far-fetched, King Cheng felt more credible.
King Cheng sent someone to guard the dungeon and did not allow any stray people to enter. Only he and Yan Siqiu were left in the dungeon, and he said: "You said that you are a person who has lived a new life, then you should tell this king in detail about your previous life! "
Yan Siqiu had been tortured by various punishments for a long time, and she did not hide anything from King Cheng, and honestly told everything she knew in her previous life.
When she said that King An attacked the capital, and there was no surprise attack on Yongzhou Mansion by the Song family until King An attacked the capital, and then King An turned to attack Jeju Mansion, she also worried that King Cheng would misunderstand that she was lying, and quickly explained: "My lord, it's not that I lied, but I really never heard of Yongzhou Mansion being attacked in my last life, and King An never attacked Jeju Mansion. He directly captured the capital."
Prince Cheng stood in the darkness, Yan Siqiu couldn't see his expression clearly, and felt uneasy.
King Cheng said with an expressionless face, "Continue talking."
When Yan Siqiu said that the person who finally ascended the throne was King Cheng, and Song Zhiyuan was named a marquis by him.
King Cheng couldn't help feeling a little agitated, as expected, he is the real Dragon Emperor!
After learning that he would become the emperor in the future, King Cheng's expression towards Yan Siqiu also softened a lot. Yan Siqiu knew that he was the future emperor. Isn't it normal to approach him deliberately to gain wealth and glory? Understandable!
But understanding is understanding, and King Cheng never thought of letting Yan Siqiu go.
After all, he had to hold such a bizarre rebirth tightly in his hands to be at ease. He put people in a dungeon and tortured them. She must have resentment towards him. If you let her out, she will definitely run away, and maybe she will think about it. way to get revenge on him.
So King Cheng took Yan Siqiu to another place to detain her, but the conditions were better than in the dungeon, and she didn't need to be tortured. Before King Cheng cleaned out the inventory in Yan Siqiu's mind, she was still safe.
However, King Cheng later found out that Yan Siqiu, the rebirth, was not as useful as he thought, because she was too wasteful.
In her previous life, she had been too miserable, and many situations were limited to hearsay, and now that the Song family entered the game, the situation had changed a lot.
After King Cheng emptied Yan Siqiu's mouth about all the information about her previous life, he compared the current situation and found a key point - Song Yuanjia is not dead!
The current situation does not match the situation in Yan Siqiu's previous life memory in many ways. The bottom line is that Song Yuanjia is not dead!
According to Yan Siqiu, in her last life, she and King An's men murdered Song Yuanjia. After Song Yuanjia's death, Song Zhiyuan gave his family property to his command in order to avenge his parents and brother's death.
In this life, Yan Siqiu wanted to marry Song Zhiyuan, who will be named a marquis in the future, but Song Zhiyuan was unwilling to marry her. When she wanted to turn her head and marry Song Yuanjia, Song Yuanjia could not marry a woman who once wanted to be his sister-in-law.
Without her being the inner responder in the Song family, King An's people would not be able to kill Song Yuanjia at all.
Song Yuanjia didn't die. So far, the Song family is still in the hands of Song Yuanjia. Song Zhiyuan will not give his family property to his command. Instead, Song Yuanjia has developed the Song family to the point of today's princes.
Song Yuanjia did the sneak attack on Yongzhou Mansion that did not appear in Yan Siqiu's previous life memory. Song Yuanjia, the damned person, attacked Yongzhou Mansion by surprise, causing King An's army to run out of food and grass, and instead attacked Jeju Mansion by force, and the situation changed drastically.
In the end, King Cheng found out that the reason for Song Yuanjia, a stumbling block on his way to rule the world, was that Yan Siqiu, a self-righteous woman, wanted to cling to the powerful!
When King Cheng saw Yan Siqiu, he couldn't help but sighed to her: "Song Yuanjia didn't marry you, a poisonous woman, but it was his luck, otherwise there would be no Song Yuanjia today." But it was his misfortune, Because of this Yan Siqiu, he was unlucky. Not only did he lose Song Zhiyuan as a capable subordinate, but he also gained a terrifying enemy like Song Yuanjia.
Yan Siqiu still doesn't know that Song Yuanjia has become a prince, and even King Cheng is afraid of the power under his command. Facing King Cheng's emotion, she can only sit there and show a stiff smile.
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After Yuan Jia expanded his army, it was inevitable that he would face the problem of insufficient military spending.
After all, he treated his Song family army very well. Whether it was daily meals or weapons and armor, he had to use them well, which cost a lot.
When the number of troops was small, the Song Family Chamber of Commerce would be able to support it only with blood transfusions, but after the army was expanded, the Song Family would not be able to support such a huge army.
It's not that Yuan Jia didn't have a way to earn a lot of wealth quickly, but these methods are not suitable for troubled times.
So he set his sights on those wealthy businessmen.
It's time for these local tyrants to donate.
After receiving the olive branch from the Song family, these wealthy businessmen were also very willing to join Yuan Jia's command.
Because the Song family was also from a wealthy businessman, following the Song family, these merchants had more chances to stand out, unlike other vassal kings who were only used as money bags.
When these tycoons and tycoons exert their strength, they are really a force that should not be underestimated. A steady stream of materials are sent to Yongzhou Prefecture. They take the business routes of these tycoons, and transport these materials under the guise of doing business. Safety.
With the support of these local tyrants, Yuanjia was very happy to expand his army. The number of Song's army increased day by day, and foreign expeditions became more and more frequent.
As the Song family's territory expanded, there was a vague tendency for other vassal kings to join forces to deal with him.
Yuan Jia looked at the huge map in front of him. The map was drawn in great detail, and even the location of a small town was clearly marked.
His eyes fell on a small circle on the map, next to this small circle was written 'Luozhou House'.
Naju Mansion is the territory of King Rong, who is the most powerful vassal king among the various vassal kings, and the direct uncle of the current little emperor.
In the previous dynasty, Luozhou Mansion was still a capital of a country. Unfortunately, the former imperial palace in Luozhou Mansion was burnt to nothing by the chaos of the army when the dynasty changed. It can be regarded as a palace.
Therefore, the area of Luozhou Mansion is several times larger than that of Yongzhou Mansion, and the prosperity is incomparable, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack.
Yuan Jia wanted to pacify the world, so the stumbling block between King Rong and Luozhou Mansion had to be kicked away.
"Li Shen!"
Li Shen, who had been waiting beside him, took a step forward and said loudly, "This subordinate is here!"
Yuanjia clicked on the Luozhou Mansion on the map, and said solemnly: "If you want to capture the Luozhou Mansion, what can you do?"
Li Shen was lost in thought, of course he knew that his master was asking him if there was any way to reduce casualties. If he just wanted to capture Luozhou Mansion, he could forcibly attack Luozhou Mansion without considering the loss of troops. The method of forcible attack will cause too many casualties, which is not advisable.
"Master, there are three methods of attacking the city, please give me some pointers..." Li Shen slowly said the three methods of attacking the city that he thought of.
Yuan Jia was noncommittal after listening to it, and only said: "Tonight, call the generals and military advisors to discuss the method of siege, and you will tell us your method when the time comes."
"Yes, Master!"
Yuanjia has developed a lot of talents over the years, and he no longer needs him to do everything personally. Therefore, after a meeting to discuss the matter of attacking the Luozhou Mansion, he handed over the task to Li Shen.
Although Li Shen was born in a family, his strength was the best of the three armies, and he taught himself the art of war.
After Li Shen received the military order, he ordered his troops to leave, and Song Zhiyuan was solely responsible for the logistics.
It was not easy to attack Luozhou Mansion. Li Shen led his elite division to attack for more than a year before he captured Luozhou Mansion. He also let King Rong run away and only captured one of King Rong's sons.
However, Li Shen's soldiers were not killed or injured, which made Yuan Jia very satisfied.
Yuan Jia led the army into Luozhou Mansion. He planned to manage Luozhou Mansion, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, to become his own old nest.
But when he came to Luozhou Mansion, he found that things were not so easy, and King Rong was much more capable than King An.
King An's control of Yongzhou Mansion is far less than that of King Rong of Luozhou Mansion. According to Li Shen, Luozhou Mansion still has many lurking subordinates of King Rongzhou. Very headache.
It's not easy for Yuan Jia to get rid of King Rong's people. After all, King Rong's business for many years is not fake, and King Rong has a good reputation, and he is also very generous to the people under his rule. He is not the kind of person who treats him harshly. There are many fans.
But these fans hide in the dark, and they may not dare to oppose the Song family army openly, but they dare to cover up and hide King Rong's men secretly.
Yuan Jia asked, "I heard that the Zhao family in Luozhou is a prominent local family, and even King Rong respects the Zhao family's head?"
Li Shen replied: "Yes, master, the Zhao family is the head snake of Luozhou mansion. It is said that in this Luozhou mansion, without the permission of the Zhao family, no one can really control Luozhou mansion. Even King Rong is married. A Zhao family daughter is a side concubine, and just now let the Zhao family stand on his side."
Yuan Jia squinted slightly, there are local snakes like the Zhao family, there are problems everywhere, big or small.
Just like the Song family in Shunyi prefecture, it is also a local snake, but the Song family is a merchant and made a fortune later. Unlike the Zhao family that has been inherited for many years, there are still many clansmen who have become officials, and have been managed from generation to generation.
Yuan Jia definitely wants to remove a local snake like the Zhao family, but he can't simply and rudely kill the Zhao family, because this will easily cause panic among other families in Luozhou.
After all, although the Zhao family is powerful, they are not from the fish and meat village. Instead, they value their reputation. They often do good deeds and have a good reputation in Luozhou.
Yuan Jia instructed: "Li Shen, send someone to invite Zhao Patriarch, I want to see this Zhao Patriarch!"
Li Shen immediately sent someone to the Zhao family to invite the Zhao family head over.