After Zhao Gao left.
Ying Ziqiu walked to the side of the Startling Salamander and gently lifted her chin." What's your name?”
The Startling Salamander's heart trembled.
When she met Ying Ziqiu's eyes that were as bright as the stars, she felt as if she had been seen through.
However, he was still a well-trained assassin, so he didn't show the fluctuations in his heart on his face. He bowed to Ying Ziqiu and said," This servant's lowly name is Rou 'er."”
"Rou 'er?"
"Haha."
"Not a bad name. You'll be my personal maid in the future!”
Ying Ziqiu lightly laughed. His voice wasn't loud, but it carried an unquestionable tyranny.
The Startling Salamander was delighted.
It seemed that this Second Prince was no different from any other ordinary man.
She got close to him so easily!
It seemed that…
This was a very simple mission. It was probably unprecedented to successfully assassinate a Land Deity!
"Yes!"
"It is this servant's honor to be the Second Prince's personal maid!”
The Startling Salamander revealed a pleasantly surprised expression, as if it was a very lucky thing to have been chosen by Ying Ziqiu to be his personal maid.
Her acting skills were indeed not bad.
If Ying Ziqiu didn't know her true identity, she might really have been deceived.
The snow maiden didn't say anything when she saw Ying Ziqiu choose the Startling Salamander as his personal maid. She had long since known that a noble and extraordinary figure like Ying Ziqiu wouldn't be monopolized by her.
As long as he could stay by Ying Ziqiu's side and occupy a place in his heart, he would be satisfied.
"Snow maidens, I'll leave them to you.”Ying Ziqiu pointed at the hundreds of palace maids and countless treasures.
Obviously.
Ying Ziqiu had already treated her as the mistress of this palace.
"Don't worry, Your Highness. The snow maidens will make the necessary arrangements.”
Hearing Ying Ziqiu address her so intimately in front of so many people, the snow maiden felt her cheeks burn, and at the same time, she felt a sweet sensation in her heart.
This was his trust and love for her!
From today onwards.
Ying Ziqiu officially moved into Qilin Palace and had his own palace.
After the destruction of the Yan Country and Zhao Country, the Qin Country did not rush to attack the Qi Country, Wei Country, or Chu Country.
The huge land needed to be managed, the local people needed to be appeased, the officials needed to be re-selected, and a series of other things needed to be done. It was not as if the city and land had been taken over.
During this period of time.
Ying Ziqiu was relatively free and didn't have many things to do.
During this period of time, he took the potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn, and other farming species that he had obtained from the system to his fief, Luoyang, in case of future needs.
At the same time, he would also establish the Guarding Dragon Mountain Villa rewarded by the system and be in charge of collecting information about the world.
Ying Zheng had also given great support to the establishment of the Guarding Dragon Mountain Villa.
It was nothing more than two words-protect the dragon!
Ying Zheng hoped that the Guarding Dragon Mountain Villa built by Ying Ziqiu could protect the Great Qin Dragon Vein well, so that the Great Qin Empire could live forever!
The establishment of the Guarding Dragon Mountain Villa made countless officials envious.
To establish a force so brazenly, there would probably only be Ying Ziqiu in this world!
Who asked him to have the right to recruit guests!
......
Time flew by.
In the blink of an eye, a few months had passed. The world was temporarily peaceful, and there were no more wars.
However…
The weather this year was exceptionally hot, especially in the Guanlong area of the State of Qin. It had not rained for three consecutive months, and terrifying scars appeared in the fields without the slightest moisture.
Almost all the crops had died from the drought.
The people had no harvest.
Without food, the commoners had no food to eat. They could only flee and beg. Countless commoners starved to death by the roadside.
Naturally, the Imperial Court would not stand by and watch this happen.
Ying Zheng immediately ordered Internal Secretary Zhi Li to take out 100,000 dan of grain from the national treasury to relieve the disaster, but...
To the vast Guanlong region, this 100,000 dans of grain was like a drop in the bucket. In less than a month, it had been eaten by millions of disaster victims.
Helpless.
Ying Zheng had no choice but to allocate another 100,000 dan of grain to the disaster relief.
But...
If this continued, the national treasury would not be able to hold on!
This was not something that could be resolved in a day or two.
He had to survive the entire winter!
The millions of refugees consumed a terrifying amount of food every day!
There was no other way.
Ying Zheng had no choice but to send people from Qi, Chu, and Wei to purchase food to help the victims.
However…
Qi, Wei, and Chu had joined forces to raise the price of grain to an astronomical price, wanting to take the opportunity to suppress Qin's national strength.
It would make it impossible for the Qin country to recover its national strength in the next few years.
Without food and money, the Qin country naturally could not continue to attack their country.
Not only that.
Other than the Qi, Wei, and Chu countries, the profiteers of the Qin country also took the opportunity to raise the price of grain, wanting to take the opportunity to make a fortune.
Merchants pursue profit.
In their eyes, the country's righteousness and the people of the disaster victims were not important. Only real money was the most practical.
Zhangtai Palace, in the main hall.
"How hateful! How hateful! How hateful!"
"It's fine if the Qi Kingdom, Wei Kingdom, and Chu Kingdom raise the price of grain, but even the merchants of my Qin Kingdom also raise the price of grain!”
"I want to vent my anger on them all!”
Ying Zheng let out a furious roar, filled with deep hatred towards the grain merchants who had raised the price of grain.
Ying Zheng could understand why the Qi, Wei, and Chu countries were raising the price of grain.
After all.
This involved a country war. They were also trying to weaken the Great Qin country's strength in order to protect themselves.
However, the grain merchants in his country had raised the price of grain, which made Ying Zheng so angry that he wished he could kill all of them. These people were simply vermin and vampires of the Qin State!
Hearing Ying Zheng's furious roar, many ministers in the imperial court could not help but lower their heads in guilt.
Among the merchants who raised the price of grain, there were their family's hanger-ons.
Who didn't want to earn money?
"Your Majesty, the Second Prince has killed too many people and his killing intent is too strong.”
"This is a punishment from the heavens for Great Qin!”
Chunyu Yue took the opportunity to make trouble.
He wouldn't let go of any chance to suppress Ying Ziqiu!
This natural disaster came at the right time for him, right after the Second Prince Ying Ziqiu's battle.
He could rightfully push the blame of this natural disaster onto him.
The moment Chunyu Yue said this, everyone turned to look at Ying Ziqiu. Many of them nodded in agreement.
After all.
Ying Ziqiu had just killed one million people, and Great Qin was now suffering from a drought. This was too much of a coincidence!
It must be a punishment from the heavens.
The ancients were still very superstitious about these metaphysics.
"Ziqiu…"
"What do you think?"
Ying Zheng looked at his second son. Even he was beginning to suspect that this was a punishment from the heavens for Ying Ziqiu's excessive killing.
Chunyu Yue sneered in his heart.
Hehe, the heavens are really helping me!
This natural disaster has caused the people to be filled with resentment. Even if the king dotes on you, he can't protect you anymore!？
"Natural disasters and man-made disasters are the common sense of nature."
"What punishment from the heavens? It's purely absurd.”
"Natural disasters can't be stopped, but man-made disasters can be solved directly.”
"Father, give me a few days to settle the refugees and make the profiteers who raised the grain prices, as well as the Qi, Wei, and Chu countries pay the price!”
Ying Ziqiu's expression was calm as he stood out and confidently asked Ying Zheng to solve the refugee problem.
Whoosh--
The moment Ying Ziqiu said this, it immediately caused an uproar in the imperial court!
His face was filled with disbelief!
In just a few days, he would be able to resolve the refugee issue and make the profiteers and the three kingdoms of Qi, Wei, and Chu pay the price!？
Dream on!
Even in his dreams, he couldn't solve it in such a short time!
Every minister's eyes were filled with suspicion.
He didn't believe it at all!
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