From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Chapter 791

"Explain it clearly!"

Li Yu'an blocked the door and shouted, "If you don't explain this matter clearly today, don't go out."

Zhou Yuan asked in confusion, "What should I explain?"

Li Yu'an said, "About you and Huang Taiji, about your overall conception of the Jurchens."

"Zhou Yuan, Zhou Yuan, you are very thoughtful. I have been with you through life and death, and fought with you everywhere. But you have so many things hidden in your heart."

"If I don't dig out these little secrets of yours today, I can only dig out other parts of you!"

She stretched out her tender fingers like green onions, and felt a little reluctant to do it, so she simply took off the wooden hairpin on her head.

Zhou Yuan's face changed, and he said immediately: "Stop! Let's talk nicely, don't use weapons."

Li Yu'an said: "Stop talking nonsense! Speak quickly!"

Zhou Yuan sighed helplessly and said: "Actually, there is nothing to say, Virgin Sister, I have no experience in many things, and I can only take one step at a time."

"To our north, there is a behemoth, not Northern Mongolia, but the Tsarist Empire."

"Their land area is more than twice ours, exceeding 20 million square kilometers. Their population is almost three times ours, reaching a terrifying 180 million."

"They are in their heyday, they have begun to invade the Far East, and they are eyeing our Liaodong."

"Beside my bed, a tiger is sleeping peacefully, how can I not be on guard!"

Li Yu'an was stunned.

She looked at Zhou Yuan in shock and murmured, "How...how do you know there are such things in the north? How do you know their population and territory..."

Zhou Yuan said, "Shanxi merchants smuggled tea to the Tsarist Empire and knew some of their tea merchants, and got a lot of information."

"When I went north with you to the Yehe tribe in the Khorchin grassland, I specifically inquired about these things."

"From then on, I had a feeling that the Eastern Tartars were not our long-term opponents, but our short-term opponents."

"In the short term, we need to fight them, but in the long run, they are good helpers."

Li Yu'an frowned and said, "Do you think we may even unite with the Jurchens in the future?"

Zhou Yuan said: "There is no doubt that if the behemoth from the north invades, we will definitely unite for the common interests."

"After all, there are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests."

Li Yu'an said: "In order to make your future allies stronger, you have supported Huang Taiji since then? Does this count as betrayal of the Great Jin?"

Zhou Yuan shook his head and said: "Again, we have no experience in many things, we are taking one step at a time."

"It is undeniable that Daichan was deliberately let go at that time in order to strengthen Huang Taiji's strength, so that he could compete with Daishan and Abai, so that the Jurchens could fall into a longer power struggle."

"Even if there was no Tsarist Empire, based on the situation at the time, I should have done so."

Li Yu'an said: "Later, when Huang Taiji was surrounded, you made a bet with him in Jizhou. At that moment, did you ever think of letting him go?"

Zhou Yuan was silent for a moment, then said: "No, only by doing well in the present can we think about the long term."

"But Huang Taiji could have escaped, this was inevitable, because when he realized that he was surrounded, the Xuanfu army had not all returned to their positions. He could have led the cavalry to force his way out of Xuanfu, but it would have cost a huge price."

"From the beginning to the end, I never let the Donglu go. I did not let the so-called long-term affect my current judgment."

"All the decisions I made were based on the interests of our nation, not personal achievements."

Speaking of this , Zhou Yuan shook his head and smiled bitterly: "As for why Daichan said these words now, it actually has nothing to do with me, but it has a lot to do with Huang Taiji."

"He understood the times. He knew that when hot weapons appeared, the Jurchens' advantages were completely gone, and they would never catch up with the pace of the times."

"So he had his plan... Taking advantage of the bet to match me and Daichan, maybe it was one of his plans."

"I can't guess what he wants to do specifically, I can only admit one thing."

"That is, in the dark, I do have a certain degree of tacit understanding with Huang Taiji."

"This tacit understanding... is mysterious and cannot be explained."

Li Yu'an thought about it, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

She blinked and said, "I know!"

Zhou Yuan said, "What do you know?"

Li Yu'an said, "You want to take advantage of him."

Zhou Yuan stood up, picked her up, kicked the door open and walked out, shouting, "I'm going to take advantage of you now..."

He stopped talking because the doorAn old man was standing there, staring at this side in amazement.

"Master Zeng..."

Zhou Yuan quickly put down the Virgin Sister and said awkwardly: "When did you... come?"

Zeng Cheng opened his mouth and said: "That... Huang Zuoyu came, crying and begging to see you, I just went back to my room, so I informed you on the way."

There is no big manor here, the rooms are close together, Zhou Yuan ignored this point.

"Huang Zuoyu... I'll go take a look!"

Zhou Yuan pretended to be indifferent.

But Zeng Cheng couldn't help but say, "Well, King Zhongwu, you are still young, you must take care of your health."

"Before, there were people in Shenjing who liked this, but later they were very miserable and couldn't control their feces and urine."

Zhou Yuan took a deep breath, resisted the urge to explode, and said with difficulty, "Thank you for reminding me, Lord Zeng, you should leave quickly."

Zeng Cheng added, "If you really like it, you can use a thinner and shorter object, so as not to hurt your body..."

Zhou Yuan said angrily, "Old man! Take care of yourself!"

Zeng Cheng shook his head, sighed and left, still muttering something.

The Virgin Sister covered her stomach behind her, laughing so hard that she couldn't straighten her waist.

Zhou Yuan fled in a hurry.

"Don't hide anything from me in the future, otherwise you will be unlucky."

Li Yu'an shouted behind her.

"Got it! Hairpin girl!"

"I'll beat you to death!"

The two wrestled and laughed, and came to the core area of ​​the factory.

They had fixed their image and returned to normal, but Huang Zuoyu didn't care about his dignity.

After two years, he saw Zhou Yuan again and knelt down in excitement, shouting: "Prince! Prince, help us! We can't live! We can't live!"

He was also desperate, so he simply didn't care about his face, tears streaming down his face, and kept kowtowing, which made Zhou Yuan feel guilty.

"Don't, if you have something to say, please talk to me nicely, President Huang, get up quickly."

Zhou Yuan took the hand of the Virgin Sister and sat down.

Huang Zuoyu could not get up, but knelt down, crying: "When the prince went south, he asked us to buy all the porcelain, tea and silk in Fujian and Guangdong provinces for the next two years, and we did it."

"But now two years have passed, the Ministry of Internal Affairs will not accept the goods, the court will not accept the goods, and we can't ship them out at sea. Our goods are piled up like a mountain!"

"The goods can't be shipped out, they can't be converted into cash, and the silver can't be returned, but the craftsmen, original manufacturers, transportation, coolies, and hoarding costs all cost money. Our Chaozhou merchants have emptied their assets and sold other businesses, but they can't make up for such a big gap!"

"Prince, if you don't make a decision for us, we will have to jump into the sea with our families!"

"Two years, how have we lived in these two years!"