Book 17 - Chapter 11 – Birthday Party at the Rong Mansion (1/2)

Book 17 Chapter 11 – Birthday Party at the Rong Mansion

Following Chen Changlin, Xu Ziling stood so shi+chong Although he was unable to change his height, he meticulously tied a red warrior band on his head, and the warrior clothing he wore also made him appeared swollen Unless it was one was deliberately scrutinizing him, there was no flaw at all, particularly because everybody thought he had left the city early on

However, it was not until after Li shi+ shi+chong that he was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief, because even Li Jing, as always by Li shi+er paid any attention to him

He did not pay attention to what everybody was talking about; he also did not worry that Shen Luoyanup checkpoints and sentry stations along the way toward the Rong Mansion; only if the enee-scale attack would they ence, Shen Luoyan would definitely take this opportunity to beat thea shi+chong was on his way back to the Imperial City Therefore, this banquet hall was the safest place instead

Soon after they started chatting, this group of politicians, military experts, and millionaires, who held the life and death of millions of people, immediately talked shop about monetary problems It is thus clear that this was thethe economics and people all over the world’s livelihood

So new money to replace the old dynasty’s Five-Zhu currency [1 zhu = 1/24 of a tael] But the new coins are inferior; one by one the price of rice, cloth, and other daily necessities is rising,one feel to have one’s hands bound and is unable to do anything about it”

wang shi+chong said, “If the , there is no proble On these inferior coins, even the inscribing is indistinct; practically it looks like just a silhouette”

Zhangsun Wuji, by Li shi+hed and said, “Money from official old, silver, copper, iron, lead, overne But in order to ensure that there is sufficient Zhuthe quality, the old dynastyGuang opened upand the others, twelve counties, with forced labor reaching six hundred thousands; the dead and the injured were countless, but they only produced fifty so hundreds of li of land Theofficials became thieves who killed the people Before any benefit was seen, the da to this, Xu Ziling had a deep frown on his face; he was certain that Kou Zhong had never thought about this aspect Only people like wang shi+chong, Li shi+-tersun Wuji orthy to be called an intellectual scholar; his words were indeed thought provoking

At the sa very attentively; his , suddenly he realized why Tuli people wanted to carry out their invasion via the Central Earth people under his control, because to govern such a vast territory was si that nomadic people was qualified to do Therefore, while on one hand the Tujue people plundered the Central Plains’ property and sons and daughters, on the other hand they also supported militias

Li shi+ more than the old dynasty’s Five-Zhu money smelted into new ones And the people’s inferior money is just the Five-Zhu coins plus other iron and various bits and bobs, hence one wen could become several wen Since it is so profitable, the process continues The only solution is if the world goes back to be unified; by means of one powerful central authorities, this custom can be put to an end Under current situation, there is nothing we can do”

Listening to hi were not his brother, and he had to select one person, perhaps he would also choose Li shi+overn all the people

This thought made hiardless of on and who lost, the other side would have only one destiny left: to be killed What would be the best solution to thisstill wanted to tease this Qiuci beauty, who usually was as cold as ice and frost toward hiht that she quickly fleay? Fu Qian, Xing Mofei and two Tuyuhun beauties were heading his direction; it was unclear whether Linglong Jiao’s abrupt departure was to avoid them Under Fu Qian’s introduction, he learned that the taller beauty’s fragrant name was Li An, the other was called Hua Na [Leanne and Hannah?] Both were bri characters, which were rarely found on Central Earth beauties When they were looking at Kou Zhong, their gaze was more absolutely unrestrained than his

Especially Hua Na; her beautiful wavy rant lips, her beautiful brown eyes, the corners of her eyes slightly slanting upward, rand cheekbones, her thin, silky eyebrows, her warm and soft, as well as richly elastic skin, plus the attractive bearing of her forehead, the more he looked at her, the more he felt she had real character Indeed she was not inferior to Shen Luoyan, Song Yuzhi, that kind of beauty

Unsure of the relationshi+p between Fu Qian and the two beauties, he avoided the toaze, and turned toward Fu Qian and said with a laugh, “It does not seeht!”

Fu Qian swept the hall with his gaze; finally he fixed his gaze on Li shi+roup He responded casually, “Fighting can be done anyti Laoban won’tyour Han people’s feast; I don’t want to ruin the lively and peaceful at felt that his casual re, sohed and replied, “Therefore, if it were in the ring [orig leitai – elevated stage on which round, wangzi would unleash your expertise Is that right?”

Fu Qian sed the subject, “So who’s thatat you?”

Kou Zhong looked; he s Funu’s husband”

Fu Qian nodded and said, “ThisFunu’s eyes I wonder why Hong Funu is not here tonight?”

Hua Na laughed tenderly and said, “Why don’t wangzi ask the question directly to hi this way!”

Her accent was not pure; she pronounced ‘bu’ [not/don’t] as ‘bo’ and ‘jie’ [answer] as ‘ze’; but it did not sound so couess, it’s difficult to translate word for word, so I altered the sentence as above In case you are curious, the original is like this: wangzi why ‘bo’ straight ‘ze’ ask hi toward the so eneral or a zi can tell just by looking at him? What do you think of Li shi+min?”

Fu Qian replied indifferently, “I a at people He saw that ere talking about hihtest bit of uneasiness, he took the initiative to come instead Plus his steps are full of confidence; evidently he is a courageous and pro scholar, definitely not an ordinaryMofei joined in, “Theto e arrived in front of the five; he saluted and said, “Li Jing pays his respect to Fu Qian wangzi”

And then, turning to Kou Zhong, he said, “Is it possible for you to step aside to talk a little bit?”

Fu Qian laughed aloud and said, “Is it possible for Li Xiong to answer a question ofaze, and calzi, please ask the question”

Fu Qian threw his head back in loud laughter, which immediately attracted the attention of everybody in the hall, and only then did he speak in loud and clear voice, “If your esteemedGuang, strive to achieve extraordinary things by flaunting his ion to expand his territory?”

The hall i on the guests stopped whatever they were doing, only the sound of , inti cried, ‘For also listened respectfully, they wanted to hear how Li Jing would answer this question

This question ought to be answered personally by Li shi+min The problem was that Li shi+min was not the crown prince at all If he rushed to answer, it would be clear that he was co in the succession right to the throne

Furthermore, it involved Li shi+ answered it or not, it would be equally inappropriate If he responded with evasive words, Fu Qian would only look down on him

Fu Qian finally hed calmly and said, “It doesn’t matter who obtain the world, he must understand the Han-Hu [Han and non-Han] differences in territory, culture, natural conditions and local social custo primarily on these differences will only make us suffer lack of virtue and beneficence; there is no need to be suspicious Concealing virtue and beneficence, these four tribes can be likened to a family, where suspicions and jealousy abound, blood relation would inevitably becozi think so?”

This answer skirted the issue but struck at the heart of theto this, everybody uttered sincere praises

Fu Qian let out another long laugh; he even cried out ‘Good!’ three ti his voice to cheerfully address Li and Kou, two men, “Gentlemen, feel free to do as you please!”