Dressed as the prince's substitute? I took the throne

Chapter 172: Harming the Enemy Country

Xu Qinglong immediately stood up and said in a deep voice, "I obey your orders!"

Xu Qinglong is now in high spirits. He and Zhou Chuxuan are allies. Now it can be said that one person's success brings prosperity to everyone around him. Zhou Chuxuan controls the entire Wu Dynasty. Who doesn't know the relationship between the Xu family and Zhou Chuxuan?

The Xu family is now the undisputed number one family in the Wu Dynasty, and no one can compete with it.

After the court was dismissed, Xu Qinglong had just walked into the gate of his own mansion when he felt a hand holding the door. Turning around, he saw Zhou Chuxuan: "Father-in-law, why are you in such a hurry to go home? Do you have a little wife at home?"

Xu Qinglong said with a slightly embarrassed expression, "I didn't know your Highness was coming. Please forgive me, Your Highness, please come in!"

Zhou Chuxuan was led into the study. He just took a sip of tea and said nothing more. He just looked at Xu Qinglong quietly.

Xu Qinglong felt a little uneasy when he was looked at by him: "Your Highness, if you have any advice, just tell me directly. It makes me feel uncomfortable when you look at me like this!"

Zhou Chuxuan still did not answer, and turned his gaze towards the secret room beside him.

Xu Qinglong understood instantly, stood up, opened the door of the secret room, and walked in with Zhou Chuxuan. He also realized that there were some things Zhou Chuxuan didn't want others to hear.

"Your Highness, what advice do you have?"

"Father-in-law, we are in private now, there is no need to be so polite!"

Zhou Chuxuan waved his hand and said softly, "Father-in-law, my Wu Dynasty is in a state of disrepair. Although the economy and order in various places have gradually stabilized, the people are still quite restless!"

"With only these ministers left in the court, I plan to hold an imperial examination in a month to select talented individuals! This time, the examination will not only examine literary talent, but will also select military commanders!"

"Only by quickly promoting these talented individuals to the imperial court can the Wu Dynasty recover its strength more quickly."

"Don't worry, Your Highness. I will do my best to do these things." Xu Qinglong bowed slightly. He didn't quite understand what Zhou Chuxuan was going to do. If it was just for this, there was no need to follow him into the secret room to talk.

Zhou Chuxuan slowly fiddled with the tea set on the table and said with a smile, "Father-in-law, at this point, Zhou Wanjiang has lost control of the Wu Dynasty and gone to Lotus Mountain. The Wu Dynasty wants to completely reform. Isn't it time for you to give up some things?"

Xu Qinglong's eyes flashed with a sharp light, but he still smiled calmly and said, "Your Highness, what do you mean? I don't quite understand."

Zhou Chuxuan curled his lips and said in a low, unhurried voice, "Father-in-law, doing business with foreign races may make money quickly, but if you don't control the scale well, it's easy to get into trouble."

Xu Qinglong's face changed drastically. He didn't expect that the Xu family's most secretive voice would be discovered by Zhou Chuxuan.

Over the years, the Xu family was suppressed by the Li family, but they were still able to stand firm and stand in the Wu Dynasty for countless years. They had an extremely deep foundation and were even able to establish an intelligence network comparable to that of the royal family.

It is because the Xu family also secretly communicates with foreign races, such as selling some advanced weapons, intelligence, salt and iron of the Wu Dynasty, which can bring huge profits to the Xu family.

How did he know?

Xu Qinglong frowned. There were only a handful of people in the entire Xu family who knew this secret, and those people never participated in court affairs. They were basically a chain in the dark. Even Xu Qinglong himself only saw them a few times a year.

By the way, Tongfu Inn!

If there is any other force that can quietly investigate the Xu family's background so clearly, it would only be Tongfu Inn. This underworld force is very terrifying.

"Father-in-law, you are my father-in-law, the head of the first family of the Wu Dynasty, and the most important minister of the current dynasty. I will not attack you, so I can only advise you to restrain yourself!"

"Otherwise, it will be embarrassing for everyone!" Zhou Chuxuan said word by word, "Only if you, the most important minister of the current dynasty, abide by the laws of the Wu Dynasty, will the people below be strict with themselves and make the entire Wu Dynasty stronger!"

Xu Qinglong was silent for a long while before he nodded. "I'm ashamed. Since it's His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who asked, I'm not a selfish person. From now on, I will never touch that kind of business again!"

Zhou Chuxuan chuckled: "Father-in-law, as your son-in-law, how could I let you lose such a large source of gold and silver for nothing?"

Xu Qinglong was slightly startled: "Then, Your Highness, what do you mean?"

Zhou Chuxuan smiled and said, "I know a kind of tobacco leaf that smells extremely good, but once you inhale it, you become extremely addicted. Eventually, all your body functions decline, and you end up being completely powerless."

"But most people have no resistance to this kind of tobacco. Once they become addicted, they will buy it even if it means losing everything they have."

"If my father-in-law provides this kind of thing to the alien race, the profit will definitely be much higher than your sales of weapons and other intelligence. It will also be more sustainable, ensuring that you have income at all times!"

Xu Qinglong was very shocked: "May I ask, Your Highness, who can make this kind of tobacco?"

"It's not difficult. There are plants like this growing in the wild outside the capital. You just don't know how to make them. I'll teach you!"

Zhou Chuxuan held up three fingers and said with a smile, "But my father-in-law cannot allow me to take all this wealth for myself! I need you to contribute 30% of the silver to fill the national treasury!"

Xu Qinglong laughed out loud and said, "This is natural, this is natural!"

"Then I won't bother you, father-in-law. I'll send someone to tell you the plant source and production method of this tobacco leaf later. But father-in-law, please remember that this method is only known to you and me. It must not be circulated among the people. If you are found, you will be beheaded immediately!"

"rest assured!"

If this kind of tobacco were to become popular among the people, the Wu Dynasty would definitely be ruined. It would be difficult to restore the national strength, not to mention decades, even in hundreds of years.

Zhou Chuxuan was well aware of the extent of the harm caused by this tobacco, but it seemed that there was nothing wrong with using this thing to harm the enemy country!

Zhou Chuxuan, who had just walked back to the yard, smelled a fragrance coming towards him.

Now he lives very comfortably in this remote and quiet little palace and does not want to return to the East Palace.

Although this palace is not big, it has been expanded into several rooms, which is enough for Zhou Chuxuan, Su Qiaoer, Murong Xue and Nangong Yanling to live in.

Walking forward, Zhou Chuxuan said with a smile, "Qiao'er, how did you prepare such a large table of tofu today?"

"Your Highness, this was all done by Sister Murong!"

Su Qiaoer came out of the kitchen with a pair of chopsticks and said with a smile.

"What?"

Zhou Chuxuan suddenly swallowed his saliva.

Are you serious?