Traveling through ancient times.

Chapter 144 Ready to make a move

The prince actually coveted his throne?

How can this be possible?

Although appointing a crown prince means that the throne will be handed over to the other party in the future.

But "I give it to you and let you be the emperor" and "you take the initiative to sit on the throne" are completely different.

As a result, the crown prince was nearly charged with "treason" and nearly deposed from his position as crown prince. Now he is being punished to reflect on his mistakes behind closed doors.

Since the emperor had the intention of replacing the crown prince, several other forces began to emerge and compete secretly.

If anyone can get this cement formula, it will be like adding a bargaining chip to themselves.

Including their group.

Wang Zhitong listened to these people arguing quietly, like an old monk in meditation.

At the end, he said, "The northern barbarians have been harassing our border for a long time, and those people have been displaced. Master Jiang has built a lot of buildings to accommodate refugees. The master has given those homeless people a place to stay, and Master Jiang has also gained more people to use. It can be said that everyone is in their right place."

"I'm afraid there are northern barbarians among the refugees, so I've told the local officials to take good care of Tianshui. That's enough for today, let's all go back."

After everyone left, the curtain at the back swayed slightly, and a young man in his thirties walked out.

He was wearing a dark blue vest with a slanted collar, had a handsome appearance, and his face gave off the aura of a superior who was intimidating without even getting angry.

Wang Zhitong quickly stood up and bowed deeply, "Master Kang..."

The young man hummed, opened his folding fan, and sat down on the armchair next to him. "I asked you to contact them. How's it going?"

Wang Zhitong: "Although he is only a branch, he manages three or four tribes, so he wants to see our sincerity before he is willing to take real action."

Sincerity is nothing but silver and food.

It's just that these rubbish have been causing trouble at the border for so long but haven't made any progress.

Of course, it is also because the emperor now just wants to spend his old age in peace and happiness. As long as there is no threat to Kyoto, he doesn’t care about the border.

If they were really asked to go deep into the interior, these northern barbarians would not dare to do so.

First, they are currently also in a power struggle among themselves, and no single force has the strength to go deep.

Second, Daewoo had frightened them more than 30 years ago. Even if things don't seem to be going so well now, they still dare not cross that bottom line.

Master Kang: "The straight-line distance from there to Tianshui is four or five hundred miles. Tell them that this is our sincerity. We can work together when the time comes."

Wang Zhitong's heart skipped a beat. Is this really going to...

Seeing the other party's panic, Master Kang sneered, "What are you afraid of? We are just using him as an excuse. As long as he comes, we will have an excuse to send out the border troops."

By then, not only will he get the cement formula, but also the entire Tianshui industry - cement, glass... these things in the hands of a woman would be a waste of natural resources. Only in his hands can they play a greater value.

At the same time, his dispatch of troops to strangle the Northern Barbarians was a great achievement. Was he still afraid that the old man would not make him the crown prince?

...Jiang Yizhou sneezed three times violently.

Wei Ke quickly took out a cloak and prepared to put it on her. He asked in a low voice, "Master, what happened?"

Although it is now the middle of winter and the wind is howling, with Jiang Yizhou's current martial arts skills and physical condition, he has not caught a cold in the past few years. How could he sneeze for no reason?

There must be some warning.

Jiang Yizhou finished practicing a set of boxing and took the cloak. She frowned slightly, with a look of slight worry on her face, and said, "I always feel a little uneasy, as if something is going to happen. Tell the people outside to be careful and not to reveal their identities. Also, tell Yunshan to keep all plans as usual, be conservative, and don't be reckless."

At least the government in Yunshan provided convenience to the farm.

As for the small tricks played by other landlords and gentry, on the surface, she has the broad support of public opinion and media, plus she is engaged in infrastructure and industry, so even if the other party wants to strangle her, it will not have much effect.

Those people were doing it secretly, but Jiang Yizhou was not afraid at all.

Previously, she was in charge there, training and teaching the children of the academy and the servants and guards, while severely punishing those who came secretly to cause trouble.

Otherwise, those people would not have been so "honest" and finally sent a few landlords and gentry to negotiate an "agreement" and "reason" with her.

But things are a little different now.

She did not stay in Yunshan, but came to open up new territory.

She must stay in Tianshui and put everything back on track.

Especially the newly recruited servants and guards, many of them don’t even have basic martial arts skills.

Jiang Yizhou did not dare to use those who had martial arts background directly, because anyone with some ability would have been won over by local landlords, especially the Huo, Zhou and Chen families.

They have to guard the carbonite mines and large tracts of farmland, and they need a large number of thugs.

If she were allowed to recruit people with martial arts skills casually, she would worry that these people had ulterior motives.

As a result, it takes a process for these ordinary people who have no experience to adapt to the job of "thugs" guarding the house and to train them.

The last time the yamen runners broke into the village was a good training material. Jiang Yizhou clearly saw the change in everyone's mentality. They were more positive about the training and more thorough in executing orders.

But this is not enough. Based on her understanding of these people's abilities, she will have to stay here for at least half a year before she can reluctantly let go.

However, now she suddenly felt uneasy.

I always feel like something is going to happen.

She thought about it carefully. As for Tianshui, she had hit the conspiracy from top to bottom, and those people would not come to disturb her for the time being.

But there will definitely be a counterattack big enough to destroy the entire Tianshui.

She knew that it would be difficult to fight against the government relying solely on public opinion and real industries, so she had to find a backer for herself.

Or if you support one yourself... well, it's too late to support it now. Besides, the cake is so small that it has already been divided up and occupied by those people. The emerging forces cannot penetrate it at all and cannot enter the temple.

Therefore, the best way is to find a ready-made backer.

Previously, Zhang Cong and Fu Xian had Lord Wei behind them. In the other party's view, sending these two people to contact him was like extending an olive branch to him.

If she wanted to get close to someone, that would be the best opportunity.

But it is easy to have such a big support, but if she helps, she will no longer have anything of her own.

Everything will be done for the benefit of others, and the other party's real purpose is to make money and gain more power, which runs counter to her desire to help the people.

She holds the system's golden finger, but it's not to serve some powerful person.

Precisely because of this idea, Jiang Yizhou would never rely on these powerful people and would never seek them as his backers in the court.