Li Liancheng immediately replied, "Your Majesty's order will be obeyed."

Liu Jinqing's expression remained unchanged, as if he had no opinion whatsoever about such a decision.

After the court session ended, Liu Jinqing did not leave immediately, but instead deliberately waited for Li Liancheng.

"Prime Minister, were you waiting for me?"

Liu Jinqing, who had just been squinting, raised his eyes slightly. "You must understand the principle of 'the cunning rabbit dies, the hunting dog is cooked,' so why do you insist on doing this?"

Li Liancheng smiled slightly on his aged face, "You know me. There are some things I don't want to argue about, but some people have gone too far."

Liu Jinqing sighed and said, "I have already investigated your daughter's matter. It was not our doing. If you continue to make trouble, you will only make things worse."

"Prime Minister, I went to quell the rebellion for His Majesty's sake. Did I do something wrong? If I did, please tell me exactly where I went wrong."

Liu Jinqing stopped talking and turned to get into his carriage, while Li Liancheng's face was filled with anger. The dragon's reverse scale, if touched, will surely lead to death.

Since some people can reach into the hands of their own family members, he will never let them off easily.

Ning Ye easily repelled two attacks from the enemy within a single day, finally forcing them to retreat.

However, it seems that the other party has no intention of letting this place go. After all, this place is the biggest obstacle on the way to Shanyin Pass. If they go around it directly, the subsequent events will be hard to say.

If problems arise at Shanyin Pass, we could be attacked from both sides, and our supply lines could be cut off. We need to consider all of these factors.

Only at night, when both sides had to stay put, did Ning Ye finally have a chance to say a few words to Lin Qinshu.

Lin Qinshu is currently holding a thick ledger. "Husband, although you may not want to hear it, there is indeed something very important I need to tell you."

"If my wife has something to say, she can just say it. Is there something between us that we can't talk about?"

Lin Qinshu glanced at the account book and said, "Husband, our little treasury is almost empty."

According to Ning Ye, who reads the Book of Changes in classical Chinese, if he remembers correctly, he is quite good at making money, and his savings have always been very substantial.

"My lady, you can't talk nonsense like that. How could we suddenly be out of money?"

"Husband, have you forgotten about the expenses we incurred for the weapons we produced and the personnel we were responsible for? They were all substantial."

As the saying goes, "When the cannons roar, gold pours in." Although Ningye doesn't have cannons yet, the sheer number of people involved means that the consumption in just one day is already considerable.

In addition, after acquiring the workbench, Ning Ye frantically stockpiled a large number of weapons, to the point that his personal savings were actually somewhat depleted for a time.

"Not only that, my husband, you take away a large sum of money from time to time. I don't know what you do with it, but this expense is real. Even if we earn a lot, we still spend a lot of money."

Ning Ye took the ledger and looked at it. He realized that he only had tens of thousands of taels of silver left in his account. It sounded like a lot, but it wasn't enough for Ning Ye.

The shop refreshes every seven days, and each time it's estimated that the total value would be close to tens of thousands of silver coins to buy everything. And this absolutely cannot be stopped; if it stops, Ning Ye will be the one who suffers.

But given the current situation, making money has become difficult. After all, things are in such a mess, who would bother to open a business for no reason?

Ning Ye felt a surge of fighting spirit. It seemed he had another reason to kill the other party. How dare they block his money-making? This was an utterly heinous act.

Ning Ye also checked the other supplies and reserves. The food was plentiful, and there were basically no problems with the rest. The only problem was that he didn't have enough money.

Ning Ye was only worried about money, but Chu Junbao had already destroyed a lot of things. These successive losses had reduced his army of tens of thousands of men to nearly a third of its size.

This was the fighting force we were prepared to take Shanyin Pass, but now it's being blocked by a small county town, and the number of soldiers is so small.

Chu Yuesheng watched Chu Junbao silently from the side. After venting his anger, he said, "Your Highness, even if you are anxious, you should maintain your composure. If others find out that you are like this, you may not have a chance with the Prince."

Chu Junbao grabbed Chu Yuesheng's chin. "I believed what you said, but now we're stuck here. If word gets out, won't we be a laughing stock?"

"Your Highness, things are unpredictable, and nothing is certain."

"I don't want to hear any of that right now. I just want to know what to do now. You'd better give me a brilliant plan."

Chu Yuesheng said coldly, "Your Highness, I do have a method, but if I use it, it might damage your reputation."

"It's okay. As long as what you said works, I don't care about anything else, and I don't have the mind to care about anything else."

"Then please be patient, Your Highness. Tomorrow I will be able to show you the method I have described."

Chu Junbao's fingers bulged with veins. "You'd better keep your word, or even if it's you, I will definitely punish you."

Even though his face was already somewhat distorted, Chu Yuesheng remained calm and composed. "Then please enjoy the show I have prepared for you, Your Highness."

The next morning, Li Ping'an went to inspect the city wall. However, this time he did not see soldiers attacking the city. Instead, he saw a large group of people who were like walking corpses.

Not far away, groups of people were being driven to Qingyuan County, and it seemed that there were still many more people coming.

When all the people arrived at the foot of the city wall, Li Ping'an had no idea what trick the other side was playing. Instead of taking advantage of the chaos to launch an attack, they sent people over in an endless stream.

Until the area below the city wall was completely surrounded and supported by these people, all Li Ping'an could hear was the endless pleas for help.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Zihe immediately rushed to the city wall. When he saw the scene, he gasped in shock.