Chapter 417 I treat you as my brother, and you treat us as your younger brothers

The system responded without hesitation: [Yes.]

King of Hengshan: ...

Prince Linjiang patted Prince Hengshan on the back and whispered, "There must be other reasons. We brothers have supported each other for so many years."

A glimmer of hope emerged in the King of Hengshan again.

Yuan Ruan: [Hiss, so ruthless. He sold out the two brothers like this, doesn't he regret it? ]

Everyone looked up curiously, put down their notebooks, and prepared to eat melons.

System: [How should I put it? King Xiping was born without any sense of emotion, and had a somewhat antisocial personality. He was very withdrawn when he was young. At that time, King Xiping's biological mother taught him to be friendly to his brothers, but he didn't understand, so he stared at the King of Hengshan and the King of Linjiang, who were of similar age, and imitated them. At that time, these two princes played together, so he followed them. But in essence, he still didn't understand friendship, and just thought that these two brothers were easy to control and could be used by him.]

Prince Linjiang and Prince Hengshan were stunned.

Yuan Ruan was surprised: [Ah. So the script these three people are holding is, we treat you as a brother, and you treat us as your younger brothers? This kind of thing?]

System: [More or less. The King of Xiping has a very high IQ. He did several things to win the hearts of these two people. For example, when the King of Hengshan was young and went out to see the lanterns, he was accidentally robbed by a vendor. The King of Xiping came to rescue him in a dejected manner. But in fact, the vendor was brought here by the King of Xiping.]

Crowd: !!!

The emperor couldn't help but look at King Hengshan with pity.

King Hengshan, who held out a glimmer of hope: ...

No, that's impossible! That year, King Xiping was only nine years old.

Yuan Ruan was stunned: [What! King Xiping is so scheming? So cruel?]

System: [Yes. That year, the King of Xiping was less than ten years old. And do you know why he did this? It was only because he had a good relationship with the King of Linjiang first, and the King of Hengshan was somewhat wary and repulsive to him. In order to dispel the King of Hengshan's vigilance and become the core of the three-person circle, the King of Xiping designed it. It just so happened that his mother's brother was a soldier. He used the matter of catching human traffickers to get his mother's brother promoted on the one hand, and dispel the King of Hengshan's hostility towards him on the other hand. He directly earned favors from two people. It is one of the most cost-effective things he did. ]

Yuan Ruan's mouth twitched slightly: [This...is cost-effective, and one more?]

System: [Yes. Because he did this a lot. For example, with King Linjiang. King Linjiang particularly likes to learn military tactics, especially to fight wars on water. But the only powerful sea general in Daxia is an enemy of King Linjiang's mother's family, so King Linjiang didn't dare to ask for advice. King Xiping made some operations and let that person come to teach King Linjiang. King Linjiang was very grateful to King Xiping and listened to King Xiping more and more.]

Yuan Ruan touched his chin: [Hmm. That's what it looks like on the surface, but what about in reality?]

System: [Haha, actually, this Admiral is getting old, and he is worried that his descendants will be troubled by the Linjiang King's maternal family, so he has long wanted to reconcile with the Linjiang King's maternal family. The King of Xiping knew what he was thinking. So, he told Admiral Hai that he could help him and the Linjiang King's maternal family reconcile. Then he told the Linjiang King that he could help him become his apprentice.]

Yuan Ruan: [Ah. And you get the benefits from both ends?!]

System: [Yes! Not only did he benefit from the favor, he also took over some of Admiral Hai's warships. This is also the reason why King Xiping's first decision to open a river free trade zone after he went to his fiefdom and found that he had no money, because he had a lot of warships to transport goods, and even if he didn't make any taxes, he could still make a lot of transportation fees. But he didn't tell King Linjiang and King Hengshan about this. ]

Crowd: …

King Linjiang and King Hengshan: ...