Chapter 1: To Resist or Not to Resist
Early winter.
After a heavy rain, the temperature dropped sharply.
The well-off families set up charcoal braziers and kept their houses warm, while the residence of the Minister of Revenue, known throughout the capital as extremely wealthy, was cold and gloomy, without a single spark of fire.
"Boss, we're ready!"
"Just wait for your order, and our people will immediately occupy the capital!"
The simple man rubbed his hands.
His eyes were bright and his honest face was full of excitement about doing something big.
Nie Yaogang was seeing stars while reading the account book.
Hearing this, he picked up the account book and smacked the big man on the head: "What boss? What boss? I've told you so many times, now call me Lord Nie!"
"Are you worried that others won't know what you did on the mountain?"
"This is the capital!"
"If you get caught, you can only eat five bowls of rice for the next three days!"
The big man is not afraid of hardship or fatigue.
Being injured and bleeding is a small matter, but only being able to eat five bowls of food in one meal is even more cruel than taking his life!
The big man was serious for a second: "Okay, Master Nie! I understand, Master Nie!"
Nie Yao waved his hand and told him to leave. "Tell Lieutenant General Nie to come see me tonight."
"Yes, sir!"
The big man ran out the door quickly.
Nie Yao put down the account book and pinched his eyebrows with a headache.
There is not enough money to spend again.
There was no other way. Nearly a million people needed food, clothing, and subsidies, and they also had to replace their weapons and equipment on time. The little money he embezzled was not enough to cover their expenses.
He also didn't expect that being a corrupt official could only earn him a few small amounts of money!
It seems that if you want to make money, you still have to do business.
Thinking about how his elder brother could make billions just by negotiating a business deal in his previous life, Nie Yao shed tears of regret again.
If I had known this earlier.
He didn't run away when his elder brother forced him to go to work!
Open the window.
The misty moon hangs in the sky.
Nie Yao raised his hand to wipe the non-existent tears from the corners of his eyes, and silently said in his heart: Brother, if we can meet again, you must make up for the pocket money I have missed for the past twenty years!
It's so hard to make money.
He just wants to live off my brother.
Woohoo…
"grown ups."
Nie Zhixu came quietly.
Nie Yao was used to this and raised his hand to let the other person stand up. The situation in the capital was complicated at the moment, and the army could not afford to make any mistakes.
Otherwise, if you are not careful, you will get the Nine Clans Elimination Game.
"Brother Zhixu, how's things going at the military camp?"
"My Lord, our army of 100,000 men has gathered at the second outpost on the outskirts of the city and is ready to attack the capital at any time."
Nie Yao was very confident in his work.
After understanding the current situation of the No. 2 stronghold, the focus of the discussion was placed on the current situation in the capital.
He took out two portraits and asked Nie Zhixu to take a closer look.
Unlike those rough men out there who only know how to eat big bowls of rice, Nie Zhixu is much more delicate and thoughtful, and at least he is at the level of a normal person.
She wouldn't open her eyes and answer when he asked: They do look alike, both have two eyes and one mouth.
hehe.
"These two..." Nie Zhixu compared them carefully before answering, "There seems to be some resemblance between their eyebrows."
He recognized one of them as the prime minister of the time, Dou Jinyuan.
However, the other party is still unmarried, and there is no news of any blood relatives still alive.
Is the similarity just a coincidence?
If that were the case, the young master would not have given the two paintings to me for inspection.
"This portrait is..." he asked, pointing to another one.
"It's the new emperor."
Nie Yao narrowed his eyes and told the other party the answer directly.
When he learned that Dou Jinyuan had betrayed the first three princes... no, when he learned that the prince Dou Jinyuan truly supported was someone else, he sent people to investigate this so-called ninth prince, who is now the new emperor.
But after searching for a long time, I only got this portrait recently.
What's even weirder is.
As the investigation deepened, his men discovered that the people who helped him hide his whereabouts more than ten years ago were actually their own people!
Damn it.
Nie Yao didn't remember that he had ever known this Ninth Prince who suddenly appeared out of nowhere.
Even someone was assigned to him.
Although he had done something similar before, the kid he helped before was obviously a little boy!
The guys in this world can have children.
Like women, they have no inheritance rights.
The Ninth Prince has become the Emperor, so he must be male. After all, those old foxes in the court are not vegetarians. Even if Dou Jinyuan was around, they wouldn't just let a young man take the throne so calmly... right?
Nie Yao looked at Nie Zhixu with some uncertainty.
Nie Zhixu was silent.
He quickly replied, "I'll send someone to check it out."
"No."
Nie Yao waved his hands weakly.
Tomorrow the new emperor will ascend the throne, and the person who has been hiding so well will finally come out to show himself. Then he can see with his own eyes who the other party is.
If he really witnessed some incredible and explosive scene, then... "Brother Zhixu, you should bring 10,000 people into the capital early tomorrow morning."
"Just say you're here to congratulate the new emperor on his ascension to the throne on behalf of my father."
"As for the gift—"
Nie Yao took out his wallet and weighed it, but it was completely weightless.
He put it back with a normal expression.
He coughed twice and said, "Just look around the mountains for gifts. If you find any game, just catch some for the new emperor."
A gift is given with a thought.
They believed that the new emperor would like what they had made with their own hands.
"yes."
Nie Zhixu was adopted by the Nie family for many years and grew up with Nie Yao.
He didn't think there was anything wrong with it and agreed immediately.
Nie Yao added: "By the way, if we don't take action tomorrow, let the soldiers go to the palace for a banquet." Since they are already here, let's have a meal before leaving.
It would be a waste not to eat the royal food.
Ten thousand people, even if they only have one meal together, it would be fine.
It can save him a lot of money.
"yes."
Afterwards, Nie Yao made many arrangements regarding the situation in the court, and Nie Zhixu wrote them down one by one.
The two finished talking.
Nie Yao drank a bowl of coarse tea to moisten his mouth. Seeing that Nie Zhixu had not left yet, he asked, "Brother Zhixu, do you have anything else to do?"
"yes."
Nie Zhixu took out a letter from his arms.
Nie Yao's eyelids twitched as he accidentally caught sight of the wild handwriting above. He hurriedly put down the large tea bowl and said, "Brother Zhixu, I'm sleepy and I'm going back to my room to sleep."
"I can't help it. I'm still growing. I have to go to bed early and get up early."
He slipped away very quickly.
Nie Zhixu was also catching up very quickly.
"grown ups."
He knelt on one knee beside the bed where Nie Yao pretended to sleep, and raised the envelope above his head.
Nie Yao, who already had a rough idea of what was inside, felt his head hurt even more.
But in order to prevent Nie Zhixu from kneeling until dawn, he had to accept the letter.
Nie Zhixu hasn't left yet.
Nie Yao turned over and sat up, took a deep breath, closed his eyes and asked: "Brother Zhixu, is there anything else?"
"Father Qi wrote me a letter and asked me to watch you open it. Don't lose it again."
Before this, his father had written him many letters, but without exception, Nie Yao accidentally "lost" them all.
That's why the other party sent the letter to Nie Zhixu this time, asking him to deliver it safely and preferably in front of his eldest son to finish reading it.
Nie Yao was speechless.
I had to open the letter.
As expected, his father wrote to ask for money.
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