The sun and the moon pass by the sky every day, and rivers flow through the earth forever. Even the most powerful practitioners are helpless about the passage of time. Therefore, even the Buddha said: "The heart of the past is unattainable."

In the blink of an eye, almost a month passed. In order to prepare the birthday of our ancestors, Zhao Gou, who was in charge of a considerable part of his work, was so busy that he did not touch the ground. It was not that he had to do everything himself, but that Zhao Gou had to check everything himself and take notes in his hand, so as to ensure that he could not make any mistakes.

On this day, the twelfth prince Zhao Gou had a rare meal in the palace one night, and then he saw the loyal butler crying and tremblingly walking over with a list.

"A Zhong, what's the matter? You're like this?" Zhao Gou was amused by the expression of the butler A Zhong. Today, he was in a good mood and said with a smile.

In his opinion, it would not be a big deal, because A Zhong only manages the purchase matters in the mansion, which means that some money has been spent too much money. A Zhong has always made a big deal.

"Prince, Prince, look, you should take care of it quickly, otherwise the family will be ruined." As he said, Zhao Zhong really cried. He was promoted to the rank of slaves by Zhao Gou. He has been diligent and conscientiously managing the entire royal mansion as a family. He is a loyal servant. Therefore, Zhao Gou saw that he looked serious and took the list.

The monthly expenditure on the above instant made the twelfth prince Zhao Gou feel a little dazed.

"More than 31 million, why is the expenditure this month so much?" Although some martial arts masters were selected this month to enrich the palace, the total amount of 10 million inside and outside is enough. How could it be more than triple than I expected!

"Prince, of these more than 30 million expenses, more than 20 million were spent by Mr. Dugu. You have said before that Mr. Dugu's expenses in martial arts practice are borne by the royal palace, so his account will not be judged by the old slave."

"That's too exaggerated? He can't consume medicinal materials worth 20 million every day!" Zhao Gou himself is a martial arts master in the legendary realm, so he knows very well that the human body's carrying capacity has an upper limit. Even a legendary innate master is much different from ordinary people, and he cannot practice poison skills to be brave and diligent, otherwise excessive poisoning will destroy balance, which will cause death.

Therefore, when he learned that "Blood Shura" Dugu Changqing was practicing poison skills, Zhao Gou said generously: "Mr. Dugu's work needs are borne by the royal palace..." Now, there is still two days left to finish this month, and he has already borne more than 20 million yuan. The money in the royal palace is not caused by the strong wind. The income in all aspects is high, but the expenditure is also large.

"Did Mr. Dugu collude with the drug dealer behind his back?" Zhao Gou turned his eyes and thought of a possibility. This evil demon from Yanhuang said, "I'm not only colluding with the drug dealer to hack his money."

"Your Highness, I have also suspected this way, but those drug dealers are old friends in the royal family. Besides, I have checked the residue of the medicine, and it has indeed been cooked completely and cannot be sold back. Now I think it is only because Mr. Dugu's martial arts are too strange, but the effect of the Jiulong Marrow Washing Bead is so good." As he said, Zhao Zhong handed out a piece of medicinal material that had been cooked from his sleeve. It would be too much to say that such medicinal material could be sold back and forth before being sold back. Mr. Dugu had spent some money, but he did not waste anything.

"Oh...you go down, you go down first." He stroked his forehead with his hand and waved his other hand, asking Zhao Zhong to retreat.

"Entertainment Father, we have recovered some strength during this period. Why not Ying'er will advise Mr. Dugu now and let him think about his adoptive father, and burn 20 million a month is too much."

"No... At the beginning, I personally agreed to provide them with what they need for cultivation. Now that they do use all the medicinal materials for cultivation, I have no reason to go back on my word."

"But!"

"Okay, I have my own decision on this matter, Xiaoying, don't worry about it." Zhao Gou was so reluctant to leave, and the main problem was of course not the credibility, but Dugu Changqing had already had a legendary innate realm, and he was practicing poison skills now.

In terms of the knowledge structure of the martial arts system, the people of Nanyue are generally inferior to those of the ancient Yanhuang Kingdom in all aspects. However, one aspect is that the warriors of the ancient Yanhuang Kingdom are generally inferior to those of Nanyue warriors, that is, the aspects of practicing poison skills.

Nanyue has more or less a poor mountain and bad water meaning. It has all kinds of five poisons and miasma, which is extremely terrifying. But since we are here, if humans want to live better, there is no reason to use everything they want. Therefore, the Nanyue poison skills system has always been very developed.

But success and failure are the same. The more developed the poison power system and the more powerful the potential it stimulates, the narrower the future path will be.

However, Dugu Changqing is now at the beginning of the legend. In Zhao Gou's opinion, he is to stimulate potential twice and accumulate potential to hit the middle level of the legend... If this is successful, it will be worth it if it costs as long as his palace has it.

Therefore, when he took the expenditure list from Zhao Zhong, the twelfth prince Zhao Gou felt heartbroken, but he was faintly happy and felt cherishing his talent. Of course, it would not work to continue to let Dugu Changqing burn like this. If he continues like this, his twelfth prince's mansion will be cut off.

(I have to think of a way to slow down Mr. Dugu’s efficiency in burning money, but I can’t show the meaning of this.)

Two days later, the twelfth prince Zhao Gou took the time to hold a banquet and personally entertained many new guest officials in the mansion.

In the past month, in addition to Shi Yinghu/Dugu Changqing, the twelfth prince Zhao Gou has recruited two legendary masters and dozens of martial arts masters.

One of the two legendary masters is Yanhuang, named Kuaijian Xiao Fei, who is a very rare legendary sanren. Xiao Fei seems to have been very close since he entered the mansion because Shi Yinghu is also Yanhuang, and some horse leaders mean that they are following the meaning.

However, Shi Yinghu was responsible for the task and couldn't figure out his foundation, so he just responded to it neither far nor close to him, showing a crazy attitude of practicing martial arts.

Another legendary master is a local master of Nanyue, with his surname Mei, who is an older generation of martial arts masters. Although he is also at the beginning of the legendary level, he has accumulated very profound skills over the years and is proficient in true qi fortune. Most of the martial arts masters in the mansion use this Mr. Mei as the leader.

Therefore, when the twelfth prince Zhao Gou invited everyone, the people on the list seemed very clear.

Behind Mr. Mei Xunmei, there were a dark local warrior of South Vietnam, a martial arts master, and Mei Xun sat in the forefront.

On the side of Shi Yinghu and Xiao Fei, there were two legendary warriors from the ancient Yanhuang Kingdom sitting side by side, while the people behind were sitting sparsely.

"Tsk, if this group of people is in China, would they dare to be more people than us? I just have many times more disciples from Kuaijian Sect than them."

The national pride and disdain in Xiao Fei's words can easily resonate with the Yanhuang people in a foreign land, but Shi Yinghu is a little cautious about him. The more he says this, the more Shi Yinghu feels that he wants to deceive his trust and has a purpose.

At the same time, Zhao Gou, who was sitting high at the top of the banquet, was quite satisfied with the situation in front of him. The way of power was nothing more than a technique of checks and balances. Only when the people below were fighting and fighting, would they be at ease. If they hugged each other and had no demands on themselves, they would not be able to sleep.

"This king has been busy with the affairs of the palace for a while and is a little negligent with you. I will punish myself first."

"Oh, where are you, Prince..." Mei Xun answered one after another. This old senior who had a heart for the dragon was really open-minded. He completely regarded himself as an ordinary warrior and held Zhao Gou like this.

On the contrary, Shi Yinghu sat at the table and drank and ate food. He just responded when Zhao Gou toasted, but he was completely uninterested in the response between Zhao Gou and Mei Xun.

Xiao Fei, who was beside Shi Yinghu, seemed a little unsatisfied. However, when he saw Shi Yinghu beside him, he gritted his teeth and lowered his head to drink and eat.

"Our ancestors have seen that I work hard on official duties these days, so they specially gave me three glasses of wonderful wine, which can nourish blood and increase internal strength. I have been neglecting martial arts for many years, and drinking is useless. Today I will give it to the three gentlemen to enjoy it."

As he said that, Zhao Gou waved his hand, and a waiter carried a wooden plate and a red jade wine glass. He first walked up to Shi Yinghu gracefully and lowered his head to offer wine.

Shi Yinghu took the wine glass, and he lowered his head and sniffed it, sighing, "It's indeed a good wine!" After saying that, Shi Yinghu drank the wine in one go, which was a famous product that was not inferior to the Tiger King Dharma Wine. It was even better in terms of adaptability and had the effect of nourishing blood and enhancing internal strength. It just needed to be taken for a long time. Occasionally, this kind of drink is of limited benefit.

Shi Yinghu/Dugu Changqing enjoyed the first glass of strange wine. Although Mei Xun was dissatisfied, she had nothing to say. Mei Xun realized that even if she was not inferior to Chiying Qu Chong, she would not be inferior to the ghost swordsman, but she was not sure to kill these two people. But the guy in front of her successfully killed these two people... What's more, he is from Yanhuang, with strength and background, and Mei Xun pinched his nose and recognized it.

The second maid walked out. This time Mei Xun thought that the glass of strange wine would be his. He almost raised his hands. However, the maid flashed by his side and walked towards Xiao Fei. In an instant, there were obvious discussions coming from behind Mei Xun.

Even Xiao Fei, the fast sword himself, did not expect that his ranking in the prince's mind was even higher than that in Mei Xun.

After taking the wine with both hands, Xiao Fei quickly stood up and saluted Zhao Gou, saying, "Thank you for your appreciation." After saying that, Xiao Fei drank the wine in the cup in one go.

The third maid walked out. This time, she finally came to Mei Xun. Mei Xun, who breathed a sigh of relief, took the red jade wine glass, stood up and saluted like Xiao Fei, and then drank the strange wine. It was not until this moment that many local warriors in South Vietnam behind Mei Xun calmed down.

Shi Yinghu watched the crowd's mood coldly. In fact, Zhao Gou's methods were very simple and direct. Will the royal family lack two maids?

Of course it is impossible.

However, Zhao Gou used such a simple trick to suppress Mei Xun's prestige and isolate himself and Xiao Fei, Mei Xun, and Xiao Fei, are both masters of legendary realms, but they were disturbed by such small means. It can only be said that the more you care, the more you get hit. Many scams are not exquisite, but as long as the greed grows in the heart of the subject, even the obvious flaws cannot be seen.

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One day after the banquet, Zhao Gou was working, and at this time, a tall man walked in.

Zhao Gou looked up and saw that the man in front of him was black hair and white skin, tall and upright, with cold and distant eyes, and he had a heroic atmosphere. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart: The Central Country is indeed full of talents.

"Prince, do you have something to come to me?"

"Oh, Mr. Dugu, are you used to living in the mansion during this period? Are there any discomforts?"

"No, there are no trivial matters and troubles. Well, I would like to thank the prince for his care here."

"Hey, no matter where, it is already a great honor for Mr. Dugu to come and condescend to assist me... Alas." As he said that, Zhao Gou sighed, revealing a sense of fatigue.

"Prince, are you having something to worry about?" Shi Yinghu knew very well how excited he had to spend money during this period. Zhao Gou must have arranged things this time, which can not only greatly reduce his money-burning speed, but also make up for the losses.

Sure enough, with Shi Yinghu's right question, the showman came.

"I think Mr. Dugu also knows that the king suffered great losses in the front line some time ago. Although the land was defeated by the strange beast tide, the elite warriors in my hands were almost completely lost."

"Now, the tide of strange beasts is ready to move again, and I must stay in the capital during this period..." Zheng Nian's birthday is almost the most important political event in South Vietnam. At this time, it will be too much of a loss. But on the other hand, if it is attacked by the tide of strange beasts, Zhao Gou can't afford the loss.

"I was extremely troubled to take care of Your Highness during this period, but I had a life, so Changqing never refused." If you want to enter the upper-level sequence of Nanyue, you must always make necessary achievements, let alone killing strange beasts. This is a politically correct thing on this planet. No matter what you do, killing strange beasts is always wrong. You also need the source energy of your career level to improve.

"Okay, Changqing will not let me down, and I will never let me down." As he said that, Zhao Gou took out a jade seal and handed it to Shi Yinghu's hand.

This kind of thing similar to ancient military talismans has almost disappeared in Yanhuang, but it still exists in Nanyue, which has always been proud of retro.

"Hold my handsome seal, the defense of the Western Front of South Vietnam will be handed over to Changqing."

"Your Highness, you..." I have only been to Nanyue for a few days. If you believe me like this, I will feel guilty if I cheat you in the future.

Although it is not the one who can directly mobilize all the troops on the Western Front of South Vietnam by holding this symbolic jade seal, this still means great power granting. At this moment, Shi Yinghu didn't know whether to describe Zhao Goubing's in a hurry to seek medical treatment, or he was really ambitious, and he would not doubt people.

After Shi Yinghu left, Zhao Gou stood at the door of the study room and watched his departure back for a long time. After a long time, Zhao Gou called Zhao Ying over again.

"Ying'er, this time I have handed over the Jade Seal Tiger Talisman to Dugu Changqing. However, he is a Yanhuang person after all. Although even Yanhuang people have no reason to cheat us in the face of the strange beast tide, be careful, there is no big mistake. This time Mei Xun will go with you, I want you to help..." Such a great power is handed over, and if you don't leave a single countermeasure, it would be too crazy.

However, after handling all the matter, when the night was late, Zhao Gou was in the dark and reflected on himself, but finally shook his head and sighed.

"After all, I still lack the dominance and courage to become a hero of a generation. I want to trust but dare not delegate power. I set up methods but leave room for space. After reading history, people like me will at most become successful kings."

In history, many heroes and madmen are only separated by a line. If they succeed, they are great and powerful, and if they fail, they will be laughed at for thousands of years. The most typical one is Emperor Yang. In fact, if he succeeds in the east, he will conquer the world, and then stops to recuperate in time, what a great and powerful king would he be? Secondly, Han Wu, who bets the accumulation of the fate of the country for generations on a comprehensive war. In fact, if he fails in the east, what kind of scene will the world be like?

It is not to praise Emperor Yang to belittle Han Wu. These two emperors cannot be compared with their merits, but they just echo the above sentence: There is only a line between many heroes and madmen!

When Shi Yinghu knew that he was going to walk with Mei Xun and Zhao Ying, of course he smiled. The little admiration that Zhao Gou had just risen in his heart disappeared. Although it is understandable, it is not an extraordinary person and dare not do extraordinary things. Please don’t act like that. Is it a waste of my feelings?

Shi Yinghu, who has a very good high school history, can tell with his knees that Zhao Ying probably has a secret order in his hand, and Mei Xun is probably the one who executes the secret order.

"You don't have the chance to execute that secret order. Even from the perspective of Yan Huang, I will do my best to calm down this matter and allow the tide of strange beasts to grow. Is this a crime against humanity?"

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The territory of Nanyue is far less than that of the ancient Yanhuang Kingdom. At the same time, it has a lot of money to hire the underground railway built by the Yanhuang Engineering Department. Therefore, it takes not long to go from Zhengjing to the Western Front border. It takes only two and a half days to travel this time:

Shi Yinghu, Mei Xun, Xiao Fei, Zhao Ying and five martial arts masters. Although the people in the team have their own thoughts, Shi Yinghu does not think that this mission will cause any trouble. It is very complicated to deal with Nanyue. The people of the Nanyue people and the people of the Immortal Dynasty must cut accurately like a scalpel, but at the same time, they must not reduce the national strength of Nanyue as much as possible.

Because Yanhuang needs Nanyue as a strategic buffer zone to protect its border security.

But when it comes to treating strange beasts, things are simple, kill as much as you can. The most inexpensive thing on Earth now is this kind of monster with extremely strong reproductive ability.

Even though the technological level is as strong as the ancient Yanhuang Kingdom, the output capability of the army's submachine guns accounts for a considerable proportion of the entire army's combat power and has not been replaced by missiles, artillery shells, and tanks. In South Vietnam, the army mainly relies on submachine guns for output.

The shells are already strategically heavy firepower. As for missiles, they are available in Zhengjing's military defense system, but not in borders, because missiles and supporting use need to be purchased from the ancient Yanhuang Kingdom, and South Vietnam cannot afford to burn them at all.

In this regard, legendary warriors are still very cost-effective. As long as they are not like Shi Yinghu, the money they spend every year is spent on maintenance costs of the Dawei missile. High technology is money-burning, and the higher the technology, the more money-burning black hole.

Therefore, many times, small countries do not want to play, but they cannot afford to play at all. No one can guarantee that they can invest the entire country's wealth, and they will definitely be able to research things. Even if they can research them, from research to finished products, it will be like a crazy exaggeration to burn money.

On the border of South Vietnam, the military region and the beast region crossed each other's lines. When Shi Yinghu just arrived, he found that not only did there be no steel buildings here, but even the outermost defense of the South Vietnam Military Region was structured with giant wood.

The dark and thin Vietnamese soldiers were wearing dirty green military uniforms and guarding the border with guns. A very few of them had the idea of ​​serving the country. Most of them were probably just about joining the army and eating food. However, even so, they were quite combat-effective, because in this country, it was not easy to make a living.

After arriving at the South Vietnam Military Region in the dark forest, Shi Yinghu asked everyone to rest first, while he himself wandered in the military region. Because of his strong spiritual infection ability, all the South Vietnamese soldiers were like they could not see Shi Yinghu, and naturally avoided him and worked on their own affairs.
To be continued...