From a freeloader to a world leader

Chapter 162 The Emperor Hears It for the First Time

The maids in the palace were very surprised. After Qiuyue had rested for a day, she looked completely different.

Even her already tall stature seemed to have grown a little taller.

Her skin color, in particular, was like a piece of peach-colored warm jade, and her whole body exuded a crystal-like luster like jade.

This made Yue Qingwei, who hadn't recovered for three days after the lovemaking, particularly envious.

She carefully questioned Qiuyue and Sun Shan about their sexual intercourse.

It is said that Qiuyue was tightly attached to Sun Shan and slept on him all night.

Then after it was covered with thick, greasy stains, it became so crystal clear.

This made her decide that after she got better, she would sit on Sun Shan and experience the feeling of being fucked by Sun Shan's super big thing all night long.

Will it be possible to expel the dirt from the body like Qiuyue?

In fact, Yue Qingwei has also changed a lot, and she looks more refreshed and fair.

It’s just not as obvious as Qiuyue’s.

It seems that this man is the best tonic and conditioner for women.

In fact, Qiuyue didn't tell anyone that it was not only her appearance that had changed, but also her martial arts, which were already quite good, had made considerable progress.

For example, in the past, there was a relative lack of strength.

She secretly tested it with a stone lock and found that it was about half as big as before, so she could lift the largest stone lock weighing 200 kilograms with ease.

In the past, one could only use a 100-jin stone lock to hone one’s strength.

For martial arts practitioners, the core requirements are just two points: strength and speed.

Although there is no such obvious progress in speed and reaction ability as in strength.

But compared to before the one-night stand with Sun Shan, there has been a lot of progress.

In the past, one sword could only create four sword flowers at most, but now, one sword can easily create five sword flowers.

This is already a very terrifying existence.

You know, Li Taibai, the most top-notch swordsman in the world, can only use one sword to perform nine kinds of magic.

He has been practicing martial arts for thirty or forty years, and has an amazing talent, only then he can use the sword to perform nine-flower skills.

Like ordinary martial artists, they only perform two or three sword flowers.

Now Qiuyue can say without any pride that even if she were to go out into the martial arts world, she is already a first- or second-rate expert.

Qiuyue didn't dare to say all this. She knew that her rapid progress was definitely due to her relationship with Sun Shan, which brought her such amazing benefits.

Once it is said, Sun Shan will be like a piece of Tang Monk's meat, and all women will want to have a bite.

Yue Yunfei has been living in the palace these days and has witnessed the changes in his daughters, especially Qiuyue, although he also feels it is strange.

However, the Datong Chamber of Commerce fell into chaos due to Sun Shan's sudden coma.

He had to, and wanted to, personally participate in the huge organizational structure designed by Sun Shan.

In the meeting room of Datong Chamber of Commerce, the leaders of several major families sat together again to discuss a series of drastic changes caused by Sun Shan's coma.

The changes occurred not only in the Datong Chamber of Commerce, but also in the reorganized hostile forces represented by the Wang family's Huaminglou.

Their efforts in recent days have been quite strong.

Although, after Prince Heng killed a dozen or so people who spread the rumor about Sun Shan's debauchery in the palace, no one dared to mention it again.

However, there are still many rumors and gossips in private.

You can't just go to every house, block couples at the head or foot of their bed, and stop them from talking and laughing.

However, no one dared to mention it in any public place.

After all, we only have one head.

For this reason, Yang Yuanqing, who had always been known as the wise king, was asked by the Embroidered Uniform Guard to convey these to the imperial capital Yangzhou, where they reached the ears of Emperor Yang Yuanfeng.

Yang Yuanfeng, who was a dozen years younger than Yang Yuanqing and of the same generation, slapped his thigh and laughed: "Hahahaha, this really makes me laugh to death. My brother, Prince Heng, can also kill people. It seems that Sun Shan is really a character. Even in this situation, he still protects him-----"

"That's right. I heard that Sun Shan, a scholar, is only sixteen or seventeen years old. With his own efforts, he has become worth hundreds of thousands of taels in just two or three months. How can he not be a talent?"

This made Yang Yuanfeng very confused. He stared at Empress Qian Ruyu, who was from the Qian family, and said, "Queen, how do you know more than me? Could it be that this grandson is very famous?"

"What do you say?"

Qian Ruyu's face turned pale. She glanced at her husband, who had rarely been happy in these years, and then she opened her mouth and sang:

"The grass is green, the mist is white, there is a beauty, on the other side of the water. The grass is green, the mist is white, there is a beauty, living by the water. I want to go upstream and snuggle up to her, but there are dangerous rapids ahead, and the road is long and far. I want to go downstream and look for her direction, but I vaguely see that she is in the middle of the water-------"

Yang Yuanfeng listened to the queen's clear singing voice and clapped his hands. He was surprised as to why she suddenly opened her mouth and started singing while she was talking.

But the melody and lyrics of this song are still very romantic.

And it’s very novel.

After Qian Ruyu finished singing, Yang Yuanfeng clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Queen, why are you singing all of a sudden? Could it be that this song was also written by that boy?"

At this time, Yang Kewei, who was sitting on the side and listening to her parents' conversation, explained with a smile: "Father, you don't know this. This is a love song written by Shanzhong Xiucai for Sister Wang Kexin. He also said that he admired her very much and composed it overnight."

This made Yang Yuanfeng curious.

He was usually busy with state affairs. The empire was constantly at war with two barbaric countries on the border, and there was also unrest within the empire.

How could I have the time to pay attention to such trivial matters?

This time, it was because the Jinyiwei killed more than a dozen talkative people who had damaged the reputation of the prince's palace because of Prince Heng that they heard the name Sun Shan for the first time.

Only then did I know that Prince Heng had found a young scholar who had just passed the imperial examination to be the prince's potential consort.

"Haha, this kid is quite courageous, but he does have some talent, no wonder he has achieved so much in such a short time."

However, he knew that Sun Shan could earn hundreds of thousands of taels of silver in just two or three months.

I don't believe it at all.

Either it is fake, or Prince Heng Yang Yuanqing spread such rumors to flatter his scholar son-in-law.

He is not like Yang Kewei, a princess who has lived in an ivory tower since childhood. He is in charge of the entire empire.

I know how difficult it is to accumulate wealth.

The entire empire had a population of up to 70 to 80 million, but its annual income was only about 20 million taels of silver.

This also requires the support of a large number of troops, officials and royal family members.

To put it bluntly, not only did he have no money left at the end of the year, he also had to spend millions of silver from the palace every year to balance the financial expenses.

Judging from the accounts, the current empire suffers a huge loss of about one million taels every year.

The treasury is empty year round.

Even the inner treasury of his own palace has been drastically reduced in size over the years.

From the original inventory of tens of millions of taels, only three or four million taels were left.

If the current rate continues, I am afraid that in three to five years, the palace treasury will be as empty as the national treasury.

What should we do then?

Because of this, Yang Yuanfeng often couldn't sleep at night.

Without money, how can we support so many military officials and royal children?

The royal family and officials are still okay, but if the army has no money to feed them, it will be impossible to command them.

In fact, Yang Yuanqing was not quite aware that the army's money had already been passed around a lot, either diverted for other purposes or embezzled by officials at all levels.

Peel it off layer by layer.

At most 20% to 30% fell into the hands of the soldiers.

Some of them have not received their military pay for several months.

Therefore, it will cause dissatisfaction among soldiers and decline in combat effectiveness.

"He is more than brave!"

Yang Kewei covered her cherry lips and laughed: "Shanzhong Xiucai sang in public places with tens of thousands of people. He just met Sister Wang Kexin and publicly said that he admired her very much. He specially wrote a song for her and celebrated her birthday!"

As she spoke, Yang Kewei sang two clear lines of the Happy Birthday song.

Yang Yuanfeng has heard this song.

Because now, whenever someone in the palace has a birthday, everyone will sing it several times.

But I didn’t expect that this song was also written by this kid Sun Shan.

This made Yang Yuanfeng curious.

What kind of monster is this? A mere scholar who has just met a woman from the royal family dares to openly admire her so arrogantly and even sing for her.

Isn't he afraid of being beheaded?

Thinking of this, Yang Yuanfeng waved to the eunuch Yang Dezhi standing beside him and said, "Big friend, have someone check this kid out. Who is this evildoer?"

As he said this, he felt that his words were a bit inappropriate and burst into laughter again.

Yang Dezhi was so pleased to see the emperor so happy that he laughed several times.

I also became happy.