The war in the south of Zhao State was tight, and the west and north of the country were also under tremendous military pressure, and had to deploy heavy troops to defend.

The imperial court spent huge amounts, and the national treasury became increasingly empty.

Emperor Qinglong ordered the palace to save food and reduce unnecessary expenses, and to find ways to increase revenue and reduce expenditures to provide the frontline soldiers with the money and grain.

At this time, Yang Xu, who owns many industries, announced that he would donate 30% of the annual income of Yang's coal industry, Yang's cement, Yang's glass and other industries to the court to fill the national treasury, and this will happen every year!

Although Yang Xu did this, he abandoned a large part of his interests, but at the same time he also tied his own interests with the Zhao royal family.

As long as the Zhao royal family has a little brain, they will definitely support Yang Xu in the future and support Yang Xu in making their business bigger and bigger, instead of killing chickens and retrieving eggs, and directly seize Yang Xu's industry with powerful means.

After all, Yang Xu pretended to make money in his mind, which was the most favored by the royal family of Zhao.

Moreover, Yang Xu's industries also require Yang Xu to operate them through the means of ups and downs to make more money.

After all, although there are many merchants in the world, not everyone can call it the "little God of Wealth".

News of Yang Xu's donation to the court came out, and the entire Zhao business community caused a sensation.

The merchants in Zhao State all knew how profitable Yang Xu's industry was. Unexpectedly, he was willing to donate 30% of his income. This really required great courage.

Some people who understand can see clearly and know that Yang Xu's approach is to protect themselves.

An ordinary man is innocent and he is guilty of possessing a treasure.

Yang Xu's approach has praised many people for giving up some of his interests and exchanging long-term peace.

Some calm-minded Zhao's wealthy businessmen and wealthy people took Yang Xu as an example to donate money and materials to support the frontline.

Even some wealthy people were inspired by Yang Xu and took out their pockets and contributed to the country.

The people of Zhao State were rich and the people mobilized together. In a short time, the treasury of Zhao State was once again filled with all kinds of resources and resources were continuously transported to the front line.

Without any worries, the front-line army achieved successive victories under the command of the King of Qin and quickly quelled the rebellion.

The news came back and the whole country was jubilant.

Although the King of Qin was commended by Emperor Qinglong, even Yang Xu was praised by Emperor Qinglong himself.

After this incident, Emperor Qinglong realized the strength of the people's power and specially attracted Yang Xu and other officials and people who had a reputation and prestige among the people, and discussed the matters such as how the court united the people and how to benefit the people.

Yang Xu had a good impression of Emperor Qinglong. He knew that this was a good emperor who was diligent and loved the people. He really wanted to do something for the people.

In comparison, Emperor Qinglong's three sons are a little less worry-free.

Especially the prince of the Eastern Palace and the second prince of Jin, who did whatever he wanted to achieve his goal, also had a grudge with Yang Xu.

Yang Xu understood that if the three kings compete for the throne, sooner or later, a bloody tragedy would occur.

Yang Xu, who belonged to the Qin King's camp, naturally could not stay out of the matter in the fight against the throne of the three kings.

Once the Qin King fails to fight for the throne, the fate will be very miserable. At that time, one of them, the officials of the Qin King, will be considered the other, and it will be considered lucky to be able to save their lives.

So Yang Xu has begun to prepare for the future and build his own strength.

Of course, this power is extremely secretive. Only Yang Xu, Yang Hongyu and Grandpa know that it exists.

This force under Yang Xu's control is to protect Yang Xu and the Yangjiazhai people in order to prevent unpredictable things in the future.

Except for Yang Xu and the other three, the entire State of Zhao, including Emperor Qinglong, who ruled the world, did not know that a secret training base was built in a deep valley near the imperial capital.

Those who were trained in this secret training base were all teenagers in their teens, with about 300 people.

These teenagers were orphans secretly collected by their great-grandfather from all over the State of Zhao.

They were taken from all over Zhao State by their great-grandfather to this secret training base and settled in the barracks built in advance.

Their daily task is to follow the training outline formulated by Yang Xu, and under the supervision of his great-grandfather and Yang Hongyu, repeatedly train some subjects to improve physical fitness and cultivate teamwork spirit.

In addition, Yang Hongyu and his great-grandfather will also teach them some martial arts.

Therefore, these teenagers are not old, but already have very strong individual combat power, and their joint combat capabilities are even more amazing.

Yang Xu also appears in secret training bases from time to time. In his spare time in training, he gives passionate speeches to "brainwash" those teenagers.

His speeches often make those young men feel excited, full of fanaticism and intoxication, and then they have the intention of worshiping Yang Xu.

After a long time, under Yang Xu's repeated brainwashing, which teenagers have regarded Yang Xu as their mentor in life and are loyal to Yang Xu.

There are many rebellious things in Yang Xu's brainwashing lyrics. If it is heard by Emperor Qinglong, there are a hundred heads that are not enough to cut.

While secretly training the 300 teenagers, Yang Xu was also secretly creating a battlefield "weapon" with a group of skilled craftsmen.

This battlefield weapon was first born called the "Match Rope Gun". Later, after continuous improvement and upgrading, it was named "Yang's Flintlock Gun" by Yang Xu.

After the Yang family's flintlock rifle was released, even the unfathomable great-grandfather was shocked to see the power of his test shot.

"Boy, even the old man can't escape the powerful weapons you have made! If you have thousands of teams holding these weapons, you can do even if you rebel in the future!"

The great-grandfather fiddled with an Yang flintlock spear and said to Yang Xu with a smile.

Yang Xu waved his hand and said, "I'm not interested in rebellion! I'm building this weapon just to protect it."

The great-grandfather said with a smile: "Some things, when they develop to a certain level, you will find that you are involuntarily. You don't want to rebel now. If one day in the future, the emperor of Zhao will hide all his bows and keep his rabbits dead and the dogs cook them, and he will kill you, what will you do?"

Yang Xu scratched his head and said, "This... shouldn't be possible? I have given up a large part of my interests to the royal family of Zhao. If they kill the donkey without a grinding, it would be too unkind."

The great-grandfather chuckled and said disapprovingly: "To be a qualified emperor, one must cut off one's emotions and six desires. What kind of benevolence and righteousness will be discussed there? One day in the future, when the Emperor of Zhao feels that your existence will threaten him, he may show off with you."

Yang Xu thought about what the great-grandfather said, but he just didn't want to admit it in his heart.

In Yang Xu's view, Emperor Qinglong now needs to contribute money to fill the treasury and should not do anything that is unfavorable to him.

And if the King of Qin ascends the throne in the future, with his friendship with him, as long as he does not rebel, he should not kill him.

If the prince of the Eastern Palace or the second prince of Jin ascended the throne, he would definitely not be able to tolerate himself and would like to kill him so quickly.

Yang Xu now builds his own power, and his main purpose is to kill himself after the prince of the East Palace or the second prince of Jin in the future.

But another purpose, as the great-grandfather said, is to prevent the future emperor of Zhao from hiding his bow.

Although Yang Xu has no ambition to compete for the world, if his industry and his relatives and friends are threatened, no matter who the other party is, he will fight back and protect his own interests.

The three hundred loyal young men who were trained in this deep mountain, and the flintlock rifle he spent a lot of money to build were the greatest reliance for him to settle down in the future!
Chapter completed!