"That's not the case. If you give me three days, even if I sell the palace, I will pay you a salary." Zhao Xu was determined.

When interrogating old accounts.

The old accountant said that Zhang Han secretly transported the greedy silver back to the capital a few days ago.

Therefore, the royal palace is really only a few dozen taels of silver, and it is impossible to pay the salary at all.

And these dozens of taels of silver have to be spent on the things he planned.

The only hope now is that his plan can be successful.

"I will wait for three more days at the end." Chang Wei clasped his fists, "Your Highness, the soldiers are not greedy people. Today, they have tried their best to protect your highness. I hope your Highness will not let us feel disappointed."

Zhao Xu looked at the guard lying on the ground moaning, feeling guilty.

When they were owed wages, these guards were still so desperate that they were all straightforward men.

"I will do what I say." Zhao Xu looked solemn. He was definitely not fooling Chang Wei.

He always puts his heart in his shoes and wants to be respected by these guards.

Chang Wei nodded and asked the guards to disperse.

Zhao Xu lost a wink at this time to Liu Fu.

Liu Fu understood and took the order to invite the wealthy families of Yan County, and first went to the Zhang family mansion in Yan County.

...

"Has the Yan King recovered from madness?"

In the Zhang family garden, three middle-aged men were tasting tea and chatting.

After Liu Fu reported his purpose, the man sitting in the main seat showed a look of surprise.

He is the head of the Zhang family, the most powerful family in Yan County, Zhang Qian.

"Please tell Your Highness that I am not feeling well and I am afraid I cannot go there in person. In the afternoon, I will send the servants in the mansion to visit." Zhang Qian gently blew the hot water in the teacup.

The smile on Liu Fu's face solidified and stretched out.

Before he came, he expected this to happen.

The Yan County nobles despise the Yan Prince's Mansion even among the people.

After more than 200 years of Dasong's founding, Yan County has always been the world of the wealthy clans of Yan County, where the wealthy clans control the affairs of all counties.

Now that a King of Yan suddenly comes, they want to be above them and take away their power, they are naturally not happy.

Moreover, Yanzhou is now in chaos, and the people have to rely on the wealthy families who depend on Yan County to resist the invasion from the Beidi people, which has exacerbated the weakness of royal authority.

"I will tell Your Highness the truth." Liu Fu didn't say much and turned around and wanted to leave.

"Wait, just say that the Huang family and the Du family can't go, and there will be servants going." The other two middle-aged men showed teasing smiles.

Liu Fu snorted coldly in his heart and left straight away.

He knew that the Zhang family in Yan County, the Du family and the Huang family were in-laws, and they were birds of a feather.

"Haha, King Yan thought he would be able to make me wait after he recovered from his illness? What a joke." After Liu Fu left, Zhang Qian sneered.

Huang Yu, the head of the Huang family, agreed, "That's right, his mother's family is just a poor family, without power or power, and he is not favored by the emperor when he is not crazy. It is said that in the palace, because his mother's family is humble, he is often bullied by other princes, and has also been through other princes' crotch, hahaha..."

"It's really ridiculous. He is afraid he is the most despicable prince since the founding of Dasong." Du Ming, the head of the Du family, was all despised.

"Hmph, so at least you have to be self-aware. Nowadays, the officials in Yan County are not from our families. They are tactful. It should be that he came to visit us, otherwise he would not want to stay in Yan County."

"Hahaha, that's true. Besides, the Sixth Prince has greeted us, so what if he bullies him? If something happens, then the Sixth Prince will support us."

"But why did this madness heal itself? What's the matter with him looking for us?"

"It must be the land. Zhang Han sold all the land in the royal palace to us. I'm afraid that the royal palace will not be able to get rid of the blame, hahaha..." Zhang Qian laughed.

Huang Yu and Du Ming laughed together.

"We are a fair deal and we are not illegal. He can't do anything to us. If he is really ignorant, he can spend money to find some outlaws and kill him."

"Oh, by the way, our people have retreated. Chang Wei is very good at fighting and missed the opportunity, otherwise the King of Yan would be imprisoned until death."

...

Running all morning.

At noon, Liu Fu returned to the palace with anger.

Tell Zhao Xu all the situation.

After Liu Fu left, Zhao Xu went to the concierge.

This is where Zhang Han handles government affairs.

Here he read a lot of official documents and basically got an understanding of the royal palace and Yan County.

"Your Highness, these Yan County rich families are so hateful." Liu Fu complained.

He was a poor scholar, and his mother was seriously ill and had no money to treat her. Then she sold her to the royal palace for a few taels of silver to buy medicine.

Because I know the sufferings of the people, I have no good impression of the wealthy families.

This trip made him very angry.

"Sit down and rest, sweating profusely." Zhao Xu's expression was as usual.

Liu Fu felt warm, but he didn't sit down. Zhao Xu was so friendly that he was flattered.

After all, he was always shouted at the royal palace before.

"This is why I asked you to invite the rich clans of Yan County to roughly understand who is the enemy and who can win over it." Zhao Xu said while closing the Yan County household registration book.

He knew very well that the royal palace is now weak and the wealthy family in Yan County is powerful.

He deeply hated the Yan County rich people bullying him, but now he has no strength to deal with them, so he can only do it slowly.

So as the great man said, unite all the forces that can unite against the real enemy.

It is right to rely on the people of Yan County, but it also needs to win over the available ones among the rich and strengthen their bargaining chips.

Liu Fu had read books and was also a clever person. He immediately understood.

The wealthy families in Yan County cannot be a solid piece of the matter. They are often bound to bite dogs for the sake of their interests. After all, there are conflicts in places where there are people.

The superior family naturally disdained the royal family, while the inferior one would naturally think of using the royal family to suppress their opponents.

In this way, the royal family can win over some wealthy families to fight against another part of the wealthy families.

Thinking of this, Liu Fu showed an admiration.

Not only did the King of Yan recover from madness, but now he also showed the wisdom that a prince should have.

He admitted that knocking the servant unconscious was a gambling element, but obviously, he had the right bet.
Chapter completed!