Princess of the auxiliary country

Chapter 453: Civil Rebellion

"These are just some speculations. Don't take them seriously. However, they will have a significant impact on my business."

She had no intention of telling anyone about her speculations. For one thing, she herself was not sure whether these speculations were true or not. She even felt that she was just daydreaming. Naturally, there was no need to tell them out loud and make people panic.

Secondly, if these speculations are true, then the mastermind behind the scenes, since he can do all these, must not be an ordinary person.

Exposing herself too early would only make the other party hide deeper, and it would then be even more difficult for her to catch him.

Princess Ningyang attached the most importance to the stability of the Yu Dynasty. If she was told these speculations, it would be equivalent to telling Emperor Zhaowu. Emperor Zhaowu would then inevitably take action, and it would be impossible not to be exposed.

Therefore, she thought it would be better not to tell anyone. This way, there would be no risk of being exposed. Secondly, it could also paralyze the person behind the scenes, making him think that he had planned everything out, thus revealing more clues.

Sure enough, her words did not arouse the suspicion of Princess Ningyang. The princess also knew that her daughter's business was big. This time, Yu Dynasty would indeed have some troubles, and it was reasonable that it would have a significant impact on her business.

"Mom, I'll go arrange some people to prepare."

"Go."

Huo Junyao stood up and walked out, and Xiaochan hurriedly followed.

"Go ahead and call Wang Xia."

Huo Junyao left the yard and went directly to a mysterious workshop complex at the back of the yard.

Soon Wangxia arrived.

"My Lord, what do you want from me?"

"Are those people who made the homemade bombs still here?"

Hearing this, Wangxia nodded quickly. Ever since the homemade bomb was made that time, Huo Junyao never asked anyone to continue making it. As for those craftsmen, she handed them over to Wangxia and sent them to live somewhere else.

"Bring them back and continue making homemade bombs."

"Also, find all the blacksmiths I asked you to train back then. I need their help in making some things."

Wangxia responded quickly without asking why. Having followed his own princess for so many years, Wangxia was also very clear about her abilities. Since she wanted to do it, she must have her plans.

Moreover, the situation with the Turks and Tuyuhun is very complicated now. It is not impossible that her princess has prepared some homemade bombs and intends to send them to the imperial court on the front battlefield.

Two days later, the craftsmen were called back again and secretly started making homemade bombs.

On this day, Huo Junyao had someone prepare a carriage early in the morning. It was a rare trip for her to the capital.

When she came back, she brought back five thousand kilograms of iron. She said that she had developed a new farm tool and needed iron to make it for experiment, so she directly asked Emperor Zhaowu for five thousand kilograms of iron.

It was impossible for Emperor Zhaowu to refuse her request. What Huo Junyao made was very useful. Not to mention 5,000 kilograms, even if she wanted 50,000 kilograms, Emperor Zhaowu would probably find a way to give it to her.

After the things arrived at the hot spring villa, Huo Junyao started working again. At the same time, Huo Junyao secretly arranged a lot of people to watch the workshops in secret, not allowing anyone to approach, and not allowing anyone to go out without reason. The reason given was to prevent the things from being leaked.

These were all trade secrets, and the craftsmen didn't care about it. Anyway, Huo Junyao paid them very high wages, arranged their daily food and drink very well, and provided them with good houses to live in. Although it was not very free, it was enough for the people at that time.

Having food and drink, not having to worry about food and clothing, and getting a large and generous salary is simply a great thing. A little bit of freedom is nothing.

Especially since Huo Junyao was kind-hearted, they were not worried that anything bad would happen to her afterwards.

The craftsmen who made homemade bombs mentioned above are examples. In the past few years, their lives have been quite stable and wealthy.

Therefore, serving Princess Zhaode is definitely a good thing. They just have to do whatever the princess arranges them to do and don't have to worry about anything else.

Half a month passed in a flash. In the past half month, Duke Ningguo's troops had already reached the Turks and joined forces with Li Jiu's army. They also fought against the Turks and Tuyuhun armies. This time, the Yu Dynasty won a great victory again. The Turks and Tuyuhun were defeated, but they were very tenacious and had no intention of giving up resistance. It seemed that they were just stalling for time.

On the other hand, several major battles broke out at Xihu Pass, with both sides suffering losses. Because of the order from Emperor Zhaowu, although Marquis Xuanwu would take the initiative to attack, he would not advance straight ahead. Basically, after causing some troubles to Tuyuhun, he would withdraw his troops, rest for a day or two, and then go out again.

Anyway, it's a give and take.

As for the people arranged by Fang Qiao to go to Tubo, they also sent back news that the Tubo side did not agree. The reason was that plague had broken out in many places in Tubo, and the situation in the country was a mess, so they were unable to distract themselves to do other things.

Even though the Yu Dynasty promised benefits and even Emperor Zhaowu's words were spoken, Tubo remained unmoved.

This made Emperor Zhaowu very angry. This was simply shameless.

Okay, after this matter is over, he will definitely deal with those bastards Tuyuhun and Tubo.

Emperor Zhaowu was thinking that he just hoped that the matter with the Turks would be resolved quickly. Once the Turks were destroyed, if Tuyuhun still dared to continue, he would not mind leading his army to destroy Tuyuhun.

While both sides were in a stalemate, a group of people were quietly acting in secret.

Among these people, the busiest ones are the two brothers of Princess Qin. They have been very happy during this period. They have been secretly contacting the old subordinates of Prince Yide in order to form a new force in the court.

Emperor Zhaowu saw all their little actions, but he did not take them seriously. They were just small fry and he did not care about them at all.

As for the Prince of Qin, he has not made any moves recently. This is also the reason why Emperor Zhaowu does not take the old subordinates of Prince Yide seriously. As long as the Prince of Qin does not make any moves, those are just small fry.

On this day, a memorial from outside the province was delivered to the desk of Emperor Zhaowu.

A large-scale civil uprising broke out in a state northwest of the Yu Dynasty. Many local government offices were attacked and more than a dozen court officials were killed by the mob. These people quickly gathered together and showed a tendency to expand outward.

The banner they raised was that they were the old subordinates of King Huai.

King Huai was not given the title of king after the establishment of the Yu Dynasty, but he already existed before the establishment of the Yu Dynasty. To be more precise, it was when the country was in chaos during the previous dynasty.

At that time, Shiduolu was a rebel king, and the emperor was one of them. However, King Huai was a little special. He was one of the last three remaining kings among the many rebel kings.

At that time, when the retired emperor established the Yu Dynasty, there were still two rebellious kings outside who had not been dealt with completely, and King Huai was one of them.