The appearance of Zhou Siren just added another fire to this tense and dangerous atmosphere.
The evil tiger was already restless, but when it saw another person appear, it roared up to the sky and pounced towards Tushan Jin again.
This time, it pounced ferociously while opening its bloody mouth and biting indiscriminately.
Without warning, Tu Shanjin's arm was scratched by the evil tiger's fangs, and blood seeped out.
"My beloved concubine!"
Yun Yaoyao felt heartbroken, her white and flawless hands!
"Zhou Siren, pick up your bow and arrows and kill this evil tiger with me!"
A low and cold scolding pulled Zhou Siren out of his fear.
He suppressed his fear, picked up his bow and arrow, mounted the arrow, and aimed it at the evil tiger's back.
The arrow shot out and gave the evil tiger another scratch.
Yun Yaoyao was stunned.
I tried it, but my accuracy was even worse than hers!
Zhou Siren said with a mournful face: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty, I am only a civil servant, not good at bows and arrows..."
Knowing that Zhou Siren was unreliable, Yun Yaoyao patted Fan Tong's horse and whispered to it: "Fantong, I fed you well before you came here. From now on, whether you are full or not, it all depends on you." It’s about the next performance.”
Yun Yaoyao suddenly pulled the reins and clamped the horse's back: "Drive!"
The horse galloped towards Tu Shanjin's direction.
At the same time, Yun Yaoyao shouted to Zhou Siren again: "Strengthen the bow and aim at it. You must attract the attention of this evil tiger!"
"Otherwise, I will kill all nine of your Zhou family members!"
Perhaps the words "nine tribes" inspired Zhou Siren's potential, and the second bow he shot flew out against the evil tiger's ass!
The evil tiger roared in pain, turned around, and shot Zhou Siren's fierce gaze.
At this time, Yun Yaoyao rode a horse and passed by Tu Shanjin. She bent down and stretched out her hand, with cold eyes: "Give me your hand!"
Tu Shanjin stretched out his hand, and after their palms touched, a strong force pulled him onto the horse's back.
The action happened in an instant, and by the time the evil tiger reacted, the two of them had already distanced themselves from it.
The evil tiger was furious and pounced directly in Zhou Siren's direction, intending to tear him into pieces.
In extreme shock, Zhou Siren felt that his entire legs were stiff and he could not react at all.
Only His Majesty's shouts could be heard in the distance.
"Zhou Aiqing, you have done a good job in protecting me. After your death, I will reward you well and ensure that your Zhou family has no worries about food and clothing!"
Just when Zhou Siren felt that he was certain to die this time, an arrow struck and directly hit the evil tiger's front leg.
The evil tiger roared in pain, turned around, and ran towards Tu Shanjin's direction.
Tu Shanjin took out another feather arrow, his hair was raised, and his eyes were cold. Just when he was about to shoot the arrow through the heart of the evil tiger, Yun Yaoyao reminded him in his ear: "Don't kill him yet, I'll return it." it works."
Tu Shanjin realized what she meant, and his arrow missed, hitting the evil tiger's feet. Seeing this, Yun Yaoyao immediately rode on her horse to hide from the evil tiger.
"Zhou Siren, stop being dazed, draw your bow and shoot it, or I will kill all nine of your Zhou family members!"
The power of the nine tribes was huge. Zhou Siren immediately came to his senses and shot another arrow tremblingly.
The feather arrow actually hit the target again this time, wiping the evil tiger's butt and leaving a bloody mark on it.
So the evil tiger pounced on Zhou Siren again.
Zhou Siren closed his eyes and his lips trembled, my life is at stake!
Yun Yaoyao sighed: "Zhou Aiqing, I originally admired you very much and wanted to leave the canal matter to you, but it's a pity that you died tragically in the mouth of a tiger trying to save me."
"That's all, I will tell you some secret things, so that you can have something to talk about when you go to the underworld. I am so persistent in building water conservancy and opening canals, not only for the sake of people's livelihood, but also for the future prosperity of the Yanchi Dynasty and the prosperity of all nations. Surrender.”
"First of all, once the canal is opened, it will become a true north-south transportation artery, driving the prosperity of north-south commerce and economic development, and enhancing the national strength of our Yanchi Dynasty..."
When the evil tiger was about to pounce on Zhou Siren, Tu Shanjin immediately shot another arrow.
The evil tiger attacked in the direction of Tu Shanjin again.
"Zhou Aiqing, as the Minister of Finance, you should know how big the economic benefits will be, not only that..."
"The evil tiger is here again, Zhou Siren, shoot it quickly, or I will kill your nine tribes!"
Before Zhou Siren could recover from the fear of death, he immediately shot another arrow.
The arrow hit again. Even Zhou Siren himself couldn't figure out when his archery skills were so good, and the evil tiger rushed towards him again!
Yun Yaoyao took the opportunity to continue drawing pie.
"The benefits of the canal, blah blah blah... Then the neighboring countries will trade with our Yanchi Dynasty and exchange our silks for various rare treasures from other countries, blah blah blah..."
Next, the scene turned into Tu Shanjin and Zhou Siren walking the tiger back and forth.
Tu Shanjin shot the evil tiger in the ear with his front foot, drawing it over, and Zhou Seren shot the evil tiger in the butt with his hind foot, making it angry.
Going back and forth, a strange balance is maintained.
Yun Yaoyao took advantage of this balance before it was broken, gave full play to her eloquence, and painted a longing picture of a prosperous age.
That's right, the method Yun Yaoyao adopted to conquer Zhou Siren this time was exactly "painting the pie".
Zhou Siren loves money very much, and he is willing to submit to Lou Jianshan because there is enough oil and water in the household department, and Lou Jianshan provides enough.
If he wanted to conquer Zhou Siren's talent with nothing, he would have to draw a bigger pie for him, and the temptation of this pie would be more attractive to him than what Lou Jianshan offered him.
After failing to die several times, Zhou Siren was no longer so afraid. Although he was a little moved by the scene described by Yun Yaoyao, he was not optimistic about it.
He asked tentatively: "Your Majesty, the national treasury is now empty, and there is simply not enough money to support the construction of water conservancy projects and the construction of the Grand Canal. Then everything that follows will be empty talk."
Yun Yaoyao snorted coldly when she heard this question, with a very disdainful expression: "The Imperial Master told me that as long as I do my best, I will have the right time, place and people to help me, and I will succeed! You guys will only be timid. The ministers who sit in a well and look at the sky will accomplish nothing in the end!"
"Let me tell you more. The Imperial Master also told me that there are countless countries far away in the sea. Some countries are all covered with gold mountains. Some countries are rich in oil. There are also people with different skin colors from us. There are several species, some with high nose bridges and white skin, and some with black skin all over their bodies, blending in with the darkness.”
"They can use steam to generate electricity, and can light up the entire palace with just one iron wire. They also have four-wheeled iron boxes that can travel fifty miles in one stick of incense using steam. They also have... "
"Zhou Siren, shoot it quickly!"
Yun Yaoyao continued to draw: "When the time comes, when the Yanchi Dynasty becomes prosperous, I will develop shipping, build ships, and conduct long-distance voyages, and conduct commercial exchanges with these dynasties and countries..."
One by one, novel terms came out of Yun Yaoyao's mouth. The more he listened, the more yearning and obsession in Zhou Siren's eyes became. What he was thinking about was no longer the evil tiger in front of him.
Instead, based on Yun Yaoyao's words, he imagined splendid kingdoms, dynasties, different races, and magical gadgets that opened the door to his new world.
If we really do business with these dynasties and introduce these magical gadgets to the Yanchi Dynasty, Zhou Siren thought, how great the benefits would be!
He couldn't imagine it!
Even Tu Shanjin was shocked by Yun Yaoyao's words for a few seconds: "Is what you said true?"
She had never seen the national master who was regarded as a god by the Yanchi Dynasty.
Looking at the level of productivity of the Yanchi Dynasty, it is estimated that the steam age in the West is still far away.
Yun Yaoyao smiled and said: "Half true and half false, just take it as a joke."
Tu Shanjin: ...His excitement was in vain.
Just when Zhou Siren was in a trance, the evil tiger had already pounced in front of him, its bloody mouth opened ferociously, and was about to swallow him into its belly.
After reacting, in extreme fear, Zhou Siren's feces and urine poured out of his body.
My life is really at an end!
Tu Shanjin caught a glimpse of the imperial army coming from a distance. He drew out the last feather arrow, quickly shot it out with his bow, and penetrated the heart of the evil tiger.
The evil tiger's body rubbed Zhou Siren's face and fell to the ground.
When the imperial guards who arrived saw this scene, they trembled all over and knelt down in apology: "Your Majesty, please atone for your sins. I am waiting for help to arrive too late!"
When the crisis was over and he realized that an indescribable smell was emanating from his body, Zhou Siren wanted to find a crack in the ground and crawl in.
He rolled his eyes, pretended to be frightened and fainted, and fell next to the evil tiger.
