Although the queen has great ears and eyes, she lives deep in the harem and is indeed not as well-informed as the eldest princess.
The information that the eldest princess had was naturally obtained from Emperor Liang.
When she said this, the eldest princess couldn't help but sigh. Even she herself was full of fear of Qin Feng's current strength.
"The northern territory has been invaded by Beidi all year round, and the people are in dire straits. At the worst time, the total number of people in the entire territory was less than 300,000."
"Especially in Beixi County, there are less than 10,000 people."
"And after Qin Feng's unremitting development, the number of people in Beixi County alone has reached 70,000!"
"This is just a border county. Our strong county in Gyeonggi Province only has 70,000 to 80,000 people in one county."
"Just last month, the Ministry of Revenue completed the census in the northern border, and the number has exceeded 800,000, more than double the previous number."
"Although, compared to other regions, the northern border is still sparsely populated."
"The Jiangnan region alone has a population of more than five million people."
"But don't forget, most of the hungry people who can make it to the north alive are young and middle-aged. The old, weak, sick and disabled have already died on the way."
"This population of 800,000 means 800,000 strong labor force."
"And the population continues to soar. As long as natural and man-made disasters do not subside, the population in the north will increase."
"Then Beixi County is already the veritable capital of the northern border."
"And because it is located in a border area with intensive wars, the tax standards have always been the lowest. In other words, Qin Feng can receive a large amount of taxes, but only needs to pay a small part to the national treasury."
"Coupled with Tianji Camp's various businesses and this peace negotiation, a large part of the compensation money needs to be allocated to the Northern Territory to repair military supplies. The funds Qin Feng currently has in his hands can probably be described as rich as an enemy country."
After hearing the latest news brought by the eldest princess, even the queen couldn't help but fall silent.
The military power controlled by Qin Feng and the elite soldiers, horses, weapons and equipment in Beixi County cannot even be compared with the garrison of the capital.
As for the three regular border troops in the north, although their equipment is not elite, their morale is extremely high.
It can even be said that the soldiers and horses in Qin Feng's hands are the best in Daliang.
In terms of financial resources, he is extremely rich.
Anyone who dares to compete head-on with Qin Feng will most likely be suppressed by Thunder.
Even the Li family must concentrate all their strength to defeat Qin Feng with confidence, but the problem lies here. This strength cannot be concentrated at all.
The Central Plains imperial party cannot move. Firstly, they must defend the northern border, and secondly, they must frighten the wealthy families in the southern border and the Jiangnan region.
And half of the troops stationed in Gyeonggi are members of the Taolin Party.
As for the wealthy families in the south who have supported the Li royal family for generations, they have become more and more restless in recent years and are full of resentment towards the Li royal family. They would burn incense if they don't switch sides at the last moment. They can't be expected to help at all.
Since Qin Feng cannot be moved fundamentally, then as the eldest princess said, any conspiracy method is of little use to Qin Feng.
The queen stared at the Guanyin statue and remained silent for a long time.
She didn't know how long it took before she finally sighed.
"I know very well that the best plan now is to appease Qin Feng and let him continue to be a minister and assist my royal family."
"We will wait for the next generation to seek opportunities and gradually weaken the power of the Qin family."
"But I can't wait that long. I want to watch the Qin family collapse with my own eyes."
"Who said that if you want to deal with the Qin family, I must personally take action?"
"Don't he hope to marry Princess Mingyue? Very good, I will make it happen for him."
"You go and ask the saint for an order. When I, Daliang, send a mission to Beidi to express my condolences, Qin Feng will continue to preside over it."
"When he comes back from Beidi, it will be his wedding to Princess Mingyue."
Hearing this, the eldest princess's heart skipped a beat. She didn't expect the queen to be so cruel.
Even though he knew that Qin Feng was powerful, he still took risks.
If Qin Feng really dies in Beidi, it will definitely affect his whole body. When the time comes, Beidi will never let it go.
Once Beijing and Beidi fight, the entire Liang will be involved.
But……
The eldest princess saw through the stakes, but did not point out the stakes. She just nodded in agreement and left silently.
As a result, as soon as I walked to the gate of Guanyin Temple, the queen's voice came from behind me.
"Princess, you and I are on the same boat, right?"
The eldest princess bit her lip, turned around and bowed: "My wife and I are a family, so we naturally have to work together."
Hearing this, the queen smiled and nodded: "That's good work."
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At the same time, the area near Li Xiaolan's palace suddenly became lively.
Many nobles and maids were lying behind the door, pointing and talking endlessly at the oncoming Qin Feng.
"Is this Qin Feng?"
"I really can't believe that at such a young age, he has such abilities!"
"Is it true that he just killed the samurai in front of the palace? If he really killed him, how dare he come to the harem so arrogantly?"
"It's true! I saw it with my own eyes."
"Oh my god, this guy is so domineering. Since the founding of the Liang Dynasty, no foreign minister has ever entered the harem without permission, and he is the first!"
"It's not considered trespassing. Didn't you see that Manager Zhang is following you?"
"What's the use? Qin Feng's words will make Zhang Xiuye dare not even fart."
Qin Feng clasped his hands behind his back and looked at the noble maids hiding behind their respective palace gates, and couldn't help but feel amused.
What a nobleman, to put it bluntly, he is no different from those girls who have lived in purdah for a long time.
Living in the harem all day long, you don't see anything new. Suddenly a man comes, which naturally creates a sensation.
Zhang Xiuye, who was following him, had a complicated expression.
"Master Qin, you are the first man to enter the harem."
"It's enough to go down in history."
go down in history? joke! It's obvious that it's not bad enough to be infamous for thousands of years.
However, Qin Feng didn't care about these false reputations and joked with a smile: "Men? There are not many men in this harem, are there?"
"There are many princes alone."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Xiuye looked even more embarrassed.
"The princes all live in the East Palace. Only when the prince is young, he can move around here and live with his mother and concubine."
"Whenever you reach the age of twelve, you have to leave here."
"And... the people who can hang out here, even the samurai in front of the palace, are... rootless."
Upon hearing this, Qin Feng suddenly became interested.
"What? The warrior in front of the palace is also a eunuch?"
"Here, I've never heard of this before!"
"Hahaha, I'm laughing so hard!"
Seeing Qin Feng laughing, Zhang Xiuye was so frightened that he waved his hands repeatedly and made a "shh" gesture.
"Master Qin, please keep your voice down. If I follow you, I may lose more than ten years of my life."
