Chapter 421: Dragon Steals Wine
“Good Yu’er, what you said coincides with what I thought.”

Xiao Han said: “Central Plains is within easy reach, there is no need to rush. As the saying goes, you can’t eat hot tofu in a hurry.”

“Your son, I will not take the initiative to leave hidden dangers for myself.”

She had no resistance to her fingertips caressing the soft and delicate skin.

“After we have completed the reforms in several states of the Northern Wei Dynasty, we will consider the grand event of conquering the Central Plains.”

Although the Northern Wei royal family was trapped to death and the elite army was completely wiped out, a lean camel is still bigger than a horse. The empress ruled the Northern Wei for decades and was deeply loved by the people of the Northern Wei. Her strength was deeply rooted and complex.

It is almost impossible to eradicate it completely in a short period of time. This matter needs to be done step by step.

The first step is to win the hearts of the people of Northern Wei. This is the simplest and most difficult step.

In recent years, Xiliang and Northern Wei fought every year, and the people in Northern Wei were living in misery, with countless people starving to death or freezing to death.

Moreover, in recent years, Xiao Han has been implementing the strategy of annihilating the effective forces when fighting against the Northern Wei.

This resulted in the Northern Wei Dynasty suffering heavy casualties in every defeat.

As a result, there are only a few young and strong people left in several states of the Northern Wei Dynasty, which will be conducive to the subsequent reforms of these states.

However, this strategy also had great side effects. The people of the Northern Wei Dynasty hated the Western Liang Cavalry to the core.

But Xiao Han was not afraid. He made two preparations for the next reforms. The first was to ensure a strong deterrent force. He built official roads and established military stations in several states in the northern border, constructing a network of cables in order to suppress possible rebellions.

The second preparation is to steadily implement the decrees of the Xiliang Palace, sort out the roads, dig channels, level the fields, reward farming and warfare, and improve people’s livelihood.

In just a few years, when these policies are implemented, the people in the northern border will have enough food and clothing and will no longer think about the former Northern Wei regime.

The first is to treat the symptoms, and the second is to treat the root cause. In a few years, the wisdom in the hearts of the people of these states will only be Xiliang and him, the King of Xiliang.

By then, the time to march south to the Central Plains will be ripe.

“As for the Northern Wei family, my opinion is to win over some and suppress others.”

Miaoyu changed to a more comfortable posture and said softly, “Let some of the noble families participate in the implementation of the decree, give them benefits and power, use their power to stabilize the situation, and suppress the other noble families.”

“After all the policies have been implemented and the people’s hearts have been won, we will start to weaken the power of these aristocratic families.”

He pondered for a moment and continued, “Doing this is equivalent to dividing the original backlash from the aristocratic families into two groups, which can reduce a lot of pressure. However, we must pay attention to the speed of this group of aristocratic families, so as to avoid a situation where the tail is too big to be removed.”

“Good Yu’er, after your son unifies the country, I will make you the prime minister, how about that?”

“I don’t want it.”

Miaoyu blinked her eyes, her willow-shaped eyebrows like a crescent moon, “When you rule the world, I won’t have to worry about these things anymore, and can just focus on taking care of my husband and children.”

The aristocratic families are always a hurdle that cannot be avoided. Although Xiao Han is not afraid of them, he also does not want to be disgusted by them.

It would be best if it could be solved in a simple way. As for the problem of a stubborn tail that is difficult to get rid of, it is just a matter of swinging the butcher knife a few times.

Xiao Han didn’t plan to keep many of the aristocratic families in the Northern Wei Dynasty. Having aristocratic families was not a good thing for a new dynasty.

If those people are sensible, then it’s fine. If they are not, then don’t blame him for being cruel.

“Good Jade.”

He whispered something in Miaoyu’s ear. After a moment, a blush appeared on her pretty face, followed by a hint of shyness. However, she still nodded obediently and walked towards the room at the back of the hall.

“Snapped.”

Xiao Han waved his hand, the side hall door closed, Xiao Han stood up and followed Miaoyu. As the saying goes, a short separation is better than a new marriage, this separation made him miss her a lot, and he also studied martial arts particularly hard.

It took more than two hours before the door to the side hall opened. Behind the gauze curtain, a graceful figure appeared. After bathing and changing clothes, Xiao Han came out of the room.

As the night fell, the weather on Shuiyun Mountain became slightly cooler. A full moon rose into the sky, casting its light like a layer of soft white gauze, obliterating the entire Shuiyun Mountain.

Over the Guanyu Lake, the moonlight shimmers, shining on the ripples, the white light shimmers like a huge jade plate.

The dinner was exceptionally delicious, with chicken, duck, fish and meat. Although they were all common ingredients, they were cooked by the skilled hands in the kitchen to make them look delicious and very tempting, filling up the entire table.

Everyone was sitting around, except Xiao Han. Just as he was curious, he heard shouting and cursing coming from the lake in the distance.

“Well you beast.”

“I feed you with good food and drink, but you steal my wine.”

“So shameless.”

Ning Xi walked over and saw her husband with his hands on his hips, swearing at the lake with spit flying everywhere.

In the lake, a huge black shadow stayed quietly underwater, without showing its head, but only spitting out two bubbles from time to time.

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“Husband, why is this so?”

She was curious.

“This beast stole most of the wine in my wine cellar.”

Xiao Han’s face was as black as charcoal.

The water in Guanyu Lake flows out from deep in the earth’s veins. It is warm in winter and cool in summer, which is extremely strange. When the Xiliang Palace was built, the skilled craftsmen of the Demon Sect built a water wine cellar at the bottom of the lake, which was specifically used to store wine. It happened that there were abundant fruits in the lake, so fruit wine was produced once a year.

Placed in the wine cellar, it tastes extremely cool and delicious when drunk in the summer. When Xiao Han left, he vaguely remembered that there was still most of the wine in the wine cellar, but when he went to get it just now, he found that only a few jars were left.

As for the rest of the wine, you can tell where it went with just a little effort.

The beast knew he was in the wrong and no matter how much he scolded it, it would not show its head and just stayed under the water. Xiao Han was tired of scolding him and could only pick up the remaining jars of wine and leave in disappointment.

“Who has offended our Xiliang Prince?”

Yuwen Yulou teased: “It’s late at night, and you’re so angry.”

“Go away, I won’t give you any wine later.”

Xiao Han sat down unhappily, and asked people to open the wine jar and pour a bowl for each person. Immediately, the strong aroma of wine filled the air.

The rich aroma of fruit wine filled the air. In the distance, the water in Guanyu Lake was rippling. Then a ferocious dragon head poked out of the water, and the water flowed with a gurgling sound.

His two lantern-like eyes were wide open, staring straight at the pavilion, with dragon saliva flowing from his mouth.

Obviously, he was tempted by the wine, but since Xiao Han had just pointed at his nose and scolded him, Shenlong did not dare to ask for it. He could only watch everyone drinking happily.

Finally Miaoyu couldn’t stand it anymore and opened a jar of fruit wine and threw it over to him, but the beast was like Zhu Bajie eating ginseng fruit, gulping down the golden light he had drunk during the festival and slamming his mouth under the porch, as if he wanted more.

After being glared at by Xiao Han, he shrank back into Guanyu Lake unwillingly.

“This beast.”

Xiao Han smiled and said, “You are becoming more and more humane.”

(End of this chapter)