Gu Yun looked up at him.

Li Feng's gaze was like a flame: "The secret envoy in disguise has now infiltrated the inland territory of Lou Lan. I am afraid that there is about an eighty to ninety percent chance there is indeed a rare Ziliujin mine from Lou Lan underground... does uncle understand my meaning?"

Gu Yun's heart slowly sank, forcing out each word: "Pardon my ignorance, Your Majesty, please make it clearer."

Li Feng patted his shoulder; Gu Yun's body seemed to be forever unable to warm up. Whenever and wherever he might be, he would always resemble a piece of stone that had been submerged in frozen ice for three days.

"To tell you the truth, Imperial Uncle must have already known, our Great Liang is chaotic both inside and out," Li Feng sighed, "I am very distressed, I have nowhere and no one to let it out to when awakened at midnight. An entire nation pressing on your shoulders is no easy task."

Gu Yun cautiously chose the right words, then keenly responded: "Your Majesty is occupied with hundreds and thousands of responsibilities, you are the hope of the people, you must take care of your body.

"I am not very knowledgeable in government affairs, but in the past few years, I have seen the Silk Road being built up little by little. Every year is livelier, more prosperous than the last. The major merchants in the northwest have begun to travel outside the country. Central Plains people have always been diligent and hard-working. Your subject believes that in just three or five years, this prosperity can spread to the whole territory of Great Liang. When that time comes..."

Although he was resilient in his response, Li Feng was not stupid; he, of course, was able to understand the rejection.

To the currently very enthusiastic Emperor Long An, his roundabout speech was much like a bucket of cold water.

"Subject Gu," Li Feng suddenly changed his pronouns, arbitrarily interrupting him: "You truly don't understand government affairs. Business travels have indeed been able to make money in the past few years, but can you guarantee that this will continue to last? The things of these business people, do you know them full well? I wasn't aware that in addition to being able to kill the enemy, the Marquis of Order also understands the way of business and trade."

The Emperor was truly irritated now.

Gu Yun knew that when he heard the two words 'Subject Gu', he should immediately shut up and do as he was told.

He was silent for a moment; for some reason, the fire on the steam lamp behind the Emperor suddenly became unstable, creating a small sparkling noise.

Gu Yun thought, a few days ago, he still vowed to Master Jiang he 'did not dare to underestimate this body'...