Chapter 143 What kind of magic pills did this damn Lao Ba take?

Based on Liu Laowu's understanding of Liu Fu, he knew that Liu Fu was a very high-profile person who would do whatever it took to make a big splash and attract attention.

Moreover, this kid really has ruthless methods. Every time he plans and does something, the final result is astonishing. If a task is out of 100 points and you want to achieve 85 points or more, then handing it over to Liu Fu will definitely get you 100 points. And that's only if it's out of 100 points. In reality, Liu Fu can turn this 85-point task into a 1000-point task. It's just that Liu Laowu only set the maximum score to 100 points.

"Hey, this kid's a restless soul. Even when he was a hostage in Liao, he was never quiet. I think he's probably busy with something right now, and it won't be long before something even bigger happens."

At present, Liu Laowu is extremely satisfied with Liu Fu.

Prime Minister Jiang Zhengren was sitting right in front of him. He was already eighty years old and was still reviewing memorials before submitting them to Emperor Liu Laowu for final approval.

Upon seeing a memorial, Jiang Zhengren was so moved that tears welled up in his eyes, and he almost dropped his pen.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, come quickly! The Eighth Prince has sent someone to deliver money again."

Upon hearing that Liu Fu had sent someone to deliver money again, Liu Laowu immediately inquired:

"How much money was sent over this time?"

"A full five million taels of silver!"

As Jiang Zhengren spoke, he became more and more excited. Last time, tens of millions of taels of silver appeared out of nowhere in the national treasury, which not only excited Liu Laowu to the point that he didn't sleep for several days and nights, but even Prime Minister Jiang Zhengren was so excited that he almost collapsed to the ground.

The Later Han Dynasty was so poor! How could they not be excited that Liu Fu had managed to raise so much money?

Over the years, Liu Laowu has been constantly asking Jiang Zhengren to make money for him. Liu Laowu has almost plucked all the hair off Jiang Zhengren's head. This time, Liu Fu sent another five million taels of silver. How could he not be so excited that he was moved to tears?

"Okay, okay!"

"With this money, His Majesty's palace can be repaired, the breached Qingyuan River embankment can be repaired, and the people can rebuild their homes after the Dongjun rebellion, and the court can also allocate some disaster relief grain to alleviate the pressure."

Jiang Zhengren felt that he was the happiest person in the world, and Liu Laowu sitting next to him felt the same way.

His own palace has been leaking and has not been repaired to this day. It's rare that Liu Fu has managed to swindle money from him again.

"Wait, something's not right."

Liu Laowu thought for a moment:

"He sent five million taels of silver to the national treasury in the capital. This is a huge matter. He should have directly informed us in a memorial to the throne so that we could send troops to escort and hand over the silver. Why didn't he tell me about such an important matter?"

The so-called purple-covered memorials were specially presented to the emperor. Only princes and nobles who held real power, or commanders of the three armies who were fighting in the field, could issue such memorials. These purple-covered memorials were not issued under normal circumstances, except when a critical event occurred.

Of course, five million taels of silver is no small sum, considering that the total annual tax revenue of the Later Han Dynasty is only twenty million taels of silver.

This sum of money was equivalent to a quarter of the annual revenue of the Later Han Dynasty, so extra caution had to be taken when transporting the silver.

But Liu Fu was brought here without saying a word?

Jiang Zhengren continued reading the memorial and could only sigh:

"The Eighth Prince is really rich and powerful now!"

"This five million taels of silver was actually brought up by a mere ministerial official from one of the Six Ministries under his command, who wrote a memorial and submitted it. This is five million taels of silver! The Eighth Prince did not submit the memorial himself, nor did the prime minister of the fiefdom personally escort it. He simply sent some soldiers and a small, ordinary memorial from Fang Xuanling to submit it."

What does this tell us?

This naturally shows that the matter of five million taels of silver was not worth Liu Fu's great efforts at all. He could simply send a minister under his command to handle the matter. Such a big matter, a quarter of the annual revenue of the Later Han Dynasty, such a large amount of silver, was simply assigned to a minister. He himself was too lazy to bother with it.

Jiang Zhengren couldn't help but think at this moment:

"What important matter does the Eighth Prince have in mind? Something bigger than this five million taels of silver that he doesn't even bother to look at? He's truly unfathomable!"

Liu Laowu also rolled his eyes and complained:

"That kid is probably up to something bad again. With his temper, give him a bamboo pole and he'd poke a hole in the sky. That brat is getting more and more lawless!"

Although Liu Laowu said that, he was secretly delighted. Five million taels of silver! That's five million taels of silver!

Jiang Zhengren, however, said with utmost admiration:

"The Eighth Prince is indeed a genius. Although he helped the other seven princes deal with the great threat of powerful clans and aristocratic families by using dishonorable means, he resolved the biggest internal crisis for our Later Han Dynasty. For thousands of years, no one dared to challenge these powerful clans and aristocratic families, but the Eighth Prince did. Others could not do anything to them, but the Eighth Prince's forged letters of rebellion directly brought down the powerful clans and aristocratic families. These are all important cornerstones for our Later Han Dynasty to create a prosperous era in the future!"

Speaking of this, Liu Laowu rubbed his hands together excitedly:

"How could we not know? Eighth Prince did a brilliant job. If we had relied on our sons to deal with those powerful clans in their own fiefdoms, not to mention whether they could succeed, it would probably take several years or even a decade to see much progress. Eighth Prince's idea was excellent. Not only did it yield results, but it also almost uprooted these guys, saving the dynasty decades of struggle. We used to lament that we might not live to see the prosperous Later Han Dynasty before we die, but now it seems that we will see it in just a few years."

Liu Laowu was also surprised that he had just praised Liu Fu today, and the news from Liaodong arrived the next day.

"Your Majesty, the Eighth Prince single-handedly breached the Jinyuan Prefecture of the Later Jin, emptied the Jinyuan Prefecture's treasury, and even took away the city walls. In addition, he also captured Qinglong Pass last time and took away the hundred-mile-long stone Great Wall at Qinglong Pass. Now, nearly 160 miles of Great Wall have been built on the Liaodong border to defend against foreign tribes. The entire Later Jin is now in a state of shock!"

"What?"

Liu Laowu thought he had misheard.

"You broke through Jin Yuan Prefecture City all by yourself? Are you serious?"

"It's absolutely true, how could a lowly person dare to lie?"

Liu Laowu was stunned on the spot. According to his idea, even though Liu Fu had a strange beast, it was hard for him to believe that he could break through the Jin Yuan Mansion on his own.

However, news came again the very next day:

"Your Majesty, a resounding victory!"

"The Later Jin army of 150,000 elite troops surrounded the Eighth Prince, but the Eighth Prince single-handedly broke through the encirclement of the Later Jin army of 150,000 elite troops and killed more than 20,000 elite Later Jin soldiers."

Upon hearing this news, Liu Laowu could no longer hold back.

"How is this possible? What kind of magic pill did Lao Ba eat? How did this kid become so powerful?"