si-mexico Chapter 361 What? The person Mu Rong loves is not her
Chapter 361 What? The person Mu Rong loves is not her
Chapter 361 What? Mu Rong doesn’t love her
In the Queen's Palace, the few maids and chambermaids who had previously carried the dripping water from the mountains and seas of clouds had finished their errands.
They walked into the front hall while cleaning the dust from their clothes.
Just as he was about to enter, he saw Grandma He Zhi opening the curtain and coming out of the hall.
After seeing them, he hurriedly waved his hands: "You're back just in time! His Royal Highness just said that the drip should be smeared with sleep aid essential oil to have better effect. You should go to the Tai Hospital to get some essential oil and apply it carefully. In the winding mountains and sea of clouds, let’s see if it has any effect tonight.”
"Yes." No one dared to disobey Aunt He Zhi's words.
So they quickly withdrew and went about their business. When He Zhi saw that everyone had been sent away, he returned to the hall.
As soon as she entered the inner hall, she heard the Queen's surprised voice: "Are you telling the truth? This matter is no joke. Fourth brother, please don't lie to me."
"I dare not lie to my mother... The woman Rong Geer really likes is indeed Lin Jiaoyue." Wu Tianqi emphasized again, "This matter is related to my face. How can I dare to speak nonsense?"
"How could it be? How could this happen?!" The queen stood up and walked around the palace. Suddenly she stopped and figured out what she had been puzzled about before. "No wonder... no wonder he I didn’t consummate the marriage on my wedding night, so it turns out that I have something in my heart!”
"What? Brother Rong didn't consummate Ping An's marriage last night?" This time it was Wu Tianqi's turn to be surprised.
"It's absolutely true!" the Queen affirmed, "I felt strange when they came to pay respects to An An. It was obvious that An An was the one he had tried so hard to marry. In order to be worthy of his status, Your Majesty made an exception and granted the rank of a sixth-rank official. The woman is the head of the county... How could he endure it on his wedding night when he spends so much effort on it! It turns out... it turns out that what he has been thinking about all the time is actually your woman! "
But soon, the queen felt something was wrong: "But since he was thinking about Lin Jiaoyue, why didn't he ask for marriage at the Chinese Valentine's Day banquet that day? Instead, he fell in love with Xu Rongrong?"
Wu Tianqi lowered his head: "I also asked Jiao Jiao about this. It was because before the Qixi Festival Banquet, Jiao Jiao gave me a sachet and was seen by Brother Rong. At that time, he was angry with Jiao Jiao, so he asked for help. .”
"Young spirit! You can't live a good life without having any love entanglements. It's better now. When he loses his temper, Miss Lin becomes your woman." The queen sneered, "When I was in the hunting palace, I I just thought it was strange that he, who was so good, would go to that no-man’s land with Miss Lin. It turned out that he was alone and wanted to have a private meeting, but he didn’t expect that he was shot and ruined the good thing! "
"In fact, Jiaojiao doesn't really have much genuine affection for him." Wu Tianqi looked as if he wanted to explain on Lin Jiaoyue's behalf. Seeing this, the Queen sneered inwardly, but said, "However, as long as he holds on to Miss Lin, we have no reason to worry about him not being able to use him. It's just... I'm afraid you won't be willing to let him go."
"My son must do his best to serve his mother and elder brother!"
"It's just that... the mother also knows that Jiao Jiao's appearance is completely ruined now, and her body is also taken care of by her son... I'm afraid that her attraction to Brother Rong is not as good as before. What's more, Ping An is also a rare beauty in Beijing. I'm afraid that as time goes by, Brother Rong's heart really won't be able to take it back."
"It doesn't matter!" the queen said with a smile, "I can help Miss Lin to make her look even better than before!"
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In the imperial study, Deng Zhi, the Minister of Household Affairs, had a happy face.
The Ministry of Finance was the money bag of the dynasty. Seeing Deng Zhitong's appearance, the emperor knew that something good must be up to him.
Even though he had been busy all morning, the emperor felt that he was energetic again:
"Why are you smiling so hard that you can't even see your eyes? But in the past two months, border trade has made a lot of money?"
"Your Majesty, your Majesty!" Deng Zhitong hurriedly presented the booklet in his hands with both hands.
Eunuch Yao took it and forwarded it to the emperor.
The emperor also looked forward to it.
The accounts in the booklet were clearly organized. While the emperor was flipping through them, Deng Zhitong reported:
"Since the reopening of border trade, except for the first month when foreign merchants mainly waited and saw and made little money, as the silk, porcelain, rice, grain, and wine from our country continued to enter the borders from the border, those merchants who were waiting and watching began to Take action immediately.”
"In the next two months, I sold a total of 50,000 pieces of silk and got 1.5 million taels of silver; I sold 9,000 pieces of porcelain and got 900,000 taels of silver; I sold 300,000 jins of rice and grain, and got 900,000 taels of silver. Thirty thousand taels of silver; 20,000 barrels of wine were sold, and 400,000 taels of silver were obtained! There was also a profit of 500,000 taels of jade, pearls and other commodities." Deng Zhitong became more and more enthusiastic as he spoke, "There are also more than 800 extra merchants from the north. Xinjiang, Southern Xinjiang, and Western Border entered the customs and entered our court to sell medicinal materials, gold and stones, fruits, cattle, sheep, and horses, etc., and paid more than 800,000 yuan in taxes and silver for our court!"
"Your Majesty, in less than three months, the reopening of border trade has already brought nearly 4.2 million taels of silver to the national treasury! It can be seen that His Highness Prince Ning's move to reopen border trade is really beneficial to the country. Benefit the people!”
Hearing this, the emperor raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "That's right! Prince Ning did a good job on his errands, and so did you! He found a way to make money for me and for Da Zhou, and you also worked day and night to make money for Da Zhou! I I want to reward you well!"
Deng Zhitong said hurriedly: "I don't dare. What I do is just fulfilling my duty. What really makes Zhou Dynasty what it is today is your majesty's open-mindedness!"
"Alright, alright, stop flattering me," the emperor said with a smile. "Now that the border has just opened, it's normal for things to be so busy, but do you have any ideas on how to keep things running smoothly?" Seeing the emperor's question, Deng Zhitong quickly replied in a serious tone, "Over the past two months, there's been a huge demand for our porcelain and silk, while rice, flour, and alcohol are generally average... I believe we should increase production of porcelain and silk, plant more mulberry trees and raise more silkworms in Jiangnan, and add more looms. We should also increase recruitment at the Ru, Ding, and Jun kilns to ensure a steady supply."
The emperor nodded: "Yes, what else?"
"Weichen wants to appropriately reduce taxes on fruits, cattle, sheep, horses, etc. produced in the foreign countries, so that foreign merchants will think that these goods are more profitable."
"What does this mean?"
"Your Majesty, do you know that the fruits in Northern Xinjiang are sweet and delicious, but it is already a long way to transport them to the capital, let alone send them to other places? If you want the people to be able to eat such fruits, only large-scale It is most convenient to cultivate them in the Zhou Dynasty; and the yellow oxen from outside are tall and strong. If they can be bred with the cattle of our dynasty, they will definitely benefit the people in farming in the future; and the mutton is warm and delicious, and it is a good nourishing product. If more can be introduced, Wouldn't it be able to strengthen the physique of the people of my great Zhou Dynasty? As for the horses... Your Majesty also knows that our war horses are far inferior to the horses in Northern Xinjiang in terms of physique and speed. If we can take this opportunity to improve the breed, wouldn't we be able to kill two birds with one stone? ? Therefore, with tax exemptions and exemptions on these goods, merchants from other parts of the world will definitely flock to me and continuously deliver the goods I need!"
The emperor laughed: "Sure enough, an old man like you still knows how to make an abacus!"