"Heh, Xiao San is here too? After a few years, I don't know what this little chubby dun has grown into now. Thinking of the first time she saw Shen Wansan, Ma Xiuying couldn't help laughing, and when she saw that Lu Xiaoqian was still standing, she hurriedly said: "Sit down, sit down, there are no outsiders here, so you don't need to talk about so many rules." ”

"Thanks to the queen's mother's blessing, everything is fine with the husband. Lu Xiaoqian sat down slowly, and her nervous mood gradually calmed down. Ma Xiuying is still the same as before, and she does not look down on them because she became a queen.

Ma Xiuying said cordially: "This time you come to the capital, you can stay longer, and when you have time, you will come to the palace to talk to me." ”

"The queen has a will, and the women dare not disobey. The husband was also waiting for the emperor to summon him in the capital. Lu Xiaoqian smiled, Ma Xiuying treated her as cordial as ever, Shen Wansan appeased Shang Jia Gong, this time he went to Beijing to meet Zhu Yuanzhang, presumably the Shen family couldn't run away with a royal business qualification.

The two gossiped a few words, Ma Xiuying noticed that Lu Xiaoqian's clothes were very familiar, and after a closer look, the clothes were made of various fragmentary brocade fabrics. Hey, isn't this the style of the paddy field skirt she wore when she attended Lu Xiaoqian's and Shen Wansan's engagement banquet? But Lu Xiaoqian's dress was much more delicate than the skirt she wore at that time, and all kinds of brocade fabrics were cut into well-proportioned rectangles, and then regularly arranged and sewn into clothes.

Lu Xiaoqian saw Ma Xiuying's eyes fall on her clothes, and smiled, "The queen is familiar with this dress? Now this style is deeply loved by women in the people's house, and the queen is asked to give a name. ”

Ma Xiuying laughed and laughed, when the Da Zhang family treated her harshly and refused to buy her clothes, she managed to find some rags that others didn't want to make into skirts, but she didn't expect that it would become a popular clothing for women in Jiangnan now, and I don't know if it will be popular all over China in the future.

Retracting her thoughts, Ma Xiuying said: "Since the colors of these clothes are intertwined with each other and shaped like paddy fields, let's call them paddy field clothes." ”

"Thank you, Queen, for the name. Lu Xiaoqian smiled happily, and quickly calculated in her heart that this was a dress invented by Ma Xiuying and named by Ma Xiuying, and publicizing it in the name of the queen's costume will definitely make the family's ready-to-wear shop business better. No, when you leave the palace, you have to discuss with Shen Wansan and ask someone to speed up the hand-sewing of paddy field clothes.

Thinking of Shen Wansan, Lu Xiaoqian suddenly remembered that before entering the palace, Shen Wansan explained that he must have a good relationship with Ma Xiuying and strive to be the emperor's businessman, and hurriedly said: "Queen Mother, the people's women have one more thing to ask for this time, and the husbands of the people's women have the courage to pray to see the emperor and ask the queen to be accommodating." ”

Shen Wansan is the leading tycoon in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, but when he arrives in the capital, he is nothing, even if he is summoned by Zhu Yuanzhang, according to his identity as a businessman, he does not know how to rank until the Year of the Monkey. However, the business of the Shen family, which is a big family, can't withstand a long delay, if Ma Xiuying, the queen, is willing to help accommodate and advance the date of the visit.

Ma Xiuying smiled and said with relief: "Don't you say that I also plan to let the emperor reward you, thanks to the money and help provided by Xiao San over the years, the emperor can fight in the south and the north." Don't worry, the emperor will summon Xiao San in two days. ”

The woman and her husband thanked the queen for her support. Lu Xiaoqian left a rich and expensive gift as usual and said goodbye.

When Zhu Yuanzhang went down, Ma Xiuying went to ask to see Lu Xiaoqian's intentions.

Zhu Yuanzhang has always disliked businessmen, and he is even more disgusted with businessmen in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, even if it is a businessman like Shen Wansan who gives him many benefits, he also does not want to see him, because he hates anyone who has contributed to Zhang Shicheng.

When Zhu Yuanzhang sent troops to attack Pingjiang, Zhang Shicheng held Pingjiang for eight months, and behind it was the strong support of the squires of Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Although Shen Wansan later funded Zhu Yuanzhang's army, he also funded Zhang Shicheng before, so Zhu Yuanzhang still didn't have a good impression of him, and felt that this businessman saw the wind and steered the rudder, and was mercenary, if he hadn't considered using him to appease the merchants in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, he was afraid that he would have already attacked him.

After listening to Ma Xiuying's words at this time, Zhu Yuanzhang sarcastically said lukewarmly: "What is he anxious to see me doing?

"It's not for the emperor to send silver. Ma Xiuying handed over a stack of silver tickets and said with a smile: "Shen Wansan was worried about the imperial court, knowing that the treasury was empty, so he specially asked his wife to offer 500,000 silver taels for the concubine to be handed over to the emperor." ”

In fact, these silver tickets are Shen Wansan's personal dividends to Ma Xiuying, of course, in order to please Ma Xiuying, this time the dividends are much more than before. Ma Xiuying donated the dividends in the name of Shen Wansan, first, knowing that Zhu Yuanzhang needed money, and secondly, she wanted to leave a good impression on Shen Wansan in front of Zhu Yuanzhang. She didn't know that Shen Wansan had already prepared a lot of money, and planned to show off when she saw Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang's attitude really eased, "This profiteer still has a little conscience and knows how to share my worries." ”

Ma Xiuying said tentatively: "Would the emperor like to see him?"

"See, see, since someone took the initiative to give silver, why didn't I see it?" Zhu Yuanzhang flashed a light in his eyes, and he made up his mind to squeeze Shen Wansan and find ways to consume his family wealth.

The next day, Zhu Yuanzhang summoned Shen Wansan in the Jinshen Palace, and he said: "I have received your wishes, this time you took the lead in appeasing the merchants of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, stabilizing the hearts of the people, and doing a good job." A few more businessmen like you who are worried about the country and the people are the blessings of the people in the world. ”

What kind of intentions? Could it be that Ma Xiuying helped me do something in front of the emperor? Shen Wansanzhang and the second monk couldn't scratch his head, but he would not take the initiative to say it, and knelt down and said: "The grass people are afraid, and it is the duty of the grass people to worry about the emperor. ”

"It's better for you businessmen. ”

Shen Wansan thought that Zhu Yuanzhang was praising him, and just showed a smile, but unexpectedly, Zhu Yuanzhang's words changed, and the next sentence shocked him into a cold sweat.

"The hundred bureaucrats have fallen asleep, and the hundred bureaucrats have not risen. is not as rich as the Jiangnan rich man, and the sun is still embraced. ”

Shen Wansan's smile stiffened, and he stammered and couldn't speak, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the grass people ......."

"Get up, get up, haha, don't be nervous, it's a good thing that you have money, and only when you have money can you share my worries. Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile: "Come on, sit down." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang's soft and hard tone made Shen Wansan at a loss, half of his butt was next to the chair, and he said tremblingly: "The grass people can have today, thanks to the emperor's blessings, and the grass people are willing to donate their family property to make a little contribution to the imperial court." ”

He had long understood the truth of the tree, and when he heard Zhu Yuanzhang hinting that he should use money to share his worries, he immediately decided to retreat and take the initiative to keep him safe.

"You don't have to live so much, your family has to live. Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes narrowed slightly, like a lion who had found its prey, and opened his mouth and said: "The country has just been established, the treasury is empty, and the construction of the palace has cost eight or nine of the treasury, and I still want to build a city wall in the capital, but I am suffering from huge expenses......"

Shen Wansan hurriedly said: "The grass people are willing to share the emperor's worries, and the grass people are willing to fund the construction of the city wall." ”

He screamed bitterly in his heart, and was originally going to give Zhu Yuanzhang a million taels of silver, but Zhu Yuanzhang's appetite was greater, and he didn't know if one million taels of silver was enough to build a city wall. But at this moment, how can he retreat, he has to agree, he can make more money when the money is gone, where to find it when his life is gone?