159 Puzzle

Princess Changle was grounded, which caused a lot of sensation in the palace, and even Ji Sizan, who was used to seeing big scenes in the palace, peeked at Jia Jiu who was sitting on it playing chess from time to time, and seeing that Jia Jiu was unmoved, he hurriedly pulled Qiu Dianzan to the side and whispered.

"Her Royal Highness the princess has been grounded, why doesn't the county monarch go to take a look?"

Qiu Dianzan smiled and said in a low voice: "Sister Ji is also too anxious, and the monarch of Fang Cai also met Her Royal Highness the princess on the road." However, it was only a little time, so I rushed to the Qingliang Palace, which added to the conversation. ”

"But ......"

Qiu Dian praised: "I think my sister is concerned and chaotic. Can't my sister see it? This is the fight between the two immortals above, and Her Royal Highness the princess and our county monarch are just in a hurry. Do more wrong, do less wrong, don't do good. The more this time, the more you have to sit still. ”

Ji Izan lowered his head and thought about it, and said, "How can I not be anxious?" Alas. ”

Ji Sizan didn't continue, and Qiu Dianzan didn't ask.

They are all court ladies, and they all know very well that there are things they can't say or know, and even if they do, they must be treated as if they don't know.

Of course, they also knew very well that now, it was impossible for this Jia Junjun to remain calm. The Emperor Taishang and the current war have burned to Princess Changle, how can Jia Jiu continue to be calm?

Sure enough, early the next morning, the eldest princess of Lanling and the eldest princess of Jiashan came. They stood outside the Qingliang Palace, and then turned to the Honghui Palace.

Jia Jiu was shocked when he learned about it.

The eldest princess of Jiashan said: "Very surprised? ”

"Not really. The courtiers thought that the first person to come to the Honghui Palace. How can it be a talent in the harem. ”

The eldest princess of Lanling replied: "If that is really the case, then that person, if it is not that he is incorrigibly stupid. That's the outcast. ”

Jia Jiu smiled and didn't speak.

He thought that the women in the palace were just like the ones he played in the TV series in his first life, one by one, without any eyes, jumping up and down to make trouble. But also, in this world, people who are not smart enough will not live long. Xue Baochai is powerful enough, right? In the original book, he was so pitted by Mrs. Wang that he could only hang himself on Jia Baoyu's body. Now he is also held in his hands by Jia Jiu, Jia Jiu is willing to help him, and he can still take a breath. Jia Jiu ignored it, and he could only be stripped away.

In this court, people who live in peace may not be able to live long, but those who live long must be very peaceful people.

Frankly. In the past, the eldest princess of Lanling had a good evaluation of Jia Jiu. Whether it is Jia Jiu's sue for the royal complaint or going to the border, it is a commendable behavior. The eldest princess of Lanling asked herself, if he was replaced, if he had this ability, he would make the same choice as Jia Jiu.

Because this is filial piety.

However, seeing what kind of Zhuangzi Jia Jiu and Princess Changle were making, and buying people's hearts, his prestige among the palace people rose sharply. This made the eldest princess of Lanling very dissatisfied with Jia Jiu.

In the eyes of the eldest princess of Lanling, as a courtier. It is an unforgivable thing to reach out to the palace. If Jia Jiu enters the palace, in order to make him the queen mother, in order to make him the real mistress of this country, even if he doesn't move, there will be people who will stain his hands with blood; If Jia Jiu did not enter the palace, but married into the clan, the eldest princess of Lanling was also very suspicious that Jia Jiu had the ability to make the royal heir extinct, so as to let her child ascend to the throne; If Jia Jiu marries a courtier's family, the eldest princess of Lanling even doubts that the country will change the dynasty because of this.

In the opinion of the eldest princess of Lanling, this little girl may not have this idea now, but in the long run, this little girl has this ability.

This is a very dangerous signal.

The eldest princess of Jiashan didn't think about it so much, although he also got the emperor's signal to ask him to come and inquire about salt and fertilizer with Jia Jiu, but because of Yan Wei's relationship, the eldest princess of Jiashan still felt quite good about Jia Jiu.

In the eyes of the eldest princess of Jiashan, Jia Jiu, like Yan Wei, is a disciple of Taoism, so she is naturally not bad. It's just that Jia Jiu has never said anything about salt and fertilizer in front of their sisters, and he can't speak directly.

Although the Emperor Taishang and the present day have placed people in front of Jia Jiu, it will still make people uncomfortable if they are picked out like this. Especially at the beginning, Jia Jiu was just a child, and the emperor and he treated him like this now, in the end, he was too cautious and too guarded, which made people feel cold.

After hesitating for a while, the eldest princess of Jiashan said: "I heard that Yuqingshan called Jia Junjun a few days ago, but is there anything urgent?" ”

Jia Jiu nodded and said, "Yes." Something did happen. ”

"What kind of thing? Does it matter? ”

Jia Jiu hesitated for a moment, but decided to tell part of the "facts": "In the old years, I got a recipe in the classics of the Daomen, and it is said that according to this recipe, I can refine something called salt fertilizer, which can increase the yield of grain. It's just that because the cost is too high, some are not very cost-effective, so they are shelved by the Taoist Gate. Since I got this recipe, I have pondered it, but this recipe is inconvenient for me to give to others, so I specially asked my cousin to help. ”

"And then?"

"My cousin reproduced this recipe. But this cost is still too high. It can only increase the output of one acre of land by fifty percent, but it requires the total harvest cost of nearly 30 acres of land. The price is still a little too high. The courtiers are thinking of a way, if this cost can be reduced to the point that the people can afford and are willing to use it. ”

The eldest princess of Jiashan's eyes widened and said, "Do you know what you're talking about?" ”

Jia Jiu nodded and said, "I know." ”

The eldest princess of Jiashan said: "You know? Do you know that since this recipe was shelved by the Daomen, it is equivalent to saying that someone in the Daomen already knows what this recipe is for, and maybe they have studied it in advance, but they gave up because they found nothing. Maybe you have invested thousands of dollars, and in exchange for it, it will be all for nothing. ”

Jia Jiu nodded and said, "That's true." It's just that I still want to give it a try. It is a matter of people's livelihood, and if you don't work hard, give up. That will be the regret of my life. ”

The eldest princess of Lanling said: "Then, do you know that this should not be something that girls can interfere in the first place." ”

Jia Jiu nodded. "I know. But I didn't want to give up. ”

The eldest princess of Lanling said: "So, do you have a plan?" How much money do I need? ”

Jia Jiu was silent for a while, and then replied, "The courtiers don't know. But the courtiers speculated that they would invest at least one million a year. ”

The eldest princess of Lanling exclaimed: "You are crazy! Do you know how much money a prince only has to go out of the palace to open a mansion? With an investment of at least one million taels a year, do you plan to make the entire court look sideways? ”

Jia Jiu said: "So." The courtiers were going to do it themselves. ”

"Do it yourself?" Hearing this, the eldest princess of Lanling and the eldest princess of Jiashan both thought that they had misheard: "Do you know what you are talking about?" ”

The eldest princess of Lanling couldn't believe her ears.

In this world, women are born to be appendages of others. When I was little. It is an accessory to the father, an accessory to the husband when he grows up, and an accessory to the son when he is old. Even more sad is in this world. Only girls who are accessories can live well. A girl. If there is no man to rely on, even if you live in your uncle's house, or your mother's uncle's house, you won't have a good life.

But the words Jia Jiu said today are already very rebellious.

In this world, although girls are allowed to have a certain amount of property and have a dowry, this dowry itself comes from the favor of their parents and the gift of the family. Even the eldest princess of Lanling herself. Even if he is the concubine of the emperor, the share of enjoyment is also superior among the sisters. However, his dowry is only a level with the settlement fee of his concubines and brothers who leave the palace and open the mansion. Even if he has another mother's dowry, but as Jia Jiu said, throwing out millions of taels of silver every year, it is simply impossible.

In this world, even if a girl is favored, the dowry she gets is limited.

In the eyes of the eldest princess of Lanling, even if Jia Jiu is favored, it is impossible for Jia Yu to give him his family background. In other words, the dowry that Jia Jiu will be able to get in the future, 100,000 and 150,000, is no problem at all for the current Rongguo Marquis Mansion. But if you want to exceed 200,000, the probability is very small, and as for surpassing the prince and princess, it is impossible at all.

In other words, with his dowry, it is impossible for Jia Jiu to get salt and fertilizer at all. Moreover, it will take a lot of time to manage the dowry to the point where it can spend millions of taels of silver a year.

To sum up, unless Jia Jiu starts another stove and has another way to get money, otherwise, this salt fertilizer can only be stillborn.

The eldest princess of Lanling thought for a while and said, "Jia Junjun, this palace knows that Jia Junjun has always been kind-hearted and can't look down on the people. But as you said, this salt fertilizer requires a lot of money. Even if Jia Junjun has the ability to get enough money, others need to return it for taking out the money. Jia Junjun, how much time do you think it will take to get salt fertilizer to the point where ordinary people can use it? Can the person who pays afford to wait? ”

The eldest princess of Lanling did not mention those Zhuangzi.

Those Zhuangzi not only support the people of northern Xinjiang, but also the face project of the eldest princess of Lanling, the eldest princess of Jiashan and the eldest princess of Changle, and it is also related to the pension of countless people in the palace. It can be said that even if Jia Jiu didn't touch these things on Zhuangzi, even if similar rumors came out, it would be enough for Jia Jiu to fall into the dust.

What the eldest princess of Lanling can imagine, the eldest princess of Jiashan naturally thinks of, and the female officials and servants on the side will not be unexpected.

Thinking that there might be a problem with their pension problems, the female officials who followed the two eldest princesses looked at Jia Jiu with a slightly wrong look.

Jia Jiu didn't notice that there was something wrong with the eyes of the people around him.

He replied: "Your Royal Highness, since salt and fertilizer are related to the whole world, there will naturally be countless people who are interested. ”

The eldest princess of Lanling replied, "But you can't guarantee that they will definitely follow you out the money." Take the royal brother as an example, although the royal brother is rich from all over the world, in fact, he is also the person who needs money the most in this world. ”

Jia Jiu wanted to say that he didn't think about letting the people of Daqi bear the money, but thinking that this matter was related to the strength of Daqi's entire army, and thinking that Daqi was not even equipped with military salaries now, Jia Jiu had to swallow his words back.

It's a pity that Daqi is not a government military system. If Daqi's army uses Datang's military system, and if Daqi attaches as much importance to the country's army as Datang, Jia Jiu can take the opportunity to change Daqi's armaments and raise the combat effectiveness of Daqi's army to a higher level. As for the consumption here, even if the Great Qi treasury can't afford it, you can ask someone else for it.

It is a pity that the national conditions of Daqi determine that this road is full of difficulties.

If Jia Jiu figured out the way to sell the war and use the road to promote salt and fertilizer, then he must first do a good job of the emperor and the current work. However, everyone knows that if you don't deal with the Emperor Taishang today, it is more difficult to get these two to reach an agreement first.

In other words, Jia Jiu was thinking in the wrong direction before.

He had to find another way.

After being silent for a while, Jia Jiu replied, "It seems that the courtier made a mistake. ”

The eldest princess of Lanling said: "And then? ”

"The courtiers need to think about it."

The eldest princess of Lanling was taken aback: "You still want to make salt and fertilizer?!" ”

Jia Jiu replied: "Your Royal Highness the Princess, your kindness, the courtiers understand. It's just that you can take this matter as the obsession of your courtiers. ”

The eldest princess of Lanling said: "Now, the only family that can help you is your cousin's family, right?" I heard that he still has two younger brothers? If he loses too much money, have you ever wondered what will happen to him? Even if Miss Lin is young and doesn't understand this, you can't ...... well."

Jia Jiu replied, "Your Royal Highness the Princess, you are too worried. Although Sister Lin is young, she is a smart person. He didn't open his mouth because he believed that now the courtiers were just walking into a maze. As long as the courtiers get out of this obstacle, Sister Lin will be open and honest with the courtiers. Therefore, the current courtiers only need to do their best. The courtiers are fully sure of this. ”

The eldest princess of Jiashan couldn't help but glance at Jia Jiu and said, "Jia Junjun, you really have confidence in Cousin Ling. ”

Jia Jiu smiled: "Because he is Sister Lin." ”

Jia Jiu's attitude made the eldest princess of Lanling and the eldest princess of Jiashan very curious. The two sisters knew that today, they were afraid that they would not have anything else to gain, so they had to stop. But on the other hand, they couldn't help but pay attention to Lin Daiyu's affairs.

can make this famous Jia Junjun show a similar look, this Miss Lin family is only afraid that it is not simple. At least, their niece, Princess Changle, had never let this Jia Junjun show such a determined look. (To be continued......)