Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Old Trick

The two of them exchanged pleasantries for a while, and then walked into the hall hand in hand, as if they had a good relationship.

Seeing the two people coming hand in hand, one is her own daughter who is full of wild beauty, and the other is the lord of Wen'an, who looks like a dream, as if she is a fairy falling from the sky, the queen has some bad feelings in her heart, but the queen's acting skills are better, and she has already entered the door with a smile on her face and said: "Lord Wen'an, are you here?" I've always heard that you're not in good health, but really? The climate in southern Xinjiang is very different from that in Beijing, and I don't know if you can adapt to such a life. ”

The snow saluted in a proper manner, and the queen had a chair for her to sit on.

After sitting down, she replied, "Your Majesty, I've been fine for a while. It's just that I neglected to honor the queen, and I really feel ashamed. ”

The queen couldn't help but think to herself, do you also know that you are negligent in filial piety? Then why don't you come to the palace to enter the obligation? However, on her face, the queen still said with a smile: "If this is in the capital, it is estimated that it has already begun to be cold, and we are still so hot here, and we are still wearing sari clothes?" Does the county lord feel that this place is better? ”

The words revealed a sense of superiority, and Ling Xue was not angry, and said directly: "I can still adapt here." When I first arrived, I was a little uncomfortable with the heat here, but fortunately, my sister-in-law gave me a good idea. Let the merchants in Jiangnan bring me a lot of ice. That's better. ”

At the mention of the ice, the Queen and Ram's faces were not upset. There are not many people who use ice in Guangzhou, so to speak, only one makes snow. The high price is not something that ordinary people can afford. In particular, the queen and Ram have never seen ice or snow in their lives.

The queen held back her breath. He said, "I heard that you have ice cubes there, and you can rest very comfortably, no wonder you can adapt to life here so quickly." Just use ice cubes, you are really the first person in southern Xinjiang, too luxurious. ”

Lang Xue smiled and said, "My sister-in-law often tells me that money is used to serve people. As long as you can buy it to enjoy and be comfortable, it will be worth the money. ”

The queen was a little angry.

Originally, she wanted to be polite with Langxue for a while, but she couldn't be polite anymore. This Wen'an county lord. Look soft and weak. It's really so choking to speak, where is this self-inflicted power on her, which understands that she is here to show off her wealth.

Looking at the glittering gemstone jewelry on Rang Xue's black hair, and the luxurious clothes. The queen was a little overwhelmed. I couldn't help but tighten my clothes. The queen's clothes were also very luxurious silk clothes. However, it doesn't matter if it's the embroidery on it, or the things that are embellished on the clothes. can't compare with other people's snow.

The queen's clothes, I think they are very gorgeous and good-looking, but they are really 108,000 miles away from the clothes of the snow, look at the clothes of the snow.

The clothes of the lord of Wen'an are either red gold buttons or pearl feet, or a pair of shoes, all of which are tied with pearls. Those two pairs of pearls were actually bigger than the pearls set in the Queen's crown, and they were even more jeweled. Inlay the things in the crown yourself, and people just step on their feet like this, do you think this can not be annoying? With her, the queen is really angry. It's just that this kind of trivial matter of clothing and accessories is not easy to say. The queen was angry, but she couldn't show it, and almost suffocated to death.

The queen took a deep breath and said, "You have just been in Guangzhou City for less than a year, and it will be a big festival of the Bai clan soon." As the son of the Bai clan, Mu Li must have more of this matter. You must help him do it well. ”

The snow is busy.

The queen smiled and clapped her hands, and four charming palace maids came in, dressed in the service of the Yi clan, very ambitious and beautiful.

As soon as you look at the snow, you know that this eternal trick is here again. If all mothers-in-law want to disgust their daughters-in-law, they must first stuff their husbands' rooms with people. It's a clichΓ©, but it's tried and tested, and it's very useful.

All the daughters-in-law hated and feared this trick. However, with this trick, Rong Xue had already learned how to deal with it from her sister-in-law Chen Wenhui.

She smiled slightly, not in a hurry at all.

Carefully observe the look of the snow. found that the snow was still light and light, and I couldn't help but be secretly surprised.

However, she still smiled and continued: "Lord Wen'an, Mu Li and you are going to be busy. As a mother, I am also very busy, and I have no way to help you, so I can only help a few of you, help Muli well, and spread the branches and leaves of the Bai clan in the future. Help you share some of the burdens too. ”

The queen guessed that the snow would turn discolored. However, there was no snow at all, she stood up with a smile, looked at the four palace maids carefully, showed a satisfied look, and then saluted the queen and said, "Thank you for the reward." ”

The queen and Ram felt as if they had punched the cotton, and they felt very uncomfortable.

However, this is the only way to go.

The queen could only smile awkwardly and continued, "Lord Wen'an. Since you came to our southern Xinjiang, the trade between our southern Xinjiang and the southern seas has continued to increase. Thank you for that. ”

Lang Xue said, "This is what should be done." After all, am I already the daughter-in-law of Southern Xinjiang? ”

The queen was choked again, and held back her breath and said, "However, I still want some special things, such as armor and weapons produced on Yizhou Island." As you know, there are many mountains in our southern Xinjiang, and there are many fierce beasts in the mountains, so in order to deal with such fierce beasts, in order to protect our homes and people, we still need good weapons and armor. ”

For so many years, the proportion of weapons in the trade between Nanyang and Nanjiang has basically not been there. Mostly investments in agriculture.

This point, the queen has asked many times, but Nanyang refused.

This time, the queen made a request to make a snow, and she didn't expect her to do this. Just kidding, Chen Wenhui's Nanyang officials who stayed in southern Xinjiang to be in charge of trade can't be this master, what use can she be a Wen'an county lord? What if she was the sister-in-law of the Wen Hui monarch? It's not a sister-in-law, it's just a half-sister of her husband.

Who knows, Lang Xue smiled and said, "Originally, this matter couldn't be done at all." I will not say those hypocritical words in front of the queen. The emperor of Great Chu once said that armor and weapons were not allowed in the trade between Nanyang and Nanjiang. My sister-in-law's Nanyang is still under the jurisdiction of Great Chu, and my brother and sister-in-law are all important ministers of Great Chu, where do they dare to disobey the orders of the Great Chu Emperor? ”

The queen was disappointed, but expected.

"However, I think that if I send a letter to my sister-in-law, I am afraid that my sister-in-law will still give me some thin noodles." ”

The queen's eyes couldn't help but light up, and then she said, "But, what about the Great Chu Emperor's side?" ”

Rong Xue smiled and said: "The emperor of Great Chu is not the first emperor, and now this emperor and my brother are best friends." Growing up together, they treated me like a sister. I didn't ask him for anything, and now I open my mouth to him for my in-laws, and I think he won't refute my face. ”

The queen couldn't help but be stunned, and then ecstasy, if she could get the fine armor of the Hei family on Yizhou Island, she would have a few more chances of winning against the Great Chu army in the future.

Lang Xue continued: "However, my sister-in-law is principled in everything she does. This time, for the convenience of my business, I was afraid that the people below would speak. So, I still have to give my sister-in-law a little benefit. Also, I'm going to oversee this myself. ”

The queen hurriedly asked, "What benefits?" How much silver is needed and what are you needed? ”

Lang Xue sneered and said, "Your Majesty, is there a richer woman in this world than my sister-in-law?" Is she the one who is short of money? What could she be missing? ”

The queen sneered, this is true, the richest person in the world is the county lord of Dachu, Wen Hui, this is known to everyone. What else to say?

Can people look at the queen's idea?

"My sister-in-law said once before that the trade between Nanyang and Nanjiang is increasing day by day, so some officials should be stationed here. Although they bought a house in Guangzhou City, it was still too small and inconvenient. Therefore, they fell in love with the small island outside Guangzhou, connected to the port, and the sandy land at the mouth of the sea. If the queen is willing to cede that piece of land to me in the South Seas. I'm afraid my sister-in-law will agree to supply us with armor and weapons. ”

The queen was speechless.

Rong Xue smiled and said: "That place is not big, and besides, my sister-in-law will not take it for nothing, the queen knows, my sister-in-law has never made anyone suffer a loss when she does business with anyone." My sister-in-law is not short of money. It must have been bought with real money. ”

"That piece of sandy land, you can't grow anything, the place is barren, and there are not many people, but they just rely on the estuary. If my sister-in-law gets that place, she will send someone over and build the road and the warehouse, so that more Nanyang things will be transported and hoarded there, wouldn't it be more conducive to trade? ”

The queen was moved by what Rong Xue said, and was about to agree, when a question suddenly came to mind: "Wenhui County is the main piece of land, is it going to send troops there?" ”

Lang Xue smiled even sweeter and said: "This place in southern Xinjiang, the queen also knows, the folk customs are relatively strong, if there is no army to protect it, how can you keep those precious goods?" ”

The queen was immediately angry. Is this what it means to drive the army to the doorstep? In this way, there is no need for Great Chu to attack Nanjiang, Nanyang sent an army first.

Back then, those guards of Lord Wenhui were still fresh in the queen's memory, how could she forget them so quickly? Isn't this the same as luring a wolf into the house?

The queen couldn't help but put on a straight face and said, "No." (To be continued......)

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