Holding the box, Jia Jiu was like holding a hot potato.

He couldn't even wait for a moment, and asked someone to go to the palace overnight to provide news.

Qiu Dianzan looked at this county gentleman's restless appearance, and was very funny: "County monarch, you have hidden the salt and fat from it, why do you care about these crippled soldiers?" ”

Jia Jiu shook his head and said: "I didn't tell the palace about the salt fertilizer, firstly, because the salt fertilizer takes a long time, and secondly, I was afraid that the palace would see that the salt fertilizer would not see the results for a long time, so I gave up the salt fertilizer and used the salt fertilizer as a tool to fight the opponent." ”

Qiu Dianzan said in a low voice: "Is it because of the battle between the Emperor Taishang and the current Banzai?" ”

"Yes. Does my aunt know something? ”

Qiu Dianzan said in a low voice: "I'm sorry, Junjun. ”

"Yes. It's me who lost my words. Forget what I just said. ”

"Yes."

Regarding the fact that Qiu Dianzan and others were obviously serving him Jia Jiu, but in fact they were spies, Jia Jiu actually knew it for a long time. Qiu Dianzan's attitude of refusal made Jia Jiu a little disappointed, but it was also expected by him.

It's just that among the people around him, do they belong to those factions?

To say that Jia Jiu is not curious, that is false.

It's just that he can't ask anything, and he can't inquire.

He had to act as if he didn't know.

Jia Jiu was silent for a while, and then said, "That's it, let's say hello to the palace." Empty words, seeing is believing. I'm afraid that the top suspects that our family has been raising private soldiers for a long time, if you don't give an explanation to the above. I'm afraid that there will be endless troubles. As for salt fertilizer, try to reduce the impression of salt fertilizer as much as possible. Just think of it as if this thing was my new business for the poor soldiers and their families. ”

"Yes."

Qiu Dianzan came out of the palace in the end. These palace people have their own ways and their own ways of doing things.

It's not been a day or two for the palace to pay attention to Jia Jiu. At least the emperor paid attention to his daughter's playmate. On this day, the emperor sat in front of the chessboard to play the score, and the surrounding palace maids were also sent out, leaving only one henchman, Wang Jien stayed in front of him to serve.

The emperor touched a chess piece, but did not put it down, but glanced at the real chess table. On the chessboard, the two big dragons, black and white, have been entangled, slightly different. It may never be recovered.

The emperor couldn't put down the white son in his hand for a long time, but said casually: "Jia Junjun hasn't come to see Changle for some days, right?" ”

Wang Jien hurriedly bowed down and answered softly: "Yes." ”

The emperor gestured at the chessboard as if he didn't care. said: "Are the two of them having an awkward quarrel?" ”

Wang Jien replied, "Your Majesty." It is said that Her Royal Highness the princess sent someone to invite Jia Junjun that day, who thought that Jia Junjun went to Yuqing Mountain, and after coming back, he locked himself in the house for several days, only came out yesterday, and handed over the sign today. ”

If a foreign woman wants to enter the palace, she must first hand over the sign and get permission before she can enter the palace from Di'anmen. It's the rule.

The emperor was sure. With Changle's status and favor, Jia Jiu handed over the brand. The following will not be unacceptable.

Unless he, the emperor, speaks.

The Emperor was silent. Although he is still staring at the chessboard with his eyes, and he is still concentrating on the chessboard, Wang Jien knows that the emperor's mind is no longer on the chessboard.

After a long while, I heard the emperor say, "Do you know what it is for?" ”

Wang Jien hurriedly said: "Long live, Jia Jiu locked himself in the house for one thing. But handing the sign into the palace is another matter. ”

Both the emperor and Wang Jien knew that in the past two years that Princess Changle had a good relationship with Jia Jiu, almost every time Princess Changle sent someone to pick up Jia Jiu, there was almost no time when Jia Jiu handed the sign into the palace by herself. This time, as soon as this Jia Junjun came out of the house, he handed a sign to Princess Changle, obviously, the back is not pure.

"Huh?"

The emperor was instantly darkened.

Of course, the emperor knew about the actions of the people of the Jia family. It can be said that the Jia family's desire to climb the dragon and attach the phoenix has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and even the emperor feels that when he learns of Changle's summons, the Jia family will send Jia Jiu into the palace as soon as possible, instead of letting him be locked in the house.

The only possibility is that the girl has an affair with another man, and there is already a fact.

No matter what the emperor thinks of Jia Jiu, as long as this girl is still a show girl, then he is the reserve of the emperor's palace. Regardless of whether the emperor is willing to let him enter the palace or not, if something happens before the draft, it is disrespectful to the emperor.

Wang Jien is the emperor's confidant and the person who is most familiar with the emperor in the world. He just doesn't have to guess, he can understand the emperor's mind at the moment.

If someone else is replaced, I am afraid that Wang Jien will not talk nonsense, but since it is Jia Jiu, this old man also has to give a chance to those poor people who have no children and daughters like himself.

Wang Jien said: "Long live, I heard that in the old years, Jia Junjun got a recipe for salt and fertilizer from the Daomen, and with the help of the people of the Lin family, he got things out. As a result, let the Daomen know. ”

The emperor raised his eyebrows, put down the chess pieces in his hand, and said, "Salt and fertilizer? What is that? ”

Wang Jien hurriedly streamlined Jia Jiu's explanation to Lin Daiyu at the beginning, reported it to the emperor, and said: "It is said that this salt fertilizer requires a lot of capital and a lot of effects. One acre of land, with a serving of salt fertilizer, can harvest fifty percent more grain. It is only the cost of salt fertilizer, but it requires the production of 30 acres of land. ”

When the emperor heard this, he laughed: "What is the use of such salt fertilizer? ”

The emperor was not ignorant of the grain. At least one thing the emperor knew. The homes of ordinary people are to let the land rest in rotation, and they must also be carefully calculated. If nothing else, let's talk about beans, everyone knows that the land where beans are planted will become more and more fertile, but no one will always grow beans. Because everyone knows that beans cannot be used for taxes.

In the homes of ordinary people, children are beaten for defecating everywhere. Of course, it's not because children don't like to be clean, but because adults are reluctant to use that little bit of fertilizer.

Wang Jien said: "Yes, the old slave thinks so too. But Jia Junjun said. Since the proven recipe is useful, it also proves that salt fertilizer is indeed good for the land. The next thing to do, then, is to optimize the salt fertilizer process. And bring the cost down. ”

When the emperor heard this, his eyes lit up, but he smiled and said, "Oh? Is that so? However, you also said that the yield of a salt fertilizer worth 30 acres of land can only increase the yield of less than one acre. With such a huge difference, how can this cost be brought down? ”

Wang Jien lowered his head and smiled, but did not speak.

The emperor didn't expect Wang Jien to talk.

The emperor thought: No wonder that girl was able to get this recipe from the Daomen. The cost of this salt fertilizer is so high, it seems that it has been abandoned by the Daomen. He just stole out the things of the master and returned them to outsiders. It's no wonder that Daomen will be angry and question.

The emperor was silent for a while, and then said, "What does Daomen say?" ”

Wang Jien hurriedly bowed down and replied, "Long live, Jia Junjun didn't say it, and the people below didn't inquire about it." ”

The Emperor nodded. Then he asked, "What does the girl's family say?" ”

Wang Jien hurriedly said: "Jia Junjun closed the door and didn't come out. The old lady of their family once called Rong Guohou to ask him, but no one knew what he said, only that the old lady ate and drank as usual, and laughed with her grandchildren and daughters as usual. It was the Marquis of Rongguo, after knowing about Jia Junjun, he gave Jia Junjun 200,000 taels of silver, and gave Jia Junjun a lot of people. ”

The emperor said: "His son has no opinion? ”

Wang Jien said: "It is said that it is a private soldier known to the successive heads of the Jia family. ”

The Emperor's eyes narrowed suddenly. Wang Jien's head was lowered.

"That's why the girl entered the palace to see Changle because of this?"

"Yes. 陛xià. ”

The emperor wiped all the chess pieces on the chessboard at once, sat there for a long time, and then said: "This Jia Yu, I don't know if he is really confused or fake." However, his daughter is not an idiot. He will be in a hurry to hand over the sign into the palace, eighty percent for this matter. You send two people to keep an eye on it, and if there is anything, report it immediately. ”

The voice that was obviously not fluctuating was in Wang Jien's ears, but it was so gloomy that it dripped.

Wang Jien knew that the emperor was unhappy. At the same time, there was also the Emperor Taishang.

Although it is said that she entered the palace to ask for a meeting, Princess Changle has been living in the Qingliang Hall of the North Palace, Jia Jiu handed the sign to enter the palace, and there is no need to go to the inner court to pay respects to the queen, just go directly to the North Palace.

Today's queen is such a good temper, many times, many things, will not be pursued too much. Especially for Princess Changle, a cheap daughter who lives in the North Palace, it is even more convenient.

As for Princess Changle, his former henchmen were all lost on the grassland, and even his mother's relatives were far away. Now his maternal grandfather's family is not his own uncle, and even if there is something, it is for the future of the girls in the family to bother him. This kind of thing is not something that Princess Changle, who is a daughter, can interfere with, once or twice, and the number of times is too much, Princess Changle is also annoyed, and naturally she is angry with her cousins from other families.

The lonely Princess Changle also became more and more psychologically dependent on Jia Jiu, and when she heard that Jia Jiu was coming, she waited at the door of Qingliang Hall early.

Jia Jiu gave a big salute when he saw Princess Changle, but was pulled up by the other party.

"I told you, you don't have to be so polite."

"Etiquette cannot be abolished. Besides, in this public, if I am rude, it will also reach the ears of the imperial history. I'm fine, I'm afraid you'll be disgusted. ”

Princess Changle said: "You, there are always so many reasons. If you sue me, are you really not afraid? ”

Jia Jiu's temper, Princess Changle will not know? Jia Jiu, like his father Jia Yu, said that he was cautious, but in fact he was almost cowardly.

The difference is that Jia Jiu doesn't like to use his brains very much, and his family can do whatever he wants, as for Jia Jiu, she is about to be a girl who is careful and thinks a little more, plus as a woman, she is young, and she is a girl's family, so with Jia Jiu's current Cheng dù, it is enough to deal with her own affairs.

Entering the Qingliang Palace, Princess Changle affectionately pulled Jia Jiu to sit down under the window, and asked someone to come over, and then said: "I heard that a few days ago, the Daomen suddenly called you to Yuqing Mountain. But what happened? ”

Jia Jiu replied: "In the old years, I saw a recipe in the classics of the Daomen, which was about a kind of salt fertilizer making process. I was so happy that I couldn't help but take it back. Now. I got the results with Sister Lin, and Yu Qingshan knew about it, so of course I had to ask. ”

Princess Changle said, "You are really bold enough. Daomen stuff. Do you dare to take it too? I see, you forgot to ask the teachers for instructions in advance, right? How is it? Is it really so good to take salt fertilizer? Can you forget the taboos? ”

Jia Jiu nodded and said, "If salt fertilizer is used in one acre of field, the yield can almost be doubled, and even the time for rotation can be saved." Do you think it's good? ”

Princess Changle was stupid, and it took a long time before she said, "Such a good thing." Why don't you use the Daomen? ”

Jia Jiu replied: "Naturally, because a piece of salt fertilizer can nourish one acre of land, but his capital is worth the total output of thirty acres of land in a year. ”

Princess Changle listened. Poof, he laughed: "I thought it was something good, but it turned out to be a chicken rib!" It's no wonder that the Daomen would put this thing on the shelf! You're still a baby! ”

Jia Jiu said with a smile: "Since I got this recipe, I carefully read the information I found with the recipe. It's a pity that a lot of this information has been damaged by bugs. And important information is hidden between the lines. It's still a matter of words. It took me a lot of effort to figure it out. Fortunately, the cost of this salt fertilizer cannot be reduced, but the cost is very huge, and it takes a lot of time. ”

Princess Changle said, "Do you want to get this?" ”

"Yes."

"Then you're not going to the palace?"

Jia Jiu replied: "Although our two families are separated, that one is also the granddaughter of our old lady. ”

Princess Changle stared at Jia Jiu's eyes and said, "But will your old lady rely on you?" ”

Jia Jiu replied: "This is where I am luckier than that one. That father is not a person who will pity his children, otherwise, that one would not have entered the palace as a small election, and has been a palace maid for so many years; My cousin wouldn't have boiled himself to death. My father doesn't say anything on weekdays. Actually, it's good for me, and it's good for my brother. It's all really loved. As long as my father is willing to protect me, we old ladies can't do anything. ”

Princess Changle was stunned for a long time before she said, "I really didn't expect it." Back then, even the palace knew that your father was useless, and your family depended on your second uncle. But now it seems that your second uncle is still far inferior to your father after all. ”

Jia Jiu replied, "Of course. After all, my father is the eldest son and grandson cultivated by my ancestors and my ancestors, where can I compare? It's just that my father is sometimes too confused. ”

Princess Changle said: "You would say that, but what happened to the family?" ”

Jia Jiu hesitated for a moment and said, "This is exactly what I want to do with the princess." ”

"Changle!" Princess Changle corrected Jia Jiu's title again, and said, "Let's talk about it." I try my best. ”

Jia Jiu said: "The princess also knows, after every war, there are always so many soldiers who end up disabled for life, and some soldiers, all the men and women of the family are buried on the battlefield, leaving only the women and children of the family. In previous years, I only knew that these soldiers and their families were arranged by the imperial court, and it was only yesterday that I learned that there was such a big loophole in the imperial court's policy of settling these soldiers! ”

Princess Changle hurriedly asked why.

Jia Jiu explained like this, and said: "Your Royal Highness Princess, you also know that the ancestors of our family followed Emperor Taizu to fight the world together, and the friendship between my grandfather and Emperor Gaozu is extraordinary. Since the king is in trouble, the courtiers should share the king's worries. Our ancestors borrowed money from the treasury to support these disabled soldiers and many helpless family members. My grandfather also led soldiers, and also served as the envoy of the Beijing Camp Festival, when Emperor Gaozu was the emperor, there were major wars in the imperial court and the surrounding areas, and many old, weak, sick and disabled were raised by my grandfather. Changle, you also know my father's temper, since it was my grandfather's deathbed confession, of course my father didn't ask anything, and just did it. It's just that I'm a little worried now......"

Princess Changle said: "Worried that someone will impeach your family for raising private soldiers? ”

Jia Jiu shook his head and said, "It would be nice if it was that simple." As he spoke, he paused and said, "Changle, you don't know how scared I was when my father Cong was in the box of lists. I had no idea that my father had such a thing in his hands! ”

Princess Changle was also silent, he took Jia Jiu's hand and said, "Then what?" ”

Jia Jiu replied: "Not only that, but I found that the silver withdrawn in my father's hand every year is the same, very regular, no more than 100,000 yuan every year. This has been the case for twenty years. ”

This is what Jia Jiu is most worried about.

If nothing else, let's just say that these disabled soldiers, they always have birth, old age, sickness and death, and the expenses cannot be set in stone. Those who have no adult male in the family, as the years go by, maybe the girls in the family grow up and get married, or the women in the family can't survive and remarry, and maybe the children in the family grow up and can support the door.

People cannot be static, populations cannot be static, and the corresponding expenses cannot be static.

For twenty years, he drew a hundred thousand taels of silver every year.

Don't talk about Jia Jiu, even the palace should be afraid of whether the Jia family has ulterior motives.

Princess Changle narrowed her eyes and said, "How do you want me to help you?" ”

Jia Jiu said: "My father originally put these people into my hands because he hoped that these people would help me get salt and fertilizer. But there's such a big cat here, how dare I use it? These people are simply hot potatoes. So, I hope that the princess can help me to match, preferably, so that the people of Banzai can accept it. Even if you can't take people away now, you should check these people well. ”

Princess Changle said: "So, I understand. Roster or something, can you bring it? ”

Jia Jiu nodded again and again: "Whether it's the roster or the account book, I'll bring it all." It's just that I'm not sure if the people below are ghostly. ”

Princess Changle said: "Don't worry. (To be continued......)