After Ji Wan came out of Chi Mansion, she began to go back to the store to prepare for going to Pingcheng.

As far as she knows, the special fabric of Pingcheng is called Huanhua silk, which is a fabric pattern designed by the working people of Pingcheng inspired by the ripples caused by falling flowers and flowing water.

The silk surface is composed of white or other colored warp threads, and the color of the surface is gradually reduced by thickness, which looks like a single color or a compound color without patterns, but in fact, the shading will be embroidered with thinner silk threads and some patterns on it.

The shading silk thread inside gradually transitions from thin to thick, echoing each other like falling flowers and flowing water, showing a bright and contrasting silk strip of water. The shading is usually embroidered with some patterns that women like, such as rich peony, dragon claw chrysanthemum, double carp play beads and so on.

There are many things that need to be prepared for this negotiation, such as the silver taels to be prepared, including the purchase plan and design drawings designed by Chi Wan herself, etc., all of which must be brought with you.

Doing the most with the least amount of money, for this fabric negotiation Chi Wan is bound to win, which is related to the future profitability of Fenghetang, how can you not care.

On the other side of the palace, the atmosphere in the palace of King Chu was very gloomy, the King of Chu's face was ugly, frowning and contemplative, and the rest of his henchmen and Xie Yutang also looked worried.

Recently, there has been a huge surge in internal forces, and many of the supporters of the king of Chu have been eliminated by the prince, some of them have been drawn into the prince's camp, and those who have not been co-opted have been crowned with some trumped-up charges, and finally derogatory, and even threatened by the plot.

One of them bowed down and said to the king of Chu: "His Royal Highness the king of Chu, now that the prince is so rushed to kill everything, it really makes all of us panic." ”

Everyone nodded in response, what the man said was indeed right, no matter how much they supported the King of Chu in their hearts, in the end, their lives were still important, and not many of them would block their lives for their beliefs.

The king of Chu was also very embarrassed, he reassured everyone and said: "Everyone, don't be impatient, this matter can only wait and see." ”

Xie Yutang took over the words of the King of Chu and said: "We have paid attention to the prince's every move, and we will naturally protect you." ”

"Well, that being said, there are some things that cannot be controlled," said another, "and the princelings have begun to suppress us above the court, slandering us, and leaving us speechless before the emperor." ”

"No, not long ago, the official Chen, who has always been cautious, was squeezed out because he was unwilling to follow the prince, and he was punished for half a year after not being framed, which is quite light."

Everyone cast their eyes on the King of Chu for help, since they had decided to be loyal to the King of Chu, then the King of Chu should naturally ensure their safety. However, for a while, the king of Chu really couldn't think of any effective countermeasures, and the atmosphere fell into a deadlock for a while.

Outside the Palace of Cultivating the Heart, the prince walked on the long road in high spirits, and recently he watched the power of the King of Chu weaken, and those who were against him were eliminated by himself one by one, not to mention how refreshing it was in his heart.

The emotions that had been pent up for so long finally raised his eyebrows, and the prince had a smile on his face. Seeing that he was about to arrive at the Heart Cultivation Palace, he was slightly restrained, and he couldn't be seen by his father when he asked for peace.

When he entered the Palace of Heart Cultivation, he saw the emperor sitting in front of the official table, holding a book in his hand with a solemn face. Seeing that his father was in a bad mood, the prince became more cautious.

He entered the house and saluted, and said, "The retainer has come to greet the emperor." ”

The emperor raised his eyebrows and glanced at the prince, then continued to look at the excerpt, and asked: "Well, I saw the prince reading "Word Forest" last year, can I finish studying it today?" ”

When asked about the prince's studies, the prince replied truthfully: "Erchen reads at night, and he is already familiar with the words in the book, and from today onwards, Erchen will begin to study the book "Erya". ”

It stands to reason that the emperor will usually memorize a few sentences in the book to test whether the prince is really serious about reading this book, but today the emperor has no intention, he waved his hand to signal that the prince can leave.

The prince didn't leave, but took the initiative to ask: "Is there something worried about the son-in-law seeing his father?" ”

"Since you asked, I'll tell you," the emperor handed the excerpt to the crown prince, "this is handed by Prime Minister Zhou, a long time ago he heard that his parents and children were infected with illness and I asked to resign and return to his hometown, but today he told me that he couldn't go back at all, because there was a serious epidemic in his hometown of Pingcheng. ”

The prince read the book, and the words were sincere, half of it was to report the epidemic in Pingcheng, and half was to beg the emperor to save Pingcheng.

"Look at what Prime Minister said this week, but you want Huang Ama to save his family's hometown?" The prince asked, "Just look at what he said, this epidemic has spread to nearly the entire city, how can this be saved?" You must know that the epidemic is already susceptible to infection, even if Huang Ama you send someone over, it will be sent to death. ”

The emperor and the prince think about it are inseparable, this is the truth, ancient medical skills are actually not developed, and many easily contagious epidemics have no solution, and they cannot be saved at all. Or in other words, even if there is a chance to save it, it needs to invest a lot of money.

"I am also in a dilemma now, the treasury has been empty recently, there has been a drought in the north, and now there is an outbreak of epidemic in Pingcheng." According to the emperor's will, he can only save one, and there is nothing he can do about more.

The prince immediately helped the emperor to start analyzing: "Huang Ama, this drought in the north is also a common thing in the coming year, and it only needs to be dealt with as usual; And the epidemic in Pingcheng is an emergency, and we don't even know what the epidemic is now, not to mention that medicinal materials are expensive......"

The prince also added the most important point: "The northern region is mostly a military stronghold, where many military camps are stationed, and the drought affects the grain harvest, and the grain harvest affects taxes and military salaries; It's Pingcheng, it's a place with a big palm, and there's nothing special about it. ”

The emperor said: "If the drought is treated, then the epidemic in Pingcheng cannot be ignored, once it spreads, the harm will be even greater." ”

The prince said: "Erchen thinks that since this is the case, it is better to lock down the entire Pingcheng and enclose all the people infected with the epidemic in the city, so that the epidemic will not spread." ”

The emperor pondered, and seemed to be still struggling with whether to adopt the prince's opinion, and the prince continued: "And depending on the specific situation of the epidemic, if it is infected and dies immediately, it is better to die happily, and the epidemic will disappear naturally after the person dies, and then the new people will be relocated; If it didn't lead to death, my father could have sent someone to slowly study how to treat him. ”

The emperor said: "What you say is reasonable, but this method is still too cruel, after all, it is the people of a city, and watching them die like this, I am probably not happy in my heart." ”

In the end, the emperor was not as ruthless as the prince, and he finally replied to the prince: "Rong Zhen thinks about it again, you go down first." “

"Yes." The prince saluted and then left.

The prince was not in a hurry, and on the way back, he was also humming a little tune, and the attendant beside him asked worriedly: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, there is one thing that the little one is worried about for His Highness." ”

"Say."

"Your Highness, just now I heard some conversations between the emperor and His Royal Highness, although the little one didn't understand, but listening to the emperor's tone, he didn't seem to approve of His Highness, Your Highness, aren't you in a hurry?"

The attendant said these words carefully, but the prince's face did not change at all, he still looked relaxed, and he said in a light tone: "You don't have to worry, Huang Ama will still come to find me sooner or later." ”

"Yes." The squire really didn't understand royal affairs, although he wanted to ask why he chose to keep silent in the end.

Capital is the base of a country, that is, silver, without money can do nothing, whether it is to deal with natural and man-made disasters, the use of silver is indispensable.

Governing the country is also, in addition to dealing with some villain problems every day, it is dealing with silver. If something happens here, and there is something, the ministers begged the emperor to spend money to govern, but where did he get so much silver?

Just like now, the emperor has to face trade-offs, and according to his own analysis, he will naturally implement it according to his own methods. One is that the money spent on knowing the governance method is not bad, and the other is that it is all unknown and will lose a lot of money and get no benefits, and it is almost obvious which one will be chosen.

Sure enough, within a day, the emperor ordered that the matter of controlling the epidemic in Pingcheng be handed over to the crown prince. The prince's heart is happy, this is a manifestation of his father's trust in him, if he can solve his father's worries, wouldn't it greatly increase his favorability in his father's heart?

The prince did not stop doing anything, and he chose a more cruel way to govern Pingcheng.

First of all, it is natural to control the people of Pingcheng, blockade Pingcheng, and lock everyone in Pingcheng in the city and not allow them to leave the city, which is one of them.

"The second is to burn all those who are suffering from the epidemic to death and completely eradicate the epidemic." This sentence is very convenient to say, but it makes the listener shocked.

The leader who was in charge of going to govern Pingcheng could be regarded as having seen the world, but when he heard the prince say this, he couldn't help but tremble in his heart, and said: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, you and the emperor only said that Pingcheng would be blocked, and you didn't say that you would burn those who had an epidemic. ”

The prince shook his head helplessly and said, "Why don't you all open your mind, think about it this way, what does the emperor want, is to control the epidemic and solve the epidemic." So how to completely eliminate the epidemic and prevent more people from becoming infected, that is to kill those who are already infected, so that they can no longer infect others, right? ”

The head of the prince's analysis is the Tao, and from the perspective of interests, these methods are excellent, but they are not very humane. In the end, the leader was just a helper, so he naturally didn't dare to say much, and said, "Yes, my subordinates understand." ”