The last one is Li Xiangjun, one of the eight Yans of Qin Huai. The current Li Xiangjun is only fourteen years old, and Zhu Youxiao visually measured that his height may be about one meter four, and he is born with a Lori appearance. Zhu Youxiao knew that Li Xiangjun and Hou Fangyu had a bad relationship, and Zhu Youxiao didn't have a good impression of Hou Fangyu, and Zhu Youxiao's attitude towards this bad relationship was to destroy it if it could be destroyed, and if it couldn't be destroyed, it would be destroyed.

"Li Xiang, you go down and clean up, and wait with the car from today onwards." Zhu Youxiao said.

Hearing Zhu Youxiao's words, Li Xiangjun was dumbfounded, she didn't know how to answer, she didn't think about entering the palace at all, but Zhu Youxiao's words were holy decrees, and she didn't dare to disobey them at all.

"Li Xiang, you still don't receive the order of thanks?" Wang Liqian said.

"The people's daughter is grateful!" Li Xiang bowed to the ground and said.

"Settle down, the money you ransom yourself with, I will send someone to Meixianglou." Zhu Youxiao said.

……

Regarding Zhu Youxiao's approach, although everyone had all kinds of thoughts in their hearts, no one dared to express it. Li Xiangjun is just a woman in a green building, Zhu Youxiao wants to forcibly recruit her into the palace, and outsiders can only say that Zhu Youxiao is lustful.

"Gu Jieyu, why don't you see Dong Bai, Chen Yuanyuan, Kou Mei, Zheng Tuoniang, Ma Xianglan and a few others?" Zhu Youxiao originally thought that he would see Qin Huai Bayan this time, but he didn't expect that there were still a few people who couldn't see it.

"Dong Bai's name, the concubine is the first time I have heard from His Majesty, there is no such person by the Qinhuai River. Ma Xianglan has long since passed away, and Zheng Tuoniang is now in her thirties, and now she is teaching people to sing and dance, Chen Yuanyuan, the concubine knows, and the emperor should have seen it. Gu Mei said.

"I've seen it? How come I don't have any impressions? Zhu Youxiao asked suspiciously.

"When I was in Beijing, in the "Legend of the West Chamber" that the emperor watched last year, Chen Yuanyuan played the role of the matchmaker, but she was still called Chen Yuan at the time, and the word was taken this year. In the middle of this year, Concubine Rong Guifei saw that Yuanyuan liked her very much, so she kept her by her side. Gu Mei replied.

"What about Kou Mei?" Zhu Youxiao didn't expect that the famous Chen Yuanyuan was by his side, but he didn't know it at all.

"The one next to the concubine is Kou Mei." Gu Mei pointed to the maid beside her and said.

"Slave Kou Mei knocks to see Your Majesty!" Kou Mei said.

"Pingshen, why are you here?" Zhu Youxiao's head suddenly became bigger.

"The concubine explained to the emperor that the Kou family has been a prostitute for generations, and the emperor abolished the lowly status, so that the Kou family can finally see the light of day, and the Kou family specially sent several women to help the concubine do things in order to repay the emperor's kindness, and the Kou family is so beautiful, and the concubine does need manpower, so it has to be disrespectful." Gu Mei said.

"I see." Zhu Youxiao nodded.

"Your Majesty, it's already three o'clock in the afternoon, do you want to pass the meal?" Gu Mei asked.

"Pass the meal." Zhu Youxiao said.

……

After three rounds of drinking, this banquet entered the third link.

The first person to speak was Hou Fangyu, who was one of the few people Zhu Youxiao hated the most. Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but glance at Hou Sui, at this time, Hou Sui looked at his nose and his nose, as if everything had nothing to do with him. Zhu Youxiao looked at Gu Mei again, and Gu Mei said softly: "The things that arranged the people who spoke were all arranged by the ministers of the imperial court, and the concubines didn't know. ”

"Pingshen, what do you have to tell me?" On such an occasion, Zhu Youxiao can't get angry for no reason.

"There is one thing, the south of the Yangtze River is rich in silk, but since His Majesty raised taxes, the sales of silk have been declining, especially since this year, the sales of silk have fallen more than in previous years, and many silk-related workshops in the people are now unsustainable and on the verge of closure. If there are dozens, or even hundreds, of the vices of a workshop that fails, thousands of people will lose their livelihoods, and these people will become homeless, and they will affect the stability of the empire, and even affect the empire's social affairs. Hou Fangyu said.

"Is there a silk merchant here?" Zhu Youxiao asked.

"Yes, the three largest silk merchants in Nanjing are here." Wang Liqian replied.

"Biography." Zhu Youxiao said.

One of the three big silk merchants in Nanjing City was a shareholder of the shipping company, named Hu Qing, who was the first merchant to partner with Zhang Guoji in overseas trade, and it was through his cooperation with Zhang Guoji that he became the richest man in Nanjing. Historically, the Ming Dynasty was the most profitable trade, the first was the salt and pawn industry, the second was tea and wood, the third was cloth and silk, and finally grain and other goods. Hu Qing, a silk merchant, can have today's achievements, which shows how much profit his cooperation with Zhang Guoji has brought him.

The other two are Liu Dalong and Xiang Xiaoqing, the scale of their business is far inferior to Hu Qing, and their business is mainly within the empire.

"Just now Hou Fangyu said that since the tax was raised, the sales of silk have been decreasing day by day, but is there such a thing?" Zhu Youxiao asked.

"Your Majesty, Hou Gongzi ......" Hu Qing and Zhu Youxiao were familiar with each other, and they rushed to speak as soon as they came up.

"Hu Qing, you say it last, the other two say it first, I want to listen to the truth, you say it first." Zhu Youxiao interrupted Hu Qing's words, pointed at Liu Dalong and said.

"Back to Your Majesty's words, there is no such thing, and the silk sales of the grass people this year have increased by about 10% compared with last year." Liu Dalong said.

"Do you know that if I tell a lie in front of me, it is a crime of deception?" Zhu Youxiao glanced at Hou Fangyu and said.

Liu Dalong fell to his knees and said, "How dare the grass people bully the king? The grass people guarantee that every sentence is true. ”

"I believe you." Zhu Youxiao said, "You can talk about it." ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the silk business of the grass people is also better than in previous years." Xiang Xiaoqing replied respectfully.

"Hu Qing, it's your turn." Zhu Youxiao said.

"Your Majesty, Hou Gongzi is just a bunch of nonsense, slandering the new policy of the imperial court. The minister's business this year is much better than in previous years, and so far this year, the tax paid by the minister has been paid by three percent more than last year, which is well documented in the yamen. Hu Qing said.

"I don't need to say anything else. Whatever I ask you, you answer. Zhu Youxiao said with a smile.

"No." Hu Qing said respectfully.

"I ask the three of you if there are many silk workshops that are more difficult this year than in previous years, and are even facing bankruptcy?" Zhu Youxiao asked.

"Your Majesty, there is, but most of the raw silk and silk produced by these workshops are sold overseas." Liu Dalong replied.

Hearing Liu Dalong's words, Zhu Youxiao's face changed, he realized that something was wrong with the West, and he immediately asked: "Hu Qing, is it difficult to do overseas trade this year?" ”

"Yes, it's been like this since the end of last year, and sales have dropped significantly, no matter what." Hu Qing replied.

(End of chapter)