Chapter 39: The Golden Flower Gift

"Isn't this the calendar, what's there to see?" Zhang Rou casually flipped through the pamphlet and said disdainfully.

Zhao Zhen said shyly: "Wife, take a closer look!" ”

Zhang Rouhu glanced at him suspiciously, continued to look at the "calendar" in his hand, and sure enough, he saw some strange marks on the side of the small grid of the calendar, so he asked: "Husband, you said that you are the king of a country and do not manage the country well, what are you playing graffiti on this calendar?" ”

Zhao Zhen stared at her with two big eyes: "Wife, will you really become stupid after giving birth?" Why didn't you see a clue from it? ”

Zhang Rou: "What the hell do you mean by writing these ABCD letters?" ”

"Hey, hey!" Zhao Zhen whispered in his ear again: "My husband will tell you!" This A is you, B is Jinhua, C is Xinran, and D is Chunlan! ”

Zhang Rou: "That's not right! I've given you a sleeping schedule, what's the matter, you still have to arrange the shift by yourself, and you want to rebel? ”

"No, no!" Zhao Zhen flatly denied it: "Wife, don't you see that this is your safe period according to my statistics?" ”

"Yo! It seems to be true! Zhang Rou counted the dates that represented herself, but she suddenly stared at Zhao Zhen with scrutinizing eyes: "Say, what do you mean by secretly playing this thing?" ”

Zhao Zhen: "Be quiet! Your husband and I have no choice, and I don't know what's going on, you said that it was so difficult for us to have two children, and it didn't take many years to have a child. Moreover, didn't you like to watch palace fighting dramas before, anyway, I don't want to go through those things. Therefore, I want Zhen'er to be older and then consider letting them have children. This can consolidate Zhen'er's position in the hearts of the ministers and lay a good foundation for the future succession of the throne. ”

Zhang Rou: "Husband, are you thinking too far, we are still young, and time is still long!" Besides, you can control this rhythm with a safe period? ”

"Cut! Your husband and I call it a rainy day! Zhao Zhen said: "Besides, with your husband and me's physique, this precise control, this superb technology, drizzle!" ”

Zhang Rou: "But isn't this too unfair to them!" ”

Zhao Zhen: "What's this! If you really count it, they haven't reached the time for eugenics! Don't think about it, my husband has his own plans, and it's not too late to let them get pregnant when we Zhen'er is two years old, and the interval between three years should be about the same. ”

Zhang Rou: "Husband, I still have a question, you said that Zhen'er is still so young, what if she grows up and is not enough to be the emperor?" ”

Zhao Zhen: "Hehe, wife, you are too worried, the emperor is a mascot, as long as he is not a fool!"

Zhang Rou: "What do you mean?" ”

Zhao Zhen: "Well, it means that you have to educate our son well!" ”

Zhang Rou: "You don't need to remind you of this!" By the way, count the days, Jinhua should be almost here! Do we have to go and meet her? ”

"Oops!" Zhao Zhen screamed: "I've been talking about my son, I forgot, Jinhua and they have already been stationed in the military camp outside the city, and they will participate in the prisoner sacrifice ceremony after a few days of rest, Jinhua said that she will wait until the ceremony is over, and the gift she brought to you has been sent to the palace, let's go and see it now!" ”

After speaking, Zhao Zhen took several wives and sons back to Zhang Rou's dormitory, and asked Xiaoshunzi to bring the gift from Yang Jinhua.

"Come, both of you come over and see what Jinhua has brought you!" Zhao Zhen shouted at Xinran and Chunlan.

Then, the three of them began to rummage around several large boxes with their own labels.

Zhao Zhen leaned in front of Zhang Rou's box and asked, "Queen, what did this girl Jinhua get for you?" ”

"I don't know, but look at what kind of animal it should be! Your Majesty, you also know that this palace has not studied this aspect much, but this fur is very delicate to the touch, wait for Jinhua to come back and ask. Zhang Rou shook her head and gently rubbed the fur in her hand.

Zhao Zhen had no choice but to target the other two wives: "What about the two of you?" Is there anything nice? ”

Xie said happily: "Your Majesty, look at this, Jinhua has brought the best medicinal herbs to the concubine!" ”

"Really? Let me take a look, what kind of medicinal herbs are they? Zhao Zhen pulled Zhang Rou over, took out something from the box casually, glanced at it a few times, and asked uncertainly: "Concubine Shu, this thing can't be Ganoderma lucidum!" Why is it so big? ”

Xie Xinran: "Your Majesty, you have such a good vision!" It's rare to find such a large reishi. ”

"Haha!" Zhao Zhen said with a smile: "I am blind, I only hear the name of many medicinal materials, but I don't know their shape!" ”

"Huh...... Your Majesty, you weren't so modest when you were a child! Xie Xinran smiled and said, "By the way, Your Majesty, let's take a look at Chunlan's gift!" ”

"Yes, yes, yes!" Zhao Zhen agreed: "Chunlan, take out your gift for everyone to see!" ”

Chunlan walked up to Zhao Zhen with a fluffy little animal in her arms, and said happily: "Your Majesty, look, the concubine caught an animal for me!" You don't know, the concubine actually likes to raise some small animals since she was a child, but she is not allowed to raise them since she entered the palace. Your Majesty, can you let your concubines raise it? ”

Zhao Zhen: "There is no problem with raising, but you have to pay attention to this hygiene, try not to let Zhen'er touch it, you know?" ”

Li Chunlan: "Thank you, Emperor!" The concubines will definitely pay attention, don't worry! ”

Zhao Zhen: "You have received all your gifts, let's go and see if Zhen'er's gift is okay?" ”

"Okay!" The three of them replied together, "Where is it?" I didn't see it! ”

Zhao Zhen: "Well, Zhen'er's gift is quite special, and I put it next to the imperial dining room." ”

Zhang Rou: "What gift?" It won't be food! ”

"Let's take a look! Let's go! Zhao Zhen said and led a few people towards the imperial dining room.

When Zhao Zhen and the others passed, in the open space outside the imperial dining room, more than a dozen eunuchs were busy building a wooden shed.

Zhao Zhen asked after letting them be exempted from courtesy, "What are you doing?" ”

The eunuch who took the lead stood up and said: "Back to the emperor, the cattle pen will be set up immediately, and after a while, you can let the cows of the concubine Niangniang live in." ”

Zhao Zhen: "Very good! Let's get up to speed! I'm still waiting to see the cows! ”

Under the supervision of Zhao Zhen and the others, the eunuchs started the small motors, and it didn't take long to set up the cattle pen, and then carefully invited the cows to their new home.

"Your Majesty, is this the cow you used to talk about! What a weird look! Xie Xinran has never touched cows since he was a child, and it is very novel to see them, if he didn't estimate his identity, he probably wanted to go up and touch them.

Zhao Zhen: "That's right! This is the ration that the concubine found for Zhen'er, and you can also follow it in the future. I've heard that this cow's milk is good for the skin, so you can try it! ”

Li Chunlan heard Zhao Zhen say this, took Zhang Rou's hand and rubbed it, and asked: "Queen, your skin is so white and tender, won't you be hiding from us and quietly using milk!" ”

Zhang Rou looked at the trace of crystal clear saliva that missed out of the corner of her mouth, and seemed to feel that her lotus arm was a fragrant delicacy in her eyes, and couldn't help but shudder, and felt that she withdrew her arm and gently knocked on the door of her head, and said coquettishly: "What do you want!" Don't you follow Hongu every day! ”

Then, the women threw the cow out of the sky and began to discuss their "expertise" in dermatology, each with their own unique opinions, which was very motivating. Of course, the main players in the debate are mainly Li Chunlan and Xie Xinran, one represents the natural school and the other represents the medical school, and Zhang Rou naturally became their professional referee.

It wasn't until the three women were dry that they found Zhao Zhen practicing blackface magic skills on the side. Zhang Rou snorted, took Zhao Zhen's hand, and pretended to be surprised; "Ahh Your Majesty, haven't you told the concubines what gift Yang Guifei gave you? ”

"That's right! Yes! Your Majesty, tell us about it! Li Chunlan and Xie Xinran saw Zhang Rou's eye prompt, and became echo worms without any restraint.

"Humph!" Zhao Zhen cocked his nose, arrogantly took out a scroll from his sleeve, and unfolded it in front of several people: "See!" The concubine will give me a big gift. ”

Zhang Rou leaned closer and read: "Song Liao agreed, and on the 23rd day of the winter month of the first year with Xinghua, Song Liao fought outside Yijin Pass, and each side sent 2,000 people. If Song wins, Liao will return Song Yanyun's sixteen states...... Your Majesty, is this true? So is the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun ours now? ”

Zhao Zhen shook his head: "You can think too much about this, the Liao Kingdom didn't think that they would lose at that time, and they didn't plan to admit this agreement at all!" ”

Xie Xinran: "Your Majesty, isn't this thing just an ornament?" ”

Zhao Zhen: "You can say the same! However, I plan to use it to make some fuss, even if the Liao State does not recognize this agreement, our Great Song can unilaterally admit it! ”

Li Chunlan: "Your Majesty, what's the use of just admitting it?" Isn't this Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures still in their hands! ”

"Hey, hey!" Zhao Zhen smiled and said, "You don't have to worry about it!" I have my own plans. You take Zhen'er to play first, I have something to discuss with the queen. ”

"Okay, Your Majesty!" After Xie Xinran and Li Chunlan answered, one of them took one of Zhao Zhen's hands and took the lead and walked forward.

Zhao Zhen pulled Zhang Rou to deliberately lag behind a distance, and said as he walked: "Wife, the prisoner sacrifice ceremony will start in a few days, have you arranged the Treasure Pavilion that I asked you to prepare before?" ”

Zhang Rou: "It should be almost!" I went to see it two days ago, and the goods were basically ready. ”

"That's good!" Zhao Zhen nodded: "This opportunity is rare, let's seize the opportunity to make the Treasure Pavilion an instant hit, and then open branches in various places to quickly occupy the jewelry market." ”

Zhang Rou: "That's right! This kind of luxury market should be monopolized, so that the rich can be scavenged for redistribution! ”

Zhao Zhen: "Yes! By the way, do you have enough supplies? Don't sell it when the time comes, if you don't have to sell it, you'll get a big deal! ”

Zhang Rou: "Don't worry, I have installed and arranged a lot of treasure hunting teams to let them go everywhere to find rough gemstones, and then transport them back for processing." To this end, I have already opened several jewelry processing workshops, and I have poached some high-level craftsmen from jewelers at high prices. Besides, don't we still have so many fleets that run by sea, and there should be no shortage of jewelry. Now it can be said that our Treasure Pavilion accounts for most of the market share in the capital, except for some jewelers who still have their own signboards but are secretly controlled by me, those retail investors can no longer make any big waves. ”

"Your big move won't cause any trouble!" Zhao Zhen frowned slightly, and said: "As far as I know, there are many jewelers in the capital who are inextricably linked with the ministers of the DPRK and China, and you are cutting off their financial routes by doing this!" ”

Zhang Rou: "Don't worry! I control each jeweler independently, and I don't suspect all of us. Besides, the law on commerce that you issued earlier clearly stipulates that such goods should be taxed heavily, and you said that those ministers who are involved still think that you are trying to clean them up, and they are trying to get rid of them, which makes my acquisition cost a lot lower! ”

Zhao Zhen: "That's good! As a last resort, don't let the ministers and the people know about the dirty things of the two of us, otherwise they will think that our food is too ugly! ”

"I know that!" Zhang Rou nodded and said: "I estimate that you should prepare those things in this era, and you should also let your people prepare a little more, even if you can't consume it domestically, there is still a vast international market to digest." ”

Zhao Zhen: "That's a must!" I've been holding it back for years, just waiting for it to make money for me! (To be continued.) )