Inner Court

Bai Qing closely followed the footsteps of the eunuch in front of him, and under his guidance, he approached step by step towards the place where the power of the entire Great Qi was most concentrated.

While walking, Bai Qing secretly looked at the magnificent palaces around him, in all fairness, compared with the Ming and Qing Forbidden City that Bai Qing had seen, it was less magnificent, perhaps because Gao Huaide, the founding emperor of Great Qi, was a military general, and the palace building of Great Qi looked a little more simple and rough, but it had a unique charm in it.

In addition, the Royal Forest Army, which can be seen everywhere along the road, always has a straight face, and they don't squint, but they have always maintained a vigilant look, looking at the people passing by with the residual vision of their eyes, motionless, but it is very deterrent.

The palace is very empty, although there are not a few people coming and going, but they always maintain a quiet appearance, it seems that everyone is carefully trying to maintain this solemnity, under this environment, even Bai Qing's heart can't help but have a trace of awe.

After all, he was going to meet the most powerful person in the country, which was a completely different mentality from traveling in the Forbidden City in later generations, but since the official family summoned him and explained what he wrote, he was still very interested, otherwise he would not have slapped the old man in the face in public.

"Bai Guan, please wait for a while, the slave and maid will go in and return to Your Majesty!" Walking to the outside of a large hall, the eunuch first explained to Bai Qing, and then the whole person hurriedly trotted into the main hall.

Bai Qing stood there, feeling the eyes of the guards around him, as if they had X-ray attributes, always scanning back and forth on his body, this feeling made him extremely awkward, but this was not an ordinary place after all, he could only bite the bullet, try to maintain a calm look on his face, and then simply no longer care about them, but constantly began to sort out what he was going to say in his mind.

This wait was two or three quarters of an hour, which made Bai Qing's feet a little numb, and the small cold wind around him went straight into the collar, so that Bai Qing couldn't help but start to look into the dark hall, and kept slandering in his heart: It's too difficult to see an emperor! But looking at the guards around him, who had been in that position since he arrived, and almost no one had moved, he couldn't help but admire.

Just when Bai Qing was about to run out of patience, he finally heard a few faint voices of conversation in the hall, and it didn't take long to see several officials wearing second-grade costumes coming out of it, talking to each other, and there were two people with indignant looks on their faces, and when they stepped out of the temple gate, they seemed to see Bai Qing waiting outside, and couldn't help but be slightly surprised, but soon continued to discuss what gradually went away.

And immediately after, the eunuch trotted out of it and said to Bai Qing: "Bai Guanren, the official family announced you, hurry up and go in with the slave!" ”

After passing through the layers of guards, after some physical inspection, and confirming that there were no sharp weapons, Bai Qingcai finally saw the Great Qi Emperor who was watching the folds behind the bookcase.

Different from the last time I saw it in the back garden of the Tai Mansion, Gao Zanghao, who was dressed in a dragon robe at this time, was obviously more majestic, so that as soon as Bai Qing entered the door, he felt a legendary king overlord rushing towards his face, which made Bai Qing feel a little nervous in his heart.

"Give a seat~" Seeing Bai Qing come in, Gao Zanghao commanded in a deep voice, and waited until an attendant brought a stool up, and Bai Qing thanked him and sat down.

"Yes, I'm quite good at thinking about it, I actually thought of borrowing my hand to force Tong Guan back, I have to say, I have some ideas!" Gao Zanghao said directly to Bai Qing, obviously, being used as a gun by Bai Qing, the official family was not in a very good mood.

"This, the kid is terrified!" Bai Qing got up slightly and saluted Gao Zanghao, but having said that, there was no panic on his face, even if he used you to block the gun, you had to be willing, if it weren't for the things you wrote that I wrote, would you make such a simple move? Bai Qing was full of slander in his heart.

"Alright, don't play with those eyes for me, let's talk about these two things you wrote first!" Gao Zanghao was obviously a more rigorous person, and he didn't have the heart to go around those bends with Bai Qing, so he spoke directly.

"Yes, this salt is a way, related to the people's livelihood, but also with jade, gold, copper, iron and other important resources with the same status, since Guan Zhong first created the salt and iron monopoly to the Han Wu Emperor began to carry forward, after the dynasties, all emphasize the extreme importance of salt in a country. "Hanshu Food and Goods" said that salt is "the general of the eater, everyone looks up to it", "Wei Shu and Food" said: "Salt, the great treasure of the country", "New Tang Dynasty Book: Food and Goods" said: "The endowment of the world, salt is half of the benefit, the palace is obedient to the emperor, the military salary, and the hundred officials are all dependent on Yan", but now although I Daqi has abundant salt resources, but the output is low, the people often suffer from no salt to eat, and the boy offers this policy, which can greatly increase the output of salt, and can vigorously crack down on the private salt industry and fill the treasury! As for this gunpowder, if it can increase its power several times again, the official family should know the stakes best, so I won't say much about it! ”

Yes, before Bai Qing wrote to today's officials, it is the "salt drying method" and "gunpowder purification technique", although the current salt industry in Daqi is relatively developed, but restricted by the level of production, the output has long been in short supply stage, the same, although Daqi has already had firearms, such as earth-shaking thunder, thunderbolts, etc., but also subject to the formula and production process, the power of gunpowder is not strong, so although firearms are available, but the actual use is not much, And when Bai Qing wrote about the seawater salt drying method and gunpowder purification technique to Gao Zanghao, with his vision as the king of a country, he was naturally keenly aware of the huge business opportunities and potential behind these two, and he couldn't help but be unmoved.

And Bai Qing also took advantage of this, successfully moved Gao Zanghao, and made a tacit deal with him, just as he envisioned, the conflict in front of the Baifu involved important ministers of the court, Gao Zanghao could not know, and he used these two technologies to successfully arouse Gao Zanghao's curiosity, driven by huge interests, between Bai Qing and Tong Guan, Gao Zanghao made a choice very lightly, he ruthlessly gave up Tong Guan, after all, in the eyes of the Son of Heaven, Tong Guan no matter how meritorious he was, It's just a slave of the Heavenly Family, and he is already old, basically there will be no more usable value, and it is already preferential treatment to let him enjoy glory and wealth, how can he compare with Bai Qing, who has unlimited potential, the so-called most ruthless imperial family, nothing more!

However, Gao Zanghao will not be so light to fully believe in Bai Qing, although Bai Qing looks full of confidence, but after all, the official family is an official family, how can he be used as a gun, even if Bai Qing has given a satisfactory explanation to all the questions raised by Gao Zanghao, but he still set a deadline for Bai Qing, and the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of Industry will jointly verify the technology proposed by Bai Qing, this crime of deception is not a joke.

However, Bai Qing naturally had no worries about this, after all, the two techniques he said had already been verified by later generations for tens or hundreds of years, but the emperor's mental technique, it was always like this, and he had some other things to do with Bai Qing, so Gao Zanghao asked him to step down and continue to review the endless twists and turns on the bookcase.

When he came out of the hall, he wiped the sweat oozing out of his forehead without missing a trace, although it was the cold winter season, but the jacket on his back was completely soaked, and talking to the official family was tired, no matter what he said, he had to carefully consider it in his heart, for fear that if he said the wrong word, it would lead to some disaster, this is not an era that pays attention to human rights.

But anyway, today's turmoil is over temporarily, but if you think about it, with Tong Guan's character, he will definitely not give up, I don't know what method he will use to deal with himself next time, it seems that since he got involved with the dragon dance, he has been in some troubles.

Under the guidance of the eunuch, he walked in the direction of the outside of the palace, and when he stepped out of the Daqing Gate, he suddenly felt a sense of relaxation all over his body.

"There is Father-in-law Lao!" Bai Qing smiled at the eunuch behind him and said, from his attitude towards Tong Guan when he announced the decree before, Bai Qing could infer that these eunuchs were not monolithic, and they were full of intrigue and intrigue.

"It's okay, it's okay, the white officials go slowly!" The eunuch also smiled at Bai Qing, and the two of them separated at Daqing Gate.

Thinking about the fact that Di Xiaobai was injured in order to help herself just now, Bai Qing made up her mind temporarily and prepared to visit her mansion, after all, no matter what, the injuries on other people's bodies were all to save herself.

I inquired all the way to Di Xiaobai's mansion, and on the way, I bought some pastries and meals that replenished blood and profit, and knocked on the door of Di Mansion.

The door opened, and what appeared in front of Bai Qing was a doorman, who looked Bai Qing up and down, and saw that Bai Qing also looked dignified, obviously not a vexatious character, and couldn't help but be a little puzzled: "I don't know if this official is ......."

"In Xia Baiqing, he is a friend of General Di of Guifu!" Bai Qing said to that doorman, with a warm smile on his face, and he didn't look like he was commanding just because the other party was a subordinate.

"It turned out to be a big white official, and the villain has eyes that don't know Taishan Taishan, and he still looks at Haihan!" That disciple had naturally heard of Bai Qing's name, but he had never seen it, and after Bai Qing reported his home, he quickly looked sincerely frightened, confessed to Bai Qing, and passed it through the door.

When the man came back, he confessed to Bai Qing again, and then led Bai Qing into the gate of Di Mansion and walked inside.

"If you go back to the big official, my general is now in the ancestral hall, and the villain will lead the official to the front hall for a while!" As he walked, he said to Bai Qing in a general explanation.

"Forget it, you better take me directly to the ancestral hall!" Bai Qing thought for a while and said to the menzi, who answered and led Bai Qing to the west side of the Di Mansion.

Far away, Bai Qing saw a very solemn building, a huge plaque under the eaves, with three big white characters on a black background written on the "Martyrs' Shrine", the door of the ancestral hall was not closed, Bai Qing's eyes looked towards the ancestral hall, and saw a white-clothed figure kneeling on the ground......

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