"Ahh Zhao Ruoshui sneezed. She pulled a piece of paper from the cardboard box, wiped her nose, and tossed the ball of paper into the trash can next to her chair.

Raising his head and looking out of the window, the heavy snow made the world outside the window white, and the trees and buildings were covered in silver. Zhao Ruoshui couldn't help but stand up, his snow-white socks stepped over the carpet on the wooden floor, and there was no sound. Walking to the window and standing still, Zhao Ruoshui couldn't help but think of his eldest brother Zhao Qian, and the time he lived with his eldest brother and father in the back garden.

Before winter, they all build snowmen. With the strength of my father and brother, I can always build several big snowmen in the wide yard. Zhao Ruoshui took on the task of decorating the snowman with coal cores and carrots. Now that his parents have moved to Kaifeng, the eldest brother has lived independently even earlier.

Korakuen is located by the West Lake and is a beautiful house. After her father and mother moved away, Zhao Ruoshui wanted to move with her family by herself, but she didn't expect that Houyuan Garden would be owned by the Hangzhou government as a state-owned asset. This was actually Dad's arrangement, which made Zhao Ruoshui very depressed. Although his current house is good, compared with the back garden, it is very different. What's more, Zhao Ruoshui feels that Houyuan is his home, and although the current house was also bought by Zhao Ruoshui, it did not give her such a strong sense of home.

Sighing, Zhao Ruoshui still suppressed this thought. She really didn't have the courage to ask her father for the paradise, her father Zhao Jiaren was a person who would never be reluctant, especially the things that were designated as state-owned assets by her father, and she would not tolerate Zhao Ruoshui's thoughts. Without even asking the reason, Zhao Ruoshui could guess what his father would say.

If I keep the Garden of Kora for myself, the officials below will follow suit. For the sake of one of my gardens, let them occupy thousands of gardens, this cannot be done.

Dad is so tough, the eldest brother who has been promoted to Kaifeng Mansion Yin is also a fool. Over the years, I've never tried to get some money for myself. Some time ago, my father ordered the division of the family property, and the three brothers and sisters shared 10 million yuan each. Zhao Ruoshui herself has earned about the same amount of money, and after a little calculation of her income, she thought of her poor eldest brother. This money should make the eldest brother very happy. He has been stupid for so many years, and he finally has some benefits.

After receiving the news that the eldest brother was officially canonized, Zhao Ruoshui felt a little sour in his heart. The stupid big brother still got his stuff, how can I say that. Are fools foolish?

Just as I was thinking about it, I heard a cat meow. Looking down, the Siamese cat at home had arrived at Zhao Ruoshui's side at some point, and was raising its head, looking at Zhao Ruoshui with a pair of beautiful blue eyes, and making a begging cry.

Zhao Ruoshui shouted outside the door: "Bring the cat food." ”

The servants quickly brought the things. Zhao Ruoshui sat down in the center of a bear skin on the stall and took out small dried fish to feed the cat. The Siamese cat saved Zhao Ruoshui's wrist and eagerly nibbled on the small dried fish. That action made Zhao Ruoshui couldn't help laughing. But as soon as he was in a good mood, Zhao Ruoshui remembered his business in Siam.

In recent years, she has mainly been engaged in the nautical business, but since last year, the profits on the Siamese side have made Zhao Ruoshui very unhappy. Whether it is the decrease in profits, but the fact that the profits of those routes that run the Tianzhu Ocean have greatly increased, making the Siam route, which was once the most profitable, seem a little insignificant.

Zhao Ruoshui also thought about taking a share of Tianzhuyang's trade, but Tianzhuyang is so far away, and what can make a lot of money there is either an industry supported by the government or a powerful family. Both of these are precisely Zhao Ruoshui's weaknesses. The courtiers may be afraid of the princess, but they will not support her. Asking for help from Daddy is probably the same as asking for Korakuen. As for the person Zhao Ruoshui married, he is a good person, but he is not a person with a particularly background and family strength. Let him understand that the daughter of the Zhao official family is the master of this family, and it has cost Zhao Ruoshui a lot of energy. As for turning that guy into a jackal, tiger and leopard, Zhao Ruoshui has already died of this heart.

If it's the eldest brother, will he help? Zhao Ruoshui pondered. At this time, she regretted it a little, in the past, she just thought about making money, investing, earning money again, and reinvesting. If I had given him some points when my eldest brother was poor, I wouldn't have no reason to ask for it now. After all, the eldest brother is stupid, he owes favors, and he will definitely pay it back.

Just thinking about it, the servant came to report, "Madam, the son of the Sima family asks to see you." ”

Ten minutes later, Zhao Ruoshui arrived in the living room. The big iron furnace in the living room made the huge space very warm through the pipes, and Zhao Ruoshui was wearing well-fitting clothes, looking graceful and luxurious. However, the son-in-law of the Sima family is not badly dressed, with well-tailored clothes and a mink collar that is very beautiful.

The two did not exchange pleasantries, and Sima Kao's grandson went straight to the topic when Sima Honglai came, "Princess, there is news from the Western Roman Empire, and Boyan has sent someone to talk about the olive oil deal." ”

The Great Song Dynasty controlled the navigation rights of the Pacific Ocean and the Tianzhu Ocean, and all kinds of crops could be obtained. However, there is a lack of olive cultivation land in this area, and it is said that the Ministry of Agriculture has issued a reward order, and if it can find an area suitable for olive cultivation and make achievements, the Ministry of Agriculture will not hesitate to reward it with a large amount of money. However, no one has hit this idea until now. The olive oil of the Great Song Dynasty was transported all the way by sea. According to people who have tasted the place of origin, the taste has deteriorated.

Zhao Ruoshui didn't care about this problem, she asked: "That Boyan actually has the face to ask to do business with our direct flight?" ”

Although Zhao Ruoshui has no ill feelings towards the name Boyan, from Kublai Khan to a small soldier on the Mongolian side, they are all defeated under her father Zhao Jiaren. The difference between those people is only to be killed or driven away. However, after all, Boyan once led the army to make the Lin'an court surrender, and for Zhao Ruoshui, it was one of the biggest help to help her father become the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty. But there are some things that are good in my heart.

Sima Hong smiled: "Probably Boyan thinks that the province of Europa has taken too much advantage of him, right?" ”

"Not necessarily." Zhao Ruoshui shook his head, "Boyan must have something else to ask for." ”

Sima Hong nodded, "I heard that Boyan wants to import new guns. Our Great Song Dynasty sold a lot of weapons to the Yuan Kingdom and built an arsenal. I want to come to Boyan to increase the military strength as soon as possible. ”

"Does the Yuan Kingdom want to annex Western Rome?" Zhao Ruoshui was a little puzzled. Judging from the information she knew, the Yuan State had signed a four-party treaty with the Western Roman Empire, the Eastern Roman Empire, and the Great Song Province of Europa. As a result, the four parties together divided the navigation rights in the Mediterranean. The Europa province of the Great Song Dynasty was also able to dominate the shipping interests of the Mediterranean Sea with the smallest population and the smallest territory.

At the beginning, Zhao Ruoshui didn't understand how his father could agree with the gang of people and enemies in the Eastern European Division at that time, and judging from the results, Da Song easily grabbed huge commercial interests. If you rely on force to conquer Europa, which is thousands of miles away, God knows how much it will cost. So she doesn't think the current people in Europa want the Quad to break down.

"Princess, the dominance of the Yuan family is not good for us. Besides, the olive oil business has always been controlled by the province of Europa, and it would be nice if we could get a piece of the pie. Sima Hong expressed his views to the collaborators of the Sima family.

The Sima family first planted sisal on Guangnan East Road, and later also invested in the navigation guild, and the income was good. However, more and more people joined the nautical guild, and the late patriarch of the Sima family, Sima Kao, thought that the Sima family had not mastered the navigation technology, and this bowl of sea rice was afraid that it would not last long. So he made the astonishing decision to sell his stake in the Nautical Guild and spend all his money on Siamese plantations.

Back then, so many people rushed to join the Navigation Guild, and Sima Kao's actions made many people secretly snicker. also made Zhao Ruoshui pay attention to the Sima family. After consideration, Zhao Ruoshui chose to cooperate with Sima's family in the early stage. The development of events was as Sima Kao expected. With the surge in demand for sisal in the Great Song Dynasty, the benefits of growing sisal were much more than growing rice. In addition, when Sima Kao invested in Siamese Sisal Plantation, the policy was good, and his family's 1.5 million mu of plantation land was leased for 30 years, and the tax rate was very low. Now the annual output of one acre of land is more than two times, and with the net profit of more than two million this year as the foundation, the other family businesses of the Sima family are thriving.

However, the Sima family did not think that they would operate on Siam Road forever, and 30 years would soon pass, and Siam Road was already the land of the Great Song Dynasty, and the land state-owned policy was also implemented. The Sima family had to find a way to open up some more long-term sources of business.

Zhao Ruoshui was uneasy. This deal sounds good, but there are several problems that are difficult to overcome, the biggest one is that the Great Song Province of Europa controlled the shipping of the Mediterranean, what do they think of the choice of the Western Roman Empire? After all, the province of Europa was the official government of the Great Song Dynasty. Thinking of this, Zhao Ruoshui said: "I think it's over." This business is unreliable. ”

If His Majesty Augustus Boyan heard Zhao Ruoshui's evaluation, he would probably think that Zhao Ruoshui was a very reliable person. Although it was Boyan who made this tentative decision, Boyan himself did not really put this matter in a very important position. The reason why he released such news was just to show goodwill to Da Song. Since his family knows his own affairs, Boyan doesn't think that his name can make Da Song have good memories.

At this time, His Majesty Boyan was 59 years old, and what he was most concerned about was whether his young son could safely inherit the throne. If Boyan can live to be more than eighty years old like Kublai Khan, he naturally doesn't have to worry about this. Boyan did not bet on this assumption, and the outbreak of war between the Yuan State and the Kipchak Khanate before made Boyan feel strongly uneasy. He had not thought that the various countries under the Mongol Empire would not have broken out into war so soon.

There is such a thing as an internal war, which can only be contained under a strong Great Khan. When Hao Ren's son Hao Kang went to Baghdad, he got an errand from the Minister of Water Resources. Boyan sensed that the turbulent autumn of Mongolia had begun. At this time, what the Western Roman Empire needed was to strengthen itself quickly and try to withstand the next storm.

Seeking a trade route of olive oil for weapons is just one of the means by which Boyan is employed.

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