Chapter 17: Triumph and Frustration
Shangshu Mansion
Huo Weichao, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and Long Aobo, the prince of Jue, sat opposite each other, and two cups of fragrant tea overflowed on the table.
"Huo Shangshu, this time my father asked me to be responsible for the disaster construction, and I hope that Shangshu will contribute more."
"The prince said seriously, this disaster construction is my business, and Prince Jue has been in charge of the disaster construction project before, so I will be able to do it at that time."
"Hahaha, Huo Shangshu, why are you and I so polite." Long Aobo patted Huo Weichao's shoulder, and then pretended not to care and asked, "It's just, Huo Shangshu, how much do you need for this silver tael allocated by the imperial court?" ”
When Huo Weichao heard this, his face returned to a serious look, frowned, smacked his lips, and after thinking for a while, he slowly stretched out three fingers: "Three hundred thousand taels." ”
"Hmm."
Prince Jue smiled and nodded: "As I thought, I have to thank Prime Minister Crane Zhiyu today, otherwise if my father really lets the emperor really interfere in this matter, I'm afraid we won't get anything." ”
"It's nature."
After drinking tea again, Prince Jue said goodbye to the Hewei Dynasty and rushed towards the palace.
"Your Highness, it only costs 200,000 taels for me to build a disaster shelter, how can he open his mouth for 300,000? Do you want to swallow 100,000 yourself? ”
"Tsk, he has a pretty big appetite."
On the carriage, Prince Jue talked with the people around him: "He didn't swallow 100,000 yuan, but 200,000 yuan!" ”
"Huh! This has a big appetite, and he is not afraid to hold himself to death. The man sneered: "A few days ago, the waiter of the Ministry of Industry was seriously ill, and he thought that he was the biggest in the Ministry of Industry, and His Royal Highness could only rely on him, but he never thought that this thought had not been suppressed now." ”
"Forget it, if he is not greedy, I can't control it, let him go, by the way, I'll go to the Prime Minister's Mansion later."
"Yes, Your Highness."
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"Huo Weichao, the giant force blames the bear family, the age is one hundred and thirty-two, although the age is not very large, but the ambition is quite big, fifty years ago the construction of the Liaodong Dam became famous in one fell swoop, and was promoted by the Dragon Emperor to the Ministry of Works, and he was only open."
Su Fenglin said as he wrote the four words of the Ministry of Industry.
"It just so happens that the sky is raining heavily, the floods are raging, and the victims are dense, and the debts of fifty years ago must be repaid, since this is the case, then start with you." The corners of Su Fenglin's mouth were slightly hooked, looking at the four big characters, and pasting them on a dark wall.
In addition to the Ministry of Works, there are several other books in this dark wall, as well as the three chiefs.
"Knock! Sister, I'm Xiu'er. ”
"Come in."
After Xiu'er entered the house, Su Fenglin slowly picked up the feather fan and said, "Say, what news did you get again?" ”
"Sister, after Long Aobo left Shangshu Mansion, he went to the Prime Minister's Mansion, presumably to discuss how to divide the silver taels." Shangguan Xiu'er was a little angry: "I really don't value the lives of the people, and only care about my own pleasure." ”
After speaking, she asked Su Fenglin again: "Sister, aren't they afraid of being discovered with inferior materials?" This is at the foot of the Son of Heaven, even if the house will not collapse for a while, but it will fall after a long time. ”
When Su Fenglin heard this, he smiled and explained: "After a long time, the victims have been evacuated, who will care about this refugee?" ”
"So, what about the collapse of the Liaodong Dam? I didn't see the Dragon Emperor punish Huo Weichao. ”
"In the same way, after a long time, Huo Weichao can be said to be the governor of Liaodong who has poor supervision, so he shirks his responsibility, and there is nothing he can do about it."
"Alas, what an infuriating man!"
Xiu'er puffed out her small mouth: "Then sister, is there no way?" ”
"It's so cute." Su Fenglin touched Xiu'er's little head, and did not say any solution, but asked: "After the Fifth Highness left, the Ministry of Industry Shangshu Mansion, no one else entered?" ”
"Hmm--" Xiu'er lowered her head and thought for a while, "Yes, yes, but it's just a common man in a cloth robe, so I didn't pay attention." ”
"The cloth people?" Su Fenglin was puzzled: "But there is a blue hair on his head?" ”
"Yes, sister knows?"
Su Fenglin sneered and said, "Heh! Naturally, he knew that when the Liaodong Dam was established, Huo Weichao was the one he was looking for to buy materials, and the materials he sold could be described as strong and useless. ”
Shangguan Xiu'er pursed her mouth: "Then, it seems that Huo Weichao is ready to repeat his old trick this time." ”
"Hmm." Su Fenglin nodded first, and then said, "Presumably, His Royal Highness the Ninth also knows about this, but he can't do anything." ”
Speaking of dragon scales, Su Fenglin is very helpless, his reputation seems to be not small, but why doesn't Long Scales believe in his strength?
Moreover, yesterday I had already gone to visit the mansion of His Royal Highness the Nine, and I believe that this matter has reached the ears of the major magnates in the capital, but in two days, Long Aoguang and Long Aobo will know.
"Since His Royal Highness the Ninth cannot manage this matter, then he can only go through the emperor."
"Emperor? Is my sister going to visit the emperor? ”
"No, we don't have to go, someone will let him come."
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Emperor's Mansion
"Heh, that Huo Weichao, Crane Feather, and Long Aobo are not good things! They asked me to raise money for them! ”
When Long Aoguang returned to the mansion, he was furious, and when he went to the court today, he didn't think that he didn't get anything, and he was afraid that he would have to lose a lot of money.
"Why should the emperor be angry? Didn't the emperor buy hundred-year-old ginseng on a large scale before? Wouldn't it be okay to auction off this 100-year-old life? A voice sounded from inside the house, and slowly a figure walked out of the darkness.
This person was wearing a purple and gold robe, with gold lines on his waist, and a black gauze hat on his head with faint purple and gold lines.
This is not the most special, the most special thing is that he has a square jade ring on the index finger of his right hand.
"Chief Zeng."
When the emperor saw the visitor, he saluted slightly, one of the three chiefs of Qinglong, Zeng Weijian, the emperor's teacher back then, and the emperor had to bow down.
"Hmm."
Zeng Weijian nodded: "I have heard about today's affairs in the court, a few days ago, you wantonly bought a hundred years of ginseng, and this Prince Jue should ask you to spit out the money for the purchase of ginseng." ”
He paused and said: "This, just if you want to spit it out, you can spit it out first, it doesn't matter, in short, it's useless for you to take these ginseng now, leave five for emergencies, and the rest can be sold for almost 100,000 taels, plus the silver taels for donations, in fact, it doesn't cost much."
"Of course I know that I can't pay much, but I could have not paid for it, but I was instigated by Long Aobo and that crane feather, I can't swallow this breath!"
"Some time ago, you forced Long Aobo to be anxious, and during this time, he should come back with crazy revenge, so let's try to defend and find the right opportunity to attack again."
The chief supervisor sat in his seat, old-fashioned, he was not surprised by this kind of scene, he had been in officialdom for a long time, this little thing, he was not enough to take it to heart, but it was another thing-
"His Royal Highness the Emperor, I heard that today Su Fenglin, the Lord of the Drunken Moon Xuanxuan, went to the Dragon Reverse Scale Mansion."