Chapter Ninety-Five: Collecting the World's Wealth
Ai Qing is in the harem and rarely cares about the affairs of the previous dynasty. But Mu Chun would occasionally talk to her, and he could hear a lot from the mouths of the palace people.
Seeing that the food and clothing of the maids and maids are obviously much better than before, Ai Qing naturally knows that today Ah Qi just went to the Internal Affairs Mansion to receive the monthly silver and ran into the palace happily.
"Niangniang, this month's silver has risen a lot, especially in our palace, and there is a new set of clothes, and the grandfather Sun of the Internal Affairs Office whispered to me in private that even the treasury is going to be built now, shouldn't this be put on hold now?"
"You just listen to this, don't speculate at will, no matter how much money you have, it is of great use, if it arouses the suspicion of other countries, I am afraid that it will not be so easy to earn."
Ai Qing naturally knows the truth of Taoguang and covering up the edge, the origin of these new objects is not suitable for other countries to know, the 100,000 wolf army raised by Chiyun has already made the people of the world panic, if the financial resources are exposed again, other countries will definitely form a party because of fear.
The two countries of Lou Chi were already at odds, and if the other three countries were provoked by Lou Qi to start a war, the Red Cloud Wolf Army would be brave and fearful, and it would be difficult to defeat the encircled army.
Although Ah Qi didn't think as deeply as Ai Qing, but now she only regarded her master as a god-like existence, in addition to admiring or admiring, so she quickly nodded:
"Well, Aqi knows, and he will also explain this to the servants in the palace. It's just that the eldest princess will go back tomorrow, and I'm afraid that Chiyun's current scene will still spread to Luo Cave. ”
"Don't worry about this, these objects are already in Luo Grotto, and the eldest princess will naturally not be suspicious when she goes back to see it."
Regarding this point, Ai Qing heard Mu Chun decide to mention that the national strength of Luo Cave was the weakest except for the previous Chiyun, so Mu Qing decided to order the dark merchants to lower the price a lot, and calculated, because the sales of objects in Luo Cave were better than the other three countries.
Not to mention anything else, there are more than 2,000 generators and electric lamps sold in the capital city of Luoguo. When Mu Luoying saw the brightly lit scene, she wouldn't take it seriously in the Chiyun Palace anymore.
When Mu Luoying left, Ai Qing ordered someone to send a lot of small toys to Wen Yuan, what bamboo dragonflies, Kong Ming lanterns, kaleidoscopes...... A variety of half boxes were packed. Then he ordered someone to put the Nan Siqin into it, which was a thing with affection, and he felt awkward when he played it, so he might as well return it and change his mind.
Because she was pregnant with twins, Ai Qing's belly was much bigger than usual, and she looked like she was more than five months old after only four and a half months.
The body is getting heavier and heavier, and Ai Qing often plays tricks and doesn't leave halfway, hanging her hands on Mu Chundu's neck to be coquettish.
"Babies say they're tired! Carry us back! ”
"Good! Got it! Mu Chun replied, hugged her waist and hugged her horizontally, pretending to be very struggling, falling down little by little, and straightening up and saying, "Today is a lot heavier than yesterday, and I can't hold it anymore." ”
"Humph! Is the emperor thinking I'm fat? Ai Qing looked unhappy and looked away.
Mu Chun decided to look at the little face in front of him, which was obviously a lot rounder than before, and didn't answer, as if no one was around, he pecked her, and strode towards Qinghua Hall with her.
Hearing no response, Ai Qing rolled his eyes, smiled sweetly, and leaned comfortably in his arms, only feeling that the years were quiet and good.
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There has been no new discovery from Daoist Chongyuan, and there has been no trace of Gu Yan when he sneaked into the Louqi Palace many times at night, and the worry in Mu Chun's determination has dissipated a lot over time.
Now Chiyun's economic strength is no longer the same, plus the dark merchant allocated half of the money he earned according to the instructions to directly exchange it for grain and transport it back to Chiyun, seeing that the granaries were full, the lives of the people of Chiyun have also changed.
Everything seems to be moving in the best direction, with new items being sold, trade networks growing, and oil production soaring.
Chiyun became the second most powerful country in economic power after Gura at the fastest speed. This is still the result of hiding and tucking, in fact, even the dungeon of the palace has been filled with gold, silver and jewelry.
Shikoku only knew about the mining of oil, but did not know the origin of the secret business, and they all attributed it to oil when they saw the prosperity of Chiyun.
In order to enhance the national strength, the imperial courts of various countries also started the idea of digging for oil, but among the four countries, only Guluo and Louqi have a small desert area, and Pilan and Luo Cave are almost inseparable from the desert, so they are only red-eyed.
Gu Luo and Pi Lan also secretly sent many secret agents and guards to Chiyun to investigate, but they were all blocked by the wolf army at the border, and not even a single blue wing flew in.
There are those who come to the dark and those who come to the light, Luo Cave occupies the relationship of in-laws, and Mu Luoying's mother and son, who have just returned to the Ji Wangfu for less than two days, are escorted again, of course, this time it is not only their mother and son who come, but also the King of Ji and the two envoys.
The national letter is very shameless and written: A few days ago, the eldest princess returned to China, and the king of Ji did not visit in person because of all things, and he felt ashamed.
Mu Chunju took the letter and read it carefully, then threw it aside.
"What's wrong?"
Ai Qing sat on the side with his stomach in his arms, taking in the playful look that flashed on his face.
"The eldest sister will be back again in a few days!" Mu Chun said and moved the dim sum on his case to Ai Qing with his hand, and then smiled again: "King Ji is also coming." ”
"King Ji!" Ai Qing smiled faintly and snorted coldly: "I'm afraid it's not King Ji who is here, it's Sima Zhao!" ”
Sima Zhao's allusion Ai Qing mentioned it to Mu Chun when she was bored, so Mu Chun Jue also understood when she said this name, so she only shook her head and picked up another book to read.
"So...... How do we respond? Ai Qing stuffed a piece of snack into her mouth and asked vaguely.
"You don't have to deal with it, what is it on weekdays, it will be the same when they come, between Luo Cave and Chiyun and across the small half of the territory of Guluo, they can't threaten Chiyun. As for strength, if they want to find out, they have to ask the more than 3,000 wolf soldiers in my palace if they agree. ”
Ai Qing looked at Mu Chundu's confident expression and stuffed a piece of snack into his mouth, his eyes wandered, and he sighed lightly: "Hey! Non-toxic husband! Qin'er found that you are getting darker and darker now. I don't know if I will bully our mother and son in the future. ”
"Yes"
Mu Chun answered categorically, without a trace of hesitation, threw the fold in his hand casually, picked up Ai Qing and walked to the dormitory.
"You..... What are you doing? Ai Qing sat on the bed and looked at Mu Chun's evil smile, and moved inward with a red face.
"Bullying your mother and son!" Mu Chun learned a wolf howl and pounced, imprisoning Ai Qing in front of him but stopped.
"Divine Doctor Qi, it's been six months now, it should be okay, right?"
"Huh?" Ai Qing was stunned for a moment when she heard this new title, and then couldn't help laughing again.
Since she was pregnant, Mu Chun had never touched her again, it is said that which emperor is not the three palaces and six courts, so there is naturally no need to suppress these things, but who made him a different emperor!?
Thinking of this, and looking at his hard-to-restrain appearance and his eyes that had burned red, Ai Qing nodded shyly.
She has a pulse every day, and the baby in her womb is very healthy now, and once in a while it doesn't make a difference.
Mu Chun decided to look at her delicate appearance, kissed her as if she had been amnesty, and went all the way down her soft lips.
Faded off the cover, gently kissed her white and round belly, and said softly: "Good, I'll be lighter." ”
This is for Ai Qing, and it is also for this pair of children.
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On this night, the moon outside the hall was empty, and the hall was full of warmth!
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The next morning
Mu Chunju looked at the letter of state presented by the eunuch, and his face was complicated.
"Your Majesty, according to the old minister, I am afraid that Lou Qi will send this letter of state, and Lou Qi will suffer heavy losses in the first war that day, and now he says that he wants to release his previous suspicions with me and conclude diplomatic relations, and he is afraid that no one in the world will believe it." Prime Minister Zhuge Ming's words, the vast majority of courtiers also agreed!
"The prime minister's words are indeed reasonable, but if he rashly refuses Lou Qi's visit at the moment, I am afraid that it will also attract criticism from the world."
Because of Chu Yin's matter, Mrs. Chu rarely spoke in court in recent months, but today he unexpectedly spoke.