The three of them refused to back down, and they were very unhappy.

Pei Xiuniang coughed behind the screen to remind them to pay attention to the image, and the three of them sat down separately, but they all had a straight face.

Pei Xiuniang asked the maid to put on a cloak for her, and waved away the three staff members of the Pei family before turning out of the screen and bowing to Yingying, "Soon everyone is a relative, and it is really not worth fighting for this matter." ”

After speaking, she walked to the table, dipped her pen in ink, and then quickly circled it on the map of the territory of the Cloud Dynasty.

After putting down the pen, Pei Xiuniang gave the three of them a knee salute, "This is divided according to the amount of silver, if there is any inconsiderateness, please forgive me." ”

A sentence of silver poked the ground, Gao Shiqing's face could hardly be hung. It's one thing to quarrel with a man before, but when a woman says this, she is greatly disgraced.

After reading the map, Pei Youan and the four princes both smiled.

The ten southern provinces were divided into three, of which the Pei family was divided into three provinces, the western and southern provinces, and the four princes were the eastern and southern provinces.

"Because the north is poor, I deliberately gave Gao Editor an extra province in the south."

It sounded like the Gao family had taken advantage of this, but when he saw the four southern provinces circled on the map to the Gao family, Gao Shiqing grinded his teeth with hatred.

The four provinces given to the Gao family are almost concentrated in the southernmost part of the Yun Dynasty, even including the two provinces of southern Xinjiang!

Most of the ethnic minorities in southern Xinjiang have their own customs and habits in dressing up, even if they open a noble girl and a noble son, I am afraid that they will not be able to sell a few pieces of clothing, and the two provinces are equivalent to being abolished!

In the remaining two provinces south of the Yangtze River, floods are frequent, and many displaced people go north every year......

Pei Xiuniang is simply partial to the Pei family and the four princes!

The four princes and the Pei family, one is the future husband, the other is their own family, and the Gao family, to put it mildly, if you don't get it right, you will become an opponent and an enemy, Pei Xiuniang doesn't help her own family, is it still cheap for the Gao family?

Knowing that his family had suffered a big loss, Gao Shiqing did not dare to attack again. As Pei Xiuniang said, the Gao family does have the least amount of money, and besides, he doesn't want to anger the four princes anymore.

As for those provinces in the south, they will find a way to plot later!

In the East Palace, the queen and the crown prince are also discussing.

"Queen Mother, 10 million taels, I really can't make it up~ The prince frowned and sighed, "I searched all the officials below to make up five million taels."

The queen's body has five or six hundred thousand taels, but for ten million taels, it is just a drop in the bucket.

"Otherwise, you should go to your father." The queen had a whim, "Your father must also be greedy for that drawing......"

The emperor was indeed greedy, and when he saw the news published in the morning newspaper, he scratched his ears and cheeks.

"Anshun, you say, how do I make up these ten million taels of silver?"

An Shun shook his head, "The slave doesn't know. ”

Although the emperor asked the Pei family for eight million taels before, he didn't want to live a poor life anymore, and at most he only wanted to take out five million taels to buy the drawings.

But even if he is the emperor, he can't be forced to buy and sell, and besides, at the speed at which the bicycles of the noble son and the Donghai Department Store make money, the drawings of the sewing machine and the bicycle are sold for tens of millions of taels of silver, which is really not expensive.

How does he fill in the empty space of five million taels?

At this moment, the palace people came to report, and the prince asked to see him.

The emperor's eyes lit up, "Xuan!" ”

Since the queen smashed the Hundred Flowers Banquet, the prince has come to the imperial study to ask to see him many times, but the emperor has refused to see him. Because of this, the hearts of the officials of the prince's faction have fluctuated.

The prince was still trembling outside the door of the imperial study, and when he heard his father's joyful voice, the prince wiped the sweat on his forehead.

"The emperor is here, but he wants to discuss with his father about buying Xie's drawings?" The Emperor asked first.

At this moment, he really didn't want to hear anything else.

The crown prince looked up in surprise, "How did my father know?" ”

The emperor twisted his beard and smiled, "I am your father, I have watched you grow up since I was a child, and when you have a cocked tail, I will know what you are going to pull!" Okay, let's just say, how much money do you get? ”

"Erchen got five million taels."

The emperor said in his heart, okay, after giving the expedition to Donghou, he can still make up so much silver, it seems that the officials of the prince's faction are quite rich~

"Father~" The prince bowed down, "The son and the father barely made up 10 million taels, but the Xie family has two drawings ......"

The Emperor's eyes widened, and he paused in the movement of twisting his beard.

That's right, he can only buy one drawing for ten million taels of silver, but he wants both drawings!

"The fourth prince of Xuan, Pei You'an, and Gao Shangshu enter the palace!"

These people will definitely scrape together the money to buy drawings!

In Pei's mansion, the three of them were also worried that they could only buy one drawing with only 10 million taels of silver.

"Why don't you still want a drawing of a sewing machine? There are more people who buy robes. The Four Princes suggested.

"Let's buy the blueprints for the bike." Pei Youan remembered his father in the southwest, how much his father loved the bicycle, and he remembered it clearly.

Gao Shiqing was about to express his opinion, but the little servant came to report, and someone from the palace summoned them to meet him.

"Okay, don't worry about it this time." Gao Shiqing let out a sigh.

After a bunch of people chattered in the imperial study for a while, Xie Xun was summoned into the palace.

"The minister doesn't care how many people make up the money, the minister only collects 20 million taels of silver, and then presents the drawings of the sewing machine and bicycle."

The emperor's eyelids lifted, "Can you bring the drawings with you?" ”

Xie Xun saw the light of plunder in the emperor's eyes.

"I didn't bring it. The drawings were placed in my father's study, and the steward counted the silver before he went to get the drawings from my father. ”

Bring the drawings with you and let you grab them?

How stupid he has to be to do such a stupid thing!

The emperor was a little disappointed and waved his hand, "Anshun, you take someone to take these silver tickets to the Zhenguo Mansion and buy back the drawings of the sewing machine and bicycle." ”

The drawings are in the Zhenguo Mansion, you can't grab them, you can only buy them with real money.

Anshun went to buy drawings, but Xie Xun was left in the imperial study.

The emperor asked the Gao family to move the parts made by the Gao family based on the drawings stolen by Xie Jia, "Now assemble them for me to see." ”

Xie Xun shook his head and confessed, "This minister really won't." You'll have to wait for the designer of the sewing machine. ”

An Shun had just walked for less than a quarter of an hour, and the palace had not yet come out, so he was stupid to assemble it in public. Besides, he pretended to be stupid in front of the emperor and said that the sewing machine was not designed by himself, although the emperor already knew that he was tricked by him, he couldn't slap the emperor in the face repeatedly.

Sure enough, Xie Xun said that, although the emperor was disappointed, the expression on his face softened a lot.

"Can you convince your father to sell the art of paper armor to the imperial court?" After all, what the emperor wants most is the paper armor building technique, which is related to military affairs, and it is in the hands of the Xie family, and the emperor is quite uneasy.

Xie Xun bowed, "Give it a try." ”

It is impossible to hold the art of building paper armor all the time, and human wisdom is like a sponge, squeezing hard, and no one knows what kind of amazing results can be obtained. Paper armor has already been introduced, and if the emperor ruthlessly lets the craftsmen of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry study it, it is only a matter of time before it is conquered.

Xie might as well take the opportunity to make a fortune!

Soon, An Shun came back with two wooden boxes, followed by two staff members of the Zhenguo Mansion and a string of palace people carrying wooden boxes.

The two staff members knelt down and shouted three times long live.

"On the orders of Lord Shangshu, the two grass people demonstrated the assembly process of the sewing machine and bicycle for the emperor."

The emperor said yes repeatedly.

Finally able to see the parts that gave him a headache come together into useful brackets!