The emperor poured himself a cup of tea, took a sip, and continued, "One is glutinous rice mortar, and the other is the invention of the gun, which is not found in other countries, and it is the strongest weapon that the Qianqiu country can compete with the powerful countries.

And the inventors of these two are actually from Qingyun City."

Zhao Qianqian looked at the emperor with an indifferent face: "Could it be that you want to send troops to another country?"

The emperor laughed and said, "How can I have such thoughts, the Qianqiu Kingdom is weak now, it would be good to be able to defend itself, how can I have the ability to invade other countries."

He changed his words: "However, if someone wants to provoke a war, the Qianqiu Kingdom cannot sit idly by, and will definitely fight back, if it can kill the chicken and make an example of the monkey, it would be great."

Zhao Qianqian nodded, this idea coincides with her, she has always been that people don't offend me, I don't offend people, if people offend me, I will punish them.

Zhao Qianqian said: "You didn't come to Qingyun City because I wanted to invest in Guozijian, you should have heard about the changes in Qingyun City, so you came to take a look."

The emperor nodded lightly: "Yes, just half a month ago, Zhao Siye returned to the imperial city and mentioned that someone wanted to invest hundreds of thousands of taels of silver in the Guozijian, just to be able to buy a Guozijian as a sacrificial wine. That didn't really impress me either.

What puzzles me is that in the last three months, Qingyun City's taxes have been paid more every month than the previous month, and the taxes paid in the previous year are not as much as those paid in the last month.

It has been three months since the Imperial City was robbed by robbers around Qingyun City, and everyone wondered if the officials below had not reported it truthfully.

In the past, the county order would always start in August, and apply for disaster money every month to build the moat of Qingyun City, as long as it was not approved, he would keep playing, and he could see that the emperor's head was big

The strange thing is that since October, he has never received such a recital, the first two months, the emperor thought that someone had deliberately picked it up, until this month, he still did not receive the application for disaster relief funds from the Fan County Order, the emperor asked about it, to his surprise, in the past few months, Qingyun City not only did not apply for disaster relief funds, but the monthly taxes were increasing."

The emperor's mouth was a little dry, and he took two sips of the teacup, and did not put it down, but glanced at the ledger on the table a few times.

Zhao Qianqian added: "This makes the imperial court feel incredible, thinking that Fan County Commander looted the people in order to invite merit, but Fan County Commander has been in charge of Qingyun County for decades and is deeply loved by the people, he is not like a person who can do such a thing.

Even if there is any suspicion in this matter, the imperial court can arrange someone to investigate, and General Shen is here, if the county orders the people, he will be the first to report to you, so you will not come to Qingyun City for this matter.

What really made you come here was the change in Qingyun City that Zhao Siye inadvertently mentioned, there were no mountain bandits, and the South Gate Bridge under construction was repaired."

She paused and asked, "Am I right?" Lord Zhao!"

The emperor must have been looking at her for a few seconds, I know everything in my heart about this girl, no wonder Shen Junchen, this kid was tricked to death by him.

The emperor thought to himself, you are right, but there is another key point, I collected these materials and found that it was all done by a girl surnamed Zhao, and what is even more incomprehensible is that she used to be a beggar.

The Emperor smiled and nodded, "That's right."

This is enough to move the emperor, not to mention a beggar girl, there is no man in the world who has this ability.

Even if there is money to repair the moat, but no one has used glutinous rice mortar, and even if there is money to repair the bridge, there is only one who can design it so ingeniously.

I also heard that the beggars from the surrounding areas of Qingyun City are flowing to Qingyun City, which is too incredible, so the emperor decided to come to Qingyun City to see what is going on.

In the past two days, he made a secret visit to Qingyun City, and found that except for Nanshan Mountain, houses were being built under the other three mountains outside Qingyun City, and that kind of building was something he had never seen before, let alone heard of.

Zhao Qianqian thought to himself, since Qianqiu Guo was so short of money, if he did business with him, he would probably not refuse.

She asked tentatively, "How does Lord Zhao think the treasury can be filled?"

The emperor put down the teacup in his hand and said, "Miss Zhao has any opinions, you might as well tell me and listen to it."

Zhao Qian

Shallow: "I don't dare to take my opinion seriously, I just express my opinion, if there is anything wrong, please forgive Lord Zhao."

The Emperor said, "But it doesn't hurt to say it!"

Zhao Qianqian took a sip of tea and thought for a while: "I guess that at present, the imperial court is in charge of the salt affairs, construction, and brewing of the Zhongqianqiu Kingdom, and these are all in charge of the imperial court officials, and the officials are just taking the money, and the emperor is a benevolent monarch, as long as nothing happens, he will generally not be held responsible.

The imperial court does not have high requirements for output and quality, as long as it is not lower than the previous output or quality, or a little lower, to say good things, it will pass, so there has been no progress for a long time.

A construction project will take a year and a half, to say the least, because there are no rewards and punishments, everyone is indifferent, as long as it is carried out.

The land in Qianqiu is fertile, but no one has mined it, no one has cultivated the wasteland, and the displaced people have no reasonable management......

Zhao Qianqian roughly talked about what she knew.

The Emperor seemed to agree, and nodded, "In your opinion, what should be done?"

Zhao Qianqian stretched out four fingers: "Four words: reform and opening up."

"Oh, how to reform, how to open up?" The emperor asked.

Zhao Qian's simple words are concise and to the point: "Implement the self-responsibility contract responsibility system internally, and open the economy externally."

She continued, "Land, engineering, salt and so on can be contracted system, which will greatly increase the profits, open up to the outside world, and open up the economy to other countries.

At present, it is also opening up to the outside world, but Qianqiu has not lagged behind other countries, there is nothing to export, and even the main source of food is imported, which means that it is always buying and not selling, and the money at home is getting less and less, and the people are getting poorer and poorer......

The Emperor agreed with her: "I agree with your idea, I will explain it to the Emperor, but I want to hear what you are going to do as a businessman?"

Zhao Qianqian curled the corners of his lips: "Actually, it's very simple, I want to develop our business to other states, counties, towns, and every corner of Qianqiu, and even to other countries.

My income has increased, and Qianqiu's income has also increased, and my business in other countries can also drive the economy of Qianqiu country, so that Qianqiu country will become rich."

The Emperor nodded, "Sounds good, but I'm afraid it's not that easy to implement."

Zhao Qianqian looked serious: "Actually, it's not very difficult, don't you see the development of Qingyun County as a good example? It's just that the government is convenient, and there are many people who are willing to do it, of course, everyone has no awareness of this at present, because everyone is used to the current way of life, so investing in Guozijian is to start from the thoughts of these pillars of the country."

"How do you want me to do it for you?" The emperor asked.

Zhao Qianqian thought secretly, there is a play.

She cleared her throat: "You send me a unique token, and notify the magistrates of each state and county, so that I can come and go freely, and give me the status of an envoy, so that I can enter and leave other countries, and the silver I earn is a considerable amount of taxes for a year, and in a year, it is at least more than the income of the Qianqiu Kingdom in five years now."

What she said was true, the emperor looked at the account books of the Qiancheng Battalion, these incomes were indeed considerable, only half of the lunar month, and the taxes paid by the Qiancheng Camp were already more than the taxes paid by the Imperial City for a month.

The emperor was a little moved in his heart, but her request was a bit too much, this was going to give her a freedom token, whether she would take the token to do anything unfavorable to Qianqiu Kingdom, no one dared to guarantee this.

The emperor didn't immediately agree, he was hesitating, he had to think about it.

Zhao Qianqian saw his concerns and thought for a while: "This Qianqiu country is in your hands, I am not interested in politics, I just want to make more money.

I want to buy a position as the country's priest and wine, just to make it easier to do business."

The emperor didn't speak, he couldn't take this risk, it wasn't that he was timid, but the ability of the person in front of him was beyond imagination, so big that he was shocked.

Zhao Qianqian continued to lobby: "If I had other ideas, I wouldn't let my father-in-law teach the military camp the technology of making guns, you should know the power of that thing."

The Emperor remained silent, and began to look at the ledger on the desk as if no one was around.

Zhao Qianqian understood that the emperor was waiting, waiting for her to compromise.

Zhao Qianqian is in line with the fact that you are not in a hurry, I am not in a hurry, if you do not cooperate with me, it will be your loss, but I will not have any loss, at most I will go through more procedures, but I can earn the same silver, no matter what you are, I can earn more.

Zhao Qianqian stood up: "Since Lord Zhao is very busy, then I will come back another day, I also made an appointment, so I will leave first."

Coincidentally, Zhao Siye walked in: "Miss Zhao is really a busy person, you see that we have invited you several times but have not been able to talk about business, since we are all here, why don't we do the investment of Guozijian?"

Zhao Qianqian smiled: "Zhao Siye came at the right time, then according to Zhao Siye's meaning."

Zhao Siye made a gesture of please, and Zhao Qianqian sat down in place.

With the emperor here, Zhao Siye didn't dare to sit down.

Zhao Qianqian glanced at him strangely: "Doesn't Zhao Siye sit down and talk?"

"This ......," Zhao Siye glanced at the emperor.

The emperor looked at him, "Why are you sitting in your seat?"

Zhao Siye lifted the hem of his clothes and knelt on the ground: "Lord Xie!"

"Alright, don't kneel around at every turn!" The emperor was displeased.

"Yes, Lord Xie!" Zhao Siye hurriedly got up and sat down opposite Zhao Qianqian.

He glanced at the emperor, the emperor lowered his head and picked up the teacup on the table, as if he was unintentional, but Zhao Siye understood, and all this seemed to be the same, but Zhao Qianqian saw the clue.

Zhao Siye didn't make a detour, but said directly: "Last time Miss Zhao's proposal, I went back to report to the emperor, and after consultation with the courtiers, I can agree to Miss Zhao's request, but Miss Zhao needs to go to the imperial city with us to handle the contract."

Zhao Qianqian thought to himself, then I can just help Changfeng and do the business of the imperial city.

But he didn't feel comfortable leaving his family here: "I can go to the Imperial City with you, but I have to take my family with me."

"This ......," Zhao Zhi glanced at the emperor.