"Ahh Why? Is it because the princess doesn't want to do it or is there another reason? Hearing Xu Jinrou say that she was no longer the third envoy, the salt and iron made Lu Fuhu's face change slightly, and he frowned.

"It's the queen's intention, the will should be handed down tomorrow, and Princess Zhao will take the position of the third envoy." Xu Jinrou's beautiful eyes were lowered, and her eyes were a little gloomy.

"This..., originally my three divisions of Dachu have existed in name only, in vain, it is the princess who served as the envoy of the three divisions to turn the tide, painstaking management, the three divisions of the departments have improved today, the old minister thinks that there is now a turning point, if the three envoys change others, I am afraid that the previous efforts will be wasted, the old minister is willing to ask the queen to fight for reason, please take back the queen's life."

"I understand the intentions of the salt and iron envoys, but how can the queen's will be changed as soon as it is said, even if it is because of the salt and iron envoy's request for the queen to retract the order, but this matter will definitely be like a fish in the throat, so that everyone is not happy, and everything may not be smooth in the future." Xu Jinrou said faintly.

"For my Da Chu, for all the hard work of the princess before, the old minister is willing to ask the queen." Lu Fuhu stood up as he spoke, his face sincere.

Xu Jinrou knew that Lu Fuhu's words were from the bottom of his heart and sincere.

Lu Fuhu was once a friend of Xu Jinrou's father, Xu Shilang of the Military Department, and the two had a good relationship.

He is heroic and righteous, when the Western Barbarian army besieged Kyoto City, Lu Fuhu was preparing materials for the capital in the field, otherwise when the old and young of the Xu Mansion went out of the city to fight to the death, Lu Fuhu would not sit idly by and be a turtle with a shrunken head.

In the previous life, Lu Fuhu maintained Xu Jinrou everywhere, helping each other openly and secretly, until he died of illness ten years later, he always worked together with Xu Jinrou for the affairs of the Salt and Iron Division to overcome the difficulties.

But Xu Jinrou also knew that Lu Fuhu had no selfishness in his heart, and the reason why he helped her was because he knew that she was wholeheartedly thinking about Da Chu and working hard for the Song family.

But in this life, although she Xu Jinrou is still working hard for Da Chu, she is no longer for the Song royal family, and there are some things that she wants to get Lu Fuhu to agree, she must know it with reason and emotion.

"Salt and iron envoys should sit down and talk, some things are indeed not easy to conclude in advance, maybe Princess Zhao is more suitable than me to be the third envoy? Whether it will work or not, you can only know after you have done it, so the salt and iron envoy should not go to the queen. Although Xu Jinrou's tone was full of helplessness, it could not be refuted.

Lu Fuhu's face changed, and he sat down dejectedly, "Since the princess insists on doing this, it is inconvenient for the old minister to say more, does the princess still have something to explain to the old minister?" ”

Xu Jinrou's eyes flashed, and she thought slightly, "The matter of unblocking the salt road costs a lot of silver taels every month, and the twists and turns are difficult for outsiders to know, in order to prevent Princess Zhao from being suspicious of the salt and iron envoy spending so much silver when she just took office, I thought that this matter did not need to be mentioned to Princess Zhao for the time being, if she asked, she only needed to be perfunctory, and it should not be too late to mention this matter after more than a month. ”

Lu Fuhu's eyes lit up, "The princess means that there will be a turnaround after the month, and you may be reinstated?" ”

"Perhaps, if Princess Zhao is not suitable for the position of the third envoy, there should be this possibility." Although it sounded like a guess, Xu Jinrou's words were very resolute.

Lu Fuhu's face was happy, "Please rest assured, the princess, the old minister knows what to do." ”

Xu Jinrou nodded slightly, "In this way, these three documents should be collected by the salt and iron envoys, and this matter will be discussed after more than a month, maybe..., it won't take so long for some things to be seen." ”

The control of salt in Da Chu was not the intention of the prisoner Liu Rentu, and the details of the truce contract signed between Ximan and Da Chu did not mention anything about the supply and transportation of salt.

Xu Jinrou, who has lived all her life, knows that the initiator of this matter is Yue Nansheng, the privy envoy of the Northern Court of the Western Barbarian Kingdom, who is in charge of all matters related to the livelihood of the Western Barbarian Kingdom, and the matter of salt is in his charge.

Yue Nansheng and Liuren Tu looked like they were separated, and it was a well-known thing for the two people to fight openly and secretly in Xiban, Yue Nansheng deliberately ordered to set up a card to block the Great Chu Salt Road, which was obviously difficult for Da Chu, but in fact, it was to embarrass Liu Ren.

These actions of Yue Nansheng, the privy envoy of the Northern Court, naturally could not hide from the eyes of the Western Barbarian Emperor Yuwen Zongheng.

But Yue Nansheng reported that only in this way can Da Chu not use swords and soldiers and make chaos, and when the time comes, he can quietly destroy this country, and Liu Rentu can make up for the regret that he did not destroy the Great Chu State.

Liu Rentu was not to be outdone, and also played, saying that if the Great Chu was destroyed, the Xiban would have no opponents except for the overseas Tianluo Kingdom, so the major families of the Xiban, the princes and nobles would be on the throne of the Xiban Kingdom, so that the Xiban would fall into infighting.

Now that Great Chu has existed in name only, keeping a country name can avoid the internal fighting and consumption of the Western Barbarians, so why not?

Why do you want to mess with it? Why do you have to destroy a kingdom in name only? Moreover, as long as it takes a long time, because of the migration of the men from the two countries, the blood relatives will slowly merge, and the people of the Great Chu State will gradually give up the idea of rebelling against the Western Barbarians.

The Western Barbarian Emperor Yuwen Zongheng may feel that the two of them are reasonable, or they may have other thoughts, and maintain a noncommittal, wait-and-see attitude, watching the battle between the two people.

These things were told to Xu Jinrou by Liu Rentu five years later, after Yue Nansheng, the privy envoy of the Northern Court, was ambushed for his crimes.

Liu Rentu acquiesced in the opening of the salt road by the Salt and Iron Division.

But Xu Jinrou had other thoughts, after the previous life, she already clearly knew the location of the various salt wells that had not been mined in the Great Chu State so far.

But she still has to insist on opening up the salt road, because Xu Jinrou has a more long-term plan, and this salt road can lead to a country overseas that has not been conquered by the Western Barbarians, Tianluo Kingdom.

After Lu Fuhu said goodbye, Xu Jinrou met with Chen Ruyi, the household envoy, and told him about Princess Zhao coming to take over as the third envoy.

Chen Ruyi's white beard curled, and sighed softly, "Hey, although the old minister thinks that the princess of Jin is more suitable to be the third envoy, but since it is the queen's intention, the old minister is inconvenient to say more, and the third envoy is a chore for the princess, if you don't do it, you won't do it, but you can try to be idle and less troubled." ”

Xu Jinrou sighed slightly, "Hey, I think so too, in the future, I don't have to worry about the lack of silver in the three divisions, but I can have a lot less trouble." ”

Chen Ruyi suddenly patted his head, "Oh, yesterday the queen ordered someone to inquire about the sale of Cuiping Mountain, and the old minister replied truthfully, I don't know if it was because of this incident that the princess lost her official position?" ”

"That's not the case, Cuiping Mountain is to be bought by Liuren Tu, I'm just a matchmaker, besides, after the war between the two countries, there are many barren places outside Kyoto City, such as Cuiping Mountain, which is useless, why not sell it for money to solve the urgent need?"

"Well, that's how the old minister returned to the queen, and I don't think it will have any impact on the princess because of this matter."

After Chen Ruyi left, Xu Jinrou saw Li Sansi, the envoy of the degree branch.

After Li Sansi saw Xu Jinrou, he immediately asked straight to the point: "Princess, is there any news that the four great families of Xiban have purchased Xu's mansion?" ”

Xu Jinrou's eyes were indescribable, "Envoy Du, shouldn't the Xu Mansion be sold?" ”

Li Sansi raised his eyebrows slightly, "Has the princess changed her mind?" ”

Xu Jinrou shook her head slightly, "The treasury is empty, if I am responsible for the third envoy, I should find a way, but now it is different." ”

Li Sansi's face was confused, "Well...... what does the princess mean by this?" The old minister didn't understand. ”

"The queen has removed me from the position of the third envoy and replaced it with Princess Zhao, and the will can be issued tomorrow, and the envoy can discuss with Princess Zhao in the future about the empty treasury."

Li Sansi frowned, "How can this be?" Oh, Queen..., this matter is a little urgent..."

Xu Jinrou stood up, "The matter has been explained clearly, Du Zhizhi, if there is nothing else, let's leave it at that." ”

Leaving the Sansi Yamen, Xu Jinrou took a carriage out of Kyoto City and came to Cuiping Mountain.

From a distance, you can see that the whole Cuiping Mountain seems to be a big construction site, some people are building houses under the mountain, some people are building chicken coops on the mountain, and some people are building fence walls around the mountain.

Seeing Xu Jinrou's carriage, Li An ran over to greet him, "Princess, you came just in time, those friends of mine have already arrived, they are grateful to the princess, you should give them a lesson today." ”

Xu Jinrou looked at the past from a distance, some faces had been seen in the previous life, but this was the first time they had met in this life.

Xu Jinrou shook her head slightly, "Your friends just think of your goodness, it is easier for them to do things by listening to your dispatch and command, so the matter of discipline and education will be avoided, and it would be better if I didn't show up for some things." ”

"Yes, the princess's subordinates understand." Ang Lee bowed down and agreed.

"How many days do you have to bring the chicks in?"

"Back to the princess, three days at most or two days at the minimum, everything will be in place."

"Okay, just do it with all your heart, can someone come to inquire who bought Cuiping Mountain these days, and what will you do after you buy it?"

"Back to the princess, someone has indeed come to inquire, but the subordinates have already ordered it, if anyone asks about these two things, I don't know anything, if someone asks about my head, I only say that I am doing things for Liu Rentu."

Xu Jinrou smiled, "That's fine, this kind of arrangement and answer is very appropriate, just don't let the queen grab the handle, it doesn't matter if she has doubts or not." ”

Ang Lee bowed down to receive the order.

Back in Kyoto City, it was getting dark again, and the carriage stopped not far from the city gate.

Fang Ruo poked her head out and saw that it was Liu Rentu's personal guard Ye Kai blocking the way.

Without waiting for Fang Ruo to speak, Ye Kai hugged his fists on the horse and laughed, "Miss Fang Ruo, this time I was very careful to stop the carriage and did not startle the princess." ”

Fang Ruo's eyes were still shining with a fierce light, "What are you doing here?" ”

Ye Kai approached the carriage, "The prison country asked the princess to come over the house to talk." ”

Fang Ruo's mouth pouted slightly, "Hmph, I came to talk to the princess at night, why don't you look for it during the day, you men, your mind is very bad." ”

Ye Kai was stunned, "I came here on order, why is it still involving me." ”

Xu Jinrou patted Fang Ruo lightly, "Don't talk nonsense, go to the prison mansion." ”

Fang Ruo stuck out her tongue and glanced at Ye Kai, "Why are you stunned, don't you lead the way?" ”