On this day, after the morning of the dynasty, He Bayun, the lord of the Editorial Mansion, came to the Zihuan Hall and reported the auction to Zhao Yuyu.

"Your Majesty, the income from the auction has been calculated. It's just that Weichen felt that the amount was a bit big, so he called back and asked his subordinates to check again. ”

He Bayun held the teacup in his hand and said respectfully.

"He Baqing's move is quite safe." Zhao Yu bowed his head and agreed, "In this way, you came to see me today, did you check the amount clearly?" How much silver taels will be collected at the end of this auction? ”

Zhao Yu is still quite curious about the results after the auction.

He Bayun's throat rolled for a moment, and then he lowered his voice and said with difficulty:

"Your Majesty, in this auction, a total of nine hundred and seventy-four lots were sold, and after deducting one expense, a total of two hundred and seventy-five thousand taels of silver were raised."

Hiss!

Hearing this number, both Zhao Yu and Gao Lishi, who was waiting on the side, couldn't help but gasp.

However, in one auction, more than two or eight million taels of silver were raised, which is also amazing!

The tax revenue of the entire Great Chu in a year is only 13 or 4 million taels, and if two or three auctions are held a year, wouldn't the silver taels earned be more than the taxes!

"This silver tael, did He Baqing report it to the household department?"

Zhao Yu asked a key question.

"Back to Your Majesty, without Your Majesty opening your mouth, how dare Weichen make his own claims." He Bayun said in a deep voice.

Zhao Yu was extremely satisfied with He Bayun's attitude.

"He Baqing has a heart."

After pondering for a moment, Zhao Yufang said: "Take out 158,000 taels from it, count it as the operating funds of the Jishi Mansion, send 600,000 taels to the inner treasury, and send 4 million taels to the household department." Lux Shi, you find a larger palace in the palace and seal the remaining four million taels into it. ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Yu's tone became agitated.

"These money, I think that in the coming day, I will recover the five mansions, swallow the world, buy grain, and reward the warriors of the army!"

Hearing Zhao Yu's words, whether it was He Bayun or Gao Lishi, there was excitement in their eyes.

Everyone likes ambitious emperors, because only in this way can it be easy to make meritorious contributions, be easy to be motivated, and be easy to go down in history.

"Your Majesty has this great ambition, and the ministers should attach themselves to Your Majesty's tail and achieve great things!"

He Bayun stood up and said with his hands.

When He Bayun left, Colliers was still excited.

"Your Majesty, according to what the Lord of the House of Hoba said, if there are three or four auctions a year, then Your Majesty doesn't have to worry about money?"

When Zhao Yu heard this, he immediately smiled.

"You slave, I don't want to think that this auction can sell so much every time? This time it was possible to do this because it was the first time, and everyone was willing to come and join in the fun. If you do it three or four times a year, not to mention the quality of the lots, you will feel numb. Rare is expensive, these five words, you think about it. ”

Zhao Yu didn't say a word, even if he didn't say the above, the wool of the group of dignitaries and wealthy businessmen was not like this, and they had to put a long line and catch big fish.

As for the fact that they auctioned these lots at a premium, they regarded them as the people's fat and people's ointment that they scraped off their bodies.

Well, an alternative tax on the rich.

After talking about the auction, Zhao Yu remembered one more thing and asked about Gaolis.

"Have you ever received a letter from your house in Shenjing?"

Gao Lishi looked up at Zhao Yu in amazement, blinked his eyes, and suddenly realized:

"The slave and maid's housekeeper came to report that someone had sent a letter at the porter, and the slave and maid were puzzled these days. After all, none of the relatives of the slave and maid have a surname Guan. Now that His Majesty has spoken, the slave and maid have understood that the letter was originally addressed to His Majesty. Your Majesty wait a minute, the slave and maid will be sent to the palace. ”

While saying this, Colliers thought to himself.

No wonder Your Majesty didn't let our family follow the sunset palace that day, so that's the case......

Looking at Gao Lishi's expression, Zhao Yu knew what the slave was thinking, but he didn't bother to explain.

Not long after, a letter with a faint ink fragrance was delivered to Zhao Yu.

Zhao Yu opened the letter, and the lines of beautiful words jumped into his eyes.

"Guan Gongzi, hello, the slave family is Yunying, do you remember? It was the one who sold the silver jewelry to his two sisters, Miao Jiang. As Childe thought, the slave family came from Miao Jiang to do business. Childe wouldn't think that Yun Ying was a little seedling girl with the smell of copper all over her body, right? In Yun Ying's opinion, Childe is the kind of gentle and elegant character at first glance, and he treats Yun Ying so gently, so he will not be prejudiced against Yun Ying. ”

Reading the lines and lines of the letter, Zhao Yu could vaguely see a lively girl in Miao costume chirping to herself like a finch.

"Well, the slave family and the clansmen came to Shenjing, and they are not familiar with the place, so I want to cheekily ask Guan Gongzi to help the slave family a small favor. Do you know any cheap and remote accommodations in this Shenjing City? The more remote the kind, the better. As you know, we Miao people love to raise some strange Gu worms. ”

For him, the emperor, this is just a trivial matter.

"Colliers."

"The slave is here."

"Find a remote place to live in Shenjing City, send the address to the letter writer by letter, and use the surname 'Guan' to settle the payment."

Zhao Yu commanded.

"Slave and maid, this is to be done."

Gao Lishi hurriedly agreed, and then went out of the Zihuan Palace, and gave instructions to a little eunuch, and finally he added: "Quietly inform the lord of the Heba Mansion about this matter, and ask him to send someone to the address written on the letter to secretly investigate, find out the details of these Miao people, and be careful not to alarm them." ”

Your Majesty can ignore the origin of these people, but those of them who are slaves and courtiers must learn to share your worries for Your Majesty.

If these Miao people, as the letter said, came to Shenjing Zheng'er Bajing to do business, then they should be regarded as not knowing, and the correspondence between His Majesty and the Miao girl should be regarded as relieving His Majesty's boredom; But if the other party has bad intentions, even if His Majesty reprimands, they will nip this danger in the bud before it happens!

The flowers bloom at two ends, one on each branch.

But he said that the draft edict was sent to all provinces and states, and some people were happy and some were worried for a while.

Shenjing, Zhoufu.

On this day, after dinner, Zhou Rui, the left attendant of the household department, had a sad face, and he didn't know what he thought, so he couldn't help but sigh.

"Zhou Lang, what's wrong with you?"

Looking at her husband's sad appearance, his wife He couldn't help but ask.

Zhou Rui glanced at his wife, stopped talking, and finally turned into a long sigh.

"Stand down, all of you."

He waved his hand and asked the servants and maids to retreat.

"Now, only you and me are left in this room, so Zhou Lang, you should always say it."

"It's not that I'm worried about His Majesty's draft of a concubine."

Zhou Rui poured a sip of hot tea into his throat and said in a muffled voice.

When He heard this, he said curiously: "Your Majesty's selection of concubines is a matter of the Ministry of Rites, what does it have to do with Zhou Lang?" ”

Zhou Rui sighed and explained:

"Madam, you also know that in the past, I was the husband of Huang Jingming's party. Now that Huang Jingming has been killed by His Majesty, although His Majesty raised his noble hand and let his husband go, he is still afraid of his husband. This companion is like a tiger, who knows which day if His Majesty turns over the old accounts on a whim, you and I will die without a place to be buried. After all, the husband also had the label of a traitorous party. ”

Seeing that Zhou Rui said something serious, He also panicked for a while.

"Husband, what should I do?"

"Originally, as a husband, I wanted to get by, and just run an errand for Your Majesty. But even so, the husband still has no confidence in his heart. But this time, His Majesty drafted a concubine, but let the husband have an idea. ”

Hearing this, He Shi asked uncertainly:

"Husband, do you want Xian'er and Jiamin to go to the draft?"

Zhou Rui slapped his thigh and praised: "Those who know me, Mrs. also!" ”

"Who still knows me?!" Seeing Zhou Rui like this, He Shi suddenly became angry, stood up in Zhou Rui's stunned gaze, stretched out his hand and twisted his left ear, and said angrily, "This tiger poison doesn't eat children, why are you, a father, ruthlessly pushing your daughter into the fire pit?" ”

"Alas, pain, pain!! Madame, light, light! ”

Zhou Rui only felt a hot pain coming from his ears, and subconsciously opened his mouth to forgive, and at the same time retorted:

"What Madame said! That's your daughter, isn't that your husband's daughter? I pulled them so big, how could I bear to do something so inferior! Madame, listen to the cunning of the husband, Ah explain. If what you say is wrong, you can beat your husband and scold you, and never mention it again. ”

"Humph!"

He snorted coldly, let go of his right hand, and sat down on the stool.

"I'd like to hear what ivory your dog can spit out of his mouth!"

Rubbing his red left ear, Zhou Rui said: "This first reason, the husband also said, if our two daughters can really be favored by His Majesty, then the husband will not have to worry about being beheaded one day." ”

"Humph!"

He snorted from his nostrils and ignored him.

"This second article is that now Xian'er and Jiamin are almost time to get married. You say, looking at this entire Great Chu, where can I find a more suitable candidate than Your Majesty? ”

When He heard this, he thought about it carefully and found that his husband was really not wrong.

Your Majesty is powerful, rich all over the world, and young and promising, it is indeed impossible to find a more suitable candidate than Your Majesty.

But success is also Xiao He, defeat is also Xiao He, Your Majesty is so good, in the harem in the future, I don't know how many stunning beauties will go in.

As a mother, how can she bear to let her daughter stay alone day and night?

"Madame is too worried."

Zhou Rui couldn't help but smile dumbly when he heard He's worries, and said, "Our two daughters are so stunning, and you don't know it, madam." The husband was not worried that they would not be favored by His Majesty after entering the palace, but the lady became worried. As for the matter of Gong Dou, as long as the two of them are clean and self-contained, and His Majesty's grace is endless, they will not be involved. Not to mention, there is also a husband who supports them in the foreign court. ”

(End of chapter)