This is a naked threat.

Wu Guogong, who was still a little hesitant, made up his mind in an instant and hurriedly gave up; "Thank the emperor for his grace and choose the third way."

Compared to the first two paths, this third path is already the best choice.

The title of Duke of Guo is still retained, and his eldest son does not have to die, although he will be exiled to Lingnan, but as Emperor Zhaowu said, he is rich.

With a little operation, my eldest son can live a stable and prosperous life over there.

"In that case."

"Come on, take Hou Xiaolong down, exile Lingnan in three days, and never return to the capital."

"Wu Guogong has no way to teach his son, dismiss all positions, and live in the capital from now on, and he must not leave the capital without an edict."

As Emperor Zhaowu's words fell, several forbidden soldiers walked in outside the door, pulling Hou Xiaolong, who was crying wolf, to withdraw.

"The minister is retiring, Your Majesty takes care."

Wu Guogong bowed down, he knew that only this time he had completely left the court, although there was a duke of Guo, but he was just an idler.

But after thinking about it, this is good, I have worked hard for so many years, I should also take off the burden and enjoy it, it is best to have a son or something in my hard work.

"Stand down."

Emperor Zhaowu waved his hand, and after Wu Guogong bowed, he withdrew from the imperial study.

And at the moment when his figure disappeared, the corners of Emperor Zhaowu's mouth outlined a sneer.

For Wu Guogong, he has been dissatisfied for a long time, if it weren't for the fact that he was a hero, and he had saved his life for himself and the emperor, the things he did behind his back, let alone beheading, would be more than enough to destroy his nine clans.

The reason why he agreed to Wu Guogong to stay in the capital this time was not only because he was fooled by Wu Guogong's nonsense, but also because he wanted to stare at this impure guy under his nose.

Should I say it or not, his luck is still quite good, he was still thinking about how to find some trouble for Wu Guogong, so as to take back the rights in his hands one by one, but he never thought that Hou Xiaolong would face the lord of Zhaode.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel that this Zhaode County Lord was really his lucky star.

Not only did he bring himself good food seeds, but he also gave himself many excellent national policies.

National policy, as soon as he thought of this, he immediately remembered about the spread into acres.

In the front, Fang Qiao, Huo Jingzhi and the others were asked to find a way, and they did have some proposals in the back, but the problems were not small, and they were not able to pass it for a long time.

It gave him a bit of a headache.

"Why don't I ask Zhaode in person? It just so happened that she had been wronged this time, and it made sense for me to appease her. ”

When the idea fell, he immediately began to arrange, and the next day, after the morning court, he changed into civilian clothes and quietly left the palace with Gao Fu.

On the hot spring villa, Huo Junyao has already straightened out all the things in the Zhuangzi during this time, and the 10,000 acres of land have not been moved for the time being, and they are still poor when they come out.

However, the resettlement house has been being built, and now she is not short of bricks, and the people in Xiaohuangzhuang have been relatively relaxed recently, and there is still a period of time before the autumn harvest, so it is not too busy.

With the things at hand arranged, she began to think about planning some things for the future.

Now her business is still too little, at present there is only paper and bricks, not to mention papermaking, although the emperor and the emperor have a special grace, and now the shares of the paper workshop are all owned by her, but with the establishment of the paper workshop on the side of the court, her business will inevitably be greatly affected.

Although it will not be impossible to work, her income will drop sharply, and she has a lot of people to support now.

There are so many people on the side of Xiaohuangzhuang, and there are two hundred guards recruited in front, and there will be many people in the village soon.

You have to think of more ways to make money.

After breakfast early in the morning, she went to the study to think about planning.

If you want to make money, there are many ways, the first thing she thinks of is salt iron, as a big boss in science and engineering, tinkering with some simple devices, purifying table salt, or refining some iron is not a big problem.

Even if there are many restrictions in ancient times, it is more than enough to use limited means to make a move.

Although this piece is not as good as that of later generations, it can still be properly crushed in this industrially underdeveloped ancient times.

It's just that there is also an important problem, salt and iron are important resources of the country, and they have always been in the hands of the imperial court, and it is illegal for people to sell illicit salt and iron.

In addition, there is another point, these two things are big killers, which can be regarded as the big hole cards she keeps.

Although her situation seems to be very powerful now, it is also because she is still of great use to the court, and the emperor will naturally attach importance to her.

Once those things can't satisfy the court now, the prince will make some trouble at that time, and she, who has no value, will be able to press the prince as always, it's really hard to say.

Value is her biggest hole card, and now she can't show it all, she needs to show it a little bit, and at the same time, she also needs to rely on these things to complete some of her layouts.

The layout of economic control, so that even if her value weakens in the future, she who holds the economic power can also balance the royal family.

This is a very long process, and it is also a very dangerous process, which needs to be taken slowly step by step, and the royal family and the court cannot find out the clues.

Therefore, things can't come quickly, and at the same time, she needs money even more.

"Since salt and iron don't work, sugar seems to be a good choice, as well as some other little things on the tool."

"There are a lot of craftsmen under my father's hands, so you can think about this piece."

"In addition to these, we must first develop the barren mountain as soon as possible."

The barren mountain she bought earlier has only been developed a little bit now, and according to her earlier plan, it can be developed into an industrial area.

It's just that manpower is too scarce, and there are more things at hand, so she really feels like she can't start.

"Xiaochan, you go and call Mama Xi, I have something to ask her."

Not long after, Mama Xi came, and Huo Junyao directly asked about the current financial problems of the village.

After this period of development, the money and food on the villa now have increased many times compared to when she just came.

The corn harvest in front of Xiaohuangzhuang will also pay her a part of the tax, but because the corn was bought by the imperial court, she got a lot of money and grain.

In addition to the income from the workshop, the food in the villa is very sufficient, and there are more than 10,000 yuan in silver.

"How? Very good, in this way, you will go to the Zhao steward over there in Xiaohuangzhuang, and let them find a way to see if they can recruit some people, I need a lot of people to help manage the barren mountain completely. ”

"Yes, the old slave will go now."

As soon as Mama Xi stepped back, a servant girl walked in briskly from outside.

"Miss, someone outside asked to see him, saying that he was from the capital."