Chapter 333: Making a lot of money
It will definitely not work if you don’t listen.
So although Adou was resisting in his heart, his body was still very honest. He just listened to his mouth and said, "Please speak, Mr. Zen, and listen to your instructions."
At the same time, I was thinking that if the father-in-law really wanted him to hand over the money, he would have to hide it no matter what.
Or bargaining?
Even ask for a matchmaking father?
Just when he was thinking wildly, he heard Zhuge Liang say, "Your Majesty, the late emperor is buried in Huiling, and sacrifices need to be made at all times. Winter has begun. Your Majesty, please choose an auspicious day and go there in person to worship."
Except for the late emperor's memorial day, which requires Adou to go in person, ministers or clan relatives can be sent to worship on weekdays.
Adou was absent-minded at this time. After hearing the word "sacrifice", he thought he could just send people there as before, so he said casually, "Well, okay, this matter..."
At this point, he suddenly realized, "Does the father-in-law... mean that I go there in person?"
"yes."
Although the request from the father-in-law was a bit strange, Adou was an obedient child, so he nodded and said, "Okay, I know, I will go there in person when the time comes."
After saying that, he asked cautiously, "Is this why my father-in-law came to the palace?"
When Zhuge Liang heard this, he nodded and said, "It's really just for this. Does your Majesty have other things to do?"
“No more, no more.”
As soon as he heard that the prime minister was not here for his money, Adou suddenly felt relieved and waved his hands repeatedly, saying, "It is the duty of Zen to sacrifice to the heaven and earth and our ancestors. The political affairs and safety of the Han Dynasty are entrusted to the prime minister. Father is tired.”
Adou has been the emperor for so long, and with the queen's daily persuasion, he has finally understood that as long as his father-in-law is still alive, he will never be able to rule personally, so he has basically given up on this idea at this time.
But as the Queen said, Xiangfu is already over forty, and he is only seventeen this year, so there is still a long time, so there is no need to worry.
Although this was just what Adou said casually, Zhuge Liang's heart was slightly agitated when he thought about the entrustment of the late emperor again, even though he was the prime minister in charge of the power of the Han Dynasty.
At that moment, he bowed deeply and said, "How dare I not swear to serve you to the death? Even if I spend my life and property, I will ensure that your majesty returns to the old capital and revive the Han Dynasty."
Seeing this, Adou opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but couldn't. In the end, he just sighed secretly.
His father, as well as his uncles, have been working hard to revive the Han Dynasty all their lives.
But the result was that they only occupied this state to extend Han Zuo's reign.
Adou himself asked himself that he did not have the talent of his father, let alone the bravery. If he had the chance to fulfill this last wish, he would definitely be willing to fulfill it.
But what he was afraid of was that he simply could not bear this responsibility.
He admired Xiangfu's persistence, and he understood that Xiangfu was entirely for the big man.
But the same question is, can the Prime Minister do it alone when his father is so talented and has so many advisers and generals around him, but he can't do it?
Why not wait for the opportunity?
Or, leaving it to future generations... is also a way, right?
But he didn't dare to say these words to his father-in-law.
“Zen, thank you to my father-in-law.”
At last, Adou could only salute Zhuge Liang.
Zhuge Liang left the palace and was about to return to the Prime Minister's Mansion when he saw a man coming over to salute him, "I've seen the Prime Minister."
Zhuge Liang took a closer look and saw that it was Dong Yun, the Huangmen servant in the palace.
“It turns out to be Xiu Zhao. What is Xiu Zhao doing here?”
“Return to the Prime Minister, Yunte is waiting for the Prime Minister here.”
“Xiu Zhao, is something wrong?”
Zhuge Liang understood a little bit when he heard this.
"It's not a big deal," Dong Yun said a little hesitantly, "It's just that something happened in the palace before the prime minister entered the palace, and Yun thought it would be better to tell the prime minister."
Dong Yun was the person Zhuge Liang put in the palace to advise the emperor. This year when the queen had a difficult childbirth, the palace was in chaos. Thanks to Dong Yun's abiding by his duties, there were no major problems in the palace.
When he heard him say this, Zhuge Liang couldn't help but asked with some concern, "What's the matter?"
“Not long before the prime minister entered the palace, the queen sent someone out of the palace to obtain hundreds of pieces of fine woolen cloth.”
"A hundred bolts of fine woolen cloth?" Zhuge Liang was really surprised this time, "So many? Why didn't anyone in the treasury report to me?"
"That's what's strange about this, so I went to check it out. Those woolen cloths were not taken from the treasury. I heard they were taken from outside the palace."
Dong Yun also felt strange about this matter.
“Could it be that someone wants to get lucky through this?”
Zhuge Liang was the first to think of this, wondering who could be so bold?
Then I thought of the emperor's behavior just now, no wonder he seemed to be hiding something.
Finally, he suddenly remembered that when he went out, a batch of woolen cloth was being transported back to his house, and it was his servant who had ordered it to be brought back - so he finally remembered a certain country turtle.
For a time, the face of the Han Prime Minister suddenly turned cloudy and clear, green and white.
“Prime Minister, do you want me to send an official to investigate this matter in the palace?”
Dong Yun asked softly.
Zhuge Liang twitched the corner of his mouth and said with a strange expression, "No need. I know who did this, so you don't have to worry about it."
I thought that Your Majesty is very talented but doesn't like reading. I didn't expect that he would be more interested in having fun.
Good, very good!
If you don’t study hard in the future, I will find a way to confiscate your income!
The Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty became more and more angry as he thought about it.
Adou, who was having fun counting notes with the queen in the harem, suddenly sneezed, and then continued to count again without paying attention.
Hand without knowing that his pocket money has been eyed by his imagination.
If you don’t study hard, you will blackmail them with pocket money. It seems to be the natural instinct of parents.
Although it was hard for the Han Prime Minister to get angry with Dong Yun, the anger in his heart towards a certain country bumpkin that had subsided suddenly suddenly surged up again.
At such a young age, instead of following the right path, you only pursue these crooked ways. It's really...it's really like a wall of dung!
“How come it’s a crooked way?”
Huang Yueying was sitting among a pile of fine woolen cloths with a face full of joy, and there was an incomparable beauty beside her helping to count the pieces of cloth. When she heard her Alang scolding people like this, she immediately became unhappy.
“When he sent the share over, didn’t you object and let me accept it? Why do you say this to me now that you have received the dividend?”
“At that time...how did I know that this output would be so powerful?”
Just now, when I think of what I thought at that time, my face feels hot and painful.
Even this kind of chicken raising is getting bigger and bigger, and it is no longer what it was at the beginning.
So, a certain **** who doesn’t act according to common sense is the most abominable!
“Did you know that the output of his textile workshop could provide half of the salary of officials in the Han Dynasty?”
Zhuge Liang said, then looked at Huang Yueying and Guan Ji, "Now it's been divided among you. How much food do you think this will cost?!"
The more Zhuge Liang talked, the more he felt his heart burning up. He pointed at the wool cloth with some trembling and said, "Don't you think it's hot to hold?"
Guan Ji did not dare to speak, so she quietly moved two steps and retreated behind her aunt.
Although she is a tiger girl, she is still a little scared when Wolong gets angry.
"do not think so!"
Huang Yueying rolled her eyes at Zhuge Liang and said, "Why should I feel that it is hot if I earn it through my own ability?"
As he spoke, he snorted again and said, "Back then, the late emperor rewarded you with so much money and food, and you divided it all. In the end, only the eight hundred mulberry trees and fifteen hectares of land were left, which could not be distributed to others, so I left them here." What did I say when I came down?"
"Over the years, haven't we all had food and drink in the house? And you asked me to make those plows and crossbows before. Do you know how much money and food they cost?"
As he spoke, Huang Yueying felt more and more justified, so he put his hands on his hips and shouted, "You deal with political affairs all day long. You don't know how tight the money in the house is."
"Look at the clothes I wear. They are all linen all year round. Did I say anything? Those who know me say that I am the wife of the prime minister, but they think I come from a small family!"
"It's just food, drink and clothing. I just help you research those useless things. The money and food are the biggest expense. If you don't want this woolen cloth, that's fine. Don't expect me to help you make anything in the future. I don't have money or food anyway. I can’t do it either.”
Zhuge Liang was snatched away by Huang Yueying with a gun and a stick. He who prided himself on his eloquence was actually choked and speechless for a moment.
After a long while, he suddenly said, "Nowadays, all officials in the Han Dynasty are proud of being honest. As the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, I have so much hair cloth in my house. How can I explain it to the world?"
“The reason for being honest and honest is because the big man is too poor!”
Huang Yueying said disdainfully, "The court has become a lot more comfortable this year, and even officials can go to restaurants to drink. Do you think I don't know?"
Zhuge Liang almost spat out a mouthful of old blood. He just discovered today that his superior can speak more than himself.
"Which restaurant is so bold! How dare you sell alcohol? Did you know that the imperial court has a ban on alcohol?"
The great Han Dynasty Prime Minister immediately became angry with shame!
The big man is now the head of the family. It is unbearable for his subordinate to expose the **** truth that the big man is too poor!
If you can't handle your own boss, how can you still handle the wine seller on the street?
“What they are selling is not real wine, it just smells like wine.”
Huang Yueying glanced at Zhuge Liang and said casually.
After Zhuge Liang heard this, he stumbled out immediately. He was afraid that if he stayed any longer, he would be so angry that he would vomit blood on the spot.
“Aunt, is it too much to talk to uncle like this?”
After Zhuge Liang went out, Guan Ji asked softly.
“What are you afraid of?”
Huang Yueying watched the Han Prime Minister leave with a victorious expression. When she heard Guan Ji ask, she turned her head and said with a smile, "Don't look at his appearance, but actually you have already agreed with what I said in your heart."
As he spoke, he held Guan Ji's hand and said in the tone of an experienced person, "You can't just coddle this man, nor can you just suppress him. If you just coddle him, he'll feel like you're easy to bully. If you just suppress him, he'll feel like you're easy to bully. It will alienate you.”
"Tolerate him on weekdays and show your strength occasionally. This is the way to get along. Besides, is there any couple in the world who doesn't quarrel? Only after they quarrel do they realize that they are incompatible with each other, right?"
As he spoke, he sighed again and said, "How could I not know that the Prime Minister has worked so hard for the great man these years? How could he not know what I have done for him?"
“We two don’t say it with our mouths, but we always understand it in our hearts.”
As he spoke, he patted the felt cloth with a wry smile on his face, "The late emperor rewarded him with 800,000 dendrobium rice, but didn't he use it all in the end? No one even knows where he used it."
"So these woolen cloths will most likely have to be taken out. As long as the big man is not in peace, there will be no surplus wealth in this house."
Huang Yueying said this with a proud look on her face, "My husband is like this. As his wife, how can I lag behind? The reason why I am willing to accept these cloths is precisely because I know that he needs these cloths." .”
Guan Ji pursed her lips and felt her eyes heat up.
The figures of the late emperor, your lord, uncles from the Zhang family, uncles from the Zhao family, uncles and others, both dead and alive, as long as they have fought for the Han Dynasty, flashed before my eyes one by one in a daze.
“Forget it, let’s not talk about this anymore.”
Huang Yueying smiled and said, "In my whole life, I will follow him and endure hardships and enjoy blessings. That's it. But you still have a choice. I heard that someone came to propose marriage a few days ago. What's going on?"
“Oh, I’m from the Xu family, I didn’t agree.”
Guan Ji wiped the corners of her eyes and smiled lightly.
“Then you won’t break someone’s legs.”
Huang Yueying looked at her with a strange expression, "Now Xu Rendu is still working in the inner government. Although he is not a high-ranking official, he was an old minister who followed the late emperor to Shu. Where can you put people's face like this?"
“Since he is an old minister, he can only stay in the inner palace, so he doesn’t seem to have much ability.”
Guan Ji still had a calm look on her face, "I heard that the news of my marriage to the Li family came from the Xu family?"
Huang Yueying shook her head, "It was just a slip of the tongue on the part of Xu Rendu's eldest brother Xu Hongfei."
“That’s what he did on purpose.”
A slightly annoyed look appeared on Guan Ji's face, "He wanted to marry Si Niang. No matter whether he tried to make Si Niang happy or asked Aunt Zhang to agree, no one would criticize him. But he resorted to such despicable means. snort…"
The so-called underhanded tactics are nothing more than slandering a certain country bumpkin.
"He doesn't want to marry Si Niang, but proposes marriage to you." Huang Yueying said, then looked at Guan Ji, who was dressed in women's clothing. "Even if he made a slip of the tongue, you wouldn't be so cruel."
“My niece was not ruthless, she just ended up having a sparring match with him and made a mistake.”
Guan Ji raised her head slightly, her white and long neck as proud as a swan's neck, "He made a slip of the tongue, and others can't catch him. My niece is like this, and he can't catch me."
Huang Yueying had a smile in her eyes, with a little narrowness, "Then you have decided? Are you sure it's him?"
When Guan Ji heard this, she immediately shrank back like a proud swan whose neck was broken, bit her lip, and showed a stubborn look on her face, "He once said that wherever the sun and moon shine, the rivers Wherever he goes, they are all Han people, so I believe him."
"anything else?"
Huang Yueying asked again.
So the stubborn Guan Ji shrunk down another three points.
The voice became lower and lower, Na Na said, "Also...and also, my niece thinks he is very good."
“I’m afraid this sentence is the truth.”
Huang Yueying clapped her hands and laughed, "Daughter's family, as long as you can meet someone who can sleep with you and treat you well, what else do you want?"
"Not to mention this Feng Mingwen, who is good-tempered, talented, famous, and a man who can make money. Which woman has everything after following him, so what else could she ask for?"
“Sanniang, you’ve made a lot of money, do you know?”
(End of this chapter)