frightfiction Chapter 237 Roll up your sleeves and work hard
Chapter 237 Roll up your sleeves and work hard
Chu Huai helped Shen Yuge up and stroked her belly with his big hand. "Could this be a little princess? If so, I will make her the Protector of the Nation Princess."
"I thank the emperor for his grace. I also think it is the princess. This time her reaction is different from the other three. The emperor's words are golden."
"When have I ever lied to you?"
"Cuizhu, please accept my pens and ink."
Chu Huai's face darkened. He must have learned this from Lan Qiyan, who always wanted to keep evidence.
"Yuge, is it necessary between us?"
"Yes, Your Majesty, you are busy with state affairs. If you forget, I will not be able to remind you. It is better to write it down directly to save you the trouble later."
Chu Huai couldn't persuade her, so he wrote an imperial edict in advance and listed all the rewards.
"Give me more rewards."
"I see. You are so stingy."
"But maybe it's another brat. If it's a brat, just give it to Lan Qiyan."
"Your Majesty, you have nothing to do as a family. It's hard to raise a child."
"If I give her a few more farms, she will be happy."
"Then give some to the princess as well."
"Shen Yuge, that's enough. Do you want me to give her the whole world?"
"That won't work."
"I gave it to her, but she didn't know either..."
"I don't want my daughter to suffer." Shen Yuge said before he finished speaking.
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After having dinner in Kunning Palace, Chu Huai still went to Concubine De's place, mainly because he was angry. If he stayed here overnight, Shen Yuge would empty his private treasury.
After eating, Shen Yuge took a walk to digest the food with the help of palace servants.
Cuizhu seemed to want to speak but stopped herself.
"Whatever you want to say, just say it."
"Why does your Majesty have to be so distant with the Emperor?"
"Cuizhu, you don't understand. He is the emperor. It is impossible for Defei to be the only one pregnant in the future."
"Shouldn't you be better to the Emperor?"
"Cuizhu, I will grant you the marriage. You are not a man and you don't know how to play hard to get. I am making him feel more guilty."
"I didn't see the emperor's guilt, but I saw him go to Concubine De. Your Majesty, are you using the wrong method?"
"No, I don't know if it's because of my pregnancy, but I feel sick just by looking at him now."
"No, Madam, it's been three months. How can you still have this reaction?"
"But this baby is more delicate. Maybe she is really a princess."
"Your Majesty, why aren't you worried? In this palace, without the emperor's favor, you will have nothing."
Shen Yuge patted her hands and said, "Relax, if you look around, they are all my people. If they don't favor me, I can just keep a concubine."
Cuizhu didn't dare to say anything, for she was afraid that if she continued, her queen would rebel.
The emperor came out of Kunning Palace and went straight to Defei's palace, which made the concubines who had been resting their minds active again.
It turns out that the emperor likes many children and good fortune.
Yulin took Lan Xiaoqi down from the tree in the Imperial Garden and said, "Let's go, it's time to go back to the palace."
"Alas, Father has gone to sow seeds again."
Yulin's face turned black. "Who told you that?"
"Isn't it? Crops will be harvested next year, and father will also harvest next year after sowing. But don't worry, brother, I am here, and they will not affect your throne."
"Don't think about it, little brat."
"Brother, I'm three years old, not a brat anymore. Mother said that Fifth Brother is not fit to be the emperor, and neither am I. Only you are fit. Fifth Brother will guard the border for you, and I will kill for you. I will never let anyone threaten your position."
Yulin hugged Lan Xiaoqi and said, "Brother, I will fight for whatever he needs. Just grow up well. If you miss mom, I will send someone to take you there."
"When my mother gives birth to my younger sister, I will bring her along."
Yulin smiled and said, "Okay."
Yulin sent Lan Xiaoqi back to the bedroom and coaxed her to sleep before writing the letter.
After all the communication, Lan Qiyan had received Yulin's letter, but had not yet received Chu Huai's money.
Could it be that someone in the court is trying to stop this?
There were indeed people trying to stop them, and there was more than one person, so throughout the morning court, Chu Huai was almost holding melon seeds and listening to the two groups debating.
Yuze didn't say anything. He was very busy recording those officials who opposed the construction of Northern Xinjiang, and then checking their relationships.
As a result, many incredible things were discovered. Some of these officials were in collusion with salt merchants in Jiangnan, and some were in collusion with salt brokers across the country.
Chu Huai followed the clues based on the intelligence and got the money quietly without any fanfare.
A total of 400,000 taels were raised, which was split equally between the national treasury and Lan Qiyan.
A large amount of silver and money was lost in the homes of some officials in the capital, but they could not report it to the authorities because it did not match their salaries.
You can only swallow the bitterness by yourself.
Chu Huai felt very happy when he looked at the full treasury.
He didn't want to be like the emperors of the past, who had a legitimate reason for talking about reason and worked themselves to death for the prosperity of the country.
The country is poor, but the officials are not poor. These secret guards of his have not worked for a long time. What's wrong with letting them stretch their muscles?
Lan Qiyan is smart. The whole world belongs to him. Is it wrong for him to use some of it to build up the backward areas?
No, I took the money with a clear conscience.
There were floods in the south and droughts in the north every year, and the Ministry of Works complained of poverty every year, but 50,000 taels of silver were taken from the home of the assistant minister of the Ministry of Works.
There are also jewelry that are inconvenient to take. Humph, he has only been on the throne for a few years, and these parasites are better at making money than him.
Since he could make money so quickly, he specially found an honest official to be responsible for recording the matter, and then wait until the sheep were fat and slaughter them all.
There is no rice in the pot. Chu Huai’s relief food finally arrived, thank God.
In order to thank him for the relief food, Yu Zi'an led his troops to recapture a small country behind the northern border desert without moving a single soldier. The country was recaptured just because Lan Qiyan gave them seeds.
Lan Qiyan was puzzled. Is it that simple?
After returning to their camp at night, Yu Zian told her that the people here couldn't even get enough food and clothing, and had no fighting power at all. As long as they were given food and could survive, they would surrender.
When Chu Huai received the message, he only gave them a suggestion, asking them to attack places with fertile land and pleasant climate. They were going to compete for resources, not to alleviate poverty. If they continued to do so, the country would perish.
He also gave her 200,000 taels of silver and demanded that she see results within a year, otherwise he would demolish her Happy Building.
Lan Qiyan decided that he couldn't do this. It was too slow and he couldn't complete the task on schedule.
A cart of sand costs ten taels of silver. She is so annoying that she wants to sell the sand and buy soil.
Transform this land into an oasis.
On the first day of spring, she ordered all the people to stay indoors and sent out 5,000 people to guard them.
Taking advantage of the night, she used 100,000 taels of silver to exchange for a large number of agricultural machines from Taobao space, and 100,000 taels of silver for saplings.
In ancient times, there was Jingwei filling the sea, and now there is Qiyan selling sand for soil.
Three months later, the people came out. They seemed to have come to a new world, with greenery everywhere, birds singing, flowers blooming, and fresh air. There was no more flying sand and rocks.
Yu Xiu was completely impressed. His mother was so awesome.
Yu Zi'an is proud of it, Lan Qiyan has created a miracle.
Everyone worshipped Lan Qiyan as a god.
At the same time, good news came from the capital that Shen Yuge gave birth to a little princess.
But at the same time, bad news came. The little princess was stolen by Lan Xiaoqi and was on her way to Northern Xinjiang.
When Lan Qiyan heard this, he rushed over and said, "Dad, can you let her rest for a while?"