Chapter 40

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date="2021-09-03"

title="Chapter 40"

weight="134531"

series = ["The Tyrant’s Beloved Empress"]

mode = "manual"

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As expected, Xiao Zhige shook an Changqing's hand to appease him, then changed into the prince's python robe and entered the palace in a horse-drawn carriage.

In the Ganzheng Palace, the earth dragon was burning vigorously, and the golden curtains fell to the ground. After the cascading curtains, Anqing Emperor leaned against the soft collapse, and the two maids beat their shoulders and pinched their legs for him. Not far away, a middle-aged Taoist priest in gossip robes is carefully controlling the fire around a Dan stove. From time to time, there is a slight cracking sound in the Dan stove, vaguely emitting the fragrance of the elixir.

"Chief Xuanyi is saying that that crazy man may be taller than your Taoist?" Emperor Anqing was playing with a small white jade bottle, and his eyes were burning.

Xuanyi carefully opened the lid of the Dan stove, collected the refined Dan pills and sealed them in a small white jade bottle, and then carefully held them and sent them to Emperor Anqing: "Yes, even a poor master cannot do this." If what the king of the Northern War said is true, most of the mad people are good people. "

"A wise man." Emperor Anqing looked very excited: "is it possible for the superior man to refine an elixir that will make me immortal?"

Xuan Yi looked at his expression and cautiously replied, "the elixir of immortality, although I have heard a lot about the poor way, I have never seen the true chapter." Even that noble man may not be able to know …. "

Anqing Emperor changed his face and waved his sleeve: "then what kind of master is this?"

Xuan Yi said, "if the Tao is profound and can see through the secret of heaven, it can also seek advantages and avoid disadvantages for your Majesty as this time." It is impossible to refine the elixir of immortality, but if it is just to prolong life, it will not be difficult. "

Anqing Emperor was a little happier, stretched his neck and looked out, and urged him impatiently, "hasn't the King of the Northern War come yet?" Announce it quickly! "

Waiting for the palace man at the door, he replied, "the king has been declared to be in the palace."

While he was talking, he heard the palace man outside the temple say in a loud voice, "the King of the Northern War asked to see his Majesty!"

"announce it quickly!" Emperor Anqing excitedly pushed away the two maids to get up, which should be the first time he was so looking forward to seeing the son who did not like him.

Xiao Zhige came in the wind and snow, dispelled the cold in the outer hall, and then stepped into the inner hall.

The inner hall was warm and warm, and there was a strange fragrance floating in the air. Xiao Zhige glanced over the Dan stove in the hall, and then respectfully saluted: "my son and minister have seen my father."

"get up." Anqing Emperor looked at him with a pleasant face, with eagerness in the fundus of his eyes: "do you still remember what the crazy man you said last time looked like?"

Xiao Zhige scoffed in his heart, but he looked down and thought: "I met him on the official road of the big camp outside the city at that time." He was very badly dressed, and he didn't wear winter clothes in winter, just a shabby robe with a wine gourd hanging around his waist. His face should be in his octogenarian, but he is energetic and has a strong pace, which is very different from that of the average octogenarian. "

Anqing Emperor smiled louder and louder as he listened: "but I can still find a way to find him."

Xiao Zhige hesitated for a moment and was not sure: "this crazy man looks very strange." At first, it seemed that I was waiting for me in the official way. After saying that, he disappeared after two or three steps. The minister tried to go after him that day, but failed to catch up with him. "

Emperor Anqing knows what this son can do. A man who has learned good martial arts and can make him unable to catch up with him must have real skills.

"send someone to look for it again." Emperor Anqing was overjoyed: "if you can invite someone back, you will be rewarded!"

"this crazy man really has two skills, and now that his warning has been fulfilled, should he be prepared to deal with the snowstorm?" Xiao Zhige asked when he saw the situation.

The smile on the face of Anqing Emperor suddenly faded a lot, and he frowned impatiently and said, "if there is only a snowstorm, what great things can happen?" Besides, there are local officials to deal with it. " As he seemed to remember something, he said, "I vaguely remember that you have a lot of things in your house to protect against winter."

"Yes. It is a madman who reminds his ministers that they can take this opportunity to do more good deeds and eliminate iniquity so as not to harm their relatives. "

"that's just right," Emperor Anqing waved his hand and took it for granted. "now that the treasury is empty, since you have the heart, I'll leave it to you to do the job this time. It can also be counted as accumulating more blessings for yourself. "

Xiao Zhige knew the character of Emperor Anqing a long time ago, and it was not surprising to hear him say these words. He only thought about it and said, "if according to what the mad man said, the snowstorm would not last short, and if it were to provide relief to the victims, it would only be a drop in the bucket."

Anqing Emperor did not care about waving his hand: "how many victims can there be in a snowstorm?" We'll talk about it when there's not enough time. "

Xiao Zhige did not argue when he saw this, but responded respectfully before he saluted and retired.

And the big eunuch who sent him out went to spread the will of Emperor Anqing and went to look for crazy people.

Xiao Zhige looked back at the brightly lit and beautiful Forbidden City, with a hint of mockery in his eyes, stopped for a moment and then turned to leave without nostalgia.

When left the palace, it was already dark. Half a day later, the ground had accumulated thick snow, and the wheels pressed over it, leaving a deep rut mark. Xiao Zhige opened the curtain of the carriage and saw many people who were still mending the roof in the dark. Some even have no beggars to live in, so they can only wrap up their clothes and find a shelter.

This is true even in the busiest city of Jingjing, and other states in the north will never be better off than here.

It's just that Emperor Anqing indulged in finding immortals and asked, indulging in pleasure, and was not willing to bother to care about these "little things."

When he returned to the palace, the light was still on in the courtyard, and Xiao Zhige's face slowed down, and he patted the snow on his body before entering the door. An Changqing has been waiting since he entered the palace. When she saw him come back, she greeted him quickly and looked at his face: "is everything all right?"

Xiao Zhige told him what happened in the palace.

"your Majesty is too--" an Changqing looked angry, but in the end he was afraid to shut up, but said with some injustice, "it's all the money from Wang Ye.". "

When Xiao Zhige saw that he was unhappy for himself, he rejoiced a lot and comforted him, saying, "if we can provide disaster relief in the name of my father and emperor, we can still suffer a little bit of suspicion and give up and have something to give up." You don't have to care too much about these names. "

An Changqing naturally understood this truth, otherwise Xiao Zhige would not have tried his best to make up a mad man. But I understand it, but I am still a little angry.

Xiao Zhige saw this and said, "at this time, you might as well think about how much silver the hoarded charcoal can be sold."

At that time, an Changqing hoarded 30,000 pieces of winter clothes, 30,000 stone of white rice, and 15,000 jin of hot charcoal. Among them, winter clothes and white rice are not prepared to make money, as long as they can recover the capital, but most of these charcoal are used by wealthy families, but they are prepared to make a lot of money.

Now it's just the beginning. It must have snowed a few more days, and the prices of all these things will go up.

And it turns out that Xiao Zhige was right.

The heavy snow has been on and off for ten days, and the snow is up to the knee. All the winter clothes and bedding that had been ready to be put away were taken out. At the end of the winter, many people have little grain left in their homes. Everyone was busy snapping up winter clothes and food. In this wave of panic, the prices of winter clothes, grain, hot charcoal and other winter objects rose unwittingly.

What's more, the poor people in their families, who thought they had managed to make it through the winter, could only rely on a little grain left over last year, looking forward to the spring day that did not know when it would come.

It was at this time that an Changqing summoned the managers of various shops and formally released the hoarded food and clothing after consultation.

Winter clothes and white rice do not rise in price, but are sold at past prices. At the same time, porridge sheds are built outside the city to give porridge and winter clothes to poor people who cannot eat.

As soon as the news came out, the first news was the shops and the owners behind them. However, several managers were instructed by an Changqing to stand upright. Long before anyone came to make trouble, he sent word that the king of the Northern War had given orders for disaster relief and was acting on the orders of the emperor. Who dared to obstruct it?

In this way, those disgruntled colleagues can only stop and watch a large number of people flock to the shop of the palace.

There are also people who are interested in watching the hustle and bustle. After all, this capital is so big and there are so many people. All went to the shops of the Wangs in the Northern War, how much rice can they supply? In a few days, it will be all short. At that time, they can still sell at a high price.

But the news soon broke their plan.

All the rice and grain shops in the Northern War Palace posted a list in front of them, saying bluntly that in order to ensure that as many people as possible could get through the cold winter, each household could only buy ten buckets of rice every ten days. Everyone can buy rice only after they have registered as registered permanent residence. In this way, the pressure on the supply of rice has been greatly alleviated.

Just as these colleagues jumped their feet, an Changqing's newly opened hot charcoal shop also opened.

There used to be no fire charcoal shop in the palace. Fengjing also does not produce hot charcoal and is shipped from Qizhou further north every year. No more, no less, just enough for a winter in Jingjing, if it is not enough, it will be shipped again from Qizhou. However, the heavy snow has fallen suddenly this year, and both water and land transport have been greatly affected. In addition, the local area of Qizhou has also been affected by the snow disaster, and the price of hot charcoal has soared, so that we can no longer take care of this side of Jingjing.

There are many tycoons in Beijing, and every household spends extravagantly. Now it is a cold season, but the nobles with delicate meat can not stand the freeze, and the purchasing managers of various governments are in a hurry to find out where to buy hot charcoal.

As soon as the new shop opened, there was already a well-informed search.

Just asked the price, but silly: "Why is it so expensive?" On weekdays, the most expensive is only ten taels of silver. "

Due to a shortage of manpower, Zhou Helan temporarily acted as the manager of the new shop. The thin teenager, dressed in blue cotton robes, put his hands into his sleeves and smiled like a fox: "it's not the same as it used to be." If you don't want to make way, there are still people waiting for you. "

The person who asks the first question is not reconciled, so he can only step aside. I thought that the people in the future would be too expensive, but who knew that the price of the other party would not be asked, and said directly, "is there any silver silk charcoal?"

Zhou Helan said, "both. How much do you want?"

"two hundred jin of ordinary charcoal and a hundred jin of silver charcoal will be sent to Xiaowenbo House."

After that, the man was afraid that he would not be able to buy it, so he directly took out the silver bill and paid the bill, which was a lot of money.

When the people at the back saw this, they came forward one after another to pay the bill for registration, and then the shop asked the clerk to send it to each house one by one.

At the end of the day, more than half of the stock of hot charcoal was sold, including 32 silver per jin of ordinary hot charcoal and one hundred kilos of high-quality silver charcoal. When the accounts were settled in the evening, an Changqing calculated that on this day, the hot charcoal alone accounted for 532000 silver.

The author has something to say: "here: get rich!" I'll earn money to support you in the future.

Countenance:. Yeah.