Great Tang princess

Chapter 432 September
The next day, Wang Wuqiong played the princess and went to the Governor's Mansion for dinner, and Jiang Zhengan and his wife Liu Shi entertained them.

In the post house, Li Yuechen sat cross-legged on the mat, listening to Junchen's report from the opposite side.

"The subordinates have basically found out about this group of people who are trying to collect salt," Lai Junchen reported respectfully, "the main ones are Fanyang Lu and Langya Wang...their purpose is to collect salt. Raise the price, but they can also see that it is inevitable to lower the price of salt in the future, so..."

After listening to their report, Li Yuechen probably understood what they meant.

To put it simply, many people still hoard a large amount of illegal salt in their hands. This kind of salt is of low quality, and even sand is mixed in it.

In the future, once the refined salt comes out, this batch of private salt will naturally not be able to be sold, so I plan to find a way to sell the backlog of poor salt, and pass this part of the cost on to the common people.

Anyway, once the snow-white refined salt comes out at that time, it will definitely not worry about being sold, but then it will have nothing to do with them.

In fact, Li Yuechen could understand their thoughts, but understanding was just understanding, things couldn't be done like this.

"The matter here, I have written a letter to inform the commander of the secret guards. After a while, I think she will send someone to help you." Li Yuechen picked up the teacup and took a sip, "The rest, you can see for yourself." Just do it."

"Yes!" Lai Junchen agreed, "Your Highness, please rest assured that there will be no problem with your subordinates!"

Seeing his confident expression, Li Yuechen didn't continue to say anything. People like Lai Junchen will find benefits for him, and he doesn't need to make cakes for him.

"In the future, Governor Jiang will cooperate with you to complete the matter here. I hope that you will not disappoint me in the future." Li Yuechen smiled, "If you are capable enough, Bengong can also turn a blind eye to some of your things. ..."

Hearing these words, Lai Junchen raised his head, his eyes sparkling.

"Don't worry, Your Highness! This subordinate will definitely handle the matter well!" He replied with a respectful salute.

Through these few months of observation, Li Yuechen can be sure that Lai Junchen, like Pei Huaiyi, is a crazy dog ​​who tends to follow others, and if he uses it well, he will definitely save himself a lot of trouble.

……

In the afternoon, Wang Wuqiong, who had had dinner with Jiang Zheng'an and his wife at the Governor's Mansion, dragged his exhausted body back to the post house, immediately lay down on the mat and let out a sigh of relief.

Now she really feels that playing the role of a princess is more tiring than practicing kung fu, and she can't help but think in her heart that even if she goes to the battlefield to fight a battle, that's about it.

It just so happened that at this time Li Yuechen also walked over to Junchen, and returned to the room: "Yo, I'm back."

Wang Wuqiong who was lying on the ground pretending to be dead hastily got up: "Your Highness!"

"Excuse me, take a good rest, you should be fine these few days."

"Then don't I have to continue playing His Highness?" Wang Wuqiong asked expectantly.

Before Li Yuechen could speak, Xiao He next to him suddenly grinned: "Isn't that exposed? So before you go back, you have to keep pretending to be His Highness."

"That's right!" Li Yuechen nodded.

Hearing this sentence, Wang Wuqiong's expectant eyes dimmed instantly, as if he lost all his strength in an instant, and fell limply on the mat again.

Seeing her like this, Li Yuechen couldn't help laughing, it seemed that the people around her could indeed become more or less cheerful under her influence.

But fortunately there will be no major events in the next few days, Wang Wuqiong doesn't have to go out to meet people, even if she plays the princess, she is only in the post house.

Many businessmen who originally wanted to meet the princess were all stopped by Lai Junchen, and the gifts were also accepted, but the reply to them was only one sentence: "I have notified the request, but the princess doesn't want to see you, and neither do I." There is a way."

This answer was not too unexpected. After all, a princess is a princess, and whether she wants to see her or not depends on her mood.

But they didn't get angry with Lai Junchen because of this, instead they gave him a lot of good things, hoping to have more contacts in the future.

None of these people is a fool, and from this incident, it can be seen that the princess meant that she obviously didn't plan to meet them in person, so she sent a Lai Junchen.

In this case, they will play with this Lai Junchen, as long as the goal can be achieved anyway.

This time the princess only brought [-] bodyguards with her. Obviously, she had no plans to deal with them for the time being, so they had to find a way to concentrate on instigating Junchen.

After these few days of getting along, they also discovered that although Junchen concealed it well, he is also a person with desires and ambitions. As long as he can find his weakness, it is extremely easy to deal with.

It's a pity that they miscalculated a bit. What Lai Junchen wanted was not money or a woman, but power and status. They couldn't give these things at all.

……

After staying in Qingzhou for seven or eight days, almost every day someone gave Lai Junchen gifts and wanted to see the princess.

And his answer was only one sentence: "It has been reported, and now the princess does not plan to see guests."

At first, many people were wondering whether Junchen might be perfunctory to them.

But thinking about it carefully, it is impossible for the princess not to know that he has received so many gifts these days, so she can only continue to give him gifts and start to build a good relationship with him instead.

The people who came to give gifts during this period have been recorded by Lai Junchen, and almost all of them have been drawn out.

Li Yuechen also felt that it was almost done, and it was time to go back.

It's already September now, and winter is about to begin. I still have to go back and urge them to quickly prepare the equipment and supplies for the soldiers to spend the winter.

In the absence of Li Xian, she is basically in charge of the navy's logistics now, and there is still a lot of work.

Hearing that she wanted to go back, Jiang Zhengan hurried over to see her off.

Recently, he has been under a lot of pressure. Many people have come to ask him what the princess likes, so it will be convenient for him to give gifts.

Some even asked her to talk to the princess directly, but he blocked them all.

Now that the princess is leaving, he can breathe a sigh of relief. If they let them see the princess at this time, it may ruin the princess' plan.

When leaving, it was also Wang Wuqiong who played the role of the princess, and Li Yuechen who played the role of the servant, and embarked on the journey back to Qingdao in a carriage.

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Along the way, he returned to the Qingdao camp, and before he sat down to rest, Li Yuechen received a newspaper from Dongdu.

Now it is the eighth day of September, and the newspapers on August [-]th have just arrived. One can imagine the inconvenience of transportation in this era.

The newspaper clearly explained the reform of the salt industry, which has entered the trial operation stage and so on...

With the emperor watching over Dongdu, no one would dare to raise the price of salt, so don’t worry too much, as long as it lasts until next year, the salt field in Hainan will be built.

Along with the newspaper, there were also several letters from the family, written by my mother, Shangguan Wan'er, and my brothers and sisters.

Li Yuechen opened them one by one and looked at them.

Mom is okay, the main thing is to say that there is no need to worry about things over there, everything will be fine with her.

Brothers and sisters talk about life and work. As long as the fourth brother works too much in the military department, he has lost a lot of weight now...

Reading the letter from his family, Li Yuechen couldn't help laughing.

In each of these letters, there is the care and greetings of the family, with a very warm feeling.

Maybe it's because I have more desire to talk when I can't see each other, so the words in my heart always seem a bit long-winded.

She smiled slightly while watching, as if she could see the status of the family members from different handwriting.

When Li Yuechen was in elementary school, it was the period of rapid development of the Internet, and people's communication methods gradually changed from writing letters to chatting online.

At that time, some people always said that chatting on the Internet had no warmth, because writing letters can feel like writing.

Originally, she didn't understand the meaning of this sentence, but after coming to this era, she has a new understanding of this sentence.

Because everyone's handwriting is different, through the handwriting in these letters, I can really feel a feeling that does not exist when chatting online.

Of course, it is definitely not as good as talking directly or video chatting.

After reading all the family letters, Li Yuechen found Shangguan Wan'er's letter, opened it, and read it slowly.

Her handwriting is as beautiful as ever, and her handwriting is extremely beautiful. Although it is not as elegant as Li Xian's, it has a unique aura.

After talking about some work matters first, he slowly talked about other topics, expressing his longing for Li Yuechen.

To be honest, writing letters in the ancients was actually quite nasty, and Li Yuechen had already learned this from his father.

Shangguan Wan'er didn't give a damn when she felt numb, making Li Yuechen who read the letter couldn't help but feel a little goosebumps.

After reading the letter, he quickly took a few sips from his teacup and felt better.

If the two of them were face to face, Shangguan Wan'er would never say anything too nasty, but writing a letter is different, it seems to have a feeling of letting go of herself.

After looking at the envelopes that had been torn apart from a whole table, Li Yuechen thought about it, but still burned them all.

After all, the current royal family is still at odds with outsiders. If these letters are discovered, the country will definitely be elected into turmoil.

Watching the letters gradually turn into ashes in the bright flames, Li Yuechen checked again before getting up and sitting down.

Originally, Ma Shan was planning to write a reply to his mother and Shangguan Wan'er, but thinking of the somewhat nasty words, he decided to take it easy and finish writing in two days.

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On the other side, Dongdu.

According to Li Yuechen's letter, Shangguan Wan'er arranged for a group of people to go there, and after investigating the recent sale of official salt, she continued to come to the Hall of Renshou to help Wu Zetian deal with the matter.

It can be said that since Shangguan Wan'er helped her review the memorial last time, Wu Zetian felt that her work has become much easier.

Most of the memorials will not be delayed until the next day at all, and can be processed on the same day, which is much more efficient than before.

Especially Shangguan Wan'er was exceptionally intelligent, she could come up with good solutions to most things, and also provided her with many solutions from another angle.

Most of the time now, I can still finish processing early, and then sit down and have a cup of tea, chat and play games relaxedly and happily.

For example, at this moment, just after noon, things have basically been dealt with, and the two leaned on the boss chair Li Yuechen had customized for them, chatting casually with a cup of tea comfortably.

"Wan'er, tell me, what is Chen'er doing at this moment?" Wu Zetian asked casually.

Shangguan Wan'er thought for a while: "From my maidservant's point of view, I think I'm researching some novel things. Now that I can produce a lot of salt, maybe Your Highness will think about how to increase the production of iron."

We all know that Li Yuechen is good at making money. In this era, there is nothing more profitable than salt and iron in the official operation of salt and iron.

Now that the salt is done, shouldn't the next step be iron?
"Speaking of which, before Chen'er left, did you know what the steamed chicken was for the Academy of Engineering to study?" Wu Zetian asked, "Is it something used to extract iron ore?"

"Your Majesty, that's called a steam engine..." Shangguan Wan'er corrected with a bit of embarrassment, "Your Highness said that this thing can improve work efficiency, but it may not be possible to manufacture it."

Wu Zetian picked up the teacup curiously and took a sip: "Why?"

Shangguan Wan'er thought for a while: "According to His Highness, the time for this thing to appear is nearly a thousand years later, and research at this time may not be successful."

"Ha ha……"

Hearing this sentence, Wu Zetian suddenly laughed, as if he had heard some funny joke.

This sudden laughter made Shangguan Wan'er curious, not understanding why she was laughing.

"What do you think she meant by that?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, Wan'er sees that since His Highness said so, it must be reasonable. Besides, His Highness is a Taoist, I'm afraid this matter is true..."

Before he finished speaking, Wu Zetian shook his head and interrupted: "It's fine for others, but if Chen'er said this, I would definitely not believe it."

As she said that, she raised her head and said, "You grew up with her, except for the first moon day, when did you see her praying to God and worshiping Buddha?"

"This..." Shangguan Wan'er was at a loss for words for a while, but after thinking about it carefully, it seemed to be true.

Wu Zetian smiled slightly: "Chen'er has always disrespected ghosts and gods since she was a child. Although she is a Taoist, have you ever seen her do fortune-telling?"

"Indeed not." Shangguan Wan'er shook her head and replied, "It's just that there have always been rumors that His Highness is a fairy descending from the earth, both among the people and in the palace..."

"My late emperor and I also think so." Wu Zetian nodded slightly, and then laughed again, "But she happens to be a person who disrespects gods and Buddhas..."

Shangguan Wan'er tilted her head and thought for a while: "If His Highness is truly an immortal, he must possess a supernatural position. He is definitely not an ordinary fairy. Such a personality is normal."

"The former emperor once thought she was the White Tiger Star of War God, but now it seems that she is more than that..." Wu Zetian smiled, "Since she can say such things, it is really difficult to think about this steam engine."

Regarding this, Shangguan Wan'er nodded irrefutably: "Sage, don't worry, Your Highness even invented hot air balloons, and other things are also easy to think about!"

If Li Yuechen were here, he would definitely retort: ​​"It's easy to be a yarn, my mother is not from a science background..."

　This chapter is yesterday...

　　
　
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