Poor family mother and son

Chapter 927
The campaign of "clearing the crimes of treason" was in full swing. The political class desperately cut off their tails in order to protect themselves, and the business circles such as the Confucius family and the Wei family "returned to the pre-liberation overnight."

A large number of shops have been seized, and Xiaobao is desperately spending money to open up the door, and wants to "buy the bottom" before the imperial court auctions these shops.

For the auction, let's just auction off those not-so-good shops. If the location is good and there is a lot of stock, Xiaobao must take it first!
In Xiaobao's words: "You think that my mother's resignation means that my mother's weight is no longer in the court? My mother is everywhere!"

At the same time, the emperor gave Chu Qing a new mission - to develop a new salt field.

The price of refined salt was set by the emperor's imperial pen, and Chu Qing controlled the final transaction price, so it became unprofitable to resell salt, so opening more salt farms would only benefit the country and the people.

But the emperor's move was not just to make money, but because he was shocked by the attack on the Ganzhoufu Shipyard.

Daxuan Overseas has not discovered neighboring countries, and has never been invaded by sea, so it has no awareness of coastal defense.

And the population is mainly concentrated in the inland river basin, and the seaside is almost always a place of distribution. Just imagine, even if the unarmed distribution prisoners are allowed to cross the sea to escape, they have no chance of surviving.

Therefore, Daxuan has no coastal defense construction at all.

So this time several state capitals reported that "the people of Voss colluded with the Daxuan rebels along the sea area between Linyang County and Ganzhou Prefecture", which made the emperor not only shocked, but also began to think about coastal fortification.

However, starting from now on for coastal defense construction, we must at least build seawater fortresses, right?Want to build a navy?
Not to mention how much money needs to be invested, but how long will the construction process take?
If it comes to funds, there is no foreign invasion yet, wouldn't it be a waste of money to build a defense system early?
This is like a housewife who starts to add firewood and cook a hot pot for a meal that will be held in an unknown number of years. Isn't that a waste of firewood and manpower?
But if Chu Qing is asked to be responsible for opening more sea salt farms, in order to ensure the operation, she will organize human patrols, wouldn't it kill two birds with one stone?
The country does not need to pay money, and Chu Qing handles affairs alone.

"Hold on!" Chu Qing punched his right palm with his left fist, "This Marquis is worried about having a fiefdom, so it's not easy to go around everywhere! Your Majesty is wise, Your Majesty is mighty!"

Chu Qing likes such an emperor who wants to make money. Doesn't this mean letting Chu Qing manage countless peninsulas?In the past, there was a "overlord" named Jianguo in the beautiful country, and now there is another emperor with this name, which is very good.

Chu Qing simply watched the sea and listened to the waves!
It's just that, to build a saltworks, you need money to buy equipment and raw materials, right?For example, limestone, firewood, carts and so on.

Although it is not expensive, it is an additional expense and has to be made up for.

For this money, the fourth prince and Zheng Chunqiu have to pay for it.

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White clouds float in the blue sky, under the white clouds horses run, whips are slapped in all directions, and all birds fly together.

If someone asks me what this place is, I will proudly tell him that this is where we fought.

Meng Wu's motorcade, with the whip pumping the air, was walking in the spring.

After half a month of rest and nourishment from the goods purchased from the Chu family's caravan, Zheng Chunqiu's complexion improved, his chest was not so congested, but he felt his heart was even more congested.

"Your Highness, I'm really sorry, my physique is really... oh, please trouble me to come and see me." Zheng Chunqiu said to the fourth prince with a face of shame.

"Lord Zheng, don't worry, I see that your complexion has improved a lot, and I think you are going to recover." The fourth prince said.

The fourth prince is dying of anxiety, the rain has passed, and they haven't been able to go up the mountain yet, they are all dragged down by this Zheng Chunqiu!

But what can I do?He is the chief officer, so he had no choice but to appease him.

"Hey hey hey~~~~~~" Zheng Chunqiu hummed weakly.

During the time when he fell ill, Zheng Chunqiu sighed more and more, and the ending sound of the sigh became more lingering.

Because he was away from home, even if there was a difference in respect, the fourth prince's consolation made Zheng Chunqiu feel very cordial, and he couldn't help but regard the fourth prince as his family.

Zheng Chunqiu said: "Your Highness, I feel really bad as an official. I can't close my eyes every night. Once I close my eyes, I don't want to open them all night;

Also, you can't eat melon seeds, you just spit it out after you eat it! "

Fourth prince:! ! !

This is no nonsense!You slept soundly, why didn't you open your eyes all night?Bengong was so worried that he couldn't sleep all night!

Eat melon seeds and spit it out?nonsense!Who eats melon seeds without spitting out the shell?This palace sees you as a beating!
Seeing the fourth prince's big neck swell all of a sudden, Zheng Chunqiu didn't know why the fourth prince was angry.

He wanted to say that he couldn't wake up from nightmares all night long, he wanted to say that he didn't know the taste when he ate melon seeds, and he often spit out the melon seeds but swallowed the shells, why is the fourth prince still angry?
He was worried that his complexion had improved in the past few days, it was a return to light, he was going to die in a foreign country!

The fourth prince really couldn't afford to be so idle with him, so he personally led people up the mountain first.

Because there are labor suggestions, you must first check whether there is a way up the mountain.

Such a high mountain, if you want to climb up it is extremely difficult and dangerous, you have to find out if there are any supporting facilities left by the Chu family's jade picking team.

No.

Just because Xiaobao ordered to retreat, the jade mining team demolished all the facilities.

Even the iron nails and ropes that aided in climbing were removed—isn’t the thick and long iron nails money?Rope not money?
Not to mention the tents and pulleys halfway up the mountain, let alone leave them behind.

The fourth prince and the others found some traces of climbing, such as the potholes left by iron nails, or the arrow symbols drawn on the mountain to indicate the direction, but they still couldn't climb up.

Only then did they realize how difficult it is to mine in a foreign country.

Everything has to start from scratch, and no one can help them.

If it is in China, every mining area can collect corvée nearby to help with the preliminary work such as opening mountains and building roads, just like Jizhou Iron Mine.

But it’s not working right now. The laborers have to be transported in batches. Every time a batch arrives, the next batch will fall down first.

And the food is bad.

In China, skilled workers like them, who are on the roster, not only get their wages, but also take care of their meals. No matter how bad the food is, they can still eat a meal with meat every three days.

It's good now, two steamed buns and a bowl of porridge for a meal, not much better than prison food.

This is a plateau, without a good physique, how can I withstand the "miasma disease" here?
"My lord! My lord!" A laborer rushed to Zheng Chunqiu's carriage excitedly: "There is another caravan coming, and it belongs to Bao Qingsheng!"

Baoqingsheng caravan is good. They have all the goods. Although there are not many chickens, ducks, fish, meat and eggs, they have all kinds of vegetables and grains. Regardless of coarse grains and fine grains, they are all cleaned up. A little sand and mice No shit.

And the vermicelli, no matter what it is stewed with, it is delicious.

The last time the Bao Qingsheng caravan came, don’t look at the meat, eggs and milk powder that these laborers can’t get, but just eating dried vegetables and stewed vermicelli is delicious and very hungry.

It's just too little, and it's eaten up in a few days.

　This chapter was blocked for no reason, and it was not published until now.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)