The Tang Dynasty started from saving Empress Changsun

237 The First Drop of Blood
This year's New Year's Day in Chang'an City of Tang Dynasty is very lively, especially on the court side, it is even more festive.

Li Shimin had a rare extravagance and decorated the entire palace. What is rare is that not many people have impeached him.

The reason is simple, glass is too profitable.

The auction turnover in December was 71 yuan. Including the private distribution to some dignitaries, the total amount exceeded one million yuan.

Datang's treasury is unprecedentedly rich, and the smile on Tang Jian's face has never disappeared, and he walks with wind all day long.

What's more, all the money for the celebration this time came from the internal treasury, and the courtiers were tolerant once in a while, and didn't accuse him of squandering and wasting.

Immediately after the money was spent, it had an immediate effect, and this year's New Year's Day celebration was especially lively.

Zixiaoguan also calculated the income for a year, and Wu Shu was so happy that he could hardly see his eyes.

"Although we have a lot of income, we also have a lot of expenses, so the balance is not much,"

"There are three main expenses, the monthly fee, the master's medical delivery, and the moon talk. Every month, the income and expenditure are barely balanced."

"But a few days ago, the empress suddenly transferred 300 taels of gold to us, and we had money all at once."

Wu Shu held the account book and asked curiously: "My lord, what kind of business did you do with your empress again? Why did you transfer so much money at once?"

Chen Jingke pointed to a jar of white sugar on the table, and said, "This is the business. I use the method of making sugar to partner with my mother, and I take up [-]% of the business."

Wu Shu looked at him affectionately, and said with admiration: "I just said why there are so many high-quality candies suddenly, and there are snow candies. It turned out to be your way, no wonder."

Then she calculated: "300% of the share is 3000 taels of gold, so wouldn't that be a total of [-] taels of gold?"

Chen Jingke said with a smile: "It's only two months, and there will be a steady stream of sugar appearing on the market in the next year, and the water will flow forever."

Wu Shu was speechless: "Your Majesty is too rich, but will the courtiers watch so much money fall into the internal treasury?"

Chen Jingke said: "Of course they don't want to, but the way to make sugar is very simple to put it bluntly, there is no way to keep it secret, and it won't take long for it to spread."

"The production method of glass is complicated, and the nobles and nobles can only pinch their noses to admit the protection of national legislation."

"For something as simple as sugar production, if anyone dares to introduce legislation to prohibit private production, he will be torn apart by angry dignitaries in minutes."

"In this case, there is no reason for the courtiers to ask the empress for the profit from selling sugar."

Wu Shu nodded, and then said worriedly: "If this is the case, the sugar business will not be able to make so much money in the future."

Chen Jingke said: "One year, the main raw material for sugar making is sugarcane, which matures only in September and October every year. We can monopolize this business for another year."

"But this thing is similar to salt, and it will never worry about selling. At most, there are more competitors and the price is cheaper."

Only then did Wu Shu's expression improve, and he said, "It's not bad to have it all to yourself for a year, so we can also save a lot of money."

Wu Shu, who has money, is also very generous. During the Chinese New Year, he gave everyone a double monthly report.I also arranged the Taoist temple up and down, which is very festive.

On the first day of the new year, Chen Jingke went to the palace early in the morning to participate in the annual New Year's Day celebration.

He was white last year, so it didn't matter if he came or not, no one would say anything.It's not going to work this year, Princess Jinyang's prospective son-in-law, if he doesn't come, it will be rude.

Mrs. Wu Yang was also invited to participate, but she was still unable to walk well, so she refused on this ground.

The real reason is that she is in an embarrassing situation and it is not easy to appear on such an important occasion.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, all officials congratulated the emperor, and envoys from various countries also paid New Year greetings to the emperor collectively.

Here, Chen Jingke met the pilgrimage missions of various vassal states, including the missions of the tribes of various countries in the Indochina Peninsula.

When offering tribute, they also showed their abilities, and they could see all kinds of weird things.

For example, there is a white parrot in Lin Yiguo's tribute, which is about [-] centimeters long and has a crest on its head, which is very beautiful.

The key point is that the parrot can talk: the saint is auspicious, and the empress is blessed. It is really eye-catching, and Li Shimin likes it very much.

Not only he likes it, but the little Sizi also likes it, a pair of big eyes seem to be glued to the parrot.

How could Chen Jingke not know what his little daughter-in-law was thinking, and sneaked over to whisper a few words to her with a roll of his eyes.

Xiao Si immediately said that he had dozed off and wanted to rest.The eldest grandson Wugou didn't think too much, and asked the nanny to take her back first.

As soon as she left, Chen Jingke trotted to meet her at the door on the pretext of urinating.Then the two went to the place where the tribute was temporarily parked in the side hall, took the parrot and ran away.

Back at the Lizheng Palace, the two of them started teasing the parrot, and taught it in a short while: the princess is auspicious, and the princess of Jinyang is auspicious.

The little Si jumped up and down happily.

The eldest grandson Wugou didn't come back until the afternoon ceremony was over, and when he saw the two of them, he said angrily, "I knew you two were doing something bad, and you dare to steal it even if it's a tribute."

Chen Jingke said with a smile: "How can my daughter take Yeye's things as stealing? Do you think she is a little girl?"

Xiao Si nodded his head violently and said, "Well, I didn't steal it, what Aye has is mine."

After the new year, she will be five years old, and she can already speak clearly.

"Nonsense." Changsun Wugou glared at him and said, "You have taught her badly now, but you will be the one who suffers in the future."

Chen Jingke smiled and said: "Our little si is the most obedient, so we won't learn to be bad, isn't it little si?"

Xiao Si said: "Well, I am the most obedient and most obedient to my brother."

The eldest grandson Wugou was a little dumbfounded, but he didn't say anything more.

Xiao Sizi is really very polite and kind to his servants at ordinary times. Apart from being a little too lively, I really can't find anything wrong with it.

As a mother, she really can't say that there is a problem with her daughter's education.

Sitting down on the chair, she said, "The sage said just now that this parrot will be unhappy if it is kept in captivity. It is going to be released."

The little si got upset immediately when he heard it, and said: "No, you are not allowed to release the parrot. Brother, tell mother quickly, don't release this parrot."

Chen Jingke also shook his head and said, "Your Majesty is really wrong this time."

The eldest grandson Wugou said: "Oh, why?"

Chen Jingke explained: "This parrot should have been fed and trained since childhood, so it can be so smart."

"It has become accustomed to being fed by humans, and has lost the most basic ability to survive in the wild. After being released, it may not even be able to find food. It either starved to death or was killed by raptors."

"So letting it live is the greatest cruelty to it. It's better to give it to the little one to feed it well."

The eldest grandson Wugou didn't doubt his words, he nodded after hearing it and said: "So that's the case, then don't release the life, let it be a companion for the little one in the future."

Xiao Si clapped his hands happily: "Oh, that's great, thank you brother."

The eldest grandson Wugou said angrily: "Just thank you brother, why don't you thank me?"

Only then did Xiao Si reluctantly say, "Thank you, mother."

Grandson Wugou: "..."

Chen Jingke played here for a while, then resigned and left after checking the sky.

After all, he can't stay in the palace all the time on the first day of the new year, there are still people waiting for him at Zixiao Temple.

Naturally, there was a celebration when we returned to the temple, and a dinner party was held, and everyone left after eleven o'clock in the evening.

When taking a bath, I don't know if it was an illusion, but Chen Jingke always felt that Yi Nu was weird and blushed at every turn.

But he didn't think much about it, he just thought that she was going to surprise him, but he had a little expectation in his heart.

Sure enough, after Yuzhu fell asleep, she touched her quietly.

(End of this chapter)