Ci Jinzhi

Everyone's eyes fell on Xin You.

The Minister of Rites suddenly felt uneasy.

I am not afraid that the emperor will reward me with fertile land, mansions, gold, silver and jewels, but I am afraid of this kind of unknown request.

What if this girl asks the emperor to kill these ministers who oppose the reform?

Regardless of what others thought, Xin You raised his eyes to meet Emperor Xingyuan's opaque eyes: "Not yet, I just thought I would need it in the future. Your Majesty can grant me a request."

What this means is that the reward you want is the "ask" itself.

The Minister of Rites showed a look of understanding.

Sure enough, this girl is greedy and cunning!

What do you mean, if you need it in the future, please ask the emperor to agree to a request? If she asks the emperor to pass the throne to her, is it possible that the emperor will agree?

Looking at the face that was clearly the same as Emperor Xingyuan's, the Minister of Rites had the urge to spit.

After hearing this, Emperor Xingyuan also felt troubled.

Jun Wu joked, he agreed now, but he would be in trouble if his request was too outrageous in the future.

Then, he saw the girl's slight sneer. It seems to be saying, look, no matter how much he does for the royal family and Daxia, there is a limit to what the emperor can give.

"Okay, as long as it doesn't violate Tsunade, I promise you."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Although there are additional conditions, it is still much better than nothing. Who knows when I will be able to use it.

Emperor Xingyuan ordered Sun Yan to fetch a Ruyi jade and give it to Xin You: "If you request anything in the future, please return this Ruyi jade to me."

Glancing at the ministers with different expressions, worried that these people were thinking about some and others, Emperor Xingyuan said lightly: "Only Xin Daizhao holds the jade Ruyi."

The next day, the envoy from Xiling returned, and the deputy envoy took a small jar of sugar with him.

As the envoy, Prince Bao Ri stayed, but went to find Xin You but failed.

After some inquiring, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue told him: "Xin Daizhao doesn't have time to go to the Hanlin Academy in the near future. She will be responsible for the sugar making."

Prince Baori was surprised: "Does Xin Daizhao understand sugar making technology?"

The Minister of Hubu laughed and said: "We are good at managing people, Your Majesty can trust her."

Only then did Prince Baori feel that it was reasonable.

"Then where can I see Xin Daizhao?"

"Even the elderly can't enter the sugar factory. If your envoy wants to see Xin Daizhao, I'm afraid he will have to wait until she rests."

"That's it." Prince Bao Ri sighed, but his determination to marry Xin You became even more determined.

Originally it was just love at first sight, but the more I got to know her, the more I realized that Miss Xin was not only beautiful, but also talented. His princess should be such a woman.

Unlike Prince Baori, who was temporarily deceived, a secret began to spread among officials and nobles: there was a kind of sugar fairy called white sugar, which was as white as frost and snow, extremely delicious, and was made from Xinyou.

People's first reaction was disbelief. They neither believed that such sugar existed nor that Xin You could make such sugar.

Until more and more people were asked by Prince Baori: "Have you ever eaten white sugar?"

Looking at the stunned Daxia officials, Prince Baori was satisfied: Mr. Yu did not lie to him. This sugar was something that many Daxia nobles had never tasted. With this gimmick, when the sugar is transported back to Xiling, he can sell it back to those fools who are after Daxia products, and he can increase his horses, cattle and sheep.

The officials and nobles who were asked by Prince Baori felt humiliated: The good things of Daxia were sent to Xiling before the people of Daxia had tasted them?

They also want to eat sugar!

"One tael and a half silver per catty." The Minister of the Ministry of Finance said calmly.

"That's okay, I want to try it anyway!"

The Minister of Household Affairs waved his hand: "There is a market but no price. There is no way to sell it at the moment."

"Two liang!"

"Three liang!"

... Hearing that the quotation was getting higher and higher, Shangshu of the Ministry of Finance went to find Xin You in tears.

"Thank you, when will our sugar be ready? Can't we have more? You don't know, many people are willing to pay five taels of silver to buy a pound of sugar to try..."

As the Secretary of the Ministry of Finance said, he came up with a thought: "Why don't we pay some of it to Xi Ling before the time comes, and wait for the next batch to make up for it?"

Xinyou smiled.

These days, the Secretary of the Ministry of Finance always comes to see her, and we get to know him over and over again. He is actually a lovely and simple old man. The simplicity here mainly refers to the persistence of filling the treasury and the pure love of gold and silver.

"Master Shangshu, don't be swayed by them. They are willing to pay five taels of silver, just to try something new. They can only buy three to five kilograms at most. The deal with Xiling comes first."

"One person can buy three to five kilograms, but there are so many people!" Shangshu of the Ministry of Revenue felt uncomfortable when he thought about making money but not making any money.

"Then wait for the second batch. The longer the demand is suppressed, the more we may buy by then."

The Minister of Hubu stroked his palm and said, "Xin Daizhao has seen the imperial edict thoroughly!"

The old man left happily with his hands behind his back.

Although the sugar mill's expenditures came from internal funds, it was agreed that four percent of the future income would go to the emperor's private treasury and six percent to the state treasury.

This is also the motivation that the Minister of the Ministry of Finance is particularly concerned about.

While Xin You was busy making sugar, letters from the capital came to congratulate Qingxiao, and he also received two letters.

In the first letter, Jinlin Weizi, who wrote the letter, described in detail Prince Baori from Xilinglai's stalking of Miss Xin.

He Qingxiao just smiled after reading the letter and then read the second letter.

The content of the second letter was a bit bizarre. Prince Bao Ri actually refused to leave. He was willing to be his son-in-law and was extremely wealthy.

He Qingxiao stared at the letter for a long time, feeling sour in his heart and an unknown emotion filling his chest.

During the day, he inadvertently lost his mind. At night, I couldn't sleep, so I walked to the window and looked up at the bright starry sky, listening to the chirping of insects and the chirping of frogs, and I fell into a trance for an even longer time.

He vaguely understood that this emotion was called jealousy.

I am jealous that there are always many people like Prince Baori in this world who have something to rely on, are fearless, and can easily express what they like and declare who they like.

They are not afraid of failure and can afford it.

But he could only keep his thoughts deep in his heart and did not dare to vent them at all.

As for whether Xin You would be attracted to Prince Bao Ri, He Qingxiao could see clearly: she wouldn't.

They are actually the same person.

If you identify things and people, they will not be disturbed by external objects.

The collection of summer grain has begun, and it will be at least July until we return to the capital. This time they have been separated for too long, and he misses her very much.

In June, He Qingxiao received Xin You's letter.

The letter was not long. It briefly explained the current situation. There was also a small bottle enclosed with the letter. When I opened it, there was a pile of frost and snow inside, which was the sugar mentioned in the letter.

He tasted the sugar carefully.

Amber is recommended on an ice plate, how can it be as beautiful as frosting. This white sugar tastes even better than the frosting in the poem.

It is white sugar made from Ayou.

On July 1st, the sugar mill was filled with joy.

After more than a month of repeated bleaching, it finally happened!

Emperor Xingyuan was overjoyed and took several important officials to see it in person.

The sugar warehouse was heavily guarded and separated from the sugar mill by a wall. There was a door in the middle for people to pass through, but it was locked at this time.

At Xin You's signal, the warehouse door slowly opened.