Starting from the Western Han Dynasty

Chapter 185 Ah Shen, my husband is going to be a saint!
Li Huan's letters arrived at the Nangong Princess Mansion and Linqiong Princess Mansion in Chang'an City like flying boats.

Coincidentally, Princess Nangong and Princess Linqiong were getting together to talk about the autumn harvest.

Nothing in this world can compare to food. Food is the most important thing for the people.

So naturally, the autumn harvest is a top priority.

After Nangong Princess Jinzhan finished reading, the smile on her face turned into a solemn expression. When Linqiong Princess Liu Yun noticed her expression, she also looked stunned and her face changed slightly: "It's my husband. letter, what happened?"

"Read it yourself." Jinzhan handed the letter to Liu Yun. Liu Yun hurriedly shook her head and said, "Isn't this good? My husband wrote it to my sister. I..."

"You and I are the same." A smile appeared on Jinzhan's lips, secretly saying that this little girl is quite sensible.

Liu Yun then took it over doubtfully. After a moment, a look of anger appeared in the corner of her eyes: "How dare these palace ladies be so bold?"

"Aren't they all accustomed to it in the palace?" Jinzhan seemed to be used to this: "The maids in the palace follow their masters with high status, their monthly money will be more, and their food will be better; so in the palace, There is a habit, even if a concubine does not like to fight for power and favor, the maids around her will persuade her to fight for power and favor."

One of the two grew up in the palace of the Han Dynasty, and the other grew up in the palace of the princes. When talking about these things, they seem to have similar memories to corroborate them.

"This Cuihua has always been by my husband's side. It is also a great thing to be able to give birth to blood for my husband. Then I will re-select a thousand servants." Jinzhan looked at Liu Yun: "I came from my manor. If you choose six hundred, you ask Mother Qi to send out three hundred servants, and then ask Bai Zhi to select some old people from the Hou Mansion to lead them there."

Liu Yun nodded to express her approval: "Where are the people replaced over there?"

"Since it's unbearable to be in the eyes of my husband, it's also a good choice to send her to the north to build the Great Wall. Mrs. Li doesn't support idlers."

Liu Yun thought of her experiences in the past and hurriedly said: "It's better to send them to farmland. It's not easy to survive when you get to the edge of the Great Wall."

Jinzhan wanted to veto it, but when he thought about what Emperor Liu Che said to him, that he and Liu Yun should live in harmony, and that this was just a small matter, he nodded and said: "That's alright, I'll ask for it from His Majesty. Let these people reclaim some of the abandoned wasteland under Qishan Mountain and strive to give our Marquis Mansion thousands more acres of fertile land before next spring plowing."

Liu Yun was secretly happy and nodded: "Then I will go to my mother to talk about this right away."

Jinzhan nodded slightly. After Liu Yun left, she rushed to Weiyang Palace to see Liu Che.

Liu Che happened to be free and was playing in his rose garden. He saw his second sister coming to him in a hurry. After listening to Jinzhan explain what happened, his whole expression froze for three or four breaths. Just now he said: "So, what Gillian fought for for him is to be destroyed by himself?"

"He also said in another letter that the messengers of embroidered clothes are the best trained and know how to advance and retreat. These palace maids are really stupid. He asked me to choose smart people and send them there. I don't want to train them like embroidered clothes. Like an envoy, it would be great to have at least five or six points of grace."

Jinzhan held the scented tea with a complicated expression: "If I hadn't known what kind of person he was, I would have suspected that this was the opposite of what he was saying."

Liu Che laughed out loud, grabbed a fresh petal from one side, put it in a glass of water, and stirred it gently with an ivory chopstick: "Sister, he also suggested that I set up an organization independent of the officials, named We have thought about it all, called the Jinyiwei, and directly passed down the Embroidered Clothes Envoy as a government agency that can be passed down for generations, and directly brought these hidden supervisions to the public."

"What kind of words are these?" Jinzhan chewed up the flower petals, covered the sandalwood mouth with her jade hand, and spit it into the small wooden box next to it.

Liu Chedao: "He also said that the Imperial Guards are authorized by the imperial power. They should be killed first and then reported. This can deter all lawless people in the world."

Jinzhan was instantly frightened by the eight words. She shook her head: Isn't this nonsense? "

"Perhaps, it's not nonsense." Liu Che pondered: "As far as I can see, if there was such an institution in the era of Emperor Gaozu, do you think Lu Zu could still be such a regent?"

"Ah, you're here again. I've heard you say these words many times over the years?" Jinzhan began to complain.

Liu Che shook his head: "Sister, over the years, when my grandmother was alive and controlling the government, have the courtiers ever put me, the emperor, in their eyes?"

Jinzhan stopped talking, waiting for Liu Che to finish all his complaints. She knew very well that her younger brother was the master of the world, but she could only talk to herself about the grievances in her heart.

However, when Liu Che saw the appearance of his second sister, he stopped complaining: "I will consider the matter of Jin Yiwei carefully and will not just set it up as easily as my brother-in-law said."

"This organization is independent from all officials and has too much power. If there is chaos, no one will be able to control it." Jinzhan breathed a sigh of relief, seeing that his brother's mood seemed to have improved a lot, and then put the words in his heart He said it out loud: "I'm here to ask for money."

The glass of water that Liu Che immediately put to his lips felt a little hot. This set of glasses had only arrived a few days ago, and he was asking for money so soon?
"How many?"

"How many well-trained embroiderers do you have here?" Jinzhan lowered his brows and his face turned a little red.

Liu Che tilted his head, thinking that he heard wrongly. Didn't the second sister just come to ask for some slaves?What's the point of asking the messenger of embroidered clothes?
"Others have trouble using it, but the Embroidered Clothes Messenger is capable of both literary and martial arts. Both of us are comfortable with it... Besides, wasn't there a large part of the Embroidered Clothes Messengers that were under my control in the past?"

Jinzhan rubbed his face, embarrassed to look at his brother.

Liu Che's expression was quite complicated: "Others heard that the Messenger of Embroidered Clothes couldn't eat or sleep. Why do you like to use the Messenger of Embroidered Clothes so much? Then why did you hang my seven people? Those seven people were capable of both literary and military skills. They died in What a pity for Anyang County, I am ready to let them go to the battlefield."

"Gillian did it!" Jinzhan corrected.

"How much do you want?" Liu Che didn't want to argue about this issue. One was a fellow sister and the other was his pillow partner.

"Two hundred?" Jinzhan knew very well how many embroidered messengers there were. This required selecting those smart women from the maids who entered the palace, and then giving them special training. It would take a long time to truly satisfy her.

She had had nightmares for many years about going to the Huns to get married, so she paid great attention to training embroidered cloth messengers, hoping that after she really got to the Huns, there would still be some people she could use.

It's just a trick of fate. She originally trained herself to be a spy chief, but suddenly she became a skillful, gentle and noble lady.

"How can there be so many?" Liu Che felt that his sister's elbows were really turned out.

"There's always a hundred, right?"

Liu Che immediately said: "One hundred is one hundred, Chuntuo! Go and order someone right away!"

Chuntuo on the side immediately oiled the soles of his feet, not giving Jinzhan any chance to speak.

Jinzhan suddenly realized that he should stick to the two hundred...

"Anyang's industry is getting bigger and bigger, and the glassware used by the emperor is already a big business, let alone shipped to all parts of the country." Jinzhan had to think of other things and asked Liu Che to give him more embroidered clothes. .

In the eyes of others, this kind of people are extremely terrifying beasts, but in Jinzhan's eyes, just like Liu Che's eyes, any one of these people is a unique talent.

The Li family's business was getting bigger and bigger, and it was suddenly impossible to recruit so many trustworthy people. Li Huan subconsciously thought of the Embroidered Clothes Messenger, because he was from the royal family, and with his current status and fame, the Embroidered Clothes Messenger What did the messenger do to him?
Since the embroidered clothes messenger can't mess with me, then why can't I, Li Huan, think like a genius and let the embroidered clothes messenger be my worker?Let them become the [-] strong men of this era!
Liu Che didn't say a word. The embroidered clothes messenger was on his side, and he used one less. Although he didn't say how high the death rate was, Liu Che himself would feel heartbroken when he met Gillian who hanged seven people at once. .

"Your Majesty, [-]% of the profits from all the factories will be used for the national treasury, and we will only keep [-]%." When Jinzhan said this, he felt that his heart was bleeding.

However, this is what Li Huan clearly stated in her letter that she reported to Emperor Liu Che.

No matter how smart Jinzhan is, he is still a person limited to this era. He has never heard of anything called a state-owned enterprise.

By doing this, Li Huan turned all his industries into state-owned enterprises, with [-]% of the net profits handed over to Liu Che and [-]% to himself; but in exchange for Liu Che, the biggest and most top protection umbrella.

In Li Huan's opinion, this business is all about making a lot of money with his own blood!

Let's not talk about glass for the time being. Let's talk about the profit from the production of four-wheeled vehicles. With the use of shock-absorbing steel plates, modified tanks will soon follow. What is this?
This is the military order for the entire empire!

Not only that, but there were also swords and armors. In Li's workshop, Zhuo Nu, who had mastered the core technology of iron-making, made everything, and the quality was far better than that produced by the imperial government.

With Li Huan's promise, Liu Che's thought was: Even his own son may not be able to do this.

"One hundred is not enough, at least five hundred!" Liu Che changed his mind instantly and even thought that his sister had said something wrong, for fear that she would correct it in the next sentence.

Arranging embroidered clothes messengers, this is not arranging to monitor Li Huan, this is clearly arranging these people to count the money for him.

Jinzhan's heart was bleeding, but at this time, she could not help but maintain the attitude of a rich sister looking down on a poor brother. After taking a sip of scented tea, she said: "How can five hundred be enough? Make up an auspicious number. Six hundred, six hundred or six is ​​a great success!"

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say!" Liu Che strongly controlled the ecstasy in his heart: "Sister, did my brother-in-law do this voluntarily, or did you ask him to do this?" Jinzhan gritted his teeth. Liu Che understood that this was the second sister's action when she was furious. When I was young, I was bitten many times...

"Of course he did it voluntarily. He also said that he has already spent all the money in this life, and he will not be able to spend all the money in the next life. It is no longer interesting to ask for so much money. He has already gained a reputation, so he wants to do it. I want to do something I want to see our country strong and prosperous!”

After Jinzhan finished speaking, the pain on his face was gradually replaced by confusion: "Ah, I used to hear those gentlemen often talk about ancient saints. I used to think that there are no saints in this world, but what my husband did, Maybe he can be considered a saint.”

Liu Che's eyes widened involuntarily, but in front of money, not only the truth would be silent, but Liu Che would also be silent.

As long as the brother-in-law gives money, my sister says that the brother-in-law is a saint, and the brother-in-law is a saint.

Fighting the Huns requires too much money.

With a brother-in-law who was so good at making money, Liu Che was thinking for a while, should he promise to let Li Huan go to Huainan Kingdom?

Political struggle is inevitable, but this brother-in-law is really good at making money...

"Ashe, the matter of Huainan Kingdom..." Jinzhan started to speak, but he seemed to hesitate.

Liu Chelong Yan Dayue said: "Sister, is it possible that my brother-in-law doesn't want to go? If he doesn't want to go, that's fine. Anyway, I have rejected King Huainan seven times, and it doesn't matter if I give him a few more."

"Already seven times?" Jinzhan was shocked.

"In the morning, I reviewed the memorial and rejected it just now." Liu Che nodded.

Jinzhan shook his head: "My husband wants to go..." When she said this, her expression was quite complicated.

After listening to this, Liu Che's expression was also very complicated. At this moment, both siblings thought together. Li Huan seemed to be really interested in Liu Ling, a vixen...

"Gongsun Ao came up with a good idea. He has asked Liu Ling to find him and asked him to be the general of the Huainan Kingdom. Then he persuaded my husband to go to the Huainan Kingdom and serve as the prime minister." Jinzhan followed the script and Li Huan gave him the second Whatever was said in the letter, she would tell Liu Che.

"Is this really what Gongsun Ao came up with?" Liu Che expressed doubts.

"That's what my husband said."

Listening to sister's affectionate words "my husband", Liu Che felt a little sour in his heart for some reason.

"Then I think it's another trick." Liu Che waved his hands indifferently: "What else does he want?"

"My husband is going to take away the four thousand Hun troops. When they arrive in Huainan Kingdom, they can be used as a deterrent." Jinzhan said with a serious expression, "He is worried that if Huainan Kingdom is completely evacuated and powerless to struggle, he will be punished with life and death." Coercion, but with these four thousand Xiongnu elites, there is no need to be too afraid."

Liu Che's face is full of contemplation. The relationship between brother and sister is the relationship between brother and sister, but when it comes to national affairs, he will immediately calm down and be surrounded by reason.

"The Huns army is good at horse fighting. If they are equipped with stirrups, they will be even more powerful." Liu Che mused: "Although the land of Huainan has crisscrossed waterways, it is not as convenient as the northern plains for horse fighting, but these four thousand loyal Huns soldiers , and it can indeed be used as a strong deterrent...I'm sure, but the military expenses for these four thousand troops have to be paid for by himself."

"The Huainan country is rich, and supporting these four thousand troops is just a drop in the bucket." Jinzhan was extremely happy, and she was even more relieved when she asked Li Huan to go to the Huainan country.

"Then...Ashe, after the autumn harvest, are you going to Anyang County?"

"I'm not going." Liu Che poured boiling water for my sister: "Logically speaking, I should go, but once I go, many people will be too scared to celebrate. I'll just stay in Chang'an."

"It doesn't matter, we are not ordinary people after all." Although Jinzhan felt a little disappointed, he tried his best not to show it in front of Liu Che.

The two siblings talked about other things before Jinzhan got up and left.

Liu Che leaned on the chair, looked at the sun that was already turning to the west, and suddenly sighed: "Chuntuo, you have returned to the palace."

Anyang County.

Although Li Huan had never witnessed how Jinzhan discussed the [-]% net profit issue with her brother-in-law Liu Che, from the lines of Jinzhan's words, she could fully understand the complex emotions in her heart.

Just a little bit away, the Li family could become the leading clan in the entire empire, but they missed it just because of Li Huan's decision.

However, the Han Empire could gain greater benefits from this.

Huge military expenditures and huge food supplies.

No matter which one it is, it is possible for the Han Empire, which has experienced the prosperity of Wenjing, to return to the economic depression in the early years of the empire.

Li Huan only hopes that everything he has done can have some effect. After all, he has traveled through time, after all, he is in a high position, and after all, he has married two princesses...

After all, there were so many excuses, so many that he himself felt that if he didn't make a grand career now, he would be really sorry for the time traveler.

The autumn harvest has begun.

Li Huan had no extra thoughts to think about things in Chang'an. The servants in the entire mansion were replaced in an instant, and Li Huan felt like he was brand new from the inside out.

Even the efficiency of doing things has increased several times compared with usual.

In the ancestral residence of the Hou Mansion, which was already half occupied, Cuihua watched Bai Zhi's arrival, and for a moment she ignored that the maids who had served her in the past had been quietly replaced long ago.

Bai Zhi just said: "You are different from the past. The Marquis loves you very much. You have to try to give birth to a boy for the Marquis. Our own old man from Lishan will take care of you, so the Marquis will feel more at ease."

Cuihua just nodded repeatedly, and she and Bai Zhi walked in the inner courtyard of the newly built Hou Mansion every day to watch the newly completed Hou Mansion.

Sometimes, I would also go up to a high platform, a place where I could overlook the entire Anyang City.

All the foreigners have moved into their dormitories, and people can be seen coming and going everywhere on the spacious and clean streets, which is extremely lively.

But what was even more lively was the fields outside Anyang City. In order to show off, Anyang Marquis Li Huan and Gongsun Ao went to the fields to harvest grain with sickles in hand.

Gongsun Ao was really good at it. He even saw that Li Huan was completely unable to do farm work, so he silently helped Li Huan harvest.

In the afternoon, Li Huan looked good and sat with Gongsun Ao under the shade of a tree, eating desserts.

"Liu Ling has written back to me. The King of Huainan has solemnly promised to recommend me to the position of general. Do you want to express your opinion?"

"I heard from Chang'an City that His Majesty just rejected the King of Huainan for the eighth time." Li Huan smiled like a chicken thief, took a sip of honey, and suddenly smiled: "I heard that something called Zhuzhe grows in the land of Huainan. , is it sweet and delicious after chewing?"

"There is indeed such a thing. Wild elephants like to eat this thing the most." Sima Qian, who happened to go to the shade of a tree to drink water, said while drinking water.

"Wild elephants..." Li Huan remembered that in this era, elephants are still common, but he has no interest in ivory, mainly Zhu Zhe, which is sugar cane.

"Are they many?" Li Huan knew that Sima had moved to Huainan.

Sima Qian sat down, rubbed the mud from his hands, nodded and said: "It's all over the wild, countless, as far as the eye can see... Does the Marquis like sweets?"

"Hahaha..." Li Huan suddenly put his arms around Sima Qian and shook him vigorously: "I knew there were so many sugar cane, even if Liu An didn't invite me to Huainan Kingdom, I would go too!"

"Master Hou really likes sweets!" Sima Qian concluded.

Li Huan said with disdain: "Vulgar common man, what do you know? After arriving in Huainan Kingdom, I will let you know what the real power of science is!"

(End of this chapter)