Princess of the auxiliary country

Chapter 162; Partnering

At the entrance of the palace, Hongxiu showed Huo Junyao's token. After checking it, the guard asked Hongxiu to wait for a moment.

Not long after, a palace official hurriedly arrived at Da'an Palace.

When Duan Li saw the visitor, he frowned slightly and asked, "What are you doing in such a hurry? Don't you know where this place is?"

"Eunuch Duan, please forgive me. I have something to report."

Hearing this, Duan Li nodded slightly, raised his eyes slightly and asked, "Tell me what's going on."

"Someone came to the palace just now to report that the red-sleeved girl next to Princess Zhaode asked to see her. She said that Princess Zhaode asked her to give something to the Supreme Emperor."

Upon hearing Princess Zhaode, Duan Li's originally lazy expression immediately calmed down, and his eyes suddenly sparkled.

"Just wait."

After saying that, he turned around and entered the palace where the Emperor was resting. Then he walked respectfully to the edge of the bed and called softly.

Not long after, the Supreme Emperor opened his eyes, and Duan Li quickly explained the matter.

"Then the girl asked someone to deliver something again? Just ask someone to come in."

Duan Li agreed, turned around and asked a young chamberlain to deliver the message, while he himself waited on the Supreme Emperor to get up and change his clothes.

Not long after, Hongxiu came, and the Supreme Emperor also took care of things.

Seeing Hong Xiu, the Supreme Emperor had no airs and asked with a smile: "What did your princess ask you to send again?"

Hearing this, Hongxiu bowed respectfully and then said, "Reporting to the Emperor, the princess asked her slave to bring you money."

"Money? What money?"

Afterwards, Hongxiu told the story that the papermaking workshop had been open for a month. At the same time, she did not forget to take out the account book and hand it over respectfully.

"In the past month, the workshop has made a total profit of 5,000 guan, excluding all costs. The princess said that according to the original agreement, you will take half, which is 2,500 guan. The princess asked the slave to give it to you. come over."

Upon hearing this, the Supreme Emperor, who had just received the account book, was suddenly shocked.

"Profit 5,000 yuan a month?"

Five thousand strings is not much for a former emperor, but from another perspective, it is still a lot.

A workshop can make a profit of 5,000 guan a month. What if there are ten of them? Or a hundred?

You must know that the Yu Dynasty had many cities and many scholars. If this workshop were opened throughout the Yu Dynasty, it would be a huge fortune.

Not to mention that you can get five thousand guan every month, but two or three thousand guan should be no problem. Two or three thousand guan for one workshop, ten is two to thirty thousand guan, and one hundred is two to three hundred thousand guan.

The Yu Dynasty's annual tax revenue is only a few million guan. Since this workshop can make a million guan in a year, isn't it too scary?

But the next moment, he thought of those nobles. No wonder the Zheng family came to threaten them. It turned out that the profits of this papermaking workshop were so huge.

What about other industries in the hands of the gentry?

At this moment, he seemed to understand why there was such a saying as "a century-old dynasty, a thousand-year noble family."

These guys have so many things in their hands, but they still keep asking the court for help. This makes them personally rich, but makes the court a mess and even leads to the country's demise.

"Yes, you have the accounts for the past month in your hand."

The Supreme Emperor came back to his senses and looked down at the accounts. He was shocked again when he saw that the price was so cheap. Compared with the previous rice paper, it was several times cheaper. Even so, the income for this month was still the same. horrible.

He understood instantly that this was a big piece of fat.

But he was more happy because he had already gained a lot of this big fat piece of meat.

This was not aimed at Huo Junyao's papermaking workshop, but at the entire Yu Dynasty's paper market.

The nobles have always been a worry for him, but there has never been a good way to restrain them, but now after Huo Junyao's trick, he actually snatched such a piece of fat from the nobles. "Hahaha, okay, Yao girl deserves a reward."

This is not only related to his income, but also related to the entire Yu Dynasty. Although it is only a small step, this step is also a step that he and his son Emperor Zhaowu have not been able to take for all these years.

Now because Huo Junyao and the others have taken this step and won a great victory, this is a great thing.

Hong Xiu smiled and saluted again.

"It's all thanks to you being in charge, otherwise this papermaking workshop wouldn't be able to be built."

Hearing this, the Supreme Emperor became even more happy and asked Duan Li to reward Hong Xiu with fifty coins.

"Your Majesty, when your servant comes, the young lady asked your servant to ask your Majesty to go to her little palace outside the city. She said she has a bigger surprise for you."

"He also said that if it is convenient, it would be best to invite the emperor to come with us."

"Oh? There's still a surprise?"

The Supreme Emperor was very happy, but when he thought about his identity, this trip out of the palace was a bit too laborious.

He wanted to refuse, but Hongxiu below almost saw his thoughts and said again: "The surprise given by the young lady this time is of concern to the people of this world. I beg the Supreme Emperor to go."

"That's it."

The Emperor pondered for a moment. He loved Huo Junyao, his granddaughter.

If it was because of Ningyang that he loved Wujiwu in the past, then after a series of interactions, he also loved his granddaughter from the bottom of his heart.

Sensible, capable, and not a monster.

"Okay, since Yao Yatou said so, I will go over and take a look."

"Duan Li, go and inform the emperor and ask him to come over and accompany me out incognito."

Not long after, Emperor Taishang and Emperor Zhaowu put on ordinary clothes and followed Hong Xiu out of the palace without taking a few people with them.

When we arrived at the gate of the capital, we met Princess Ningyang's family of three who were waiting here.

"Jingzhi, you have a good daughter."

As soon as he saw Huo Jingzhi, Emperor Zhaowu spoke with a complicated expression.

Just now, the Supreme Emperor had already talked about the papermaking workshop. This profit shocked him, and he was also happy that they had achieved such a victory from the nobles.

He was very happy, but when he thought about the past things, he felt a little unhappy.

It was not aimed at Huo Junyao, but at himself. To put it bluntly, he regretted what he had done.

Otherwise, there would be no rift between himself and his niece.

"Brother Huang also has a good son, doesn't he? My Yaoyao can't compare to him."

Before Huo Jingzhi could speak, the eldest princess Ningyang beside him spoke first.

Ever since the new year's banquet, the eldest princess Ningyang has not been to the palace again. Even if she is invited by the emperor, she always refuses.

Obviously he had a lot of resentment towards the emperor and empress.

Seeing Emperor Zhaowu's appearance at this time, she didn't know what he was thinking, so she naturally had to ridicule him.

Upon hearing this, Emperor Zhaowu felt even more helpless.

The Supreme Emperor next to him naturally sided with his daughter. He glanced at Emperor Zhaowu lightly and said, "If your son doesn't change, I'm afraid the Yu Dynasty will not be well in the future."

(End of this chapter)