Princess of the auxiliary country

This is a naked threat.

Wu Guogong, who was still a little hesitant at first, made up his mind instantly and quickly said with his hands in hand: "I thank the emperor for his grace and choose the third way."

Compared with the first two roads, this third road is already the best choice.

The Duke's title is still retained, and his eldest son does not have to die. Although he will be exiled to Lingnan, as Emperor Zhaowu said, he is rich.

With a little bit of work, my eldest son can live a stable and prosperous life there.

"In that case."

"Come here, capture Hou Xiaolong. He will be exiled to Lingnan in three days and will never be allowed to return to the capital."

"The Duke of Wu has no way of teaching his son. He has dismissed all his posts. From now on, he will live in the capital and cannot leave the capital without an edict."

As Emperor Zhaowu finished speaking, several forbidden soldiers walked in from outside the door, pulling Hou Xiaolong, who was crying like a ghost and howling like a wolf, out.

"I retire, Your Majesty, take care."

Duke Wu bowed his hands in obeisance. He knew that this was the only time he had left the court completely. Although he was a Duke, he was just an idler.

But then I thought about it, this is good. After working hard for so many years, I should take off my burden and enjoy it. It would be best if I can work hard to have a son or something.

"Go back."

Emperor Zhaowu waved his hand, and Duke Wu bowed his hands and bowed before exiting the imperial study.

And the moment his figure disappeared, a sneer appeared on the corner of Emperor Zhaowu's mouth.

He has been dissatisfied with Wu Guogong for a long time. If it weren't for the fact that he was a hero and had saved the lives of himself and the Supreme Emperor, the things he did behind the scenes, let alone beheading, would be more than enough to destroy all nine of his clans. .

The reason why he agreed to Wu Guogong staying in the capital this time was not only because he was fooled by Wu Guogong's lies, but also because he wanted to keep this impure-minded guy under his nose.

Needless to say, he was very lucky. He was originally thinking about how to cause some trouble for Wu Guogong so that he could take back all the rights in his hands, but he never thought that Hou Xiaolong would confront Princess Zhaode. .

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel that Princess Zhaode was really his lucky star.

Not only did he bring himself the best food seeds, he also gave himself many excellent national policies.

National policy, when he thought of this, he immediately thought of the matter of sharing the land.

Fang Qiao, Huo Jingzhi and others were asked to think of a solution. Later, they did have some suggestions, but the problems were not small and they were not passed.

This gave him a headache.

"How about I go ask Zhaode in person? It just so happens that she has been wronged this time, so it makes sense for me to go over and comfort her."

After the idea came to an end, he immediately started making arrangements. After the morning court the next day, he put on his casual clothes and quietly left the palace with Gao Fu.

At the Hot Spring Villa, Huo Junyao has sorted out all the matters in the village during this period. The ten thousand acres of land have not been touched yet, and people will still be sent out.

However, the resettlement houses are still under construction, and now she has no shortage of bricks. In addition, the people in Xiaohuangzhuang have been more relaxed recently. There is still some time before the autumn harvest, so it is not too busy.

After the things at hand were arranged, she began to think about and plan the follow-up things.

Nowadays, she still has too little business. At present, she only has paper making and brick making, not to mention paper making. Although the Supreme Emperor and the Emperor have special grace, now all the shares of the paper making workshop belong to her. , but with the establishment of the papermaking workshop in the imperial court, her business will inevitably be greatly affected.

Although she won't be unable to continue working, her income will drop sharply, and she now has many people to support. With so many people in Xiaohuangzhuang, and the two hundred guards recruited earlier, many more people will come to the village soon.

You have to think of more ways to make money.

After having breakfast early in the morning, she went to the study to think about plans.

When it comes to making money, there are many ways. The first thing that comes to her mind is salt and iron. As a big shot in science and engineering, it is not a big problem to tinker with some simple devices, purify salt, or refine some iron.

Even though there were many restrictions in ancient times, it was more than enough to do it with limited means and some tinkering.

Although the output is not as good as that of later generations, in ancient times when industry was underdeveloped, it could still be crushed.

However, there is also an important problem. Salt and iron are important resources of the country and have always been in the hands of the court. It is illegal for private individuals to sell private salt and iron.

In addition, there is another point. These two things are big killers and can be regarded as her big trump cards.

Although her current situation seems to be very powerful, it is because she is still of great use to the court, and the emperor will naturally pay attention to her.

Once the current things cannot satisfy the court, and the prince makes some trouble, it is hard to say whether she can continue to suppress the prince as she has lost her value.

Value is her biggest trump card. Nowadays, she cannot show it all, she needs to show it bit by bit. While showing it, she also needs to rely on these things to complete some of her layouts.

The layout of economic control is such that even if her value weakens in the future, she can still check and balance the royal family as she holds economic power.

This is a very long process, and it is also a very dangerous process. It needs to be done step by step slowly, and the royal family and the court cannot find out the clues.

Therefore, things cannot come quickly, and she also needs money more.

"Since salt and iron are not good, sugar seems to be a good choice, as well as some other small things on tools."

"Dad has a lot of craftsmen under his command, so we should think carefully about this one."

"In addition to these, we must first develop the barren mountain side as soon as possible."

The barren mountain she bought earlier has only been developed a little bit. According to her earlier plan, it can be developed into an industrial area.

It's just that the manpower is too scarce and there are many things at hand, so it feels like she has no way to start.

"Xiaochan, go and call Grandma Xi. I have something to ask her."

Not long after, Aunt Xi came, and Huo Junyao directly asked about the current financial problems of the village.

After this period of development, the money and food in the villa now has increased many times compared to when she first came here.

The corn harvest in front of Xiaohuangzhuang would also pay her part of the tax, but because the corn was bought by the court, she got a lot of money and food.

Including the income from the workshop, the villa currently has sufficient food and more than 10,000 coins.

"How many? Very good. In this way, you can go find Manager Zhao over at Xiaohuangzhuang later and ask them to find a way to recruit some people. I need a lot of manpower to help completely clean up the barren mountain."

"Yes, old slave, go now."

As soon as Aunt Xi retreated, a maid quickly walked in from outside.

"Miss, there is someone outside asking to see you, saying they are from the capital."