delicious little cook

Chapter 496
"I don't ask you about such an important matter, don't you tell me?"

"What is this important? As long as you monopolize the capital city, you will have to pay more than [-] yuan in taxes a year. Especially after the factory's operation enters a stable period, if you find that the tax payable has decreased year-on-year, it means that the profit has decreased. If you don't want to reverse it If the situation declines, the factory will go up and down, and it will be over."

"So sure?"

"Spells never lie."

"Then the sage was persuaded by you? Once monopoly is achieved, it means that many small workshop owners will go bankrupt in the process. Liuli industry can still persist, but those soap craftsmen will have to find other livelihoods."

"Because the tax has hit the sage's weakness, of course he made a choice immediately. How much is the total tax in the country every year? Is it 2000 million taels? In the future, your factory will pay tens of thousands of taels in tax. All the bankrupt workshop owners If you can’t even add up to this number, why does he restrict your development? As the supreme ruler of the country, you can’t get along with money?”

"Yes, he is the emperor, the supreme ruler of the country, how can he talk to you so well? Do you have special conversation skills? Teach me two tricks?"

"Uh, because of the grace of the Holy Grace?"

"Pfft!" Gu Yun couldn't help pinching Bai Kou's chin, "What kind of grace is enveloping you? Speak well!"

"Don't believe it? But it's true, I didn't lie to you." Bai Kou sighed faintly, his eyes were a little hot, "I just blame myself for being blind, I haven't seen it all this time."

"what does it mean?"

"Are you blind too?"

"Can you show me the way?"

"It's very simple. To put it bluntly, it's worthless. This incident of the Bai family has angered Lei Ting. Which official dares to take the risk of losing his official position and take the maid out of the servants and send her to Yachifang without authorization?"

Gu Yun was silent for three to five breaths, hugging Bai Kou tightly.

"It's true that we are blind. None of us can see such an obvious holy grace."

"From the conversation between the sage and Eunuch Xi, we can probably tell that they should have seen the maidservant in the palace back then, but it was too long, and the maidservant was young at that time, and now she has no memory of it at all."

Bai Kou felt that it was normal for her not to remember, the shell and inner core were not original, and a lot of memories were lost, but luckily the compatibility is good.

"Looking at it this way, the sage has shown great grace to your family, and he still took care of you after such a big incident. Otherwise, you are either working as a maid in the palace or training as an official in the teaching workshop. It is not good day."

"When the winter hunting is over, after returning to Beijing, the servant girl will set up a longevity card, burn incense three times in the morning and evening, and pray for the saint's long life."

If he can't live a long life, Bai Kou can't guarantee that he will be able to research the original Ufa Zagi chowder in the saint's lifetime.

"Suddenly become so filial?"

"It is my duty to devote myself to the saint and die."

"Hey, these words are really sweet, but it's a pity that the saint can't hear them."

"It doesn't matter, I will say it again in front of him tomorrow."

"You serve me and you are loyal to the saint, tsk tsk tsk, you are also a traitor."

"What's wrong? The maidservant serves you, and you are the opposite, and the maidservant is naturally the opposite. You are in the open, and the maidservant is in the dark. Who dares to harm your interests. The maidservant will never end with him. Anyway, the maidservant has the grace of the gods." , it doesn’t matter if you do something out of line.”

"Okay, we'll just wait and see who bumps into your hand blindly."

"There must be, just wait patiently." Bai Kou pushed away Gu Yun's hand, slid off his lap, turned around and stood firm, picked up the candlestick on the table and went to light a fire by the stove, "It's getting late, my son should be early." Rest."

Gu Yun moved his ears and heard someone talking outside the tent, he brushed off his clothes and stood up.

"It's time to sleep, I'm exhausted today."

After finishing speaking, Gu Yun left, and the girls came in after a while, unaware that the young master was here earlier.

After washing, Bai Kou went back to the tent to sleep, buried her face in the quilt, she was conscious and not sleepy.

The aloof emperor gave a task that seemed impossible to complete, but anyway, it was finally a hope, and one escape was one.

But how to do it needs a long-term plan. First of all, I have to buy the spice seeds brought by the merchants. There must be a way to grow them in this capital city where the climate is inconsistent. Otherwise, with her cooking skills, it is impossible to be like her cheap grandfather Bai Yehong. , based on his graduation experience, cooking authentic chowder meat sauce with domestic ingredients.

Amid these wild thoughts, Bai Kou fell asleep unknowingly, and when dawn came, it would be the sixth day of winter hunting and the last day of the cooking competition.

Bai Kou started to work early in the morning and was tired for five days. She didn't want to ruin herself at the last moment. She really wanted to receive the reward and celebrate the new year.

After breakfast, Gu Yun went to say good morning to his parents, and told about the fact that Bai Kou had always enjoyed the care of the Holy Grace. The Duke and his wife suddenly realized that they laughed at themselves as if they were blind. They couldn't see such an obvious answer, except The sage ordered that who would dare to send Bai Kou to an unexpected place without authorization.

After the lunch break, because of yesterday's order, Bai Kou walked into the imperial camp alone for the first time. When the maidservants waited for the saint to get up and change clothes, she was already boiling water and making tea at the tea table. Let's have a cup of tea to wake up drowsy.

The atmosphere in the tent was extremely relaxed this time, and the sage actually wanted Bai Kou to tell some anecdotes about the market to have fun, and everyone outside the tent didn't know how to react when they heard the occasional laughter coming from the dragon tent.

However, the speculation that Bai Kou had received the grace of the saints had been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and it became a fact before it was confirmed.

Duke Ye and his wife were immediately pursued by their relatives and friends to inquire, but together they passed on the issues that everyone cared to their son Gu Yun, so a group of people of the same age pursued Gu Yun to inquire, but Gu Yun denied it with an innocent face.

Most of the schoolmates who have a good relationship with Gu Yun are teasing him that he will be able to enjoy Bai Kou's glory in the future, and it is rare to see servants who enjoy the holy grace.

There are those who are happy for Gu Yun, and naturally there are those who look unhappy.

The brothers and sisters of the Shi family huddled in their mother's tent to urgently discuss countermeasures.

If the fact that Bai Kou got the grace was true, would it drag Gu Yun back and win him to their side with great difficulty?

The mother and son discussed and discussed, but suddenly couldn't think of any good countermeasures when the incident happened, so they could only wait and see what happened for a while, and then think of a solution after returning to the capital to see the situation.

Gu Yun took a lot of money from Shi Tianmin, relying on this interest relationship, he is already a trustworthy brother, if he betrays the water at this time, Shi Tianmin will definitely be the first to be unlucky, and then his parents will be implicated, once the prince gets the handle , Definitely take advantage of the victory to pursue, and the people on their side will be pulled out one by one like a carrot.

"Bai Kou has been serving tea every day for the past few days. This is already a manifestation of receiving the holy favor. How can she, a servant girl, get the holy grace? In my opinion, the saint wants to show favor to Gu Yun through her, which the palace gave earlier. He successfully completed his two big orders, and bought the [-] mu of land to build a new factory before the winter hunt. If everything goes well, the treasury will be able to increase revenue in the future. Just wait and see, the reward for the New Year, Gu Yun must be a duke The prince will take the first share." Princess Jiayou said firmly.

"There's nothing wrong with that. It's what it should be. After all, Gu Yun is still standing with his father on the side of the direct line. Why don't you take it when it's good for you? When we can give more than that, the world will naturally accept it." He will know his choice." Shi Tianmin was also very sure, after all, he only gave Gu Yun 1 taels to do business together.

"It doesn't matter, anyway, it's the end of the year now, and there are more and more entertainments. My brother just took the opportunity to invite Gu Yun to join him. He is familiar with people in our circle. Now is the time for him to officially join the circle." Shi Tianqi suggested .

"Well, Qi'er's words are reasonable. In order to prevent Gu Yun from betraying him, we have to give him more benefits. Let's take him to meet our people." Princess Jiayou nodded approvingly.

"Yes, we will make arrangements when we return to the capital." Shi Tianmin readily agreed.

(End of this chapter)