The wife of a woman collecting herbs cannot be bullied

Chapter 496

"What a handsome skill!" Shi Chuying raised her face and smiled at Chu Xu, shaking the fish and shrimp in her hand lightly.Fortunately, she didn't mind the trouble, and kept carrying it in her hand without calling for anyone.

Chu Xu looked at the playful Ying Ying, and was shaken by her bright smiling face, he opened his mouth and said, "Is there enough to eat? But can you catch a few more for your husband?" I don't know where it all went.

Standing by the side of the lotus pond, the waiter had good hearing and could hear clearly. He couldn't help but rolled his eyes in contempt. The general just wanted to give his wife a good reprimand, but just now, when they met each other, he was dizzy and couldn't find the north because of the smile on his face. up...

The waiter brought a big bucket and took the initiative to take a fishing rod and bait.It is said that the general is dizzy, but in fact, he himself can be flattering.

The kung fu of serving electricity is not as good as that of the master, so he can only put things in the waterside pavilion, and then sigh at the lake, secretly making up his mind that he must practice lightness kung fu well in the future.

Chu Xu looked at him like that and couldn't help raising his eyebrows and chuckling. With his own kung fu, he might not be able to practice at his age, and he would have more hope in his son.

But he didn't want to dampen the enthusiasm of his subordinates, so he ordered the waiter to set the bait, filled half a bucket of water by himself, raised his breath again, jumped over lightly, and squeezed onto Shi Chuying's 'lotus leaf' futon.

This 'lotus leaf' is not the other lotus leaf. It seems to be floating with the water waves, but in fact, it is only when you stand on it that you know that your feet are very solid.No wonder Ying Ying and Xiao Fat Zai are so comfortable.

Chu Xu used some internal strength to slowly draw the 'lotus leaf' over, took the fishing rod and bait handed over by the waiter, threw the rod into the lake, and slowly rowed into the lotus field.

Chu Xu also imitated Shi Chuying, and picked a large lotus leaf and put it on his head. The fragrance of the lotus leaf poured into his nostrils. He took a deep breath and exhaled it slowly.

One clear and one turbid, two realms!

The two of them hid under the lotus leaves in Tiantian, talking softly, as if they were afraid to scare away the fish and shrimp. In fact, it was rare for anyone to fish in this lake. up.

Seeing the sun slanting to the west, light water mist began to float on the lotus pond, and Chu Xu leaned against the waterside pavilion with 'lotus leaves' beside him.Several maids and servants had been waiting in the water pavilion, and when they saw the master approaching, they quickly reached out to pick up the things.

"Divide half of the fish and shrimp and send them to Huaishu Alley. Remember to pick up a bucket every few days and send them there, so you don't have to wait for orders." Chu Xu is a smart person, and he deeply understands that it is more important to please the old man than to please the daughter-in-law directly. The trick to win the favor of your wife.

Sure enough, Ying Ying burst into a smile, and glanced at him affectionately with her beautiful eyes. From Chu Xu's point of view, these eyes were full of love.

"Take this lotus leaf to the kitchen, and make a lotus-leaf fragrant chicken tonight. Remember, let them fill the chicken belly with this." As she said, Shi Chuying took off the big lotus leaf on top of her head, He handed it to Yu Cong, and picked a few petals from the yellow lotus on his hand and handed it over.

She wrapped the rest of the lotus with Chu Xu's lotus leaves and sent them to Huaishu Alley together.

Whether it is made into tea or eaten, it is excellent.

Shi Chuying herself held up a white lotus, and slowly followed Chu Xu, looking at his face again and again, until Chu Xu couldn't help but tapped her finger. "Look at what? There are also lotus flowers growing on my face?"

Shi Chuying tilted her head slightly, and said with a smile: "There are no lotus flowers, but there are things on my mind."

She had looked at Chu Xu for a long time and seemed to have something on her mind, but before the beautiful scenery, neither of them wanted to spoil the scenery before.

Chu Xu heard the words and looked over at this time, Shi Chuying saw the seriousness in his eyes, and asked quickly: "But what's the big deal on the errand?"

Chu Xu thought for a while, then looked back carefully.

When Shi Chuying saw her, she waved her hands and cast a small barrier.Chu Xu had already seen the strangeness, and immediately approached Shi Chuying's ear, and said softly: "I heard that the salt transport envoys and salt officials at all levels on the Southeast Road have been ransacked and put into the prison;
In the past two days, Beijing is busy sending people to various places to strictly investigate the salt officials on other roads, and in a few days, someone else may have their homes ransacked..."

Shi Chuying was also surprised when she heard that. The past few years after the Great Chu War has been relatively peaceful, and the saint is not a narrow-minded person. Unless someone is an eyesore, he rarely asks anyone for trouble...

"This is... what's the rumor?"

Chu Xu glanced at Yingying, sighed and said, "Do you still remember the prefect of Qingyuan who was robbed and killed?"

Shi Chuying nodded again and again, she remembered this too much, without this, she would not be able to make a fortune.But what does this have to do with the ransacking of the homes of these salt officials?
Seemingly sensing Ying Ying's doubts, Chu Xu put his hands on his mouth and said softly: "He is probably the Xunyan Yushi secretly instructed by the sage!"

Shi Chuying's mind turned quickly. She knew that the Great Chu State followed the rule that the income from "mountains, lakes and minerals" should go to the emperor's private treasury; while the income from "taxes on land and acres in the world" should go to the state treasury.

Nominally, the national treasury and the emperor's private treasury are separate.

Such as preparing for war, disaster relief, and distributing food and salaries to officials rely on the revenue of the treasury; while repairing the imperial mausoleum, repairing the palace, royal sacrifices, feeding the clan, feeding the harem concubines, and even princes and princesses, all use the emperor's private treasury, even if the emperor wants You have to spend your own private money to do some private affairs, and you can't use the state treasury.

In addition, if the natural disaster is serious or the war is tight, the emperor will have to use his private money to rescue the emergency. Therefore, the emperor's private treasury is also very tight.

Let's put it this way, everything related to the people and officials in the world is paid by the treasury; everything related to the emperor and his family is paid by the emperor's private treasury.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs is a big steward of the emperor's private treasury. Of course, there must be a more private small treasury besides the emperor's private treasury, so it's all up to him.

Although the mountains, forests, lakes, and minerals all over the world belong to the emperor himself, in the final analysis, the most profitable one is gold, silver, copper, iron and other minerals, and the other is salt!

Whether it is gold, silver, copper, iron and other minerals or salt, Dachu is not considered scarce, but the distribution of production areas is uneven, and mining is also very difficult. In addition to mining, refining, casting, personnel expenses, transportation consumption and other costs, in the end Only [-] to [-]% of them can reach the hands of the emperor.

As for the gold, silver, copper, iron and other real objects and salt that were obtained, in addition to the emperor himself keeping a part as a reserve, the other part was resold at a low price, and then the imperial court used it as a monopoly for private or imperial use.

For example, for salt, the imperial court set up specific sales outlets as small as counties and towns. The imperial court takes [-]% of the salt price per catty, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs takes another [-]%. After offsetting various costs, it is the profit of distributors at all levels. .

(End of this chapter)