Chapter 522 Are you stupid?
Shui Ling walked forward slowly. No wonder he insisted that his whole family come to visit the ceremony. There must be a lot of bad things to pour out.
When she came to the two of them, she was about to salute, but the emperor said: "No ceremony."
Shui Ling's bent knees suddenly straightened up, and she was still very resistant to kneeling down in her heart.
The emperor smiled and said: "I want to do a business with you."
"Please tell me." Shui Ling cursed in his mind, "Business?" That's just nice to say.
The emperor said calmly: "I want you to replace all the eating utensils in the imperial dining room with new ones, and the money will come from the treasury."
"Yes, thank you, Your Majesty." I thank you, sir, but you are simply making a fool of yourself.
The Queen smiled softly and said, "There is no rush in this matter, just do it slowly."
"Yes." Shui Ling saluted and behaved well.
The emperor was very proud, he just liked to see Shui Ling's look like you want to bite me to death but you can't do anything about it.
He smiled and said: "But the treasury doesn't have much money right now. You might as well go to the warehouse and choose what you need. You can take it to your fief. You can choose whatever is lacking there."
What can be missing at the seaside? If there is any key item that people can lack, it would be iron, but there is a lot of iron in my own space.
Shui Ling rolled his eyes and immediately said: "Please allow the emperor to allow Qionghai City to make its own iron utensils needed for development. Each of these utensils weighs more than ten kilograms and can be operated by one person. In this way, the five kilograms of iron limit per person will constrain people.
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The emperor pretended to consider it solemnly and said: "There is an abandoned iron mine in Qionghai City. The iron ore there is mined by you. You can make anything, but you cannot make weapons."
"No weapons? What should we do if the pirates come?" Shui Ling looked sideways, did he not believe in himself?
The emperor pondered.
The Queen smiled and said: "She has so many businesses, how could she have other intentions? If she has other intentions, then you can control all these businesses."
"It's an abandoned iron mine anyway. There must be no iron left and not much can be made from it."
The emperor nodded and looked at the ministers, "What do you think?"
The ministers immediately nodded in agreement.
The emperor said: "That's it. The iron mines in Qionghai City are also classified as the fiefdom of Princess Pingle, and any items produced therein belong to Princess Pingle personally."
After a pause, he asked again: "Does anyone object?"
The ministers didn't dare to say anything. They were joking. Who dares to find trouble on the emperor's wedding day?
The emperor nodded, "Since you don't object, then don't come to me to cry in the future."
Shui Ling raised his eyebrows. That's not right. Why do you think he deliberately expanded his fiefdom in front of the ministers?
None of these ministers objected. Is it because the iron mines there are too poor and the iron ore is useless, or is it because the country has great potential and the emperor deliberately acted like this because he was afraid that they would regret it?
She secretly looked at the queen, who raised her eyebrows. Shui Ling understood, and immediately put on a reluctant look.
The emperor said: "Go down."
Shui Ling said unwillingly: "Thank you, Your Majesty." She moved her mouth and felt Lao Gao go down, but all the ministers were gloating about his misfortune.
Maybe everyone is not optimistic about Qionghai City, nor is they optimistic about the iron mine, and they are waiting to see her cry.
Shui Ling returned to the station, and the emperor said calmly: "It's time to have a banquet."
Everyone left in a grand manner, and when they sat down in the palace, the Imperial Master immediately said: "I have a jade jade, Ruyi, which I would like to present to the Queen. I wish the Queen all the best."
Someone took the lead in giving gifts, and the others, not to be outdone, began to give gifts one after another.
As the queen's natal family, Su Qin and Shui Zheran did not need to give gifts. After all, they had prepared a dowry.
After the ministers finished presenting their gifts, the emperor said: "Prepare the meal!"
When the food came, Shuiling's mouth twitched, boiled cabbage? Barbecued meat? That's it? Your Majesty, you have received so many gifts, and you just let people eat boiled cabbage?
After eating cabbage and barbecue, everyone got a boiled egg.
Shui Ling, "..." Is this another hint that everyone should get out immediately after eating?
She ate quickly and then stood up to leave. The ministers also woke up and left one after another.
Today is a special day. The emperor cannot say goodbye to the banquet, so the ministers have to leave voluntarily.
After everyone had "fucked off", Shui Ling quietly ran back.
When I entered the door, I saw that the emperor and the queen had not left yet, so I asked directly: "What's going on in that mine?"
The queen smiled and said, "Let's go and talk about it later in Qifeng Palace."
The three of them walked side by side and came to sit down in the front hall of Qifeng Palace.
The queen said: "That mine was originally an iron ore, but gold appeared in the back, so it was sealed off. Now it is given to you in the name of iron ore."
The emperor and empress thought that Shui Ling would be happy, but they turned out to be disdainful and said, "I want iron, not gold."
The emperor looked sideways, "Are you stupid? If you have gold, you can buy iron by yourself."
Shui Ling also looked sideways, "Are you stupid? You are the emperor. The amount of iron I bought exceeds five kilograms per person. It is illegal. You don't pursue it, but someone does."
The emperor was speechless, what he said was correct.
He pondered for a moment and said, "Let's do this. Is it enough to add ten pounds?"
"Ten pounds... What's the population of Qionghai City?" Shuiling asked. It wouldn't be impossible if the population was large.
The emperor thought for a moment, the city there is very big, but the population is less than 3,000."
"..." Shui Ling held up his forehead, "Then why don't these poor people leave if they can't afford it? Could it be that the capital cannot accept these three thousand people?"
The emperor shook his head, "It's not that I don't accept it, it's that they refuse to leave. That's their birthplace."
Shui Ling nodded, "Understood, okay, I'll figure it out myself."
Seeing that she was unhappy, the queen asked, "Did we do something wrong?"
Shui Ling waved his hand, "Yes, you can give it to me like this. When the time comes, the gold will be quietly sent to your private treasury. The money gained in this way is meaningless to me."
"That's an abandoned iron mine over there. There must still be some iron ore left over there, and it can probably be used."
"Okay, you two can play by yourself. I won't accompany you. I will leave after the adult ceremony."
With that said, Shui Ling stood up and walked away angrily.
The queen sighed, "It seems that I gave you the wrong thing."
The emperor smiled and said: "Ignore her. She doesn't like the money she picked up, but likes the money she earned. So the gold is still ours in the end."
The queen flattened her lips, "But that would make my sister so pitiful. She was basically plotted by you."
The emperor laughed, "She knows it in her heart. If she doesn't want to do it, even ten cows won't be able to be pulled away. Since she took over, she expressed her willingness."
"Then what compensation will you give me?" The Queen looked at her sideways.
The emperor thought carefully and said, "We can't be promoted, otherwise their family will be the target of public criticism. We can't give them money, and we ourselves will be poor."
"How many handsome men should I give her?" The emperor's eyes lit up and he said with a smile.
Chapter completed!