Empress Dowager Li sighed, touched Emperor Wanli's head and said: "Long live my lord, even if the Ai family gives you a Huangzhuang, it will be of little use! Among the Huangzhuangs controlled by the palace, except for a few special ones, ordinary ones
The imperial estates don’t have much output at all! And the things produced by those special imperial estates need to be used to maintain the palace’s expenses, so it’s impossible to give them to Long Live Lord to cause harm! So you’d better give up on this idea!
"
Emperor Wanli hurriedly said: "Mother, I really don't want those special Zhuangzi, I just want an ordinary Zhuangzi! I think Liuzhuang is a good choice! The population is not large and easy to manage, and it is close to the capital!"
Queen Mother Li heard the name of Liuzhuang and thought about it for a moment, but felt that she had no impression at all. But based on her understanding of Emperor Wanli, his request for Liuzhuang was definitely not unreasonable. There must be something special there! He just wanted Emperor Wanli
To be honest, it may not be possible!
Thinking of this, Queen Mother Li directly said to the palace maid next to her: "Is the companion of Lord Long Live outside the palace? Ask him to come in!"
Because it was in the Queen Mother's palace, even though Zhang Jia was the companion of Emperor Wanli, he did not need to wait in front of him. After all, there were many people in the Queen Mother's palace, so he had been waiting outside the palace, and he also had a meal with the Queen Mother.
The small stove of the harem people.
Because of his status, the palace people here were very flattering, but he was not happy with the meal. Because he knew all of Emperor Wanli's plans, and he might be taken over by Empress Dowager Li for questioning, or even eat it.
Damn it! So he had been waiting in fear until now, and as expected, Empress Dowager Li sent someone to announce him!
But at this time, he put his heart in his stomach. Anyway, he was already facing the battle. It would be a knife to extend his head, and it would be a knife to shrink his head. Just follow the plan!
When Zhang Jia entered the palace and saw the Queen Mother, she immediately knelt down and saluted. Queen Mother Li was angry that he and Emperor Wanli were hiding something from her, so she didn't even ask him to get up! This was already a great humiliation for Zhang Jia's status!
After all, beating a dog depends on the owner! After all, he is the companion of the emperor!
But at this time, Zhang Jiake did not dare to have any extra thoughts. He just knelt there and listened to Queen Mother Li say: "Zhang Jia, you are Lord Long live's personal companion, and you know many things. Then the Ai family asks you, Lord Long live is going to
Whose idea was it to run an imperial estate?"
Zhang Jia lowered his head and said loudly: "Returning to the empress was the idea of Liu Haojia, the second son of Gu Ningbo Mansion!"
Empress Dowager Li then asked: "Is it because he persuaded Long Live Master to build a royal palace to raise money to build a martial arts hall?"
The Zhang family still lowered their heads and said, "Hui, my dear, it is indeed true!"
Seeing Zhang Jia's honest answer, Queen Mother Li felt much more relaxed. She softened her voice and said, "Get up and answer!"
Zhang Jia thanked Empress Dowager Li, stood up and still stood there with bowed head. Then Empress Dowager Li continued to ask: "What is Liu Hao Jia'an's intention? If he persuades Long Live Master to manage a village, wouldn't it mean that people in the world will be attracted by it if word spreads about it?
What a joke! Besides, how much money can you make from an imperial village? How much money can you make by squeezing all the bones out of those villagers?"
Zhang Jia said: "Back to you, I've also asked you this, but Liu Haojia didn't tell me whether he was alive or dead. He only said that he had a secret method that could earn a lot of money without hurting the people! He also said that he could easily let the villagers make money.
They became rich! He also said that if he couldn’t do it, he would pay with his own head!”
Li Kaihou was moved after hearing this! At this time, she felt that Liu Haojia must not be lying! Because in this era, it is definitely not possible to adulterate people's words! Especially if Gu Ningbo is just a low-level earl, if Queen Mother Li is
It doesn’t even take much effort to remove Gu Ningbo’s house! So Liu Haojia must stand firm if he dares to say this!
She thought for a moment and asked: "Did Liu Haojia ask for this Liuzhuang by name?"
He said: "My slave chose several Huangzhuangs, and he was among them. As for the reason why he chose Liuzhuang, I don't know!"
After much thought, Queen Mother Li still had no impression of Liuzhuang at all, so she said: "What output does Liuzhuang have, or is there anything special about it?"
He said: "Back to the empress, I have also checked the documents. There is nothing surprising about Liuzhuang! There are a total of 376 households in Liuzhuang, with a total of more than 1,600 people in Dingkou. The main output
Just food and vegetables. There are no mines here. By the way, there is a porcelain kiln in Liuzhuang, which burns some porcelain for the palace on weekdays. However, it is only used by the lower-class palace people and is also sold to outsiders."
Empress Dowager Li thought over Zhang Jia's words over and over, but she didn't think there was anything unusual about Liuzhuang. But the only extra thing about Liuzhuang was probably the porcelain kiln! The censor, Empress Dowager Li, said: "Is it possible that there is nothing unusual about Liuzhuang?"
Does this little hozen want to make some plans for the porcelain kiln?"
Zhang Jia said: "My slave thought so too, so I asked about the situation of the porcelain kiln in detail. I found that there were no skilled craftsmen there. Moreover, I also asked the porcelain-burning craftsmen in the palace, and they said that the craftsmanship of porcelain burning is important.
But the more important thing is the porcelain clay! There is no high-quality porcelain clay near the capital, so the porcelain produced is just ordinary! But if good porcelain clay is shipped from other places, I am afraid that the gain outweighs the loss, even if the porcelain is fired, the best porcelain will be produced.
You can’t even get your money back!”
Empress Dowager Li asked many questions again and again, and then sent Zhang Jia out when she thought there were no problems. Then she looked at Emperor Wanli who was pretending to be innocent and said: "Long live my lord, what are your plans to talk to the Ai family?"
Emperor Wanli said angrily: "Mother, it's not me who doesn't tell the truth, but Liu Haojia bites her tongue and refuses to tell the truth! In fact, there is another thing, that is, he once said that if he can't do what he said,
I was willing to hand over the secret recipes of snow candy and Shiweizhai seasoning with both hands! I thought, he even pressed his head on it, so those two secret recipes were nothing important, so I didn’t tell my mother!”
Queen Mother Li knew that snow candy and the secret recipe for cooking could be the basis for Gu Ningbo's house to turn around. If he was willing to take out these two things as collateral, then she would be really confident! Thinking of this, Queen Mother Li said in a deep voice:
"Long live Lord, if you want to get this imperial village, it's not impossible, but you have to promise the Ai family a few things!"
Seeing that Empress Dowager Li had relented, Emperor Wanli immediately said, "Please give me your instructions, my mother, and my child will definitely obey her orders!"
Empress Dowager Li said slowly: "The first thing is, no matter what you and Liu Haojia want to do, you must not harm the livelihood of the villagers, and you must not drain the lake! If so, the Ai family will take back the village immediately!"