Let Su Tang privately raise a thousand iron cavalry. This is already an exception and cannot be made any more. It is necessary to raise more iron cavalry. There is no such precedent in the Ning Dynasty, and it has never happened in all dynasties.
Su Tang knew that it was not easy for the emperor to agree to this matter, but she had to get the emperor's nod, otherwise the Lu family would be wary of selling war horses to her. If someone were to catch the Jingnan Palace privately raising soldiers and horses, they would detain a person who was plotting to rebel.
If she has a good name, then she is spending her own money to buy her own life.
Su Tang was determined to raise a cavalry, otherwise she would not have the motivation to make money with a lot of money in her pocket. If anyone heard what she was saying, she would probably vomit blood.
Su Tang looked at the emperor and said, "I'll pay for this iron cavalry. If the emperor wants to take it back one day, I won't disagree. As long as the emperor converts the iron cavalry into money and gives it to me at the price of sixty-five taels per person. This is
I asked the manager of the Lu family about the price of a war horse."
Duke Yuan was fair, "Isn't a war horse worth fifty taels of silver?"
Su Tang said, "I negotiated the price of fifty taels from the Lu family to Prince Xin's Mansion. Young Master Lu wanted to ask Dr. Jia to treat him, so I slashed his price and confiscated his medical fee."
After a pause, Su Tang said, "The emperor wants to take back the iron cavalry later, so you can give them to me at the price of fifty taels per person."
The emperor and Eunuch Yuan looked at Su Tang. She was obviously a lady, but how could she be so much better at talking about business than those who came from a merchant family?
The emperor smiled and said, "It's such a good thing, I can't justify not agreeing to it."
Su Tang said, "This matter is not trivial. I did not discuss it with my husband or my father, but I made an independent decision. I also ask the emperor to give me a written document, in duplicate, to avoid future troubles."
The emperor was so thoughtful that he sighed, but it was a pity that he was a girl. If he were a man and became an official in the court, the emperor would be able to worry a lot less.
There is no reason for the emperor not to agree to something that only makes a profit but not a loss.
Eunuch Yuan helped the emperor lay out the yellow silk. The emperor dipped his pen in ink and asked, "How many people do you want to support?"
Su Tang thought for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, let's just say that there will be no more than ten thousand people."
Ahem!
The emperor choked directly. He looked at Su Tang and said, "There are too many people."
Su Tang said, "That's no more than six thousand people."
"It's a lot," the emperor said, suspecting that this was child's play, and he, the emperor, was very cooperative.
Su Tang said, "Let's just say six thousand people. I've calculated it. I can afford it."
emperor,"......"
Eunuch Yuan, "..."
Is there anything else you can advise?
The emperor wrote a secret decree on the bright yellow silk satin. Su Tang looked at it with his head raised. When the emperor finished writing the redemption, Su Tang said, "After the redemption, I will give the Jingnan Palace a gold medal to avoid death."
emperor,"......"
Eunuch Yuan, "..."
The two of them looked at Su Tang, who said with an innocent face, "We help the imperial court raise iron cavalry without paying for it. It is such a good thing. The emperor would rather pay hundreds of thousands of taels to take back the iron cavalry. He must have listened to the slander."
, I suspect that Prince Jingnan has different intentions, so giving him a gold medal for immunity from death can make Prince Jingnan feel at ease."
That makes sense.
Su Tang looked at the emperor with twinkling eyes, as if if the emperor didn't write, she would be beheaded sooner or later.
The emperor was very reassured about himself, but he was not confident about inheriting the throne. He immediately dipped his pen in ink and wrote down Su Tang's request. He also made a copy, wrote his name and stamped it with a jade seal.
Su Tang held the written document in both hands, or it would be more appropriate to call it a secret edict, and she said, "Thank you, Your Majesty. Long live Your Majesty."
"Your Majesty, you will definitely become a wise king and be famous for generations to come."
The emperor had experienced Su Tang's skill in beating horses. He smiled and said, "Am I not a wise king now?"
The emperor would also raise objections, which Su Tang never thought about.
Su Tang said, "Of course the emperor is a wise king, but when it comes to historical evaluations of wise kings, emperors cannot slack off in any way. After all, there have been many wise kings in the past dynasties who ended up being foolish and fell into infamy." This chapter has been completed!