The confidant knelt on the ground and explained everything to the emperor. The emperor felt very comfortable after hearing it.
It's just that the emperor is in a good mood, but the queen mother, Prince Ning and others are in a bad mood. Qi Qianxin said, "Master Hou didn't expect that Prince Jingnan didn't send someone back to Beijing to report to you, the emperor, that he signed an agreement with Dongjue, Nanjiang and others.
The contract is to start supplying them with snow salt in three months. Time is short, and the court must refine the snow salt as soon as possible, otherwise it will not be able to deliver the salt on time..."
Marquis Zhongyong originally hoped to supply the goods after half a year. After all, he had to take care of the people of Ning Dynasty first.
But the contract between Dongjue and Northern Xinjiang only has three months left. If it cannot be provided until half a year later, it means that Dongjue's southern Xinjiang will face the risk of not having salt for three months. As a salt judge, it is absolutely necessary
Don't dare to take this risk.
After discussing it with his son, Marquis Zhongyong felt that the process of refining coarse salt into snow salt was really not difficult at all. As long as there were enough manpower and space, the snow salt business in Northern Xinjiang could be fully achieved.
After being oppressed for so long, I finally managed to resist. If I don’t fight for the buns, I have to fight for my breath.
Marquis Zhongyong felt that the imperial court was already refining snow salt, and soon there would be no more bitter coarse salt on the market. Only when he was about to leave for Beijing did he realize that he had thought too well of things.
Marquis Zhongyong sent his cronies to rush back to Beijing because he was afraid that the court would continue to delay the payment. If the salt could not be paid on the agreed date, there would be no telling what trouble would happen.
Not only did he not have to spend any money, but he also robbed the business of Northern Xinjiang. The emperor was not in a good mood and immediately issued an order, "Xuan Jingnan Prince's son and concubine come to the palace to see me."
Prison Department of Punishment.
Su Tang and Xie Boting were sitting there drinking tea. Xie Boting was okay, but Su Tang felt uncomfortable. Her sense of smell was much sharper than ordinary people. The smell of the cell was so smoky that incense could not cover it up.
But the most uncomfortable thing is not the pungent smell, but that it is too boring.
Su Tang rested her chin on her hand, wondering what she could do to pass the time in the cell. After all, she was planning to stay for a few more days.
Just as I was thinking about it, a familiar sound of footsteps came.
Su Tang was still thinking about whose footsteps the footsteps belonged to, when the jailer's voice came, "Your Majesty, Prince Jingnan's son and concubine are in front."
No need to ask, it’s Prince Xin’an and the others who are here.
Su Tang looked up and saw Prince Xin'an and three of them each carrying a food box to visit the prison.
Prince Xin'an stood outside the cell, laughing so hard, "Brother Bai Ting, sister-in-law, we are here to visit the prison."
The black line on Su Tang's forehead slipped. Although she and Xie Boting were arrested before they finished breakfast, it was still very early for lunch, so they wouldn't come so early if they wanted to visit the prison, right?
Su Tang thought so, and Xie Boting had already asked, "When you come at this hour, are you bringing breakfast or lunch?"
Prince Xin'an touched his nose and said, "I was worried that you would be released from prison too soon, so I rushed to visit you in prison. I didn't think too much about it."
Su Tang, "..."
Xie Boting, "..."
He is indeed a good brother of Xie Boting.
I am not worried that they will be imprisoned, but I am worried that they will be released from prison too quickly and rush to visit them.
If Su Ji hadn't been there, Xie Boting would have definitely asked Su Ji to put the princes of Xin'an County in the next cell and accompany them to jail.
After King Xin'an finished speaking, he said, "The food has been delivered, so don't worry about whether it's breakfast or lunch, just eat something."
Mu Zhi asked the jailer to open the cell door. The jailer unlocked the cell obediently, but just after opening the lock, a jailer ran in from the outside and said, "The emperor sent someone to convey the order to let the prince, prince and concubine of Jingnan enter the palace immediately."
Prince Xin'an was discouraged when he heard this, so they hurried and took their time, but in the end they were still one step late.
The jailer opened the cell door, and then neither Su Tang nor Xie Boting got up. Instead, they looked at Prince Xin'an and the others, "We are waiting for dinner, why don't we put it on the table soon."
The prince of Xin'an County was dumbfounded, "The emperor announces that you will enter the palace."
"And he entered the palace immediately," Mu Zhi added. This chapter has been completed!