Huang Laosi smiled, with a satisfied smile on his face.
The so-called emperor is the king and father of all people in the world, and treats all people as "children".
He was very pleased and appreciated that Chu Qing was willing to pay such a high price to hire people to work.
But this smile only lasted for a few seconds, and Huang Laosi frowned again.
"Where did your Chu family get so much money?"
Qianqiying had previously investigated and found that the money spent on repairing the Taowu Palace was used by Chu Wensheng for disaster relief.
Having hired more than 200 people, they must have paid for it privately, and with such a large salary, Huang Laosi had to wonder if the Chu family was also greedy for money.
If Chu Wensheng was so "rich" that he did not use his own money to provide relief to the victims, but used the emperor's money to provide relief, that would be another matter. It would be a case of generosity to others to buy reputation.
"You don't care where I got so much money." Chu Qing said angrily: "No, you are from Dunhuang. There are so many murals. I have to ask how much I paid and where the money came from. Who do you think you are?
ah."
I don't know why, but Chu Qing doesn't like Huang Laosi. When he opens his mouth, he acts as if everyone in the world owes him something.
Sun An knew what the emperor meant, and said expressionlessly: "Mr. Chu, if our family doesn't keep track of business, your Chu Mansion doesn't seem to be a wealthy family. There are at most a few acres of idle land in the mansion. Where did you get so much money?"
Regarding Sun An, Chu Qing was quite polite and gave a wry smile: "I borrowed it from someone. I asked a friend to pledge the house. I took out all the valuable things in the house and sold them. Oh, I'm selling iron. What else can I do?
When the emperor builds a palace, he has to sell his kidneys."
Huang Laosi looked confused: "Looking for someone to raise money, who is willing to lend you the Chu family's money?"
The emperor was suspicious. According to his understanding of the Chu family, everyone in the capital was walking around the Chu family. Who could lend him money?
"Everyone I know borrowed it. I guess thirty or forty people borrowed it. They borrowed it two days ago and then went to the bank to exchange the banknotes."
Chu Qing originally didn't want to talk to Huang Laosi, but he had to cry and pretend to be miserable in front of Sun An, so he could take advantage.
"You actually found so many people to raise funds?"
Huang Laosi's expression softened a little, and he smiled again.
Chu Wensheng used his money to relieve the victims, and to make up for the shortfall in repairing Taowu Hall, he borrowed money from everywhere. Not only did he mortgage his house, he also found more than 40 people to raise money. This kind of heart is rare.
Suddenly, Huang Laosi's mentality changed again.
Officials cherish their feathers and reputation. I am afraid that there will be no second Chu Wensheng in the whole capital. I have borrowed money from dozens of people. I will never have any face in the officialdom in the future. Such an official is too
It's rare.
"Sun An." Huang Laosi said calmly: "In the future, the Ministry of Internal Affairs will be responsible for the daily food of the people hired by Mr. Chu."
"good."
Chu Qing glanced at the two of them and was secretly surprised. Sun An was right. General Huang Sihuang was indeed a perverted murderer. He changed his face like he was turning the pages of a book. He must be mentally ill to some extent, otherwise he would be old.
The eunuch can't be so afraid of him.
Huang Laosi waved his hand: "Go now. Don't let the people go hungry at noon."
"Okay, let's go home right now."
Sun An didn't want to stay any longer and left quickly.
Sun An left, and Chu Qing didn't bother to turn around with a guy with abnormal psychology, so he turned around and left.
"Wait a minute." Huang Laosi frowned again: "Don't you want to thank me, general?"
Chu Qing didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "My father-in-law Sun is originally in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the food and other things that the people eat are all expenses from the internal treasury. To put it bluntly, they are the emperor's expense. How can I tell you to thank you?"
"This is what I told him."
"That's true." Chu Qing looked Huang Laosi up and down, chuckled, and lowered his voice: "Brother, Eunuch Sun is a servant of the emperor. Logically speaking, he has quite a lot of power. Why are you so afraid of you? Is it you?
What's the reason for holding him?"
There was an inexplicable look in Huang Laosi's eyes.
He also realized that he had indeed exposed a lot of flaws unintentionally just now. He was pretending to be the prince's own general, Yiwei Lang, a fifth-grade Suwei, but he was bossing around Sun An, the emperor's personal attendant. It couldn't be justified.
Either that or Huang Laosi is also a lie-taker who doesn't blink an eye. He smiled like Chu Qing and whispered: "To be honest with Mr. Chu, that old eunuch does have something in my hands."
Chu Qing looked as if this was indeed the case: "What's the reason?"
"This old eunuch, who is old at heart, is in the palace with several old maids..."
Huang Laosi, who has no limits, winked at Chu Qing with an expression you know.
Chu Qing's face was filled with suspicion: "But isn't he a eunuch?"
Huang Laosi's expression changed slightly.
Yes, I am so careless in my lies.
"Brother, you are kidding me. He is a eunuch. He has no criminal motive and no tools to commit the crime. What can he and the old palace maid do? Plato?"
Either he said that the emperor was the emperor, and said calmly without any panic: "Have you ever been castrated?"
"Nonsense, why would a serious person cut himself?"
"Since you have never been castrated, how do you know that eunuchs have no emotions or desires?"
Chu Qing was stunned when he heard this, and Huang Laosi continued: "Although he is a eunuch, he is also a man. As a man, naturally... he naturally has seven emotions and six desires."
"But what is he using? He has nothing and is just looking at me stupidly?"
"Why did Mr. Chu ask so carefully?" Huang Laosi lowered his voice a little lower: "When I was caught by this general, the scene I saw was dumbfounded, despicable, really despicable, bah!"
Chu Qing's eyes shone: "What a despicable method, you and I can learn from it."
"Then..." Huang Laosi paused and smiled slightly: "If I had told you, wouldn't you have used it to blackmail Eunuch Sun? I would not have fallen into the trap."
Chu Qing laughed: "Just ask, you are overthinking."
He said this, but Chu Qing didn't believe it entirely.
The old eunuch said that Huang Laosi was a perverted murderer who killed without batting an eye, so he was afraid of him.
As for Huang Laosi, he said that the old eunuch was a pervert and had been caught, so he could manipulate Sun An.
As for Chu Qing, he felt that these two people were full of lies. It wasn't that he didn't believe it, but that he couldn't believe it at all. However, he did feel that there was something wrong with them.
Chu Qing didn't think too much about it. It's better not to inquire about the affairs in the palace. It has nothing to do with him anyway. Why do he care so much? In this world, it's easy to kill everyone who wants to take advantage of others. After all, after completing the construction of Taowu Palace, he has nothing to do with these two people.
When they meet, Xu and Weizhi can just be polite and get over it.