Bright Spring

At this time, Qian Xun who was on the side of the public seat said in a low voice: "My lord, he is a native county magistrate of Yongchang Mansion."

Zhu Gaoxu nodded.

After a while, the Turen county magistrate really said in jerky Chinese with a strange accent: "My lord, the envoy said that Sijia had already made a request to Qian Changshi when Meng Yangxuan comforted the envoy. Merchants are given 800 taels of silver every year, and they don’t need banknotes or copper coins, because all the local tribes like silver ornaments. Please grant permission from His Highness the King of Han.”

Zhu Gaoxu said: "Tell him, I agree to Sijia's request, and guarantee that the merchants who open the mine will distribute the profits as promised every year."

The magistrate of Turen County immediately began to chatter again.

The Homesick Messenger clasped his hands together, bowed deeply to the seat, and said something.Turen County Prime Minister said: "Thank you His Highness the King of Han for your kindness."

Now that the talks went smoothly and there were no differences, Zhu Gaoxu immediately asked people to play music and dance to prepare the covenant.Anyway, there is no language barrier, so there is no need to talk nonsense, as long as everyone agrees to get down to business.

The way to make a covenant is to sign a treaty.Originally, Zhu Gaoxu wanted to make a blood alliance with them, but Qian Xun reported that Sijia and other natives in the south believed in Buddhism and did not have such a custom, so he signed a treaty instead.

Two documents, one for each party.Written in Chinese characters and Burmese respectively, Zhu Gaoxu asked the officials of the Changshi Mansion to affix the seal of the prince in public, and signed the words of the king of Han in his own hand.Then the homesick envoy signed the deposit, and the capital of Yunnan and the Shen family also signed with their seals.

Zhu Gaoxu understood in his heart: this kind of document itself is useless, but a ceremony is still needed in front of all parties to prove that the matter has indeed reached the covenant.

Zhu Gaoxu felt that this was a happy treaty... The natives like silver, and now they have got their wish, and they don't have the skills to process jade, let alone sell it, so why not so much silver?And Zhu Gaoxu also likes silver, but more silver...

For example, Guo Wei's pair of ice-glutinous jade bracelets are large pieces of emerald green and almost flawless. They are worth a few million yuan in later generations; if calculated in this way, they are worth hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, and they may have been sold in the Ming Dynasty. Not so much, but that kind of fineness must be worth a lot.

Chapter 268 A Beautiful Day

Zhu Gaoxu thought of the pair of jadeite jadeite bracelets, which were smooth and finely processed, and felt that the Shen family would be able to find some skilled craftsmen; if the mining business was called to the Shen family, it might be easier.

He wrote a letter and sent it to Shen's residence, proposing that Hanwang's residence would send sergeants to guard it, and Shen Xu's would send someone to take charge of the mining; he also asked her what she wanted.

Early the next morning, Zhu Gaoxu came to the study and took out Shen Xushi's reply letter from the envelope.He unfolded it, and a few lines of neat italic characters came into view.

The content of the writing is roughly that there is an actor named Li Louxian under Shen Xu's family, who has contributed a lot to the Shen family.Li Lou first hoped to have the opportunity to drink with the King of Han, and asked the King of Han if he could agree to this matter.

Zhu Gaoxu was a little confused after reading it.He knew that Li Louxian was Liyuan's top Huadan, and Mu Zhen, the daughter of Marquis of Xiping, was very fond of him.

He thought about it, last year Shen Xu seemed to ask him if he wanted Li Lou to accompany him first.Zhu Gaoxu thought it was just Shen Xu who wanted to flatter him, so he declined casually... He didn't expect that it was because Li Lou first wanted to see him.

Li Lou didn't have any plans first, did he?Zhu Gaoxu thought for a while, he knew little about the actor, but he still believed in Shen Xu; if there was any problem with the actor, Shen Xu would not dare to recommend it.

The matter of managing jade has been surprisingly smooth so far.Zhu Gaoxu hesitated for a while, then picked up a pen and wrote: Madam Shen, please arrange a time.

... The agreed time to meet is three days later.

Just after You Hour, Zhu Gaoxu changed into an ordinary towel and robe, and went straight to the Shen Garden behind the theater in a carriage.

In the house by the pond, the guards entered the left and right rooms as before.Zhu Gaoxu waited for Duan Xuehen to come out from the door, and then walked in.Duan Xuehen didn't follow in and stayed in the corridor outside.

After a while, several servant girls filed in and placed the food and wine on the round table in the hall.

After taking his seat, Zhu Gaoxu quickly saw a woman in a pair of pleated trousers coming in. He raised his head and recognized that woman was Li Louxian.

Zhu Gaoxu had seen her a few times before, she was always in theater makeup, and she really hadn't met in normal times.To Zhu Gaoxu's slight surprise, Li Lou took off his acting makeup first, but he didn't have much sense of the world.Probably because the makeup on her face was lightly applied, and her clothes and jewelry were relatively clean.On her body, there are only small flower embroidery on the hem of the beige, and the other fabrics have no patterns.

"My concubine greets His Highness." Li Louxian's voice was very thin, as if he was holding his throat.She lowered her head, showing a hint of shyness.

Zhu Gaoxu was more casual, he smiled and cupped his hands and said: "Last time I asked Miss Li to transcribe the script by herself, and I haven't thanked you yet. Please come and sit down, Miss Li."

Li Louxian said softly: "It's really an honor for me to be able to copy the playbook for Your Highness."

She approached with small steps and sat gently on a stool beside her.Because Zhu Gaoxu was looking at her all the time, she didn't dare to look up at Zhu Gaoxu.

Li Lou stretched out his right hand to pick up the thin-necked jug on the table, and gently held his sleeve with his left hand, and said, "These dishes are all made by my concubine, I hope they can suit your highness's taste..."

Zhu Gaoxu was about to praise her, but unexpectedly, at this moment, she suddenly saw her face blushing, as if something was wrong... After a while, her hands also trembled.

"Bang!" The jug fell to the table.Li Louxian's body softened, and his body actually fell down.

Zhu Gaoxu hurriedly stood up and shouted: "Come here!" Then he went up and turned Li Louxian's body over for inspection.

The door opened, and a figure entered the room.Zhu Gaoxu looked up and saw that it was Duan Xuehen, so he immediately said: "Li Louxian seems to have been poisoned, call Lang Zhong immediately."

Duan Xuehen asked, "Is the lord alright?"

Zhu Gaoxu said: "I haven't even drunk a drop of water yet."

Duan Xuehen turned and went out, at this time several guards of the nearby palace also walked into the room.The person who came first was Xu Cailiu, and then the doctor came, and Shen Xu also walked into the door.

Xu Cailiu said nervously: "Because something happened in the Liyuan last time, His Royal Highness the King of Han came to the Liyuan every time, he was very cautious. Before the wine and dishes were brought into the house, the slaves had already tried them..."

"Go get the egg white first, and then ask someone to fetch water." The doctor said without raising his head, "She was poisoned by arsenic|arsenic, luckily the poisoning was not deep."

Shen Xu bent down and said: "I disturbed Your Highness, I am guilty."

Zhu Gaoxu said: "Wait for Lang Zhong to save people first."

There was a lot of work inside and outside the house, and soon Li Louxian was carried to the next room.Zhu Gaoxu took a few steps back and forth in the hall, turned his head to look at the completely uneaten food and drink on the table, and was puzzled.

Shen Xushi pinched the corner of her clothes with her fingers, and stood at the door very nervously and silently.

Zhu Gaoxu then said: "This matter is very strange. Since the food and wine are not poisonous, and I am not poisoned, why did Li Lou get poisoned first?"

Shen Xu frowned, shook his head and sighed, "It must be Li Lou who took the arsenic first."

"Why?" Zhu Gaoxu was even more puzzled.

Shen Xu said softly: "A woman who takes a small amount of arsenic|scent can make her skin look whiter... But Li Louxian may have eaten a little too much."

Zhu Gaoxu looked at Shen Xu in astonishment.

She went on to say: "Everyone in the world likes women with white skin. Your Highness does not know that many women secretly take arsenic in order to please men, and most of them are the concubines of rich families. Li Louxian was able to be alone with great difficulty. Serving His Highness, she must have eaten arsenic.

The concubine made such a conclusion because the doctor said that she was not seriously poisoned, so there should be no danger of her life.If Li Lou hadn't taken the arsenic by himself first, otherwise the poisoner had the intention to harm others, and wouldn't have released so little! "

Zhu Gaoxu really didn't know there was such a thing, but as soon as Shen Xu said it, he quickly felt that it seemed to be somewhat credible... Otherwise, how to explain such an absurd thing?

Shen Xu looked remorseful: "I really didn't expect this kind of thing to happen. If I knew this, I shouldn't have agreed to Li Louxian and other things."

"That's all." Zhu Gaoxu walked out of the room.He came to the next room, Duan Xuehen and others also followed.

Sure enough, Li Louxian woke up quickly. She covered her face with her sleeves and was lying on a bed with her shoulders shaking slightly.

Zhu Gaoxu soon heard her suppressed sobbing.When he walked up to the front of the collapse, Li Lou turned his face away hastily, choked up and said, "It's all my fault for being stupid, maybe it's my fate..."

"Did you take arsenic by yourself?" Zhu Gaoxu asked.

Li Lou responded with a trembling voice.

Zhu Gaoxu sighed, turned his head to look at Shen Xu and said, "I believe that's the case. Mrs. Shen and Miss Li don't need to worry about it, and this matter will come to an end."