The Submissive Emperor

Chapter 47 Windfall

"Hmm..." The movement was so loud that Xiao Chengjun woke up, and opened his eyes in a daze.

"Go to sleep, it's okay." Lou Jing kissed him on the lips, and reached out to gently pat his back to coax him.

Just now I dreamed that Lou Jing was back, half dreaming and half awake, Xiao Chengjun was a little unclear, he only half-opened his eyes for a glance, then closed them again, the temperature around him was so pleasant that he couldn't help but look over there. Lean on, the silky inner shirt, with a hint of the fresh air of melting ice and snow.

The breath of melted snow brought the dream to the vast Northland. Xiao Chengjun has never been to the Northland, but he only heard Lou Jing mention that the desert is boundless, and the horses travel thousands of miles. If one day they can ride horses with Lou Jing from Jiangnan to the desert, It's not in vain.Xiao Chengjun smiled slightly in his sleep, feeling that this dream was really good, and he was a little reluctant to wake up.

There are still a few days before the Chinese New Year, and there are no major events in the court, but the trivial matters will be finished in these few days. Emperor Chunde, who is afraid of trouble, has no choice but to gather the senior officials of the Minister of Ministers and the Minister of Zhongshu together. In the study, from the early morning to lighting the lamps, the morning court was changed to once every three days, so that the officials could quickly deal with the year-end affairs in the yamen.

This day was the 22nd of the twelfth lunar month, and there was no need to go to court, so Anshun didn't come to call the door, and let Xiao Chengjun sleep until the dawn light.Before the master got up, the servants in the main courtyard naturally didn't dare to clean the courtyard and disturb people's dreams.

It was sunny after the snow, and the sun shone brighter on the thick snow outside the window.

Xiao Chengjun slowly opened his eyes. The winter room was stuffy with charcoal fire, and the curtains in front of the bed were not all drawn. He squinted his eyes slightly, and opened them completely after getting used to the light in front of him. Only then did he realize that he Instead of sleeping on a pillow, sleep on a strong arm!

This is not a dream!Xiao Chengjun looked at the flawless handsome face in front of him, and suddenly understood the feeling of people in the market picking up gold ingots when they went out, and he really smiled.I originally thought that I would only come back tomorrow, and I originally thought that I would have to stay in the mansion by myself today...

His Royal Highness King Min slowly raised his hand, gently caressing the blue shadows in his eyes, he was really tired from traveling day and night in the cold, and such a touch did not wake him up.Xiao Chengjun sighed softly, feeling a little distressed, leaned over and placed a light kiss on his lips.

People with thin lips are indeed fickle, but because they have too little affection, they can only be given to one person, and the others will be unsightly.Xiao Chengjun painted those frivolous lips slowly, with indescribable satisfaction in his heart.

Lou Jing was awakened by the beautiful touch, without opening her eyes, she directly pressed the head of the stealing kiss, deepening the kiss.

"Hmm..." Xiao Chengjun was taken aback, then calmed down immediately, and concentrated on making out with him.

Lips and tongues touch each other, it's just a simple entanglement, but it's more lingering than the usual happiness, without words, just touching and sucking like this, you can express your lovesickness for days.

After the long kiss, both of them panted a little, Lou Jing pressed his forehead against Xiao Chengjun's brow, and slowly rubbed, "Do you miss me?"

"Why did you come back so early?" Xiao Chengjun asked instead of answering.

"It's freezing outside, and there's nothing as warm as His Highness's blanket," Lou Jing said helplessly, "I couldn't sleep well for a few nights, so I had to come back early."

Xiao Chengjun couldn't help pursing his lips and chuckling when he heard this.Although these words are pleasant to hear, one cannot listen to them too much, otherwise Lou Jing will say something embarrassing again.His Royal Highness King Min thought so, then moved off his arm, and asked about other things, "Have you changed all the banknotes?"

When Lou Jing bought banknotes, he exchanged one penny for one or two banknotes, which was only [-]% of the official price. When he went to Jinzhou to exchange Yanyin, he exchanged the official price. Not an easy task.

"It's all changed," Lou Jing knew that His Highness was thin-skinned, so he took it away when he saw it, and leaned closer to the same pillow with Xiao Chengjun, "One or two warehouse notes and one introduction of salt are custom-made, and cannot be changed."

This is stipulated in the law. It is impossible for the salt official to lower the price on this. The salt in the hands of the left and right will be distributed. It's just a big face.The power of the Lou family in Jinzhou is almost unmatched, and Lou Jing has always been unambiguous about the gifts that should be given, so naturally he coaxed the salt official into high spirits, and bought him more than 30 taels of silver. All the ten thousand taels of banknotes were exchanged for Yanyin.

"With this exchange, don't you finish the salt warehouse in Jinzhou?" Xiao Chengjun frowned slightly. This kind of business that makes money by flipping hands must be watched by many people. Those who dare to do the official salt business, which one? Not a powerful person, Lou Jing's behavior is afraid that it will bring disaster.

"How can that be?" Lou Jing chuckled, shrunk down, and buried her face in the chest of His Royal Highness King Min, "The Jinzhou salt official is now in charge of the salt administration on the three sides of the northwest. The salt in his hand The warehouse is not limited to the one in Jinyang, with more than 30 salt imports, which cannot be exchanged.”

Xiao Chengjun nodded slightly, and rubbed his head on his chest. He knew very little about this kind of tricks to make money from the emperor's art since elementary school, but he also knew that wealth and wealth come from risks, and this kind of business requires a lot of risk big risk.

But since Lou Jing said it doesn't matter, then there is no need to think about it.

Lou Jing returned early, and no one else knew about it, so he could sneak away for a day, and he didn't have to pay attention to business and yamen, and it happened that Xiao Chengjun didn't have to go to court, so the two just nestled on the bed and chatted.

"When I was young, I played with my grandfather in the snow. He made snowballs, and he always hit my ass. He hit the right one, and he was very energetic. He often knocked me down." Lou Jing pursed her mouth, remembering that her grandfather threw The snowball as big as a sea bowl came over, and I still felt lingering fear.

"Hahaha," Xiao Chengjun couldn't help laughing, "I'm not afraid of smashing you."

"He's not afraid," Lou Jing hummed, "I missed it, so I took advantage of Grandpa's unpreparedness and stuffed snow into his collar. Snow, go in and it will melt."

"When the emperor was alive, he took me to see the snow," Xiao Chengjun listened to him with a smile, recalling his own childhood, "At that time, the emperor came to check my homework, and I stayed up all night studying. Unfortunately, Grandpa Huang didn't punish me, instead he gave me a day off and took me to the Imperial Garden to watch the snow."

Xiao Chengjun still clearly remembers Emperor Ruizong's words. He said, look, the snow on this plum is three fingers thick. If it snowed heavily overnight, it would definitely break the plum branches.

It's cold outside the window, but the warmth inside the house is mellow. The so-called congeniality means that even if they only talk about a few gossips, they feel satisfied.

The two stayed lazy in the mansion, had dinner in the afternoon, and played with snow in the yard while it was warm.

Lou Jing made two big snowballs, and took a picture of a fat snow rabbit, with two long ears pursed and a dazed look on his face, "My mother often steamed rabbit buns for me during Chinese New Year, with milk in the noodles, The most delicious."

Looking at the chubby rabbit, Xiao Chengjun couldn't help but smile, "I'll let the mansion steam a basket for you this year." The cook of King Min's Mansion is the imperial cook in the palace, and he can make any kind of dim sum, let alone a steamed bun.

"Then I'll celebrate the New Year here, and I won't go back." Lou Jing's eyes immediately brightened upon hearing this.

The next day, Lou Jing went to Prime Minister Zuo's residence.

In fact, as a Zanying family, I would not have much friendship with civil officials, but the Lou family and the Zhao family have been in contact for many years, because the Zhao family's ancestral home is in Yuezhou, Jiangnan, and they have been doing some official salt business.As for Lou Jing's grandfather, since he got on with the Zhao family accomplice, he never changed again.

Because of this, Lou Jing and Zhao Xi have known each other since childhood.

Jiangnan produced salt, and there were many people who exchanged grain for warehouse banknotes, but warehouse banknotes had always been more than Yanyin. The Zhao family had been officials for generations, so naturally there were some connections to get some Yanyin from other prefectures, which was very famous in the Jiangnan area.

Zhao Xi looked at the ledger brought by Lou Jing, and only after a while did he say, "Now, it's a big profit."

Yanyin, to put it bluntly, is a voucher to go to the official storehouse or salt farm to withdraw salt. Without Yanyin, it is smuggling salt, and if you catch it, you will be beheaded.

A citation of salt weighs four hundred jin. According to the official price of warehouse notes, it is equivalent to spending half a tael of silver for a citation of salt.But if you put it in a shop, four hundred catties of salt can be sold for ten taels of silver, which is basically a lucrative business.

Therefore, after leaving the government, this Yanyin will not be sold for half a tael of silver, it can be said to be a stable business without losing money, not to mention that Lou Jing only spent one penny to buy this Yanyin!

Zhao Xi's third uncle is in charge of the general affairs in the capital, and this matter has always been discussed with this third master, so Lou Jing ignored Zhao Xi who was bluffing, and only looked at the third master, "Look, how long will it take to get married?" let go."

Mr. Zhao pondered for a moment. When Lou Jing told him about this before, he thought it would be good for this little boy to get 30 salt, but he didn't expect to get more than [-]. "Shan the merchants in the capital are afraid If you can’t swallow it, you have to send it to Yuezhou, and you won’t be able to come back years ago, at least until February.”

There are many wealthy families in the south of the Yangtze River, and there are many people who want salt, so it is naturally easier to sell than the capital.

Lou Jing nodded, "Just get back together before mid-February."

"Then it will still be at the price we said before. The salt is in Jinzhou, and it will take some effort to transport it away. No matter how high it is, it may not be sold." The third master nodded slightly, a little embarrassed.

"Two and a half for a quotation, it's not too low. Jing can't thank you enough for Uncle San to give me this price." Lou Jing smiled sincerely.

The third master took a deep look at Lou Jing, and thought that the son of Duke Anguo was really cultivated by the old Duke Anguo.Can't help but nodded secretly, took out a piece of paper, and wrote a note to Lou Jing.

Lou Jing didn't refuse either, handed Yanyin to the third master, and received the paperwork and deposit.

"When the ones in Beijing are sold, I'll ask someone to send them to Zhuquetang." The third master cupped his hands at Lou Jing, got up and left.

Seeing that Uncle San had left, Zhao Xi leaned over and said, "I said, you've made a fortune, shouldn't you give me a lottery?"

Lou Jing looked at Zhao Xi's cunning but pure eyes, and couldn't help but chuckle. The Zhao family's government and merchants are separated. People with high reputations go out to be officials, while those with low reputations run the family property, so Zhao Xi seldom touches these businesses, " When you win three yuan in a row, I will give you a good thing."

On the 26th of the twelfth lunar month, the four princes and concubines gave birth to a pair of dragon and phoenix twins. The dragon face was delighted, and a grand banquet was scheduled for the 28th of the twelfth lunar month.

The courtiers never expected that the fourth prince, who only married the concubine last year, would have an heir so soon, and he was a very auspicious twin. Some of the officials who were originally optimistic about the third prince became loose.

After all, the emperor's heir is also a very important responsibility of the crown prince. The reason why Xiao Chengjun's position as the crown prince is unstable is also related to the fact that he did not accept the side concubine and gave birth to an heir early.

Now the fourth prince has both sons and daughters, but the third prince has no heirs. It must be said that on this point, the third prince Xiao Chengduo lost the opportunity.

For the grand banquet, the emperor's ceremonial guards are naturally indispensable. Lou Jing, who originally thought that she would be busy only at the thirtieth year, became busy at this time, arranging the palace ceremonial guards, banquets and other things, and rested in the palace for these two days.

Twelfth lunar month 28, night, Linde Hall.

Emperor Chunde sat on the Golden Dragon Throne, the 24 guards of the Habayashi Army held guards of honor, and the left and right Habayashi Army commanders stood on both sides.

Nine movements were played, bells and drums rang together, and the officials set up low tables on both sides of the main hall.

Xiao Chengjun, as the prince and the eldest son of the emperor, still sat at the front, the third prince sat next to him, and the fourth prince followed.

"Brother Dahuang doesn't go out recently." The banquet began, and the third prince Xiao Chengduo glanced at the dancing maids with disinterest. "The day before yesterday my younger brother got a dancer from the Western Regions, and I was thinking of giving it to my elder brother."

Xiao Chengjun's face remained unchanged, he raised his hand and slowly drank the wine in the glass, but his eyes drifted to the person standing on the left side of the throne.

But seeing the man with the saber on his waist, standing steadily like a green pine in the wind, it was the General Zuo Commanding - Lou Jing.

Lou Jing felt His Highness King Min's gaze, so she blinked at him, but her face was still as solemn as a jade carving.

Xiao Chengjun suppressed his smile, and then slowly replied to the third prince, "I don't like this all the time, but the emperor's younger brother should accept a concubine earlier."

In the early years, because of Chen Guifei's pickiness, the third prince has only taken side concubines and concubines up to now, and has never married the main concubine.Of course, anyone with a discerning eye also knows that Concubine Chen is the one who wanted to be the crown prince and was waiting for his son to marry a man.It's just that in the past two days, Concubine Chen Gui was also a little anxious because of the matter of twins.

Xiao Chengduo was choked for a moment, and glanced at the fourth prince who was lowering his head, a gloomy look flashed in his eyes, but he said with a smile: "No hurry, doesn't the elder brother also have no concubine?" Saying this, he couldn't help it. He raised his head and glanced at the former princess next to the throne, his eyes stuck there and he couldn't bear to move away.

Lou Jing was originally a general, and it is not obvious that he wears ordinary clothes on weekdays. He seems to be a handsome young man, as beautiful as jade in a spring; but once he puts on the armor, the aura of his whole body is undoubtedly revealed, just like a sword out of its sheath, radiant and captivating. Soul.The armor used by the Yulin Army as a guard of honor is naturally luxurious and exquisite, and when worn on Lou Jing's body, it makes him even more handsome and extraordinary.

The third prince looked at the man greedily, and suddenly thought that once he became a prince, he would be able to marry a man, and looking at the honorable officials in Beijing, none of the children could compare to Lou Jing's beauty!

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The author has something to say: I don’t know if you understand the business of Yanyin, but in simple terms it is: Grain → Warehouse Banknotes → Yanyin → Salt

According to the official price, 1 banknote = 1 Yanyin = 0.5 silver

而楼璟现在是用了0.1银子→1仓钞→1盐引→2.5银子，然后赵家再用高于2.5银子的价格卖给商贾，商贾们去取来盐，再用10银子零售。