Gu Chen looked at the strong Lao Zhu and couldn't help but feel weak from his momentum.
"That doesn't necessarily require me to go. There are so many capable people in the court. Your Majesty can send anyone. My wife is pregnant."
"When I gave birth to my first child, I went to Jiangsu and Zhejiang to provide relief. I was imprisoned just after giving birth, but I frightened her so much that she almost got sick."
Lao Zhu felt a little guilty, but he didn't feel that he was wrong.
After all, it was Gu Chen who failed to report the knowledge and neglected his duties in the first place.
Gu Chen continued: "I went to Fujian just after my second child was born. I stayed there for three years. When I came back, my son was running around everywhere."
Lao Zhu looked up at the beams in the sky. Isn't this the duty of the censor?
Gu Chen added: "This baby is only four months old. I'm going to Liaodong again. What if I can't catch up with my wife and give birth to a baby?"
That's more than two thousand miles away, and by the time we get back, the baby will be out of the belly.
Isn't this appropriate?
But Lao Zhu didn't think this was inappropriate, and he spoke plausibly.
“Since the first two babies were like this, so what’s the matter with this one too?”
Lao Zhu immediately said: "Besides, it's useless for you as a grown man to be here. Can you help your wife deliver the baby, or can you give birth for her?"
Seeing that Gu Chen was choked and couldn't speak, Lao Zhu started to play the emotional card again.
"Everything must be done with official duties first. I remember when the Queen gave birth to the Prince, King Qin, King Jin, and King Yan, we were not at home."
"But if we are not at home, will it delay the Queen's birth?"
"no?"
"We have Wen Po here and a doctor here. What are you afraid of?"
"If your wife has any objections to this matter, ask her to come to us and tell us."
What's more, it's not my first child. I've already had experience with it after having two children.
How can this be an excuse to be lazy?
Gu Chen: "..."
Who dares to talk to you?
You are working for yourself, can it be the same if I am working for you?
Want some face?
"Okay, let's not lie to you."
When Lao Zhu saw Gu Chen, he still refused to let go. After being a king and minister for so many years, he knew that he might have to bleed a little.
"As long as you accompany Jiujiang to Liaodong, it's all in our private treasury."
"We...can we allow you to pick ten things?"
The literati loves calligraphy and painting, and there are so many useless calligraphy and painting in his warehouse.
Gu Chen: "..."
There are a lot of good things in Lao Zhu's warehouse, so it won't hurt to take them all back.
After all, children are all four-legged gold-eating beasts, and they cost money to raise.
But ten items, no, he had to increase the amount.
Seeing that he was unmoved, Lao Zhu had no choice but to stretch out his body painfully.
"Twenty things, can it be done?"
The treasures of calligraphy and painting porcelain given by the emperor can only be used as decorations when taken back.
It can't be sold.
Gu Guangxi can't get any bargains! ! !
If his descendants make mistakes, they will be able to return to his descendants when the time comes.
Twenty things, just twenty things!
"Really?" Gu Chen swallowed his saliva and confirmed again: "Your Majesty, all the items in your purse are at your disposal?"
So, he's not polite?
"You have no joke!" When Lao Zhu saw him relenting, he immediately asked someone to lead the way: "Let's go, I will take you to pick it personally, and take whatever you pick directly."
That's pretty much it!
"Your Majesty, it's not like you don't have things. I just want to share your worries for Your Majesty."
Gu Chen immediately followed suit, and Zhu Biao followed suit with a shake of his head and a sigh.
He felt that his father didn't know Gu Chen very well and would regret it later.
However, it is not easy for Guangxi, and it is okay to take advantage of the family.
Internal shipping warehouse.
It was the first time for Gu Chen to see so many good things. He touched here and there but refused to take them. Lao Zhu even recommended them to him with a smile.
There were paintings from the Tang and Song Dynasties, porcelain, and all kinds of good things that literati liked, but Gu Chen didn't like any of them.
"Your Majesty, this is not practical and I don't like it very much."
Gu Chen pushed the painting away and opened a box full of gold bricks according to the label. In an instant, the whole room was glittering with gold.
Not only was the room sparkling with gold, but Gu Chen's eyes also began to shine with gold.
Under Lao Zhu's stiff expression, Gu Chen directly picked up a piece of gold brick and said.
"I am a pragmatic person and I prefer this. It's just that this thing is a bit too heavy. I definitely can't take it away by myself."
After saying that, he turned to look at Zhu Biao with a particularly bright smile.
"Your Highness, this is too heavy. Could you please ask a few angels to help you carry the minister to the carriage at the entrance of the palace?"
Zhu Biao naturally smiled and nodded in agreement, and then Gu Chen said to Old Zhu in a cowardly manner.
"Your Majesty, I won't take advantage of you too much. If you say twenty things, then it will be twenty things. I will never take an extra piece."
Lao Zhu's face turned green and green for a while. He wanted to refuse, but Jun had no words to say, not to mention that he was so old and agreed.
He can't slap himself in the face, let alone the elder's face, right?
When Zhu Biao saw that his father was silent, he nodded to a few eunuchs, and they immediately stepped forward to help Gu Chen get the gold.
"Wait a minute..." Lao Zhu swallowed and looked at Gu Chen in disbelief: "Twenty items, you get all the gold and nothing else?"
No, how dare he?
Guo Huancai only dared to steal eighteen gold ingots from him, but Gu Chen actually dared to ask for twenty gold bricks.
Gu Chen blinked and asked innocently: "Besides these twenty gold bricks, is it possible that, Your Majesty, you want to reward me with something else?"
He gave the drawings of the matchlock gun and the drawings of the Hongyi cannon.
I have to go to the cold Liaodong to work for your Lao Zhu family when I am not at home with my pregnant wife.
Just twenty gold bricks, one weighs four kilograms, which is only eight hundred taels of gold.
Not too much?
Maybe you have no idea about this gold, so let me briefly explain it to you. If it is calculated as 500 yuan per gram of gold.
These twenty gold bricks alone can be worth twenty million in red notes.
It’s no wonder that Lao Zhu’s expression is so ugly. Isn’t this ripping out his heart, liver, and lungs?
After hearing Gu Chen's bold words, Lao Zhu felt even more dumbfounded.
"What else do you want?"
Who in the world doesn't know that he is powerful in punishing corruption, and ministers are afraid that they will be targeted by him if they show their love for money in front of him.
This Gu Guangxi, why doesn't he follow the routine?
Also, isn’t it said that literati regard money as dirt?
Why did he fall in love with money?
"No, no." Gu Chen accepted the request and said, "Your Majesty is so generous. I am deeply grateful. I will do my job well."
If he wanted anything more, he was afraid that Lao Zhu would strangle him to death immediately.
"Go." Lao Zhu took a deep breath and convinced himself over and over again not to be too stingy: "If you can't handle this job well, we want you to look good."
The Japanese state has Yinshan Mountain, the Japanese state has Yinshan Mountain, and the Japanese state has Yinshan Mountain! ! !
You are not lacking, you are not lacking, you are not lacking! ! !
After reciting each of them three times, Lao Zhu felt a little better.
Looking at Gu Chen's leaving figure, he couldn't help but caress his heart.
"Boss, this Gu Guangxi is a bit too shady. If I had known, I wouldn't have asked him to go. Besides, you are very generous and gave it to you as soon as you said it."
How long would a full twenty gold bricks be enough for the sons of the Ming Dynasty?
Enough to build many almshouses and make many firecrackers?
Feeling distressed! ! !
"Dad, we haven't rewarded anyone with the firearms blueprints that Guangxi gave us, but we're just giving them a few pieces of gold."
"Besides, you said it yourself and let others choose at will."
You have no joke!
Zhu Biao is very open-minded. Even if you have money, you may not be able to buy advanced firearms. He is still worried about giving Guang Xi something to reward.
"Go, go, go, tell your mother to reduce the number of dishes by two from now on."
Lao Zhu also knew this was true, but looking at the gold box that was missing more than half of it, Lao Zhu's heart and lungs ached.
