After an unknown amount of time, Zhao Huaijin suddenly stopped speaking, like a child who had done something wrong, with a look of panic and worry.
She suddenly realized that she had made a mistake, and it was still in front of the emperor today.
Plop.
She immediately kowtowed to the ground and said uneasily: "Your Majesty, I am talking nonsense. If I am rude, I hope your Majesty will forgive you."
"No!" Li Yi stepped forward and held her arm, lifting her up. His eyes were full of light, "You are not rude at all, and what you said is so good and right. I will accept it all."
"However, I not only want private merchants to borrow money, I also want to establish my own lending organization. The state will lend money to private people, and it is the largest and most authoritative. It is not only for these refugees, but also merchants, traffickers and footmen can borrow money, and use real estate , the land is mortgaged, and as long as there is enough collateral, you can borrow as much money as you want."
"How about calling this lending organization a bank?"
"Of course, if you don't like it, you can change the name. I plan to hand over this organization to you. It will not only provide loans, but also include resettlement of disaster victims, taxation, subsidies for disaster-stricken people, etc., all of which will be your responsibility."
"I never expected that you would have such advanced ideas. I really don't know what's in your little head. It's so amazing."
Hearing Li Yi's long praise, Zhao Huaijin was also stunned, with a faint smile on his panicked face, and then secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
To be honest, she regretted saying these things just now, especially in the palace, where discussing political affairs in the harem was a serious sin. Not to mention her as a concubine, even the empress would not dare to discuss political affairs easily.
What's more, what she said was a fallacy. If it fell into Yan Guan's ears, who knows what kind of trouble it would cause. Even his father, Zhao Songyang, was extremely disgusted by her remarks and scolded her several times. she.
But she didn't expect that His Majesty would actually appreciate her thoughts. This really made her more curious. Her watery eyes stared at Li Yi, full of surprise.
This "foolish king" as the world calls him brought her too many surprises today.
Li Yi suddenly sighed and raised his eyebrows, "But to realize all of this, money is needed. Nowadays, wars are everywhere, people are in dire straits, taxes cannot be collected, and the imperial court is so poor that it can't even raise officials' salaries and military pay. This time the bandit suppression in Dongshan almost wiped out all my children."
"Without money, all this is empty talk!" He couldn't help but sigh. It's really hard for a clever woman to make a meal without rice. No matter how many ideas he has today, without money, it's still empty talk.
Zhao Huaijin suddenly smiled and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, I have some personal money. My mother gave it to me when I got married. I also have some personal money, not much. You can use it for the time being."
Li Yi waved his hand and immediately refused, "How can I use your money? It's inappropriate, it's inappropriate."
The key is how much money you have. Twenty thousand or thirty thousand is the maximum. This little money is a drop in the bucket and will not help.
She was a little embarrassed, "Your Majesty, there are more than six hundred thousand taels in total..."
"What!"
Li Yi almost fell off the bed. Isn't this too scary?
What kind of family are these?
Even if six hundred thousand taels is called personal money, it’s still not much?
The key is that the most outrageous thing is that Zhao Huaijin is actually a little embarrassed.
I'm the one who's embarrassed, right?
"Your Majesty, are you okay?" Zhao Huaijin turned pale with fright and panicked.
As a child of an aristocratic family, she had been instilled in her since childhood the idea of three obediences and four virtues, and that her husband's family was her heaven. From the time she entered the palace, she had already regarded Li Yi as her heaven and her husband in her heart.
"No...it's okay, but I'm curious, how much money did you get? Even if your mother gives you personal money, she can't give you so much, right?" Li Yi was secretly curious, mainly about the Jiubian Zhao family. The land is barren, a place where rabbits don’t poop.
Zhao Huaijin answered seriously, "This money was earned by my concubine."
"Did you earn it?" Li Yi was suddenly shocked, with a look of disbelief on his face.
Which normal person can earn more than 600,000 taels?
Even those sycophants in the court have been corrupt for a lifetime. The former Minister of Household Affairs, Qian Kui, only had one million, and most of it was accumulated by several generations of the Qian family.
"Really!" Zhao Huaijin nodded seriously, "I used to do business in Jiubian. Most of the caravans belonged to my Zhao family. Most of the money I earned went to the family, and the rest belongs to me."
Li Yi narrowed his eyes and was secretly surprised. Is Jiubian doing business so profitable? If I take down all the caravans from Jiubian, Liaodong, and Northwest, then I won’t send them anymore?
The idea suddenly popped into his mind.
Zhao Huaijin thought Li Yi didn't believe it and explained: "Your Majesty, you don't know something. Horses, cattle and sheep furs on the grassland are in high demand in the Central Plains and are valuable, and salt and iron tea in the Central Plains are in high demand in the grassland. If you resell it back and forth, the profit will be more than ten times."
Li Yi nodded, secretly admiring her, this little girl is really amazing! As expected, he is a genius in business, I have made a fortune this time.
"By the way, your Majesty, wait a moment, I'll go get it right now." She turned around quickly, moved her lotus feet lightly, and started looking around.
Today really refreshed his worldview, and he was completely shocked.
You can't tell that Zhao Huaijin is still fair and rich, a typical little rich woman!
A casual purchase would cost 600,000 taels, and this was just her personal wealth.
As for the Zhao family behind her, they have accumulated as much wealth as gold and silver.
No wonder, the world says that each of these aristocratic families is as rich as a country, and the strength of a family is comparable to that of a whole country. This is still a small aristocratic family!
Even if the court is changed, it will not be able to get so much money. Now the mice who are poor in the treasury will come out crying.
"Your Majesty, please use it first. I will write a letter to my father later and ask him to send it to you." She was very generous and put a large stack of banknotes directly into Li Yi's hand without any reluctance.
Li Yi's expression was helpless, and he felt indescribable sadness in his heart. This was the first time he met this woman in front of him today. She devoted herself to him without reservation just for the sake of being a wife. This kind of friendship was really rare.
Thinking about what prenuptial property agreements, prenuptial properties, etc. were in that world, it seems ridiculous now.
This in itself is a kind of blasphemy against marriage. If two people cannot give without reservation, what is the meaning of this marriage?
"Huaijin, I lent you this money. I will return it to you when I have more money." Li Yi said, holding the thick banknote in his hand.
"Your Majesty, isn't this the right thing to do? Even the concubines are your Majesty's, so this money is naturally your Majesty's. Do you think your Majesty should pay it back with your own money?" Zhao Huaijin's voice was light, but he couldn't hide the sadness. .
"In this world, there is a principle of a husband paying his wife back money. Let alone six hundred thousand, even if it is six million, I will never frown."
Li Yi looked guilty. What more could he ask for if he got this wife?
Having Ye Qingluan is not enough, here comes Zhao Huaijin, what kind of fate is this for me?
Presumably the ancestors of the original owner must have manifested themselves and taken advantage of it.
Zhao Huaijin stood up suddenly, clasping his fingers together as if he was making up his mind, "Your Majesty, tonight... tonight is our wedding night, let me take care of you before you go to bed."
"Well, okay." Li Yi looked at the red quilt, and there was a feeling of expectation in his heart. It seemed that it would be good to have another wife.
The key is that she is so beautiful and lovely.
"Then let's go together?" he asked with a smile.
Zhao Huaijin's delicate body trembled, and her pretty face immediately turned red, as if she was about to bleed. She nodded slowly, "Yes, okay."
Li Yi is not a saint who can sit still in his arms. How could he leave such fresh and juicy flowers without picking them.
What's more, my second wife is so beautiful, how can I neglect her? If we can't communicate in depth, that will be the real original sin.
He stepped forward directly and held Zhao Huaijin in his arms. She was so frightened that she screamed, her face turned pale, and a strange feeling spread throughout her body. This was the first time she had been in such close contact with a man.
She naturally knew what to do next. When she got married, she had "study" it at her parents' home.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, this is...this is my first time as a concubine. Please have mercy on me, Your Majesty."
Li Yi took a deep breath, knowing what to do, and his movements became gentle, "Don't be nervous, I will enter gently."
Immediately, he gently placed Zhao Huaijin on the quilt, slowly wiped her forehead, and kissed her heavily on her red lips.
This kiss instantly made Zhao Huaijin's mind go blank, and he was completely immersed in it, unable to extricate himself.
The next second, she lifted Li Yi's back and kissed him, which made Li Yi's blood boil instantly. His hands began to become less honest, his clothes slipped off, and the fragrance was charming...
Zhao Huaijin was also ready to welcome Li Yi "deeply", but at this moment, a high-pitched voice suddenly came from outside the door.
"Your Majesty, something happened in the Supervision Office!" It was Cao Qingyan's voice. The voice was extremely panicked, as if something big had happened.
"Just now, someone broke into the Supervision Office and took Lu Mu away on charges of dereliction of duty. Your Majesty, please make your decision!"
"boom!"
Li Yi was like a thunderbolt, his face changed with shock, he suddenly started to move, and shouted, "What!"
