Lu Qian nodded and said, "That's right. These two things will come next."
Xia Wenzhi smiled bitterly and said, "Mr. Lu, I'm afraid you don't know something. We have a total of 800,000 troops in Daxia, of which 500,000 are the Huo Family Army commanded by Mr. Huo. The generals of the other armies are also commanded by Mr. Huo." My disciples are old officials. And Commander Huo is the father of Concubine Hua. What’s more, I’m not good at martial arts, let alone leading troops in war.”
Lu Qian smiled and said, "First Prince, I just asked you to say this in the palace, and said that there is no need for the Huo family army. You only need to say that there is already a commander who is willing to fight on your behalf. Your Majesty will definitely not let you participate in the suppression of bandits. This military achievement, He made it clear that the Sixth Prince would take it. What you say is to create suspicion among the power group led by Mr. Huo. At that time, you can just be responsible for the disaster relief money. "
Lu Qian's few simple words made Xia Wenzhi suddenly enlightened, but then he said with a slight frown.
"The one million taels of disaster relief money, if we don't rely on the Ministry of Household Affairs, there is no way to raise the money in a short time."
Lu Qian smiled and said, "First Prince, problems that can be solved with money are all small problems."
"What can you do?"
Lu Qian nodded.
With that said, Lu Qian came to Xia Wenzhi's side and spoke softly.
After hearing this, Xia Wenzhi said with some surprise, "It can indeed solve the urgent need. However, this feels like tearing down the east wall and mending the west wall."
Lu Qian smiled lightly and said, "You do what I do first. And, no matter what, the position of Minister of the Ministry of Finance must be yours."
Xia Wenjie became puzzled and asked, "The Ministry of Finance is now a bottomless pit. The Minister of the Ministry of Finance is the younger brother of Concubine Hua. If they hadn't been greedy for money, why would they not be able to provide any money for disaster relief?" . It is said that there is a lot of money lost. At this juncture, if you arrange one of your people to be the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, aren't you asking for trouble?"
Lu Qian took out a small bag directly from his body.
Then he opened it a little, took out some, and placed it in Xia Wenzhi's palm.
"Taste it."
Although Xia Wenzhi didn't know what Lu Qian meant, he put the white crystal in his palm into his mouth, widened his eyes and exclaimed, "This...is this salt? How can it be so thin? And it's not gritty at all." Feel."
"This is fine salt. If it were put into the world, your Highness should know very well how much profit this can bring to the Salt Affairs Department. But selling salt requires the Salt Affairs Department. And the Salt Affairs Department is under the Ministry of Household Affairs."
"Mr. Lu, I understand. You mean, do you have a way to refine fine salt?" Xia Wenzhi said in surprise.
Lu Qian nodded and said, "That's right."
"Thank you, Mr. Lu, for your advice. I wonder if you can give me some of this fine salt." Xia Wenzhi said excitedly.
Lu Qian gave him the whole bag directly.
This small bag of salt was also obtained by him when he was in the Jingxin Garden.
Jingxinyuan's equipment is limited. If he has enough tools, he can completely refine the salt to a modern level.
Xia Wenzhi did not stay. After thanking him several times, he left in a hurry.
He did not go back to the queen, but went directly out of the palace to Li Xiaozheng's mansion.
After listening to Xia Wenzhi's narration, Li Xiaozheng looked at the bag of fine salt again. He was stunned for a long time. He quickly stood up and bowed to Liu Shiqing and said, "Nephew Liu, you really did us a big favor this time."
"Li Shoufu, you are too polite. It was you who helped us first."
"No...it's different. Mr. Lu's return gift is too heavy."
Xia Wenzhi still doesn't quite understand the value of Lu Qian's words today.
But Li Xiaozheng knew very well, and he also knew that he had really underestimated Lu Qian.
He is simply a living god.
Lu Qian's two suggestions are, on the one hand, to create a rift between the Huo family and those generals who are not directly under the Huo family.
On the other hand, the Huo family can take over just in time when the Huo family doesn't want the hot potato of Hubu.
Not only that, Lu Qian also
Help them think of ways to make money.
Once fine salt is launched, it will definitely be sought after by dignitaries. Even exporting to other countries is a huge income.
The value of this method of refining fine salt is no less than that they gave Li Xiaozheng and the others an inexhaustible mountain of gold.
...
Lu Qian was in a good mood after seeing off Xia Wenzhi and the others.
Li Xiaozheng must have thought more deeply than Xia Wenzhi, and he naturally knew the value of this method of refining fine salt.
"Master Steward, we are all done. Can you take a shower first?" A very watery-looking man, especially with a pair of big, watery eyes, asked Lu Qian.
"Of course, where do you usually bathe?" Lu Qian was immediately interested when he heard about bathing.
"Master Steward, let's take you there."
"Sir, you are also dirty. Let's wash it with you."
Lu Qian was dragged by a group of palace ladies to a side room in the corner of the middle hall, where the eunuchs and palace ladies bathed.
The room does not have a bath like Concubine Li's palace.
This room was divided into individual rooms with pieces of cloth, and there was a bathtub in the individual rooms.
"Father-in-law, let's wait for you to wash our clothes first." A palace maid with a round face and a plump figure was about to untie Lu Qian's clothes as she spoke.
Even in his dreams, Lu Qian hoped to be bathed by so many beauties.
However, reason still prevails!
He was a fake eunuch, so naturally he would not give them this opportunity.
After all, there are many people with mixed opinions.
If the identity of the fake eunuch is leaked, his happy life will come to an end.
Seeing Lu Qian's stern refusal, the girls stopped playing around.
In front of Lu Qian, they each began to take off their clothes stained with black charcoal.
They didn't seem to regard Lu Qian as a man and had no fear at all.
Instead, there were several palace maids with hot figures who made some provocative moves towards Lu Qian intentionally or unintentionally.
Look at the blossoming flowers of different shapes that are just waiting to bloom.
Lu Qian felt his blood surge!
This picture is so beautiful!
Several palace maids in their seventies and eighteen years old entered the bathtub, joking and playing.
Just when Lu Qian was dazzled and overwhelmed.
A voice outside the door interrupted Lu Qian.
"Master Butler, there is a girl outside looking for you."
The voice is Xiao Lizi's.
girl? Looking for yourself?
He left reluctantly and asked with a bit of resentment, "What girl? You can't be mistaken."
"It is said that the person sent by the chief steward to serve you is a very good-looking sister..." Xiao Lizi swallowed subconsciously as he spoke.
