Empress Dowager Li sighed, touched Emperor Wanli's head and said: "Long live my lord, even if the Ai family gives you a Huangzhuang, it will be of little use! Among the Huangzhuangs controlled by the palace, except for a few special ones, ordinary ones The Imperial Manor does not have much output at all! And the things produced by those special Imperial Manor are needed to maintain the expenses of the palace, and it is impossible to give them to Long Live Lord to cause harm! So you'd better give up on this idea! "
Emperor Wanli hurriedly said: "Mother, I really don't want those special Zhuangzi, I just want an ordinary Zhuangzi! I think Liuzhuang is a good choice! The population is not large and easy to manage, and it is close to the capital!"
Queen Mother Li heard the name of Liuzhuang and thought about it for a while, but felt that she had no impression at all. But based on her understanding of Emperor Wanli, his request for Liuzhuang was definitely not without purpose. There must be something special there! Just wanting Emperor Wanli to tell the truth may not be possible!
Thinking of this, Queen Mother Li said directly to the maid next to her: "Is the companion of Lord Long Live outside the palace? Ask him to come in!"
Because they were in the Queen Mother's palace, even though Zhang Jia was Emperor Wanli's companion, he didn't need to wait near him. After all, there were plenty of people in the Queen Mother's Palace, so he had been waiting outside the palace, and by the way, he also had a meal with the people in the Queen Mother's Palace.
Because of his status, the palace people here were very fawning, but he was not happy with his meal. Because he knew all of Emperor Wanli's plans, there was no way he would be taken over by Empress Dowager Li for questioning, or even get a slap in the face! So he had been waiting in fear until now, and as expected, Queen Mother Li sent someone to declare him!
But at this time, he put his heart in his stomach. Anyway, he was already facing the battle. It would be a knife to extend his head and a knife to shrink his head. Just follow the plan!
When Zhang Jia entered the palace and saw the Queen Mother, she immediately knelt down and saluted. However, Queen Mother Li was angry that he and Emperor Wanli were hiding something from her, so she didn't ask him to get up at all! This is already a great humiliation for Zhang Jia's identity! After all, beating a dog depends on the owner! After all, he is today's companion!
But Zhang Jiake didn't dare to have any extra thoughts at this time. He just knelt there and listened to Queen Mother Li say: "Zhang Jia, you are the personal companion of Lord Long Live, and you know many things. Then the Ai family asks you, Lord Long Live is going to Whose idea was it to manage an imperial estate?”
Zhang Jia lowered his head and said loudly: "Returning to the empress was the idea of Liu Haojia, the second son of Gu Ningbo's house!"
Empress Dowager Li then asked: "Is it because he persuaded Long Live Master to build a royal palace to raise money to build a martial arts hall?"
The Zhang family still lowered their heads and said, "Hui, your Majesty, it's true!"
Seeing Zhang Jia's honest answer, Queen Mother Li felt much more relaxed. He softened his voice and said, "Get up and answer the question!"
Zhang Jia thanked Queen Mother Li, stood up and still stood there with bowed head. Then Empress Dowager Li asked: "What is Liu Hao Jia'an thinking? If word spreads about the long live master to manage a village, he will be laughed at by the world! Besides, how much money can be made from an emperor's village? How much money can those villagers have? How much money can you make by squeezing the oil out of your bones!"
Zhang Jia said: "Go back to your Majesty, Long Live Lord has also asked about this, but Liu Haojia didn't say whether he was alive or dead. He only said that he had a secret method that could earn a lot of money without hurting the people! He also said that he could easily let the villagers They became rich! He also said that if he couldn’t do it, he would pay with his own head!”
After Li Kai heard this, his heart moved! At this time, she felt that Liu Haojia was not lying! Because in this era, it is absolutely impossible to adulterate words that are equal to one's head! Especially since Gu Ningbo's mansion was just a low-level earl, if Queen Mother Li wanted to get rid of Gu Ningbo's mansion, she wouldn't even have to put in much effort! So if Liu Haojia dares to say this, he must stand firm!
She thought for a moment and asked, "Did Liu Haojia ask for this Liuzhuang?"
He said: "My slave chose several Huangzhuangs, and he was among them. As for the reason why he chose Liuzhuang, I don't know!"
After much thought, Queen Mother Li still had no impression of Liuzhuang at all, so she said: "What output does Liuzhuang have, or is there anything special about it?"
He said: "Back to the empress, I have also checked the documents. There is nothing surprising about Liuzhuang! There are a total of 376 households in Liuzhuang, with a total of more than 1,600 people in Dingkou. The main output Just food and vegetables. There are no mines here. By the way, there is a porcelain kiln in Liuzhuang, which burns some porcelain for the palace on weekdays. However, it is only used by the lower-class palace people and is also sold to the outside world. "
Queen Mother Li thought over Zhang Jia's words over and over again, but she didn't find anything surprising in Liuzhuang. But the only extra thing about Liuzhuang is probably the porcelain kiln! Queen Mother Li, the censor, said: "Could it be that this little hozen wants to make some plans for the porcelain kiln?"
Zhang Jia said: "My slave thought so too, so I asked about the situation of the porcelain kiln in detail. I found that there were no skilled craftsmen there. Moreover, I also asked the craftsmen who fired porcelain in the palace. They said that the craft of porcelain burning is important. But the more important thing is the porcelain clay! There is no high-quality porcelain clay near the capital, so the porcelain produced is just ordinary! But if high-quality porcelain clay is shipped from other places, I am afraid that the gain outweighs the gain and even the best porcelain is produced. You can’t even get your money back!”
Empress Dowager Li repeatedly asked many questions, and then sent Zhang Jia out when she felt that there was no problem. Then he looked at Emperor Wanli who was pretending to be innocent and said, "Long live my lord, tell the Ai family what your plans are!"
Emperor Wanli said angrily: "Mother, it's not me who didn't tell me, it's just that Liu Haojia bit her tongue and refused to tell the truth! In fact, there is another thing, that is, he once said that if he can't do what he said, I was willing to hand over the secret recipes of snow candy and Shiweizhai seasoning with both hands! I thought, he even pressed his head on it, so those two secret recipes were nothing important, so I didn’t tell my mother!"
Queen Mother Li knew that snow candy and the secret recipe for cooking could be the key to the success of Gu Ningbo's house. If he was willing to use these two things as collateral, she would be really confident! Thinking of this, Empress Dowager Li said in a deep voice: "Long live my lord, it's not impossible for you to get this imperial village in your hands, but you have to promise the Ai family a few things!"
Seeing that Empress Dowager Li had relented, Emperor Wanli immediately said, "Please give me your instructions, my mother, and my child will definitely obey her orders!"
Empress Dowager Li said slowly: "The first thing is, no matter what you and Liu Haojia want to do, you must not harm the livelihood of the villagers, and you must not drain the lake! If so, the Ai family will take back the village immediately!"
