"What did you say?"
This time it was Xu Tianhua's turn to be stunned, "Why did you mention the stupid son of Liu Lai's family?"
"My cousin brought me to the capital and said that I would marry the son of the Minister of Household Affairs. Originally, I wanted to marry my legitimate son Liu Wenhao."
Tian Rou smiled bitterly and said, "But when we went to the House of Secretary of the Ministry of Finance, we realized that they wanted me to marry his stupid son."
"Third Young Master, Liu Wenming."
"I didn't agree, so I ran away."
"I couldn't go to my cousin, so I had to find a way on my own, so I pretended to be a fairy and hung out with those beggars and homeless people."
"Xiaorou, I'm sorry for you."
Xu Tianhua sighed sincerely.
I am afraid that only she herself knows the pain of a woman trying to make a living in an unfamiliar place.
Patting Tian Rou on the shoulder, Xu Tianhua said with relief: "The hard days are over. From now on, when you marry Mr. Zhao, you can enjoy happiness."
"Wait. Marry Mr. Zhao?"
Tian Rou was stunned again, "Uncle Xu Shi, what do you mean by this?"
"Your Majesty, don't you want to grant me a marriage?"
"How could you marry Mr. Zhao?"
"Don't you ever make fun of your niece again."
"Your Majesty's marriage is to give you to Mr. Zhao."
Xu Tianhua said with a smile.
"What?"
Tian Rou said in disbelief: "This, this, is this true?"
"Absolutely true."
Xu Tianhua said: "But there is still a difficulty right now."
"What difficulty?"
Tian Rou asked, "As long as I can marry your husband, I can overcome any difficulties."
"Xiaorou, you may not understand Mr. Zhao's temper very well."
Xu Tianhua explained: "He is a person who pays special attention to feelings. He treats his wife very much and loves her very much. We can always find this when we are around him."
"But His Majesty granted you a marriage, so it's impossible for you to be a child."
"I will definitely ask Mr. Zhao to divorce his wife and then marry you."
"Do you think Mr. Zhao will agree?"
"this……"
The excitement on Tian Rou's face disappeared and turned into worry.
Xia Zhixue added next to him, "Mr. Zhao will never divorce his wife, don't even think about it."
Just kidding, Liu Mengru is the Flying Eagle General.
Divorce your wife?
Mr. Zhao is afraid that his life is too long.
Tian Rou's expression darkened instantly. She didn't want to stay any longer, so she said she was busy and left early.
"You!"
Xu Tianhua pointed at Xia Zhixue and wanted to blame him.
But when he thought of Xia Zhixue's current status, he swallowed his words of blame.
"Forget it, I have to go and get busy."
After saying these words, Xu Tianhua also left.
"Did I say something wrong?"
Xia Zhixue pointed to his nose and asked himself in a low voice.
Unfortunately no one answered him.
He could only answer to himself, "That's right. Sir not only dotes on General Fei Ying, but also dotes on Wen Hui. How could he possibly divorce his wife?"
"We are all our own people, so I will tell you the truth."
"If it were anyone else, I definitely wouldn't tell them."
"One by one, they act as if they have done something outrageous to me. They don't understand. I don't understand. I'd better continue to inquire for information."
Xia Zhixue thought for a long time and couldn't figure out the key.
He shook his head and left the wine shop.
Xu Tianhua went to the General's Mansion first and settled Liu Dingbei's money to him.
Fifty altars, one altar worth 25,000 taels of silver, a total of 1.25 million taels of silver. Xu Tianhua did not take any of it and gave it all to Liu Dingbei.
After receiving the banknote, Liu Dingbei was extremely excited.
Holding Xu Tianhua's hand, he kept saying words of gratitude.
"General Zhenbei, you shouldn't thank the official. The official is just doing the job for you. The person you should really thank is Zhao Xianjun."
Xu Tianhua corrected him: "He is the one who gave you the acacia wine."
"He is also the one who cares about the soldiers."
"Yes, thank you Zhao Xianjun."
Liu Dingbei changed his words: "Is there anything you wish for, Mr. Zhao Xian?"
"As long as this general can do it, I promise to do it."
When Xu Tianhua offered wine before, Liu Dingbei was worried that Zhao Ping was up to no good and did not dare to accept it.
But now that he saw real money, Liu Dingbei no longer hesitated.
As long as he is not rebelling, he can satisfy all Zhao Ping's needs.
"Mr. Zhao wants to call you father-in-law."
Xu Tianhua almost said this.
After careful consideration, he chose to shake his head, "Mr. Zhao simply sympathizes with the soldiers and admires the general, so he gave away so much acacia wine to subsidize the military. He has nothing else to ask for."
"But there are several people around Mr. Zhao who are seeking development in the capital."
"Originally, they were entrusted to Xiaguan to take care of them. Unfortunately, Xiaguan has to return to Yun'an County. If they ask the general for something, I hope the general will not shirk it."
Sure enough, something happened!
Liu Dingbei breathed a sigh of relief.
Otherwise, if he was given so much silver for no reason, he would not be able to receive it reliably.
He agreed wholeheartedly.
Xu Tianhua said a few more polite words to him before entering the palace.
Emperor Chen Xuan had already rested, and it was Li Yan who woke him up.
Still a little angry, he glared angrily and said: "Humph! This Xu Gouguan is getting more and more ignorant. What time is it? He is still looking for me."
"If it's something insignificant, I won't bother him."
Cursing, Chen Xuan changed his clothes and drove to the imperial study.
When he saw Xu Tianhua, he kicked him and said angrily: "Xu Gouguan, are your wings stiff?"
"What's the matter with waking me up in the middle of the night?"
"Your Majesty, good news, great news."
Xu Tianhua symbolically rubbed his sore buttocks and said with a smile: "Our acacia wine has been sold out."
"All sold out?"
Chen Xuan was shocked, "More than two hundred altars, have they all been sold out?"
"you sure?"
"Sure."
Xu Tianhua said: "I have brought all the banknotes."
With that said, Xu Tianhua handed over the banknotes he sold.
This time when I returned to Beijing, I brought a total of 300 jars of acacia wine. Ignoring the 50 jars given to Liu Dingbei, there were still 250 jars left.
When passing through Qingzhou, they sold five jars each to Chen Xinghe, the state shepherd, and Mu Shangwu, the commander of the army and horses, so he and Chen Xuan only had 240 jars of acacia wine.
Each altar received twenty-five thousand taels of silver, totaling six million taels of silver.
After excluding Mr. Zhao's 6,000 taels of silver per altar, the income was 4,560,000 taels of silver.
"so much?"
Chen Xuan was moved, "Are all the officials in our capital so rich?"
"I don't know."
Xu Tianhua did not dare to agree.
How to answer this?
Answering "rich" offended those ministers.
Even if he, Xu Tianhua, is a famous person around His Majesty, he would not dare to offend so many important ministers at once.
I don’t know how he died.
The answer is not rich, but how could they rob so many jars of acacia wine in one day?
Isn't that deceiving the king?
Even if Xu Tianhua has nine heads, he would not dare to deceive you in front of His Majesty.
It's better to pretend to be confused.
"snort!"
Chen Xuan is also a sensible person, how could he not know the true meaning?
He snorted and said coldly: "When I was about to go north, they all cried out about poverty, saying that the treasury was empty, with no food, grass, and weapons."
"It's a good thing now, for some drinks, I can actually throw out millions of taels of silver."
"Do you really think I'm a fool?"
"Guard Xu, if you continue to bring wine back to Yun'an County, if you bring more wine, you will definitely take out all the money from these people's pockets and fill my internal funds."
"I'm afraid this won't work."
Xu Tianhua shook his head.
"Why?"
Chen Xuan's face darkened, "Could it be that you want to resist the decree?"
"It's not that I want to resist the order, it's just that there are too many bandits in Yuzhou, and I don't dare to leave that way again."
Xu Tianhua said aggrievedly: "This time I passed without any danger."
"If you do it again, I'm afraid your Majesty will never see you again."
"Then suppress the bandits."
Chen Xuan said coldly: "Preach my will and we must wipe out all the bandits in Yuzhou at all costs."
"If it can't be completed before the end of the year, I will definitely chop off that bastard Chen Tong's head when I report on my duties."
Xu Tianhua said nothing.
If you say something nice now, no matter the cost, when you go to court, if those officials say something about this or that, I'm afraid you will change your mind again.
Besides, suppressing bandits requires food and grass.
Who comes out?
The national treasury is extremely empty. Is your Majesty willing to spend your own internal funds?
Li Yan also observes the nose with the eyes, the mouth with the nose, and the heart with the mouth, without any distractions.
Shaoqing, Chen Xuancai continued: "Xu Aiqing, you have made the greatest contribution this time. I can't be too greedy, so I will give you a small reward."
Chen Xuan took the four million taels of silver notes into his arms and gave the remaining 560,000 taels to Xu Tianhua.
Thank you very much Xu Tianhua.
Ten jars of acacia wine were sold in advance, and each jar made a net profit of 15,000 taels of silver, which was 150,000 taels of silver.
Now I got another 560,000 taels.
The soap was bought from Mr. Zhao. One piece cost one thousand taels of silver, and he sold it for two thousand taels.
Five hundred yuan, a profit of five hundred thousand taels.
Frosted sugar is the same, 600 catties, making 600,000 taels.
Adding the four together, he made 1,810,000 taels of silver during this trip to the capital.
He has never made so much money in his entire life.
So satisfying.
Xu Tianhua even suggested: "Your Majesty, Yuzhou is difficult to travel. If your Majesty still needs acacia wine, I can take a detour from Jiangnan."
"It's just that it will be shipped back later."
"It doesn't matter."
Chen Xuan didn't mind, "As long as you can make money, time is not a problem."
"Your Majesty, why don't you send someone to protect Xu Jiuguan?"
Li Yan suggested from the side: "If the shadow guards are sent out, no matter how many bandits there are in Yuzhou, they will not be able to harm Xu Jiuguan at all."
"no."
Before Chen Xuan could speak, Xu Tianhua refused: "The shadow guards are there to protect your majesty and should not be touched lightly."
"I'd better take a few more detours."
"Hahaha, Xu Jiuguan still cares about me. He is indeed someone I value."
Chen Xuan said happily: "You can go down now, I'll wait for you to come back again."
They were happily sharing the money here, and some people gathered elsewhere, but none of them were happy.
For example, the residence of the Minister of Revenue.
Liu Lai invited the top leaders of the Six Ministries, as well as Tian Yi, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, who were also planning big events.
