The Empress Dowager finally agreed to the emperor's idea of ​​personally marching in the army. The purpose was just to test Liu Xiu's reaction. Yang Xiu's main purpose was also here. But now that Liu Xiu's reaction was revealed, Yang Xiu was amused and crying.

Liu Xiu agreed to the emperor's command in person and told all the people of Jingzhou as good news, but the most important thing was that he did not say what he would do. Yang Xiu's subconscious reaction was that Yang Xiu wanted to watch the wall, watching the emperor take Luoyang's only 20,000 imperial guards and Cao Cao's troops to attack Yuan Wei and Yuan Shao, who had at least twice the strength of the troops. He also shouted loudly, "Whether His Majesty is in heaven, peace is expected."

What if it is defeated? Wouldn't the emperor be disgraced and he would have no shame to see anyone ever since?

Can the emperor win?

If Liu Xiu did not send troops to help, it would be strange if the emperor could win.

Yang Xiu felt chills in his heart. He knew that he and Zhou Yu had a bad idea for the emperor. If this bad idea was not done well, it would cause the emperor to turn over forever.

Yang Xiu didn't know how he sat next to Yuan Shu, and he didn't know what the wine and food in his mouth felt. Anyway, his mouth felt a little bitter, and before he started drinking, he felt a little dizzy.

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In the back hall, the eldest princess, Wang Chu, Guan Yu's wife Du, Zhang Fei's bride Feng, and dozens of powerful wives from Jingzhou, including the three sisters of the Cai family. Of course, women are not as lively as men. They do not drink or laugh loudly. More than a dozen cases are in a circle, and a small neck and big belly is placed in the middle. Several people are holding a bamboo arrow and are playing the game to throw the pot.

Liu He leaned beside Wang Chu, listening respectfully as the eldest princess talked to these women. Wang Chu said that the New Year was the thirteenth day of the year. In the future, she would inevitably have to contact these people and learn more rules. Among these women, the most conspicuous ones were of course the three sisters of the Cai family, who sat nearest to the eldest princess. Needless to say, Cai Qi was Huang Chengyan's wife, the eldest princess's mother, and Cai Lin, the eldest sister of the Cai family, was also very good. She was Zhang Wen's wife. Zhang Wen is now the young mansion in the court, and meets the emperor and the queen mother every day. Zhang Wen entered the palace as a man when Emperor Xiaohuan was alive, and Emperor Xiaoling valued him.

This time Cai Lin was invited by Cai Qi to Jiangling to attend the eldest princess' New Year banquet, and brought her two sons and a daughter. The eldest son Zhang Cheng is already fifteen years old and sat with Cai Mao, Zhang Yun and others in the atrium. The younger son is seven years old and his daughter is five years old. He is playing hide-and-seek with Liu Ye, Liu An and more than a dozen children playing hide-and-seek in the yard. Listening to their giggles, these pampered women all showed relief smiles on their faces. (Baidu search: Sui Meng Novel Network, the fastest update to read novels)

"The eldest princess, Yizhou is rich, and there is also the eldest princess in the middle to dispatch it. Yizhou has made great progress in the past two years." Cai Lin smiled and said, "We have been waiting for a long time, and finally we have come to Jingzhou. I think that the new policy will be implemented next year, and I will be able to travel thousands of miles a day. It's a pity that Nanyang is still too far from Chengdu, and it's not convenient to ask for benefits at all times."

The eldest princess smiled gently: "It's okay, it's okay. Although I'm not in Jingzhou, my sister Achu will stay in Jiangling in the future. She can do books and calculates, but she is much more capable than me, a false god. No matter how far away Nanyang is, isn't it Jingzhou? It's very convenient."

Cai Lin raised her wine glass to Wang Chu and said with a smile: "Then I will congratulate Xiangjun first with this wine and ask for a prize."

Wang Chu raised his glass with embarrassment, and the two of them drank it all in one go. Cai Huan held the wine glass with one hand and the hem of his clothes with the other, walked to Liu He in small steps, raised his glass and said, "With Master, how about we have a drink too?"

Although Cai Huan is one senior older than Liu He, they are only one year apart. With Cai Huan's careful approach, they are already best friends. Liu He raised his glass and took a sip. A red glow appeared on his face, and he shook his hands repeatedly and said, "Dad said, I'm still young and can't drink too much wine."

Cai Huan giggled and said, "The rule of the General of the Cheqi is so harsh. Our big man's woman doesn't let her beards, so why can't she drink? Come on, drink a little more." As she said, she held up Liu He's hand and advised her to drink a little more.

Liu He looked at his mother Wang Chu in embarrassment, but the eldest princess smiled and said, "Ahe, it's okay. This is sweet wine sent from the South China Sea. In fact, it's similar to juice, so it's okay to drink at all. Today is New Year's Eve, everyone is happy, drink a little." She turned to Cai Huan again and said, "Ahe's alcohol tolerance is not good. Today is New Year's Eve, and we have to drink all night. You can't get her drunk, and no one can talk to you at that time, but you can't blame others."

Everyone laughed, Liu He took another sip, lowered his head and talked softly. Cai Lin glanced at Cai Huan, picked up the wine spoon in his hand, added wine to Wang Chu, and continued the topic just now: "A few days in Jiangling, I have been talking about the iron ore in the Dabie Mountains (now Guishan). I wonder what's going on?"

Wang Chu and the eldest princess exchanged glances and smiled knowingly. When the noble ladies who were drinking and chatting stopped their wine glasses when they heard this, they looked over with a burning look, with golden light shining in their eyes.

The eldest princess reached out and put his hand on Wang Chu's shoulder and smiled, "Sister, I think you can't pass the verge of not revealing any rumors today, so let them feel at ease, otherwise, you will only be drunk today."

Cai Lin covered her mouth and laughed: "It really makes the eldest princess laugh. Look at us..." She turned her head and said to the ladies who were as anxious as him: "Are you too greedy for money?"

"A gentleman loves money, not to mention that we are not gentlemen, we are just women who are as difficult as villains." Kuai Yue's wife Sima smiled. She is from the Sima family of Yangdi, Yingchuan, and is of the same clan as Sima Hui, and has a family-born knowledge.

"That's it, that's it, we women, don't have to tell so many rules." Someone next to him echoed: "Xiangjun, just follow us a little."

Wang Chu had no choice but to say, "Actually, this matter will be announced in a few days, so I won't hide it from everyone. The iron ore in the Dabie Mountains has been carefully explored, and the current mining scale can be expanded by at least three times. At the same time, it is necessary to prepare for the construction of iron smelting plants and other ancillary facilities, which requires a lot of funds. With the strength of the Chu Prince's Mansion, it is difficult to support it alone, so it is necessary to raise funds across Jingzhou. To form a cooperative business enterprise, you will need more support at that time."

Cai Lin and others looked at each other and smiled at each other. The reason why they were not at home for New Year's Eve today and traveled thousands of miles to Jiangling to attend this banquet was this. Although Huang Chengyan did not understand the matter of mining management, most of the machinery used in the mines were involved. Cai Qi knew about this, of course she would not hide it from her sisters. One by one, ten, and ten by hundreds. Now not only does the entire Jingzhou know that Liu Xiu was going to expand the scale of mining in Jiangxia, but even people in Yangzhou and Yuzhou know about it.

Salt and iron are important materials monopolized by the state. Salt is needed in life, and iron is like a horse. It is a very important strategic material. Liu Xiu mastered Liangzhou and Bingzhou, the production areas of war horses, which controlled the entire battlefield. Now he has expanded the production scale of iron ore in Jiangxia, and the significance contained in it is self-evident. With the technical strength of various schools and the rare open-pit iron ore in Dabie Mountains, the profit of producing weapons alone is very considerable.

This Dabie Mountain is the Guishan Mountain in later generations. In the late Qing Dynasty, Zhang Zhidong, an important official of the Westernization Movement, established the Hanyang Iron Factory here, and built all the railway tracks used for the railway from Beijing to Hankou. Later, the Hanyang Gun Factory was established. The iron ore used came from Guishan. It was at its peak. The iron ore produced here once accounted for more than 90% of the entire Qing Dynasty.

In fact, with the economic strength of the Chu Prince's Mansion, it is not impossible to establish these enterprises alone, but Liu Xiu has never liked to eat alone. Eating alone may make more money, but he also made enemies. Therefore, he decided that the Chu Prince's Mansion would only account for 30% of them as the start-up capital, and the remaining 70% would raise funds and shareholding from the entire Jingzhou powerful, as the first major project to implement the new policy.

Of course, it is not without conditions to be able to participate in the shares, and everyone knows this. But in the face of huge interests, how many people can calm down and remain indifferent? Of course, there are people who regard money as dirt, but certainly not many, let alone making money openly. The new policy was allowed to be implemented when the late emperor was there. Who would be so stupid that they had to tell whether it was Liu Xiu's new policy or the new policy of the court? Yan and Iron were both official businesses before, and the profits were rare. No one wanted to squeeze in but couldn't squeeze in. Now Liu Xiu opened the door and raised his hands to welcome him. Who would not enter is stupid.

Wang Chu's words suddenly seemed to have some water spilled into the oil pan. The noble ladies who were originally considering their identities could not be suppressed. Most of them were the shopkeepers of their own families. Even if they didn't know how to do business, they knew that the profits of iron were very high, and they knew whether they could participate in the shares and how many shares were important to their own development. In addition to profits, there was also a question of whether they were on the same mind as General Cheqi. Seeing General Cheqi had already won two-thirds of the world, as long as he was willing, he could swallow the world at any time. The people of Jingzhou had already fallen behind the people of Bingzhou, Liangzhou and Yizhou. The opportunity was finally in front of him. If he didn't seize it tightly, he would be too sorry for himself.

They looked at each other, then rushed up and asked about various conditions, and asked Wang Chu so hard that he didn't know who to answer first.

"Oh, you are really, so anxious, and you are not afraid of the eldest princess and Wang Xiangjun's jokes." Cai Lin smiled and pushed away the women who were a little out of control and giggled: "Today is New Year's Eve. We are here to accompany the eldest princess and Wang Xiangjun to stay up to the New Year, not to sign the agreement. What's the use of being so anxious? It's better to think about how many shares can you take out. As for the details, I don't think you need to worry. First, those men who have their own companions will consider it, and second, think about it, when will the General Cheqi have caused the people who cooperate with him suffer losses?"

The women clapped their hands and smiled, "It's exactly."

"Mrs. said it right."

"That's right, General Cheqi's credit is needless to say."

Cai Lin smiled at the eldest princess and said, "It seems that the character of General Cheqi is well known, but I am too talkative."

The eldest princess smiled and said, "Not necessarily, some walls are too thick and no matter how loud the sound is, they cannot be heard."

Cai Linhe said first: "What the eldest princess said is very true, but the heaven sees oneself and the people see oneself, the heaven listens to oneself and the people's orders. The general is kind and loves water and virtue nourishes the world. Your Majesty is raised by the general and the eldest princess. He will definitely understand the general's painstaking efforts."

The eldest princess bowed and said with a smile: "If this is possible, I am very lucky."

Cai Lin smiled knowingly: "It's also a blessing for all the people in the world." (To be continued) Please search Piaotianwen, the novel is better and faster!!!
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