Chapter 34: Dancing (1)(1/2)
"Concubine Miao found out about this. The Empress Dowager was kind enough to make her want to get her aunt together with her younger brother's second son." Who knew that her aunt was open and she didn't agree."
"So that's it." Wang Ju finally understood why Cao Qi's eldest son was in trouble with him. It turned out that this festival was celebrated in the middle.
"What is that?"
"It's nothing. Your Majesty, I'm ashamed."
"I know your affairs the most, and I can't blame you. If you blame God for not having eyes, I can only blame God for not having eyes. If you were a few years older, Renzong would definitely summon him at that time. If you don't make a marriage with the wife of the Li family, you won't be embarrassed."
In fact, without Li Fei'er, this is not easy.
Even if Wang Ju married Zhao Niannu, even if Zhao Niannu is not a direct princess now, it really does not affect Wang Ju's career. If he is an ordinary minister, it would be fine. Now that he is a minister with both civil and military affairs, can Zhao Xu be willing to do so?
But on the other hand, if there were no one thing Wang Ju did later, how could he get to Zhao Niannu's eyes?
"Your Majesty, it is not necessarily the Cao family, nor is it necessarily the noble family. There are still many good people in the world."
"However, these young heroes have made you more competitive."
Wang Ju remained silent
He can't afford to take responsibility for this matter.
"A few days ago, my aunt found me and asked me to ask her to move out of the palace. I didn't agree at first, but in the end I couldn't stand her soft begging, so I agreed."
"It's better to move out and live there. If you can meet more people, you will feel more comfortable."
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"Dalang, why is it so late?" Lu Ping asked.
"Your Majesty summoned me again."
"Your Majesty, what does Your Majesty look like?" Lu Ping asked curiously. It turns out that he doesn't know that Zhao Dalang is Zhao Xu yet.
"What does it look like? It looks very similar to Zhao Dalang."
"That's too flirting."
In fact, Zhao Xu is quite elegant. After generations of improvements, he has been no longer a black face like the Zhao Kuangyin brothers.
But is this related to health?
It is said that Li Yu and Zhao Ji are both beautiful men, why do you want this beauty?
But today Wang Ju was very pleased. Han Qi summoned himself to the capital for questioning. He summoned him in time. At least he gave Zhao Xu a reassurance, and he would not be as panicked as in history. He might also reuse Wang Anshi, after all, the accumulated illness is so serious. Only improvement can solve the problem, but there will be more choices. However, Zhao Xu will not move now, and he will have to wait for a few people to go down...
The three of them found a restaurant, had a simple meal, and returned to the inn.
As soon as he arrived at the door, Wang Ju saw a familiar person.
Wang Ju stepped forward and said, "I have met my wife."
"My Highness is invited."
Wang Ju scratched his head. Could it be that the little emperor told Zhao Niannu? So he said to Lu Ping and Ye Long Meesheng: "You go in first, I will come."
"Dalang."
"This is the capital, not Beizhongshan."
"I heard you were assassinated in Beizhongshan?" asked Vivier.
“This news is so fast.”
"You are an official, Beizhongshan is not far from Jingzhao Mansion. There is someone who assassinates you, how can you not cause a sensation?"
"But this time it's really dangerous. I almost even paid for the life of the second eldest son."
"It's really not possible, please invite a few more customers."
"I have a lot of people in my family, and I am just an eighth-rank official. I am not very good at raising so many people."
"What eighth-rank official, who dares to treat you as an eighth-rank official?"
This is really hard to say. If you compare it, Wang Ju will suffer a loss in his official position. However, I believe that since Zhao Xu called Wang Ju to the palace behind the palace to meet him alone in front of several prime ministers of the Eastern Palace, the news will not be many people who compete with Wang Ju.
The official may not be of size, but your status in the emperor's heart, so the officials of the museum are precious. Zhao Niannu's mansion is not far from the imperial city, nor can it be far away. It is just behind the Shangshu Province. The commercial atmosphere here is not strong, but there are many noble families living there.
Wang Ju looked at the house. It was dusk, but it was not dark yet. He could see a medium-sized house. However, the building was gorgeous and there were many flowers and trees inside. An old spring plum tree poked out the branches of the flower branches by the gate, and it was full of bright red and broken plum blossoms.
"It's not a red apricot tree that comes out of the wall, it's a red plum tree that comes out of the wall." Yao Qian joked.
No matter it is apricot or plum, you can’t get out of the wall!
The lover took Wang Ju in and only opened the corner door. It was not that he was not grand, so he avoided suspicion!
Wang Ju glanced at him again. There were people in the house, some eunu, and some servants, which showed that Zhao Niannu was still influenced by his father and lived a life without being extravagant.
Luxury does not mean nobility, so this destined that Li Wei’s mother would have a conflict with Zhao Niannu.
The lover took Wang Ju to the living room again, and Zhao Niannu was sitting in the room with a smile.
"I've seen His Highness the Princess."
"Don't be too polite. I haven't seen each other for almost two years. Are you going to have sex?"
"Then I'm not polite." Wang Ju said happily, then sat down casually.
"By the way, this is the Wang Lang in my heart, unparalleled in his energy."
"Yi Qi is unparalleled?"
"I also told the Queen Mother that you behave freely and easily. The Queen Mother said that you are brave. I am not convinced and said that you respect Mr. Cai very much. The Queen Mother said that you are scheming and that Mr. Cai was used by you."
"The Queen Mother said this?"
"That is to say, the Queen Mother still values you very much."
"Your Highness, how can you move out of the palace?"
"The palace is gloomy and uncomfortable, so it's better to live out. If I want to enter the palace, I can't enter the palace. I also advised my mother to move out, but my mother is older and doesn't want to move."
"I also told His Majesty in the palace in the afternoon that it would be better to move out."
"By the way, I'm asking you to come here to say something."
"What's the matter?"
"You gave a quarter of the contract stock for a Gao family?"
"This is the case, the man's name is Gao Shiqing."
"Seeking his asylum?"
"That's right."
"Gao Shiqing picked up a bargain."
Now it seems that Gao Shiqing has taken advantage of it. As Wang Ju grows up, no one dares to make bamboo paper easily even without the protection of the Gao family. However, at that time, it was very effective to hang up the Gao family's brand. Otherwise, the business of the workshop was so good, but it was always smooth sailing.
This is also a illusion of the Song Dynasty. The irregularity of business is the type that should be protected the most and the most irresponsible businessman. However, the serious businessman has always been very sad, especially in the hands of Cai Jing.
"If I had known it, I might as well give it to me for protection."
Wang Ju was so worried. Your father had just passed away at that time. Do you have the intention to protect the workshop? Besides, where I went to see you, I wonder if you would pay attention to me.
"Your Highness, why do you ask about this?"
"I moved out, and I was so idle, and I still had nothing to do."
Wang Jubo was amused, so there are many ills in the Song Dynasty now. For example, the country spent a lot of money to raise these royal families every year, just like raising pigs, first in Kaifeng, then moved to Nanjing, Songzhou to raise them, and then to Luoyang to raise them. There was no way, Kaifeng did not have so many pigpens. These royal families were so idle that they fought with cocks and horses, and like Zhao Ji, they like calligraphy and painting, which was quite elegant.
"What are you laughing at? What can I do as a female??"
"So what are your plans?"
"I want to do some small business, too."
"Down, Your Highness, what business are you going to do?"
"It doesn't matter whether you make money or not. You just want to find something to do. I don't know what industry you have in the future. I'll protect you."
"I really have an industry, so I don't know what the prospects are. I'll plan Zheng Baiqu first and then take the time to think about it."
"What kind of industry is there?"
"It is a kind of porcelain, but it is different from ordinary porcelain. It uses the bones of cattle, horses and sheep to burn ashes and as a material to burn a strong porcelain."
"Ashes are made of porcelain?"
"This kind of porcelain will be very beautiful, but I don't know if you can accept it."
Zhao Niannu didn't dare to answer this, after all, there were more taboos in this era.
"Actually, I came up with it, not only for profit, but also for experimenting with a new type of armor."
"How does porcelain have something to do with armor?"
"This kind of porcelain is different from ordinary porcelain. It has a very strong strength, and then it is wrapped in silk inside and outside, which may be more expensive, but its weight can be reduced to less than 20 kilograms. What effect will the armor with a weight of 20 kilograms and placed on the battlefield?"
It is not necessarily true that the Song Dynasty consumed a large amount of livestock every year, and bones were valuable, but after making soup, they were worthless and threw them everywhere. If you spend a little money to collect it, the consumption of the Song Dynasty could basically meet the material needs. Then the cost of burning it may not be very high. As for silk, it was very low in the price-performance ratio of the Song Dynasty. A piece of really high-quality silk of ten feet is only two chunks of money. Even if you wrap a dozen layers of silk inside and outside, three or four chunks of silk is enough.
Then it may be that the cost of new armor will be reduced by half compared to the cost of current armor.
To be continued...