In the next few days, there was no news about the accountant. Zhang Zong was a little anxious at first, but later he figured it out. Anyway, Tian Feng was in charge of the manor, so there was no trouble. The accountant just used it himself to involve the other party. It has not been available for the time being and it has no effect.

However, good news has often come from Li Hong these days. Last time Zhang Zong told him how to print movable type, Li Hong also secretly organized a group of craftsmen to develop it. When encountering some difficulties, he would send someone to Zhang Zong to ask questions when it was dark. Now copper movable type is progressing very quickly. It is estimated that the latest one month, you can see the books printed with movable type.

"Brother Shi, something is wrong!" But early that morning, Xue Shao rushed into Zhang Zong's flowerbed in panic, and then pulled him out.

"What's wrong? What's wrong?" Zhang Zong was also startled and asked while walking.

"Let's get in the car, my mother is losing her temper now!" Xue Shao also had a bitter face at the end of his speech.

Zhang Zong didn't understand why at this time, but he still followed Xue Shao into the carriage. After the carriage started, he couldn't help asking again: "What happened? Why did the eldest princess lose her temper?"

"Oh, the man in the palace has taken action. My mother suffered a great loss, and even our soap business has been implicated." Xue Shao smiled bitterly again, and then he explained the story in detail.

The soap business has been booming these days. Although the cost of soap is relatively high, it is still much lower than that of bath beans. After all, a bath bean requires a pig's pancreas, while soap only requires oil. In addition, the appearance of the soap is beautiful and the effect is stronger than that of bath beans, so now it has completely replaced bath beans. There is a shortage of supply in Youxiangju every day.

But just yesterday afternoon, someone ran to Youxiangju to cause trouble, saying that his skin was covered with small bumps after using soap, so the soap was poisonous and even sued the yamen. Now that the matter has spread, some people have begun to doubt the soap.

"Nonsense!" Zhang Zong was so angry that he cursed angrily when he heard this. He knew best whether the soap was poisonous. However, this person was obviously instructed.

"What I said is that my mother has checked it. This person seems to have something to do with the palace, so she concluded that this person must have been instructed by Queen Wu. After all, my mother gave soap to the concubines in the palace before, but she didn't give it to her!" Xue Shao also said angrily at this time.

"Women are really petty!" Zhang Zong whispered, but then he asked strangely, "From my understanding of the eldest princess, she doesn't seem to be the kind of person who will lose her temper for such a small matter, right?"

Princess Chengyang has a straightforward and generous personality, and in her eyes, the soap business is just a little adjustment in her boring life, so even if the business is destroyed, she shouldn't have gotten so angry that Xue Shao has come to her?

"It would be fine if there was only a problem with the soap business. There was another key thing. Because of this, my mother suffered a great loss, so she became so angry." Xue Shao smiled bitterly again, and then continued to talk about the second thing, and Zhang Zong frowned after hearing this.

Compared to the small matter like the soap business, the second thing is the real big thing, and it is also related to Zhang Zong, that is, Chameng Dao, that is, Linyi Dao. After all, Chameng now still belongs to Linyi.

When Linyi rice was presented, the court immediately organized people to introduce a large number of rice seeds from Linyi, and on the other hand, a region was drawn up in the south to test the seeds. In fact, based on the planting situation collected by Princess Chengyang, Linyi rice was almost 90% sure that the test seeds were successful, and this would be a huge political achievement.

However, what Princess Chengyang did not expect was that Wu Meiniang also focused on Linyi rice, so among the officials who organized Linyi rice trial planting, many of them were trusted people who were inserted into Wu Meiniang. In this way, if the Linyi rice trial planting was successful in the future, these officials will also have outstanding political achievements.

In other words, most of the victory fruit of Linyidao was stolen by Wu Meiniang. Although the greatest contribution belonged to Zhang Zong and Princess Chengyang, they had only made contributions, while the contribution of promotion was taken away by Wu Meiniang's people. This is also the main reason why Princess Chengyang was angry.

"Brother Shi, do you have any solutions to this matter?" Xue Shao also asked Zhang Zong for help after he finished speaking.

"How could I have a solution for such a big thing?" Zhang Zong smiled bitterly after hearing this. He was not capable of affecting the resolution in the court. In fact, let alone him, even Princess Chengyang herself would not be able to get involved, otherwise she would not be so angry.

After hearing this, Xue Shao sighed. Seeing that he was a little disappointed, Zhang Zong had to comfort him: "Let's go see the eldest princess first, and I will persuade her at that time!"

Both things were related to Zhang Zong, so he had no choice but to nod. Xue Shao had no other way, so he had to nod. However, Zhang Zong suddenly opened the car window and looked outside, then said, "Stop the car and I'll go get something!"

After hearing this, Xue Shao hurriedly asked the driver to stop the car. Then Zhang Zong jumped out of the carriage. Xue Shao originally wanted to follow him, but Zhang Zong said he was back soon and asked him to wait in the car. As a result, Zhang Zong entered a wooden shop next to him.

After a while, Zhang Zong walked out of the wooden shop with an exquisite wooden box and then got on the carriage. Xue Shao looked at the box and asked curiously: "Brother Shi, what is in the box?"

"I had made one item in this store before. I originally planned to give it to the eldest princess. I had agreed to pick it up tomorrow. I just passed by today and went in and asked, but I didn't expect that they would make it one day in advance." Zhang Zong smiled and patted the box.

"What exactly is it? It was given to my mother?" Xue Shao asked curiously again after hearing this.

"Well... keep it confidential for the time being. You will know when you see the eldest princess!" Zhang Zong deliberately kept it a secret, which made Xue Shao even more curious. He immediately asked again a few times, but Zhang Zong refused to say it, which left him helpless.

Soon the carriage came to the eldest princess's mansion, and Xue Shao took Zhang Zong into the mansion. Last time Zhang Zong came, he only had a banquet in the living room and did not enter it. However, this time Xue Shao took him to the inner house. Generally speaking, outsiders are strictly prohibited from entering the inner house unless they are particularly close to others, and Xue Shao obviously regarded Zhang Zong as his own person.

When Zhang Zong saw Princess Chengyang, he was not in the yard where she lived, but was taken to a martial arts performance venue in the inner house by Xue Shao. He saw Princess Chengyang wearing military uniform and riding on a horse holding a club. A ball on the field was drawn by her and flew around the field. This was the very popular polo among the nobles of the Tang Dynasty. Of course, Princess Chengyang was just practicing football alone.

"My mother is in a bad mood and likes to play polo. Sometimes she asks us to play with her, which makes me scared when I see polo now." Xue Shao also shrank his neck and whispered as he looked at the polo flying around the field.

Zhang Zong didn't expect that Princess Chengyang had such a hobby. Speaking of which, Princess Chengyang seemed to be in her thirties, but she was actually 45 years old this year. She was just well maintained and looked young. At her age, she could still exercise so vigorously, and her physique was quite good.

However, at this moment, I didn’t know whether Princess Chengyang made a mistake or was deliberately. The polo actually shot at them quickly. Fortunately, Zhang Zong reacted quickly and did not pull Xue Shao when he squatted down. As a result, the polo flew over the top of the heads of the two and hit the wooden door behind with a "bang".

The ball was knocked away, and Princess Chengyang finally threw down the club at this time, then ran the horse to Zhang Zong and slid her saddle and dismounted. She was panting at this time, her face was flushed, and she reached out to wipe the sweat from her forehead and asked, "Did Shaoer tell you?"

"Well! I know everything. If I were the eldest princess, I would definitely be very angry." Zhang Zong nodded with a smile.

"I'm angry. That woman has always been sinister and vicious. I've suffered her losses before, but I didn't expect that this time it was still in her hands!" Princess Chengyang shook the whip again and said, as if the air in front of her was Wu Meiniang.

"Actually, the eldest princess doesn't have to be angry. The matter of soap is easy to solve. As the saying goes, shopping malls are like battlefields, and any kind of open and hidden arrows can be encountered." Zhang Zong smiled calmly. On the way just now, he also thought of a solution to the soap problem.

"You have a way?" Princess Chengyang's eyes lit up after hearing this, and she immediately asked anxiously.

"I'm afraid the whole Chang'an City knows the dispute between the eldest princess and the queen. Anyone with a discerning eye knows who is behind the scenes of the soap. She does this just to make the reputation of smelling the soap."

Zhang Zong smiled confidently again when he said this, "But the eldest princess still remembers that when Youxiangju first opened that day, the third prince Li Xian and Princess Taiping went to buy soap for Queen Wu in person, which is the best opportunity to clear her name!"

"You mean using the spear of your son and the shield of your son. Let's spread the news that she asked her children to buy soap, so that the rumors about her stinking soap will be broken!" Princess Chengyang was not stupid either, and immediately said excitedly when she heard this.

"The eldest princess is wise. She is still using our soap, but now she is instructing others to frame the soap. It is simply a contradiction. Most of the people who can afford to buy soap are either rich or noble, and they must know it. In this way, our soap will not be affected too much." Zhang Zong nodded with a smile.

"Wonderful, why didn't I think of this method before?" Princess Chengyang laughed excitedly. In fact, she didn't care whether the soap business was good or bad. What she cared about was to embarrass Wu Meiniang.

However, after Princess Chengyang was happy, she suddenly pulled Zhang Zong and asked again: "The problem of soap has been solved. Are you able to do anything about Lin Yidao? The Lin Yidao we finally found can't be cheaper for that bitch!"

When Zhang Zong heard that Princess Chengyang called Wu Meiniang a "bitter", he was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat. If someone knew about this, Princess Chengyang would definitely be fine, but he would be in great trouble.

However, this also made Zhang Zong suddenly feel moved. He had always wanted to persuade Princess Chengyang to join forces with Li Hong, but now it seems to be a good opportunity?
Chapter completed!