Kangning Palace.
Yun Chu arranged for people to bring Lin and his sister-in-law Liu Qianqian into the palace.
Looking at Yun Chu's old-looking outfit, Mrs. Lin couldn't help but sigh: "Chu'er, you... ugh..."
What evil had her Chuer done? She married a man like Xie Jingyu in her first marriage. She thought her second marriage would be a happy one, but she didn’t expect Chu Yi to be like this... Chuer was only in her twenties and became the Queen Mother. Spending the best years of your life in this lonely harem, slowly withering and growing old alone...
"Mother, I'm fine." Yunchu said with a smile on his face, "I invite mother and sister-in-law to come into the palace. I have something I want to ask your help to do."
Liu Qianqian raised her eyes and said, "It's about food and grass."
Yun Chu nodded: "In the past few years, after every autumn harvest, I will hoard a large amount of grain. After storing the grain for more than two years, I will sell it to the poor people at a low price. While processing the old grain, I will also purchase new grain. Ensure that the grain depot is always sufficient. I just looked at the accounts, and the grain of several cities combined totals about five million stones..."
"hiss!"
Lin and Liu Qianqian both took a deep breath.
They all knew that Yun Chu was hoarding food and would buy food from other countries, but they didn't know that he actually stocked up to five million.
"The Great Jin Dynasty and the Dongling Kingdom are separated by the sea. This war is a protracted war and requires a lot of food and grass. Five million is enough for now. If the war drags on for a year..." Yun Chu shook his head and said no more about the war. He paused and said, "Food alone is not enough, we also need fodder. I will give most of my dowry to my mother and sister-in-law to help purchase fodder. Then, in the name of the Yun family and the Queen Mother, I will donate the food and fodder to the court free of charge."
Liu Qianqian nodded seriously.
Now that there are three pillars in the court, the Queen Mother needs to do this to win over the centrists, and the young emperor can get enough support to make the regent step down.
She said: "I also have some dowry, I..."
"Sister-in-law." Yun Chu held her hand, "I have money, a lot of money."
Not to mention the hot spring village, just talk about that big ship. It can go to sea up to three times a year. Each time it can bring her huge wealth gains. If she takes the goods and sells them overseas, she can earn 50,000 taels of silver. If the goods are returned to the southern terminal, they can earn more than 100,000 yuan. Finally, if they bring the goods back to Beijing from the south, they can earn at least 30,000 yuan. In total, this trip can earn more than 100,000 taels.
The year before last, she invested 100,000 taels of silver to build another ship. In the past few years, the two large ships have earned her more than 1 million taels of silver.
Others only knew that she was in the sailing business, but they didn't know that she took the lead and made a lot of money. The merchants who came later could no longer make such huge profits.
If you have money and food, you don't have to worry about many things.
After sending Lin and Liu Qianqian away, Yun Chu began to read the memorial.
When she was not behind the curtain to listen to the government, the five auxiliary ministers were responsible for handling the memorials in the court. Now that she was listening to the government, the memorials were sent to her.
She would read all the memorials first, waiting for some important matters to be discussed in the morning tomorrow, and randomly reviewing a line of meaningless memorials. For some moderate matters, she would specially select a few typical ones, and then wait for Chu Hongyu to discuss them in the evening. When they came over for dinner, the mother and son discussed and discussed these issues.
Yun Chu had not had much contact with court affairs in his previous life. Although he was involved in them in this life, his political acumen was still not as good as that of some veteran ministers.
She needs to read a lot of history books, see Midnight every day, and work hard to absorb nutrients before she can cope with the affairs of the court.
"Mother!"
Chu Hongyu's voice came from the door, and Yun Chu put down the history book.
The little guy called his mother at the door. After he came in, he immediately changed his words and said, "Mom, I'm so hungry. I can eat three big bowls of rice today."
Yun Chu touched his slightly wet hair: "Did you fall into the water today?"
"I dropped the water three times." Chu Hongyu swallowed the food in his mouth and couldn't help but said excitedly, "I only brought a set of clean clothes, so I followed Chen San to sneak into his yard to find clothes to change. He was almost discovered by his parents, it was such a close call!"
Yun Chu: "..."
Even if the Minister of Industry and his wife discovered it, they would probably pretend they didn't see it.
She put down her chopsticks and said, "How's the research going?"
"Right away..." Chu Hongyu paused and said in disbelief, "Mom, how did you know that I was researching something?"
Yun Chu laughed: "With all your little thoughts, do you still want to hide it from your mother?"
"That's right." Chu Changsheng curled his lips and said with a smile, "Isn't my brother studying how to quickly capture the opponent's ship in naval battles?"
Chu Hongyu touched his nose.
He also wanted to give his mother a surprise, but he didn't expect her to know everything.
"If you need any help, just ask mother." Yun Chu gave him a piece of fish maw, "After the food, grass and military pay are collected, the reinforcements will set off in about half a month, and it will take half a month to get there. , we have to arrange our troops when we get to the front line, you still have time, don’t be in a hurry.”
How could Chu Hongyu not be anxious? He was anxious to death.
He was thinking about this when he went to court the next day. When Ouyang Ye was teaching him, he lost his mind for a moment. When Ouyang Ye asked, he simply said: "Teacher, the student has a question to ask. "
Ouyang Ye listened attentively.
"In terms of naval warfare, we in the Jin Dynasty have little experience, but the Dongling people are very good at sneak attacks on the sea." Chu Hongyu said unhurriedly, "I have seen the battle reports from the front line. The size of Dongling's warships It is less than one-third as good as our Dajin, but it can make our Dajin retreat without a fight... The reason is that their ships are smaller, more flexible and more versatile, and they mainly focus on sneak attacks. It is difficult for us to control their ships and we can only watch helplessly. Watching them succeed in their sneak attack and escape... I was wondering if I could develop something that could control their ships, turn the naval battle into a land battle, and then annihilate the Dongling Kingdom in one fell swoop. I now have preliminary drawings. I'll draw it..."
"The Emperor is very young and has many ideas, but..." Ouyang Ye shook his head, "I'm not very good at these things, and I can't give the Emperor any advice."
Chu Hongyu's little face drooped: "Hey, let me think about it again..."
"The emperor can go to the Minister of the Ministry of Industry." Ouyang Ye said, "Every minister of the Ministry of Industry is good at these strange skills. Maybe he can give the emperor some ideas."
Chu Hongyu's eyes lit up.
Yes, the Minister of Industry has much more experience than him, so he should ask for help when he needs it.
After class, Chu Hongyu changed his clothes, took a group of followers, got on the carriage, and sneaked out of the palace.
Chu Rui, who was walking towards the royal study, saw the carriage leaving the palace, and a sneer appeared on his lips.
Since the young emperor was so dishonest, he didn't mind and went to negotiate a deal with Yun Chu.
He turned around and went to Kangning Palace.
