Nu Yalang of Tang Dynasty

Entering the side hall, Li Longji called Gao Lishi and asked the latter to bring Zhou Jun sobering soup and specially gave him a seat.

Zhou Jun expressed his gratitude to the Holy Grace, but his heart was beating. He didn't know what the emperor wanted to do by being so polite.

After Zhou Jun sat down, Li Longji said: "In October last year, Ge Shuhan finally captured Shibao City. After a battle, he not only died in more than 60,000 soldiers, but also lost food, grass, weapons, servants, etc.

It has countless uses.”

Zhou Jun lowered his head and remained silent.

Li Longji added: "In the first month of this year, the ministers have come forward to ask for the sealing of Mount Huashan, and I agree to it. Digging the Huashan Road, setting up a mandala, and building the Huashan Temple are another expense."

Hearing this, Zhou Jun had vaguely guessed Li Longji's intention.

Li Longji: "Everything in the Tang Dynasty is complicated, and the internal government has countless expenses. Even with the help of you and Yang Jialang, it is still very difficult."

Zhou Jun cupped his hands and said, "I honor Princess Wanchun. Your Majesty is my father. When my father calls me, I must do my best and dedicate myself to it."

Li Longji was overjoyed, clapped his thigh with his hand, and shouted "Hello", then he said with a smile: "Zhou Lang replaced the private sector with the government sector, which made Daqi Trade Road a huge profit. I want to introduce this method to Gyeonggi.

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Zhou Jun: "Your Majesty, there may be something wrong with this method."

Li Longji: "Oh? What's wrong?"

Zhou Jun: "The Daqi Trading Road is located in a desert, full of quicksand, and surrounded by bad miasma. Ordinary trading companies are simply unable to open stores on it. This allows Guanyi to take over all the business on the trading road. However, in the Gyeonggi area, there are many trading companies, and there are many trading companies behind it.

They all belong to aristocratic and distinguished families, so if the government rashly competes with them for profit, it may cause a backlash."

Li Longji pondered for a moment and then asked: "Since the government camp cannot be introduced, then I just heard you talk about selling the house, is there any way to implement it?"

Zhou Jun now finally understood the true meaning of this homecoming banquet.

Today's homecoming banquet, Zhou Jun thought it was just a simple banquet for Princess Wanchun and her family.

However, the venue was located at the Xianghui Building in Huaxe, the event was so grand, and guests such as noble ministers, relatives of the emperor, and other guests were invited, but they all came because of Zhou Jun's reputation as running the Daqi Trading Road.

Zhou Jun thought about this and said to Li Longji: "I wonder where your Majesty wants to promote house sales?"

Li Longji: "There are thousands of acres of land south of Xizhou and west of Bahe River, and it is also close to Chang'an. What do you think of Zhou Erlang?"

Zhou Jun made a decision in his mind, nodded and said: "This place is the best."

Li Longji: "The matter of demarcating land and selling houses involves land, craftsmen, laborers, slaves, tribes, etc. It requires coordination among officials from various ministries and departments. I am afraid it will be impossible without an official position..."

At this point, Li Longji looked troubled: "However, you have become the consort, and if you are awarded a ministerial title, you may be dissatisfied with the officials... How about this, I will give you a few envoys."

The so-called envoys are different from the official ranks. It means that the emperor needs his ministers to complete specific errands. The titles given to the envoys are common ones such as interview envoy, deposed envoy, salt and iron transfer envoy, etc.

Zhou Jun lowered his head and was listening. He was startled by the long list of envoy names that Li Longji announced next.

Li Longji: "I grant you the envoys of Gyeonggi Camping Fields, Sebu Envoys, Planting Envoys, Surveying Envoys, and Household Deeds Envoys."

Five envoys were sealed in succession. After hearing this, Zhou Jun was a little confused. After careful consideration, Zhou Jun saw some secrets from these five envoys.

The main responsibility of the field envoy is to be responsible for farming, but with the word Gyeonggi in front, the nature changes. The envoy can divide and manage specific land in the Gyeonggi area.

Seyongji can call on official and private laborers, including craftsmen, clerks, civilian laborers, etc., who can be used as labor for large-scale engineering projects.

The planting envoy was originally called the Inner Garden Envoy, and was mainly responsible for the management of green vegetation in the imperial city. The place where the house was sold was located in Bachuan. This envoy should be authorized to manage the local trees, flowers, lakes, pavilions, and aquatic products, etc.

The urging envoy is mainly responsible for reminders and supervision, such as urging for project expenses, or government cooperation, etc., which are all followed up by this envoy.

Finally, there is the household deed envoy.

This envoy, who is responsible for the household registration management of good and untouchable people, is usually given to officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs who go to local and state capitals on official business to facilitate them to handle household registration matters both on and off staff.

Li Longji gave this dismissal position to Zhou Jun so that the latter could deal with the needs of house buyers.

At this point, Zhou Jun held five major positions and had absolute management rights over the sale of the house in Bachuan, including land, labor, landscapes, flowers, expenses, government cooperation, and household registration management.

On the one hand, this shows that Li Longji attaches great importance to selling his house; on the other hand, it also shows that he has high regard for Zhou Jun, his consort.

Speaking of this, Zhou Jun knew that he could not refuse, so he stood up, knelt down in front of Li Longji, and said: "Your Majesty's trust, I can't repay him. I can only work hard and strive to report good results as soon as possible."

Li Longji walked down with a smile, helped Zhou Jun up with his own hands, patted the latter's shoulder and said a few words of comfort.

After the homecoming banquet was over, Zhou Jun and Yin Yu came to the gate of Xingqing Palace and got on the carriage.

Zhou Jun opened the curtain, looked at the palace outside the car, and whispered: "Years ago, the Daqi Trade Road transported two million guan of goods, and the Duzhi Division also transported hundreds of thousands of guan to the inner palace.

Light goods. Although the income is quite generous, there are many places where money is spent in the Tang Dynasty."

Yin Yu, who was sitting next to Zhou Jun, nodded and said, "Who says it's not the case? The cost of this palace alone is not a small sum."

Zhou Jun put down the curtain, looked back at Yin Yu and asked, "What are the expenses in the palace?"

Yin Yu: "I heard that in the past two years, the ministers of prominent clans in Chang'an City, as well as the royal family members, have made it fashionable to eat luxuriously, and naturally the palace cannot be left behind. Last month, my father sealed the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Yao Siyi is the food envoy for inspecting the school. Today’s palace banquet includes thousands of plates of land and water treasures, and each plate costs the products of ten families."

At a banquet, thousands of plates of land and water treasures are eaten, and each plate is worth the assets of ten middle-class families?

Zhou Jun was stunned when he heard this. According to this way of eating, even if it is a mountain of gold and silver, it will be empty one day.

Yin Yu looked at Zhou Jun and asked: "Erlang, my father recruited you alone, but there is a problem?"

Zhou Jun shook his head and said softly: "Eating the emperor's salary and being loyal to the emperor are the only things."

At the driver's shout, the carriage started slowly and left the gate of Xingqing Palace.

What Zhou Jun and Yin Yu didn't know was that there was a pair of eyes staring at the carriage from beginning to end, watching them leave.

Yang Zhao stood on the long street outside the palace gate with his hands behind his back, looking at the dust raised by the departing carriage, and muttered in a low voice: "Jun is for heavy planning, Zhao is for gold..."

After being silent for a long time, Yang Zhao let out a long sigh, turned around and said to himself in a voice that only he could hear: "It's a pity that you can be bright when you are born with Yu..."

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