Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty

It snowed lightly in Tokyo the next day, and the fine snowflakes floated leisurely between the sky and the earth, making the antique city scenery hazy. A carriage drove slowly from the street to the old house of Guo Mansion.

There were still people every three to five steps in the snow, and men wearing bamboo hats and coir raincoats were walking casually on the busy streets. The armored warrior in front of the mansion walked up a few steps, looked at the eunuch who had just dismounted and asked, "Eunuch Yang, who is in the car?"

The eunuch took out a note and said: "This car cannot be searched, open the gate of the house."

After reading the note, Wufu turned his head and waved without saying a word. The old wooden door opened with a "creak".

When the carriage drove into the courtyard and stopped, the courtyard door was also closed. After a while, a woman stepped out of the car, wearing a hood to cover her head tightly, wearing a black fur cloak tied tightly below her neck with a ribbon. Only the exposed shoes let others know that she is not an ordinary woman. Even the embroidery on the shoes is inlaid with gold thread, which is obviously either rich or expensive.

"Madam Shen, please." Yang Shiliang, the great eunuch in the palace, also said politely.

A quiet voice said: "Thank you, Mr. Yang."

Mrs. Shen is Chen Jiali, and she should be the richest woman in the entire Xu Dynasty and even in the whole world.

The eunuch brought Chen Jiali to the door of the wooden house by the lake, and then retreated silently. There is a slightly quaint house here, and there is not even a single person around. She was about to walk in the door when she heard a man's voice inside saying: "This house is near the water and not against the mountains, and the humidity is heavy. The Feng Shui master also said that it is not suitable for living. But there is no perfect thing in the world. If you want to have good ventilation, lighting and scenery, you don't care about other things."

...Chen Jiali walked into the door, bowed politely and said, "I pay my respects to Your Majesty."

"Ms. Shen is free." Guo Shao sat by the table and looked at her tightly wrapped appearance with great interest.

At length she stretched her hand out of the cloak to take the veil from her head. Hands as white as fat, with bright red patterns painted on the nails, and a sparkling gemstone ring on the ring finger, which contrasted greatly with the black cloak, as if suddenly seeing fireworks in the dark night. She took off her veiled cap weakly, and slowly eased the cloak on her body.

"A person like me who lives alone in seclusion shouldn't meet men, but it's a sacred order." She said a little aggrieved.

Guo Shao joked: "It's the minister's wife, I can see you whenever I want? Mrs. Shen takes off a cloak that covers the snow, which makes me feel nervous as if I'm watching my wife take off her clothes. It's really interesting."

Chen Jialijiao said angrily, "Your Majesty..."

But he will not deny that Chen Jiali is hypocritical, she has always been like this anyway. In fact, she can do a small thing so interesting, isn't it a style? Guo Shao has always felt that women who are tired of everything are boring.

After Chen Jiali took off the veil, there was still a layer of translucent silk veil on her face... Guo Shao believed that the function of that thing was not to hide her "world-like appearance" at all, and Zhou Xian, who was more beautiful than her, didn't pay much attention to her. It was the pink collar lining she wore. Although it was not a low collar, it exposed the snow-white skin under the collarbone, wouldn't it be better than showing her face?

Without the cloak, Chen Jiali appeared in front of Guo Shao in a jeweled attire. The fine silk and fair skin made her glamorous, but not tacky. The gorgeous and delicate Chen Jiali appeared in this house that was originally a well-off mansion, like a fairy falling into the dust, eclipsing the surrounding environment.

Chen Jiali has a good appearance and figure, but her beauty is different from Zhou Xian and Jinzhan, she is really carved out of expensive decorations. Who told her that her wealth could not be spent in eight lifetimes?

"The concubine is not hypocritical, but the Yangzhou officials built a chastity archway for the concubine not long ago." Chen Jiali said quietly, "The concubine is not wrong. This kind of commendation must be approved by the court. His majesty approved the memorial?"

Guo Shao rubbed his forehead, "If you invite Mrs. Shen to come, won't you be chaste?"

Chen Jiali said: "I don't usually meet men, let alone this... lonely men and widows|women."

Guo Shao really didn't understand why, he suddenly wanted to tear off those expensive clothes on Chen Jiali's body, as well as the things she had framed, to see another scenery.

He took a few deep breaths and finally calmed down temporarily, pointing to the chair next to him and said: "Madam Shen, please sit down, I have invited you here today because I have business to discuss."

"Oh?" Chen Jiali stared at her beautiful eyes full of curiosity and enthusiasm, and sat down cautiously and reservedly on the chair, with her legs close together, her reservedness seemed a bit too much, Guo Shao didn't understand what was wrong. This girl holds businesses in so many places, and the merchants she cooperates with and the people she deals with are countless. It is impossible for her to pretend to be the white rabbit.

Guo Shao patted the things on the table, a cloth bag and a rag, "The seeds of Tianzhu cotton and the cloth woven from it."

After hearing this, Chen Jiali glanced at the cloth, stretched out her delicate fingers, twisted it lightly with her fingertips, and then looked at Guo Shao's face with great interest.

Guo Shaodao: "When the fleet of the Jiaolong Army of the Great Xu Imperial Army visited Tianzhu, they brought back seeds. I ordered the farming department to plant some. Cotton cloth is warmer and softer than hemp, and cheaper and stronger than silk..." He reached out to touch the silk on Chen Jiali's sleeve.

"Didn't Your Majesty say something serious?" Chen Jiali glared at him.

Guo Shaodao: "I'm not talking about business, it's still a big business."

He pondered for a moment and said, "Let's take a long-term view and look at business from a long-term perspective. Weaving has great potential. The current salt merchants are profitable, but it is due to the monopoly imposed by the imperial court on salt and iron. But weaving is different. Everyone has to wear clothes. Even the poor want to make new clothes for the New Year. Cloth is both a necessity and a luxury.

Mrs. Shen believes in my vision, take the cotton seeds to promote, and expand the textile workshops to become an industry. Don't worry about the sales. There are bound to be great things in hundreds of states and overseas provinces that are constantly expanding. "

Chen Jiali said kindly: "I believe in Your Majesty, His Majesty's talent is unmatched in the world."

Guo Shao nodded calmly, without any modesty, and encouraged Chen Jiali to invest money. But all this is just to give others confidence. He never thought that he was a genius beyond ordinary people, but he knew that the industrial revolution started from the textile industry... The road that human beings have traveled, the feasible road proved by reality, why should they abandon it and choose another road?

Chen Jiali said softly again: "I will do whatever His Majesty asks me to do. Now that I have bought so many properties, if not for Your Majesty's support, I don't know how many people are holding back and wanting to rob us."

Guo Shaodao: "Remember the night of the Mutiny in Tokyo, when I hid in Mrs. Shen's house?"

Chen Jiali looked up at him.

Guo Shao said in a deep voice: "I have always had a clear distinction between grievances and grievances, and I never want to do wrong to those I trust. As long as Da Xu Chao is here, anyone who wants to make things difficult for Mrs. Shen is my enemy."

Chen Jiali was greatly moved when she heard this, "Your Majesty has given me such a great favor, and I don't know how to repay you..."

"If Mrs. Shen has the heart to repay, I'm afraid she can only repay with her own body." Guo Shao said.

Chen Jiali's face under the veil was as red as the sunset, and she choked up, "Many people who are jealous of concubines scolded concubines harshly behind their backs, saying that concubines are both cousins ​​and set up archways... Now that the chastity archway in Yangzhou has also been repaired, isn't that really what others scolded?"

Guo Shao said seriously: "Loyalty is also chastity, isn't serving the emperor also loyal?"

After he finished speaking, he tentatively put his hand on the back of her beautiful hand. Chen Jiali lowered her head and asked in a low voice, "Your Majesty thinks Zhou Ehuang is better, or me?"

Guo Shao: "..."

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