I embezzled 100,000 taels at the beginning, and the empress begged me to be more greedy

The sky is clear and cloudless today.

A breeze blows, bringing coolness.

This excellent weather is a great day to go out and enjoy the flowers.

After a brief chat with Miss Chen Siyue in the morning, Jiang Zuo returned to the study to write a reply to His Majesty.

"Your Majesty, although I am not talented enough and have little experience, I am willing to serve the court as the General of the North, guarding Anding County and clearing out the barbarians in the north. Since the treasury of Anding County is empty, food and grass are insufficient, and weapons are scarce, the officers and soldiers of Anding County can only fight with sticks, and they don't even have many swords. I hope Your Majesty can allocate 300,000 taels to help Anding drive out the barbarians in the north..."

Jiang Zuo stopped writing and then handed it to Qianqisi to send it out.

Less than a moment after Qianqisi received the letter, Empress Chen Qingyun knew its contents.

"This Jiang Zuo comes to cry poor to me again..."

The empress already knew all about Jiang Zuo's tricks.

Are weapons and armor scarce in Anding County?

Chen Qingyun was skeptical about this. He still remembered that when he first met Jiang Zuo, the equipment of the officers and soldiers in Anding County did not seem to be as bad as Jiang Zuo said.

However, as a small frontier county, it is normal that armor is scarce.

If Jiangzuo needs it, she can indeed ask other border armies to transfer some equipment to Anding County.

Chen Qingyun continued to read.

"Three hundred thousand taels?"

Asking for money before even taking up the post is very consistent with Jiang Zuo's character.

She smiled helplessly in her heart and wrote two words: "No."

Chen Qingyun wrote a reply, and then heard a call from the courtyard.

"Master Jiang."

It's a man.

Chen Qingyun opened the window and looked outside.

She found out that the person coming was Master Guo. If she remembered correctly, Master Guo seemed to be Jiang Zuo's right-hand man.

A moment later, Jiang Zuo walked out of the study.

The two of them talked in low voices, and Chen Qingyun couldn't hear clearly what they were talking about.

"Why does it feel sneaky?" Chen Qingyun wondered.

Jiang Zuo then returned to the study, packed up, and prepared to go out.

At this time, Chen Qingyun walked out of the room and pretended to meet by chance.

"Master Jiang, where are you going?"

Chen Qingyun asked.

Jiang Zuo replied: "I'm going to take care of some things. Miss Chen, do you want to come with me?"

Unexpectedly, Chen Qingyun nodded and said, "Okay, I have nothing else to do anyway, so I'll go with you to have a look."

Jiang Zuo was still a little surprised. He had just exchanged a few polite words, but he didn't expect Miss Siyue to actually agree.

"What an interesting woman." Jiang Zuo laughed in his heart.

"Then let's go." Jiang Zuo went forward and ordered people to prepare the carriage.

As they walked, Master Guo whispered in Jiang Zuo's ear, "Sir, is it really okay to take her with you?"

There seemed to be some concern in his words, as if there was some secret.

"It doesn't matter. It will be made public sooner or later anyway."

Jiang Zuo was quite indifferent.

"That's right. Anyway, this girl will be your future wife, so it doesn't matter." Master Guo joked in a low voice.

Jiang Zuo turned his head, showed a meaningful smile, and said: "Master, you understand it very well, don't you?"

Chen Qingyun, who was not far behind, was watching their behavior and felt confused.

"Are they going to do something sneaky again?"

A moment later, Jiang Zuo and Chen Qingyun were riding in the same carriage again.

After yesterday's experience, for some reason, Chen Qingyun did not have much resistance to such intimate actions.

About an incense stick of time later, the carriage stopped.

Chen Qingyun got off the carriage and saw a courtyard house appear in front of him.

From time to time, the sound of iron hammering and crackling could be heard from inside.

"What is this place?"

Chen Qingyun asked doubtfully.

Jiang Zuo answered truthfully: "This is our arsenal in Anding County."

"Arsenal? What is this?"

Chen Qingyun was unable to understand again.

Is this the place where weapons are cast?

How many new and interesting things are hidden in Jiangzuo that she, the emperor, doesn't know about...

"Didn't I say yesterday that I would take you to see how those fireworks are made? So here we go today." Jiang Zuo replied.

Hearing this, Chen Qingyun was quite looking forward to it.

Under the guidance of Jiang Zuo, Chen Qingyun followed him into the house.

But when she entered the room for the first time, she did not see the so-called fireworks. Instead, what caught her eye was a pile of strange weapons.

Chen Qingyun was stunned. In front of him, all kinds of bows and crossbows, swords, spears and clubs of various lengths were neatly arranged.

Recalling the letter written by Jiang Zuo, Chen Qingyun suddenly felt angry and felt completely deceived.

You call that a shortage of weapons and armor?

This pile of weapons is even more sophisticated than the equipment of the imperial guards in the capital.

Privately forging armor and weapons is a capital crime!

Could it be that Jiang Zuo is planning a rebellion?

I had previously had private contact with Jiang Zuo and knew that Jiang Zuo was quite dissatisfied with the current emperor.

At this moment, Empress Chen Qingyun suddenly felt a sense of crisis.

Chen Qingyun walked forward, picked up a crossbow and looked at it carefully.

"Miss Siyue, are you also interested in these weapons?"

Jiang Zuo stepped forward and asked.

If Miss Chen Siyue is interested, Jiang Zuo is willing to explain it.

Chen Qingyun was too interested, and angrily said in his heart: "You Jiang Zuo, you have deceived me time and again, each of which is a capital crime. Don't think that I really won't punish you!"

The crossbow in her hand is extremely sophisticated and has great imaginative power.

In Dayan, common people can own bows, but they are absolutely not allowed to privately possess crossbows.

Because even a powerless commoner can be good at using a crossbow, but this is not necessarily the case with a bow. Therefore, when a rebellion breaks out, these will be a major concern for the imperial court.

If Jiangzuo colluded with the enemy country or the rebels in Dayan, it would definitely be a major hidden danger to the court.

The empress knew very well that there were still many forces in various parts of Dayan ready to make moves, especially the Fourteenth Prince who guarded the northwest. The army under his command was a threat to the court.

Chen Qingyun had a suspicious personality, and at this moment she suddenly felt like killing.

But then she thought again, she absolutely couldn't bear to kill Jiang Zuo.

The only thing to do now is to make Jiang Zuo completely a loyal minister and general of the empress.

But how to do it?

Chen Qingyun actually had some ideas in his mind, but he was quite conflicted.

Since Jiang Zuo is in love with her, doesn't that mean...

"No, I am the current emperor!"

Chen Qingyun rejected the shameful idea in her heart.

"Miss Siyue?"

Jiang Zuo called out Chen Qingyun softly.

Chen Qingyun sighed inwardly, put down the crossbow in his hand, and asked: "Master Jiang, are these weapons forged by the imperial court? This really opened my eyes."

Jiang Zuo hesitated for a moment before nodding and saying, "That's right."

Right?

This guy is a liar.

A hint of majesty flashed in Chen Qingyun's eyes.

Jiang Zuo's act of privately manufacturing weapons has already touched the empress's reverse scale.

It seems that the selection of the General Zhenbei still needs careful consideration.

At least, Chen Qingyun must not let Jiang Zuo grow so strong...