The little concubine with many children and good fortune wins the harem by doing nothing

After receiving the order, Wang Chuang quickly led a team of elite soldiers and rushed to the south of the Yangtze River day and night.

He was well aware that this mission was of great importance. If he could not thoroughly investigate the case, not only would he be unable to give an account to the emperor, but the people would also suffer.

So they disguised themselves as ordinary merchants and secretly investigated the whereabouts of merchants and pirates.

When they finally arrived in Jiangnan, Wang Chuang did not alert the enemy, but instead launched an investigation secretly.

He sent people to collect evidence and investigate clues, and gradually got to know the criminal facts of the merchants and the pirates.

At the same time, some forces in the court also noticed something was wrong and began to try to interfere with the investigation. However, Wang Chuang was not afraid of power and firmly carried out the emperor's orders.

After some twists and turns, he finally found the secret base of the merchants who sold smuggled salt and the pirates. However, the base was heavily guarded and difficult to enter directly.

So Wang Chuang decided to use his wits to outwit the enemy. He sent people to infiltrate the stronghold and collect evidence.

At the same time, he contacted Lord Wu, the commander of the garrison in Jiangnan, with the dragon tablet bestowed by the emperor himself, and prepared to jointly formulate a capture plan.

Finally, on a dark and windy night, when they were conducting a transaction, Wang Chuang led everyone to launch a surprise attack.

After a fierce battle, they successfully broke through the stronghold and arrested all the people involved in the case. They also seized a large amount of illegal salt in the cabin.

In order to avoid any unexpected events, Wang Chuang rushed back to the capital that night with the confiscated private salt, as well as the officials, merchants and pirates involved in the case.

After returning to Beijing, Wang Chuang presented the results of the battle to Chu Junze, who was very pleased and rewarded him generously.

At the same time, he also ordered that the case be jointly handled by the Minister of Justice Wang Chuang and the Supreme Court Justice Zhan Ping, and that all criminals be severely punished to serve as a warning to others.

Soon, the case became a hot topic in the capital, and even Su Qianqian, who was in the harem, heard some rumors.

So, when Chu Junze returned to Yaoguang Palace after the morning court session, Su Qianqian talked to him about "how to make salt".

However, what she didn't expect was that she was just talking casually, but she unexpectedly shocked Chu Junze.

Because before this, Chu Junze didn’t know that salt could be extracted from seawater!

"In the world I once lived in, most people living by the sea made salt."

Su Qianqian chuckled and explained, "All you need to do is introduce seawater into the excavated salt pond, and then use the sun and wind to evaporate the water, and you will get sea salt.

If you need it, there are specific operation methods and steps in the study room of my space."

Chu Junze listened attentively, thinking to himself that if the imperial court sent special people to mine salt using this method, it would facilitate the salt supply problem in the coastal cities.

At the same time, it can also solve the problem of quantity limitation and price when people buy official salt.

However, this approach will definitely provoke a counterattack from the salt merchants in the south of the Yangtze River.

"This method is very good." Chu Junze's eyes flashed with excitement, "Qianqian, you really helped me a lot again!

The official salt reserves of our Zhao Kingdom have always been low, and the price has not come down, so the tax cannot be collected. "

After hearing this, Su Qianqian realized that the people here really didn't know that salt could be made in this way.

So she immediately waved away everyone and took Chu Junze into the space.

Without saying a word, she found the book "Teaching You How to Make Salt Step by Step" in the study.

It was not until he opened the book and read its contents that he realized there were so many ways to make salt.

"These methods are really eye-opening." Chu Junze exclaimed, "If we can master these technologies, we can not only solve the domestic salt problem, but also bring huge profits."

Su Qianqian nodded in agreement, "But we need to be cautious and not let those salt merchants know about our plan."

"That's right, we have to take it slow." Chu Junze said thoughtfully, "First, we have to select some reliable people and secretly learn these salt-making methods. When the time is right, we can promote them."

After discussing, the two decided to start the pilot project in a small area and then gradually expand the scale after success.

"In addition, we can also use this salt-making method to increase our country's tax revenue," Su Qianqian suggested.

Chu Junze nodded in agreement, "As expected of Qianqian, you always come up with such good ideas. If we implement them, our Great Zhao Kingdom will surely become more powerful."

He believed that as long as this plan was managed with care, it would bring about tremendous changes to Zhao State.

Chu Junze nodded slightly to show his agreement. He decided to leave his trusted ministers behind after the morning court tomorrow to see if he could find a suitable candidate to go to the seaside to learn how to make salt.

By the time the two of them walked out of the space, Eunuch Xi was already standing outside the door with a secret letter, waiting to be summoned.

Chu Junze took the secret letter, opened it and took a look. His expression instantly became solemn.

"Your Majesty, what happened?" Seeing this, Su Qianqian asked with concern.

Chu Junze handed her the secret letter and said, "Take a look. It's only been a short time since the beginning of summer, but there has been a severe drought in the north. The people have no harvest, and many have starved to death."

After reading the secret letter, Su Qianqian frowned, "The weather in the north is a little abnormal. Even if it is a drought, it shouldn't have started just after the beginning of summer, right?!"

I remember that at the beginning of summer last year, there were many floods in the south of the Yangtze River, but the north was fine.

At that time, Chu Junze ordered the Ministry of Works to cooperate with Su Qianqian based on the waterwheel drawings to build a waterwheel that could drain water in a timely manner and avoid flooding problems.

Now, it is just the beginning of summer and drought has started in the north, which is really abnormal.

Chu Junze was silent for a moment, and then said, "I plan to send people to the disaster area to investigate the real situation, and then make arrangements for disaster relief. However, there are not many people available in the court now. It seems that it is time to recall those poor students I sent out before to the capital."

Su Qianqian understood his concerns and felt that this arrangement was the most reasonable.

However, for her personally, as someone who has survived the apocalypse for three years, it is important to take precautions before they happen, but it is also important to plan ahead.

So we can make arrangements now. If the drought in the north is really serious, the capital will have to prepare food in advance if it wants to provide disaster relief.

After arriving there, you have to find a clean water source. If there is really no clean water source, you have to use charcoal, sand and stones to filter the water.

You must know that after a major disaster, there will inevitably be an epidemic, so medicinal materials must be prepared and imperial doctors must also be arranged to accompany them.

"In addition, I think we need to send some soldiers to maintain order." Su Qianqian suggested, "If there are too many disaster victims, it may be difficult for court officials alone to maintain order."

Chu Junze nodded slightly, expressing his agreement. "Qianqian is right! In this way, the disaster relief plan can be initially drafted."

So after planning the disaster relief arrangements, Chu Junze immediately began to deploy various tasks.

At the same time, he sent Long Yi to the north quickly to verify whether the drought there was true, and then ordered the preparation of food, medicinal materials and other supplies.

For a time, the whole capital city was busy preparing for the upcoming disaster relief operation.