There is a dragon

On this day, there was a commotion at the door of the Ministry of Industry early in the morning.A long locomotive was parked at the door, and the Ministry of Industry circled around the locomotive, and many people were still chanting.

Ye Jingshu also came here on purpose.With a sweep of his eyes, he found that several carriages had been dismantled separately at the rear of the car, and several strong men were sweating profusely moving out the small black boxes inside one by one.

In this noisy scene, there was one place that seemed particularly abrupt, perhaps because that person was too spotless, but it stood out even more.

Ye Jingshu's uncle, King Jin Ye Ruiwen, was also there, and Ling stood beside him, watching the heated scene intently.

"Wang He." Ye Jingshu greeted, he usually left Wang He outside when he entered the Ministry of Industry.

Seeing Ye Ruiwen and Ling Ze, Wang He ran over quickly, and then said sharply, "Your Majesty! The King of Jin and the Imperial Teacher are asking to see you."

She couldn't stand in this messy place, and Ye Jingshu didn't remind Wang He that he could order the little eunuch to run errands instead of running by himself.He waved his hands in disrespect, and looked at Jin Wang on the other side: "Is there something for the emperor to come here?"

Ye Ruiwen was the only brother left by the late emperor. He was ill, his legs and feet were inconvenient, and he was never married. Even the late emperor trusted him a lot.In terms of government affairs, he can resist when things happen, neither favoring the aristocratic family nor Ye Jingshu in particular.In general, Ye Jingshu still approved of this uncle who had never met and never made trouble for him.

Ye Ruiwen chuckled: "I was originally waiting for His Majesty in the Palace of Political Affairs. I heard that I was in the Ministry of Industry, so I came here with the National Teacher." He pointed at Ling Ze, "Before Your Majesty was ill, the National Teacher has been..."

"Uncle Emperor." Seeing that Ye Ruiwen was about to publicize the merits of Ling Ze, Ye Jingshu hurriedly said, "What is the purpose of you coming here to find me?"

Ye Jingshu relied heavily on Ye Ruiwen for government affairs, and even his elder brother Ye Xizhou, king of Chu, brought him with him for his illness this time and let them handle it.Anyway, even if he was there, he wouldn't be good at it.The affairs of the nobles in the Central Plains were protracted and complicated, and it was difficult for him to have the patience to distinguish the sharpness of their words.

"There are still some memorials waiting for His Majesty's reply," Ye Ruiwen said, "There is also the matter of the Pingshan Tunnel, which has not been decided yet, and is waiting for His Majesty to make a decision."

Pingshan is the barrier of the capital city. If you want to cross Pingshan now, because the mountain road is difficult to walk, and it is difficult for a locomotive to enter Beijing, you have to spend time detours or burn more fuel to travel the mountain road.After Ye Jingshu ascended the throne, he proposed to open the tunnel to facilitate the passage of locomotives.Some people support this proposal and some people oppose it. In addition to the lack of money in the treasury and the need for many migrant workers to open this tunnel, there is also the problem of the capital's preparedness.

Even though Jiang Mian was young, the servant Ling Jiang Mian was pushed by his family to be the governor of the province after his father retired, and his son inherited his father's position. He was quite prestigious among the younger generation, and even the older generation appreciated him.Zhongshu ordered Tang Cun'an to have a goatee, his hair was already gray, and he usually had a straight face and a pair of eyes that sparkled. It was well known both inside and outside the court that he had a domineering personality, and he was famous for saying what he said.

Half of the ice soul business in the capital is run by the Tang family. After the tunnel is opened, Tang Cun'an can think of any benefits with his feet, and he immediately gave it to him. The book has been passed down to his family. The Jiang family's ice soul business has always been dispensable However, there were many problems after Pingshan was opened, so Jiang Mian stopped him directly.

This kid looks young, but he has a lot of eyes.He knew that Ye Jingshu wouldn't make much money if he didn't do business in the capital. The tunnel was opened only for the occasional transportation convenience. So pay attention.What's more, Ye Jingshu is sitting on the dragon chair now, and he will stay in the capital until his old age. If the security of the capital is compromised because of the Pingshan Tunnel, Ye Jingshu will not be so persistent.

After doing this, the Ping Shan Tunnel becomes dispensable.

If this tunnel can pass through the three provinces smoothly, it will be opened, and if it cannot pass, forget it.When Ye Jingshu thought about the little money in the national treasury, and then thought that Xu Yuan, the successor of the household department, had a good relationship with Jiang Mian, and cooperated with him all day long, reporting the heartbreaking deposits of the national treasury with a paralyzed face and tone of voice...

The first emperor pursued the way of immortality and spent his private treasury and national treasury. After Ye Jingshu inherited the throne, he could only stare blankly at the walls of the empty warehouse.

Although it is not possible to break one piece of silver into two pieces of flowers, it is impossible to exaggerate and extravagantly put on the scene like the first emperor was.

Sometimes Ye Jingshu felt that the biggest ostentation in his life was probably when he entered Beijing. He thought that the money he spent would come back after he ascended the throne, but now that he thinks about it, he is too naive to take it for granted.

There is nothing so good in the world.

"Did Tang Zhongshu come up with a charter?" Ye Jingshu asked, "I still took it out, but Jiang Shizhong didn't give it?"

Seeing Jiang Mian and Xu Yuan's intentions, if they don't bite off a piece of flesh from the Tang family, they won't be able to break through this tunnel.If the Tang family wanted to fight, they could find a way to get Jiang Mian to nod, Ye Jingshu would be happy to approve it.

The Tang family didn't bleed, it would be strange if Jiang Mian survived.

Ye Ruiwen felt a toothache when he talked about this matter. He talked about it all the time, but there was no result. He immediately said: "I heard that your Majesty has some ice souls who came from Qin. I want to Going to buy some back."

The small box brought by the locomotive at the door contained blocky ice caps.Ye Ruiwen's legs and feet were not good, and it was even more difficult when the weather was cold, so Ye Jingshu asked Lou Xinming to melt some of it into water, and gave Ye Ruiwen some, and only received a few money as a subsidy.

Unexpectedly, Ye Ruiwen would bring him a big customer.

Even the lights in the Zhaixing Building are made of ice caps. Although the ice caps are resistant to burning, they are expensive after all. I can't think of any reason to be so extravagant except for the broad-leaf Jingshu.

Ling bowed his head slightly: "Some of the glazed lamps in the Zhaixing Building have no ice souls. I heard from His Royal Highness King Jin that His Majesty's ice souls are very good in color and very resistant to heat. It seems that the day is going to get colder. The only ice souls you need are ice souls." Much more, if possible, I want more."

Because the ice cape in the capital is liquid, many people add water to dilute it before selling it.One tael of ice soul, one tael of gold, three parts of ice water and seven parts of ice.This sold the water for the price of gold, and each of these gentry was better at doing business.It was tacitly understood by everyone that the aristocratic family in Beijing would add water to the ice cap when buying and selling the ice cap, but it was only a small amount.

The ice cap that Ye Jingshu gave Ye Ruiwen didn't add a drop of water, so it was naturally resistant to heat and easy to use.

"Want all the national teachers?"

Ye Jingshu thought for a while. Except for some lumps, the rest of the ice souls shipped in this batch were all liquid. If Ling could get money, he would put a knife on Lou Xinming's neck. Force him to melt the blocky ice caps into water and sell them to Lingze.

"Now the ice souls in the capital are more expensive than gold, and most of them are mixed with water. The ice souls I have come from the Qin land, so they are naturally the first-class ones. I originally wanted to use them myself, but the national teacher wanted them. It's okay to give some to the national teacher. It's just..." Ye Jingshu hesitated to speak.

Ling Ze took over the words: "Of course I will give money. After all, Qin is far away, and it is not easy for His Majesty to send someone to bring it here."

"Then how much does the national teacher want?" Ye Jingshu was already making calculations in his heart.

"How much does Your Majesty want to sell?" Ling Ze kept his mind on it, "Your Majesty's Ice Pore is naturally good, but it's not that there are no good Ice Pores in the capital. These things burn almost the same, if it's not mixed with water There will be water left in the end, and no one will know if it is not burned to the end."

"The quality of Beijing's Ice Pore is just a question of how much water is added." Ye Jingshu made a promise, "My Ice Pore is not mixed with a drop of water."

"Then His Majesty's ice soul, or one or two?" Ling Ze asked.

"Of course it's higher, but it's what the national teacher came to ask for, so it can be cheaper." Ye Jingshu said, "If it's easy to use, the national teacher will know after using it."

Ling shook his head: "Many ministers have used this ice porch to make lamp oil. It's getting cold soon, and my old servant has bad legs and feet, and he is more afraid of the cold than ordinary people. A good ice porch can be used for a kilo of heaters. Last winter, but now such a good ice soul, I am afraid that there will be no more in Beijing."

"You are not joking," Ye Jingshu said.

Putting his gaze on the strong man who was going in and out carrying boxes, Lingze had heard a few murmurs saying something heavy earlier.Some officials from the Ministry of Industry are gesticulating and directing, repeatedly saying be careful.

Ling Ze paused, and then said: "Since this is the case, please ask your Majesty to send the Bing Po to the Star Picking Tower later, the people there will not be able to move it."

With the money in the account, Ye Jingshu talked a lot, so he naturally agreed.

After the business was finished, Ye Ruiwen felt that he had nothing to do here. The rumors that His Majesty was interested in the national teacher in the palace, and Ye Jingshu's tone of speech to Ling Ze now was very different from his usual tone, which can be called a spring breeze in March.Wang He over there also gave him a secret wink, Ye Ruiwen understood a little bit, and made an excuse at random, saying that he was going to visit the queen mother, and then resigned.

Ye Jingshu and Ling Ze had been at odds for a long time, and because the atmosphere of the transaction suddenly became better, they had nothing to say, they could only maintain their not-so-embarrassed expressions, and walked back in silence.

It was so quiet that it was too loud to breathe.

After all, it was Ling who took the initiative to break the silence, and said with emotion: "Speaking of which, the amount of ice soul in Beijing is so large, but no one in Qin land directly sells it. It is all bought and sold by aristocratic families. Ice soul comes from your majesty's Qin land, but But it's not His Majesty who is buying and selling... I thought, if His Majesty came to do this business, would there be less ice souls mixed with water in Beijing?"

Ye Jingshu had wanted to step in and take full control of the ice soul business for a long time. He used to be powerless when he was in Qin, but now he came to the capital and became the emperor, but he still couldn't get a share of the pie.

Ye Jingshu didn't answer for a long time, Lingze stopped talking, touched his nose, and looked into the distance.

The tallest building in the palace, the Zhaixing Building, is standing opposite the two of them.The long bridge lies on the waves, runs across Lanyue Lake, and connects with Zhaixing Tower.

Unknowingly, the two came here.

Ye Jingshu was a little annoyed, but it was normal for Lingze to walk back here, why did he follow along?

"It's going to rain." Ling Ze said suddenly.

Ye Jingshu looked up at the sky. Although there was no sunlight, it was bright white, and it didn't look like it was going to rain.

Isn't this talking nonsense with your eyes open?