Chapter 14 Could it be that he is to sleep with me tonight?

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"You all don't believe I can make salt?" Lin Baige turned and looked at the officials, "What if I really can make salt?"

"If you really do it, so that we don't have to be shackled by Jiang State anymore, I will be the first to promise His Majesty to pardon you." Marquis Nan'an said disdainfully.

The other ministers also shouted: "That's right, if you do it, we also promise His Majesty to pardon you."

Lin Baige looked at Mr. Zhang: "Mr. Zhang, what do you think?"

Lord Zhang snorted disdainfully: "I am just like them. If you can make salt, I will no longer stop His Majesty from protecting you."

"But then again, if you dare to fool us, we will never forgive you." Dingyuan Hou had a rough voice and shouted behind Lin Baige, almost deafening Lin Baige's ears.

Lin Baige rubbed his ears and turned around to see Dingyuan Hou, who was dark and strong like Zhang Fei, standing behind him. He estimated that if he pinched his shoulders with both hands and pulled hard, he could tear him in half.

He subconsciously took a step toward the narrator.

"Why are you hiding? Are you scared or feeling guilty?" Marquis Dingyuan asked him.

"Why should I feel guilty? I promise you that if I lie, I will immediately die as an atonement." Lin Baige said as he looked at Fu Jiangyu over there.

Fu Jiangyu: "It's been brought up."

Several palace servants worked together to lift up a large box, which was big enough to hold an adult man.

The box was placed in front of the hall, and when the lid was opened, the snow-white salt inside was revealed.

Everyone's eyes widened. Dingyuan Hou didn't believe it, so he stepped forward, put some on his hand and tasted it: "It's salty."

Others followed suit and tasted it: "It is indeed salt, could he really have made it?"

"Your Majesty will not join him in deceiving us by taking a box of salt and pretending that it was made by him."

"We don't have seawater here, so how did we make it? Did we buy some seawater? I can make salt with seawater. If I can avoid the death penalty with such a simple method, it's too unfair."

"This isn't seawater; it's brine hidden underground." Lin Baige said to them, standing in front of the box. "Some time ago, I had people drill fifteen salt wells across the country, but only one produced brine."

"You summoned craftsmen some time ago, not to build an observatory, but to dig salt wells?" The officials looked at each other in surprise. They didn't expect that this enchanting concubine was not doing this for pleasure, but for the sake of the country. It was really like the sun rising in the west.

But if you think about it carefully, it makes sense. In order to stay alive, you have to go to great lengths to make amends.

"What is brine?" asked Mr. Zhang.

"This place used to be a sea, but later it became land. The sea water is underground, and when it is pumped up it becomes brine." Lin Baige actually only had a vague understanding of it, but it was enough to fool the ancient people.

"I've seen the sea of ​​Jiang Country. It's endless. How could it be filled up and turned into land?"

"If you say a small ditch was filled up, that's fine, but if you say the sea can be filled up, who has such a great ability? We don't believe it."

"Isn't there an idiom about Jingwei filling the sea? Maybe it was Jingwei who filled it."

"That's a myth, how can it be true?"

Lin Baige naturally knew that they didn't believe him, but he wasn't afraid: "If you don't believe me, you can go to the local area and take a look. You'll know the truth after seeing it. We've been searching for evidence for so long, so a little while won't hurt."

"Okay, I'll go there myself." Lord Zhang was afraid that others would be deceived by this evil concubine, so he had to see it with his own eyes.

"Can you handle it with your physical condition? Or let someone else go?" Lin Baige was a little worried. Now he was the only civil servant he could rely on. He hoped he would not get sick.

The more he told Master Zhang not to go, the more Master Zhang wanted to go: "No, I want to see it myself, so that you won't play tricks on me."

After saying this, Lord Zhang looked at his official uniform again. It was too much of an eyesore. "Your Majesty, the harem cannot interfere in government affairs. This is a decree of the Grand Ancestor. When I return, I hope not to see him in the court."

Normally, there were conflicts between the civil and military officials in the court, but when it came to Lin Baige's matter, they were surprisingly united. Everyone unanimously requested His Majesty not to allow Lin Baige to continue attending court.

Lin Baige looked at Fu Jiangyu. He still had a lot of things to do in the future. It would be more convenient for him to do things if he went to the court to attend government affairs.

It would be even better if he could be given an official status.

When he looked at Fu Jiangyu, he found that Fu Jiangyu was also looking at him with a playful look, as if telling him, "If you want me to help you, that's fine, but you have to pay a price."

Lin Baige thought that if Fu Jiangyu didn't stand on his side, he would have no chance to attend court. He didn't want to be trapped in the harem forever.

Fu Jiangyu really likes him now, but it is only because he is somewhat good-looking. After a few years, when his good looks are gone and Fu Jiangyu's love fades, it will be hard to say.

Now Fu Jiangyu loves him so much that he is willing to give his life to him. But this love will cool down eventually. There are too many examples of this. By then, Fu Jiangyu will be tired of him and will feel disgusted even when he looks at him or hears him speak.

So he had to enter the court as an official and develop his career. While Fu Jiangyu's love was still hot, he had to do more big things to consolidate his career and make Fu Jiangyu dependent on him in other aspects.

But looking at Fu Jiangyu's eyes, it feels like tonight isn't something that can be solved with just a kiss or a touch. Fu Jiangyu's stitches have been removed for a while now, so he must be feeling better...

Could it be that I want him to sleep with me tonight?