Chapter 126 Her Weakness (asking for monthly tickets)
Zhao Yuanxi instantly clenched his fists. Is this guy threatening him?
Who are those others? Naturally, they are the people around her.
Her eyes turned cold. "Your Majesty is the King of Qin. You can make everyone prostrate themselves on the ground and sing your praises. But power can only force them to submit temporarily. You still cannot control their hearts."
"Your Majesty, do you think I care about this?"
It doesn't matter if people fear him, hate him, and are terrified of him. As long as he is there, those people will bow down to him.
"If you don't care what others think, then why do you care about what I think and do?" Zhao Yuanxi caught Ying Zheng's tail.
Ying Zheng suddenly looked up, with a hint of disbelief in his eyes. He then realized that he seemed to trust her too much.
He frowned, and his deep eyes fell on Zhao Yuanxi. Could it be that just because of the empress dowager's face, he really regarded her as the empress dowager?
Ying Zheng took a half step back, clenched his fists, and explained in a cold voice, "You are the Queen Mother. I should care about your opinion."
Zhao Yuanxi felt that this was correct, but he also felt that something was not right.
She couldn't figure out what Ying Zheng was thinking, but seeing that he was unhappy, she chose not to ask any more questions and agreed with a smile, "That's right, I am your mother."
Ying Zheng pursed his lips slightly, and a few black lines appeared on his forehead.
"If you want to send cotton seeds to Chu, I won't stop you, but you still have to take it slowly. Only when Qin makes a profit from planting cotton seeds will those people believe in the value of these cotton seeds and plant them on a large scale." Zhao Yuanxi pushed Ying Zheng away and sat back in his chair.
Ying Zheng didn't pay much attention to it. He sat on the stone bench to Zhao Yuanxi's right and said to her across the table, "I will have people distribute these seeds at the border between Qin and Chu."
After all, people regard stolen things as treasures.
Zhao Yuanxi frowned. This was nothing for Qin Guo, but she only had ten months. If she didn't collect enough cotton, the system task would be in trouble.
One acre of land can produce a net of 100 to 150 kilograms of lint cotton. Based on today's planting technology, an output of 100 kilograms per acre is already quite good.
An adult's cotton-padded clothes require at least two kilograms of cotton material. To make cotton-padded clothes for 520,000 people, after deducting various losses, at least 3,000 acres of land must be cultivated, which in Qinmu would require 10,000 acres of good farmland.
This is not big, but it is not small either.
"Then you have to promise to bring all this cotton back to me." Zhao Yuanxi said quietly.
"What do you want to do with these things?"
"I plan to open a clothing workshop."
Ying Zheng was already accustomed to the Queen Mother's occasional whims, but he still didn't quite understand how much money she could make from making clothes. Making a hundred or eighty pieces would probably not fetch as much as the price of a piece of celadon she sold.
"Are you short of money again?"
Zhao Yuanxi raised his eyebrows, his eyes lit up, and he immediately said, "Yes! Do you want to give me a bigger share of the profits?"
Ying Zheng has now realized what it means to have food at home and have nothing to worry about. This time, he sent out an army of nearly 400,000 to attack Zhao. If it were before, his treasury would not have much left. However, the Shaofu has made a lot of money with the Queen Mother these days. This money can not only be used to expand the army, but also to build a palace for himself.
He now also loves the feeling of making money.
It is impossible to separate them. Once he has put something in his mouth, there is no way he can spit it out.
But he can help the Queen Mother. Ying Zheng thinks that the garment factory is not profitable, but the garment factory opened by the Queen Mother will definitely make a lot of money.
"I can't give you my current share of the profits, but I can send someone to build a clothing factory for you. I don't ask for much, 20% will do."
This is indeed not much, and compared to celadon, it is simply not worth mentioning, but Zhao Yuanxi still feels something is wrong.
Why is it that Ying Zheng is always willing to get involved in anything that makes money for her?
She looked at me and suddenly said, "It's not me who is short of money, it's you who is short of money!"
Ying Zheng was silent——
Zhao Yuanxi was amused. He looked him up and down and jokingly said, "Zheng'er, tell mother that you have no money! Mother has saved up quite a bit of money!"
Ying Zheng: ...
A trace of shame and anger flashed across his face, but he quickly calmed down. "Since the Queen Mother has asked, I can't refuse. Then I would like to thank the Queen Mother first. I just wonder how much money you have?"
As far as he knew, the expenses of Liyang Palace were not high, but the people kept by the Queen Mother were all extraordinary, and the money spent was comparable to that of the retainers kept by the Prime Minister of Qin.
There is also that academy, which has nearly a thousand students, and the food, clothing and other expenses of these people are all paid for by the money from the Queen Mother.
Zhao Yuanxi was startled and raised his hands in surrender. He said in a gentle voice, "I'm kidding! The entire Qin Kingdom belongs to you. How could you be short of money, Zheng'er?"
She began to play the victim again, sighing deeply and saying with a bitter face, "On the contrary, I have so many people under me, and I rely on the paper mill and porcelain workshop to support them. It's because I don't have enough money that I want to open another clothing workshop."
No matter what you think about, you can't think about the money in her hands!
She really didn't expect that the dignified King of Qin would be so shameless as to ask her for money.
hateful!
Ying Zheng chuckled, and seeing the Queen Mother's alert look, he suddenly felt relieved, and the unhappiness he had just felt disappeared.
He seemed to have found the Queen Mother's weakness.
"Really?" Ying Zheng's face was full of joking.
"Of course, didn't you just say that you could help me build a garment factory? Twenty percent profit, right? Sure, absolutely!" Zhao Yuanxi said hurriedly.
She spoke hastily, fearing that Ying Zheng would go back on his word.
The decision was made so simply.
Ying Zheng thought about getting more benefits from the Queen Mother, but he was worried that if he pushed her too far, she would just quit.
In the distance came the sound of two children chasing and playing.
Zhao Yuanxi looked at Fusu and Ziying, a smile appearing between his brows.
Ying Zheng frowned and was about to leave.
"I have something else to ask you." Zhao Yuanxi suddenly spoke.
Ying Zheng looked at her with a hint of doubt in his eyes, and asked calmly, "What's the matter?"
"How did Cheng Jiao die?"
Ziying didn't want to ask, but as the queen mother of Qin, if she asked, even if it angered Ying Zheng, he couldn't do anything to her!
Ying Zheng's hands suddenly froze, and his voice became cold. "The Queen Mother, are you asking this question because you're speaking up for Cheng Jiao, or for Ziying?"
He suddenly laughed again and said, "Her Majesty, have you forgotten that the order to capture Cheng Jiao was signed by you personally?"
Zhao Yuanxi was stunned. In Zhao Ji's memory, Cheng Jiao died in a rebellion three years ago, but she had no idea how he died.
In the eighth year of King Zheng of Qin, Cheng Jiao was appointed as a general and led troops to attack the State of Zhao. However, a mutiny broke out in Tunliu. The King of Qin sent troops to suppress the mutiny. Cheng Jiao was defeated and died, and was finally buried in Yongcheng.
Zhao Yuanxi didn't think Ying Zheng was deceiving her. Three years ago, as the regent queen mother, most of the government orders would go through her hands. The killing of Cheng Jiao was something Zhao Ji should have known about.
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