Zhao Hao was stunned for a moment, but when he saw Jiang Wan'er's attitude, he knew that she was not really angry.
He didn't explain much and simply took it over.
Then we started talking about what would happen after we arrived in Qinzhou.
After speaking for more than an hour, Zhao Hao's throat was dry, but he still hadn't finished.
Swallowing his saliva, Zhao Hao said cautiously: "Your Majesty, can I... drink some water first?"
Jiang Wan'er nodded slightly, and Zhao Hao quickly stood up and walked over, picked up the teapot, poured a cup of tea, and drank it all in one gulp.
I drank three cups in a row before I finally put out the smoke in my throat.
Sitting down again, Zhao Hao asked, "Your Majesty, anything else to say?"
Jiang Waner said: "Of course!"
Zhao Hao was speechless and had to continue talking.
I talked for more than an hour and deleted a lot of things before I finally finished.
Finally, he made a concluding speech: "Your Majesty, in my opinion, Duan Youde is a capable person."
"I also asked Qingniao to do a rough investigation in secret, and this person has not committed any serious mistakes."
"Of course, the investigation was not in-depth."
"I think Your Majesty can check it in detail again. If there is really no problem, you may continue to use it."
Jiang Wan'er snorted, "There are three mining areas and thousands of managers, more than 90% of whom are corrupt. How can the officials in Qinzhou be clean?"
"The officials under him are not clean, how can Duan Youde be clean?"
"You are so gullible!"
Zhao Hao didn't say anything. It was hard for him to say anything about this matter. After all, he had no right to speak without investigation.
No one can tell what exactly happened to Duan Youde without a detailed investigation.
Jiang Wan'er said: "Don't worry about Duan Youde's affairs. I will handle it myself."
"I want to ask you something now. You said before that 250,000 strings of cash would be enough to build a smelting workshop."
"But in just two months, you spent all the 250,000 strings of cash."
"Shouldn't you give me an explanation?"
Zhao Hao was prepared and immediately took out a booklet from his arms.
"Your Majesty, every penny I have spent is recorded here. Please review it."
Jiang Wan'er immediately snorted, "I won't look at this thing. I just want to ask you one question now. What did you promise me in the beginning?"
"Now you come to ask me for money again, how can I get you some money?"
"After the expansion of the porcelain workshop, two kilns of porcelain are fired every month, and the finished products are 17,000 individual items, which can be combined into about 6,000 sets."
"Combining the plain and painted porcelain, the average price of each set is about ten strings of cash. Apart from the half given to Shu, we have saved more than 100,000 strings of cash in the past few months."
"In order to get you the 250,000 strings of cash, I squeezed out more than 100,000 strings of cash from other sources, and I gave them all to you!"
"Tell me, where can I get you money now?"
Zhao Hao knew very well that the imperial court was short of money and it was difficult to squeeze out money for the wine workshop, the soap workshop, and the commercial taxes.
Moreover, in order to open another porcelain workshop, an initial investment is required.”
The financial situation is indeed not sufficient.
It was all because of this battle. We really lost all our foundation.
It is only because of the workshops established by Zhao Hao that the country is able to survive, otherwise the imperial court would probably be bankrupt by now.
Zhao Hao said, "Your Majesty, I know the court is short of money right now, but the smelting workshop is at a critical moment and cannot be abandoned halfway."
Jiang Wan'er glared at him: "I don't know yet, can't I give up halfway?"
Zhao Hao said: "Your Majesty, please squeeze out some more money from the Dry Wine Workshop."
"I have already spent most of what I should have spent. If I save a little, I can get another few tens of thousands of guan, and that will be enough."
Seeing Jiang Wan'er's murderous look, Zhao Hao quickly changed his words.
Ten percent of hundreds of thousands of dollars was lost.
Jiang Wan'er said unhappily, "I'll give you another 50,000 strings of cash. If you've spent them, you can figure out a way to get by yourself!"
Zhao Hao was immediately overjoyed: "Thank you, Your Majesty, fifty thousand is fifty thousand!"
It is true that a penny can make a hero fall. As the dignified Mr. Zhao, he would never live like this for 50,000 strings of cash.
However, at this moment, he really had no choice.
There are many money-making projects, but before the money can be earned back, we have to plan how to spend it.
Of course, for example, the dividends from the Dry Wine Workshop were quite a lot for him.
However, public is public and private is private.
The two cannot be confused.
He could not use his own money to do court work.
Like in the early days, he did not take the money earned by the First Floor, but gave it to the treasury.
That's because he just wanted to improve his relationship with Princess Yongning.
With a special purpose.
Zhao Hao said: "Your Majesty, the construction of the smelting workshop is basically completed, and the finished products can be produced next."
"In addition to forging weapons, I want to forge some farm tools and sell them."
"This will at least allow the smelting workshop to be self-sufficient and earn some money back."
Jiang Wan'er immediately refused, "Absolutely not. We can keep the news of our ability to refine that kind of fine iron secret for as long as possible."
"Besides, all you need to think about now is how to quickly equip the northern army. Don't think about anything else."
Zhao Hao thought about it and nodded, realizing that he had a businessman's mindset.
Jiang Wan'er's eyes moved, and she said, "Don't move around randomly during your time in Beijing. There are too many people in Beijing to see clearly."
Zhao Hao understood: "Yes."
Jiang Wan'er took a deep breath and said, "Go see Yongning. That girl has been missing you a lot."
Zhao Hao immediately asked, "What about His Majesty?"
Jiang Wan'er was stunned: "I? Why am I..."
Before he finished speaking, Jiang Wan'er understood what Zhao Hao was asking.
He immediately snorted, "I wish I could give you a few beatings to punish you for killing an important official of the imperial court and deceiving the emperor!"
Zhao Hao laughed and said, "I know your majesty is reluctant to part with it!"
Jiang Wan'er glanced at him unhappily and said, "Get out of here right now. If you don't leave, I'll really beat you up!"
Zhao Hao smiled. Although he was reluctant to leave, he also knew that it was time to go see Princess Yongning.
He immediately said goodbye and walked out of the hall.
When he reached the door, Zhao Hao stopped and turned to look at Jiang Wan'er: "Your Majesty, I have been missing you so much every day these past few months, and I have been suffering."
"There is really no greater joy than meeting each other at this moment."
After saying that, he walked out.
Looking at his departing figure, Jiang Wan'er's lips curled up slightly, and a hint of reluctance and heartache appeared in her beautiful eyes.
In fact, she has been receiving information about Zhao Hao's situation in Qinzhou.
Also know the progress over there.
Know how busy Zhao Hao is.
However, in the past, all the information was transmitted back by the bluebird, and we knew it from the text.
Now that I have seen with my own eyes that Zhao Hao has become a different person, I can truly feel how much he has suffered in the past few months.
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