Seeing this, Mingxin almost fell asleep.
An Li smiled and said, "Xinbao, are you sleepy? Let me hold you and let you sleep."
"Mother...I'm sleepy."
Mingxin was so sleepy that she couldn't open her eyes. She curled up into a ball, buried her face in her mother's chest and spoke in a baby voice.
An Li carried her daughter to bed. It was getting late, and she planned to rest here for the night.
After her daughter fell asleep, she asked Chun Liuchun and the other two to look after her, and went to the second floor to check tonight's bill with the shopkeeper and arrange tomorrow's matters.
This doesn’t count as not knowing!
I was shocked when I did the math. I actually made 120,000 taels tonight!
An Li thought he could make money quickly, but he didn't expect it to be so fast!
Piaomiaolou was a hit the very night it opened!
It immediately brought the surrounding shops into the spotlight. The next day, many businessmen who smelled the scent rented out the empty rooms.
Yuhe Street became lively.
Anli originally wanted to open a shop in a quiet place, but he never expected it to be like this.
Miscalculated!
Piaomiao Tower holds an auction every five days, and at other times, sells pink silk dresses for women on the first floor.
Business is booming!
She was making a lot of money, but Emperor Yongwu in the palace was worried about money.
It was not for any other reason, but because the spies on the front line reported that the soldiers of his Dayong Kingdom had already started fighting with the army that had united with the surrounding small countries.
Emperor Yongzheng lived in the Central Plains, which had a vast territory and abundant resources.
The reason why those small countries joined forces to attack Dayong was simply because they were short of money and food.
Emperor Yongwu was furious. Did he think his Yong was a paper tiger?! He wanted General Weiyuan to take those small states into his empire.
But the spy told him that there was another important news.
That means there is a shortage of food!
If you want to win the battle, you must have enough food and supplies!
If it were normal times, there would be no problem in sending some food and fodder, but in recent years, natural disasters have occurred frequently in many places, and the national treasury has been unable to make ends meet.
Even though there have been no natural disasters since last year, the national treasury is still in deficit.
Emperor Yongwu couldn't eat or sleep well because of this!
The next morning at the court, he still had dark circles under his eyes.
The ministers below looked at the emperor's dark circles and wondered if he hadn't gotten enough rest.
Or is it excessive indulgence?
However, the ministers only dared to think about this in their hearts and did not dare to say it out loud.
Emperor Yongwu can be considered a good emperor who worked hard to govern the country and loved his people like his own children.
He was willing to listen to opinions and was a good emperor who knew how to appoint people to the right positions.
Emperor Yongwu raised his eyelids, sitting on the dragon throne with a dignified look on his face, and said, "My dear ministers, are there any ministers willing to donate some money to the war on the front line?"
"Consider this money as a loan from me. I will return it to you later."
He looked at the ministers below and frowned.
The ministers exchanged a quiet glance, and the Censor, Lord Chen, was the first to kneel down and say, "Your Majesty, I am willing to pay five hundred taels."
There are no more.
Lord Chen is a well-known honest official in the court and never accepts bribes.
"Your Majesty, I am willing to pay you 1,500 taels."
Minister of Justice Li said.
"Your Majesty, I will give you one thousand taels."
"Eight hundred taels."
"One thousand taels."
"Two thousand taels."
…
In the hall, the ministers shouted.
I dare not say too much. I only get a few hundred taels of salary throughout the year. If I say too much, won’t the emperor get suspicious?!
Among them, the highest was only two thousand taels, and the lowest was two hundred taels.
In fact, it was even less than what the Censor-in-Chief paid!!
If the voices hadn't been so numerous and so disparate, Emperor Yongwu would have singled out this stingy person and given him ten lashes of the board.
He looked at the ministers with a stern face.
He knew that these shrewd ministers had a lot of private assets. At the Piaomiao Tower auction a few days ago, they spent a huge amount of money for the magic pill!
Now, you are willing to pay this little money?
Emperor Yongwu was very unhappy, but he could do nothing about these ministers at this time.
Wait until the war is over, then we’ll deal with them!
Emperor Yongwu thought to himself.
This matter was reported to the General Weiyuan's Mansion.
"I'm mad at you for messing with... these stupid... officials."
Mingxin cursed and was very angry.
Without a country, there is no home. Don’t these ministers understand this?
It’s just a small amount of money, what can I do with it!
An Li was also a little angry. These coquettish civil servants were eating delicious food at home, while the soldiers on the front line were eating dry biscuits.
Fighting tooth and nail to defend the country, yet you do this?!
How disheartened the soldiers would be if they knew this!
She still didn't know about her husband's situation.
An Li comforted her, "Xinbao, don't be angry. Mother has money, and she will donate it."
Isn't the reason she opened the shop to make money so that she wouldn't be short of money in emergencies like this?
"Mom, we support you." Ming Yiling said.
She had saved a lot of money, all of which she could donate.
same day.
An Li went to the palace to meet Emperor Yongwu and took out 800,000 taels of silver notes, asking him to buy food, fodder, and soldiers.
Emperor Yongwu was deeply moved!
He never thought that he would borrow money from his niece. As an emperor, he couldn't bring himself to do that.
But if we delay for one more day, there will be a greater possibility of defeat on the front line.
I have no choice!
He accepted the 800,000 taels and immediately sent a team of golden sword guards to support the front line with food and supplies.
After returning to the house.
An Li told everyone about this, hoping that her husband would return victoriously.
Ming Xin was still angry. These ministers who had never suffered had to bleed!
She asked her elder brother to hold her and took Dahei to the residence of Mr. Cai, the Right Censor-in-Chief of the Censorate.
"Hey, little ancestor, why are you here?" Lord Cai was at home. He put down his hands, which were leisurely drinking tea, and said with a smile.
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