Poor family mother and son

Chapter 169 Chu Qing and Hu Hengqiu "Talking"

Chu Qing sent several teams of horse-drawn carriages to the East Market and West Market to bring all the distinguished guests who attended the opening ceremony to the "Blue House".

The Secret Service looked over and saw that there were so many ladies, including the princess, who graciously gave up the third floor and took up space on the second floor.

There are few guest rooms on the third floor, and the most luxurious and comfortable decoration, so let's just give it to these women.

Nanny Yu didn't stay, but came to say hello to Chu Qing and returned to the palace.Her task for today has been completed.

Just as Chu Qing settled the ladies, he ran to the second floor to entertain the leaders, when Eunuch Li, who was beside the emperor, came in person.

Chu Qing hurriedly went downstairs to greet him. Eunuch Li was waiting at the door with a smile on his face.

It was quiet from the first floor to the third floor.

Eunuch Li is the emperor's personal servant, even if he doesn't know him, he can tell by his clothes that he has a good background, not to mention that more than half of the distinguished guests are people who can go to court.

Eunuch Li didn't pay any attention to other things, he just said: "Your Majesty's stuff is good, and the emperor ordered the servants to come here to buy some of your wine to take back home, and I'm also very happy.

The emperor said, your wine is really good, he likes the yellow jar the most, and the empress likes the blue jar the most, so let the slaves buy a few more jars. In addition, the emperor said: "

Before the words were finished, there was the sound of tables and chairs moving, and everyone stood up and bowed.The emperor's oral order!

I just heard Eunuch Li say: "'Yuye Qiongjiang' wine is really good, and if you drink too much, you won't be overwhelmed. We will order this bar for future palace banquets! I hope that Chu Qing will make more wine, so that the common people can also have this good fortune. !"

As soon as the voice fell, the "buzzing" discussion in the restaurant began to gradually sound.

"Lord Chu's 'Bao Qingxiang' should hurry up to replenish the stock. The emperor heard that you have colorful cotton cloth here, which is very novel, so he asked the servants to wrap it all up!"

This time the "buzzing" was louder.

Hu Hengqiu secretly pinched his thigh several times: Your Majesty, are you royals so enthusiastic?I haven't had any "good words" for Chu Qing yet, you all came to join me?
Chu Qing felt that he had understood the meaning of the emperor wrapping those cotton cloths: it was sent to the palace as a gift for the year, and the queen mother liked it so much, the emperor definitely didn't want the queen mother to lose these things.

In fact, the emperor really didn't think so.

He heard from the empress that the empress dowager had taken action to save Chu Qing's face, and the empress was afraid that the emperor would not be able to prepare in time, so she quickly followed suit and wrote a plaque and sent it, which was considered to represent the emperor's intention.

It is said that he set out on the road before the writing was completely dry, and people kept fanning the golden lacquer inscription along the way, and finally he was almost done when he reached the place.

The emperor hasn't figured out what kind of support or protection he should provide to Chu Qing.The queen mother started preparations after receiving the annual gift.The emperor was indeed caught off guard today.

Fortunately, the queen saw the opportunity quickly, and I would add a little bit, so that the queen mother would not feel that her words were not taken seriously.

Nanny Yu returned to the palace, reported everything to the queen mother today, and then said: "The queen mother guessed correctly, the queen was so anxious to find the plaque in the morning, and she wanted the inscription to be sent to Chu Qing. "

The queen mother smiled helplessly: "The Ai family is just afraid of embarrassing the emperor. Every decision of the emperor has a great relationship. Since he wants to give Chu Qing a certain amount of support, it is better for the Ai family to express it. It seems that the empress is still worrying too much."

"Look, servant girl, this is the filial piety towards you from the emperor and empress." Nanny Yu said.While talking, another palace official came to report: "Queen Mother, the emperor sent someone to bring you something."

Then the queen mother received several boxes of cotton cloth, and she couldn't help laughing: "The emperor bought it again? Well, let's open it for Chu Qing."

How could Chu Qing know that there was a mistake in all of this, and he was taking care of Eunuch Li right now.Not only did they load a few carts of wine for the emperor, but they also said that there would be no charge, and that it was a treat for the opening of the business.

At the end of the day, he gave Li Gonggong a red envelope of 100 taels of silver, plus a bunch of food boxes, all of which were flavored meals from all over the north and south organized by Xiaobao.It is said to invite the queen mother, emperor and empress to try something new, which is a special dish of Cheong Wa Dae.

With sweat on his forehead, he went back to the second floor to "talk" to Hu Hengqiu.

"My lord, thank you for taking care of me." Chu Qing expressed his thanks first.

"Well, I didn't even speak up for you, no chance!" Hu Hengqiu told the truth without pretending to be credited.

"Then today..." Chu Qing couldn't figure out the situation, and the three most distinguished people in the palace made public statements.

"You're lucky!" Hu Hengqiu said, Chu Qing's luck was really good, the royal family would praise her even without his help.

"What a fart!" Chu Qing muttered.

Ever since the order to pay taxes to the secret investigation department was issued, Chu Qing felt that his relationship with Hu Hengqiu was more "equal".

Today's scene looks decent and cool, but it's too eye-catching!

The capital is so big, anyone is either an official or a family member of an official.I don't know what kind of background these people have behind them.

In case there is any relationship between "thick and heavy" people who don't like me, how much ability do I have to compete with others, this little secret investigation department Baihu, or a Baihu who is far away?

No matter how much the royal family supports it now, how much protection can the royal family give itself when it really conflicts with the so-called "family" and "powerful" forces?

According to Chu Qing's original intention, with the Secret Investigation Department as the shareholder and the Duke's Mansion as the endorsement, his own store is safe enough, but he never expected that the palace would get involved again.

In terms of business and business, I am competing with the big merchants for the market. What are the backgrounds of the big merchants in the capital?
When it comes to competition in the workplace, I have "no party or affiliation", and the emperor is not a big tree that I can really rely on, so how can I take advantage of it?

With such a great "favor" from the royal family, Chu Qing couldn't bear it.People give too much, so it's better to spit out some.

"My lord," Chu Qing invited Hu Hengqiu to his special lounge, "This subordinate has an idea."

Chu Qing first made an account for Hu Hengqiu, which was the account of the conversion of cotton to cloth reported to the Queen Mother.

Then he said: "It is not enough to just buy cotton from other countries, even if we buy the cotton from the entire country of Voss, it will not be able to meet the needs of the population in Kyoto.

A few days ago, the Empress Dowager said that the first emperor tried to grow cotton, but failed.The subordinates want to..."

"You want to grow cotton?" Hu Hengqiu asked.

"It's not the subordinate's own seed, it's the whole Daxuan seed!" Chu Qing responded.

"Impossible!" Hu Hengqiu resolutely said: "This kind of experiment was not only done by the first emperor, but also happened before. Using farmland as cotton field, every time it failed!

The aristocratic family made concessions several times and used the best land in the south of the Yangtze River to grow cotton, but in the end they got nothing. Do you think you can let the aristocratic family sell their fields again to do this fruitless thing? "

Chu Qing refilled the tea for Hu Hengqiu, and continued: "Don't want the best land!"

(End of this chapter)