Poor family mother and son

Chapter 991

Back then, when he pestered Xiaobao to make fresh delicacies, it was the fourth prince who had a lot of eyes. He not only gave gifts to the emperor, but also to the queen.

Not only that, the other princes at most sent an eunuch to watch over Xiaobao, as long as the food was prepared and taken away, the fourth prince watched Xiaobao cook from beginning to end.

It's not that I'm worried about Xiaobao being poisoned or something, but I'm chatting with Xiaobao, and I want to hear what other princes gave me.

In this way, on the contrary, he had exchanged a lot of things with Xiaobao.

For example: gambling stones.

Xiaobao talked about a game he played with the people of Voss in the country of Voss, betting which stone was jade.

At that time, not long after the Chu family first arrived, the people of Vos saw that Daxuan people had good food and tools, and they couldn't steal them.

Daxuan people are not like these Voss people who have been fishing for jade all year round. They know how to distinguish whether there is jade inside through the stone skin and how fine it is.

So the bets put forward by the Voss are food and tools.

The people of Voss used this method to cheat food for a few days, but they didn't cheat the tools, because the Chu family boys are not stupid, they don't know how to distinguish stones, and don't they know how to distinguish faces?
People in Voss are more or less straightforward, not to mention Qiqing, at least they can't hide their emotions behind their faces like Daxuan people.

Xiaobao said at the time that if the people of Voss used this method to gamble with the Chu family boys, they would probably make a lot of money. Unfortunately, it was the idea of ​​the Chu family's shovel that they played, and the boys were on guard and did not let them take it. Cheap.

After all, the stone skin of the jade fished in the river looks similar to ordinary pebbles, which is quite bluffing.

The same is true for the jade stones picked from the mountain. Some of them looked very big, but when they were opened, they found that except for the jade on the outside, the inside was actually mixed with rocks, like stuffed buns, and worthless.

If you treat this kind of stone as a whole piece of jade and spend a lot of money to buy it, you will cry to death.

Even Xiaobao told the story of the He family presenting a jade at that time, saying that the He family was the earliest and most unlucky person who took jade off, and it was obviously a good piece of jade, but he lost a pair of feet.

The fourth prince recalled this past event, and only then did he have the courage to face his father's thunderous wrath at this time.

"Father," said the fourth prince, still hugging his father's thigh: "I have a way, three carts of stones can be sold for thirty carts of silver!

You know Guan Pu, right?These jade stones all have stone skins, through the stone skins, who can guess what kind of stones are inside?This can be turned off!

Many of the stones Erchen brought back were indeed rocks, but Erchen didn't break open to see what was inside, could there be jade inside?
Even if there is only a piece of jade the size of a fist in a huge boulder, it is still very valuable, isn't it? "

Speaking of this, the fourth prince himself thought it was too reasonable, and wished he could saw off all the stones.

He even forgot that he just said that jade is distributed in layers on the mountain, and the stones that are not in the jade bed cannot get jade out even if they are sawn open.

Moreover, the fourth prince also felt that it was a wise move to pull those rocks back. At the beginning, he just wanted to make up for himself and strengthen his face. After all, he was a prince, and it would be really ugly if he came back with an empty car.

But now that I think about it, I hate myself for pulling back fewer stones!

The fourth prince went on to say: "Father, my son is thinking about putting out these stones with clearly marked prices, so that buyers can buy them in a daze. If anyone can buy a good stone with a small amount of money, won't they make money?
Wouldn't the stones sell better?

If there are several people who like the same stone, we can let them bid, and we will earn more;
Among the three carts of jade brought back by Erchen, many of them also carried stone skins, and counting them together, it is impossible for people to be unable to buy even a good stone;

If those rocks contain a small amount of jade, Erchen will ask the craftsman to grind out the places with jade, so as to increase the chance of selling..."

The emperor's leg struggled again, but the strength was not as strong as last time, and the fourth prince quickly let go of his arm: "This is not a bluff, we also have real and good jade in it;
Father, son and minister have returned all the way, and I heard that disasters have occurred everywhere, this time the 'eight winds' are too severe...

The people of Voss also have businessmen in our big announcement. I am afraid that this matter has already been reported back to their country of Voss. If it can’t be solved... it is the best policy to solve the disaster as soon as possible! "

No matter how the king comes first and then the father, after all, he is a father, and the emperor is always a little soft-hearted towards his own son.

Thinking of his son tearfully telling about the suffering he suffered in the mining area; thinking of his son also wanting to earn more money to compensate those workers; and considering the current difficulties of disaster relief, the emperor pursed his lips and remained silent.

The emperor did not scold loudly, which made the fourth prince more confident: "Father, if you feel that the jade brought back by your son is less this time, you can also take some of the jade from before and put it together, and we will fight together. It will not let the common people suffer.”

After all, the emperor didn't say a word, he just gestured for the fourth prince to back down, he had to think about it.

Everything that the fourth son said shocked him too much!

He had never heard of this before, and Chu Qing had never reported it. If asked, what Chu Qing said would be the location of the mine, the length of the river section, and the average daily output.

I will also tell some anecdotes. For example, the way of picking jade in Voss is "to walk in rows with shoulders and feet, and to know the treasure of jade by stepping on the water." Those feet are better than our eyes and hands.

It just never said how dangerous and difficult it was.

Could what the fourth child said be true?
When the fourth prince first arrived in Voss, he sent someone to send a letter back saying that a large number of laborers fell ill, and that even the Minister of the Ministry of Industry fell ill, and that peeing could kill people. At that time, the emperor didn't believe it.

I thought it was because my son had never experienced hardship, was too delicate, didn't adapt to the difficult environment when he first arrived, and might have caused some troubles, so he wrote the letter and exaggerated it just to avoid responsibility.

In any case, even if the emperor didn't believe it at all, he was still a prince, representing the royal family. The majesty of the royal family must always be maintained, so it was up to him to ask for money and medicinal materials.

After that, it was peaceful, but the emperor kept urging to deliver labor and money and food, and the emperor felt that this was the fourth prince finally getting used to it.

The emperor was even a little happy, thinking that it was a good thing to let the child out to practice.

But today I saw my fourth son, his normally white and tender face, is now rough and dark, like over-baked bean cakes; not to mention his haggard look, the wrinkles on his forehead and the corners of his mouth seem to be the same age as him .

The emperor completely forgot that Zheng Chunqiu was still kneeling in the snow, and only ordered the imperial physician and guards who had been traveling with the fourth prince to come in for questioning.

Eunuch Li didn’t intend to remind him either—hmph, I don’t know him well, if it was Hu Hengqiu kneeling outside, Eunuch Li would remind the emperor, Zheng Chunqiu, just kneel when you kneel.

(End of this chapter)