Xiaoyao Xiaojunhou

Chapter 781 Construction
After a simple breakfast, Zhu Xiuyuan was ready to leave the house and enter the palace.

"Husband, wait!" However, Dong Shuzhen grabbed him, her eyes rolling around, wondering what kind of evil idea she was planning.

"What's the matter, madam?"

"Husband... with this 'outer court walking' badge, you can go straight into the imperial city without notification, right?"

Dong Shuzhen pursed her lips, suppressing a smile, and rushed forward, hugging him very affectionately.

Soon, Dong Shuzhen moved a little distance away from him, and she was already holding a golden waist card in her hand.

She held the waist tag in her hand, turned it over and looked at it, her pursed lips split open, the suppressed smile began to bloom, and her eyes lit up when she looked at the waist tag.

Zhu Xiuyuan twitched the corner of his mouth. When he saw Dong Shuzhen like this, he knew what she was planning.

"Madam, please don't mess around!"

Zhu Xiuyuan's face turned slightly darker, and he calmly took the belt card from her hand and pinned it on his waist again.

He smiled and said, "There is danger everywhere in the imperial city, there is nothing fun to do, lady, you must not have such thoughts!"

"Husband..." Dong Shuzhen felt wronged instantly.

"Obey! Isn't it fun to be in the palace? If you say the wrong word or take the wrong step, you may lose your head. It's too dangerous, you can't go!"

"Oh!" Dong Shuzhen was unhappy, but she didn't bother anymore.

"Shuyu felt unwell after coming back yesterday, you go and stay with her." Zhu Xiuyuan ordered casually.

"Oh!" Dong Shuzhen nodded, still a little unhappy.

Zhu Xiuyuan shook his head, touched her head, and walked straight out of the house with her envious eyes.

Take a carriage and go straight to the Chengtian Gate of the Imperial City.

With the badge of "Walking in the Outer Court", he was able to enter the Chengtian Gate without any obstruction.

Then he walked to the Neiku Supervisory Office.

It has been a few days since Zhu Xiuyuan returned to Beijing from Hangzhou. In these few days, everything in the court and the capital has been calm. The biggest topic is the happy event in the Shenleihou Mansion.

Therefore, I wish Xiuyuan peace of mind, so I don't have to worry about other things.

You can concentrate on dealing with the affairs of the policy of refined salt, and supervise the Shenlei Army by the way.

Overall, it's relatively easy.

Zhu Xiuyuan slowly walked to the inner treasury supervisor's yamen. The inner treasury supervisor and eunuch Jiawu had received the news in advance and was greeting him respectfully. The two met at the door of the yamen.

Jiawu seemed to be more enthusiastic than yesterday. He was cautious and kept his posture extremely low.

But he couldn't hide the shrewd and diligent energy all over his body.

Faintly, Zhu Xiuyuan was a little wary of this kind of people...

"Look, Lord Hou!"

Jiawu pointed to a map.

"This large coastal area was originally the farm owned by King Jiangdu. Yesterday, His Majesty agreed to the Marquis's request. Now these areas will be used by the Marquis for drying salt!"

"Then there are the other [-]% of the lots. After a busy night last night, our family has bought all these lots. Mr. Marquis can use them with confidence!"

Jiawu smiled flatteringly, nodded and bowed.

Coupled with his tall and thin body, it looks extremely unique.

"Eunuch A is so determined that he was able to handle everything in one night. I will report to Your Majesty to ask for credit for you!" Zhu Xiuyuan said politely.

The Jiawu music was so bad that I didn’t even dare to say so.Now that the problem of land for drying salt has been solved, Zhu Xiuyuan entered the next stage of preparation——

Build a salt pan!

Zhu Xiuyuan didn't want to do it himself when it came to building the salt fields, so he left it to Jiawu to handle it right here.

He drew a sketch, explained various precautions in detail, recorded it in a book, and gave it to Jiawu for him to tinker with.

"Don't worry, Mr. Marquis, our family will live up to the trust entrusted by Mr. Marquis. It is not difficult for our family to observe the salt field method. It only takes a few days and it should be completed!"

I promise to beat my chest in Jiawu.

Zhu Xiuyuan was quite satisfied, and after a few more instructions, he got up and left the Neikujian Yamen, and turned to walk towards the Meridian Gate.

Within the Meridian Gate is the inner courtyard of the deep palace.

Foreign ministers like Zhu Xiuyuan could not enter except on the day of memorial or on the day of going to court, and they had to be notified first.

Jin Wuwei, who was guarding the Meridian Gate, saw that the visitor was Shen Leihou. He should not be negligent at the moment and immediately spread the news of Shen Leihou's request to the palace.

After waiting for a while, two young eunuchs came quickly and invited Zhu Xiuyuan into the Meridian Gate politely.

Zhu Xiuyuan followed the two eunuchs and came directly to Jinshen Hall.

A study room was opened in the palace, where Emperor Chen and Concubine You recently handled government affairs.

Zhu Xiuyuan asked to see Chen Huang because of the venue issue for the step of purifying refined salt.

The purification of refined salt must be kept completely confidential, so Zhu Xiuyuan suggested that a large-scale refined salt workshop be built in Shenleifang. With the help of Shenleifang's defense power, the secret of refined salt should be kept.

Both Chen Huang and You Guifei felt that there was no problem, so they agreed on the spot.

In addition, the raw materials needed to purify refined salt also need to be kept secret... After some discussions, Zhu Xiuyuan and Chen Huang unanimously decided to hand over the supply of raw materials to King Poyang and King Zhenze.

After everything was discussed and it was already noon, Huang Chen left Zhu Xiuyuan to have a meal with him in the palace...

When the time came, around two o'clock in the afternoon, Zhu Xiuyuan slowly walked out of the palace gate.

After thinking for a while at the palace gate, Zhu Xiuyuan did not return home, but went to the Divine Thunder Army camp outside the city.

The recruitment of soldiers for the Divine Thunder Army is in full swing.

Because of the reputation of the Divine Thunder Army, the recruitment of troops was very smooth. I am afraid that it will take another day or two to reach full strength and recruit [-] soldiers.

Lin Bochang, Huang Zhigao, Wu Shaoguang, and Liu Anping are all deputy generals now. They are all very proud and smile all day long.

They did not dare to relax when it came to military training.

Even under the intentional arrangements of Zhu Xiuyuan and Lin Bochang, a healthy competition formed among their lieutenants, and they trained desperately every day...

The entire camp of the Shenlei Army, from the number of soldiers to the invisible military spirit, is getting better and better at a speed visible to the naked eye!
Zhu Xiuyuan did not interfere with this method of military training. He delegated everything to Lin Bochang and allowed him to use it freely... As a hands-off boss, he really became more and more comfortable with it.

It wasn't until the sky turned dark that Zhu Xiuyuan entered the city and returned home.

During dinner time in the flower hall of the main house, Dong Shuyu still didn't come out.

But according to Dong Shuzhen, she was actually fine and was not bedridden. Instead, she was studying music, chess, calligraphy and painting.

She didn't care much about business matters. She spent the entire day immersed in her own world, playing the piano, painting, and cultivating her sentiments.

Zhu Xiuyuan didn't understand what was going on with her, and wanted to visit her, but he was afraid of embarrassment for both of them...

In a blink of an eye, time came to the second day.

King Poyang and King Zhenze have already arrived in Beijing, receiving the emperor's order to discuss cooperation with Zhu Xiuyuan on refined salt raw materials.

(End of this chapter)