Traveling through the farmhouse: there is room for the group pet Fubao

Chapter 245 Borrow money
In the afternoon of the second day, Chu Tian entered the palace to meet Emperor Daling as agreed.

Zhennan Street, where the Chu family's palace is located, is close to the imperial city, a place where nobles gather, but even so, it is still much dilapidated than before. Even if it is as solid as the imperial city, cracks can be seen on the bluestone and brick floor.

A gust of wind and cold wind blows, and a few yellow leaves fall from nowhere, and the depression can be seen.

"Your Highness, Shangguan Envoy, please."

Chu Tian and Shangguan Hao were invited into Emperor Daling's imperial study.

The emperor obviously didn't expect that Chu Tian would call Shangguan Hao together, so couldn't this girl's heart turn to Dian Daling?

"Tian'er, seeing you like this, I feel a little relieved. Your mother and concubine couldn't eat or sleep well in those few days, and she kept talking about you in my ears every day."

It's too early for this mother and concubine, I don't know if the emperor did it on purpose or not.

"His Majesty is concerned."

"You still see me like this."

It can be heard that the emperor's concern for her is not all superficial, but Chu Tian still doesn't answer.Seeing that the arranged chairs had been set up, he smiled and sat down.

"Shangguan Hao, you sit too, I don't pay much attention here."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, it's fine for the ministers to stand."

Then stand still, the emperor will not say anything, foreign ministers are also ministers, as long as they know that they are ministers.

"Tian'er, I'm sure you already know that several cities around Lincheng have suffered a catastrophe that hasn't happened in a hundred years. The houses and cultivated land have been severely damaged, and many people have been killed or injured. I am worried. It is really an internal and external trouble."

Emperor Da Ling is more haggard than before, can he not worry about this kind of thing?
"Your Majesty, please take care."

Chu Tian just didn't take the initiative to answer the question. Her whole family is from Da Ling, and she has a verbal marriage contract with Da Ling Prince Xiao Yi, but she is also the grandson of Emperor Xi Chu, should she harm others to benefit herself, or harm herself to benefit others?Either way, nothing is right.

With the shrewdness of the empress of Xichu in the past, at this time, it is righteous to agree to promote the mutual market earlier and sell Xichu's surplus grain to Daling at a high price. Xichu must know that Daling is now producing a lot of salt and using salt to exchange grain?Disaster!
But Daling is really suffering from internal and external troubles now. Disaster relief needs money and food, and border wars need money and food. There is no surplus. In recent years, with the help of salt mines, it has improved a lot, and all the disasters have been involved.

I hope that Chu Tian can facilitate this exchange of salt between Daling and Xichu, and Emperor Daling has no choice but to do so.

Seeing that Chu Tian didn't answer his words, the emperor hesitated for a moment, and could only say boldly, "Tian'er, I think the elder Dage has mentioned to you that since the two countries have promoted mutual trade and there is a set of standards for weights and measures, then I will... "

"Your Majesty, you can send someone to discuss this matter with Shangguan Hao. I will not intervene, and neither side will interfere."

Even the emperor would not open the back door.

Shangguan Hao stepped forward at the right time, "Your Majesty, Your Highness, I will definitely try my best to facilitate this grain and salt transaction."

"Okay, I will arrange relevant people to discuss with Lord Shangguan."

The little girl expressed her position like this, and the emperor didn't think about taking shortcuts.

Now that she entered the palace, Chu Tian couldn't justify not visiting Concubine Hui, so she could only bid farewell to the emperor and go to Yonghe Palace to meet her again.

Qiaofu, the maid of honor next to Concubine Hui, waited at the door to greet her.

"Miss."

"Tian'er, don't perform that salute in private, show me quickly, you've lost weight, and your complexion is not good." Holding Chu Tian's hand, Hui Guifei really looked at it, "Qiaofu, go and get the ginseng soup. Bring it up."

Chu Tian turned around obediently, "Ma'am, I'm fine, I'd better be thinner, I don't like gaining weight."

"You child, it's not good to be too thin. There is a private cook here in this palace who cooks delicious food. After staying in the palace for a few days and then returning to the mansion, he will be with me, okay?"

"My grandfather just pulled me out of the mound. If I'm not in the mansion when I come back, he won't be happy."

Concubine Hui was right when she thought about it, it was unreasonable for her granddaughter to rob her when she came back.

"Then have dinner with Ben Gong before returning home."

"Well, this is fine."

As soon as she heard that Chu Tian was staying for dinner, Concubine Hui sent someone to clean up the side hall so that the girl could rest for a while.

"Ma'am, the soup is ready."

Qiaofu put down the cup of ginseng soup, and Concubine Hui took Chu Tian to sit opposite her and watched her eat. No matter whether she was watching it as a daughter-in-law or a girl, Concubine Hui loved it very much.

"How about it?"

"tastes good."

Stewed ginseng with old chicken is simple but better than good ingredients. It has a rich aroma and replenishes vitality. It is very appetizing for Chu Tian.

Seeing that the girl liked to drink, Concubine Hui ordered someone to stew it again and keep Chu Tian to take it away when she leaves the palace.

Chu Tian was chatting with the imperial concubine and couldn't do without this natural disaster.

"It must be a difficult year for the common people. The palace sent people to open porridge sheds outside the city in the name of the concubines, but they couldn't help the next meal."

"The treasury will release food."

"All the disaster-stricken towns are staring at the state treasury's food reserves, and I'm afraid there are too many monks and too little food."

Isn't that right, there have been wars of all sizes since the past few years, and now Xiao Yi is still on the battlefield, so there are so many things going on here.After experiencing all kinds of unstable environments, Chu Tian misses the peace of her previous life even more.

Thinking of this, and thinking of staying here for the rest of her life, Chu Tian was obviously not in a good mood, so Concubine Hui took her to the side hall to rest.

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Shangguan Hao and Mr. Tang, the new foreign trade official appointed by Emperor Daling, had a hard time talking about salt and grain.

West Chu is not close to the sea, and there are no salt mines. The only few salt wells have very low output, which makes the salt in West Chu very expensive. When it comes to exchanging one hundred catties of salt for three hundred catties, Shangguan Hao still doesn't let go.

"Salt is expensive in this country, but there has never been a salt shortage. Now food is an urgent need in your country. For His Highness's sake, we have given Da Ling the most sincere conditions. One hundred catties of salt plus 20 taels of silver for three A hundred catties of rice."

"Sir Shangguan, you Xichu can't take advantage of others' danger."

"Master Tang, if you talk like this, the business cannot be negotiated. The condition is only for the sake of long-term cooperation. Apart from Xichu, where else can such a large amount of grain be sold to Daling? Convert the price of salt This is also the normal price of grain on the market.”

Tang Xian also knew that in this market situation, Shangguan Hao didn't open his mouth like a lion, but he just wanted to put pressure on him as a new official to highlight his ability.

Shangguan Hao calculated that this price might be a little bit higher than the normal market price, but now that food is scarce, Xichu has to tighten his belt to meet Daling's demand. Can he get some compensation?
But in the end it was signed.

Yonghe Palace, the emperor heard that Chu Tian stayed for dinner, he may not have had an Anle meal for a long time, so he came here to join in the fun.

"The emperor seems to be troubled?"

"There are so many troubles everywhere now. Several towns affected by the disaster have reached out to the Ministry of Households for money and food, and the Ministry of Households is asking who to ask for it? Ask me for it!"

(End of this chapter)