Mu Chen smiled and said, "It's a good thing that the Empress came up with such a way. Fortunately, it's cold today and the ice has not melted, so that the dumplings can be saved. Master, I'll take it to warm you up? It's fifteenth today, and I'm worried about getting something to give you a tooth sacrifice."

Zhao Shu stared at the dumplings for a moment, and suddenly asked, "What else?"

"ah?"

"There's something else the queen sent."

"Master, you are so amazing. How do you know that there is something else?"

"The queen is not you, how could she occupy such an important information channel for Tangyuanyuan with just one box of dumplings?" Zhao Shu said, "In such a cold weather, the road is difficult to walk. How could she spend so much manpower on a mere box of dumplings?"

Mu Chen smiled and said, "You are right, there is indeed something."

He took out a letter from his arms, which was wrapped in waterproof oil paper.

"Master, there is another letter here. The Empress must have something important to tell you."

Zhao Shu took the letter, carefully opened it, and finally took out a stack of silver notes from the envelope.

Mu Chen's eyes widened.

Zhao Shu counted and said, "Two million taels."

"Two million..." Mu Chen took a deep breath.

So much money was just wrapped in an envelope and asked an intelligence officer to bring it on horseback?

Zhao Shu glanced at the envelope again.

Mu Chen came over and asked, "Master, there is nothing else in the envelope?"

Zhao Shu glanced at him: "What do you want?"

"I believe it!" Mu Chen said, "The Queen has sent so much money, so I have to explain, what is the source of this money, who it is for, and what is its use?"

Zhao Shu put away the envelope and said, "No."

Mu Chen tskated: "Our Queen, we do things in two words, grand!"

Zhao Shu ignored him.

Mu Chen said to himself: "Two million silver notes, without saying a word, they just sent them directly. It seems that this should be the silver that the Empress paid privately. If it were transferred by the court, it would not be so fast, and it would not have been through Tang Yuanyuan's private channel."

After talking for a long time, he summed up one sentence: "The Empress is so rich, so I am so willing to give up!"

Zhao Shu said: "She has a business name, which seems to be quite popular. She has made some money in recent years, but not much. After all, she has opened a short year. I am afraid that the two million taels of silver will be taken out and taken out.

"Oh, the Empress is so good." Mu Chen was moved and burst into tears. "We are in a hurry to lack military expenditure. Let's not talk about the soldiers' food and grass, and the military pay has not been paid for two months. This money really solves our urgent need."

Zhao Shu gave him the silver note: "Take it to the governor, let him use it where he should use it, and first pay the soldiers. They are all people who want to support their families. Without military pay, it is easy to shake the morale of the army."

"Yes, prince." Mu Chen took the silver.

"In addition, today is fifteen, and I'll give the soldiers a good meal."

"I understand, let's do it now." Mu Chen was very happy. "The Empress's money was really timely. It's the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. The soldiers got the salary and had a good meal. They must be happy."

"Go." Zhao Shu waved his hand.

Mu Chen stood still and said with a smile: "Master, you haven't eaten for most of the day. I will cook this dumpling for you first, so you can eat some first."

"Go ahead and go. Can't I even cook a few dumplings?"
Chapter completed!