However, what Emperor Chongzhen did not expect was that when he went to the queen's side, Concubine Tian was also there.

Empress Zhou was also very happy to see him coming. After seeing him, she quickly picked up a piece of cotton cloth on the table and smiled and said to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, I am just talking about the improvement of this cotton cloth when Sister Hotan is talking about the improvement of this cotton cloth!"

After saying that, she took the initiative to approach Emperor Chongzhen, pointed at the cotton cloth with her fingers, and added: "Today, I and all my sisters, and I took some palace maids and eunuchs to weave these cotton cloths. There were those piles on the side, but I was not satisfied with my sister and I, and I, were thinking about how to change it!"

Emperor Chongzhen was a little surprised and reached out to take the cotton cloth and took a look. Although he didn't understand this, he could still see the fabric. He felt that Queen Zhou was right, and these cotton cloths could be considered defective. But he could understand it, after all, this was the first batch of textiles in the palace.

After seeing Emperor Chongzhen’s cotton cloth, Empress Zhou turned to look at the pile of cotton cloth next to her and said shyly: “Your Majesty, don’t look at it, this is the best piece of cotton cloth. My sister Hotan will definitely work hard to improve her skills. If she turns around and sells it, she will not lose the royal face.”

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, his heart suddenly moved. After thinking for a moment, he changed his original plan and immediately shook his head and said to Empress Zhou: "No, since a batch has been woven, I will take it out and sell it tomorrow morning. It doesn't matter. But the cotton cloth is embroidered with a mark to indicate that it can be produced in the palace."

The concept of trademarks actually existed in ancient times. Although Emperor Chongzhen did not explain it clearly, Empress Zhou also understood it.

But she didn't care about this, but said in surprise: "Your Majesty, but this cotton... cotton..."

Concubine Tian next to him was shocked and was very surprised: How could she take such a cotton cloth?

"What does this matter? There are some flaws in the first batch of cotton cloth produced in the palace, which are normal." Emperor Chongzhen said disapprovingly, "Just do as I said. I will sell it tomorrow morning. By the way, embroider the date on the cotton cloth. In addition, the sales method is to use the secret auction method. The first time I buy and sell tomorrow morning, the queen will take charge. In this way, others can know as soon as possible that this is produced in the palace."

"..." Empress Zhou and Concubine Tian looked at each other, both speechless.

Over the years, the queen has personally been in charge of buying and selling things. This is really a bit horrible. To put it bluntly, it is a shameful face.

However, before, Emperor Chongzhen had a long talk with Empress Zhou. There is no doubt which is important between the country and the face. Now, after hearing Emperor Chongzhen's request, Empress Zhou can even feel the anxiety in the emperor's heart.

Recalling the previous conversation with Emperor Chongzhen in his mind, Empress Zhou made a decision and nodded, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will set out early tomorrow morning and raise more money to subsidize the palace as soon as possible."

The Concubine Tian next to him covered her open mouth with her hands, her eyes full of shock. Looking at the emperor and the queen, it felt a bit incredible! Is it really short of money in the palace so short?

As if she knew her thoughts, Emperor Chongzhen put down the cotton cloth, sat down, rubbed his forehead and said, "Although the only Qin soldiers in the King's Army who can fight, this time, have won a great victory, they are in a rest. If the court has no money and the pension and rewards are not in place for a long time, they will probably be disappointed to the hearts of these meritorious soldiers. In this way, there may be no more army to fight Jianlu."

"Also, in this report of the victory, it was also mentioned that our Ming army and the Jianlu army armor were far from each other, which was also the reason why the Qin soldiers were suffering from the advantage. But to improve these, money was needed." Emperor Chongzhen said this and sighed, "I am really driven crazy by money!"

He said this without exaggeration, but the fact is that. The 200,000 taels of silver discussed in the court in the morning was just the minimum amount of silver required for this victory. There were also food, supplies, weapons, equipment and other places to supplement the land. If there was a war to be fought later, then I would not know how much money I needed.

This also shows that once a war is fought, it is really spending money. Now that the treasury has no money, he, the emperor, wants to raise money. If it were the original Emperor Chongzhen, he would definitely be driven crazy.

Queen Zhou felt very uncomfortable when she heard this, and with a little sobbing, she hurriedly said, "It's really hard for Your Majesty. I will definitely put more textiles to sell."

When Concubine Tian heard the news, she was a little sad. She actually heard about the hardships of state affairs. However, she did not expect that the matter had reached this level of seriousness.

Emperor Chongzhen did not sit for a long time, so he stood up soon, suddenly with a little ruthless voice, but said very firmly: "For the sake of the country, let alone the royal face, I will do anything, this is my responsibility!"

After saying that, he was about to turn around and leave. Before leaving, he remembered something again, so he turned around and asked Concubine Tian, ​​"How is the emperor?"

Concubine Tian was a little surprised by the emperor's determination, but when she heard about her son, she quickly replied: "It has improved in the past few days. The imperial doctor said that it will be completely cured in about five days."

Hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen was relieved and nodded, "That's good, I have too much to do, so I'll worry more about it."

"Well, it should be so. It's important for Your Majesty to be busy with state affairs." Concubine Tian nodded and replied.

Emperor Chongzhen did not stay any longer and left under the respectful sent by Empress Zhou and Concubine Tian.

Early the next morning, Emperor Chongzhen's personal eunuch Chen Baoting came to the queen to listen to the order. Because the shop outside the palace was arranged by Chen Baoting.

Queen Zhou also remembered this matter and had already prepared it and left the palace early. There was no big show, just some necessary follow-ups.

Even so, this incident still caused a sensation. Passers-by along the way were curious when they saw it. What's more, there were palace maids and eunuchs briefly explaining the situation to passers-by. Suddenly, some people ran back to their house to report the news, while others followed behind to watch the fun.

This is the first time in nearly three hundred years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty. Unless there is something extremely anxious, you must watch the fun!

The store is not a prosperous location, but when the queen arrives, it will be bustling here. Although it is not crowded, the crowds are surging, which is the most popular here.

The queen naturally would not show up in person, but it was just an attitude to come here. A palace maid and eunuch came out to explain the situation, and was about to start the auction.

When the onlookers heard that there was no money in the palace, the queen had to weave textiles in the palace and sell them out to subsidize the cost of the palace, they immediately exploded. Who would have thought that the cost of the palace was so tight?

"I didn't expect that my Emperors of the Ming Dynasty were so poor!"

"No, I heard that a friend of my son, the old lady next door, was working in the palace. I accidentally saw it. When the son walked faster today, the wind blew the corner of his clothes, revealing the clothes inside, but they had patched it. I didn't believe it before, but now... I really didn't expect it!"

"I have also heard recently that the palace is laying off people, and it is said that they can't afford to support so many people!"

“…”

As they talked, they couldn't help but feel very emotional. It's really not easy for the Emperor of Ming Dynasty!

"I really didn't expect that the Marquis' Mansion where my son works is usually so popular. Our Ming emperors are so poor that they are even worse than the Marquis' Mansion!"

"You need to say it, don't talk about the Marquis' Mansion. Which of the officials will have no money?"

"Yes, now, the emperor has no money, the court has no money, the officials have money, and the royal relatives and nobles have money!"

“…”

Therefore, some people sympathized with the Ming Dynasty, some wanted to be complacent, while others were thinking about whether they could get into a relationship with the palace... Anyway, there were various reasons, which led to the first cotton cloth auction produced in the palace, which was extremely popular.

As for the quality of the cotton floor, not many people actually care about it.

At the same time, at the Wuqing Marquis Mansion, Jiang Dong brought Li Guochen early in the morning. He didn't care whether your royal relatives were royal relatives or not. Since he had accepted the order and had been forced to delay for a day, he had no choice but to delay any more, so he immediately urged the silver.

"This postman, the Marquis's Mansion doesn't have that much money. My father's family wealth is all made up by this bastard." Of course, Li Guorui would not take out the money, but looked at Li Guochen in disgust and said coldly to Jiang Dong.

When Li Guochen heard this, he was immediately angry and pointed at Li Guorui and shouted: "You slut, you dare to lie?"

Jiang Dong was too lazy to talk and shouted coldly: "At the latest noon, don't blame me for being rude!"

When Li Guorui heard this, he suddenly laughed "sad" and seemed to be forced into a dead end. After saying a few "goods", a big show started.

The people in the Hou Mansion who had been prepared had immediately moved out "bottles, bottles, jars, pots, pans, and so on, and began to move out of the mansion.

This scene surprised Jiang Dong and the others, so naturally someone asked what was going on.

So, Li Guorui cried a few times, and then replied: "I can't afford that much money. If I don't hand over the money at noon, this steward would be rude. What else can I do? I can only sell my property and sell it at a low price!"

His answer made everyone who heard it, whether it was the Dongchang Actor, the Ministry of Revenue, etc., stunned.

I have seen shameless people, but I have never seen such shameless people. The Marquis of the Ming Dynasty actually wanted to sell pots and pans on the street? This is really a joke that is rare in a century in the Ming Dynasty!

Even Jiang Dong couldn't bear it anymore. This was too embarrassing to do so. While he ordered them to stop them from leaving the mansion, he also sent someone to report to the factory for a decision.

So, on the side of the Marquis' Mansion, a group of servants knocked on pots and pans, and looked as if they were not serious. Before leaving the mansion, they started to hawk.

"The Marquis of Wuqing is waiting for money to sell it at a low price, but it's sold at a low price!"

"The court was forced to do it, and there was no way to sell it, it was sold at a cheap price!"

“…”

There was so much noise here that there were many passers-by at the door looking here.

But soon, the sent-on came back and lowered his head to report to Jiang Dong: "The factory said, don't worry about what they do, we only charge money!"

When Jiang Dong heard this, he was a little surprised and thought to himself, is this really good?

He naturally didn't know that Cao Huachun was also shocked when he heard this, and then immediately asked Emperor Chongzhen for an order and finally got the order.

Jiang Dong naturally won’t stop him again after giving instructions.

So, the people under the Hou Mansion moved pots and pans out of the mansion, and started to set up street stalls and shouted, attracting more and more people to watch.

Master Qian shook his head repeatedly when he saw it, but Jiang Dong sneered, and his mind was full of thoughts. He was so shameless!

Li Guochen was also stunned during this process. After finally coming to his senses, he felt that it was going to be bad.

If others think that the Marquis' Mansion is really poor and they are forced to this extent by the court, where will the court face be put and find a scapegoat at that time, maybe it will be him.

Thinking of this, he hurried to the street and loudly explained to the onlookers that the Marquis' Mansion had so much money. However, he was alone and it was obvious that not many people agreed with him.

What he didn't expect was that things became more and more serious.

Zhou Kui, the queen's father, the prince's grandfather, and Jiading Bo Zhou Kui rushed over after hearing the sound. When he heard that Wu Qinghou was forced to this point, he said indignantly on the street in front of the onlookers that the court actually forced Wu Qinghou to take out so much money. How could he take it out? But, you can't resist the order, right? After all, they are relatives of the royal family, and you always have to help him.

However, he didn't have much money. But it was nothing. Even if he was selling his money, he would help Wu Qinghou overcome the difficulties.

So, just as everyone was stunned, the people under Jiading Bo Mansion, who had already prepared, also came with pots and pans, and set up stalls next to the people under Wuqing Hou Mansion. You shouted, I shouted, echoed each other, and sold pots and pans.

Of course, such a strange thing spread quickly, and more and more people watched it soon.

At the same time, on the auction of cotton cloth, someone suddenly found Chen Baoting and said a few words. Chen Baoting immediately found Queen Zhou and said that the meaning here was OK. The queen was not convenient for her to stay here and it was time to go back to the palace.

Empress Zhou had the same idea, so she took the lead back to the palace.

Not long after walking, the leading officer suddenly felt something was wrong and asked Chen Baoting, who was leading the way, and said, "Eunuch Chen, have you taken the wrong path?"

"No, the same is true for returning to the palace from here." Chen Baoting replied after hearing this, "We no longer need to be as loud as when we first came out. There are all noble residences here, and fewer onlookers will be watching."

It seemed that the same thing was true, so the man had no objection and left here. However, he did not expect that the place was very lively, even so lively that the streets were blocked.

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Chapter completed!