Dawei Fanghua

Unexpectedly, Queen Mother Guo was quite young. Qin Liang had heard the voice in the east hall before. He estimated that she was only 30 or [-] years old, but thinking about it, she should be over [-] years old.Moreover, Queen Mother Guo's voice is surprisingly pleasant. She is not the sweet and charming voice of the teenage Wang Xuanji, but a dignified alto with a very feminine charm. However, there are occasionally a few syllables between the words, which still give people a delicate voice. The feeling of charm.

Just listening to this voice, Qin Liang imagined that Queen Mother Guo might be good-looking.Thinking about it, she was snatched back by Emperor Wen, and then fell in love with Emperor Ming. She was not Emperor Ming's original wife, but she was able to straighten her up, so it was unlikely that she would be ugly.

However, as the empress dowager of the great Wei Kingdom, Empress Dowager Guo's appearance is no longer important. The country's name is still Wei. The weight of the empress dowager's identity cannot be compared with her appearance.Therefore, Qin Liang didn't think about it at all before. The Queen Mother Guo might be very young. He subconsciously thought that the "Queen Mother" should be older. In fact, it was just his prejudice.

Qin Liang returned to the east hall again, still looking at the floor and holding the bamboo sign in his hand. He knew that it was impolite for a minister to look directly at a member of the royal family. If you are unlucky, you will be charged with disrespect. It clicked out.

Today was the first time he had seen a real ancient palace, so he behaved very cautiously. When he walked to the middle of the hall, he leaned down and said, "Your Majesty, Qin Liang, respectfully wishes His Royal Highness the Queen Mother to pay her respects."

"Zhongming doesn't need to do this big ceremony, just stay calm." said the voice behind the curtain.Queen Mother Guo seems to be a good person, and her manner of speaking is very friendly and kind. She also knows that his given name is Zhongming.

Qin Liang got up from the ground and said, "I thank you, Your Highness."

Suddenly a woman's voice said: "Can't you stand closer? Your Highness can't hear you clearly."

"I was negligent." Qin Liang was stunned for a moment. He took the blame first and then talked about it. What did the maid next to the Queen Mother care about with her?He approached the curtain, but still couldn't look up. He could only vaguely see the cyan brocade skirt inside through the gauze curtain. The embroidery pattern on the edge was very beautiful.

Qin Liang took the opportunity to walk and glanced at the palace maid standing outside the curtain, only to find that this girl was not a palace maid. She was a little older, probably close to thirty, and she was wearing a Taoist robe and a bun.She looks quite pretty.

The women in this palace are indeed of extraordinary quality. No wonder Cao Shuang wants to take back the palace wives left by the late emperor.

Queen Mother Guo's voice said: "I didn't expect you to be so young."

Qin Liang thought to himself, I didn't expect His Highness to be so young.But he said: "I have little knowledge."

The voice of Empress Dowager Guo said: "I have also heard that you are assisting General Wang and General Sun in Yangzhou to repel the Wu army. The people of Wu must have deceived my emperor when he was young, so they raised troops to invade the territory. Fortunately, you have ministers and talented people like you to do this. Only when the country works hard can the Wei Dynasty be safe and secure."

Qin Liang was in a good mood when he heard that the Queen Mother knew about his merits and praised him, and said: "It is my duty to share the worries of His Majesty, and I will not hesitate to do so without any hesitation."

Empress Dowager Guo then said kindly: "The School Affairs Office is also an official office of the imperial court. You are still young. When doing school affairs, remember not to be arrogant, don't offend too many people, and always discuss everything with the ministers in the court."

Qin Liang was a little touched when he heard this. Queen Mother Guo would still care for him, just like a relative or elder.He nodded and said: "I must bear in mind His Highness's teachings."

And Qin Liang also heard that Queen Mother Guo had a good impression of him, and he didn't know what happened to her.Maybe it's about helping the ladies of Yongning Palace?After all, Queen Mother Guo should also protect the palace ladies, so that matter would probably suit her wishes.

At this moment, a gust of wind came in from outside the open door of the east hall. The wind blew the curtains up. Qin Liang hurriedly lowered his body slightly and didn't look at it. The wind carried the scent of Queen Mother Guo and swirled around.Qin Liang may have felt that Queen Mother Guo was kind and friendly to people, and when he smelled her fragrance, he felt that the fragrance was refreshing.

Empress Dowager Guo said: "The things you presented are delicate, white and extraordinary. I feel your intention and I am very pleased. I have also read the good prescription." Qin Liang said: "There is no problem with the process of the prescription. I personally supervised the work. Samples made according to the process."

Empress Dowager Guo's voice said: "I will give the good recipe to the ministers of the imperial court, and use it to make salt and sell it for national use."

He felt that Queen Mother Guo was easy to talk to, so he couldn't help but give her more advice: "I have a plan, but I don't know whether to talk about it or not."

Queen Mother Guo said softly: "Let's talk."

Qin Liang said: "Yezhe Pushe (the chief officer in charge of Yezhe Taiwan) has the power to supervise the salt officer. Your Highness can give the recipe to Yezhe Pushe and let Yezhe Pushe supervise the production of refined salt. The process will be kept secret for the time being. In order to make tribute salt exclusively for the royal family. The empress dowager is wise and benevolent, and can also give the excess tribute salt to the salt officer for sale, and the proceeds can be used for state purposes (discuss the issue of sharing)."

Gao Rou asked the criminals to take money to atone for their sins and clearly marked the price. For this kind of money, the two governments can negotiate a share. What can't the royal family and the salt official discuss?
He couldn't explain it clearly, but the meaning was very obvious, which was to monopolize the supply of goods and then share profits with the monopolized channel dealers.Moreover, the common people of the Wei Kingdom have long been squeezed dry. Even if they turn salt into flowers, they can't get any more oil and water out of the common people. However, the nobles are rich and powerful, and they also have requirements for the quality of life. Compare each other... In this case, the way to maximize profits should be to make refined salt into a luxury product, without compromising quantity, and only make excess profits for the rich.Anyway, it’s not impossible for common people to eat ordinary salt that has a bit of a bitter taste.

Only the royal family can do this trick.Qin Liang couldn't do it, otherwise he would also want to make extra money with this.

Queen Mother Guo often listens to politics, so her knowledge should be much better than that of ordinary women, and she should be able to understand what Qin Liang means.

Qin Liang thought to himself: If you think highly of me, I will give you some advice and make some money. I am a person who repays my kindness, right?Speak a word for me in front of those two powerful ministers and give them a promotion. I will never forget your kindness.

Empress Dowager Guo's voice said: "You have contributed a good prescription and have done great service to the country. I will ask all the princes to remember your contribution and reward you according to your merit."

Qin Liang was stunned for a moment. He once doubted whether he had said what he was thinking. It seemed that Queen Mother Guo heard his thoughts.But if she could say this, she should have understood Qin Liang's money-making strategy.

But Queen Mother Guo changed the topic and said: "But the good prescription is beneficial to the country, and I cannot use it privately."

Hearing this, Qin Liang couldn't help but curse for a moment: Cao Shuang and Sima Yi were all looking at the military power of China and foreign countries, the military power of foreign towns, and the personnel power of the court; what they wanted was power, and they didn't care what happened to the government.Queen Mother, you just make some legal extra money and don't use their power, so that's no problem.Don't be too cautious.

But it was hard for Qin Liang to say anything. He could only come up with an idea, and it was up to the Queen Mother whether to listen or not.So he said: "The Queen Mother is kind and selfless, and I admire her greatly."

Queen Mother Guo was silent for a while, and suddenly said softly: "I understand your kindness."

When Qin Liang heard this, he immediately guessed that Queen Mother Guo should have had a good impression of him before they met, otherwise today's conversation would not be so pleasant.

The two of them were in the upper and lower positions, and they said a few words that were so grand that others could not find fault, and Qin Liang resigned.

Empress Dowager Guo decreed to reward Qin Liang fifty pieces of silk, which was allocated by the Shaofu, and asked Zhang Huan to take Qin Liang to receive it.