It was warm overnight, and Xiao Ming slept lazily until noon the next day. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The hardships of running around this month made him quite tired, and he and Fei Yue'er were separated for a month, and the two of them were also playing and playing in bed, saying some considerate words.

And for Xiao Ming, the report of Pang Yukun and others is one thing, and the personal narration of this Fei Yue'er is another.

"Confucian has really become a street rat in the mouth of His Highness now, and everyone shouts and beats him." Fei Yue'er told Xiao Ming about the changes after the last Confucian trouble, "However, my father wrote from Chang'an, saying that the court and the central government were quite critical of this matter, and the officials led by Cui Hao even reprimanded His Royal Highness in the court for disobeying the Confucian classics and disrespecting Confucianism, and even asked the emperor to take off the title of Prince Erzhu of His Royal Highness." ”

"Hmph, these little ones."

Xiao Ming showed disdain, it is precisely because of these people who eat inside and outside and can only attack their colleagues that the government is becoming increasingly abandoned.

"What else does the book say?" Xiao Ming asked, Generally, Fiji would not write to him without major matters.

"Daddy also said that the emperor suddenly fainted to the ground a few days ago, and after waking up, his health was not as good as before, and the early dynasty was also absent every three or five days." Speaking of this, Fei Yue'er's expression also became solemn.

"If I'm not mistaken, my father is already nine out of fifty today." Xiao Ming groaned.

Fei Yue'er nodded, "That's what Daddy said in the letter. ”

Xiao Ming's eyes narrowed, Fiji must have a deep meaning when he mentioned this matter in the letter, maybe in his opinion, Xiao Wenxuan really didn't have a few years to live this time.

For Xiao Ming, it is not easy for Xiao Wenxuan to live to this age, after all, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is only sixty-nine years old, and the lifespan of emperors in contemporary history is only about thirty-nine years old on average.

"Well, this king understands."

Xiao Ming's brows furrowed, now Xiao Wenxuan is the support point of the balance of the Great Chongqing Kingdom, he doesn't want Xiao Wenxuan to fall so soon, after all, he doesn't want to lose a stable development environment.

But if it really happened, he would have to come and cover it up, and now Fiji mentioned this matter just to remind him and make him prepared.

After all, the minister knows that Xiao Wenxuan is sick, but there are not many people who may know about Xiao Wenxuan's death after he passes out, otherwise it will inevitably cause a shock to the government and the opposition.

After some gossip, Xiao Ming and Fei Yue'er washed and dressed, and had a simple meal before he went to the workshop area.

Xiao Ming ordered the white sugar when he returned to Qingzhou, and this time he trafficked back sugarcane from Ryukyu and was also transported to Qingzhou when he returned, along with the craftsmen in the white sugar workshop on Ryukyu Island.

These craftsmen will be responsible for helping Xiao Ming establish a white sugar workshop in Qingzhou and train a group of sugar craftsmen, and he also sent someone to inform Lu Tong when he returned to purify the sulfurous acid of white sugar.

"Your Highness, our subordinate has brought the sulfurite." Zhonglutong in the workshop area was already waiting for Xiao Ming, he was holding a glass bottle in his hand, and the glass bottle contained sulfurous acid solution.

The manufacturing process of sulfurous acid is actually very simple, but the high-temperature calcining of sulfur to obtain sulfur dioxide into the water to obtain sulfurous acid, this process is not a problem for Lu Tong and others, after all, they have been able to prepare sulfuric acid.

"In the future, your chemical workshop will be responsible for providing sulfurous acid solution to the white sugar workshop, and this king hopes to see clean white sugar in the next two days." Xiao Ming said.

The significance of white sugar to him is not only in eating, but also in that it will provide Qingzhou with an industrial classification, allowing him to take a step forward in the whole industrial system.

Lu Tong had already learned that Xiao Ming wanted sulfurous acid, so he nodded, he was also very interested in this white sugar, which in his opinion was also a wonderful chemical reaction.

At this time, the craftsmen from the Ryukyus were already producing the equipment needed for the white sugar workshop with the cooperation of the craftsmen of the equipment division, and Chen Wenlong selected one from the vacant houses in the workshop area and handed it to these craftsmen.

After inspecting the preparatory work of the white sugar workshop, Xiao Ming had a plan in his heart, in his opinion, it would take at least seven days for this official production.

Just as he was telling the craftsman, suddenly a noisy voice came, Xiao Ming looked at the source of the sound, and saw that Li Kaiyuan was almost pushed towards him by the merchants, and the businessmen who walked in front were Cao Zhengyang, Ding Wu, and Dai Zixing.

When he got closer, Li Kaiyuan looked helpless, and he said: "Your Highness, the lower officials are also helpless, originally the lower officials wanted to come to His Royal Highness in two days, after all, His Royal Highness needs time to recuperate after a long journey, but the merchants of the Chamber of Commerce are now like ants on a hot pot, and the lower officials really can't stop it." ”

"What's the matter, you're all so excited." Xiao Ming's eyes swept over the merchant's face.

The businessmen looked excited, their mouths open, and their teeth bared, as if they had met a great event.

Cao Zhengyang now seemed to be a representative of the merchants, and he said to Xiao Ming: "Your Highness, it is said that the Qingzhou Navy went south to recover the Ryukyus, and reached an agreement with the Dutch, and from then on this sea trade route is Your Highness." ”

While Cao Zhengyang spoke, the other businessmen were waiting expectantly for Xiao Ming to confirm the news.

"It's worthy of the Cao family, your news is very well-informed, that's right, this king has recovered Ryukyu and is still garrisoning the city of Geranza, and from then on the coastal routes are under the control of this king."

As soon as Xiao Ming's words fell, the merchants suddenly fell silent.

Then a huge cheer erupted.

"His Royal Highness is eloquent, after all, his name will go down in history."

"This is a great achievement for the future."

"Wise, Your Highness."

“……”

The merchants were so excited that they had long coveted maritime trade, and now they knew that the right to maritime trade was in Xiao Ming's hands.

Among them, the most excited is Cao Zhengyang, since the relationship between the king of Chu and the Dutch collapsed, the Cao family's maritime trade has plummeted, and now he has finally found an opportunity to revitalize the Cao family.

"Your Highness, will we be able to sell goods by sea from now on?" Cao Zhengyang said expectantly.

"Of course not." Xiao Ming's words were like cold water poured on the heads of merchants, but his next sentence gave the merchants hope, "Only merchants under the unified jurisdiction of the Chamber of Commerce can conduct maritime trade, and all merchant ships that conduct maritime trade must pay taxes, if anyone dares to evade taxes in the king's fiefdom, who will lose the right to maritime trade forever." ”

"Your Highness, paying taxes is a matter of course, and we will definitely not cheat." Ding Wu assured.

"Your Highness, rest assured, we will never dare."

“……”

Merchants, you say a word to me, patting your chest and guaranteeing.