flstandardbreds Chapter 358 The Busy Princess of Qin 1
Chapter 358 The Busy Princess of Qin 1
The weather in Ningchuan City has been good recently. Shi Bin brought some private soldiers and a large number of refugees to clear the snow on the official road. As long as the snow is shoveled away and a layer of floating ice is left, the floating ice will be melted by more people coming and going.
If Xiao Mo takes people to other cities, there is no need to tie anti-skid chains on the carriage, and they can travel smoothly.
In the past, when Hua Cailiang mobilized refugees to work, he would not pay them a penny, and it was considered good if they could give them a steamed bun with mixed vegetables a day.
But Xiao Mo paid the refugees who came to shovel snow according to the law. Although the amount was not much, it gave many people hope.
Some refugees have been in Ningchuan City for many years, and this is the first time they have received wages.
There is strength in numbers. In just two days, most of the official road from Ningchuan City to Yushan City was cleared.
Xiao Mo led more than 1 private soldiers and rushed straight to Yushan City.
He thought that as long as he took over Yushan City, he could leave the rest of the matters to his subordinates. However, after arriving in Yushan City, he realized how ridiculous his idea was.
Yushan City is more complicated than Ningchuan City. He has no choice but to stay in Yushan City temporarily. As for the government affairs in Ningchuan City, they are all left to Ye Jintang for the time being.
Ever since the Hua and Ke families were raided, all the other officials in Ningchuan City were in a panic, fearing that Xiao Mo would take action against them. Now that Xiao Mo was taking people to Yushan City, these officials were greatly relieved.
It seems that Xiao Mo does not want to purge all the officials in Ningchuan City.
They were just thinking about performing well and making their presence felt in front of Xiao Mo, but before they could take any action, Xiao Mo handed over the entire Ningchuan City government affairs to Ye Jintang.
This made them not know what to do for a moment.
For them, a woman, no matter if she is a princess or any other woman, should guard the backyard and take care of everything in the mansion, instead of helping the King of Qin manage the government affairs within his fiefdom like the Princess of Qin.
The officials did not dare to act rashly, and went to find Mr. Cai for advice.
Lord Cai was very much in favor of Ye Jintang's participation in politics. After spending such a long time together, Lord Cai had long seen that Ye Jintang was a person of great talent. Not to mention letting her be in charge of the King of Qin's fiefdom, even letting her be in charge of court affairs would be acceptable.
Although Lord Cai was very optimistic about Ye Jintang, the officials in Ningchuan City were still mainly on the sidelines. Anyway, they didn't have any very important matters to deal with at the moment. At most, they could wait for two days until King Qin came back to deal with it.
Seeing everyone like this, Mr. Cai felt helpless, so he went to find Ye Jintang first.
"I've met my empress."
In the study, Mr. Cai met Ye Jintang and bowed politely.
"I wonder what Mr. Cai wants to talk to me about?"
Ye Jintang sat on the chair where Xiao Mo usually sat, very calm and not at all embarrassed.
"The prince originally ordered the renovation of the new palace. At that time, the prince specifically instructed that when renovating the queen's courtyard, everything must be approved by the queen."
As he spoke, Mr. Cai handed over a list of items.
It records in detail how to renovate the princess's courtyard, how it should be arranged inside, and even the style and pattern of the furniture.
Ye Jintang read through the ten lines at a glance and soon his eyes fell on the item by the window.
There are eight main rooms in her yard, and every window is made of colored glaze.
"Mr. Cai, isn't it a bit too extravagant to use colored glaze on all the windows in my place? It would be enough if four out of eight rooms use colored glaze."
"Your Highness, the prince specifically instructed you on this matter. He said that your Highness likes colored glaze and likes the house to be bright and bright. In addition to replacing all the windows with colored glaze, even the skylight should be replaced with colored glaze."
"How much glass is needed?"
Ye Jintang was a little dumbfounded. A glass cup cost dozens or even hundreds of taels of silver, not to mention the large pieces of glass used on the windows.
"When we were taking inventory of the Hua family's assets, we found a lot of glass products from overseas in a warehouse. Among them was a glass screen with several large pieces of material on it that could be inlaid on the windows."
"Oh, a glass screen from overseas?"
Ye Jintang was suspicious. She had seen many glass products from overseas when she was in the capital. To be honest, those glass products from overseas were much better than those from Tianqin Kingdom and had better transparency.
She heard that overseas merchants had more exquisite and larger glass products, but unfortunately due to the long distance and the difficult official roads in Tianqin State, those large glass products could not be transported to the capital and were broken into pieces on the way.
"Yes, the colored glaze screen is now placed in the storeroom of the new palace. Your Majesty can go and take a look. The colored glaze inlaid on it is more than a person's height, and there are beautiful patterns carved on the colored glaze."
"Well, I'll go take a look."
An idea suddenly popped up in Ye Jintang's mind. Glass products have always been a luxury in Tianqin Kingdom and are very expensive. If she can reduce the production cost and then sell it in large quantities, wouldn't that be another way to make money?
Afterwards, Lord Cai talked about some matters concerning the renovation of the palace, and the two of them went to the palace together to see the glazed screen.
Ye Jintang himself has a large glazed screen, but the glazed glass on it is made of spliced pieces, and not every panel is complete.
And the six colored glaze screens in front of her were all made of intact colored glaze. Two of them were extremely brightly colored and transparent, and were obviously rare treasures.
"Mr. Cai, how much silver can a glass screen like this usually sell for?"
"As far as I know, a merchant from overseas once brought a glazed screen to Dongzhou Port. At that time, many wealthy merchants in China wanted to buy it, and it was finally sold at a high price of 10 taels of silver."
"This glazed screen is of very good quality, so the price can only be more expensive."
Ye Jintang looked at the colored glass screen in front of her and didn't know what to say. Even if she had a lot of money, she would still feel painful if she was asked to inlay a few pieces of colored glass worth 10 taels on her window.
However, this was Xiao Mo's token of his love, so she gladly accepted it.
"Then tear it down. Tell the workers to be careful when they do. The colored glaze is very fragile and will break if it is slightly bumped."
After Ye Jintang gave the instructions, she was still worried, so she asked Zhou Cong to keep an eye on things.
After taking a walk around the palace, Ye Jintang couldn't help but sigh in her heart, it was great to have money. When the City Lord's Mansion was confiscated that day, the roofs of many houses were torn off. It was only two days ago, and when she came here, the house had already been completely renovated. Not only did it have a new ceiling, but even the furniture in the house had been replaced with what Ye Jintang was used to.
The news that Lord Cai met Ye Jintang spread quickly. Although the officials in the city did not know what Lord Cai and Ye Jintang talked about specifically, given Lord Cai's status, they were sure that he was talking about the city's government affairs.
So some officials who were impatient gathered together to discuss whether they should go to Ye Jintang to discuss government affairs.
For now, no one knows when Xiao Mo will return to Ningchuan City. They can't just sit there and wait, but they can afford to wait, while the city's government affairs cannot.