17, charcoal

I'm sorry, the fox is sick, and he is still in great pain, alas............

"In a remote place like Minzhou, such a gorgeous manor can be built. The Cheng family's financial resources are really amazing." The captain of the bodyguard exclaimed, "It seems that the Cheng family pulled out a hair casually, which is several times thicker than ordinary rich people."

"No." The captain of the Royal Forest Army looked at the furnishings of the courtyard and said, "This kind of manor is enough to catch up with the residence of officials above the third grade in the capital. Even the courtyard of the marquis's house is not so beautiful."

"You're done. Your marquis is just a military-born man. He has only been in the capital for more than a year. Most of the women are in their hometown. What beautiful houses can be placed? Besides, your marquis lives in a military camp more than a residential yard." The chief bodyguard laughed.

"That's true." The commander of the imperial army thought about it was the same reason, and he should be at peace.

Several captains followed the seventh prince in with a joke. If the person walking ahead is not the seventh prince but other princes or even an official whose official position is greater than theirs, they dare not laugh casually like this, but there is no problem in front of the seventh prince. As long as it is not on the scene, the seventh prince does not restrain their words and deeds at all. Even if they make fun of him or offend him, it doesn't matter, which makes them prefer this prince without airs.

As soon as he walked into the backyard, a warm wind came to his face, which made the five people stunned on the spot.

Look carefully around. Starting from the door, there is a stove in three steps and a brazier in five steps, and a warm spring is burning in winter. However, the carbon of these stove braziers should be specially made. In such a dense arrangement, not much smoke comes out, but emits a faint fragrance.

There were many maids shuttled through the courtyard. Each of them was wearing bamboo baskets and adding charcoal to the slightly smaller flamed stove basin. When they saw the seventh prince and others, they also bent down to salute them.

Cheng Yuanjia will never be surrounded by maids. Even if she only brings one out of the capital, she has more than a dozen now. This rich daughter, who is used to being served, is really difficult for her to live a poor life.

In the middle of the small courtyard, many flowers that should not bloom here radiate the breath of spring in a warm environment. The spittings are open, which makes the five people stunned. Surrounded by flowers, the pavilion that originally could not come to say anything in winter makes people feel very warm at this moment. There are four-season fruits on the table, and two beautiful maids are serving in the pavilion.

The seventh prince and others walked into the pavilion under the leadership of the maid, which was a little bigger than the ordinary pavilion. Unexpectedly, two tables were placed, one in the middle and the other on one side.

Serving the maid in the pavilion, she said, "The maidservant welcomes the seventh prince and the generals here. Ask the seventh prince to sit at a table in the middle, and the four generals bow down at the table next to it."

According to the official level, the four captains are just the captains of a 100-person team. Even the captains of the inner bodyguards are just six grades, absolutely not the word "general", but the maid said so, the four of them felt very in their ears. After the seventh prince sat down, they sat down at the table next to them one after another.

After the seventh prince sat down, he looked around the pavilion, waved for a maid to come over, and asked, "When did this garden start to get so warm?" There should be two days."

"The seventh prince has been burning charcoal in the garden since seven days ago, so that the flowers and plants in the garden can grow leaves and bloom." The maid replied respectfully.

Forget it. The last time he came to return the horse was seven days ago. So, since he left last time, the yard began to burn carbon for heating. After seven days, all the flowers and plants in the yard glowed with the smell of spring. It is impossible to calculate how much charcoal has been burned in the past seven days, and this charcoal seems to be specially processed smokeless charcoal. Such a big hand can't even be done in the palace.

"Where did you get this charcoal?" The seventh prince couldn't help saying. He has a warm bag sent by Cheng Yuanjia and doesn't need to burn charcoal anymore, but it will be much more comfortable if this kind of charcoal can be used in other soldiers' rooms.

"I don't know how to get it. Every time I go to the warehouse to get it directly." The maid replied.

"If you want, I can give you some, but I don't have much myself. I can load two cars of charcoal for you at most." A soft voice came in from outside the pavilion. Cheng Yuanjia slowly walked in with light blue wide sleeves.

"Are you Qinrou Junjun?" The bodyguard sent by the king of Qi stood up in surprise and pointed to Cheng Yuanjia and said, "Are you here so here?"

"Your master didn't tell you that it's rude to point at people like this." Cheng Yuanjia didn't look at him at the corners of his eyes and said coldly, "Besides, do I need to report to you where I go?"

The bodyguard came to his senses and quickly knelt down to Cheng Yuanjia and said, "The villain has no intention to offend the county. Please forgive me."

"Forget it, for the sake of your loyal protection of the seventh prince along the way, I'm too lazy to argue with you. Besides, from Yuanzhou to Minzhou, you have eaten and drank too much on the way. I'm going to charge you early. Cheng Yuanjia seemed to be in a good mood. He didn't lose his temper with the bodyguard and exposed it lightly.

When the seventh prince saw Cheng Yuanjia appear, he had already stood up and looked at her with a smile. Although Cheng Yuanjia's temper is uncertain, he still finds a principle that as long as she doesn't hurt him or the people she care about, she won't care too much. This time, the bodyguard said disrespect. He had already guessed that Cheng Yuanjia would not be furious about it. And it's her treat today, and she won't punish the guests at will.

On the way to Minzhou with the seventh prince, Cheng Yuanjia has been entertaining more than 400 accompanying officers and soldiers in the name of Qinrou Junjun, which makes the big guy already have a good impression on her, let alone conflict with her at this moment.

After sitting down, Cheng Yuanjia smiled and said to the seventh prince, "What do you think of my garden?"

"You're really good. If I hadn't come in with a cold wind from outside, I really thought I remembered the wrong season." The seventh prince admired Cheng Yuanjia's big hand and said, "In the past, the second prince told me that you spend tens of thousands of taels a year. I don't believe it. You haven't gone out all the time. You don't even go shopping. How much money can you spend? Now I believe it, and I think he still doesn't know enough about you. How can tens of thousands of taels be enough for you to spend? I'm afraid it's already thousands of taels of charcoal burned in these seven days.

"Not only that, this charcoal is fired with a special process. If I don't use it for myself, I'm afraid I can earn a lot of money if I just sell these charcoal. You should know that ordinary charcoal fires have thick smoke. When heating, if there is no good smoke exhaust, the smoke will kill people. But my charcoal will never smell of smoke, and when I cook it, I add some spices to it, which can also play the role of incense when using it. Cheng Yuanjia smiled happily and said, "If I sell it twice the market price, the business will definitely be good."

"Of course, as long as you are rich, you don't care about spending more money to buy good charcoal." The seventh prince was also a little hot-eyed and said, "Can you really give me two cars?"

"When did I lie to you?" Cheng Yuanjia showed her signature little cock again.

The seventh prince knew that Cheng Yuanjia was not a stingy person, let alone a person who didn't believe his words. She said that the good charcoal on these two cars was equivalent to his. Although this charcoal has no effect on the long winter, and there is too little allocation to subordinates, which is simply a drop in the bucket, it is a good gift for the sailor Admiral Tang Jun. Now he is in the Minzhou Marine Division Camp, and everything must rely on Tang Jun's care. Although there is a relationship between Prince Qian, Tang Jun will not embarrass him, but it is never wrong to have a good relationship.

What the seventh prince doesn't know is that these charcoals are really insignificant for Cheng Yuanjia. They can't give him too much, just because she doesn't want this kind of thing to attract the attention of too many people. Although it's easy for her to get these things, she can make tens of thousands of catties with just a scratch, but more is better than less. She is also afraid of too much trouble.

Cheng Yuanjia suddenly appeared here, which surprised the four captains, but this county is not famous for his good temper. They all dared to ask. Moreover, they found that the seventh prince took the appearance of the prince for granted, and knew that the prince appeared here. I'm afraid it had nothing to do with the seventh prince. Now they looked at each other a few times, and there was an ambiguous look in each other's eyes.

In the carriage, they were still talking about the extraordinary harmonious relationship between Qinrou Junjun and the seventh prince. In their hearts, this seemingly arrogant Junjun is definitely a good match for the seventh prince. The Cheng family, where the county is located, has such a wealth. Once it becomes the help of the seventh prince, the time for the seventh prince to achieve great career is just around the corner. You should know, even if it is the royal treasury, I'm afraid that the reserve is not as much money as that of the Cheng family. After all, the treasury has to pay the salaries of so many officials in the country, raise millions of troops, and be prepared to deal with all kinds of disasters and disasters. I'm afraid a year's tax is not enough for these expenses at all. However, the Cheng family is different. There are not so many places to expect the clan to eat. The annual income of various industries is very amazing, and there is basically nothing to pay except the salary of the subordinates. It is the Cheng family's own people who support the whole industry. They take a commission according to the profits they create, and there is no need to spend extra money at all, which makes the whole family accumulate more and more property.