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Dongfang Haotian smiled and said, "You guessed it?"

Leng Qiyue replied, "But if it was him, why would he do that?" Where did that money go? "

Dongfang Haotian sighed, "Sigh …" Do you know why he died young and early in his prime? "

Leng Qiyue shook her head.

Dongfang Haotian continued, "Although the empress dowager isn't his mother, in order to control the imperial government, she must treat him well. The so-called 'good' is to give him the best wine and food, as well as the various beauties. Even though I didn't have much contact with the late emperor, I knew that he was by no means a fatuous monarch in his heart. He might have also foreseen that one day he would steal the silver and turn it into a phoenix, in order to leave his own son a way out. Dongfang Rui might not be able to call himself an emperor, but he will also be rich his entire life, what do you think? "

Leng Qiyue nodded. "It's not unreasonable for you to say that. However, I don't understand how he was able to transport such a large amount of silver out."

Dongfang Haotian said, "I feel that the silver is still in the palace. As for the location, only the former empress knows. She was a knowledgeable, calm, and generous woman. I can't go to her now, or I'll be accused of bullying widows and orphans. "

Leng Qiyue felt a headache. The Phoenix Seal had yet to fall, yet another secret had popped up.

"Do you think she will tell Her Majesty this secret?" Leng Qiyue asked.

Dongfang Haotian shook his head: "That won't happen, she hates the empress dowager. The late emperor should have been an enlightened ruler with a lifespan of a hundred years, but the empress dowager made his life so short. The hatred in her heart is definitely not less than mine."

"Do you hate the Empress because of your mother?" Leng Qiyue asked probingly.

Dongfang Haotian's eyes darkened, and he said: "Yes, do you know why I let you live in the Emerald Bamboo Palace when you first entered the palace? Because that's where my mother lived. You and her are the most important people to me. Besides, it's not good for me to keep you by my side when you just entered the palace. Those concubines aren't easy to deal with either. I just did not expect them to bully you even though you have arranged yourself so far. "

When Leng Qiyue heard this, she was extremely touched. However, she remembered something else, and snorted. "If you knew I would be bullied, then why did you seal my martial arts?"

Dongfang Haotian laughed: "How could I not understand your personality? If I provoke you, you will definitely not let me off easy. These concubines have different backgrounds. If I injure them, I can only punish you, so I can only seal your martial arts. Furthermore, I was afraid that you would break into the Sky Prison to save Bai Lan, which would ruin my plan. "

The doubt in Leng Qiyue's heart was resolved, and she felt much more at ease. Thus, she decided to help him resolve this urgent matter.

"How much do you want?"

Dongfang Haotian laughed sinisterly: "According to my knowledge, the price of wheat is already equal to the price of white rice. Since there are few places that can plant wheat, very soon the price of wheat will exceed the price of white rice. At that time, you will earn more than you currently do. "

Leng Qiyue slanted her eyes at him and said word by word, "You want them all?"

The corners of Dongfang Haotian's lips curled up. He smiled and said, "Madam is so smart."

Leng Qiyue stood up from his lap, pointed at his nose, and cursed, "Good for you, Dongfang Haotian. You took such a big detour just to take all my silver from my pocket. You're really vicious."

Dongfang Haotian faintly smiled and ignored her anger: "I didn't say I'm taking all of it. I know you're not a greedy person, why would you need so much money? This whole place is yours... "Cough …" He suddenly stopped talking and covered it up with a cough.

Leng Qiyue didn't pay any attention to his words and still angrily said, "You can't take it for free."

"Oh? "Then what are your conditions?" Dongfang Haotian raised his eyebrows. He felt that the person standing in front of him was not his imperial concubine, but a cunning merchant.

Leng Qiyue rolled her eyes and said, "In the future, if I find anything that can earn money, you'll have to hand over the right to sell to me. As for the profit, I'll split it equally with you."

Although Dongfang Haotian didn't know what she was looking for, he knew that this thing could definitely earn him a lot of money, so he readily agreed: "Okay, it's a deal."

After the two sides reached an agreement, Leng Qiyue asked, "What kind of salt do we use these days? "How?"

Dongfang Haotian said: "It's a salt mine and a well salt mine. It's not easy to find a salt mine, even if you find one you still have to dig. Well salt is easier to get, but a well can't be finished in four or five years. As for the refining process, we can only look at the sky. On sunny days, the sun will heat up quickly and if it's cloudy day, we won't be able to do anything about it. "

Leng Qiyue didn't understand much about salt, but she understood the principle of evaporating to get salt, so she asked, "Your majesty has never tried boiling it with salt water from a torch before. When the water is dry, there will be salt!"

I have tried, but it takes a lot of firewood to boil a pot of salt water. If you cook our salt for a year, you will have to cut down a dense mountain forest. The price for that is too high.

Leng Qiyue thought about it for a moment and felt that the price was indeed too high. However, the last time she asked Yan Su about coal, he had never heard of it.

"Have you seen black burning stones?" Leng Qiyue asked.

Dongfang Haotian shook his head and said, "I've never seen it before, but I heard that a very smelly black water can burn."

Hearing that, Leng Qiyue's eyes immediately lit up. "Is that so smelly black water? Can you find it? "

Dongfang Haotian thought for a moment and said: "According to the historical records, the founding emperor used this black water to defeat his enemies. It seems that it was the founder of the kingdom who came up with this idea!"

"The empress of the founding fathers? "What a smart woman." Leng Qiyue sighed with emotion.

Dongfang Haotian continued to say: "The founding queen is a very capable woman. Not only is she beautiful, but she is also very good at governing. It's a pity that she died too early, otherwise she could dominate all four countries."

"How did she die?" Leng Qiyue was extremely interested as she asked.

Dongfang Haotian said: "The founding queen is a princess of the Heavenly Flute Nation. She met the son of a sinner who was exiled from the previous dynasty. The two of them love each other and get married. The princess helped him overthrow the previous dynasty and set up the current dynasty. But then, for many reasons, the princess died. Some say it was a harem fight, and the princess was killed by her concubine. Some said that the Princess was jealous of him establishing the imperial harem and died from jealousy. In short, no one knew the truth. "In the history books, it was only recorded that after the princess died, she turned into a golden light and rose into the sky.

A strange feeling rose in Leng Qiyue's heart. She didn't know why, but she felt that this matter had something to do with her mission. Could it be that she had not worn the wrong thing, but had come to the right place and time? So she asked, "Where is the history book? I want to see it. "