Chapter 1201： no money

The morning court the next day, that's right, the morning court. Last night, on the early morning notice, when Zhou Shuren heard the news, it was as if he had been struck by lightning. Can you not be shocked?

Zhou Shuren greeted the emperor in Mandarin, and kept his head down. This time he didn't have to watch the play, he just stared at the floor tiles!

Today's early court ministers are all very happy, can you not be happy? Look at the national letter of the foreign monarch, looking like a country bumpkin, this time the envoy is the prince of the foreign country.

All great countries hope that one day all nations will come to Korea, which is an honor.

The emperor is naturally happy. This time, there are more than a dozen countries as ambassadors. If he can have one before abdication, he will naturally be more complete.

Today is the home court of the Ministry of Rites. The ministers of the Ministry of Rites are gearing up to do what they have vowed to do to show the prestige of the country.

Zhou Shuren came with his ears today, thinking in his heart, that is because the strength and wealth of his own country are too attractive, so the envoy sent the news back, and those in power would want to see it for themselves.

The emperor was sitting on the dragon chair. He didn't act today. He talked a lot with Zhou Shuren. Zhou Shuren was very wary of foreigners in his words, and he didn't feel good about some surrounding countries. A country looks down on a small country.

He always remembered that Zhou Shuren said that gunpowder was one of the four great inventions of China, and foreigners used it very well. It can be seen that the foreigners' technology is also very powerful.

However, the emperor looked at Zhou Shuren who had been bowing his head and frowned, "Zhou Aiqing, why do you keep bowing your head?"

Zhou Shuren recited the Mandarin again in his heart, and all stared at him when he saw him, moved his cheeks, and slowly raised his head, "Go back to the emperor, this minister's neck is a little sleepy."

The emperor's eyes fell on Zhou Shuren's face, his eyes were not so good at this age, he only saw that Zhou Shuren's cheeks were a little red, "I see that you not only fell asleep, why are there two bags on your face? Are the mosquitoes so poisonous this year?"

Zhou Shuren, "..."

He can be sure that the emperor did not deliberately cheat him, because he has bad eyesight in his old age, and the emperor has glasses, which are given by foreigners, but the emperor is not used to wearing them rarely!

Pooh, followed by a series of low-pitched laughter!

Xiao Qing looked up at the sky speechlessly, he was closest to Zhou Shuren, Zhou Shuren lowered his head, he could see clearly, he secretly watched all the way on the way to the palace, he really didn't know what to say, he was a lot of age!

Xiao Qing did not doubt that Zhou Shuren had a concubine. In his eyes, Zhou Shuren was really afraid of his daughter-in-law, so it could only be left by Zhou Shuren's daughter-in-law, tsk tsk!

Zhou Shuren heard the laughter and saw it all, raised his head expressionlessly, then smiled and looked at everyone shaking his shoulders.

Then, to Zhou Shuren's gaze, his shoulders stopped shaking, and they all looked straight ahead with a blank expression!

The emperor took the eyes that Eunuch Liu handed over and put them on, and looked at Zhou Shuren's face indescribably, and then he was very envious.

Zhou Shuren didn't see it, until the next dynasty, the emperor didn't look at Zhou Shuren again!

After the early morning, some of the older ones left one after another. Regarding Zhou Shuren's face, it was appropriate to say something pedantic, and the others walked away with a laugh.

Li Zhao has always been one of those with a rather cheap mouth, "Let me see, the two sides are quite symmetrical!"

Zhou Shuren touched his face, and his daughter-in-law really gave him a symmetrical bite, "Are you envious? You are not envious, this is proof that my daughter-in-law loves me!"

Li Zhao was disgusted, I really didn't expect Zhou Shuren to say such shameless words, tsk tsk, "I think I want to personally test how thick your skin is, um, it's really thick, it didn't bite blood !"

Zhou Shuren, "..."

That's why he hates Li Zhao so much!

At sea, Rong Chuan had already returned to the ship. When he woke up early in the morning, he came out with a table with a lot of paper on it.

Yang Wen came over and said, "Cousin, what are you going to write? I'll polish the ink for you."

Rong Chuan, "I will write to your cousin."

Yang Wen's outstretched hand retracted, the letter was more private, so he wouldn't help.

Yang Wen went to stand guard. When he was off duty, he could still see his cousin continuing to write. He had already written a thick stack of letters. Yang Wen said, "Are these written to my cousin?"

Rong Chuan looked at the letter from his family that he had been struggling for for a long time, touched it with a smile on his lips, "Well, your cousin must have found that the letters in the last few days were not written by me, maybe she is worried about me."

Yang Wen felt a little choked up, obviously he didn't eat!

In the afternoon, Zhou Shuren entered the palace. This time, the minister of the Ministry of Rites also entered the palace, for the expense of this reception.

The Minister of Rites was really fast enough, and the bills of expenses were all written. The emperor glanced at it, and finally his eyes fell on the total number, and twitched the corners of his mouth, "300,000 taels is too much."

The corners of the Minister of Rites froze. No, Zhou Shuren should have said what the emperor said. He had already thought about how to refute it, and now the words were stuck in his throat.

Zhou Shuren sucked in a breath, 300,000 taels, and got angry, "Your Excellency is really not a home, you don't know that Chai Mi is expensive, and the Ministry of Household really doesn't have that much money. If Your Excellency thinks that Xiaguan is talking, Xiaguan will settle the account for you?"

The Minister of Rites, "This official is also for the court, to show the prestige of the country, so as not to tremble and be thrown abroad."

Zhou Shuren only made money when he was crazy, and let the minister of rites continue to say that the hype, Zhou Shuren was bitten to death, "No money."

It should have been Mr. Xiao, but Mr. Xiao asked for leave after the early morning, very cunning!

The Minister of Rites had seen Zhou Shuren's skill, and after a while, it was boring, and he stopped talking, "How much do you think you can take out?"

The emperor remained silent for a while looked at Zhou Shuren.

Zhou Shuren, "I don't have a penny."

The Minister of Rites was angry, "Your Majesty, this minister has taken the attitude of talking, but Zhou Shuren deliberately raised the bar."

The emperor motioned the Minister of Rites to shut up first, and asked, "Is there a way for Shuren to not spend money?"

Zhou Shuren really didn't want to use the money from the treasury, especially when he knew that there would be chaos in the future and he needed money everywhere, "I think I can attract business?"

The emperor meditated on attracting investment, and somewhat understood what it meant, "You mean that the food and clothing needed for the reception are all handed over to the merchants?"

Zhou Shuren was silent, he didn't need to explain now, he really influenced the emperor a lot, "Yes, this is a kind of propaganda, merchants who attract investment can engrave their family emblems on their clothes and supplies, and can entertain foreign princes. It is recognized by the upper-level power society in foreign countries. In the future, when the embassy returns to China, they can bring some souvenirs and publicize them back to foreign countries. When the caravan arrives in these countries, it will get higher benefits."

There are really too many benefits, the prince endorsed, as long as you are smart, you will maximize the benefits.