Chapter 38 endless desire

Just when Wang Zhaoyuan was full of thoughts and hesitated alone, Daoren Shen had already caught up with Meng Chang.Although Daoist Shen is a great virtuous celestial master, he knew very well in his heart that he seemed to be able to enter and exit this magnificent palace at will, but in fact he was wandering among many dangers.It is dangerous to get close to any minister, it is dangerous to go too often to any palace, it is dangerous to talk too much with the emperor.Just like today, if I talk to the emperor for a while, whoever the emperor punishes for other reasons later, they will think of their relationship with me.

So this time, the conversation between Daoren Shen and Meng Chang did not exceed three sentences, and they left immediately after presenting Meng Chang a bottle of "Cultivating Essence Nourishing Lotion".And Meng Chang didn't ask any more questions. Today, his interest is not in strengthening yang and increasing longevity, but in making Shu the most wealthy country in the world and then unifying the world. The madness of Meng Chang and Mrs. Huarui finally stopped after a weak outburst, and then the two of them didn't arrange their clothes, they just lay there in a mess. Mrs. Huarui panted and calmed down and asked Meng Chang in a low voice: "The emperor seems to have a happy event in his arms today, so he was so excited that he turned to mourning."

Meng Chang told Mrs. Huarui all the good news in the hall today and the content of the written conversation between the four of them in the hall.From this it can be seen that since ancient times, men are the most unable to keep secrets in bed, even if he is the lord of a country. Although Mrs. Huarui came from an official family, she has lived among the people for a period of time, and she knows more about people and the world than Meng Chang.After listening to Meng Chang's words, she pondered for a while, and then she spoke eloquently: "The government and business management of Privy Wang is a good strategy, but the world's grains and seasons are unpredictable. If something goes wrong in any link, you will lose money." Lost money. For example, several pastures in our country are located in the western region, where they connect with Tubo. The horses used in the past are Sichuan horses and Tubo horses. Although these two horses have short legs, they cannot run as fast as northern horses. But they are all drought-tolerant and hard-working and good at walking on dangerous mountain roads. Therefore, although there are often droughts in the large pastures in our country, Sichuan horses and Tubo horses can withstand it. But the northern horses do not know whether they can adapt. If the breeding is not enough Well, a large number of livestock can only get some meat. Meat cannot be stored for a long time, and it may end up losing a large amount of grain and salt for this barter. In addition, horses are raised in the north and the south, and the water and soil are not acclimatized, so it is easy to get sick. If there is an epidemic, even meat will not be left behind.”

"It doesn't matter. If there is such a loss, it will be borne by the merchants and farmers who hold the vouchers, and there will be no harm to the country." "That will also make the people resent the emperor. Think about it, it's like the royal family and the officials have placed a gamble for the people. If you win, everyone is happy, but if you lose, you will blame the royal family and the officials. Even There will also be troubles that affect the stability of the foundation." In fact, Mrs. Huarui not only has some knowledge in reading poetry and books, traveling in mountains and rivers, but also knows some strategies for governing the country.But as far as Wang Zhaoyuan said, he has never been in touch with the business strategy, so he only sees the risks on the surface of interests, and some deeper crises cannot be seen.Similar to bartering grain and salt, if a war breaks out, will Shu’s own grain and grass reserves be enough?The army escorted a large amount of grain and grass to the border of Shu and Zhou. What would Da Zhou think about this?

"Half of the food and salt is guaranteed by gold and silver trading, so we won't lose too much. If the loss is too much, we can use the gold and silver from the secret treasure house to subsidize the investors, so there will be no trouble. What Meng Chang said was actually another focus of dispute among the three ministers in the imperial palace.Wang Zhaoyuan has always used this as the backing of private capital and government operations, while Wu Zhaoyi believes that wealth that has not yet been acquired should not be used as a hypothetical support. "Your Majesty, haven't you found the treasure yet? If you can't find it, you will have to use the treasury reserves to subsidize it. In that case, even if the people's hearts are not disturbed, the treasury will be empty. At this time, no matter whether it is north, south, west, or east, any neighboring country will treat our country If you have any intentions, or other unforeseen natural and man-made disasters, you will no longer be able to bear it." Mrs. Huarui is responsible for distributing the monthly expenses of the concubines in the harem (that is, the so-called "buying money" that is known to future generations). From the looks of those concubines when they were short haired, we can infer the mood and mentality of the common people after their hard-earned money has been wasted.

"The Faceless Immortal has a new fairy saying, saying that our country of Shu will soon be full of gold, so this treasure will be found after all. And regardless of the message sent back by the experts dispatched from the source hall, they have already found the approximate location of the treasure map bearer. By the way, Master Wu and Master Zhao also wrote a message to me just now, saying that there are rumors in the rivers and lakes that the location of the huge treasure is within the territory of our country." The information Meng Chang said was written by Wu Zhaoyi and When delivering it, they always covered it with Zhao Chongzuo's big sleeves, and Wang Zhaoyuan blotted out the sentence with thick ink before Wang Zhaoyuan saw half of the word.

"In this case, even if someone else has won the treasure map, in the end, if you want to dig it, you still have to discuss it with our country and decide on the share. If you are still worried about this, you can invite Master Shen Tianshi to make a calculation tomorrow. , predict the fate of Shu Kingdom." Meng Chang sat up suddenly when he said this, and rummaged through his scattered clothes at the end of the couch. "What is the emperor looking for?" "Speaking of Shen Tianshi, I just remembered that he gave me a bottle of Nourishing Essence Lotion just now. I have already had it tested by the imperial doctor of the Pharmacy Academy. Ah, here, let me try." Meng Chang pulled out the cork of the bottle, slightly I took a few sips.After a while, his face turned red, and his lower abdomen throbbed.So he said "good thing" loudly, and threw himself on Mrs. Huarui again.

For half an hour, Meng Chang still couldn't get down.Mrs. Huarui has already wailed under him: "Your Majesty, rest up, or I will let my father-in-law send you a few concubines, and you change people and try harder. This will expose Aijia's body gone." Just as Mrs. Huarui was wailing, there were a series of crisp "jingle" sounds at the gate of the courtyard.Then there was the stopping voice of the eunuch at the door: "Don't go in, the emperor and concubine Hui must not be disturbed when they are happy!" But the series of "ding dong" were obviously not stopped, but rushed in with a strange smell.

It was a tall woman in black who broke in from the courtyard door.But her tallness is not due to her extraordinary height, but because of a delicate pannier on her shoulders fixed by leather straps, it is this pannier that expands her entire figure extremely tall. The pannier is made of jade wood, which is light, smooth and firm.There are many tall or slanted branches of different lengths on the rack, which look like a pair of old antlers symmetrically supported on the woman's shoulders.On each branch of the rack, there are bottles tied with ropes.The colors and shapes of the bottles are different, and the textures include porcelain, jade, stone, and pottery. A series of crisp "jingle" sounds are made by these bottles touching each other lightly.

The woman's skin was very dark, so dark that it was in contrast to the color of the clothes on her body.But dark skin is often tighter and smoother than white skin. In addition, the dark complexion can cover up wrinkles and spots, so it is difficult to judge the real age of this woman with only eyes. The woman heard Mrs. Huarui's wailing, and also saw Meng Changwu's twisting and pounding body.So he hurried forward, picking a clay bottle from the branch of the pannier as he walked.Before the person reached the couch, he had already poured something like water or oil from the clay bottle into his palm.Then make a false fist with one fist, and rub your fingers lightly in the palm of your hand a few times.In the whole process, there was not a "clink" sound when the bottles collided.

When she opened her empty fist, she happened to be next to Meng Chang.So he stretched his arms forward, wiped the palm from bottom to top from Meng Chang's vest to the back of his neck, and pressed the middle finger, ring finger, and little finger at three points.Then the arm turned around to the front, and the index finger pressed again on the middle of Meng Chang's nose. Meng Chang first felt a coolness rushing from the vest to the top of his head, and the anger in his heart and brain quickly subsided.Then the back of the neck is cold at three o'clock. Although these three acupoints are on the back of the head, they are connected to the three Shouyuan meridians of the lower body.Then there was another cold in the crowd, and this person was directly connected to the Gujing point.So Meng Chang completely relaxed from heart to body, from yang to yin, completely limp and lying on Mrs. Huarui's body, even the feeling of spraying was as involuntary as in sleep when he was young. "What medicine did the emperor take before he acted?" the black woman asked. "It's the Nourishing Lotion given by Immortal Master Dade, it's in the emperor's clothes." Madam Huarui felt shy, but she could only answer the question.Because at this time Meng Chang was already in a blurred state of shock. The black woman found the bottle among Meng Chang's clothes, opened it, and sniffed it.Then re-corked the bottle, frowned and said: "I'll take this thing away first, and find out what the medicinal properties are in it." "Auntie, what should the emperor do?" Mrs. Huarui hurriedly asked. "How many times have you used this medicine?" "the first time." "That's okay. After the emperor wakes up, you can feed him some potato medicine to clear away the remaining fire inside." "That aunt went back to the medicine house as soon as she came, why don't she sit and rest before going back?" "You look like this, where can I sit and rest?" The black woman asked back, making Mrs. Huarui blush with embarrassment. The black woman didn't say anything more, she turned around and walked out of the courtyard, leaving a crisp "jingle" sound all the way. Who is this black woman needs to be explained here.In the many unofficial history versions of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms in later generations, many of them mentioned this legendary woman, such as "Ten Kingdoms in the Southwest" and "Shu Decadence" and so on.The black woman's name is Ruan Yiyi, a native of Cochin (now Vietnam).At the beginning, he was falsely accused by the tribe as a long-haired ghost, and he was to be burned to death.Fortunately, Xu Guozhang, the father of Mrs. Huarui, went south to seek medicine to cure miasma in the army, and when he encountered this incident, Ruan Yiyi was rescued.And Ruan Yiyi happened to be proficient in southern medicine, and later not only cured the miasma poison in Xu Guozhang's army, but also used strange medicine to enhance the potential of his body, becoming as light as a swallow and super strong. Ruan Yiyi is a person who knows how to be grateful. She has never married in her life, and she only treats herself as a slave, carefully guarding the Xu family.Especially Mrs. Huarui, almost all of them were brought up by Ruan Yiyi after birth, and the two have a very deep relationship.The Xu family did not treat Ruan Yiyi as a slave, but as their own relatives, and the younger generation called her aunt.Since Mrs. Huarui was close to her, she was brought into the palace with her.Next to the Inner Palace Pharmacy Academy, she built a single medicinal shed for her to study pharmacology as she wished.Although she is in the palace, she is not organized by the palace staff, and she can freely enter and leave the inner palace, which is the same as Shen Daoren. It was mentioned in "Another Family You Zhi Mi Zhuan" edited by Duan Shuxing, a native of Dali at the end of the Song Dynasty, that the ancestor of Gu poison was a woman in the early Northern Song Dynasty, a foreign ethnicity in the Southwest, who once worked as a medicine official in the Shu Palace.I don't know the exact name, but everyone in the palace called her Aunt Ruan.From this, it should be this Ruan Yiyi.