"Oh!" After a long time, Qin Shihuang waved his hand with a slightly ugly look, "Forget it, I'm wrongly blaming you. Since the concubines in the harem have followed me into the palace, except for some rewards at the beginning, the expenses of building the palace have been very large over the years, and they have not given them some money. I heard that the taxes were deposited more than twice this year, so I thought of buying some clothes and jewelry for them, but I didn't expect that the expenses would be so huge, more than 10 million yuan, which is equivalent to three million stones of food and grass. I thought that the general led the troops to attack Zhao, and in the end, I almost couldn't even get a piece of food for one million stones..."

"Your Majesty, it has been more than ten years since this matter. Why do you feel so much? I am in charge of the Shaofu for Your Majesty. In recent years, the Qinghe Marquis has been promoting reforms, and the treasury income has been getting more than one year. I still remember that when the Qinghe Marquis first entered Xianyang, the Shaofu income was only 2 million stones of money and grain, and now it has reached 12 million stones. That's why many palaces have been built as planned in recent years. Although the harem is also expensive, it no longer has the tardiness of the short-stricken situation in the past few years. By next year, I think the Shaofu treasury will be more sufficient. Moreover, the Qinghe Marquis built the library and the Capital University suddenly happened. I was caught off guard and went to Luoyang to summon coal and iron merchants to collect some spring taxes for next year in advance, but still... I didn't raise the remaining money..."

Zhao Wei stuttered and explained in a low voice: "Your Majesty, if you adopt the planning of Qinghe Hou, you can sell these hundred statues..."

"I need to consider this matter before I can decide. Although the disciples of the Hundred Schools are inconsistent with the many concepts of governing the country in the Great Qin Dynasty, as Zuo Qingchu said, all the scholars of the Hundred Schools are all great sages of China. I cannot ignore each other, let alone use this method to raise money, where should I put my face? I have built hundreds of palaces. Can't I still build this mere library covering an area of ​​100 acres?" Qin Shihuang interrupted Zhao Wei's words with a tangled expression.

"What Your Majesty said is that I will continue to find ways to raise money now, and I will definitely not lose face to your Majesty!" Zhao Wei bowed helplessly.

"Well, you go first. If it is not enough, stop the construction of some palaces for the time being. Be sure to make up the money from the library. Zuo Xiang has already taken out 30 million yuan himself. How can I fall behind!"

Qin Shihuang nodded and stood up, watching Zhao Wei leave, and then he was very unhappy and prepared to go to the backyard to relax.

Recently, several concubines in the harem have a fragrant and pleasant fragrance. Qin Shihuang likes this smell very much, so he has been to the harem more frequently recently. He has to favor a concubine in two or three days. However, since the Miao doctor secretly left the palace and was killed by a beggar, he has not taken that magical Miao medicine for half a month. He always feels a little tired. Every time he is happy with his concubine, he feels very tired and tired. This feeling of weakness also makes him very depressed, so he is not very comfortable recently.

I just said a few words to his young mansion manager Zhao Wei, and the lack of money caused me to feel even more depressed.

Qin Shihuang was a emperor who was very fond of merit in nature. His great talent and strategy encouraged this kind of mind to control everything.

He built Xianyang palace complex, toured the world, built a suburb of tombs and underground palaces, built a great wall of qidao, conquered the Hungarian and Hu and Baiyue, climbed to the Five Mountains to Fengshan, and left inscriptions praising merits everywhere. He never considered the feelings of the people in the world, and was all just to achieve and achieve his imperial purpose.

However, after Chen Xu arrived in Xianyang, with the increasing pace of reform and the rapid development of reform and the extensive publicity of newspapers, the development of people's livelihood and sympathy for the suffering of the people has changed a lot. In the past, the various ideas promoted by Chen Xu have begun to influence the emperor, influence the entire court, and influence the people. Unconsciously, the thoughts of the Qin Dynasty from top to bottom have undergone drastic changes. Even the hustle and bustle scenes of the disciples of the Hundred Schools of the past, the noisy scenes of attacking and accusing each other were almost invisible. Instead, a spirit of hard work was replaced by a spirit of hard work. A large number of scholars began to devote themselves to their respective research and education fields. A large number of private schools of official schools have appeared in the country like mushrooms after a rain in recent years. A large number of gentry began to put their energy to show their eagerness to be appreciated by the emperor and put their own abilities in the fields they were good at, and took root in the folk to open museums and teach disciples to show their own abilities.

These new changes have made Daqin very quiet in recent years.

Whether it is the documents of government officials in various places or the information spying by Xuanwu Guards, it shows that the Qin Dynasty is developing faster and more peacefully.

In this subtle influence, being a benevolent king supported by all the people is also the height Qin Shihuang himself wants to reach.

But today, the young mansion was so poor that he couldn't even take out ten million yuan, so he forced Qinghehou to come up with a fundraising plan that would politely sweep the floor.

Even if this fundraising plan is successful, the library that stands in the most prosperous area of ​​Xianyang in the future and will be passed down through the ages will inevitably become a stain on him.

Chen Xu is a disciple of the Immortal Family and he doesn't care.

But as the Emperor of the Qin Dynasty, he could not ignore this face.

"I'm paying homage to Your Majesty!"

Qin Shihuang came to his favorite concubine's bedroom with random thoughts. Concubine Shu and a group of palace maids, who were playing shuttlecock in the yard, quickly greeted Lai Fu Shi and saluted.

"No need to be polite. You continue to play. I am just a little depressed. Let's relax!" Looking at the youthful, lively and beautiful Concubine, Qin Shihuang's mood improved a lot.

"Your Majesty, it's windy outside. I'll help you into the palace to rest!" Concubine Shu, who had a slightly sweaty face, held the arm of the Emperor Qi, and a pleasant fragrance of flowers was emitting even more tempting.

"Did you change the perfume today?" Qin Shihuang asked with a smile.

"Your Majesty has such a keen sense of smell. Yesterday, I asked the female imperial officer to help me go to Qinghe store to buy a new bottle of perfume, which added orange essential oil. I took it to your Majesty to take a look..."

After entering the bedroom, Concubine Shu couldn't wait to get an exquisite lilac crystal bottle, open it and hand it to Qin Shihuang for appreciation.

"Well, the fragrance is indeed very unique!" Qin Shihuang dipped his fingers and applied it to his face and hands.

"What Your Majesty is saying is that this perfume with orange smell is not easy to buy, and it is also expensive. This perfume cost nearly four thousand yuan..."

"Well~~" Qin Shihuang's action of applying perfume stopped, and frowned slightly and said, "Perfume is so expensive?"

"Yes, each perfume is very expensive. I bought four bottles in total, and spent more than 10,000 yuan..."

"More than ten thousand yuan..." The emperor suddenly lost the mood to apply perfume. Before, he didn't say it was ten thousand yuan, even if it was one million yuan, he wouldn't feel sorry for him or care, but today, he really felt sorry for him.

"Your Majesty, I don't buy much, I use my own private money. I absolutely didn't ask the Shaofu to pay. I heard that Sister Lan had bought more than ten bottles..." Seeing the emperor's face change, Shufei immediately explained with a pale face and transferred the conflicting target.

"More than ten bottles..." Qin Shihuang's voice fell down, and he snorted coldly and turned around and left, ignoring the shouts of Concubine Shu behind him. However, after walking out of Concubine Shu's bedroom, Qin Shihuang's steps stopped again and left the harem and went to Zichen Palace.

"Come here, go and invite Zuo Xiang to the palace!" Qin Shihuang sat on a big chair with big sleeves.

"Here~" The two palace servants outside the door turned around and left in a hurry.

Concubine Lan and Concubine Shu were about the same age as those of concubines in the harem. They were also of the best among the concubines in the harem. They had a taste of competing for favor with Concubine Shu. Just now, after hearing that Concubine Lan had bought more than ten bottles of perfume, Qin Shihuang originally wanted to go to Concubine Lan's bedroom to lose his temper, but instantly he felt that he was a little bit of a big deal. After all, the novel things such as perfume, not to mention women liked it, he also liked them. Otherwise, many concubines in the palace would not be so keen to buy so many perfumes at a high price, and the purpose was to please him.

Although the expenses of each concubine in the harem are fixed, each has its own way to raise money. Either the contributions of the merchants and wealthy outside the palace, or they get from Shaofu in different ways, the items are damaged, the clothes are broken, the hairpin is broken, and the bellyband is too small...

Anyway, various excuses and reasons are all different, and the officials of the Shaofu Palace dare not offend these concubines with separate bedrooms. They can only make a record of expenses. They can't take off the imperial concubine's clothes to see if they are young.

Overall, most of the money for purchasing perfumes is from Shaofu. The daily expenses for the huge harem maintenance cost per million per month. In fact, it only costs 100 million per woman. But women are different from women. Some can get tens of thousands of yuan a month, while others cannot change a set of clothes in a year.

It is impossible to stop the harem from buying perfume, but the emperor felt that he could not afford to spend money like this, so he had to ask the initiator to discuss countermeasures.

Half an hour later, Chen Xu followed the palace servants to the Zichen Palace to pay homage to the emperor.

"My dear, please sit down, come and serve tea for the young master!"

When Emperor Shi came in, he greeted him with a smile on his face and greeted Chen Xu with his hand warmly.

When the emperor approached, Chen Xu only felt a gust of fragrant wind blowing.

Chen Xu's face shook slightly. This was the latest orange-scented perfume.

This perfume was only three days after it was developed. The oranges from the farm were ripe. Chen Xu asked someone to collect the orange peel and send them to the laboratory to try distillation. Sure enough, some essential oils were produced. After mixing, the fragrance was very good. Unexpectedly, just one day passed and appeared on the emperor today.

In fact, Chen Xu also heard from a group of wives that since the appearance of perfume, it has caused a huge shock in the upper reaches of Xianyang. Countless noble ladies and concubines of the palace are looking for purchases. Because the output is indeed rare, they can only make two or three kilograms of perfume every day, which is completely in short supply. Therefore, perfume cannot be placed on the counters of Qinghe Shopping Mall for sale. Those who know about it are all familiar with Meng Wan, Ying Shiman, Fan Caiwei and others. Recently, the big buyers of perfume are all concubines of the palace. The female imperial official took the money and tickets and did not distinguish between fragrance and quality. As long as they came out, they would buy goods, which made several women not know what to do.

I'll go... The emperor is so sexy. A man actually applied perfume in broad daylight.
Chapter completed!