As soon as these words were spoken, the surroundings instantly became quiet, and everyone was observing the emperor's expression.
After all, she is the queen, and she is very thoughtful.
The emperor was stunned for a moment, then couldn't help laughing: "This is quite thoughtful."
"But if she can unify the grassland, I will make her the queen."
Anyway, we are not in the Great Zhou Dynasty! Just make a fuss as you like, unless the world is not happy about a woman being the emperor.
Beibei's thoughts can be cultivated, but he can't guarantee that the prince doesn't have any thoughts about other people.
But as for Bei Bei, the prince would definitely be happy to support her, and even assist her wholeheartedly.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, as long as the emperor was not angry.
Nan Nan chuckled. He said it on purpose to reveal it to the emperor first and see the emperor's reaction.
This reaction is reassuring.
Fang Xiaoxi had already prepared dinner and brought the palace servants to bring it out and place it on the table.
The Queen Mother waved towards Fang Xiaoxi and said, "Xiaoxi, come and sit down. Thank you for your hard work."
Fang Xiaoxi looked at the Empress Dowager with a smile: "If the Empress Dowager likes it, Xiaoxi can come to the palace every day and cook what you want for you."
The Queen Mother laughed out loud: "I would like to keep you in the palace."
"But there will definitely be people who won't agree. If you have time, come and visit me, I'll be very satisfied."
Pulling Fang Xiaoxi to sit down, the Queen Mother said with a smile: "Come on, have a taste, Xiaoxi's cooking skills are rare."
A table of people gathered around the delicious food and had a delicious dinner.
After eating, Nan Nan told the emperor about the Tiangong clan.
The emperor instantly became interested: "Are you saying that these people are skilled craftsmen?"
Nan Nan nodded: "Yes, a whole tribe can make the most difficult mechanism in the world."
"My parents meant for them to set up a Shenji Battalion to make weapons specifically for the army."
Although we are not fighting now, we may have to fight in the future. So this department is still very important.
After all, the Great Zhou is now facing more and more countries. There is also the unknown situation on the grassland.
There is not a warrior city on the grassland. There are tens of thousands of people in a warrior city, and there are even more tribes.
Even if City Lord An and his people are peace-loving, it does not mean that everyone is peace-loving.
"Okay, but do you want to be the one in charge?"
Nan Nan frowned. He liked traveling around the world and would never be willing to be the person in charge in Kyoto.
Blinking his eyes, he said, "How about changing someone?"
The emperor was somewhat amused: "Okay, let's discuss it during the morning court tomorrow."
Before dark, Nan Nan and Fang Xiaoxi left the palace.
Seeing that the city gates were about to close, he did not go to the manor outside the city, but returned to the palace to rest.
During the morning court session the next day, the emperor summoned Lord An and others.
Last night, after City Lord An, Asa and others had washed up, Lord Xu brought his men over.
They introduced what to do and how to perform greetings after meeting the emperor, and then explained the purpose of their visit.
So during the morning court session, everyone met the city lord from the grassland.
City Lord An followed Lord Xu into the imperial palace. When they saw the palace, City Lord An and other people from the grassland were dumbfounded.
This place is so luxurious, it really opened their eyes.
Lord Xu coughed twice to remind Lord An to come back to his senses.
As expected, City Lord An came back to his senses, looked at the person in front of him, and respectfully carried his luggage.
"Caoyuan Antu greets His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Zhou. Long live His Majesty the Emperor."
These were the words that Lord Xu taught him. After he finished speaking, he seemed to think that the Emperor of Great Zhou was very happy.
The emperor is indeed happy. An Tu is quite sensible.
"Stand up, Lord Antu, right? You must have come a long way and must have had a hard time."
Lord An presented the things in his hands with both hands: "Please allow our grassland to trade with the Great Zhou."
"This is the list of items brought from the grassland. Please have a look, Your Majesty."
The emperor glanced at the eunuch beside him, and the eunuch quickly took the list and handed it to him.
This list was written in the language of the Great Zhou, and the handwriting, if nothing unexpected happened, was written by Bei Bei.
After looking through the items on the list, the emperor nodded: "Not bad."
"Go and bring in the dairy cows that are unique to your grasslands, so that we can open their eyes."
The most common animals in the Great Zhou Dynasty were oxen for plowing the fields, so dairy cows were a rare sight.
Everyone was curious about the white cow, which had black and white spots on its body, which was quite interesting.
While everyone was looking at the cows, the emperor passed the list in his hand to the ministers to see.
"My dear ministers, what do you think about opening up trade with the grasslands?"
It's very convenient over there on the grassland, you can raise horses.
However, Da Zhou has already developed horse breeding, and most importantly, this grassland is the largest.
But their Great Zhou had taken over the grassland before, and the grassland’s specialties seemed to be of no use here.
But this trade is not just about exchanging things, but also about stabilizing these people.
Give these people something so that they won’t get jealous and come over to snatch it.
Huangshan Pass was also built for this purpose. The emperor looked at City Lord An and others.
The ministers immediately said: "Everything is up to the emperor."
"Since everyone has no objection, take City Lord An and the others down to rest first. I will discuss how to implement it and who will be responsible after we have discussed the results here."
Lord An immediately smiled and said, "Thank you, His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Zhou."
At least it was agreed. City Lord An felt relieved and left with Lord Xu.
However, City Lord An still asked with some doubt: "Master Xu, I have a question that I want to ask you."
"Since the emperor has agreed to trade with the grassland, does he still need to discuss it?"
"Could it be that Master Xu is not the one you have been in charge of?"
Lord Xu explained with a smile: "This, City Lord An, you don't know."
"Every official in our Great Zhou has his own duties. I am only responsible for receiving your officials."
"You just need to take care of your daily life. There are special officials to handle other matters."
It sounds a bit complicated, but Lord An still nodded.
As if he had understood, he asked, "Who will be responsible for the trade next?"
Lord Xu still spoke very patiently: "Well, this is currently under discussion."
"We will be notified soon when the results are available, don't worry."
At this time, a minister in the court suggested: "Your Majesty, since this grassland man was brought by Prince Anping."
"Why don't we leave the trade affairs this time to Prince Anping?"
After all, Prince Anping and others are very experienced in receiving foreign guests.
Hearing this, the emperor frowned and said: "Anping is still young for this matter, let's find someone else."
If Nan Nan is willing to take care of this matter, who would come to ask? These ministers are really not considerate.
Nan Nan was also standing in front, and raised his eyebrows when he heard this.
"Your Majesty, shouldn't this matter be the responsibility of the officials of the Ministry of Revenue?"
"Why don't we just ask the Minister of Revenue to recommend someone? We can trade with them anyway, and we can just give them the same price based on what they bring."
Only some food was brought over from the grassland, and Da Zhou only needed to send back some food.
The Minister of Revenue was named, and he coughed twice: "Your Majesty, I do have a candidate."
"My name is Hou Zhilang. I'm a newcomer to the Ministry of Revenue this year. I don't have anything to do right now."
"And as for the Ministry of Revenue, he is the only one who is free."
The emperor glanced at the Minister of Revenue, a newcomer who had just entered the Ministry of Revenue, and said, "Okay, then let Hou Zhilang be the one."
Although Hou Zhilang was an official in the Ministry of Revenue, his status was not high and he was not qualified to attend the morning court.
As a result, after this morning court session, I heard that he was chosen to take over the trade with the grassland.
The first thing is to check what value the things brought by the grassland people have.
Nan Nan followed with some curiosity, looking at the person in front of him.
He looks very young, and he entered the Ministry of Revenue at such a young age. There must be some connection behind this.
In recent years, the imperial court has discovered many officials who were in collusion with the Tianzhu Palace, and the emperor had killed several of them.
Except for some old people who were granted titles of nobility, they are still there, but they have retired. The others are basically the emperor's confidants.
There are also some who have just been promoted. After all, officials who are sent out are very dangerous.
If you do anything that is detrimental to the imperial court or bad to the local people, you will encounter the wandering imperial envoy from outside.
After receiving the order, Lord Xu brought Lord Hou to meet City Lord An.
"Lord An, this is Lord Hou. Your trade transfer will be with this Lord Hou."
Although Lord Hou is young, he looks like a man of extraordinary bearing.
He said with a smile: "Hello, Lord An, don't worry, I will carefully count the things you brought."
"Can you please tell me what you need in exchange?"
The things from the grassland are definitely not as convenient as those from the Da Zhou Dynasty, especially they don’t have many seasonings.
After tasting the delicious food brought by Fang Xiaoxi, they also got the seasonings needed to make beef jerky.
"I want some spices and coriander, and food to fill our stomachs."
"We'd also like some cloth, if possible."
Everything is done to work towards having enough food and clothing! These requirements don't seem to be high.
So Lord Hou nodded: "I already know what Lord An needs."
"Next, I will carefully consider how to exchange the money so that both parties can agree."
Speaking of this, it is a bit hard to grasp.
The grassland people will not be happy if the things they bring from the grassland are exchanged for less.
If too many things were exchanged, other people in the court would be watching and would definitely not be happy about it.
Lord Hou said that he was a little upset.