When he was in public school, he heard that Concubine Yu suddenly sent a sum of money for no apparent reason. After thinking about it, Zhang Shou felt that it might not be a reward.
After all, Zhu Ying is not short of money, and he is no longer as cash-strapped as when he first came to Beijing. If it weren't for the tuition fees sent by a group of students when they were studying in Cuiyunjian, if it weren't for the fact that both the Zhaoguo Mansion and the Ge Mansion allowed him to live freely, and if the Imperial College hadn't provided him with a dormitory later, he would have been starving.
Therefore, since he is already a wealthy man now, there is no reason for Concubine Yu to reward him with this little money.
Moreover, when Zhu Ying's dowry was first given, Concubine Yu added a box of jewels, each of which was very rare. Ten rolls of brocade satin were also tributes from the palace, which were hard to buy even with money. Later, when he married Zhu Ying, Concubine Yu sent another gift, which turned out to be a painting of "Autumn Evening in the Pond" by Emperor Huizong of Song. If calculated in terms of money, ten boxes of gold and silver would not be enough, but a hundred boxes might be enough.
So, he guessed that maybe because Concubine Yu gave birth to a son, she took out some of her private money, hoping that he could help her think of an investment method so that she could make money and interest in the future, and also accumulate some assets for her son.
But this amount of money was not particularly large. For Concubine Yu, success would be the best. If it failed, it would just be a waste of money. As for whether Princess Yongping, his daughter, would get a share, he didn't know. After all, it was someone else's business.
However, he never expected that when Zhu Ying went to the palace to ask Concubine Yu for confirmation, Concubine Yu actually revealed her feelings in front of the biological mothers of the third and fourth princes, the Imperial Noble Concubine and the Virtuous Concubine, and then the two of them followed suit... The most outrageous thing is, why did the queen mother join in the fun? Could it be that the emperor would deduct money from his own mother
No matter how strange or suspicious Zhang Shou was, the boxes of gold and silver in the palace had already been given away, and they would not be returned. So after Zhu Ying confessed it, she said in a low voice with a guilty conscience: "I didn't expect the queen to say it directly in front of others, and I didn't expect the Imperial Concubine and the Virtuous Concubine to get involved, and I didn't expect the Queen Mother..."
She paused abruptly, then said hesitantly, "But it seems to me that they have discussed this beforehand!"
Zhang Shou heard this agreed upon sentence, but it was like hearing thunder in silence, and he suddenly felt that he had grasped some key point. He immediately laughed. So that's how it is. Zhu Ying is really blessed, and thanks to her, he has also become blessed.
"Are you ladies treating me like a money-making kid? But they are not afraid of losing money, so what should I worry about? You know, I was originally worried that the efficiency of cotton ginning and textile production has increased several times, so the demand for cotton is high, but excessive expansion of cotton fields will easily squeeze out grain fields, especially in the southeast. So, I originally thought that the northwest was a good choice, but I didn't dare to do it without anyone's support."
Zhu Ying's eyes widened immediately: "Northwest? Cotton fields? Do you mean... Hetao? Or Hexi?"
Zhang Shou chuckled. If this was a virtuous lady from a scholarly family who followed the Three Obediences and Four Virtues, she might have some geographical knowledge of the Northwest, but when she heard the word "cotton fields", she would at most pick out the vast Shaanxi and talk about it in detail. How could she be like Zhu Ying, who immediately mentioned two quite remarkable places in the entire Northwest