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"Because neither King Jin nor I have any salt mines, so naturally you will take the bulk, which is 70%."

"My daughter's skills account for 20%."

"And these salts need someone to be responsible for selling them. Naturally, you can't do it. There are also many people from aristocratic families in the court. It will be very troublesome if the court gets involved."

"So I wanted to find someone who has a high status, can live in the place, and can do business to handle this matter."

"Prince Jin is the best candidate. His Majesty also knows what happened to him in the past years. He has almost no contact with the same family, so it can be completely believed."

"So he accounts for 10%."

Emperor Hongwen nodded repeatedly in his heart when he heard this.

Indeed, it is impossible for him to participate in selling salt, and he will not believe those officials in the court. After all, no one knows who is related to the noble family, and there are many people in the court. If this technology is passed on, the Han family will master so much salt.

Mine, wouldn’t that help them?

Prince Jin is indeed a good candidate. As a prince, he has a high status. Now he is also the commander of the Left Imperial Guard. He has real power in his hands and can intimidate many people.

As for whether he believed it or not, he might have been a little doubtful before, because back then King Tie and Jin tried their best to shirk it.

But today, he actually took the initiative to speak, which dispelled a lot of his original suspicions.

After all, he took the initiative to get involved in the business and wanted money.

He was very satisfied with this. Although he had given away part of the money, he would not believe it when faced with a prince who avoided everything.

There is no ghost in your heart, why do you want to avoid it?

The more you avoid it, the more evil you feel.

Now that he took the initiative, all the doubts he had originally aroused because of the ironclad matter were relieved.

After all, he would not put too much faith in iron, let alone a prince, even some powerful princes.

Now that I think about it, it's not a big deal if King Jin avoids me.

"I don't think your arrangement is good."

"Although I have told you the materials, I can't complete it without you, and I will need King Jin to keep an eye on the work in the future."

"How about I take 50%, you 30%, and King Jin 20%?"

Hearing this, Lu Yaoyao and King Jin almost shook their heads in rejection.

The money is good, but it's not that easy to get.

The heart of an emperor is the most difficult to guess. Who knows if what he said at this time is true?

"Your Majesty, this is definitely not possible. Don't underestimate the profit here. Taking 20% ​​is a huge sum of money for my daughter. If it is more, I will not feel at ease with it."

"After all, I'm just teaching techniques, and I don't have to do anything after that."

"Yes, brother Huang, there is a lot of profit here, and those mines belong to the imperial court. If you take too much, it will be difficult for you to explain to the imperial court."

"As soon as I achieve good results, I originally thought that a half-achievement would be enough."

Seeing the two of them saying this, Emperor Hongwen nodded with satisfaction, with a real smile on his face.

"In that case, let's follow what Wan Fu said."

"You will be fully responsible for the matter of King Jin. I will personally select the people who make the salt and hand them over to you for management. Remember to keep an eye on them and never let them out, otherwise I will not be lenient."

"Also, from now on, you will be in charge of this matter. No one from the imperial court can participate. As for the registration of the money earned, it will be handed over to me for review before being transported to the Ministry of Household Affairs."

King Jin quickly accepted the offer, this time without any intention of refusing.

Because just now, he clearly felt the changes in Emperor Hongwen, and he admired Lu Yaoyao in his heart.

Fortunately, she reminded him, otherwise he wouldn't have known that Emperor Hongwen had become suspicious because of his rejection of the person in charge of the iron workshop last time.

Now Emperor Hongwen has given himself full responsibility for this matter, and also stated that no one from the court is allowed to participate. This is a great trust in him.

"Tomorrow morning I will ask the Ministry of Household Affairs to hand over the management of the salt mine to you. You and Wanfu will discuss how to operate the salt mine in the future. Remember to keep it confidential."

They both responded in unison.

After staying in the imperial study room for about another quarter of an hour, the two of them left.

"Wang De, what do you think of King Jin?"

After the two left, the smile on Emperor Hongwen's face faded and he turned to look at Wang De.

"I think Prince Jin can be trusted."

"Tell me about it."

Wang De pondered for a moment and said, "First of all, Prince Jin has been very peaceful these years, and His Majesty has always arranged for someone to keep an eye on him, and nothing unusual has been found."

"If there is really a ghost, there is no way that there will be no mistakes in the past ten years."

"Furthermore, in recent times, King Jin has performed very well, especially this time he took the initiative to ask for a share of the pie."

"The old slave feels that if he really has something evil in his heart, he won't or dare not get involved in this business."

Emperor Hongwen nodded inwardly. Wang De's analysis was very reasonable. It was exactly what he had thought of before that he directly delegated power to King Jin.

"Let's take a look first."

Although I already have the answer in my heart, being suspicious is a problem that every emperor has. Even if I believe it, there will still be room for it.

However, he completely believed in Lu Yaoyao.

First of all, she is a woman with a clean background, and she is also very methodical in doing things. She will ask for some things, but they are completely out of proportion to what she produces.

"You go and draft the decree, and later go to the Lu family to read it in person."

Wang De nodded repeatedly.

"Thank you so much this time, Princess Wanfu."

"You help me once, I'll help you once, reciprocate."

"But I still remind you, there are some things you need to think clearly. Even if you want to do something, it's not now."

"Peace is rare in the world, so think more about the people."

Hearing this, King Jin fell silent.

"I said before that if you want, I can give up everything."

Hearing his words, Lu Yaoyao smiled lightly, shook his head and did not answer.

Upon seeing this, King Jin's eyes dimmed a bit, but he soon spoke again, "I will remember what you said today."

There are many hidden dangers in Dongzhou, such as the aristocratic family and Zhen Guogong.

Moreover, Lu Yaoyao said something right. Dongzhou is now at peace. If he moves, it will not be a good thing for Dongzhou. Once something goes wrong, the three surrounding countries will not let this opportunity pass.

Soon, the carriage returned to Prince Jin's Mansion, and Lu Yaoyao left at the door without even entering the manor.

Because she had an imperial edict to receive later, she took the carriage directly back to the Lu family.

She left and returned again, leaving the Lu family stunned. Before they had time to ask, the concierge came to report that an imperial edict came from the palace.

"Grandpa, prepare the incense table."

Hearing this, Mr. Lu immediately understood the purpose of Lu Yaoyao's return, and quickly arranged for people to prepare the incense case.

As Wang De finished reading the imperial edict, Lu Yaoyao and everyone in the Lu family were stunned.

Why is Lu Yaoyao also stunned?

Because the content of this imperial edict was a little different from what she knew.
Chapter completed!