After a simple breakfast, Zhu Xiuyuan was ready to leave the house and enter the palace.

"Husband, wait!" However, Dong Shuzhen grabbed him, her eyes rolling around, wondering what kind of evil idea she was planning.

"What's the matter, madam?"

"Husband...with this badge of 'Walking in the Outer Court', you can go straight into the imperial city without notification, right?"

Dong Shuzhen pursed her lips, holding back her smile, then rushed forward and hugged him very affectionately.

Soon, Dong Shuzhen opened a little distance from him, and she already held a golden waist badge in her hand.

She held the waistband in her hand, turned it over and looked at it, her pursed lips split open, the suppressed smile began to bloom, and her eyes lit up as she looked at the waistband.

Zhu Xiuyuan twitched the corner of his mouth. When he saw Dong Shuzhen like this, he knew what she was planning.

"Madam, please don't mess around!"

Zhu Xiuyuan's face turned slightly dark, and he calmly took the waist badge from her hand and pinned it on his waist again.

He smiled and said: "The imperial city is full of dangers and there is nothing fun. Madam, you must not have such an idea!"

"Husband..." Dong Shuzhen immediately made a sign of grievance.

"Be obedient! Isn't it fun to be in the palace? If you say the wrong word or take the wrong step, you may lose your head. It's too dangerous, you can't go!"

"Oh!" Dong Shuzhen was unhappy, but she didn't bother anymore.

"Shuyu didn't feel well after she came back yesterday. Go and stay with her." Zhu Xiuyuan casually ordered.

"Oh!" Dong Shuzhen nodded, still a little unhappy.

Zhu Xiuyuan shook his head, touched her head, and walked straight out of the house with her envious eyes.

Take a carriage and go straight to the Chengtian Gate of the Imperial City.

With the badge of "Walking in the Outer Court", he was able to enter the Chengtian Gate without any obstruction.

Then walked to the Neiku Supervisory Office.

It has been several days since Zhu Xiuyuan returned to Beijing from Hangzhou. During these few days, everything in the court and the capital has been calm. The biggest topic is the happy event in the Shenleihou Mansion.

Therefore, I wish Xiuyuan peace of mind and no need to worry about other things.

You can concentrate on handling the affairs of Jingyanzhi, and supervise the Divine Thunder Army at the same time.

Overall, it's relatively easy.

Zhu Xiuyuan slowly walked to the inner treasury supervisor's yamen. The inner treasury supervisor and eunuch Jiawu had received the news in advance and was greeting him respectfully. The two met at the door of the yamen.

Jiawu seemed to be more enthusiastic than yesterday. He was cautious and kept his posture extremely low.

But he couldn't hide the shrewd and diligent energy all over his body.

Faintly, Zhu Xiuyuan was a little wary of this kind of people...

"Master Marquis, please take a look!"

Jiawu pointed to a map.

"This large coastal area was originally the farm owned by King Jiangdu. Yesterday, His Majesty agreed to the Marquis's request. Now these areas will be used by the Marquis for drying salt!"

"Then there are the other 20% of the lots. After a busy night last night, our family has bought all these lots. The Marquis can use them with confidence!"

Jiawu smiled flatteringly, nodded and bowed.

Coupled with his tall and thin body, he looks extremely unique.

"Eunuch A is so determined that he was able to handle everything in one night. I will report to Your Majesty to ask for credit for you!" Zhu Xiuyuan said politely.

The Jiawu music was so bad that I didn’t even dare to say that.

Now that the problem of land for drying salt has been solved, Zhu Xiuyuan entered the next stage of preparation——

Build a salt field!

Zhu Xiuyuan didn't want to do it himself when it came to building the salt fields, so he left it to Jiawu to handle it right here.

He drew a sketch, explained various precautions in detail, recorded it in a book, and gave it to Jiawu for him to tinker with.

"Don't worry, Mr. Marquis, our family will live up to the trust entrusted by Mr. Marquis. It's not difficult for our family to see how to build this salt field. It only takes a few days and it should be completed!"

Guarantee by patting your chest in Jiawu.

Zhu Xiuyuan was quite satisfied, and after giving a few more instructions, he got up and left the Neiku Supervisory Office, turning to the Meridian Gate.

Within the Meridian Gate is the inner courtyard of the deep palace.

Foreign ministers like Zhu Xiuyuan cannot enter except on the day of memorial or on the day of going to court. They must be notified first.

The Jinwu guards who were guarding the Meridian Gate saw that the person coming was Shen Leihou, so they should not be negligent at the moment and immediately conveyed the news of Shen Leihou's request to the palace.

After waiting for a while, two young eunuchs came quickly and invited Zhu Xiuyuan into the Meridian Gate politely.

Zhu Xiuyuan followed the two eunuchs and came directly to Jinshen Hall.

A study room was opened in the palace, where Emperor Chen and Concubine You recently handled government affairs.

Zhu Xiuyuan's request to see Chen Huang was actually due to venue issues for the step of purifying refined salt.

The purification of refined salt must be kept completely confidential, so Zhu Xiuyuan suggested that a large-scale refined salt workshop be built in Shenleifang. With the help of Shenleifang's defense power, the secret of refined salt should be kept.

Both Emperor Chen and Concubine You thought it was okay, so they agreed on the spot.

In addition, the issue of raw materials needed to purify refined salt also needs to be kept confidential... After some discussion, Zhu Xiuyuan and Chen Huang unanimously decided to leave the supply of raw materials to King Poyang and King Zhenze.

After everything was discussed and it was already noon, Emperor Chen left Zhu Xiuyuan to have a meal with him in the palace...

When the time came, which was around two o'clock in the afternoon, Zhu Xiuyuan slowly walked out of the palace gate.

After thinking for a while at the gate of the palace, Zhu Xiuyuan did not return home, but went to the Divine Thunder Army camp outside the city.

The recruitment of soldiers for the Divine Thunder Army is in full swing.

Because the Divine Thunder Army is well-known, the recruitment of troops is very smooth. I am afraid that it will take another day or two to reach full strength and recruit 50,000 soldiers.

Lin Bochang, Huang Zhigao, Wu Shaoguang, and Liu Anping are all deputy generals now. They are all very proud and smile all day long.

They did not dare to relax when it came to military training.

Even under the intentional arrangements of Zhu Xiuyuan and Lin Bochang, a healthy competition formed among their lieutenants, and they trained desperately every day...

The entire Shen Lei Army camp, from the number of soldiers to the invisible military morale, is getting better and better at a speed visible to the naked eye!

Zhu Xiuyuan did not interfere with this method of military training. He delegated everything to Lin Bochang and allowed him to use it freely... As a hands-off boss, he really became more and more comfortable with it.

It wasn't until the sky turned dark that Zhu Xiuyuan entered the city and returned home.

It was dinner time in the flower hall of the main house, but Dong Shuyu still didn't come out.

But according to Dong Shuzhen, she is actually doing well and is not bedridden. Instead, she is studying music, chess, calligraphy and painting.

She didn't care much about business matters. She spent the entire day immersed in her own world, playing the piano, painting, and cultivating her sentiments.

Zhu Xiuyuan didn't understand what was going on with her. He wanted to visit her, but was afraid of embarrassment to both parties...

In a blink of an eye, time came to the second day.
Chapter completed!