Emperor Chu sent people to summon Shen Wansan into the palace. Since he promised his beloved concubines last night that he would give them something to do, of course he would not break his promise.
In the imperial study, Shen Wansan hurriedly arrived, entered the palace and bowed to salute: "Your Majesty, why are you summoning me so urgently?"
"Shen Qing, I need a batch of glass. All the specifications are in the memorial. Shen Qing ordered people to send it to the palace as soon as possible."
"Glass?"
Shen Wansan was a little suspicious. If His Majesty needed glass, he could just send someone to the No. 1 Village in the World to convey the order, and there was no need for him to enter the palace in person.
"Your Majesty, besides glass, are there any other edicts that need to be carried out by the ministers?"
"Shen Qing still understands me, and there is indeed one more thing!"
"From now on, Shen Qing has purchased four shops in the four directions of the capital, southeast, northwest and north. The shops need to be large and will not be used in a short time. Shen Qing can look for them slowly."
"Shop!"
Shen Wansan became more and more doubtful and thought to himself, Your Majesty must be doing business. That's not right. The best village in the world is the royal property. If Your Majesty wants to do business, you can just take it over. Why go to such trouble?
"Your Majesty, most of the shops in the capital are owned by the No. 1 village in the world. I don't know what kind of business your Majesty wants to do, but I can also arrange it for you."
"A business that the No. 1 village in the world doesn't have!"
"Go down and make arrangements. I'll let you know when there's news!"
Shen Wansan left the Imperial Study Room out of curiosity. Emperor Chu didn't stop at all, got up and walked to the harem.
After a night of thinking, Emperor Chu had decided what he wanted the ladies to do. He believed that his beloved concubines would never reject the plan he proposed.
Arriving at Ningxiang Palace, all the concubines gathered together and were discussing their proposal to go to the Western Continent last night.
Suddenly seeing the arrival of Emperor Chu, all the girls fell silent for a moment and stood up to salute. Emperor Chu smiled, knowing in his heart that they had not given up the idea of heading to the Western Continent.
"My beloved concubines, I have found something to do for you!"
Emperor Chu raised his hand to signal the girls to sit down. A pile of things appeared in his palm and was placed on the papers in front of him, and then he spoke again.
"My beloved concubines want to share their worries for me. I have decided to set up four secret intelligence agencies in the capital. How about leaving them to you to manage?"
The Phoenix Guards are under the command of the girls. They have just been established and very few people know about it. Letting them go to the lowest level of Chang'an City to collect information may achieve different results.
"Your Majesty, the secret guards under Little Guizi's command have not always been responsible for intelligence. Now asking the concubines to establish an intelligence agency is unnecessary. Your Majesty does not want the concubines to go to the Western Continent, so he is perfunctory with us?"
Han Bingluo's words were very sharp, and Emperor Chu couldn't help but smile bitterly. In the Chu State's intelligence agency, there were not only Xiao Guizi's secret guards, but also Black Crow Death Soldiers, the Assassin's Alliance, and Tianmen.
"What my beloved concubine said makes sense, but the Secret Guards have been established for a long time, and other countries have long known of their existence. In many cases, the information about the Secret Guards is not accurate."
"But if the beloved concubines establish an intelligence agency, it will have a new look that no one will know about. It will definitely be beneficial to Wu Chu without any harm."
"Since the beloved concubines are unwilling and afraid of not doing well, then we are discussing other options!"
"Wait a minute, I agree!"
Han Bingluo's eyes turned away from the others, and he glanced at Emperor Chu with resentment. Seeing his smile, he knew that he must be playing hard to get.
"Xi'er, the Phoenix Guard's intelligence network has been established. You can give it a code name."
"In addition, I am going to teach you how to make perfume."
Many of the girls knew about the existence of perfume. In the past, Emperor Chu had captured their hearts with perfume. Nangong Xi and others were very excited when they thought of the flower-scented perfume.
Nangong Xi bent over and studied the method of making perfume on the wooden table, and said: "Your Majesty, the production of perfume is inseparable from pollen. It is just the awakening of insects, not the season for flowers to bloom."
"No problem!"
"It's precisely because it's not the season when flowers are blooming that I say you have something to do!"
"In the afternoon, I will take you together to complete a big thing. In a few days, flowers may bloom!" Emperor Chu made a secret, and the girls looked expectant.
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At dusk.
Shen Wansan transported the glass into the palace in accordance with Emperor Chu's request. After that, Emperor Chu took his daughters to create an open space in the imperial garden.
This time Emperor Chu took matters into his own hands, and with the help of his daughters and Xiao Guizi, he completed the construction of the greenhouse with glass.
The girls were first shocked by the crystal clear glass, and then confused by the greenhouse built by Emperor Chu. Could it be that His Majesty is planning to work in the palace as a farmer?
"Your Majesty, what is this little glass house used for?"
"Xi'er, this is a greenhouse used to cultivate flowers and the latest crops. Not surprisingly, all the concubines will be able to eat fresh fruits."
"Your Majesty, can I take care of these greenhouses from now on?"
"Of course, if you really cultivate fruit, it will be a great achievement, and I will definitely reward you heavily!"
Nangong Xi could always guess what Emperor Chu was thinking. The queen and the empress took the lead in taking care of the greenhouse. Of course, the other ladies would not miss such a good opportunity.
As the afternoon sun shone, Emperor Chu accompanied his daughters to plant watermelons, strawberries, grapes, sweet potatoes, peonies, roses, lilies and other flowers in the greenhouse.
Of course, all these seeds were exchanged by Emperor Chu in the system. In fact, Emperor Chu wanted to vigorously develop agriculture and promote these emerging crops in Chu State a long time ago.
In the past, there were frequent wars in Chu State, and there was always danger of being precarious. There was no condition to promote it. Now that the time is ripe, the Emperor of Chu decided to plant it in the harem now.
If the planting can be successful, then we can start to promote it to all parts of Chu State. Watermelons, strawberries, and sweet potatoes will all ripen in one season, but only grapes will take several years to mature.
But for a sip of real wine, Emperor Chu thought it was worth the wait.
This afternoon was the most fulfilling one that Emperor Chu had ever had. Looking at the fruits of labor in front of him, the women and he all looked forward to it.
Returning from the Imperial Garden to Ningxiang Palace, the girls kept discussing whether the greenhouse would produce fruits. Emperor Chu was not worried at all about this issue.
Just as they arrived outside Ningxiang Palace, a scream came from Fei Ling'er, because she was the first to enter the palace.
Exclamations came, and the girls, not knowing what was going on, rushed into the palace. Only Emperor Chu was walking slowly.
Obviously.
Fei Ling'er exclaimed that Emperor Chu had already predicted that whoever entered Ningxiang Palace first would definitely scream.
Because Emperor Chu asked Xiao Guizi to place the mirror sent by Shen Wansan in the palace. The girls who were used to using bronze mirrors and water mirrors saw the glass mirror for the first time and didn't scream. Who would believe it?
Women are born to love beauty, and a glass mirror allows them to appreciate themselves 360 degrees without blind spots, which will definitely surprise them.
"Your Majesty, Master Hehe is here!"
"Well!"
"He's coming?"
Emperor Chu was a little surprised. It was only a few days after He Cai went to Hubu. Could it be that he had noticed the clues so quickly?