I don't want to be king

Chapter 382 Unchanged
"But there is no need to be discouraged,"

Cao Xiaohuan suddenly comforted him, "It's unknown if you are a late bloomer."

Hearing Cao Xiaohuan's previous words, Jiao Zhong was happy for a while, hoping for some good words, but when he heard the latter words, his head drooped, and he sighed, "Late blooming, seventy and eighty, what's the use?
According to what you say, I am not the same here?
It can be said that it is useless. "

"Neither,"

Cao Xiaohuan teased, "At least your family is well-off, and the shadow of your previous life is not comparable to others.

Look at those of us in Ankang City now, if they didn’t have residences in military camps or yamen, with that little monthly money, how many of us would be able to rent a house in Ankang City and afford to eat?
So, it's still the most comfortable for you, not to mention having a house to live in, and maids to warm the bed and wash your feet when you go back.

The rich are full of houses, and it is difficult for the poor to find a wife. You rich people, it is better to marry fewer and leave some life for the poor. "

"Nonsense, there is no such thing as what you said,"

Jiao Zhong rolled his eyes at her and said, "You know, I live in the horse house every day. I have been in Ankang City for such a long time, so I just went back once."

He got married at the age of 17, but his wife had dystocia, and he died twice.

After that, there was no continuation. There are three so-called unfilial piety, and the worst is having no descendants.

He is almost forty, and his family members are most worried.

Lao Tzuniang forced him to marry again every day. It wasn't that he didn't want to marry again, but that the person who wanted to marry was unwilling to marry.

After all, I still blame myself for being worthless.

It is normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines, but it is not impossible for him to marry a concubine first!

However, she was jealous of Cao Xiaohuan's thoughts, for fear that she knew that she had a concubine and would not want to marry him as his wife.

Not only capable men have arrogance, but also capable women.

Cao Xiaohuan smiled and said, "Okay, I won't tell you anymore, I have to go to work on my affairs, I'm afraid it's hard to sleep peacefully these days."

"The road is slippery, slow down, and I'll treat you to a restaurant later for a good meal."

Jiao Zhong looked a little crazy, and waited until Cao Xiaohuan led a group of arresters to disappear into the heavy snow before letting go of his waving arms.

"Brother Zhong is a seed of infatuation, I admire, admire."

Jiao Zhong heard that the voice was a little familiar, and when he turned around and found that it was Wang Xiaoshuan, he said angrily, "What the hell are you doing sneaking around in the back, I was taken aback."

Wang Xiaoshuan said with a grin, "I, also dropped by, to say hello to Brother Zhong."

Jiao Zhong said, "You horseman just took office, are you so idle?

That bastard Sun Chongde must have given you less work. "

"Idleness is definitely not idleness. I am busy all day long."

Wang Xiaoshuan sighed, "With that little salary for a month, it's not enough to eat and drink. I don't even know what I'm trying to do."

"Picture what?"

Jiao Zhong laughed, "Tu people call you my lord, and you will always be straightforward, otherwise you will be inferior to anyone you see, mother, are you here to flirt with me?"

"Don't dare, don't dare,"

Wang Xiaoshuan put his hands behind his back and said proudly, "Don't tell me, it's really comfortable to be an official. A few days ago, someone offered to send me a concubine. It doesn't cost me a penny."

"Have you suffered?"

Jiao Zhong said curiously.

"I don't even have a place in my house. I hang out in the stables every day. Where can I put a married woman?"

Wang Xiaoshuan said helplessly.

Jiao Zhongdao, "You don't have any other fucking skills, but you have a lot of skills to cry poor, and you are not short of money, just buy a place, and it's not something embarrassing."

Wang Xiaoshuan said, "It's easy for you to say, you think this house in Ankang City is just buying it?

It costs a hundred taels of silver at any place, which is too expensive.

Besides, why not go back to Sanhe in the future, buy it right now, and leave it like this in the future?

A waste of money. "

Jiao Zhongdao, "It's quite a bargain to rent out."

"Leasing for a lifetime will not be worth the house price,"

Wang Xiaoshuan shook his head and said, "No matter what, it's a loss-making business, but I heard that Tian Sixi's son-in-law bought land outside the city, and plans to rebuild a new city that is about the same size as Nancheng. If the cover is good, you can buy a set."

Jiao Zhong said mockingly, "The tone is not small, a new city similar to Nancheng, do you know how big Nancheng is and how many families live there?

Where did he come from such a poor family?
How much money would that cost!

He couldn't even borrow the money to buy the land. "

He knew the details of many Sanhe people, and Tian Sixi was just a small troublemaker, how could he have the ability to build a so-called new city!

It takes a hundred years of effort to build a brand new city!
"Hey, thanks to the fact that you are still working in the palace, you don't even know about this,"

Wang Xiaoshuan said with a smile, "This matter was decided by the prince. The prince said that the city is too crowded. Some live in big houses and some live in shacks. When it rains, sewage flows in many places and cannot be discharged. There are fish in it.

It's time to disperse the population outside the city.

This time, He Wangye asked Sanhe Bank to lend money to Tian Sixi and his group for development, and sell it while building, but he didn't say to build it all at once. "

"This is not impossible,"

Jiao Zhong was stunned when he heard that it was the order of the prince. He was in the palace and didn't know the news. Now he needs an outsider, Wang Xiaoshuan, to tell him, "But there is no such thing as quiet outside the city. We all know how to order. You don't need to be afraid of those thieves and scoundrels, but what about ordinary people?
Don't forget, many common people in Ankang City don't know kung fu. If you are used to staying in the city, you may not be able to get used to it outside the city. "

"You're wrong again, aren't there still so many peasants living outside the city?

Don't people live well? "

Wang Xiaoshuan said with a smile, "Besides, what do you think the Bing Ma Si, Ankang Governor, and the Beijing Camp are all doing to eradicate gangsters and evil together?
Isn't it all for the people in the city to move out of the city with peace of mind?
What's more, the prince is also planning to build a new house there. You said that all the rich and expensive people have gone, so what are others afraid of? What is there to be afraid of? "

"Who the hell did you hear that from?"

The more Jiao Zhong thought about it, the more scary he felt!
How did you mess yourself up?

He is blind now.

Wang Xiaoshuan smiled and said, "Fang Pi, it's not a secret. I wish more people would know about it."

Through the information given by Fang Pi, he and Jiang Qiu caught three gangsters in just three days.

A total of 500 taels of rewards were received from Ma Jie, Fang Pi took 500 taels alone, and the remaining 4000 taels, Jiang Qiu took 3000 taels, and he took one thousand.

Although he got the least share, for him, the money was too easy to earn!
It's like taking it for nothing!

Moreover, Fang Pi invited a meal!
I went to the best restaurant in Ankang City!

After a few glasses of wine, Fang Pi said everything he could say. In a word, Tian Sixi and Bo Lin, the shopkeeper of Sanhe Bank, are about to make a fortune!

"Damn, only Lao Tzu was kept in the dark,"

Jiao Zhong said angrily, "When the city is built, if it is as good as you said, I will move to live outside the city. I will have a big house, raise some animals and grow vegetables. It will be quite comfortable."

"Put your heart in your stomach, when the time comes, there will be schools, restaurants, bathhouses, brothels, everything,"

Wang Xiaoshuan smiled and said, "If you marry more, you won't be afraid that you won't have a place to live."

Jiao Zhong said, "Mother, tell the truth.

Don't make too much noise with you, I'm leaving too. "

After speaking, he went straight out of the eaves and plunged into the snow.

The snow kept falling, and it didn't stop for a moment until noon on the second day.

Concubine Yuan Gui stood in the yard wearing a white fox fur, letting the snowflakes float on her body, Lin Ning said distressedly, "It's cold outside, let's go inside."

"It's okay, do you really think that this palace is made of mud?

This palace is a fifth grade, not so delicate, "

Concubine Yuan Gui shook her head and said suddenly, "Your uncle is back today?"

"If you go back to mother and concubine, uncle is indeed coming back today,"

After hesitating for a while, Lin Ning continued, "General He Jixiang went to the north gate to greet him with the elders in the cabinet."

Concubine Yuan Gui asked again, "Your brother didn't come to pick him up?"

Lin Ning shook his head and said, "Brother Huang didn't go today."

Concubine Yuan Gui sighed, "I'm afraid the morale of the army will be chilled by such actions."

Lin Ning smiled and said, "Mother and concubine don't know, the emperor has asked the father to reward the three armies, slaughtered more than six thousand cattle and sheep alone, and allowed the army to have fun."

"Farming is based on cattle, and it has contributed to the world. Your brother doesn't understand such a truth,"

Concubine Yuan Gui frowned and said, "This nonsense is getting more and more out of order."

"The emperor has his own opinion, and the mother and concubine are worried,"

Lin Ning said cautiously, "It was like this in the time of Sanhe. Brother Huang said that only by killing can you buy and sell. If you don't dare to kill cattle, there will be too many constraints, and the people will not dare to raise cattle."

"His crooked reasoning is always piled up in piles. No matter how you say it, he is justified,"

Concubine Yuan Gui smiled and said, "I really can't do anything about him."

Lin Ning held Concubine Yuan Gui's arm and said with a smile, "Concubine Mu, you should not think too much, Brother Huang has always been a filial person."

"Filial?"

Concubine Yuan Gui suddenly said with emotion, "Don't I know how you thought Lai Ru disappeared?"

Lin Ning hurriedly said, "Concubine Mu, have you misunderstood?
Maybe Lai Ru just went back to his hometown, and he will come back after a while. "

"Lai Ru has been with Bengong for 15 years, and Bengong knows best what kind of temperament she is,"

Concubine Yuan Gui said indifferently, "If she really wants to go back to her hometown, she will not say goodbye, not even taking her own money with her."

Apart from her son, who else would have the ability to make the maid beside her suddenly disappear?
Thinking of this, I can't help crying.

"Mother Concubine,"

Lin Ning panicked all of a sudden, and hurriedly comforted him, "I'm going to find Brother Huang, Brother Huang won't do this."

"return,"

Concubine Yuan Gui stopped Lin Ning and sighed, "Your brother has always been that brother and has never changed.

I understand what you said, what's more, he is my son, and I understand him.

I felt a little uneasy in my heart, and I didn't understand the reason until today, I didn't realize it.

The most disturbing thing is the constant. "

"constant?"

Lin Ning was a little puzzled.

He really didn't understand the meaning of Concubine Yuan Gui's words.

Brother is always the same, the same as before, what's wrong?
Why is it disturbing?
Concubine Yuan Gui said slowly while wiping away her tears, "I remember clearly the day your brother was born, there was nothing wrong with it, and in the end it was Wen Po who slapped his butt hard and yelled a few times.

I haven't cried since then.

If you give him something to eat, he will eat it, if you give him a drink, he will drink it, and he will not make noise, which makes everyone feel incredible, and once thought he was dumb.

Fortunately, when he started talking later, a three-year-old boy could coax people. His mouth was very sweet, and he was full of reason. No one taught him these things.

Until now, he still has this temperament, which has not changed a little in more than 20 years.

Sometimes, I feel that I understand him, but I also feel that I don't understand him. "

What she understands is her son's consistent temperament, but what she doesn't understand is why he always has this temperament.

Lin Ning said, "The palace is surrounded by tigers and wolves, and the emperor is like this, I am afraid it is a last resort."

Her imperial brother often taught her to keep a low profile and make a fortune in silence.

"But now that he is in charge, who can persecute him, and how has he changed a bit?"

Concubine Yuan Gui sighed, "Even if I'm standing face to face, I feel his face is covered by something and I can't see clearly. The more I can't see clearly, the more disturbed I am."

"Mother Concubine."

Lin Ning didn't know how to appease him for a while.

"Hey,"

Concubine Yuan Gui waved her hands and said, "Let's not talk about these, the most worrying thing right now is your uncle.

Lai Ru is dead, and I am blind to things outside the palace, you, just take the trouble to find out more for me.

I would also like to persuade you, brother emperor, that he is your uncle no matter what, so you must not hurt your peace. "

"My daughter believes that Brother Huang can make his own decisions."

When it comes to his family, Lin Ning also has a lot of grievances.

How dare her grandfather insult his elder brother openly!
How disrespectful!

If the elder brother hadn't looked at her mother and concubine's face, and followed his brother's disposition of not staying overnight, the Yuan family might end up being ransacked just like the previous Xue family!
Concubine Yuan Gui was about to say something when she suddenly saw Xiao Xizi coming in, so she stopped talking.

Xiao Xizi said, "Madam, just after General Yuan came out of the Golden Luan Hall, the prince specially asked the general to meet with Madam to express his longing."

"So good."

Concubine Yuan Gui beamed with joy.

Lin Ning at the side looked at the happy mother and concubine with a helpless expression, so he could only accompany her into the house to freshen up.

It was getting darker and the snow was getting heavier.

Lin Yi stood at the gate of the palace with his hands behind his back, looked at the teams of officers and soldiers who were changing defenses, and said with a smile, "It's cold at night, so don't wear armor if you can, try to wear a jacket."

He Jixiang cupped his hands and said, "I obey."

"It's the same for you, wear thicker clothes,"

Lin Yi grabbed a handful of snow from the head of the stone lion at the door, rubbed the snow ball, and said, "Don't freeze to death."

"Thank you, my lord, for being sympathetic to the old minister,"

He Jixiang smiled and said, "The old minister is used to it."

(End of this chapter)