Poor family mother and son

Chapter 1123 The Emperor is Unhappy

There are sour plums and mangoes locally, both are wild and there are quite a lot of them.

The few are the collectors.

In this world, a natural disaster or war can wipe out countless lives.

In the words of a local in Yong'an Mansion: "I was the only one who had dinner at the same table yesterday at noon."

The lost lives can never come back. Even if Chu Qing migrates a large number of people from other places, they will no longer be the same people as before.

But it doesn’t matter. For those who are still alive, how they live their lives does not matter whether they are right or wrong. They only care about whether they are happy or not.

Magistrate Qi was very unhappy.

He had just sent away the boy from Yong'an Palace in a good manner. The boy came five times in three days, and each time he asked for two things. The first was to ask when the food reimbursement would be reimbursed; the second was to send a Stacking bills requires signature.

Duke Yong'an's residence has to be built. Duke Yong'an currently pays for it himself and the government office supervises the construction. For every expense, Yong'an takes it into account and requires the signature and seal of the government office.

In short, Duke Yong'an sent people after the government office every day to pay back the money.

The emperor was also very unhappy.

He had just dropped a jasper dessert plate.

He was so angry just now that he grabbed the glass teapot and was about to throw it away. The moment he was about to let go, he felt reluctant to let go of the crystal clear glass pot, so he changed hands and threw the dessert plate.

Now I am even more angry and depressed.

No matter how expensive glassware is, it can still be made; but jasper is the condensed essence of heaven and earth and cannot be copied or regenerated.

For things that the emperor broke, Eunuch Li always cleaned them up himself and never dared to use others' hands.

The emperor used the best things in the palace. It is said that this jasper plate was bought by the Donglun Kingdom from the Voss Kingdom during the late emperor's time as a tribute to the late emperor.

The color of the whole body is rich and calm. Looking at the light, it is green and emerald, refreshing.

In the past, it was lost to mutton-fat white jade, but since the Chu and Qing Dynasties brought back a large amount of white jade and sapphire, this rich jasper has become even more rare.

Now that the jasper plate is broken, one of the few Voss jaspers in the palace is missing, which is really heartbreaking.

Eunuch Li picked up these broken jade pieces and pieced them together, trying to piece together the entire plate to ensure that no piece was missing.

If jasper is broken, it is still jasper, not garbage. If you can repair it when you take it back to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, you can repair it. If you can't repair it, just polish it again. Maybe it can be turned into a set of head jewelry inlaid with jasper, or it can be a buckle on a certain belt.

Eunuch Li lay on the ground and tried to clean up as quickly as possible, but it took a lot of time to think of a lot, so the emperor became even more upset.

Memorials everywhere are asking for money. Now, not only is the Yong'an Mansion also asking for money, but there is also a personal letter from Duke Yong'an asking the emperor to reimburse him for the food!

They are all a bunch of debt collectors!

The emperor felt that he was acting like an emperor and was a coward!Frustrated!You can't find another emperor in the world who was forced to pay debts, right? !
In the past, the Chu Qing Dynasty provided at least one million taels of income every year, but now not only is it gone, but it also requires more money!

Especially for the Voss jade, Chu Qing dug it for more than a year, but shelved it for more than half a year once the "suspects of rebellion" came up. After that, the fourth prince led a team to dig it. The harvest was less than the money spent on mining jade. Not much more.

It’s really not going well everywhere.

That's not even irritating. What made the emperor throw the plate today was another thing mentioned in memorials everywhere - Duke Yong'an's caravan "helped" them suppress the bandits!

It was like overnight, there were explosions in various capitals, and then the next morning, groups of bandits appeared in front of the government offices.

There were bunches of people who were still alive, with minor or serious injuries; there were piles of people who were dead, neatly stacked horizontally and vertically, like stacks of firewood.

During the interrogation, there was no need to be tortured, and those who could breathe easily confessed directly.

if not?Waiting to be piled into a firewood pile?

Before recording the confession, there is also a reporting sentence: "Gong Yong'an said that the expenses for suppressing bandits must be sent to Yong'an Mansion within ten days. The bill will be in the villain's arms."

This is all it takes for an excerpt to be written like this. Almost half of the southern state capitals are written like this. What does it mean?It shows that Yongan Public Security Bureau has the ability to advance the war simultaneously!
That's...the ability to rebel.

Anger is secondary, surprise is the essence!
The emperor's eyes followed Eunuch Li's movements of picking up broken pieces of jade, but the orbicularis oculi muscle twitched uncontrollably.Eunuch Li packed up and stood up, taking a sneak peek at the emperor to see if he was still furious, so as to judge whether he should find a concubine to come over to calm the atmosphere, but he was faced with the emperor's pulsing eye bags and shaking pupils - "Wow!" !
The pieces he had just picked up in his robe fell to the ground again.

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Meng Yuan Mansion.

The clouds are misty and the mountains are dark at dawn, and the spring plum blossoms are fragrant on the water as the wind falls.

For three days, Chu Qing's letter was turned over and over by the emperor, read and photographed, and almost to pieces. Chu Qing was happily firing guns on the ship with Xiaobao and Chu Xinghai.

Bomb the "water bandits".

The Chu family's fleet now not only transports on inland rivers, but also has many medium-sized ships newly transferred from the islands to cruise along the coast.

Compared with taking a straight line by land, sailing along the coast seems to take a longer route, but the speed is actually much faster than the land route.

Moreover, there is no need to stop at every ferry or city gate for inspection and payment. The sea is as wide as the fish can jump, and the sky is as high as the birds can fly.

Every time he arrived at a coastal state capital, he would enter the inland river from the sea estuary, collect the necessary supplies, and then transfer them back in batches.

Chu Family Logistics has formed a self-circulating transportation system by sea. On the one hand, it transports materials to Yong'an Mansion, and on the other hand, it transports them to the island. It is very busy.

Chu Qing came out this time to transport green mangoes and sweet potato powder from the island to the north, and then collected rice, flour, grain and oil to transport to the island and Yong'an Mansion.

In the mainland, while the imperial court relied on carriages, horses, and ships to exchange materials between the north and the south in a time-consuming and laborious manner, the Chu family had taken advantage of the unplanned sea route to develop sea transportation and attract money.

Chu Qing also wanted to find a suitable location for building a port along the way so that his fleet could have a place to dock and repair.

Shining with the morning light is the Chu family's immense ambition.

Standing on the bow of the boat, Chu Qing sang loudly:
"Don't let the dark clouds cover the blue of the sky,

Don't let fate turn back the boat without an oar,

Don't let the night fall in your arms,
Let me keep you company..."

"Bang!" Xiaobao fired a shot: "It's cool!"

My mother hasn’t sung for many years.

In Xiaobao's impression, after the Chu family began to take shape, they were constantly encountering assassinations, strife, and slander. Her mother's official career was also full of obstacles and trepidation.

My mother sang happily at the beginning but became silent later on. This was due to the pressure of the environment on her.

In Meng Dong's impression, her mother never sang loudly, especially not in public. However, at home, she would always hum softly when doing housework, and she would also sing when doing handicrafts with herself.

But as I got older and my grades got worse, I never heard my mother singing again.

That was due to worries about his son's future.

But now, the mother is singing loudly, as if the two generations of depression are venting together. Xiaobao cooperates and sings along: "We who are gone will never return,
Just chase it wildly,

As long as you see me off, I won’t be alone.

Whenever I feel sad,

I was also caught in the heavy rain,

Flowers bloom from the mud,
Just let it grow..."

"Bang!" Another shot, Chu Xinghai did it, he shouted: "Reward!"

Chu Qing: "..."

Xiaobao: "..."

What people call is "cool", little starfish!

(End of this chapter)