Jinyi Music

Si Lian was surprised when she heard that,
"I'm afraid your news is wrong. Mama Wang went out earlier and brought 4 taels of silver notes. When she came back, she said that it was too little for her father-in-law. Let me give you some more..."

Mou Biao frowned upon hearing this,
"4 taels of silver, let alone the two of them in the mountains in the southwest, is enough to build a big house, and it is enough to have hundreds or eighty servants to serve it. What are you doing with so much money?"

After thinking about it,

"Could it be that you are taking care of children outside again?"

Also gave birth to younger siblings?
Si Lian laughed and beat him,

"My father-in-law doesn't know what's going on outside now. You just make up his old man in this way. You write to ask, it doesn't matter if the money is spent. If something happens outside, the old man doesn't mention it, and we don't." know!"

Because he was afraid that people would know of Mu Bin's whereabouts outside, Mou Biao didn't even dare the people in Jinyiwei. The communication between father and son used the method of communication in the rivers and lakes. It was said earlier that he was in a place in the southwest and entered the mountains. It was extremely inconvenient to send letters in the mountains to the post station outside. It was already two months ago that Mou Biao received his letter!

Mou Biao nodded, talking about Silian in the Southwest, he remembered Qin Miaoyin who had returned to Bashu, and said,
"I received a letter from Daoist Qin today, saying that everything is fine for them. The child is now taken under Daoist Mu's door, and his Taoist name is well established... His body has gradually become stronger, and he is no different from other normal children. Agreed!"

When they left, the wound on the child hadn't healed, Si Lian was always worried, but now she felt relieved after receiving the letter, Mou Biao nodded, after thinking about it, he told Si Lian the truth,
"That child is not an heir of the Zhu family!"

Silian was startled,
"It's not a child of the Zhu family, could it be..."

Mou Biao nodded, and told Si Lian what Mu Yourong had done,

"That man...is one of my subordinates, I was going to deal with him yesterday..."

He said with a sneer smile, narrowed his eyes and said,
"At this time, Concubine Rong may have already received her lover's finger!"

Si Lian was taken aback when she heard this, her face turned pale. Mou Biao saw that her expression was not good, and immediately regretted that he was so quick to say this to scare Si Lian. He sat down on his lap and said softly to his wife,

"It's a disaster to keep this kid, if you don't get rid of him, I'm afraid you will implicate the brothers in the future!"

This is a matter in Mou Biao's yamen, so Si Lian naturally didn't want to say anything more, so she sighed secretly,
"It's fine if Concubine Rong just wants to borrow that man to have a child, but if she has a relationship with him... Seeing her lover's fingers with her own eyes..."

Thinking of the situation, she couldn't help but feel a chill in her heart. Xiao Lin was really ruthless in doing things. She leaned in Mou Biao's arms, looked up at his mature and resolute face, and knew that this man was actually a ruthless person. That kind of tenderness was only given to himself and the children, and he didn't have any mercy for others!

But Mu Yourong is really not worthy of sympathy, she is the emperor's woman, and she has an affair with a man next to her, if the emperor finds out, not only the two of them, but even her natal family will be killed by her Involvement, although Mou Biao's attack was a bit harsh, he saved the Mu family and the man's family.

Silian put her arms around his waist, sighed and said,
"I hope that after this incident, she can be the emperor's concubine with peace of mind in the future, maybe she can get pregnant again!"

Mu Biao sneered upon hearing this,
"Zhu Houzhao never wants to have a son in this life!"

Silian was taken aback,
"Why... didn't the priests say that the evil has been eliminated, why doesn't His Majesty have any more children?"

Mu Biao sneered and said,

"That evil spirit was provoked by himself. Although he has been eradicated now, the heirs of his lineage are destined to be ruined. In the future...even if the emperor is born again, he will no longer be of his lineage!"

Si Lian was shocked when she heard this,
"Then none of the women in this palace...will be pregnant again?"

Mou Biao nodded, put his chin on his wife's shoulder, sniffed the fragrance of her body, and hummed,

"If the woman in the palace is pregnant with one, it must be stealing!"

Speaking of this, I suddenly thought of Gao Yinger, that woman was extremely ambitious and daring, for the sake of glory and wealth, maybe she would really follow in the footsteps of Mu Yourong!
snort!It's her business that she wants to seek death with all her heart, and I won't get involved in it!
In the days that followed, Mou Biao was still devoted to the court, while Si Lian was devoted to helping Mrs. Liu with Fifth Miss's marriage. Except for the older son of the Qu family, the rest were very satisfactory. Miss Mou Xiulan met him twice, but shyly and timidly expressed her willingness to marry Liu.

Since Mou Bin left, Mrs. Liu, although she still insisted on presiding over the common affairs of the mansion, the smiles on her face became less and less, and she lost a lot of weight. Finally, she became more cheerful, with more smiles on her face, and a lot of energy. Others seemed to have stepped out of the haze of her husband's death, but she knew that she was doing it for the sake of her children and grandchildren!

In September, Fifth Miss Mou Xiulan got married, Fu'er and Yuru could already roll over their little feet, walk on their short legs, and run without a trace without seeing each other!
Fortunately, Si Lian is surrounded by Wang's mother and Lian's son of heart, who chases the two children every day with light effort, but she is not afraid of being lost!
As for Hongyu, who is also a son of the Lian family, she married Mou Long in May, and is now pregnant. Si Lian dared not let her take care of the two naughty little ones, and only asked her to take care of the accounts and work for her. There are two people in the warehouse, Cuixi and Cuiqiao, who are getting older now, and Silian wants to match them up and marry them off, but the two of them refuse. Madame's side.

Si Lian tried to persuade her again and again, but the two refused to live or die. Mother Wang, who knew the inside story, persuaded,
"If madam feels pity for them, let's take them away... We won't be able to stay in this capital for a few years. They are the people Madam is used to, and they are the most loyal. You can rest assured when you use them outside..."

Furthermore, these girls are from humble backgrounds, and their marriages are nothing more than servants. If they lose the protection of the master's house, their life in the future may not be better than in the master's house!
Si Lian also understood this truth, and just sighed,
"I'm afraid it will delay their youth!"

Mama Wang smiled and said,
"It's because Madam feels pity for them. In the big family next to her, there are quite a few favored girls who haven't been married for more than two decades..."

Naturally, there are also those good-looking girls who are left behind by the hostess to be the aunt of the hostess, but their family is different from other families. The Eighth Master and his wife have a very close relationship. The stunning women outside sent eight, if not ten, and Eighth Master had never looked at them directly, so the girls in this family had to go out after staying, and they still had to find a good marriage.

The days just flowed like water day by day, and when Miss Six saw her, it was already another year, and it was winter again in the capital, and for some reason, the winter of this year was very warm, and the moat was only frozen. A thin layer of ice was covered, and some people drowned in the moat after eating too much wine in the middle of the night.

For this reason, Jin Yiwei has an additional task, which is to patrol the moat every morning, and to fish people inside from time to time.

An experienced old man like Mama Wang sighed and shook her head when she saw her.

"With such weather, I'm afraid there will be a catastrophe in the coming year!"

Silian asked,

"What does mother say?"

Mama Wang sighed,

"In previous years, the heavy snow covered the field with heavy snow, which froze to death the insects in the field. This year's winter snow only fell three inches thick, and the insects did not die. In the coming year, there will be a lot of them. By then, the insects and People are vying for food, Madam, think about it, isn't this disaster coming?"

Si Lian was thoughtful when she heard this, thought for a while and said,

"If we follow what my mother said, there will be a shortage of food in the coming year. We might as well make some preparations earlier..."

Mama Wang nodded,
"Ma'am said so!"

The most indispensable thing in Si Lian's hands is money, even if half of it is given to her father-in-law who is wandering in the rivers and lakes outside, the money is too much to know how to spend, and now it is used to buy food, but it is also a place to go. Big grain merchants always buy a lot of goods, so Si Lian sent people to ask again, and they all said that they would not be able to arrive in Beijing until the beginning of next spring for bulk purchases. Si Lian thought about buying left and right, so she simply wrote to Gu San , Let him buy grain in the south.

When Gu San saw the letter, he remembered that his family's boat had gone out to sea and arrived in Tianzhu and Annan areas. The grain there was ripe three times a year, and the grains were full. The cheap ones were as cheap as picking them up for nothing. , there is no shortage of food, but I didn’t think about buying food. Now that I saw Si Lian’s letter, I simply went to the pier in person, spent money to hire a boat, and went all the way south to collect food from Guangxi to Annan. , Then turn back to Hangzhou to transport grain to Tongzhou from the canal.

Gu San has been staying in the south for a long time now, and he is used to the great money spent by the big merchants in the south. He also hired five boats at once, and added one of his own boats to transport all the food. It is the warm spring when the river surface freezes, and the grain can be transported to Tongzhou smoothly.

As for Si Lian, when she received Gu San's letter, she was a little dumbfounded.

"But it's just a precautionary measure. I'm afraid there will be no food for the family. Just buy some. How come Mr. Gu sent a boat out to buy food. We bought so much food. How long will we have to eat?"

When Mu Biao saw the letter, he hugged her and smiled,

"Our family, Si Lian, is now the most wealthy man in the capital. He doesn't care about this little money. If we can't finish it, we can just open a grain shop and sell it!"

Silian gave him a reproachful look,
"There's no room for six ships' worth of food in the warehouse in Tongzhou... I still have to write to them and ask them to deliver it in batches..."

Mou Biao comforted her,

"It's okay, it's just spending money to rent more warehouses, Si Lian doesn't have to worry!"

In the eyes of a son of a family like him, it is not a problem that can be solved with money. Si Lian didn't bother to talk to him, so she wrote a letter to Zeng Lv'er in Tongzhou, asking him to rent the warehouse early, so that he could pretend food.

Zeng Lv'er is now working as a manager in Tongzhou, who specializes in handling the goods for Silian. This boy is clever and loyal, and he has a lot of thoughts about hearts. He often takes the opportunity of traveling to and from the capital to send things to hearts. , Silian intends to match the two, but Hongtao refuses,
"The servant girl wants to stay with Madam, and doesn't want to marry far away!"

Si Lian just laughed when she heard that,
"Then Zeng Lu'er is also working for me. After you married him, you went to Tongzhou to show me there. How is it different from being by my side?"

Heart shook her head,

"The servant is given by the master to be a close servant girl to protect the safety of the wife. If the servant leaves, there will be no one to protect the safety of the wife!"

Hongtao is very stubborn, Zeng Lv'er is also a die-hard one, he decided on Hongtao, and waited for her wholeheartedly, Silian also had no choice but to let her and Zeng Lv'er be so affectionate with each other. The concubine didn't waste it unintentionally!

After the new year, when the canal thawed and the boats were transported smoothly, when Si Lian was getting married with Miss Zhang Luo Liu of the Liu family, the disasters in various places had already begun to appear. First of all, after the beginning of spring, the capital and Daqing had little rain. In this way, the spring plowing will be delayed, and the delay in spring plowing will mean that the grain production in summer and autumn will be reduced. Some officials in the court wrote a book in the morning and proposed to His Majesty that there may be a catastrophe in various places this year, and the court is requested to allocate money for disaster relief.

Zhu Houzhao felt bitter when he saw the memorial. Since he took over the country, the money in the treasury has not increased. The national treasury, but the country is so big, there are so many places to use silver. As soon as the silver was put into the treasury, it was moved out immediately before it was put away. Now the treasury can run like a horse in the time and space of Emperor Hongzhi, and Zhu Houzhao Hands are still empty enough to run!
Zhu Houzhao had no choice but to call Wang Wanting into the palace to discuss countermeasures. No matter how coincidental, Master Wang could not cook without rice. He stroked his beard and thought for a while, and gave his emperor's apprentice an idea.
"Your Majesty, there are so many wealthy people in Jiangnan, and the only places in Daqing that can be said to have good weather are the southern regions. Your Majesty...you can find a way to ask for money from the gentry in the south..."

Zhu Houzhao frowned when he heard this,
"I've already had someone check it out, and the taxes in the south have been received by Zhengde for five years..."

This is already enough food for Zaiyin. If the levy continues, Zhu Houzhao is afraid that the people in the south will revolt!
Wang Wanting naturally knew about this, he thought for a while and said,

"There are ancestors' laws on top of taxes, Your Majesty can't levy more..."

Speaking of this matter, the Taizu, his old man, cheated his descendants. The business tax set by his old man was [-] in [-], which was nothing at the time of the founding of the country. Now it seems that it cannot be lowered, but the ancestors have rules. , future generations cannot change it, and even the imperial court watched helplessly that the gang in the south made a lot of money from smuggling. The fat-headed local tyrants in the south of the Yangtze River lived a more comfortable life than the emperor, but they had nothing to do with them!