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Chapter 422 Good News and Delicate Situation

"I heard that the girl from the Zhang family has a noble character, a clean look, and the most shameless eyes. She is also the old daughter of the British father-in-law and his wife, and she is the most loved by the British father-in-law. When the girl from the Zhang family comes over, Xiao Qin That old witch has such an ugly face!"

In the princess's mansion, Wang Qier gloated while eating the fruit.

Next to him, Minglan, who was kneeling behind a long desk, holding a ledger and an abacus, and checking the accounts one by one, said: "I care so much about your second uncle Gu, why don't I tell your third uncle and let him take care of you?" Marry her too and be a companion to the Zhang family girl?"

"I'm not going!" Wang Qier knew Minglan was joking and didn't care: "The Gu family is a den of tigers and wolves. I don't want to get involved and scheming with a group of low-life people who have no bottom line."

As he spoke, a smile appeared on his face, and he said seriously: "It would be great if I could be my princess at home peacefully. It is both noble and decent. If I recruit a princess to come to my house in the future, it will be no better than marrying into someone else's house and being married to someone else." Mother-in-law, sister-in-law, sister-in-law, etc. are more likely to make things difficult."

Minglan shook her head when she heard this, and said helplessly: "You!"

Wang Qian'er said: "Third uncle said, children and grandchildren will have their own blessings. We, the children and grandchildren of the Wang family, do not need to rely on marriage to maintain the prosperity of the family. If the children and grandchildren have the ability, they can make their own way. If they don't, then Just be a rich man honestly, live your own small life in a corner, and don't get involved in the general trend of the world. Peace and security is the best policy."

Minglan paused while looking at the account book, then raised her eyes to Wang Qier and said, "Then you took the initiative to ask for help and went to help your second uncle Gu and the others?"

"If God doesn't take what he wants, he will suffer the consequences. Under the circumstances, our family will also be implicated, so we might as well fight to the death!"

Minglan looked at Wang Qier, smiled and shook her head: "You girl, you say you are safe and honest, but in your heart you are more fearless than anyone else!"

"That's right! Although we don't cause trouble, we are not afraid of it!" Wang Qier said a little arrogantly.

Minglan felt this and said: "You have such a temperament that you really can't stay in this deep mansion."

Wang Qian'er said: "The world is vast and there is a lot to do, so why bother to stick to the three-quarter acre of land in the back house? Speaking of which, I am still a little envious of Mrs. Che. Following Uncle Shi Keng, he traveled all over the country and lived a very carefree life. Compared to this place It’s much more interesting in Tokyo.”

After hearing the meaning of Wang Qier's words, Minglan said: "Why, don't you like staying in Tokyo?"

Wang Qier said with a look of disgust: "Not really, I just feel a little bored. It was quite interesting when I first came here, but as time goes by, there is nothing new. Polo Hammer Pill is still a bit fun, but Those other elegant gatherings where people enjoy tasting incense and arranging flowers, poetry sessions and the like are meaningless. It would be better to go hunting on horseback in the countryside!"

"Hey!" Minglan could only sigh at this. Wang Qian'er, a girl, has been practicing literature and martial arts with Wang Zhong since she was a child. However, she is not very talented in reading and has no interest in it. Instead, she has a special interest in dancing with guns and sticks. Zhong, her hobbies are naturally completely different from those of those ladies. Although she can do some needlework, her top level is just embroidering a purse, so she has nothing in common with those ladies.

Just like the eldest girls and daughters-in-law in Bianjing regard them as the lover of their dreams, Qi Heng, the young prince of the Duke of Qi who was banished to the immortal world, is just like that in Wang Qian'er's eyes. Apart from being good-looking, there is nothing else. Other strange things, not only his third uncle and uncle Changbai, but also his literary talent and knowledge are not comparable to those of a playboy like his second uncle Gu.

The so-called family background is even more ridiculous. After a palace change, she was squashed and rounded by others. Even her biological mother was so humiliated that she had to pretend to be crazy and act stupid to survive. The so-called nobility and dignity were useless in the face of swords and guns.

"It's a pity that you are not a man!" Minglan looked at Wang Qier with a regretful expression and sighed with regret.

"It doesn't matter if I'm not a man. My third uncle said that women may not be inferior to men!" Wang Qier said with some dissatisfaction, raising her head, with a bit of arrogance in her eyes.

Minglan was afraid that she would feel uncomfortable if she said too much, so she immediately changed the subject and said, "By the way, what are you tinkering with in Zhuangzi recently? You only go home every ten and a half days?"

Wang Qian'er got angry when she talked about this and said: "It's not the sin caused by the evil village bosses before. Just because there are people in the palace, they do whatever they want and oppress the good people, making the tenants of the village miserable. Now, I'm worried that the new village leaders will act erroneously, so I selected twenty loyal and honest young men from each of the two villages to form a patrol team, and I've been busy training them recently."

The original village bosses were also miserable. Minglan took Wang Qier to the village to check the accounts, but they had the audacity to trick Minglan and Wang Qier. Minglan had many worries and was afraid of these villagers. Wang Qian'er didn't care about the relationship between the head in the palace and immediately asked Niu Er and Wang Erxi to transfer dozens of guards from their own village. They immediately tied up the village leaders and put them under guard. After collecting enough evidence, , all the family property was confiscated, and Wang Qier did not resort to lynching, but sent the person directly to Kaifeng Mansion.

Wang Qian'er also took the account books to the palace to find Empress Dowager Cao, saying that she wanted to return the two rewards Zhuangzi had given her. Empress Dowager Cao had been in charge of the harem for many years, so she was not ignorant of common affairs. When she looked at the account books, she was almost embarrassed. He dug out a large hall with his toes.

Good guy, of the two Zhuangzi, one owes the palace more than 8000 taels, and the other owes more than 2 taels. All the shortfalls add up to 7 taels. The annual output of one Zhuangzi is only 6000 to [-] taels. Looks like two.

What kind of reward is this? It is clearly a big pot thrown on Wang Qian'er's head. It would be fine if Wang Qian'er was born in a noble family. However, Wang Qian'er was just a commoner before and became an official because of Wang Zhongke's promotion. , and then they became official relatives.

How could Empress Dowager Cao take back Wang Qian'er's two Zhuangzi? She immediately asked the Kaifeng Mansion to investigate the matter thoroughly, and personally ordered to wipe out the debts of the two Zhuangzi, and paid Wang Qian'er a lot of gold and silver to make up for it. The gap in the village.

Even Empress Dowager Cao had spoken personally. Naturally, the judge of Kaifeng Mansion would not treat the case lightly just because those village heads had connections with palace servants.

The backers behind the several village heads were naturally involved. The village naturally belonged to Wang Qian'er. Just kidding, that was the imperial village given by the late emperor. Even the Empress Dowager Cao would not dare to take it back easily, otherwise , who will be willing to work for the court in the future.

"Patrol team?" Minglan immediately guessed Wang Qier's intention and asked immediately: "Do you plan to let them maintain law and order in the village?"

Wang Qian'er said: "The state has national laws and families have family rules. Zhuangzi should naturally have Zhuangzi's rules. Auntie, doesn't she plan to run those two Zhuangzi according to the way our Zhuangzi does? Then this patrol team is indispensable. !”

Minglan nodded and said: "Your two villages are right next to each other. Together they have four to five thousand acres of fields, several hundred acres of fruit trees, more than 500 households of tenant farmers, and two to three thousand people. If you can have someone to maintain law and order, The patrol team can indeed prevent the village head from deceiving his subordinates to a certain extent."

Nowadays, Minglan is mainly in charge of these two villages. Wang Qier is just a hands-off shopkeeper. Minglan often pulls her to look at the account books. However, this girl often complains of headaches and dizziness every time she sees the account books. All the discomfort came out all at once.

While the two were talking, Cui Wei suddenly came in to report that Shulan was here.

Minglan hurriedly asked Cuiwei to invite Shulan in, and stood up to greet her.

Although Shulan is now Wang Zhong's concubine, she is still the cousin of the eldest family. Naturally, Minglan will not treat her like an ordinary concubine.

"Lady, make up!" Shulan's appearance is not as refined as Minglan's, but she is still a rare beauty with a dignified and graceful temperament. It's no wonder that Wang Zhong has thoughts about her.Minglan held Shulan's hand and said, "Why is sister here?"

Shulan said: "There is news from Quanzhou. It is said that several fleets that went to sea in the early years have returned, and they have brought back many novel seeds that the Lord wants!"

"New seeds? Are they the same seeds as sweet potatoes?" Wang Qier couldn't wait to ask before Minglan could speak.

Shulan shook her head and said: "I don't know the specific situation, but my second brother said in the letter that these fleets traveled all the way west, crossed the ocean, and found seeds in the far west. After that, the fleet spent more time It took two years before I returned to Quanzhou."

"How many fleets have returned?" Minglan asked immediately.

Shulan said: "Only two!"

Minglan said: "I remember that five fleets were sent out, each fleet had twelve new sea-going ships, and only two came back?"

Minglan's heart suddenly trembled, and she couldn't help but wonder if the remaining three fleets and more than a thousand people had perished on the vast sea?

Shulan said: "Maybe he is still stuck on the road and has not been able to come back! After all, no one has ever traveled this route before."

All the way to the west, this was the order the five fleets received when they set off. No matter how many twists and turns they took on the road, they would eventually move towards the west.

Wang Qian'er's eyes shone brightly, and she said with some excitement: "So, the records left by Third Uncle's disciple are correct? As long as we insist on heading west, can we really return to the place where we started from the beginning?"

Minglan and Shulan looked at each other, but they didn't know how to answer Wang Qier's question, because this question was beyond their cognitive scope.

After a moment, Minglan frowned and replied with a rather solemn expression: "Perhaps it is really possible! The official's forefather was an expert outside the world, and the charts he left behind should not be false. "

"That must be the case, otherwise how could the two fleets come back? The order they received was to go all the way west!" Wang Qier's face showed a bright smile.

As soon as she finished speaking, Wang Qier suddenly came back to her senses and couldn't wait to ask: "By the way, where were those seeds sent?"

Shulan said: "The letter was delivered at high speed, and the seeds were behind with the big ship. Counting the time, it is almost time to arrive in Dengzhou!"

Since the sea transportation became smooth, goods sent from Quanzhou will either land in Hangzhou, then go to Yangzhou, then take the canal, and go north to Bianjing, or they will go directly to Dengzhou by sea, take Jingdong Road, and then to Kaifeng Prefecture and Bianjing City. .

"So, we'll be here in about ten days?" Wang Qier said excitedly.

Shulan said: "If there is no accident on the road, it should be about the same."

After Shulan entered the Wang family, she was not like an ordinary concubine, trapped in the three-acre land in the back house all day long. Instead, she helped Minglan manage the Wang family's property in Bianjing. Now Minglan Shulan is busy helping Wang Qian'er take care of the many properties of the princess's palace, and Shulan is responsible for the contacts with Quanzhou and Jinling.

Shulan had been taught by her biological mother Li since she was a child, and was a good manager in housekeeping and management. She was also influenced by her father and younger brother, and she also had some knowledge of business. When she was in Quanzhou, she had an affair with Wang Li and Mrs. Wei. The cloth shop can be so prosperous, in addition to the support and support of its own chamber of commerce, it is also inseparable from Shulan's management.

At first, Minglan had a lot of grudges against Shulan, but after she handed over all the mundane affairs in the south to Shulan, Minglan's pressure immediately eased a lot, and she naturally had a lot more free time every day. During the time, she took naps, practiced calligraphy, played chess, and played pot with Wang Qian'er and Brother Xu. The days passed comfortably and freely, and Minglan gradually accepted and got used to Shulan's existence.

In the afternoon, Wang Zhong, who returned home after going to office, was quite surprised when he heard the news. He did not expect that it would go so smoothly. Two of the five fleets sent out returned to Quanzhou one after another. What Wang Zhong valued more was Those seeds.

A few days later, the imperial meeting had just begun, and Wang Zhong was among the civil servants, occupying a middle position.

Qi Heng, who had taken the post of admonishing doctor in the admonishment court, stood up and petitioned the officials and the Queen Mother to thoroughly investigate the case of rebelling against the king's remaining party.

Before Emperor Xining could say anything, Empress Dowager Cao behind the curtain decided the matter directly and appointed Qi Heng as the person to be the chief judge.

Zhao Zongquan, who was wearing a dragon robe, looked embarrassed and embarrassed.

Wang Zhong watched this scene and couldn't help but sigh, power is really easy to corrode people's hearts.

The Empress Dowager Cao had only been in charge of politics for half a year, but she took over everything and made decisions with one word. She completely treated Zhao Zongquan as a decoration. Every time, she would wait until things were almost settled before she would symbolically ask Zhao Zongquan. Opinion.

But what can Zhao Zongquan say?Now Empress Dowager Cao listens to politics from behind the curtain and is in charge of the jade seal. The key is still his aunt, and just the word "filial piety" is enough for Empress Dowager Cao to manipulate him.

He sat in the position of the emperor, but did not enjoy the rights of the emperor. He sat on the dragon chair like a decoration all day long, watching the courtiers discussing matters, and finally wanted to express some opinions of his own, but every time he could not When he finished speaking, Queen Mother Cao behind the curtain interrupted, and then made the final decision.

No matter how soft-tempered and timid Zhao Zongquan is, he doesn't want to be a puppet and a decoration for the rest of his life.

Moreover, Zhao Zongquan did not represent him alone, but also the Yuzhou family, as well as a group of important officials in the DPRK and China, headed by Mr. Han, who had already turned to him.

As the case of rebelling against the king was brought up again, there was an uproar in the government and the public. In the court, civil and military officials began to take sides one after another, and the situation gradually became delicate.

(End of this chapter)