A Farmer's Lady's Guide to Getting Rich

Chapter 444 Departure
"Don't worry, sister will be back soon."

Because she didn't spend much time together, Chang Ning didn't have a very deep sibling relationship with Chang Xi, but she was extremely moved by a child who missed her so much.Immediately he coaxed: "Be obedient and obedient at home, study hard and practice martial arts. When you can ride alone on the road, you can come to the northwest with brother Xiao Ren to find your sister, okay?"

"No, no, I want my sister to be at home. The elder brother is a bad guy, who abducted my sister!" Chang Xi cried and went to beat Xiao Qian.

"Big brother is not a bad person, it's because spring will be here soon, and big brother wants to take my sister out to see the beautiful scenery outside?" Chang Ning continued to coax: "There are more than a dozen countries in the northwest, wait for my sister to come and see the beautiful scenery outside." When I come back, can I bring you some weird toys? Like a flying wooden bird? A carriage that can run automatically..."

"Really, how could there be a flying wooden bird and an automatic carriage?" Changxi was instantly aroused, and his eyes widened to express his disbelief.

"Really, my sister saw it with her own eyes. As long as you are obedient, my sister will bring it back for you, okay?"

"Okay..." The little guy was crying and twitching, but he couldn't resist the temptation and nodded in agreement.

"Honey, I haven't seen the flying wooden bird and the automatic carriage before, so I'll buy two for my husband later!" After coaxing Chang Xi, Xiao Qian approached Chang Ning and whispered.

"You definitely know how to make wind-up toys!" Chang Ning immediately stretched out his hand and squeezed Xiao Qian.

In pain, he immediately pouted the corners of his mouth, but his face still had a smile on his face, and he only said: "Ah, my dear, please forgive me..."

Seeing the young couple's flirting and intimacy, everyone who saw them off couldn't help but smile!
Compared with Changning's side, Yun Xixi's farewell scene is much more sad.

Mrs. Yun's eyes were swollen from crying, and she held her daughter's hand tightly, she couldn't bear to let her only daughter marry far away to be a concubine in a foreign country.

But Yun Xixi herself was indifferent and expressionless, and only said: "Mother, let go, my daughter should go."

"Xixi, once you go, I'm afraid I won't be able to see you! Let my mother watch it for a while..." Mrs. Yun began to complain as she cried, "How can you do it for the Rong people?" Concubine, if you didn't want to, your aunt must have a way to prevent the emperor from making an order."

"Mother, this is the end of the matter, don't say such useless words, why don't you wish your daughter good health and a longer life." Ever since she moved out of the house and started her own house, Yun Xixi's affection for her relatives has faded. At this time, my mother still wanted to complain about herself, and the sadness of parting in her heart was immediately swallowed up by resentment, and she pushed Mrs. Yun away with a cold face.

"It's a pity! Mother knows that you hate mother, but who made you do that kind of thing! Your brother can't hold his head up in front of his classmates because of you. For the sake of the face of General Zhen Guo's mansion, mother has nothing to do That's why you were allowed to open the mansion alone! You are also the flesh that fell from your mother, there is no reason why mother does not love you!"

Madam Yun cried and took out a cloth bag from her bosom, stuffed it to Yun Xixi and said, "This is the golden melon seeds specially prepared for you by mother, you keep it on your body as a reward for the servants, remember to lie low and do it along the way." Swallow your anger, don't conflict with the eighth princess..."

Xixi knew that there was only a facade left in the current Zhen Guo General's Mansion, and the family didn't have much money at all, so she took the heavy small cloth bag, opened it and looked at the yellow and golden inside.Looking at the half-worn hairpin on Madam Yun's head, Yun Xixi was finally touched, she called out to her mother with red eyes, took off a white jade bracelet on her wrist, and put it on Madam Yun.

"Mother, each of us has one bracelet for our mother and daughter. If your daughter is gone, let it stay by your side instead of your daughter!"

After saying this, Yun Xixi pushed Madam Yun away, and got into the carriage with a determined face.

Soon the auspicious time of departure will arrive, and the motorcade of the eighth princess's wedding will set off in a mighty manner.In addition to the eight princesses and two concubines, there were hundreds of soldiers and chariots, more than a hundred artisans of various kinds, three hundred palace maids, internal eunuchs and eight hundred guards, plus the coachman and rough servants who transported goods, etc., the entire convoy There are more than 2000 people, hundreds of vehicles, and a piece of pennants fluttering, stretching for more than ten miles.

Coupled with Xiao Qian and Princess Ayin's motorcade accompanying them, the addition of these three parties is quite a spectacle!I started to go out of the city at an auspicious time in the morning, and it was not finished by noon.

"Oh, if we go on like this, we will only be able to reach the Northwest in the Year of the Monkey!"

When there were too many people, they walked slowly, and the people who saw them off were reluctant to part. Seeing that they had not left the boundary of the capital after walking for a long time, Chang Ning was very depressed.

"It's okay, there are people who are more anxious to go back than us, and they will definitely try to speed up." Xiao Qian stretched comfortably, lying on the pillow, and said: "Wait, no matter what, before winter comes, we will definitely go back." It's going to the northwest."

"This road to the northwest, I saw it fresh for the first time, and I saw it excited again, and now I feel that there is nothing to see!" Chang Ning simply lay down, leaning against Xiao Qian, feeling the bumps and shakes of the carriage, and endured He couldn't help saying: "It's dead, if there is an asphalt road, a car and a high-speed rail?"

"Hey, you reminded me!" Xiao Qian sat up suddenly after hearing this, and said, "I was just thinking about which piece of infrastructure construction we will start this year in the Northwest? Now I know, we need to build roads!"

Chang Ning also wanted to build roads. Running on the ancient rugged dirt roads was really painful, but she understood better: "Building roads requires money, and it costs a lot of money. Do you have it?"

"No!" Xiao Qian immediately lowered his head in discouragement.He had previously found the millions of taels of silver hidden by the King of Zhenbei. Although he had made up for the previous shortfall and distributed the military salaries and salaries in various places, there was still a lot left, but there was no money left to build farmland and water conservancy and continue to manufacture firearms. Take it out and make roads.

"How about we find someone to invest in and build a toll station after the road is repaired?" Chang Ning suggested casually.

"The people in the Northwest are very poor. If it costs money to walk a good road, they would rather climb the mountain and take a detour!" Xiao Qian shook his head and said, "Your idea won't work."

Well, after all, the tolls in modern society are for cars, and anyone who can afford a car can afford the tens of dollars. In ancient times, there were not so many cars that rely on two feet to walk, so it would be a head of income. tax.

Chang Ning also felt discouraged at once, and then came up with an idea: "It's better to ask rich people to donate, especially the big businessmen who do business in the northwest. They think the road in the northwest will be easier than anyone else."

"This seems to be feasible! I have to think about the road in the northwest that is the most worthwhile to build first." Xiao Qian immediately fell into deep thought.

At this moment, there was a sudden commotion in the front line, and it slowly stopped.

"What's going on?" Chang Ning asked immediately.

Take a look at the surrounding environment, you just left the capital, why is there a moth about to make a fuss?
"Master, Concubine, the carriage that Ms. Jia was riding in broke down." A guard soon came to report.

Jia Qingyun was another dowry concubine.

Chang Ning immediately thought: How could the carriage prepared by the imperial court be so weak?It broke down just after leaving the capital...

(End of this chapter)