After Dressing Up As a Princess, Engaged In Infrastructure Construction

In March, the state of Chu.

Chu Tianqi's eldest son, Chu Yuan, was sitting in a manor in the suburbs with a book of elementary school mathematics, reading a book.

His mother, Mrs. Qi, took the son who was born to Princess Yuhua in front of her for a walk. Seeing the eldest son working so hard, she smiled and said, "Today is your father's birthday. When you enter the palace at noon, you can still read books on the carriage. You don’t have to get up in the morning to work hard.”

Chu Yuan shook his head: "Mother doesn't know, the son is trapped by a problem, restless at night, and has not slept all night."

Then he sighed and said, "Mother, go into the city today, go to the bookstore opened by the Yu people, and buy your son a textbook rewritten by a young master Qingsong in Yuzhong. The son wants to read his version."

Mrs. Qi nodded, "I heard that he also wrote a lot of new textbooks, do you want the others?"

Chu Yuan stood up, picked up his younger brother, and nodded, "Yes, I heard that the textbooks just came out, and our Chu country was the first to arrive."

Then he squeezed his little brother's face with his hand, and said with a smile: "Mother, he is getting fatter and fatter. You have to control his diet. The book says that children can't be too fat, otherwise they will get sick."

Mrs. Qi sighed, "I didn't give him much food."

After a pause, he said, "You bring your younger brother and sister to the palace for a banquet today. Be careful with the people from Concubine Hu's family. These upstarts are not as good as when Zhao Tian was here."

Chu Yuan nodded, "My son knows. I'm going today, but it's for myself. I heard that General Gongsun came back to pay daddy's birthday this time. I want to see him."

Mrs. Qi snorted, "Your father's general, General Gongsun is a good one. You should ask him more about the border and the Yu people, but you must not meet privately. Your father, you scold him. It doesn't matter, but you are not too young, and you are smart since you were young, if you want to have a personal relationship with the minister, you will make him taboo."

Chu Yuan sighed, "Why did Dad change?"

As a child, his father was his hero.

"Back then, when the tyrant of the Chu State was in power, Zhao Tian and Dad, one sat on the throne and began to resist the Qin State, and the other lobbied the Lu State and Yan State, and were not afraid to force Qin at all. Why are they both changed now? "

The Zhao family no longer exists, so where does the Chu family go now?

He hugged his younger brother and said, "The Zhao family only has a little blood left in the younger brother. A-niang, if the Zhao family is still restored, the younger brother will be a puppet. You should be optimistic about him. I have been watching Yu Kingdom a lot recently. In the case of revenge, I always feel that they will rob the younger brother and train him to be a killer or other people, hey."

Mrs. Qi thought it was funny, but she also likes to read Yu Guo's books, but she doesn't like what the eldest likes. She likes to read the stories of the girl's family, such as the recently released Dream of Red Mansions, she likes it very much .

In this way, the two talked, one took the younger brother and sister to the palace, and the other took the son of Princess Yuhua to go out to buy textbooks.

In the imperial capital of Chu State, there is only one textbook shop opened by Yu people. This can only be opened if the family takes a stake in the back. Otherwise, the Chu state now regards the Yu people as a battle like a wild beast, and it is impossible to open it.

Mrs. Qi sneered slightly: "The ban on the business of Yu is just a ban on the commoners. These nobles use everything that is good, and everything that is expensive, but the good and the expensive are all from Yu. They use different incense? It's all about what they say, it's like they are farting."

The little maid smiled and said, "Madam, don't speak swear words, you are teaching a bad young master."

Madam Qi got off the carriage with the young master in her arms and said, "If you teach badly or not, it's already broken. The whole country of Chu is sick, even if I don't teach him badly and live in a sick place for a long time, it won't work. will get the same disease."

She paused and murmured, "I really want to send the children to Yu Kingdom to see what the world of Yu Kingdom is like."

After entering the shop, he saw that the shopkeeper was talking to a doctor who was carrying a medicine box on his back. This medicine box was also imported from Yu Kingdom. It was very practical and had been imitated by the doctor.

The servant came over and led her into the bookstore. She asked curiously, "Why did the doctor come to the bookstore, but your shopkeeper is sick?"

The little servant shook his head and said, "No, no, madam doesn't know, our shopkeepers are from Yu people, don't Yu people want to grow cowpox? It used to be from the Yu country, and then slowly spread to people far away from home. I went to plant it, and it turned out that last year was a year of severe drought, plus... many Yu people in Chu didn't plant cowpox."

"Now that the drought is over, the department where the Yu people grow cowpox... is it called the department? It was an official who sent people to bring cowpox farmers over."

Mrs. Qi was stunned, and then sighed: "Others are still struggling with the issue of starvation and survival. They are already implementing the benevolent government of how to live better. This is the difference between Yu and Chu."

The young servant's face turned pale when he heard it, and he thought that this lady dared to say that he was working in the bookstore, and the shopkeeper was generous. He not only taught him to read and hyphenate words, but also allowed him to read any book, so he understood better than others. More, so I also know that this lady is right.

Because it is true, as a Chu person, in addition to the envy of the Yu people, there is also a trace of sadness.

He personally brought Mrs. Qi the latest textbook from the Kingdom of Yu, and said, "I heard that Mr. Qingsong in Yuzhong is compiling a tutorial book again. If your child is in the fourth grade, buy a three-year college entrance examination and five-year simulation. If you are in the first grade to the third grade, it is easy to understand, and these are all matched with the new teaching materials.”

"If Madam wants to buy it, you can tell us first, pay the deposit, and when the book arrives, we will keep it for Madam, but even if Madam doesn't want the book, our deposit will not be refunded."

Mrs. Qi smiled, "I definitely want it. You don't need to retreat. I want five sets of books. By the way, do you still have any children's enlightenment books from the Yu Kingdom?"

The servant nodded quickly, "Yes, ma'am, we have three-character classics and a thousand-character script here, take a look, which one do you want."

Mrs. Qi sat down and turned the book with great interest, and the servant went to scout for her. She had sensitive ears and heard a servant next to her saying: "He has really vicious eyes, and he took a big customer away from him. ."

"Yeah, his performance should be the best, right? Hey, I guess I only get the basic salary this month."

Mrs. Qi picked up a piece of dessert she brought and gave the child a mouthful, the corners of her mouth slowly raised.

Performance and basic salary are all from Yu Kingdom, the general trend, what is there to be afraid of? Just being afraid of others.

…

"General Gongsun." Chu Yuan held a glass of fruit wine, found Gongsun Yao who was talking to the crowd, saluted, and said, "I have admired the general for a long time, so I came here to have a drink with the general, and hope that the general will appreciate his face."

Gongsun Yao naturally knew who this was, and he quickly said: "Eldest Prince, this minister is frightened."

Chu Yuan didn't like the title of the eldest prince very much, and said: "The general can call me A Yuan directly."

Gongsun Yao thought for a while and said, "Young Master A-Yuan."

Then he turned down the crowd and sat and talked with Chu Yuan. At this time, I saw a young nobleman sitting at the end, staring hard at them, or staring at Chu Yuan's wine glass.

Gongsun Yao was alert in his heart, pressed the wine that Chu Yuan wanted to drink to the mouth of the glass, and said, "Hold on, first prince."

Chu Yuan immediately understood that the young master of the small family who was sitting at the end had already bowed his head, but the two were fighting, and his body was unstable when he was sitting, so Gongsun Yao said: "It seems that you have to take the family, Your Highness, the family Saved your life."

Chu Yuan's face was ashen and nodded.

Then the young master of the small family was taken to the side hall.

Chu Yuan said to him, "Thank you, but you can only follow me, or you won't be able to get out of this palace gate."

The young master of the small family sighed, he was really unlucky. The last time he entered the palace for a banquet, it happened that Chu Tianqi rebelled, and this time he entered the palace for a birthday banquet, and he bumped into someone who was poisoning others.

He was really unlucky.

But he also knew that if he did not seek refuge with the First Prince, he would be a dead end. As an eyewitness, the person behind the poison did not dare to harm him directly, for fear of angering His Majesty.

He nodded and said, "My minister, Mrs. Yu of Gusu, is willing to share the worries of His Highness."

…

At the end of March, when the Great Meeting of the People was about to end, another major event occurred in the Kingdom of Yu.

Cang Miao brought Hobson and his party to Yudu.

Yu was not near the sea, but he built a canal and was able to sail, not a big ship, but an ordinary cargo ship. The boat was rented by the Xuzhou court, and Hobson insisted on it, and was going to come to Kyoto to purchase more good things.

"The capital of the Yu Kingdom is the best in the world. Naturally, all the good things in the world are here. If I don't buy it, I will be thankful."

They sold a lot of money for the spices, but Cangmiao lent him some more, which was enough.

He took his own people and got off the pier. It was already night. When the pedestrians saw them, they panicked at first, but they were curious. He should have been knocked over and stripped of his clothes to take a closer look.

- Sure enough, people from Kyoto are indeed much more vigorous than Xuzhou.

Cang Miao said that he was an envoy from a foreign country, so he wanted to live in a post house. He has already asked people to rush letters, so the inn will reserve a room for them in the past few days, and they can live directly when they go there.

"Now that all the people in the Plenum of the People have not left, the station is tense, so it's good to be able to stay." Cang Miao was very happy when he saw the novel.

Hobson knew what this meant, and was delighted with it. The princess of the Yu Kingdom was satisfied with Cangmiao, that is, she was satisfied with him. All in all, Hobson was in the mood to watch the street market.

At this time, they were already sitting in the carriage, and no one came to watch Hobson, which made Hobson a little uncomfortable.

He couldn't help but lift the curtain to see the scenery outside.

It was already late at night, the night market had started, and countless lanterns were hung high, strewing a dim yellow halo in the darkness.

Horses and horses are running, and the voices are full of people.

Hobson saw a lot of people in front of a high platform. Someone on the high platform was performing something. One was stepping on an iron wheel, the other took a sip of wine, and spit out a fire - God!

"This is a circus." Cang Miao already had these things when he left. This is also because of the fireworks, so people in the circus troupe learned the principle of fireworks to attract customers to watch.

Hobson clicked his tongue and said, "It's really a prosperous world."

He looked away again, there was a man and a woman holding a lamp, the two were chatting and laughing Yan Yan, their eyes were shining, and then they put the lamp into the moat, the girl closed her eyes and made a wish, the man secretly opened her eyes, watching the girl smile happily .

Another child was arguing about what he wanted, and the old man beside him sighed helplessly and took out a copper coin.

"That's the sugar man. If you like it, I'll take you to eat it." Seeing Hobson looking at the sugar man, Cang Miao said with a smile, "It's all very common things."

For a while, Hobson didn't know whether to explain whether he wanted a candy man or if he liked watching children make a fuss about a candy man. He had no choice but to nod his head, still looking at the people and things outside the car window, dizzying.

Not only did Hobson read it, but Cang Miao also read it. He remembered a verse written by a gentleman who lived at the foot of Mount Tai.

"The east wind blooms thousands of trees at night, and it blows down even more. The stars are like rain. The carves of BMWs fill the road. The sound of the phoenix flute, the light of the jade pot turns, and the fish and dragon dance all night."

Hobson couldn't understand, because Cangmiao used Yu's words, so he said, "What are you talking about?"

Cang Miao: "It is rumored that Mr. Xin Qiji wrote the Lantern Festival poems. Today, I thought it was appropriate, so I read them."

Hobson: "…"

He still didn't understand.

Forget it, forget it if you don’t understand it, it’s better to read it yourself than to listen to him.

Wherever his eyes go, there is beauty in the world.

…

Cui Mingtong has been home late recently.

She was so busy that she met a noble person.

Although I don't know the name of the nobleman, the order she gave is real. Lord Sun Xiang even came to see her in person and talked to her about the porcelain business.

At that time, she thought that Lord Sun Xiang was fake and had doubts, but then she met Lord Qin Kuan, and the two greeted at Yu Meiren, and her heart was settled.

That's right, the ancestral grave was smoking, and she was really appreciated.

Although I don't know why she has to bother Lord Sun Xiang to visit her with such a small business order, but she has given her the order, and she will do it well in person.

I heard that the Westerners were going to Beijing soon, and she had to meet them and talk to them about the list. Because it was a business leaked out from the hands of Lord Sun Xiang, she took the Westerners to see her porcelain, and she was the first indivual.

Porcelain is derived from pottery, and it is more exquisite than pottery. Generally, the more exquisite it is produced by the official kiln. However, the development of porcelain is not fast. There is no good progress in patterns and styles, and it has always been ordinary.

Even, in fact, the market for porcelain is not large, and ordinary people do not think about buying porcelain, but the family does, but the family has its own kiln.

And the aristocratic families are these aristocratic families. The Yu Kingdom was not prosperous and extravagant, especially after long-distance transportation, some easy-to-carry things were popular. Porcelain is fragile, so it is not suitable for freight.

Therefore, there are not many porcelain merchants, who can seize the market, and if you want to stand out among the many porcelain merchants, you still have to make your own characteristics.

Cui Mingtong has been looking for a lot of books about the West recently, thinking about preparing two sets of plans, one is to draw Western pictures and myths, and the other is to freehand Yuguo landscape and humanities.

And not only the porcelain should be beautiful, but also the packaging box.

She thought about it, and she has to continue to advertise. She can't save money on advertisements. The last time she advertised in the women's newspaper, the actual audience was only a part of the people in the women's newspaper, but the advertisement of porcelain must be in other newspapers. You have to go up too.

She went to eat with people from the major newspapers. The people from the newspapers were very talkative and promised to give her the small section in the middle. That place was specially used for advertising. Cui Mingtong had bought it before. At that time, when the soap came out, she still bought it. I bought a piece and tried it out, and it was good. She bought a piece of various fragrances and came back for her husband and children to choose.

Now, it's her turn to buy the ad herself.

I have to say that this advertisement is really expensive. For a small section, it costs fifty taels of silver to be published in one issue of the newspaper. This is because the people of the newspaper office are willing to publish it for her because of the face of Mr. Qin Kuan.

She went back to design the advertising slogan, busy like a top, and gave all the children to her husband.

Huang Yu heard that her face was blue when she was visiting the kiln with people, but she had been with her wife for decades. She knew that this kind of thing could not happen, so she walked around the house, went to the night, saw her wife and went home. , did not speak, and clapped the table.

As a result, his hands became numb, but his wife turned her head and asked someone to bring water to the guest room to take a bath.

She didn't say a word.

Huang Yu couldn't help it, so he followed, handing her a towel and soap and asking, "Which kiln did you go to?"

Cui Mingtong: "I met a noble person and went to a porcelain kiln. I will be very busy recently, so you can take care of the children."

After she finished speaking, Huang Yu's first feeling was that she had been deceived.

"You're a woman, and liars like to cheat women."

Cui Mingtong: "…"

ill!

She came out after washing, put her clothes on, and said, "I met Lord Sun Xiang and Lord Qin Kuan, and I met them at Yumeiren."

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Huang Yu knew that his wife could not lie to her and said, "Are you sure?"

Cui Mingtong nodded, "I'm sure."

She looked at the sky, but decided to wash her hair, Huang Yu went up attentively, "Who is the noble?"

Cui Mingtong: "I'm a relative of Lord Sun Xiang, and I have a very good relationship. I'm a small list again, so I shouldn't hesitate to give it to me - Huang Yu, don't make up your mind, the nobleman said that he ate a tea egg from me, so he gave it to me. With a single list, I have no contact with Lord Sun Xiang and Lord Qin Kuan, and people should be content."

Huang Yu washed her hair and muttered, "I didn't ask you to help me introduce it, you are really lucky."

Cui Mingtong opened his hand and said, "That's also what my tea eggs attracted. Didn't you still mock my tea eggs for not earning money?"

She washed her hair three times and twice, dried it with a towel, and went to bake by the fire, saying, "Anyway, the children's homework during this time will be left to you."

She didn't care whether Huang Yu agreed or not, she closed the door and slept in separate rooms, and she still had to design the style.

That's right, before she got married, she liked to draw some tricks, but after getting married, it seems that these are not important, and they are thrown away the same.

When I think about the past, I feel stupid.

Cui Mingtong shook his head and started to go to various shops.

So Huang Yu was left to take care of the children.

Huang Yu also took a sigh of relief, thinking that who would not take care of the child, everyone is so old, as long as he eats three meals a day, he goes home and stares at the reading, so it is.

The children are also obedient, and it is not a big deal.

He still has a little comparison in his heart, and he always said that he was tired of taking care of the family and doing business, so he would come and show her a simple one.

So he also stepped up in business - he didn't want to be compared by his wife or a woman. Cui Mingtong's temper was always stubborn. If he couldn't even compare to her in business, he would be ashamed in the future.

But I don't know who made the rumors. It is said that Lord Sun Xiang and Lord Qin Kuan both appreciate their wives and have given him the porcelain business. He eats.

They say you are good, there is a wise helper, and there are some hints that he will take over the porcelain business, "She is a new businessman, what does she know, don't mess things up, but make the two adults angry, and also Disaster is coming."

"But you're used to doing business, you know."

Huang Yu's heart was moved, but he was a little smart to get to this point with his own abilities. He deeply analyzed the reasons and thought that maybe the noble person was a woman, and Lord Sun Xiang was also a woman, so he saw the same woman. When his wife is in business, she has empathy in her heart, and when she sees her difficulties, she pulls her a hand.

But if he robbed the business himself, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Lord Qin Kuan was sent a woman, then Yanshang became the person that the merchants of Yu Kingdom dared not meet. If the person whom Lord Sun Xiang admires was robbed of the list, it was a man who robbed him... Then he can pack up his things, You can go back to Qingzhou now.

So I saw that the man who was pushing him to grab business was not pleasing to the eye, and he felt more vigilant. Said: "I can't do the porcelain business, my silk shop has not figured it out yet."

Then he bypassed the topic and asked the child's question, "I'm so angry, they've been looking at me in the wrong way recently - but I didn't ask an arithmetic question, as if I was mentally retarded, and my child asked me: Father, How did your business grow?"

After listening to this, everyone laughed and shook their heads, "Not only you, but also the topics in my boy's textbook and tutorial book, I don't know how to do it. You know what? Well, how do I understand, I don't understand either."

All had to be handed over to Mr.

A group of people started talking about how advanced the children are now learning, and how they don’t understand.

But the more Huang Yu listened, the more uncomfortable he felt.

Because he knows that they don't understand, they really don't understand, but his wife will give several algorithms when the children encounter problems.

He suddenly felt a little hesitant in his heart. After returning home, when he saw the question that the eldest asked, he felt very uncomfortable, "You are about to enter high school, how do I understand your knowledge?"

His eldest son glanced at his father and stopped asking, "Where's my mother? When will my mother come back?"

Huang Yu sighed in his heart, "I'll invite you sir."

His eldest son nodded casually, "Please."

Huang Yu went to his friend's door overnight. A friend has a relationship with a gentleman in elementary school, and he wants to ask him to be a middleman. Who knew that the friend said: "The gentlemen in the school are not allowed to make up classes, because the school has already made up a lot of classes, and no one has a break from day to night, and the school's salary is high, no one thinks about it. Teach students outside."

"Let's talk about the extracurricular remedial classes... To be honest, it's not as good as your eldest son. Now that there are talented people, who doesn't want to go to school to teach. My eldest son is also in the third grade. These extracurricular remedial classes , I've already inquired about it, the only one with a gold medal, you need a relationship to enter, but that relationship, brother, it's not that I won't help you, you look at my house, don't you also not enter?"

Huang Yu went back dejected, and then saw his wife explaining the exercises to the children under the flower-shaped candle he bought.

He stood outside the door and watched for a while, then went in with a sigh, and sat beside him to listen.

Cui Mingtong saw a figure beside him covering the paper on the table, making her unable to read the words, and frowned: "What are you doing—"

Huang Yu wanted to talk and he wanted to listen, but before he could say anything, he was pushed away by the elder, "Father, your shadow is blocking the words."

A few children: "Dad, go away first, you don't understand."

Huang Yu: "…"

"I want to hear it," he said.

He was puzzled, raised his head and said in surprise, "Ah? You don't understand after hearing it."

Huang Yu: "…"