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Chapter 63
More than half a month after the first lunar month, someone from Jiangbei Villa came to spread the word that Jiang Chaosheng had gone back long ago, and waited day and night in the villa. When Qin Jun sent home, the palace people returned to the villa one after another, and they still couldn’t wait for Qin Jun’s villa.Lord go home.
Suddenly hate iron for not becoming steel , also illiterate, can only ask someone to bring a few affectionate words, "Playing with things and losing one's ambition!"
Qin Jun coughed slightly, smiled, and said, "Go back and tell Master Jiang that I still want to stay at Central Capital. As for Zhuang Wu, I sent Miss Xing'er to take care of it a few days ago."
The person who delivered the message left after replying through the door.
Qin Jun's face was slightly pale, she was wearing a thick fur coat, and she was sitting in front of the table with a stove in her arms. There was a letter in front of her, which was sent by the Jiangnan Liu family.
Xiaotao whispered: "It's the gift that should be sent on the Lantern Festival. I didn't know that the princess came to Central Capital until I went to the villa. If I send it again, it will be the first month."
It is difficult for vehicles and horses to travel in Jiangbei. Most of the roads are rugged and snow-covered in winter. The vehicles and horses should have been delayed for a long time on the road.
Qin Jun nodded: "It's okay, put it in the warehouse."
"Any news about my cousin?" Qin Jun asked.
Ji Si: "Falcons write letters, but return in vain."
Qin Jun pursed her lips, guessing: "Is it because the camp has been pulled out, and Ying'er can't find anyone?"
Ji Si replied: "I ordered it to go south again early in the morning. If I can't find it, I will come back and pull out its hair."
Qin Jun chuckled, and nodded Ji Si with her hand, "It's hard to train me to only believe in eagles, let's keep it, maybe it will be of great use in the future."
Song Wenzhou bought 500 acres of land outside the city for cultivation and planting medicines. Central Capital was cheap. After learning about it, Qin Jun directly bought 2,000 hectares of land and a hilltop, plus a main street in the city of Central Capital.He is the richest businessman of Central Capital.
The governor of Central Capital posted several visits, but was blocked by the concierge.
Gradually, the people of Central Capital were just a gentry from the city, surnamed He, who was buying houses and streets, and buying land to reclaim wasteland, which was very mysterious.
"Take the money." After remitting the bill, Qin Jun put the rest of the bank note into the wooden box, "It costs three thousand taels for two thousand hectares of land. If it's in Jiangnan, it's hard to say that it's not worth ten thousand taels."
Ji Si put down her pen, "The annual land tax is fifty taels."
The master and servant looked at each other, as if they had picked up a bargain.
Qin Jun laughed enough, "Song Wenzhou sorted out a list of herbs to be planted after the beginning of spring, and had to go to Youzhou to buy seeds. Look, many types of medicines are mutually exclusive, and one field can only grow one kind of medicine.What do you want to plant?"
Ji Si: "Golden sore medicine."
Qin Jun smiled: "I think we went together, but two thousand hectares of land, it's not realistic to use all of it to grow medicines, people depend on food, how about planting some food?"
"Good." Ji Si nodded and wrote down everything Qin Jun said.
Qin Jun said: "Central Capital's water and soil are not fertile, so we can plant... some wheat and corn."
"At that time people ate more corn." Ji Si reminded Qin Jun.
Qin Jun: "There is no rice, we still have to eat. Let's plant some potatoes, which is also a staple food. It is not as expensive as corn, but it is suitable for the soil quality of Central Capital."
Ji Si nodded, wrote down everything Qin Jun said, and put away all the remaining bank notes.
"The silver bills are used up, and there are a few hundred taels left. The rest of the gold and silver are stored in the treasury. The gold is two thousand one hundred taels, and the silver is five hundred." Ji Si said.
Qin Jun licked her lips and said, "Gold... just mix some broken silver, flowers are more convenient to use."
"Money comes in and goes out again, the princess never kept accounts before!" Xiaotao muttered, "Now, Xiaotao is dazzled by these accounts books!"
"You are an accountant, and you still have a day when you are tired of managing accounts?" Qin Jun tapped a folding fan on Xiaotao's forehead, and said, "Let me ask you, after Xing'er goes back, she will manage the salt production in the villa. What should you do?"doing what?"
Xiaotao was surprised: "Naturally, it is to help the princess manage the property of Central Capital!"
Qin Jun snorted and said, "There must be a day when you are too busy."
Ji Si glanced at Qin Jun, got up and went out. After a while, He Qi and He Shier entered the house.
Qin Jun said, "They're all grown up, why don't you take them with you?"
Xiaotao asked in surprise, "Teach me what!"
Qin Jun said: "I also told Jin Xiu about this, Jin Xiu will take them to practice martial arts in the morning, and in the afternoon, you will teach them how to calculate and manage accounts.Teach them the business."
Xiaotao opened her mouth wider and wider: "This..."
Qin Jun poked her face with a brush, thought for a while, and said, "I can't keep bothering Mrs. Liu about doing business with Hu people and going to Jiangnan to collect goods, can't I? Learn it as soon as possible, and you will be able to take charge of it as soon as possible. From now on, the shop on the street of Central Capital will be you.A place to practice."
Xiaotao: "..."
Ji Si asked, "Did you hear that?"
He juniors said in unison: "Understood."
Xiaotao suddenly felt that there was a heavy burden on her shoulders, and she hesitated for a long time, unable to speak: "...one street, dozens of shops, just rely on us?"
Qin Jun waved back He Twelve and the others, and said, "There are quite a few people in our mansion, and the maids and guards add up to hundreds of people, don't they? Is it not enough to send two stewards for a shop?"
Xiaotao exclaimed, "Who will serve the princess!"
Ji Si put a cup of tea in front of Xiaotao, smiled lightly and said nothing.
Xiaotao: "..."
In March, Central Capital has the momentum of spring back to the earth.
Spring farming in Jiangnan and other places is already busy, the situation in Jindi is still deteriorating, and the northern border is unstable, and the people of Yuan Dynasty are also ready to move.
In the middle of the defense change, the general was called back to Jindi to preside over the overall situation.Sun Xiang wrote a memorial, requesting that Li Yuechuan be transferred back to Capital, and prepare to send troops north again after rectifying military affairs.
Yun Xuan put down the cup: "Thanks to the princess, Cao Min and Sun Xiang got on this line and brought back what the princess wanted to know."
Qin Jun's lips turned pale, and she said, "Thank you, master, did Xiangye ever doubt it?"
Yun Xuan: "The Prime Minister just thought it was a grassroots man who tried every means to get close to the princess and get in touch with him. I never thought that Yun Xuan was the one who was caught in the trap."
"Master is really personable, and he can speak slanderous words in a calm manner." Ji Si narrowed her eyes slightly, her eyes threatening.
Qin Jun waved her hand: "You two are smiling, so don't talk about it. How did the master and the prime minister pass the news?"
Yun Xuan: "Naturally follow the way of the Xiangye."
Ji Si snorted coldly.
Qin Jun smiled: "Thank you, master, for sending the message."
Wearing a dark Taoist robe, Yun Xuan gestured to Qin Jun and sighed, "The princess never thought about it, would it be self-defeating?"
"If it's really self-defeating, wouldn't it just fulfill the destiny that the master said?" Qin Jun said.
Ji Si walked down the steps, flicked her sleeves, and smiled gracefully at Yun Xuan, "Master, please."
Yun Xuan shook his head helplessly, turned around, and left Serene Garden.
In the past few months, Yun Xuan and Qin Jun often tried their best to persuade each other, but they often failed, neither of them convinced the other.
At lunch, Qin Jun ate, and couldn't help asking Ji Si: "Tell me, why did Sun Zhong ask for an order for uncle to go to war?"
"The Li family is well-known. The prince repelled the Yuan soldiers seven years ago, and the uncle led troops from Jindi to the north to serve the king. The power of the dragon may be able to deter the barbarians." Ji Si said.
Qin Jun raised her head, and Ji Si stuffed a mouthful of vegetables into her mouth, and said vaguely, "I just don't believe what Yun Xuan said, so I want to struggle?"
Ji Si frowned and said, "Maybe."
Capital.
Prime Minister.
Fan Xi, a minister of Sun Zhong's mansion, knelt aside, listened to what Sun Zhong said, and read Yun Xuan's letter with him.
Fan Xi: "This letter was not written by Yun Xuan."
Sun Zhong was taken aback, "Really?"
Fan Xi nodded: "Fan Xi went to find Master Yun Xuan in the north, and was fortunate to see Yun Xuan's calligraphy at the Master's Old Dynasty Inn."
"Handwriting..." Sun Zhong narrowed his eyes slightly.
Fan Xi: "These words were written by others."
Fan Xi: "Is there still a letter?"
Sun Zhong shook his head: "The people sent to Jiangnan this time brought a message."
Fan Xi nodded: "Master Xiang believed what Yun Xuan said?"
Sun Zhongdao: "If you don't believe me, how can you let you go away from Beijing for two years to find him? The cronies sent to see Yun Xuan, the reply is exactly the same as in the letter."
"Yun Xuan doesn't want to join Xiangye?" Fan Xi asked.
Sun Zhong shook his head, "I thought he was willing to write letters, and his willingness was also to surrender, but now it seems that Yun Xuan is still just a wild crane with nothing to do, only poor likes and bad things."
Fan Xi frowned, remained silent for a moment, brought the candlestick closer, and wrote the memorial according to Sun Zhong, "In this way, call Li Yuechuan back to Beijing, if you win this battle, let His Majesty confer a title and send him away, if you lose—"
Sun Zhongdao: "Li Wuduan has been reused by His Majesty, one Li family cannot have three Li Yezhens."
If Li Yuechuan is defeated, it is a fault, and he can be punished to return to Jiang Prefecture and never be activated.
Fan Xi watched Sun Zhong write the memorial, Qin Bian hadn't approved the memorial the day before yesterday, and most of what he thought was that he wanted to conquer it himself.
Sun Zhong's memorial was to the point, neither coercion nor sensational, if one memorial could be knocked down, Qin Bian would definitely consider his proposal if there were more.
I can't think about the personal conquest, and the officials don't want the prince to go to the battlefield. There are no generals in the palace, so using the Li family is the best choice.
Fan Xi: "If Li Yuechuan loses, it's the prince's turn."
Fan Xi almost agreed with him, saying: "The third prince needs political achievements."
"If Li Yuechuan is defeated, there will be a lot of turmoil in the court. If the third prince takes the initiative to ask for orders to fight three times and fight desperately, even if he loses, His Majesty will not blame him."
Fan Xi: "Li Yuechuan, it happens to be this pedal."
Sun Zhong made a calculated smile: "Yes, I will ask His Majesty to appoint a crown prince immediately. King Wen's party will definitely be weak."
Fan Xi: "It's better to give it a go than to shrink back and do nothing."
Sun Zhong put down Lang Hao and handed the memorial to Fan Xi, heaved a sigh of relief: "The people of Qin and Zhou Dynasties need to hear the voice of King Zhuang."
The second son of Qin Bian, named Qin Lin, was granted the title of King Wen.
The third son of Qin Bian, named Qin Lie, was canonized as King Zhuang.
Fan Xi bowed his head and read the memorial. He saw that the entire memorial was written smoothly and in one go. The content fully explained why the Battle of the Canyon Pass was a war, and why Li Yue was ordered to send it.Fight for private goods.
Fan Xi said convincingly, "I just hope His Majesty can see it."
Among the chaotic mountains and walls, a magnificent two-meter-high walking chariot slowly passed by the junction of Yuan and Xi Jiang.
I saw a masked woman sitting high on the chariot. The masked woman revealed a pair of blue pupils, slightly curved eyes, and looked at He Lianmu in front of her in a charming manner.
"My lord!" An elderly official with a hat beside He Lianmu reminded angrily, "Sima Cuo must be a wolf's ambition to offer a beautiful woman—"
"Get out!" He Lianmu threw the minister away, only seeing the noble woman, "Beautiful! So beautiful!"
"Hey! That's not how the seedlings are grown!" Song Wenzhou walked quickly, holding his robe, "Princess! Planting medicine is not transplanting rice seedlings. Your method is wrong."
Qin Jun frowned, turned her head to look at the medicinal seedlings in her hands, and asked with a puckered mouth, "What's different?"
Song Wenzhou sighed, and while covering his eyes with his hand, he randomly grabbed the seedling in Qin Jun's hand, "I'm here to plant it, the princess should go back to the city!"
"Cut!" Xiao Taozi was dissatisfied with Song Wenzhou, "Our princess can grow food, how can I not live with your little medicine?"
Song Wenzhou choked, and was about to argue with Xiaotao, when he caught a glimpse of Xiaotao's shoes and socks coming loose and exposed a section of her ankle, she immediately turned her back.
Xiaotao looked down at Song Wenzhou's gaze, and immediately screamed: "Deng Tuzi!" Then she grabbed a handful of mud and threw it at Song Wenzhou.
"Pedantic," Qin Jun withdrew his gaze, sat by the stream, and let Ji Si take off the shoes and socks that bound her feet. "Your feet are so stinky, why can't you see people?"
Ji Si held Qin Jun's feet, "..."
Qin Jun looked embarrassed, tried to retract her feet, and said, "I will do it myself, I will do it myself."
Qin Jun stepped on the ground carelessly, and her shoes and socks were covered with mud. During the period, her shoes sank into the mud, and when she stepped on it, she fell into the mud, and her pink feet turned into mud feet.
"It's dirty." Ji Si pinched Qin Jun's ankle with one hand, and brushed away the dirt from the sole of her foot with the other hand.
Qin Jun kept pinching her toes tightly, and pulled her feet back after a pause, "Sigh, you disciple!"
Ji Si smiled lightly and said, "Princess, many people are watching."
Qin Jun's face was red and her ears were red, and she whispered, "Itch—"
"It will be fine soon," Ji Si took off the handkerchief around her waist, wet it with water, and stuck it to the soles of Qin Jun's feet, "It will be a little cold..."
Before Ji Si finished speaking, Qin Jun's soles were frozen, and she let out an ah immediately, and fell backwards to the ground.
Qin Jun held her hot face and raised her upper body in embarrassment: "The water is too cold!"
Ji Si looked at her, glanced at her face suddenly, and grabbed the handkerchief into her palm, "It's not cold anymore."
Qin Jun put on her shoes and socks on one side, put the dirty socks back on her feet casually, deeply felt that she was ashamed to scream, "Go back and wash..."
As soon as Qin Jun put on her left foot and right foot, her left foot fell into Ji Si's hands, and her shoes and socks were removed, "Huh?"
Ji Si wiped Qin Jun's feet with a handkerchief, and she warmed the wet part of the handkerchief, which no longer had the icy coldness of snow water. "Your shoes and socks are wet, so you should not wear them again."
Qin Jun was stunned for a moment.
Ji Si took off her cloak, wrapped Qin Jun's feet, hugged her horizontally, and said, "Go back to the carriage first."
Many hired drug farmers around the drug field looked at Ji Si and Qin Jun curiously when they saw this, and couldn't help but look sideways.
Qin Jun buried her face in Ji Si's arms: "Be low-key."
Ji Si: "There's nothing wrong with a slave serving a master."
Qin Jun raised her head suddenly, and wrapped her fingers around the tape on Ji Si's skirt, "...I, I don't consider you a slave for a long time!"
Ji Si stuffed Qin Jun into the carriage, bowed and touched Qin Jun's lips, "Thank you for dripping water."
The corner of Qin Jun's mouth twitched: "Yongquan will repay you?"
Ji Si smiled slightly, exited the carriage, and drove the carriage.
The charcoal was burning in the car, and there was Mrs. Tang on the couch. Qin Jun took off the cloak that bound her feet, regardless of whether the skirt or trousers were neat, and climbed onto the couch and pulled the quilt to cover herself.
"Is it cold?" Qin Jun asked outside.
"My heart is hot." Ji Si said leisurely.
Qin Jun immediately reprimanded, "Where did you learn it?"
Ji Si smiled lightly, and flicked the rein, "Drive!"
Spring returns to the earth, and the ice and snow of Central Capital melt.
Capital, Li Yuechuan bid farewell to the officials, and went north with the army flag to help the Canyon Pass.
In April, supplies at the Canyon Pass were in short supply. In contrast, grain prices soared, and the corn hoarded by Jiangnan rice merchants began to be released from warehouses.
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