"You don't want me to stir up a mess, but I'm not as you like, so, next, I'm going to stir it up in the court of this Yan Kingdom!"

"What does the girl mean by that?" Hearing this Qin Mo say this, the political envoy asked with wide eyes and a surprised look.

Qin Mo turned his head, and after a moment, he said lightly, "It's nothing-!" It's just a matter of gossip with adults. ”

The lord of the domain did not speak again, and after a long time, he looked up and looked at the endless rice in the field

"Good years. Today, Jiujiang is flooded, but the rice fields in this county are full of fruits, and a bumper year is in sight! ”

Qin Mo was beside him, and replied casually, "Yes, it's really a bumper harvest year!" ”

*

Then in September, the rice field was harvested, and the imperial court levied and paid grain tax, and the grain should be taken to the grain and rice store to exchange for money, and the lord of the domain was right, this year there was a bumper harvest in all parts of Yanguo, although there were also a few small places that were difficult to plant this year, in the end, the general grain in the country was still good, and the price of rice in Qin Mo's store dropped by two cents per catty.

Once it is time to pay the public grain, it is the busiest time, Qin Mo has a lot of Zhuangzi under him, and there are many taxes to be paid, all of which are weighed according to catties and twos, and exchanged money.

What the state capitals need to contribute, and then the officials from the top to the bottom have to pay for it.

This was busy until the end of October.

After the end of October, there was finally good news, that is, the third cousin of the Qin family, who had been studying in the county school, Qin Chunsheng, Daimyo, Qin Min, was admitted to the lift.

This spring student has a talent for reading, and he was admitted to Xiucai in only two years, and he is the youngest person in Linshui County to be admitted to Xiucai for many years.

Originally, it was a school in Linshui County, and before participating in the township examination, Xiucai had to pass the scientific examination held by the provincial school and political circuit, and only those with good results could be selected to participate in the township examination.

But this spring is naturally a tongguò. Then I was recommended to take the test in the middle of this fall.

Unexpectedly, as soon as I went, I was hit.

Therefore, the master in the village school shook his head and said that this Chunsheng is indeed a reading material.

If you can read, you can understand it a little bit.

This is heavy, Qin Mo is happy, and what is happier than Qin Mo is the third aunt, Chunshengniang.

When I was a child, I scolded this Min Er at home, but now it's just all kinds of praise.

When the imperial court's examination team marched all the way from the county town to the deep mountain bend, they beat gongs and drums along the way, and everyone in a radius of hundreds of miles knew about it.

The third uncle does not run the house all the year round, and he throws every qiē to the third aunt, this time, Lao Yuan heard that his son was lifted, and he was happy that he didn't finish digging in the field, and he threw the hoe and ran to the village.

In the end, I saw so many adults who applied for the exam coming, the village was full of lights, sprinkled with flowers, and the village chief also came in person, and came to the lintel of Qin San, and his face was stiff with a smile, and Qin San knew that his son was really promoted, and he could be an official.

I was so happy that I didn't faint. In the courtyard, I saw the guests coming and going, and threw a few mouths in my face at the big red table, and finally realized that this was really not a dream.

The son of the third aunt's family is the most unhappy, of course, the eldest aunt.

Who in the village didn't have a comparison, it happened to be another family, seeing that the daughter of the second family of Qin was promising, and the son of the third family of Qin was promising, in the end it was his two sons, no matter how he looked at it, he couldn't see the success.

However, if he talked about studying at the beginning, Qin Mo also sent this Aunt Qin's own cousin Ruizi to the school, but he didn't get in, so in the end, this aunt can't be blamed on Qin Mo.

But he just looked at Sanfang and his eyes were red.

People are still smiling in front of them, in the end, they are nephews, and they are talking about people behind their backs, just talking about the three aunts and sons, and saying that they are still the ancestors of the Qin family who accumulate virtue.

Qin Mo knew that his cousin was promoted, and he was indeed happy in his heart, he was surnamed Qin, and he was still a big family inside, and he really entered the court as an official in the future, and he would have an extra helper and a backer in business in the future. You don't have to always depend on others, you have to please, and you have to pay money.

This test is the autumn test, and there will be a test after the autumn test.

The examination is held in the spring of the second year after the township examination in the Ministry of Rites, so the examination is also called the rite of the year, also known as the spring examination. Those who participate in the examination are lifted people, and after taking the middle, they are called Gongshi, and the first name is Huiyuan.

A re-examination is usually held after the examination.

After Qin Mo knew this, he had to call someone to help him with the dots, and help this cousin prepare for the entanglement in Beijing, clothes, money and food are not a problem, but the road is far away, and the carriage is necessary.

The autumn test is in the provincial capital, so you don't have to be so troublesome, but the test is different.

The three aunts came to Qinzhou at the end of October, but Qin Mo was not in Qinlu when she went, but Xiao Tao was in it, bringing some fresh vegetables and fruits.

actually passed the exam, and this entanglement in Beijing is still very difficult for the Qin Sanjia, so because of these, they came to ask Qin Mo.

Qin Mo didn't know where she was, even if she didn't come to herself, she would be ready for these things. After the exam, there is the palace exam, and I don't know if this cousin can pass this level.

Qin Mo's good reading in this spring made Qin Mo a little surprised, he looked at the child silently in the past, that is, the first time he followed the eldest aunt of the Qin family to Qin Mo's Linshui shop to play the autumn breeze, it was a barren sky, and there was no food to eat in Chishui Village, and finally this little peach brought the rice and meat, and saw the child gobbling up the strength, but he didn't say a word, and didn't answer anything, or Aunt Qin was thoughtful next to him at the time, no wonder Aunt Qin San was beating and scolding all day long at home, Qin Mo really thought that this child was stupid before, But I don't want to be so talented in reading.

Anyway, whether he is a dragon or a snake, the truth will be seen later.

This year, Xiangxiang is also twelve years old, she can calculate some accounts, and the abacus is also slippery, and the children of poor families are in charge early, Qin Mo placed Xiangxiang in Linshui, let her take care of the business over there, and Jun Niang taught her to read the account book, learn to calculate the cost and profit of the business, and then evaluate the risk of an investment.

Xiangxiang is now the little proprietress over there.

Not only the shop, but also the grange were handed over to her.

This kid has a good heart and is still very motivated to do anything, Qin Mo is very relieved.

*

In the capital, Qin Mo had already asked her subordinates to come here to help her find a good house, and now she has a lot of forces under her command, including a Shanghe Gang, as well as fifty-seven grain shops, and countless other industries under her hands, adding up bits and pieces, can definitely be regarded as the top ten wealthy businessmen in Yanguo's income.

In the golden autumn, several grain shops were avoided all over the country, and the ancients, life, grain was the source of a qiē.

There are also tea, salt, raw silk, Qin Mo secretly sells illicit salt, smuggling smuggled salt is illegal, but as long as there is money to be made, she will turn a blind eye, anyway, as long as it doesn't go through her hands, it is her subordinates who pull salt to operate, and part of the money from the sale is handed over.

These things controlled by the imperial court are most money, salt, tea, iron, and Qin Mo himself found an iron mine.

When I was looking for phosphorus when making chemical fertilizer, I found that because the government has regulations prohibiting private iron mining, ordinary people dare not mine it without authorization, and Qin Mo found that the iron ore did not report to the government, but blocked the road into the mountain.

The clever thing about breaking the law is that one day he can't have evidence to say that he committed this law, so Qin Mo is very relieved.

The house in the capital was originally to be bought in the plan.

First, it is for Min'er to be an official in the capital in the future, and he can have access everywhere. Prepare your homework in advance, and always have a place to live.

Second, this capital is the most prosperous, how can you do business without this piece of fat here.

Third, it is Yan Youye.

He said he was in the capital. Once, he told her that he would go back to Qinzhou to find her, but Qin Mo now, if he was too busy to find her, she would find her by herself

The unicorn jade pendant was smooth in the palm, and the ripples on it flowed like water ripples when he looked closely, the same as the one he handed to her when he left before

The mansions in the capital were selected several times, and finally a house leaning under the city wall outside the imperial city was selected.

The land price is really expensive, and it cost Qin Mo more than 10,000 silver.

This capital is the capital, and even the houses in the suburbs are so expensive.

The simple mansion was cleaned up, with a few walls in the courtyard, a few rockeries, a few acres of lotus ponds, a few spotted bamboos, some servants in the house, and then a new little maid named Gui'er followed Qin Mo.

Jiaxing Hou Mansion - ! Qin Mo was also in the capital, and after inquiring and asking many times, he found this place.

Perhaps, in this capital, those marquis, county princes, just as Yan Youye said at the beginning,

"You don't know the capital, there are too many rich and noble people, we are also relying on the shadow of our ancestors, my grandfather was a general valued by the emperor, and he once went out to fight against the emperor, he won the world on horseback, he was sealed, and he was hereditary for three generations, although our family is not the richest family, but in the end, it is a family, so the general officials dare not despise us-!"

After settling down in the capital, Qin Mo wrote back to Qinzhou and asked Xiao Tao to bring some letters from Qinzhou, most of which were letters, some instructions, and some reports from the housekeepers underneath.

Although the price of grain and rice has been reduced this year, Qin Mo's eggs are indeed very popular, eggs are sold far away, two chicken farms can produce 3,000 eggs a day, and then cross the river to transport, which can be sold from west to east, and then this egg is in demand, and the big families want to buy it now is almost seven or eight yuan a piece.

Rao is calculated in this way, excluding the cost, the income of more than ten taels a day is also very profitable.

Qin Mo also inquired in many ways, and only later found the place of the Hou Mansion in Jiaxing.

In fact, this Hou Mansion is not in a particularly conspicuous place, on the contrary, it is also a suburb, Yan Youye is right, although it is the Hou Mansion, but in the end, the family is thin and has declined, but there is still a title.

But Rao is like this, Qin Mo personally stood in front of the black gate with two big stone lions standing at the door, the copper nails on the door, the square plaque hanging on the lintel, and a few big characters on it, Jiaxing Hou Mansion, Qin Mo still felt a bit of nervousness and pressure in his heart.

"Girl, what's wrong with you, are you worried, your face is a little bad-!" The little maid next to her had already seen that Qin Mo's face was not quite right.

And the brown carriage stopped beside him, the apricot red floral satin cloak in his hand was on his wrist, Qin Mo stared, and then looked up the stairs at a glance.

The indifferent tone of voice "Go and call the door-!" ”

How could the door of the Hou Mansion be locked in broad daylight.

When the little girl heard this, she was stunned for a moment, but the Hou Mansion in front of her had a majesty, and the little girl was a slave since she was a child, she was a little timid, but she heard Qin Mo say so.

So he also lifted his skirt and climbed up the steps.

"Knock knock. ――！ The little girl slammed the door a few times.

Then, there was movement inside the door, and in a moment, a creak was opened.

"Who are you looking for?" What came out was a little guy wearing a crimson cloth shirt and a scarf and hat, but when he showed his face, he looked impatient.

"Our girl is looking for your lord!"

Seeing that the little guy looked disgusted, Gui'er first showed weakness, and then turned her head to look at Qin Mo when she spoke.

The little guy didn't know what it was chewing crookedly. Listening to the little girl's words, she glanced at Qin Mo again, Qin Mo stepped forward with the cloak, with a humble appearance, a green silk spread on her sharpened shoulders, wearing a light pink silk placket, and a pomegranate red scattered flower pleated skirt, with no face and beautiful face, and her hands were slender, and the veil on her face was half hidden, but she could vaguely see her beautiful appearance, and seeing Qin Mo's outstanding temperament, she didn't dare to look at people with that disdainful look.

"Our Hou Ye went to the palace early this morning, the girl can report her name, and when the Hou Ye comes back, the little one will convey it on her behalf!"

Qin Mo was stunned when he heard this: "Could it be that you can enter the palace at any time before you inherit the title?" ”

The little guy was stunned, "What is the uninherited title-!" Suddenly, he reacted, "Girl, you're looking for my son-in-law!" ”

swept Qin Mo twice in a row, "I'll just say, how could you find the master with such a delicate young lady, my son-in-law is naturally in the house every day, and now it is estimated that he is practicing calligraphy and playing the piano in the backyard, and the girl will report her name, and I will pass it on-"

Qin Mo was stunned, and stood in front of the gate for a moment, "My surname is Qin, as long as you say the word Shangqinzhou to your son-in-law, your son-in-law will naturally know-!" ”

Seeing Qin Mo's delicate appearance, this little guy was dressed well, and then looked at the carriage behind him, and knew that they were probably young ladies from a big family, so he was naturally in awe in his heart.

There was a smile on his face, and even his tone was completely different from that to the maid just now.

And politely

"Okay, the girl is waiting outside the door now, and the little one will go and pass it on-!"

Qin Mo didn't answer, standing in front of the threshold of the tall Hou Mansion, revealing the crack in the door, and saw the little guy running in a hurry...

One after the other, it is very incongruous.

Qin Mo stood at the door, and after half a quarter of an hour, he sighed deeply, not knowing whether to sigh or exhale.

Her heart suddenly climbed into infinite desolation.

Suddenly, only she could understand the sadness...

She was in Qinzhou, then Suizhou, and then Jiujiang, for such a long time, she moved so many places, but she was never far away from Qinzhou.

For the sake of what he once said, I will come back, and I will come back to Qinzhou to find you.

Then, he came back, and he had been gone for so long, two years, almost two years, and he arrived in the capital without half a letter.

He disappeared, disappeared without a trace, making Qin Mo think that he was about to forget him, forgetting that such a person had appeared in his heart.

She found a lot of reasons for him, she felt that there must be something wrong in this mansion, thinking that he was in a hurry to read the letter outside, she had been worried about it for a long time, she felt that he might indeed be because there was something very important in the capital.

Yes, there is something very important, so you can't look for her.

Then, after half a year of letters, she wondered if she had forgotten her.

But she was unwilling, and finally tossed to the capital by herself today, and then came to his mansion to find him, but the result was not as predicament as she thought in her heart, he could hide in the mansion every day, practice calligraphy, and play the piano.

So where can you be sad and in a hurry?

Qin Mo stood for half a cup of tea, and finally saw a small guy at the other end of the door, and ran out of the outer hall in a hurry.

Ran to Qin Mo's position, because he was in a bit of a hurry, he was a little gasping when he stood in front of Qin Mo

"Girl, our son-in-law said, he knows, let me invite the two girls in-!"

Qin Mo was stunned for a moment, and smoothed the shawl he was holding in his hand

"Why did you wait so long, not because he came out to meet me, but because you wanted you to take me in-!"

The tone of Qin Mo's question was questioning. There is a feeling of coldness.

The little guy gasped, bent his waist, and stretched out his hand to lead the way

"I don't know this, this is our son's order-!"

Qin Mo didn't say a word, so he followed the little guy all the way.

Passing through the front hall, passing through the flower hall, then a stone path, followed by the hanging flower gate, a long wall separating the inside and outside, and behind this should be where the people live inside.

East and west wings, generally the eldest son lives in the east.

The little guy led Qin Mo to the east.

On both sides of the corridor, there are green vines on the corridor, this season, the vines are dry, and you can see the inside of the east chamber at a glance from the door of the cave.

Qin Mo was worried in his heart.

Why bring them behind here.

After walking through the corridor, I heard a string of women's laughter like silver bells. This laughter is crisp and pleasant, elegant like mountain stream spring water, more like a string of lily of the valley blooming in spring,

When Qin Mo heard the woman's voice, he was still a little flustered, and thought that this was the inner courtyard.

Why bring them in.

"Haha.!" Turning around, there is a small row of bamboo forests, and through the gaps in the bamboo poles, you can see two figures playing among the flowers.

The laughter just now was made by the man, and the laughter was distinct - Qin Mo's lips pursed, she remembered this voice.

"Childe, someone is coming-!"

The little servant brought Qin Mo to the man, and then saluted and said.

The snow-white clothes, just the cuffs were mixed with purple silk threads, outlining the wisteria dark lines, in the sun, you could see the purple hidden in the white, when Qin Mo saw the color, the whole person was a little dizzy.

And Yan Youye turned his head and saw that what had once attracted Qin Mo in his eyes was enthusiasm, a kind of innocent enthusiasm

"Xiao Mo'er, you're here!"

"Xiao Mo'er, when did you come to the capital-!"

Qin Mo looked at him again, and suddenly found that Wang Qinghong, except for enthusiasm, in addition to the same innocence as always, as if when he looked at himself, he couldn't see anything else from his eyes...

Qin Mo was stunned for a moment, and his mind suddenly became in a trance.

Xiao Mo'er, heh, he still calls her Xiao Mo'er.

However, it seems that I suddenly feel that one qiē has not changed, and it seems that all qiē has changed...

"Yes, I came to the capital, when you said you were going to come to me, I waited, and then when I saw that you didn't come, I came to you-!"

Her voice was poignant, and every word fell very softly...

"Yerou, who is she-!"

Then, a soft voice next to her, light, very thin, with a full flavor of coquettishness, and then, the girl rubbed the man next to her affectionately with her elbow.

As soon as this girl's voice fell, Yan Youye's face sank in front of her for a moment, and a fair-skinned person, once his face sank, he would be very distinct.

"Yoro-!" Qin Mo grabbed these two words, and suddenly his heart seemed to be blocked by something, "You are married-!" ”

In ancient times, the wives of newlyweds would generally refer to their husbands by Lang.