"Since grandma is interested, the slave maid will prepare." After arriving in Liaodong, although Gu Qiluo was very busy, Xinghua and Chunyu were a little bored, and now she was naturally happy to see that her grandmother was finally willing to put down her business plan and had some thoughts of "not doing business".

was about to go out to call someone, but was stopped by Gu Qiluo, and heard her sigh: "That's it, where do I really have this thought, look at how cold it is this day, I have only been standing by the door for a while, and I am about to freeze." The poor people outside don't know how to live, Xiao Jiangbei went out early in the morning, I don't know what situation he can bring back, let's talk about it when he comes back. ”

As soon as she said this, Xinghua suddenly lost her mind, and the master and servant waited together for a while, and Xinghua said: "Grandma, go back, it's too cold, and if you go on like this, there will be no warmth in the house at all." ”

Gu Qiluo nodded, and suddenly saw Chunyu coming over with two little bears, the two little ones don't have to hold them now, because the fur is thick, and they are not very afraid of the cold, they walk all the way on the snow, and occasionally play two rolls, and their round appearance is very cute.

The master and servant teased the two bears, and after about half an hour, the kitchen had come over several times to ask if they had breakfast? Gu Qiluo had no choice but to say, "Then let's set the meal, your master probably won't come back for a while." ”

After a while, breakfast was put on the table, and Gu Qiluo saw that there were no outsiders, so he asked Xinghua Chunyu Qiurong to sit with him, and said, "Let's eat first, leave some food hot in the pot, and wait for Xiao Jiangbei to come back and eat." ”

As soon as the words fell, I heard Xiao Jiangbei's voice in the courtyard, and Xinghua smiled: "This is really Cao Cao Cao." After speaking, he hurriedly opened the door curtain. I saw Xiao Jiang coming in like water from the north side, rubbing his hands and saying: "In the end, it's still warm in the house, and it is said that the north is cold." This Liaodong is even colder than the northern Xinjiang. ”

Xinghua said: "This is not warm anymore, grandma just looked at the master by the door, waited for a while, and almost let the heat in the room go." ”

Xiao Jiangbei sat at the dinner table, and when he heard Xinghua say this, he said to Gu Qiluo: "This is already very good, since our house has hung cotton curtains." I went to talk to those people in the General Military Mansion, and many people went back and hung up on this, saying that it was much warmer than in previous years. ”

Gu Qiluo served him a bowl of rice. sent it to him and said solemnly: "Your face is not very good-looking, but the situation outside is not good?" In such a cold weather, if there are those who sleep on the streets. I won't survive. ”

Xiao Jiangbei said in a deep voice: "For the time being, the corpses that died of freezing and starvation have not been found outside. This is also thanks to the money you took out before, and now the houses of the Jurchens and various tribes have been renovated, otherwise those people would not want to live at the foot of Beifeng Mountain alone. Now there are also relief measures in various prefectures and cities, Cheng Tong is here, Tang Wannian always has to make a show, but I am worried that it is only superficial, and there are still four days before the New Year. The soldiers I sent out inquired and said that many families were facing food shortages. Not to mention the New Year, alas! Why are there so many poor people? Is it so hard? ”

After he finished speaking, he held the bowl and was stunned, and the atmosphere in the room became solemn for a while, and after a long time, Xinghua sighed and said: "Before and after, grandma took out nearly 200,000 taels of silver, and in the end, even these prefectures and cities in the central part of our country did not come over, not to mention the farther southern and northern Liaoning, I heard that the north is even colder." ”

"It always has to be taken step by step, and with our personal strength alone, where can we fill this big hole." Gu Qiluo also sighed, and comforted Xiao Jiangbei again: "Don't worry, I'll take out some silver to buy grain when I go back, and finally these rice and grain shops in the city are still fully stocked, and the time will ...... Give as many people as you can. ”

"I'm just talking, to tell you the truth, this year, because you used the money and Cheng Tong was there, Tang Wannian has converged a lot, and the people are still having a better life, I heard that those barbarians now know the names of the two of us, and thank us for our kindness. If it was in previous years, I don't know how miserable it would be, no wonder the emperor has been determined to develop Liaodong for ten years, but he still can't make Liaodong rich and strong. ”

Gu Qiluo said: "Yes, it can be seen that this matter is very difficult, ten years is actually not a long time." Okay, let's eat, go back and let Zeng Yuan suffer more, no matter what, there can't be people who freeze and starve to death in Shanchun Mansion, otherwise Governor Tang doesn't care, you have to save face. ”

"I, the chief soldier, don't have to worry about these things, and the emperor didn't send me here to help the people, so what kind of face did he hurt me? It's not that I'm stingy, I'm just unfair, Tang Wannian didn't say anything else, only said that the gold mine, how much money did he collect? Now he wants us to post money to help the people and help him plug the hole and wipe his buttocks, why is this? ”

Gu Qiluo sighed and said: "Then what can be done, just look at these people who are tired and tired all year round but are cold and hungry, if it is not these suffering people, who cares if he lives or dies for thousands of years?" We don't care about the money, the money is gone, and when the spring of next year comes, the business route gradually takes shape, and we will have money again. ”

Sure enough, the next day, Gu Qiluo called Zeng Yuan over and asked him to buy rice and grain and other things and distribute them to the poor people in the city.

As soon as I heard that Gu Qiluo was going to do good deeds, the people who Zeng Yuan recruited from the customs couldn't take care of the New Year, and they came to help, and for a while, the streets that were originally deserted because of the heavy snow suddenly became lively, and many people were originally facing the pain of food shortage, and they were sighing that the New Year was sad, and suddenly said that they were going to send food again, and the joy of the Jedi life was really something that no words could describe, Xiao Jiangbei Gu Qiluo was not only the general soldier of Liaodong and the wife of the chief soldier in their mouths, but also became the immortal of the Buddha of ten thousand families.

"Shopkeeper Zeng, this Niu Er's family had already received food from his brother before, and now he came to claim it again."

With a shout, the man in the crowd who was taking the food was shouted and beaten like a rat crossing the street, and the wolf bèi escaped, not daring to say a cruel word, and ran away without a trace. Zeng Yuan said before the grain was distributed: The grain is counted, and there is no gold and silver in the general military office, if someone pretends to receive it, there will inevitably be someone who wants less, so everyone should supervise and report each other, and the precautionary is such a greedy villain, and now it works in one fell swoop, and the next scene of receiving grain is orderly, and there is no luck in the future.

Gu Qiluo and Xinghua Chunyu sat in the carriage, Zhong Chunfeng and Ying Feihong sat by the door in thick mink furs, several people saw this scene, Gu Qiluo smiled and said: "Zeng Yuan is really more and more capable, such a big scene, he also operates in an orderly manner, and in the future, there will be him on the northern trade route, so I don't have to worry about it anymore." ”

Chunyu listened to it next to him, and couldn't help but be happy in his heart, and grinned: "That's, grandma doesn't look at who it is?" That's my brother, you just look at my cleverness in the past, you know that my brother is definitely not bad. Of course, this is also indispensable to grandma's teaching, not you, he is still just a coolie doing odd jobs. ”

When it came to the last sentence, the little girl probably remembered the hard days in the past, and her smile disappeared. And the apricot blossom next to him sighed faintly, secretly saying that Brother Zeng is getting more and more powerful, even grandma admires him like this, and in the future, the northern trade route will be handed over to him to manage, at that time, he can also be regarded as the number one person, I am a slave, even if grandma says that I will redeem myself in the future, it is just an ordinary woman who has been a slave, where can I be worthy of him? It's better to take advantage of the fact that you haven't fallen into the mud yet, withdraw early, and ...... in the future No more excuses to see him.

Gu Qiluo and Chunyu didn't notice Xinghua's mood change at all, and Zhong Chunfeng over there also praised Zeng Yuan for being loyal and reliable, and intelligent, and a person who could be entrusted with big things. As he was talking, Zeng Yuan, who was presiding over the distribution of food over there, also saw the carriage here, and hurriedly explained a few words to the people next to him, and then rushed over, only to ask Gu Qiluo where he was going?

Gu Qiluo said: "We are waiting for Xiao Jiangbei here, we met with him, and went to the foot of Changbai Mountain together, someone brought back the news, saying that there was the most severely affected area, and there were many Jurchens and tribes gathered, so we bought a lot of food, and planned to distribute it to them, but now we can only take care of this, and there are far places to suffer, even if I want to take care of it, I have more than enough power." ”

Zeng Yuan sighed: "Grandma is really a great kindness, throughout the ages, there are a few like you who have taken our people to heart. If it is freezing today, I can't live in the house as warm as spring, but I want to go to the icy and snowy place at the foot of Changbai Mountain with the second master. ”

Gu Qiluo smiled: "No way, there is not enough manpower, I have the intention to use you as two people, but it's a pity that you don't have three heads and six arms, I can't cut you in half, right?" Before the words fell, she suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves, turned around, and saw Xiao Jiangbei arriving with more than a dozen horsemen, so she said to Zeng Yuan: "Okay, you just take care of the affairs of this Shanchun Mansion, and if there is something difficult, go to Lord Cheng." ”

"Okay, I remember." Zeng Yuan nodded, and when he retreated, he couldn't help but glance at Xinghua, but he saw that she hung her head slightly, and she could only see the cloud-like hair, but she couldn't see the familiar smile in the past. Zeng Yuan's heart was shocked, even if the boundless bitterness hit, the secret said yes, she is now older, she knows the things of men and women, it is impossible to laugh with me as casually as before, I am just a poor boy, I have to be supported by my grandmother, so I have this good life now, but she is grandma's personal girl, and she may have to be an aunt to the second master in the future, even if it is not, grandma also said that she will get rid of slavery for her in the future, and at that time, with her relationship with grandma, it is nothing to marry the son of a rich official and eunuch as a concubine, and even have the official son of the white family. For the sake of Panhou Mansion, it is not impossible to marry her, how could she have a result with a poor boy like me? Zeng Yuan, Zeng Yuan, you are really dizzy, thinking that grandma reusing you is a fish leaping into the dragon gate? Even a woman who used to look like a fairy dared to think that you were really insatiable. (To be continued......)

PS: Poor Zeng Yuan and Xinghua, but don't worry, with your second grandmother here, the two of you will definitely be made together. Wow Ka Ka Ka