One party intends to please, and the other party intends to make friends, and this reception banquet is naturally a happy dispersion. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Early the next morning, Liu Xianglian finished washing and accompanied the third sister to have breakfast. The little guy on the door had already prepared horses, just waiting for Liu Xianglian to use when she went out.

Although Liu Xianglian has been operating along the West Sea for several years, and has the support of the saint behind her, she has already held the Xihai camp in her hands. But this time it was the first time he inspected the coastal defense after he was promoted to the commander of the Xihai battalion, Liu Xianglian felt that he was afraid that it would be delayed until late today, so before leaving, he specially instructed Third Sister You: "I'm afraid I won't be able to come back early today." If I don't come back by the time the lamp is held, you can eat by yourself. Don't starve yourself just to wait for me. ”

When Third Sister You heard Liu Xianglian's thoughtful advice, she couldn't help but smile and said, "Don't worry, I can save it." ”

The husband and wife said a few more words, and Liu Xianglian went out.

After Third Sister You waited for Liu Xianglian to go out, she summoned the big and small housekeepers and compradors in the house, as well as the stewards in the shops outside, to interrogate.

Third Sister You still created Chen Yuan and Jinghuayuan in the boudoir, and now she is married to a woman, and it is more convenient to move around and take charge of things than in the boudoir, such a good opportunity, Third Sister You will not waste it in vain.

Now that she has just arrived in Xihai, she still doesn't know the trading market here, so after inquiring about the business in the house with the housekeepers and compradors of the Liu family, she sent her henchmen to go outside to inquire about the news.

But he summoned the cook into the house with great interest. I would like to know how the food on this side of the West Sea is different from that in Chang'an.

When the cook heard the housewife's question, she was excited. She also had the heart to show it in front of the hostess, and when she landed, she said the name of the local specialty dish along the West Sea, and volunteered to cook a table of special flavors for the third sister.

Seeing this, Third Sister You ordered the cook to prepare for it.

When it was time to hold the lamp, Liu Xianglian really did not come to home. Third Sister You ate a meal with local characteristics by herself, prepared a few dishes that Liu Xianglian loved to eat in the kitchen, and prepared them on the stove, and then went to the study to read.

About the time when the moon was in the middle of the sky, Liu Xianglian rushed back.

Third Sister You was scooping water and washing with the little girl, and at the same time instructed the kitchen to pass the meal. When Liu Xianglian finished washing and changed her clothes, the hot meal was immediately put on the table.

Liu Xianglian saw that the dishes on the table were all her favorite food, and specially prepared a jar of good Huiquan wine for Liu Xianglian to eat and drink to relieve her fatigue, and couldn't help laughing: "This is really the benefit of marrying a lady." I used to live here, and those people weren't so meticulous. ”

After speaking, he asked Third Sister You what she ate at night.

Third Sister You replied with a smile. Then sat down and had a few glasses of wine with Liu Xianglian. The husband and wife spoke privately again before going to bed and resting.

For more than a month after that, Liu Xianglian has been so busy. The third sister is not idle in the inner house. While taking care of the housekeeping of the Liu family, he was thinking about opening a semicolon of the mirror flower edge along the West Sea. At the same time, several shops were opened, specializing in selling porcelain, tea and silk from the south to this side, and then selling Western machinery and gadgets from this side to the south. As for the purchase of land and other things, it is the proper meaning of the question.

Mrs. Taishou helped the third sister a lot in this matter. Because Xihai County has rarely operated here for many years, and is in charge of the economic and government affairs of various places, he is more familiar with business matters than Liu Xianglian. This time, Third Sister You wanted to buy land here, and Mrs. Taishou volunteered to be this Chinese person for Third Sister.

The third sister You was gracious, and saw that although Mrs. Taishou helped her find a good land, the seller was an official eunuch who had reached her term of office and was preparing to return to Beijing to continue her job, and she was short of money to seek a way. At this moment, he wanted to sell the land, not because he was afraid of the forces of Liu Xianglian and Xihai County, but because he urgently needed to raise money to return to Beijing. Third Sister You ordered the house to check it out, and sure enough, she bought the land from the seller at a very good price.

The seller had already prepared to sell the good land urgently, and the other party took advantage of the situation to lower the price, and never thought that the third sister would be so benevolent and righteous, and did not take the opportunity to lower the price, but bought his own land at the market price.

The seller tasted the sweetness because of this, and simply asked the third sister if she wanted to buy a house. If you want to buy it, you have a villa in the West Sea, which was originally purchased by the maritime merchants here, but later the sea merchant's ship encountered a storm at sea, and the goods of the two ships were in vain. The home at sea also fell. The seller bought the house.

Now the seller is returning to Beijing to continue his job, but I am afraid that he will not be able to come back in the future, but it is a pity that this house is exquisite and does not want to sell it in a hurry. Therefore, I wanted to get the money from the sale of the land, and after going through the door to work elsewhere, I slowly looked for a buyer.

coincided with the third sister You's generous and kind-hearted person. The seller simply had the idea of taking advantage of the situation.

Third Sister You was not anxious about buying a house, but she happened to have spare money in her hand, and she saw that the villa was really exquisite and chic, with a strong exotic atmosphere, which was even more refreshing. So he bought it.

Later, he ordered his subordinates to wait for the overseers to repair it, and prepared to build a Chen Yuan Annex.

When Mrs. Taishou and a group of civil and military officials in Xihai heard about this, they all laughed and said that they wanted to come to the scene.

Third Sister You smiled happily.

When Third Sister You was busy doing business, Liu Xianglian also took a group of soldiers from the Xihai Battalion to inspect the coastal defense. It's the height of summer, and it's the time of the sea for all kinds of ships to trade. Not only are the maritime merchants busy, but also the bandits of all walks of life who are wandering on the sea are also keeping an eye on the merchant ships. Liu Xianglian is now guarding the camp in the West Sea, and of course she will not allow these pirates to disturb the border. Therefore, he took the Western Sea Master out to sea every day, and even found his eyeliner to keep an eye on the thieves everywhere, and at every opportunity, he smashed the Yellow Dragon and exterminated the sea bandits. In addition to the warship ordnance, only a part of the captured booty was withheld for military rewards, and the rest was returned to Chang'an. Tribute to Your Majesty.

Today's sage learned of the successive victories along the West Sea, and he raised his eyebrows when he ascended. Even the Chinese military officials of the DPRK were also honored, and they all sang praises for the saints. Another household was the happiest, because all the jewels, gold and silver that Liu Xianglian paid tribute to, except for some treasures that were included in the sage's inner treasury, all the rest were sent to the treasury.

This makes the treasury more and more abundant. The imperial court does not have to weigh again and again, and it is overstretched.

The saint specially issued a decree to reward Liu Xianglian. After Liu Xianglian received the holy decree, she was not arrogant or impatient, and still cleared the Haikou step by step. It didn't take long for the pirates at sea to be cleared. Except for some pirates who had the support of vassal forces behind them, they relied on strong ships and cannons to hold their positions, and the remaining small crabs and shrimps either shrank up to avoid their edge, or directly joined the pirate forces with backgrounds.

Liu Xianglian knew that the matter of purging the Haikou would come to an end at this time. The remaining pirates are financially powerful, well-armed, and backed by the countries of Fanbang, and even if they move, they can hide in the navy of Fanbang at any time. It's not something that can be broken by ordinary methods. Now it is not easy to drive them out of the border and sea. If you want to kill them all, you won't leave any trouble, but I'm afraid you can't.

However, the idea that these pirates could hide and wait for the right time, thinking that the caravans of the imperial court could be slaughtered at will after leaving the sea border was very wrong. After Liu Xianglian cleared the sea border, she followed the practice of the previous one in the south and reorganized the West Sea Division into several armies. Escort the caravans to the country of the kingdom of the kingdom of the kingdom of And in order to get the protection of the West Sea Division, these maritime merchants must also count the transaction proceeds from each trip to the West Sea Master as a reward.

Of course, if the maritime merchants were reluctant to pay the money, they could also hire their own guards instead of employing the West Sea Master. The Western Sea Division only ensured the safety of the maritime merchant fleet within the sea borders. If you are unexpectedly safe beyond the border, you will no longer be under the escort of the Western Sea Division.

Every time these maritime merchants went to sea, they had to hire a large number of guards to protect themselves, but every time they encountered well-armed pirates with strong ships and guns, they were of no use. Now seeing that the West Sea Master is willing to take on the responsibility of guarding, and what he has to spend is only 10% of the income of each trip, where is there anyone who is unwilling.

When he landed, countless maritime merchants tried to hand over posts to the Liu family, and almost broke the door of the Liu family.

And the soldiers of the West Sea Division can also get more money because of this, and they are also grateful to Liu Xianglian.

Now it is only said that Third Sister You heard the news that the Western Sea Master wanted to protect the merchant ships and arrived in the domain, and she couldn't help but have the idea of those Western technologies.

To say that although Third Sister You came from later generations, she was born in liberal arts, and she didn't understand the production principles of those strong ships and cannons. But she knew how powerful these things were. So he advised Liu Xianglian that he could let the Xihai master take advantage of his position to encourage those who had mastered technology to defect to the imperial court in the vassal kingdom and promise him the benefits of gold and silver official positions.

In order to be able to move Liu Xianglian, Third Sister You also used dioramas and the large pieces of glass that are most sought after by the powerful in Chang'an City as examples, and said in a beaming manner: "We think that thing is rare, but we don't know that those things look beautiful, and they are just made out of the gravel." The raw materials are so cheap, but the finished diorama and large pieces of glass are so expensive. If we can also know these production methods, why bother to ask outsiders to make this money. ”

After that, he also mentioned the strong ships and cannons of the vassal kingdom and all kinds of firearms, "...... Although we can't see anything now, over time, the more refined the study of people's ships and artillery, and in time, our people are more and more sophisticated, and we are afraid that flesh and blood will be difficult to resist the power of artillery. ”

Liu Xianglian is now in charge of the camp in the West Sea, and she also dealt with those countries of Fanbang when she exterminated the Haikou Kou. It's not that he is an uninformed person, and he also thinks deeply of Third Sister You'er's words.

When he went to the Xihai camp for training the next day, he really told these plans one by one, although some of the generals of the Xihai camp did not think much of Liu Xianglian's alarmism, but the wealth was moving, and anyone with a long head could know the profits of the Western machine. Even if it was for gold and silver, everyone happily obeyed Liu Xianglian's words.

As a result, the Western Sea Divisions, who escorted various maritime merchants to the vassal kingdom for trade, had another task.

Because this is a long-term plan, it is to plan for the future of the community. After Liu Xianglian settled in the camp of the West Sea, she specially wrote an excerpt to the saint. In the memorabilia, Liu Xianglian especially focused on the importance of this matter to the military and financial resources of the imperial court. In order to be sure, Liu Xianglian sent a letter to her uncle Chen Qi after writing the recital, and explained the impact of this matter on the household department-

Because under Liu Xianglian's planning, she wanted to dig up talents from Fanbang and divide them into various departments according to their abilities to ensure that the imperial court could digest these people as soon as possible. Use the power of the vassal kingdom for your own use as soon as possible.

After Soji arrived in Beijing, it really aroused heated discussions among the ministers of the DPRK and China. Although the successive dynasties have adhered to the principle that the imperial court does not compete with the people for profit, this matter is obviously no longer within the scope of "competing for profit", and Liu Xianglian is under the banner of benefiting the country and the people.

It was profitable for the whole court, and of course the matter passed smoothly.

When the news spread from Chang'an to the West Sea, Liu Xianglian was ecstatic because of another happy event.

What are you doing, but it is Third Sister You who is pregnant.