The twelfth prince's face was full of worry and anxiety: "Now that the fourth brother is an official in Suzhou, if the matter of Qingyan is known to everyone in the court, the fourth brother is afraid of danger." ”

Qi Baobox got up and gently touched the hair of the Twelve Princes, and the Twelve Princes instantly calmed down.

Qi Baobox stretched out his arms and hugged the Twelve Princes and patted him on the back: "Don't worry, the fourth brother knows the severity, this matter has not been spread yet, and the fourth brother only asked someone to store the boiled salt, and he didn't sell it at all." ”

In this way, the twelve princes were calmer, and their tightly collapsed bodies were also relaxed.

After making sure that the Twelve Princes were no longer in a hurry, Qi Baobox let him go, pulled a chair and sat opposite the Twelve Princes, Qi Baobox's eyes stared at the Twelve Princes tightly, and said solemnly: "Cousin, there is only one way to keep Suzhou." ”

"What's the solution?" The Twelve Princes hurriedly inquired.

"Settle for it." Qi Baobox gritted his teeth and burst out two words: "I know that at the beginning, Qi Fu Ma helped my cousin to ask for 100,000 taels of silver from my father's private treasury, and my cousin didn't spend much, when we got married, it was mostly comprador things from the Internal Affairs Bureau, and the wedding was held, and my cousin still had a lot of money on hand, so I will find a way to sell my dowry, and we can make up as much money as we can, my cousin will go to find Ding Xiang, I will go to find Liu Gonggong, and then buy a few ministers of the court, so that they can blow the wind in front of my father and ask them to give Suzhou to my cousin." ”

"Domain?" The twelve princes were puzzled: "Why did you think of the matter of the domain, how many years has the Great Zhou Dynasty not had a prince to divide it." ”

Qi Baobox smiled suddenly: "But the kings of the past dynasties have never said anything about canceling the feudal domain, why didn't the prince ask for the feudal division, isn't that the land of the feudal division in the past dynasties is a poor place on the border that no one wants to go, and the prince will not only leave the prosperous place of Chang'an, but also not bring many things to the territory." In the past, they had to be controlled by the local natives, and they were often harassed by barbarians, and their lives were miserable, so since the time of Taizong, the princes made a lot of trouble for the feudal domain, in order to appease the dissatisfaction of the princes. Taizong could only leave the prince in Chang'an. Until now, no one has mentioned the matter of the feudal domain, but it doesn't matter whether the emperor's grandfather or father's father. also did not say that the prince could not be a vassal. ”

The Twelve Princes thought about it, and figured out the words of Qi Baobox, to be honest, the Twelve Princes were willing to give in. Wherever he was given a seal, he was willing to accept it. After all, it is better to go anywhere than to stay in Chang'an and be looked down upon.

"There is a lot of salt in Suzhou, and the sixth sister said in the letter that she and the fourth sister-in-law also found a lot of profitable deals that were very profitable, and they could not live in two or three years. Suzhou will be richer than Jiangnan, and when it comes, Suzhou will become a piece of fat. How many people want to take a bite, but we really don't have anything to do. Qi Baobox sneered: "Now the princes of the court and the central government are really like shrinking turtles when they encounter anything." But you have to look at the benefits, bite them one by one and don't talk about it, in the long run, this Great Zhou Dynasty ......"

The following words Qi Baobox did not say, but the twelve princes also understood what they meant.

Think about the current situation of the Great Zhou Dynasty, there is a Northern Liang in the north, and the Northern Liang is strong and strong, and often Chen Bing Border Pass threatens the Great Zhou to send New Year's tribute, and if there is no harmony, the Great Zhou will be miserable.

So forget it, if the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty Shengming, Wenchen used his life with his heart, and he didn't have to worry too much about Beiliang, but now His Majesty is a lustful fool, most of the princes in the court are good at making sycophants and have no real skills, such a court, maybe one day the Northern Liang will be destroyed.

Thinking that not long ago, Beiliang sent envoys to Chang'an, threatening Emperor Chengping to pay more tribute, and scaring Emperor Chengping with the matter of starting a war, the twelve princes were annoyed.

He hated Emperor Chengping for only knowing how to enjoy peace, in order to be able to enjoy a few more days of peace, regardless of the face of the big country, regardless of the people of the world, the Northern Liang as an ancestor offering, to the Northern Liang that is more than 20 years younger than him The little emperor respectfully called the elder brother, what the Northern Liang asked no matter how unreasonable, he was busy agreeing, and he hated that there were few ministers in the court who could really do things with their hearts, so that the public resentment was boiling, and the people at the border were often trampled and bullied.

Thinking of Princess Pingyang, who was tortured to death by the former emperor of Northern Liang, the twelve princes hated and heartbroken, clenched their fists and said hatefully: "You don't have to swallow and spit out, just say it generously, it's nothing more than a country will not be a country." ”

The Twelve Princes gritted their teeth and swallowed their resentment, breathed a long sigh of relief, and said to Qi Baobox in a voice that had become a little hoarse because of anger: "Let's go to Suzhou, I will run Suzhou well, turn Suzhou into the richest place in the Great Zhou, and then train a tiger and wolf lion, one day, I will go north and destroy Beiliang." ”

"Okay." Qi Baobox clapped his hands and praised: "It's so sooner rather than later, I'll find a way to sell the dowry." ”

"No, you don't." The Twelfth Prince hurriedly stopped Qi Baobox: "How can you sell your dowry, or sell the properties I have placed, I can't say that the money is enough." ”

"Why not." Qi Baobox smiled: "You and I are husband and wife, and relatives, mine is not yours, now for our future days to sell some dowry, what does it matter, if you really feel sorry not to go, when we get to Suzhou, we will do a good job, and if you have money, you can't buy me many things." ”

Hearing this, the Twelve Princes did not stop the Qi treasure box, but said in a deep voice: "There are a lot of exquisite items in your dowry, these don't need to be sold, you take it out and I will give it as a gift, it is better than giving silver and gold." ”

"Hmm." Qi Baobox agreed, turned around and took the girl to open the warehouse to find something.

The Twelve Princes were not idle, and called Liu Shunlai to ask him to go to the account room to ask how much silver was still in the house, and asked him to sell the Zhuangzi shop and the house in Nancheng that he had purchased earlier.

Although Liu Shun didn't know why the Twelve Princes had changed their industries, he had always been loyal, so naturally he didn't ask anything, and turned around to handle it.

South City

Yu Qi kept looking outside the garden, waited for about half an hour, and finally saw a beautiful woman wearing a pink floral dress coming from afar, Yu Qi was very excited, and hurriedly ran to open a small door on the side of the garden.

The woman is familiar with the way in, after entering is a planted small forest, now the leaves are growing, the forest is quite lush, plus this piece has been built, flowers and trees have been planted, usually no one will come, it is very quiet.

"Brother Yu." The woman carried a small basket in her hand, and she put the basket on the rocks beside her, took a handkerchief, spread it on the bluestone, and sat down.

Yu Qi smiled and sat on the side: "Miss Fan, you ...... I ......"

This woman is Miss Fan Wu, she smiled at Qi, took the small basket on the side and opened it to Yu Qi: "I made some food at home, do you taste it?" ”

Yu Qi smirked for a while before picking up a pastry and taking two bites, and after eating it, he couldn't help nodding: "It's delicious, it's delicious, Miss Fan's craftsmanship is really good." ”

Miss Fan Wu also smiled: "Brother Yu, my coming here today may be the last time I see you." ”

"What?" Yu Qi was anxious when he heard it: "Did I offend the girl, if I am not good, you just have to say it, I can't change it, why are you ......?"

Fan Wu girl lowered her head and smiled: "I inquired once yesterday, Brother Yu has a wife and children, and the family lives very happily, I think I am a person who abides by etiquette and rules, that is, I am unwilling to do things that make other people's wives separate, and I am not willing to take people as concubines. ”

Miss Fan said this quite calmly, but when she spoke, several tears fell to the grass and disappeared in an instant.

Yu Qi saw it clearly, but he really loved and pitied this Fan girl: "The girl is a good person." ”

Miss Fan Wu raised her head, her eyes were red: "What kind of good person am I, if I were a good person, I shouldn't have come to see Brother Yu today, it's just that I can't control my heart, I know it's wrong, but I still came." ”

Yu Qi felt very uncomfortable when he heard this, a little happy and proud, and a little sad.

He looked at Miss Fan Wu quietly, and looked at it for a while before saying: "It turns out that I told my mother about the two of us, and my mother said that I should marry you as a flat wife, and I still think that this may be the best way for you, you are happy to hear it, but now that I think about it, I can't wait to give myself two slaps, you are such a good person, what kind of wife does you say, flat wife has insulted you." ”

Yu Qi really thinks so, he will be full of Fan Wu girl, he just feels that there is no one more in line with his heart than Fan Wu girl, and he can better communicate with him, whether it is talking or doing things, it is so in tune.

Compared with Fan Wu's girl, his wife Xu is simply stupid, Yu Qi can't figure it out, earlier he really called lard to blind his heart, how could he call Xu such a stupid person to coax, in order to satisfy Xu's vanity, he actually did so many wrong things, and even lost a five-grade official who was so tired.

If his wife was Miss Fan, Yu Qi couldn't help but think, Miss Fan was so reasonable and so smart and clever, she would never instigate him to do such a thing that he couldn't live with the court and his relatives.

Thinking like this, Yu Qi held even more grudges against the Xu family.

"Brother Yu, you really ......" Miss Fan Wu squeezed the basket tightly: "Aunt really said to call me a flat wife?" Sister, would she be willing? ”

"Mother said it counts." As soon as Yu Qi heard Xu's heart, he was full of anger: "What does it matter if Xu's is happy or not." ”

Miss Fan Wu's eyes widened: "But it's okay if my sister is not happy, if my sister is not happy, I will definitely make a fuss when I enter the door, and it will not be good if Brother Yu can't do things with peace of mind." ”

"Don't worry." Yu Qi hurriedly comforted Miss Fan Wu: "She can't make a fuss, Xu's body has not gotten better a few days ago, and now she is sick in bed, she can't do anything, and the back house has to be managed by her working mother, and her mother also said, I know that you are good, and when you enter the door, the affairs of the back house will be called for you to take care of it." (To be continued.) )