Bai Shi also generously accepted it and said: "Don't worry, I will definitely teach you well." ”

With Bai's words, Zhao Chongyi was relieved. Bai's ability, he knows. Mingzhu was just a little girl who was bullied by her sister, and later, after being taught by the Bai family for a few years, she married Liu Jingyuan, and managed Liu Jingyuan's family's business prosperously, and the affairs of the family were also managed in an orderly manner, and she also ran a workshop, managed Yangshantang, hospitals and other affairs. Now he is still the right hand of the queen mother, helping the queen mother to manage the noblewomen of the capital.

and his own sister Langxue, who was originally just an Oiran in a green building, didn't know anything, and was not even as good as the average lady. However, after Madame Bai's training, she was not only able to manage a large mess of affairs in the capital county lord's mansion, but also ran her own business, and turned the dowry of 120,000 taels of silver given by herself and Wen Hui into hundreds of thousands of taels of silver after several years of hard work.

Now after marrying in southern Xinjiang, it is amazing that he can defeat the queen.

His niece, Miss Zhao, is smart and clever in her own right, and she has been taught by her sister-in-law Mrs. Han since she was a child, and she is originally capable. It can be said that the foundation is better than Mingzhu and Rongxue, if she goes through the guidance of Madame Bai for a few more years, she won't have to worry, she won't be able to cope with Gong Dou in the future.

There can be a queen in the family, or a smart queen who can protect herself, can Zhao Chongyi be unhappy?

Bai Shi continued: "In addition to the candidates for the main concubine, the queen also told me in private, and she also selected two candidates for the side concubines. ”

Chen Wenhui was stunned for a moment and said: "This concubine has not been selected yet, so I have to choose a side concubine?" ”

Chen Yuanheng sighed and said, "The identity of the eldest prince is different. He is the eldest and should have been made the crown prince. The court has repeatedly proposed to appoint the eldest prince as the crown prince, but the emperor has always used the excuse that the eldest prince is still young and has not established the crown prince for a long time. ”

Bai said: "Later, the emperor told the queen that he would not be able to make the eldest prince the crown prince until he got married, gave birth to a son, and had a successor in the future." After all. The abolished prince has been a prince for so many years. In the end, not a single son was born, but countless incidents, this thing. Remain fresh in one's memory. The emperor didn't want the eldest prince to repeat this mistake. ”

"That's it. The queen's heart for the eldest prince to choose the imperial concubine is even more eager. Moreover, I want to marry both the main concubine and the side concubine at once, like this. can give birth to a son sooner, and the eldest prince can be made a prince sooner. ”

It turned out that there was such a thing, but Chen Wenhui understood it. However, Chen Wenhui felt a little uncomfortable, so in the future, as soon as the girl of the Zhao family entered the door, she would have to face the two side concubines, what kind of life is this?

Bai said: "The queen mother has already told me in private, let me send a letter to the two of you, the candidate for the side concubine has been decided, one is the girl of the Bai family." One is a girl from the emperor's foreign family, the granddaughter of the emperor's uncle. This is the meaning of the emperor to promote foreign families. ”

Chen Wenhui understood, this is the queen's mother's respect for the two of them, if it were an ordinary person, marrying a side concubine, she would definitely not greet her in advance.

Zhao Chongyi frowned and said, "The emperor's foreign family is also forgotten, but can the Bai family agree to the girl to be a side concubine?" ”

Chen Wenhui said: "Yes, if this is still a side concubine, the Bai family will have two side concubines." Bai Guifei is still struggling in the palace? Get another side concubine here, can the Bai family agree? ”

Chen Yuanheng said: "In the current situation, it is not the turn of the Bai family to agree or disagree. The four major families have declined, and only the Chen family has always been prosperous. Our Chen family has no threat from the barbarians, and in the past few years, we have made a great fortune through the sea trade business. There is also the support of our Xiao Chen family. Later, the territory of the Goryeo Peninsula was added, and the power did not shrink, but expanded. You say, what our Chen family decides, the Bai family is just not happy, what can we do? ”

This is the power and voice, the Chen family is now different from what it used to be, and it does have more right to speak.

Chen Wenhui laughed.

Bai said: "It doesn't matter, even if the daughter of the Bai family enters the mansion of the eldest prince, the eldest prince and the queen have been angry with Bai Guifei for so many years, can they be good to the daughter of the Bai family?" On the contrary, for the emperor's foreign girl, he may feel pity for her, maybe he will be better to her. However, the girl of our Zhao family occupies the position of the concubine, and she is smarter, takes care of the affairs of the palace clearly, is filial to the emperor and the queen, and has more people in and out of the palace, and no one can threaten her status. ”

Chen Wenhui said with a smile: "If you want to make more friends, don't you want your mother and Sister Mingzhu to help?" With the relationship between our family, the connections that have been installed in the palace for so many years have been given to our eldest niece, and we will give more dowry, she has more money in her hand, so she can naturally envelop people, why can the white concubine and the girl from the emperor's family compare with our eldest niece? ”

"Chongyi, we can't be stingy, I think it's better to give more money, I turned around and instructed people not to remit this year's income from Baojingfang to the northwest. We don't need money in the northwest now, so it's better to give my sister-in-law 500,000 yuan to my eldest niece. ”

Zhao Chongyi was taken aback and said, "So much? ”

Chen Wenhui said: "If we are reluctant to let the child trap the wolf and give a little more, how can we absolutely win?" Otherwise, you won't fight, and if you want to fight, you must win. This is not a family of two children, it doesn't matter if you win or lose, this is related to the interests of several families in the future, it is not a trivial matter, what is a mere 500,000 taels of silver? ”

Zhao Chongyi also understood at this time and said: "Okay, it's all up to you." ”

Chen Wenhui said again: "It's not enough to just have money, mother, when the time comes, you have to help your sister-in-law and our eldest niece use the money to buy some money-making properties, so that there is a steady stream of living money, and when she spends it, she can let go of her hands and will not be embarrassed by the money." ”

Bai said: "I understand this. You're going to write a letter to your sister-in-law. I'll help you take a look. It should be easy to manage and easy to make money. ”

Chen Wenhui nodded.

Bai was very satisfied with his daughter's atmosphere and said: "Our Chen family and Xiao Chen's family can't help but say that we don't give money or things, so we will give all the connections in our hands to Miss Zhao." ”

Zhao Chongyi was overjoyed.

Chen Yuanheng smiled and said, "That's all there is to it. By the way, there is another thing, Wen Lin asked me to ask you, now that Nanyang is developing rapidly, is it possible to build a new city now? Or wait a few more years? Now Nanyang has a large population, and now the four cities are already a little crowded. ”

Zhao Chongyi didn't understand this question. Chen Wenhui did have an idea for a long time, she said: "On the Nanyang side, there is no problem in building four more cities now." For example, the population is already enough. Besides, my father-in-law has been encircling and suppressing those natives in Nanyang for several years, vacating a large area of land and building ten cities. Let's talk about money. My four cities have all passed the bonded period. It's all about collecting agricultural taxes, so a few cities don't have to spend my money for a long time. Each city also has a variable surplus each year. Not to mention anything else, the annual surplus of Qingchun City and Vermilion Bird City alone is enough to build a new city. ”

"Besides, I have also started a lot of business in the northwest in the past few years, and the profits of these wool textile workshops and canning factories alone are enough to build a new city after the accumulation of these years. Not to mention the big head of Da Chu Bank. ”

"It can be said that it is normal to build a new city now. However, I didn't want to grow so fast. I want to gradually digest the place we already occupy. Each of our cities is very far apart, so I want to build three small acropolises in each city. The construction of the Acropolis required less money and the time taken is shorter. However, once we had the Acropolis, we had more control over the coverage of the entire city. That's how we really take possession of the place. ”

Chen Yuanheng thought for a while and said, "What you said makes sense. I'll go back and talk to Wen Lin and Wen Jun. ”

Chen Wenhui asked: "What happened to the eldest brother's Wa Kingdom?" ”

Chen Yuanheng said: "The royal family of the Wa Kingdom is completely finished. All the remnant of iniquity has been destroyed. Now the whole of the Wa Kingdom is under our control. However, after all, you can't kill all the widows? As long as the nobles of the Wa kingdom are obedient to us, we will respect them and their territory, but we must accept our rule. Those who don't know each other, needless to say, will be wiped out directly, the territory will be redivided by us, and the population will all become slaves. Now, there are more slaves in the Wa Kingdom. ”

"In addition, we keep moving the indigenous people from Nanyang to the past, as well as from Yizhou Island, Dachu, and Southern Xinjiang. Now we Chu people account for a quarter, Nanyang natives account for a quarter, and half are the original aborigines. ”

"There are many intermarriages, and after so many years, now, on the side of the Japanese country, the number of mixed-race children is increasing year by year. I think that when these children grow up, it will be time for our rule to be established. ”

"It's still a slow process. There can be no rush. However, our hospitals were the last to be established, but the school was the first to be established. Forcing them to learn the language and writing of our Great Chu. In addition, not only persuaded the people of the Japanese Kingdom to go to Nanyang to work, but also did not let them live in their own place. It's easier to manage. ”

Chen Wenhui nodded and said: "This process can't be rushed, it can be carried out slowly, it may take ten or hundreds of years to complete this process." ”

Chen Yuanheng nodded.

Chen Yuanheng said: "It's not early, you should go back and rest." Didn't you say tomorrow that you would take us to visit the entire Tiebi Pass? Also, I'm going to Shanhai City in five days. I'm very interested. ”

Chen Wenhui and Zhao Chongyi went back with a smile. (To be continued......)