Chen Yuanheng and his entourage began to return to Dachu when the first month of the first month was almost over in Nanyang Panheng. By the time I returned to Da Chu, it was already February. Because this trip is an office matter, I first have to enter the palace to meet the emperor. Chen Yuanheng entered the main hall, and unsurprisingly saw the prince sitting there steadily.

The emperor first condoled Chen Yuanheng, and then chatted with Chen Yuanheng about Nanyang for a while, and rewarded Chen Yuanheng with some imperial wine and other things.

Back at home, as soon as Chen Yuanheng entered the courtyard of the upper room, Bai had already picked it up, seeing Chen Yuanheng smiling slightly, Bai's heart was also put down, and he entered the house with Chen Yuanheng, and Bai personally helped Chen Yuanheng change into his official uniform.

Chen Yuanheng cleaned up, sat down with Bai, drank tea, and Bai motioned for everyone around him to retreat.

Bai asked, "Master, how is the face saint today?" ”

Chen Yuanheng smiled slightly and said: "The prince is also here, and the emperor praised Jun'er, Lin'er, and Hui'er." and many things were rewarded. I took the opportunity to say it, and the three children all brought gifts to the emperor, the queen, the crown prince, the crown princess, the princess Lichuan, the princess Huichuan, and the concubine Shi. The emperor was very happy, and said that they had worked hard overseas, and they had to prepare gifts for the palace, which was really heartfelt. ”

Bai asked: "Did the old man take the opportunity to tell the emperor what Hui'er said, asking for more people to be sent over?" ”

Chen Yuanheng said: "Of course I said this, and besides, Hui'er and they all went to the show, and Tian Jingye and others also went to the setback. Also, I also told the emperor that the people are doing well in the four cities of Nanyang. Many people became wealthy, set up many workshops, and cultivated a large number of fields and orchards, but they all suffered from a shortage of manpower. These people have asked the poor relatives of Dachu to go to Nanyang, and the third migration wave may be coming, so please pay more attention to the officials of the three counties in the northwest of Jiangnan and Gyeonggi, who migrated for the first time. ”

Bai Shi nodded and said, "Yes, it's better to cross the road early in this matter." The matter of saving is coming. Those imperial historians are idle and idle. ”

Chen Yuanheng said: "No, after hearing this, the emperor said that this migration tide is a good thing, and local officials should help." The last two migration waves have brought benefits to Da Chu. The first time was to take away a lot of those craftsmen in the capital. This made the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Industry more handy for the management of craftsmen. Those skilled craftsmen from other places can come to Beijing. Now the things produced by the Ministry of Internal Affairs are obviously much better than before. It can be seen that this is the benefit of quoting living water. The second wave of migration caused many poor people in the Gyeonggi area and the three northwestern counties to leave, and the price of land in the Gyeonggi area was lowered. Originally. The high price of land in the Gyeonggi area has always been a headache for successive emperors, but I didn't expect it to be unexpectedly reduced now. At this time, the prince also interjected and said, during the second migration wave, many people in the Nanyang area made money and remitted it to their relatives who were still in Dachu, although the money was very small, each family had two taels of silver, or five taels of silver, or ten taels of silver, but the accumulation of a lot, could not hold the number of people, according to the statistics of some magistrates, the remittances in the Gyeonggi area alone amounted to more than 100,000 taels of silver, and these 100,000 taels of silver were spent in Dachu. As a result, the economy of the Gyeonggi area has been much more active, and the business tax has also increased. The emperor was very happy and once again praised the benefits of building a city in the Nanyang area. He also said that they would be rewarded when they returned to the capital in the future. ”

Bai asked, "Then the emperor means that he will let them come back in the future?" ”

Chen Yuanheng said: "Why are you coming back? If only Wen Hui still had to come back. After all, she is so young, and she is going to be in time again next year, so why will she hold a ceremony in the capital. Also, it's time to talk about family affairs. It's so good to always take it with me in the South Seas. You also saw this time that the best thing about her city's construction is that she has been gone for a few years, and it should not be affected, the yamen officials in those cities perform their duties and are in good order, she just needs to have an overview of it. Besides, aren't there still those people she cultivated? But Wen Jun and Wen Lin don't have to come back. Why did you come back? When he came back, he was just an ordinary court official or a child of a family, but in Nanyang, our son was like a soil emperor, how good. But they must come back. Their roots are still in Da Chu. ”

Bai Shi nodded and said, "No, their families are all in Dachu." Ago, I also heard the third sister say that the eldest princess misses the scriptures very much, the eldest princess is getting older and older, and her body and bones have become worse and worse in recent years. Also, the second sister's family is about to marry her daughter, Duan Huaiyu hasn't come back yet? Are you really going to delay the children? ”

Chen Yuanheng said: "Yes, the second sister and the third sister both said in front of the queen, can the queen not tell the emperor?" Plus there is also the eldest princess. The eldest princess is the emperor's most trusted person, a mother's compatriot, how many ups and downs she has experienced with the emperor, and now the eldest princess is old and misses her grandson, you say, can the emperor not consider letting Jingye come back? When the time comes, when they come back, we can also take the opportunity to propose it to the emperor, and let Wen Hui come back, Wen Hui will also have to talk about a family matter, isn't it a big deal for this girl to get married? Wen Lin was allowed to come back? There is no reason not to let Wen Hui come back. ”

Speaking of this question, Bai Shi was a little worried and said: "Alas, when it comes to Hui'er's marriage, I can't avoid a headache, do you really want her to marry into the Zhao family?" ”

Chen Yuanheng said with a smile: "Could it be that now that our little Chen family is rising, you look down on Chongyi as a concubine?" ”

Bai glanced at Chen Yuanheng and said: "Where am I because of this reason, we look majestic now, but in fact we are not from a concubine, a concubine?" How could I be dissatisfied because Chongyi is a concubine? What I'm not satisfied with is that the Zhongyi Mansion is too chaotic. How do you know, I participate in the tea parties of the noble ladies in the capital every day, enjoy the flowers, banquets and the like, and often see the Duchess Zhongyi, and her third daughter, oops, that is annoying. ”

Chen Yuanheng really ignored these things and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Bai said: "That loyal and righteous duchess looks good, face, favors, and is very good at doing things." It's just a little arrogant, a little shady, and a person with a deep city. It's just that it's still very short-term, and I don't spoil that daughter anymore. Her little daughter, who is good, has not been married until now, just because, almost everyone in the capital looks down on her, proud, arrogant, not at all like a lady, and the Duchess of Zhongyi is also a little worried, it seems that this sister-in-law will stay at home for a period of time in the future. ”

Chen Yuanheng said with a smile: "No matter how long she stays, sooner or later she will get married, as long as she gets married, what are you afraid of?" If you want to talk about little girls, arrogant, proud, don't we have them in our family? Isn't this how Wen Jin is married, don't you know that he married the Hou Shizi of Jinxiang? It's been a two-time mess for three days. For most of the year, I was making trouble, running to my mother's house every day. In the end, it was not a happy breakup. But this is separated, it doesn't matter, the second brother has now found a young handsome man in the clan land for her, and she still hasn't married, and now the two of them have Wen Jin's rich dowry and live very well in the clan land. In the future, if the three girls of the Zhongyi Mansion are married, the number of times they go back to their parents' house is limited, if they are not good, it is a big deal to be like Wen Jin, and they will be separated. ”

Bai smiled and said, "You can be the family of the loyal and righteous father?" Why are people willing to let their daughter-in-law go to the bitter cold land of the northwest? ”

Chen Yuanheng said: "No matter where it is? No matter how bitter it is, as long as you have money and power, you can live a good life. There is no other loyalty, righteousness, and justice, this power is not worried, and this wealth is not worried, others don't know, can I still not know? He has commanded the Northwest Army for so many years and has made immortal achievements, and I don't know how many things have been captured. Is the accumulation of barbarians for thousands of years small? Although he handed over a large part of it to the emperor, the remaining little bit was enough to spend several lifetimes. ”

Bai agrees on this, how much money can a person accumulate? Surely no family has accumulated more, can a family have a country accumulate more? The barbarians have also been established for thousands of years, and if they are broken, the royal court can still be less seized. Not to mention, there is also the accumulation of those barbarian nobles, the accumulation of those tribes.

Bai said: "Even so, I'm still worried, this loyal and righteous duke is a mess in the backyard, there are many aunts, I heard that there are all nationalities, and some are blonde and blue-eyed, what do you say if Wen Hui lives in them in the future?" ”

Chen Yuanheng said with a smile: "Zhongyigong, this person, everything is good, it is a flower heart, he has been fighting outside all the year round, and the aunts of the barbarians have brought several, as well as the aunts of those Hu people, not to mention, there are also some women who are in the dust and fireworks." He also has a habit of giving concubines, and if he likes it, he will take it home and seal him an aunt. I don't like it, so I give it to my generals, alas, his backyard, people come and go, although there are many aunts, but they are really iron-clad soldiers. ”

Bai couldn't hold back his laughter.

Chen Yuanheng said: "Madam, you have been worried about it. No matter how messy my father-in-law's backyard is, what's wrong with my daughter-in-law? Besides, Hui'er is also a concubine's daughter-in-law and a second daughter-in-law, where is her turn to manage the Zhongyi Mansion. Just leave those bad things to Mrs. Zhongyi Gongshizi to take care of. We, Hui'er, are the county lords, didn't we get her a county lord's mansion? It's almost finished, right? In the future, after they get married, they will live in the Zhongyi Mansion for a few months, and we will ask the queen to make a decree and let Wen Hui and them return to the county lord's mansion to live together, wouldn't it be good? It doesn't matter if his Zhongyi Mansion is wind or rain, he can't go to the county lord's mansion horizontally and vertically. (To be continued......)