Chapter 172: Conversion

Chen Wenhui sweetly agreed, Chen Yuanheng said: "Okay, you don't care about these things, I will discuss with your eldest aunt a charter in the future, how to give these benefits, this must be grasped at the right time, in order to obtain the greatest benefits." Also, how can you take advantage of this reason to bring down Concubine Wan and King Qi, so that your eldest aunt will be the queen and King Jin will be the prince, and we will be more stable. ”

Chen Wenhui nodded, these intrigues are indeed not her forte.

Chen Yuanheng and Chen Wenhui talked for a while, and then hurried back to the yamen, after all, it was not yet time to go to the yamen. Chen Yuanheng was not at ease at home, and slipped out in the middle.

The next day, early in the morning, the imperial concubine sent someone to Xiao Chen's house to announce the will, the intention was very simple, that is, Chen Wenhui wanted to go to Nanyang in order to expand the territory of the imperial court, so the imperial concubine wanted to commend it, and specially gave three sets of jewelry, all of which were contained in three exquisite Nanmu boxes. There are also eight embroiderers, eight carpenters, eight goldsmiths and silversmiths, and eight porcelain masters. These thirty-two people stood there in an orderly manner, and the eunuch who announced the decree held a tray in his hand, and inside was the thirty-two chapters of documents, which were the deeds of these thirty-two people. Bai took Chen Wenhui to thank him. Chen Wenhui is very happy, these 32 people are all top talents, so they need to be well planned and utilized...... β—Ž Novel. The Bai family asked Chen Cai and his family to take these thirty-two people down to settle down. Refreshments were placed in the side hall, and the eunuchs and palace maids in the palace were invited to eat some snacks, and each of them gave a big red envelope. These eunuchs and palace maids went back satisfied.

As soon as they returned, Bai and Chen Wenhui were preparing to arrange these thirty-two people. Suddenly. Said earlier. The Divine Decree has come. This was also expected, Bai Shi and Chen Wenhui hurriedly went to the front to receive the holy decree. Chen Yuanheng has already gone to the Yamen, and Chen Wenlin is still recruiting people in other places. Therefore, Bai and Chen Wenhui lined up the incense case and received the holy decree.

The holy decree was very simple, and praised Chen Wenhui, mainly saying that she went to Nanyang without fear of hardships and dangers, and the emperor was very moved. Therefore, he was named the county lord and was given the title of "Wen Hui". And many things were rewarded. There are 100 pieces of silk and satin, 1,000 pieces of gold and silver, and six sets of jewelry heads and faces produced by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Chen Wenhui was a little surprised, but she still accepted the order honestly.

After receiving the will, Chen Wenhui found out that it was the emperor's companion who announced the decree, and the chief eunuch came to celebrate his father-in-law. Bai Shi hurriedly put down the refreshments and invited his father-in-law to rest.

Coming to celebrate the father-in-law is not postponed. When he entered the flower hall, Father-in-law Lai Qing suddenly said solemnly: "Lord Wenhui." Receive the Holy Decree. This is the emperor's secret decree. With that, he took out a yellow decree from his body.

Chen Wenhui hurriedly knelt down. Celebrate the reading. The content is that Wen Hui dedicated the interests of Shanghai City to the country and the people, and was very loyal. But the emperor couldn't let Wen Hui suffer, so he returned the one million taels of silver invested in Shanghai City to Wen Hui. Also, the city of Shanghai was later expanded, so to double the price to Wen Hui, it would be a total of two million taels of silver. In this way, there was too much silver, and it was inconvenient for Wen Hui to carry, so the emperor exchanged it for a prisoner of war of equal value, as well as a craftsman from the royal craftsman's department, and a royal servant for Wen Hui. also migrated the people of the three counties to Wen Hui. The total number of people is more than 200,000. These people were worth Wen Hui's two million taels of silver. In addition, to give Wen Hui an establishment, he can recruit military attachΓ©s and soldiers, and train himself, a total of 5,000 people. This is called the County Lord's Army. The county lord army could not enter the interior of Dachu without a holy decree. You can only protect the safety of the county lord overseas. In the future, the county lord will return to Dachu and can only bring a hundred county lord sergeants. In addition to these, the secret decree also assigned the South Ocean Luzon Island to Wen Hui for management.

Chen Wenhui was overjoyed, this is what Chen Wenhui needs.

Chen Wenhui was happy to write a dense holy decree, carefully carrying, this is a very important thing, in the future, in case, because of her self-respect and other things by the imperial history senator, she can come up with the holy decree. Although this holy decree has not been clearly passed down to the world, it is an official holy decree, a copy in Wen Hui's hand, and this one is stamped with a jade seal. Also, such a holy decree will be archived in the palace, so in the previous life, Wen Hui watched on TV, and it was basically difficult to save a holy decree casually, because every official holy decree was archived by the palace, and it was true when the two were compared.

This can't be begged for, and Chen Wenhui feels that his 10% interest in Shanghai City has been exchanged for a good price.

Chen Wenhui whispered to the maid Yujin beside her, Yujin rushed away, and after a while, Bai gave Laiqing Gonggong and the little eunuchs around Laiqing Gonggong a big red envelope. Yujin also came back and brought a purse. Chen Wenhui quietly stuffed the purse to her father-in-law. Father-in-law came to celebrate and pinched it quietly, and found that it was soft, and his heart was happy. The hard ones must be gold and silver mules. If it's soft, it's a silver ticket, and it's a big amount.

came to celebrate the father-in-law and the Bai family, Chen Wenhui was happy, and returned to the palace. On the way, Lai Qingxian took the red envelope given by the Bai family, opened it and saw that it was a silver ticket of one hundred taels, and he was very happy. He quietly asked the little eunuchs who followed how much their red envelopes were. The little eunuchs said that they had all received ten taels of silver. Father-in-law thought to himself, what a generous. This is even more curious, how much Wen Hui gave, so she opened the purse, and when she saw it, she gasped, it was actually a silver ticket of five thousand taels.

When he came to Qing, Gonggong couldn't help but think that when he came, when the emperor personally wrote the secret decree, he said that Wen Hui, this child, is the richest little girl in Dachu, two million taels of silver, she must not be rare, but she is very lacking. It is better to exchange these two million taels of silver for two hundred thousand men. In this way, the treasury of Da Chu does not have to take out two million taels of silver at once. You can also throw out those prisoners of war who eat Dachu food every day and give them to Wen Hui to raise. can also give out the royal slaves, and can also save a little chew for the royal family, and the people of the three poor counties can also eat together, and the court does not have to help them every year. That's a lot to kill.

When Father-in-law Laiqing heard what the emperor said, he thought to himself, which little girl's family can not take two million taels of silver seriously? Seeing the silver ticket of 5,000 taels this time, Father-in-law Lai Qing understood that what the emperor said was true, and the county lord of Wenhui was really the richest girl in Dachu. In the future, my eyelids should be revitalized a little, it seems that inside and outside the palace, the power of the imperial concubine is the most powerful. Originally, Father-in-law Lai Qing hadn't thought about whether to take refuge in the imperial concubine or the imperial concubine, but he made up his mind at once, Wanjia and the Chen family are still far behind, so let's take refuge in the imperial concubine.

Chen Wenhui didn't know this. Chen Wenhui is very busy at the moment, teaching the maids to make cakes, and discussing with her mother how to arrange the manpower of the imperial concubine and the emperor's reward.

The Bai family was admiring the head jewelry given by the imperial concubine, as well as the head jewelry rewarded by the emperor. The three sets given by the imperial concubine are really high-quality, each set is a hairpin, a ring, a hairpin, a distraction, a collar, earrings, bracelets, and a complete set of flowers. And what is rare is that the craftsmanship is exquisite, the materials are precious, and each set is a hand-me-down. The six sets given by the emperor are not bad, and they are also very complete, and it is rare that they are all engraved with the words of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, so that whether it is collected or given away, it is very appropriate.

Chen Wenhui said to Bai: "Mother, don't look at these things outside your body, I have too many of these things, they are numb, but these hands, I am very happy, let's discuss, I will take away these hands, carpenters, goldsmiths, and porcelain masters given by my aunt." As for the embroidery girl, I want to stay half of it, so that I can teach us the embroidery girls of Cuijin Building. The other half I want to be on Yizhou Island with these masters, and I don't want to take them to Nanyang. Let them communicate with the Hei family on Yizhou Island, and after teaching the apprentices, take the apprentices to Nanyang to help me. What do you think? ”

Bai originally wanted to postpone it, but thought about it and said: "Well, that's fine, our Cuijin Building's technology is going to be improved, after all, now Cuijin Building's reputation is getting bigger and bigger, there are more and more customers, and the business is going to spread all over the larger cities of Dachu." When these four embroiderers pass on their skills, I will send them to Nanyang to meet you, and I should be able to bring you some embroidery girls with average skills. Didn't you say that more people the better? ”

Chen Wenhui laughed and said: "That's natural, Cuijin Lou is very important, Cuijin Lou and Qinghe Building, the two businesses are not making the most money now, but they are indeed an important channel for our family to collect news, and they must get better and better." However, I also need a lot of manpower to go to Nanyang, after all, our future foundation will be in Nanyang. The more people you have, the faster you build. I'm in a hurry. ”

Bai Shi looked at his daughter's playful appearance and laughed.

Chen Wenhui said: "Now, we must first make the cake and send it to the palace." This great aunt's reward has been given, and my cake has not been made yet, how can I do it. ”

Bai said: "It's the right time to do it now, you make the cake and send someone to send it to Zhongcui Palace, just say yes, you thank the imperial concubine for the reward, so make some snacks and send them over, showing filial piety, isn't it even more inconspicuous?" ”

Chen Wenhui smiled and said: "No, in this regard, I am really a layman, or my mother reminded me." Well, I'll go to the kitchen and supervise it first. As for these embroiderers and carpenters, goldsmiths, and porcelain masters, they still have to think of a way to probe the details, and then Enwei and Shi subdued them, can they be used by us obediently? ”

Bai said: "Don't worry about this, I have already handed it over to Chen Cai and his wife to understand the details." This is also a common practice in all mansions. When all the servants come in, they are to be handed over to the steward to take care of them. When you finish the cake, the two of them will be able to come back to their lives, and then you can listen to it, don't worry, take your time. ”

Chen Wenhui felt that it was better to be at home, her mother was thoughtful and had already arranged it, so she hurriedly went to the kitchen with her skirt and watched the cake being made. (To be continued......)