Chen Wenhui and Zhao Chongyi passed through Suzhou without entering, and continued directly to Qingyang City. Qingyang City is not very far from Suzhou City, and the road was built under the auspices of Chen Wenhui's father, Chen Yuanheng. Exceptionally good.

At the beginning of the night, Chen Wenhui and Zhao Chongyi had already arrived at a farm near Qingyang City, which was a village of Xiao Chen's family, Chen Wenhui had already asked someone to clean it, and it would only take half an hour to get to Qingyang City by carriage. It is very convenient, and the yard is also very large, with a three-way yard, a garden, and a pond.

Chen Wenhui didn't live in the inn this time, and chose to live in his mother's grange, which was quieter, so as to facilitate Zhao Chongyi's actions.

When she arrived at the farm, Chen Wenhui was already very tired, and she didn't care about greeting with Mu Li's son, so she went to freshen up, and Mu Li naturally arranged a place for water lotus, and when she came back to serve Chen Wenhui, Chen Wenhui was already taking a bath.

Chen Wenhui soaked in a medicinal bath under the service of Shuilian and Shuihong, as well as Shuihan and Shuiliu, who had been staying in Jiangnan. This is the water cold left behind, and the water willow has long been prepared on the Zhuangzi.

In the hazy water vapor, Chen Wenhui took a bath while listening to the reports of Shui Han and Shui Liu.

Shui Han said: "After the county lord left, the recruitment of people in Nanyang went very smoothly. After all, our reputation in Nanyang has now begun. Ordinary people want to go to Nanyang, but also to save enough money to do it, this time, we recruit, do not use their travel expenses, but also give some settling-in expenses, this is a good thing to find, so, the people basically did not resist and followed our Nanyang officials to Nanyang New Town. This time, among the people we recruited, in addition to the people who were affected by the disaster in those provinces. When we recruit people in other places in the south of the Yangtze River, we do not recruit casually, but we have to pass a certain assessment. ”

Chen Wenhui opened her eyes and asked, "Why is this?" ”

Shui Han said: "This idea was come up with by the city lord of Wan Vice. She said, we recruit people in one go, it is easy to be despised, anyone can go, do we still have status in Nanyang? Besides, it is easy to be impeached by the imperial court and the imperial history for saying that we have migrated the people, or that we have bought people's hearts. In those stricken state capitals, we moved people. It's for disaster relief. It is to solve the problem for the imperial court, and naturally no one will say that we are bad. But if you do it in other places, you can easily be attacked. ”

Chen Wenhui thought about it and said: "Wan Shuhui is right. ”

Shui Han said: "So, we set up an assessment. Only those who have a skill can pass the assessment. Go to Nanyang and pay a settling-in fee. Such people. One person can bring five family members. If you have more, you have to pay for it yourself. In this way, others will have nothing to say. ”

Chen Wenhui said: "Others also have something to say, but. We saved the victims, and they weren't too harsh on us. ”

Shui Han smiled and said, "That's what Steward Yan and Ten Thousand Deputy City Lords said. ”

Chen Wenhui opened her eyes again and asked, "How is Yan Shupeng?" ”

Shui Liu said: "Steward Yan is really a talent, and even the ten thousand deputy city lords are full of praise. Through working with us, Steward Yan said that he also learned a lot. The county lord arrived late today, and he had already handed over the post, thinking that he would come to visit Zhuangzi tomorrow. ”

Chen Wenhui nodded and said: "In the future, Yan Shupeng and Wan Shuhui will have the same status, and they don't need to hand over posts when they come to see us, they can see us anytime." ”

Shuilian and the others were busy.

Chen Wenhui closed her eyes and asked, "How is the matter with Sister Lan Caiyu?" ”

Shui Liu hurriedly said: "After the county lord left, Mrs. Lan and Wang Zhicheng fought a lawsuit in Ancheng. However, the county order of Ancheng was smart this time, and he did not dare to face Wang Zhicheng, but persuaded Wang Zhicheng in private, Wang Zhicheng was persuaded by the county order, and under the persecution of the second lady of the family, he had no choice but to reconcile with Mrs. Wang. ”

Chen Wenhui continued to close her eyes and said, "What are the conditions for harmony? ”

Shui Liu said: "The condition for reconciliation is that the Wang family gave Mrs. Lan 300,000 taels of silver, and the three children all belonged to Mrs. Lan. However, the Wang family wanted to remove the three children from the family tree. ”

Chen Wenhui opened her eyes and smiled, "I'm begging him to be removed." ”

Shui Liu also laughed and said, "No, Mrs. Lan is also a powerful person." In the negotiation, she pretended not to agree, and was unwilling to let the child be removed, Wang Zhicheng thought that he could use this to take Mrs. Lan, so he said in front of the county order, and everyone said that if Mrs. Lan was reconciled, she didn't want silver, as long as the child, she could not be removed, if she wanted 300,000 taels of silver, the child would still be given to Mrs. Lan, but the child's genealogy would be removed. Wang Zhicheng thought that Mrs. Lan would definitely compromise, he could get rid of the burden without spending a penny, but Mrs. Lan immediately agreed, and, in front of everyone, signed and left the book, Wang Zhicheng was already full of words, it was not easy to change his words, so he could only pinch his nose and admit it, otherwise where would he be willing to pay such a large sum of money? ”

Chen Wenhui also laughed and said: "This trick is good, Wang Zhicheng deserves it." ”

Shui Liu said: "At that time, many people persuaded Mrs. Lan to ask for a little less money, and also to give the child a royal family name, after all, the Wang family still has a Donggong Liangdi, and also gave birth to a prince, Mrs. Lan's child was originally a descendant, if the family tree is not removed, there will be a cousin of the prince in the future, how good it is." But if you follow Madame Lan, you have to set up your own door, how difficult it is. What if you have money? The same has no status. ”

Chen Wenhui pursed her lips and said, "Hmph, if you have silver, you don't have status?" As long as someone is there, there is a way to go, how do you know that Sister Caiyu's child will not be an official in the future? ”

Shui Liu smiled and said, "Yes, these people are all short-sighted. Therefore, Mrs. Lan just didn't listen and directly asked for 300,000 taels of silver tickets. But Wang Zhicheng didn't have so much silver, and he only had 100,000 taels of silver tickets around him, so he gave them all to Mrs. Lan, and gave Mrs. Lan some credits for the Wang family's property in Jiangnan. ”

Chen Wenhui thought of this possibility.

Shui Liu said: "Mrs. Lan is very shrewd, after all, she is the grandmother of the Wang family for many years, and she knows the Wang family's industry well, so she directly proposed to plant soybeans in Huzhou." Such a grange was originally a relatively barren grange, not worth much, and the Wang family didn't take it to heart, and Mrs. Lan was willing to ask them to be long. Then there are the oil mills of the Wang family all over Huzhou. These royal families don't care about it either. Since the bank is a cash cow, the Wang family has never paid attention to the soybean oil business. It's just a matter of leaving it to a few stewards. ”

"These stewards were originally quite good, and they were all servants of the Wang family. However, since the second lady took power, she replaced the people in the Wang family's property with her people, and those people of hers, who came from the capital, knew how to do business, and made a good workshop lose money. Therefore, the Wang family's soybean oil business has always been mediocre and unprofitable. The Wang family has long wanted to abandon it. This time, I heard that Mrs. Lan wanted this. Wang Zhicheng simply pretended to be generous in front of everyone, gave all those workshops to Mrs. Lan, and also transferred the contract signed with our Xiao Chen family to Mrs. Lan. ”

Chen Wenhui said happily: "This is good, it saves a lot of trouble." ”

Mizuliu said, "Isn't it? Madame Blue was also very happy. However, she did not expose these at that time, but continued to bargain with the Wang family, saying that many of these soybean oil workshops were bad, pointing out that these soybean oil factories are now losing money, and even many of them have a lot of debts. If she accepts, it will cost a lot of money just to pay off these debts, so it will be cheaper for Wang Zhicheng to pay a price. ”

"Wang Zhicheng saw that what Mrs. Lan said was reasonable, and he also knew that this was the truth, and there was no way, so he had to ask the family to take a silver ticket of 50,000 taels of silver to supplement Mrs. Lan, which was a matter."

Shui Han said: "In this way, Mrs. Lan will have three children, 150,000 taels of silver tickets, as well as many Wang family's Zhuangzi in Huzhou, and the Wang family's soybean oil workshops all over Huzhou." ”

Chen Wenhui said: "So Sister Caiyu is a big victory? ”

Shui Han said, "What's more? And here's what to say. After Mrs. Lan left, she did not drag her feet, and immediately took her three children, as well as her dowry, companion room, and dowry, all moved away from the main house of the Anseong royal family and went to one of her other courtyards in Anseong. It was originally her dowry back then. It's already been called out for someone to clean it up. ”

Chen Wenhui said: "This is a neat one. ”

Shui Han said: "Lady Lan is a virtuous person. When Mrs. Lan moved away, the old lady of the Wang family knew that her daughter-in-law had left and moved away, and she was very reluctant, crying like a tearful person, which made Mrs. Lan cry too. In the end, Mrs. Lan kowtowed to the old lady and said goodbye, and the old lady knew that she could not control this. I gave Mrs. Lan a clip, saying that it was a thought. Mrs. Lan opened it on the spot, and inside was some of the old lady's own silver, about five thousand silver tickets, and a grange, which was the old lady's dowry. On the edge of Anseong. Originally, it was only 200 acres, but after marrying into the Wang family, it has expanded to 5,000 acres for so many years. In addition to these, there are some gold bead jewelry. There is also a full half box. ”

Chen Wenhui was surprised.

Shui Han said: "At that time, Wang Zhicheng didn't care. These were not the property of the Wang family, but the old lady's private house, and she could give it to whoever she wanted. But the concubine Wang Zhicheng followed, her eyes were red, she never took the old lady of the Wang family in her eyes, how did she know that the old lady had so many good things in her hands. Immediately regretted dying, the county lord didn't see her expression at that time. But on this occasion, Wang Zhicheng, as the head of the family, didn't say anything, and she was naturally not qualified to say it as a concubine. ”

Chen Wenhui thought about it, and couldn't help but laugh and said: "I still remember when I was a child, I went to the Wang family to play with Wang Yaozhen, and went to meet the old lady of the Wang family, the old lady was a shrewd person, and she rewarded me with good things at that time." Hmph, even I have been rewarded by the old lady, is the old lady one of her concubines to despise? ”

Shui Han hurriedly said, "Not really. (To be continued......)