At this time, the shallow water area of Minghu near the manor and the rockery of the lake sometimes has ice ballast in the morning.

The two-story small wooden building is heated, and the small stove has been lit, and the attic is warm and sandalwood, fresh and refreshing.

Gan and You Wuniang were both summoned to the attic, and they were stunned when they saw Xiao Zhou beside Lu Ning.

Lu Ning smiled: "Her name is Xiang'er, and she is our daughter!" "Xiang'er is the name given by Lu Ning, because there are many allusions to Xiao Zhouhou's good incense.

She once made her own incense burning utensils, and sent a palace maid to be responsible for burning incense, called "the main incense palace maid". During the day, the curtains are hung and incense is burned, and the hall is full of clouds; When sleeping, it is steamed agarwood with goose pear, placed in the tent, the aroma comes out, refreshing people's hearts, and it is called "the fragrance in the tent".

Lu Ning thought of these allusions, so he gave a random name and used it to call him.

Lu Ning said to Xiao Zhouhou again: "These two are your mother." ”

Gan's pretty face was immediately flushed, but there was a faint joy in his beautiful eyes.

You Wuniang straightened her chest even more unabashedly, as if a fox had finally cultivated into a fine spirit.

Xiao Zhouhou wrinkled her little nose, obviously thinking that this was inconsistent with the etiquette system, where would there be two wives?

But she still knelt down and kowtowed to Gan and You Wuniang, and Gan was already busy supporting her, saying: "The lord likes to joke, you can call me by my name in the future!" "She and You Wuniang are both nameless and worthless maids, strictly speaking, only she and You Wuniang themselves know, the maidservants are not counted, it's just that the lord has special preferential treatment, gave a lot of precious jewels, gave the maids a special name, and entrusted them with important tasks, and the monthly routine every month is even more generous.

"That's not going to work!" Lu Ning's demeanor became serious, he thought for a while and said: "I will find a way to deal with the matter of name, but in this family, the young and the old are orderly, Xiang'er, you have to respect them all as mothers, this is my family rule!" ”

"Got it, Father!" Xiao Zhou later kowtowed to Gan and You Wuniang, and shouted "Mother!" "The little girl is called without any psychological burden, what are you adults doing to me if you don't abide by the etiquette system? Why is it wrong for me to listen to my father?

Gan and You Wuniang were both stunned, originally thought that the lord was just a kind word, after all, the lord often does things as he wants, but with these words, it makes people feel the depth of the king's grace and moved their hearts, but they don't think about it, but the lord is real.

There are four kinds of names of people with honorable positions, such as the wives and concubines of the East China Sea, wives, concubines, concubines, maids, the real identities of the two are only maids, and the two of them have thought about their best situation in the future, and they are just famous and can be registered. And the concubine in the book, but I am afraid that it will not sound good when I say it, and it will damage the reputation of the lord, and according to the etiquette system, it seems that the slave who has been released can only be a concubine, not a concubine; Second, the lord has never touched them until now, and I really don't know what the lord thinks in his heart.

The two of them never thought that there would be a day today, and the daughter of the sovereign, who was not born and raised by herself, knelt in front of them and called herself "Mother".

They and Lu Ning's thinking is not on the same channel at all, as traditional women of this era, the most important thing for them every day is their reputation and etiquette.

Xiao Zhou knelt down like this and called him like this.

Both of them seemed to have been hit by five thunders, and they couldn't accept it for a while, even You Wuniang, who had long lost her previous impatience and didn't know how to react.

"I'm going to do something for my second sister! You take Xiang'er Manor around and arrange a courtyard for her to stay! Lu Ning quickly slipped away, the happiness of the two beauties came too suddenly, which made him feel an indescribable feeling in his heart, both the possessiveness of men and the self-satisfaction of making their women feel happy, which is a very cool thing in itself.

However, the two of them have too low requirements for happiness, and such a trivial matter, as if if they don't leave, they will cry and be a cow and a horse for themselves in the next life, and they have to sigh.

But their worldview and outlook on life are like this, deep-rooted and cannot be changed.

I really have to think about what they are doing.

Moreover, I haven't had sex with them, and thinking about it also makes them feel uneasy, with a lot of questions, and I don't know what to think about, so I feel very insecure.

However, when they talk about it, they are also too young, Mrs. Gan is eight years old, sixteen years old, only fifteen years old, You Wuniang is fifteen years old, fourteen years old, but both of them married early, and many times people forget their real age.

However, if you want to say that they can raise their bodies and really mature, this reason is not a reason, both of them are from rich families, not like poor women, lack of clothing and food, and as wives and concubines, although it has not really happened, but has already experienced the stage of marriage in life, and even in later generations, advocating late marriage is only in their own country, and the legal age of marriage such as Mrs. Gan and You Wuniang is also very few, and even the more developed and comfortable the country, the more young the legal age of marriage.

Lu Ning thought wildly, and then smiled bitterly, his current reason is not to find the true love of the person he likes the most.

Also, many times, this is a child-like fantasy.

Mrs. Gan and You Wuniang, their love for them, but it is imperceptible, more and more intense, every time I think of their goodness, the warmth and throbbing in my heart, and so on, often make myself rise up with two pretty girls who are so desperate for themselves, and they should no longer be lonely in this life!

For yourself, maybe the previous reason was an excuse for your fear of the unknown?

Because, when there is the most intimate person in this world, then the world that you were originally watching has truly become your own world.

And this made me a little unacceptable for a while.

Moreover, after his body crossed over, it seemed to have become a little weird, not a normal human body, if he really had intimate contact with them, I don't know if there would be any adverse consequences, these must be considered clearly.

Thinking wildly, Lu Ning left the manor and went straight to the Donghai Mansion store.

……

Hearing that Lu Ning helped his sister decide a lifelong event on a "blind date", and now he is preparing to summon the selected man, Li Yu feels very fresh, and he must follow Lu Ning to see the excitement, I don't know what he thinks in his heart after the big week, but he can only accompany Li Yu to mess around.

Lu Ning simply summoned Xu Wendi to the Donghai Mansion store.

In the hall, sitting on a high-legged chair, Xu Wendi was a little nervous.

Unexpectedly, not only the Duke of Donghai and the lord of this county were here, but also a royal family, Li Congjia, King Zheng, was also looking him up and down curiously, making him even more restrained.

Being watched? How do you feel, it's so awkward.

Lu Ning looked at him with a smile, "Shiro, I called you, you should also be mentally prepared, my second sister has a hard life, I hope you can treat her well in the future." ”

Xu Wen was stunned for the first time, although he had some small expectations in his heart before he came, but when Donghai Gong said it himself, he couldn't believe it for a while.

After all, the sister of the Duke of Donghai, this election of sons-in-law, among the candidates, there are much better conditions than him, he is almost the poorest of all the candidates, well, even if the Duke of Donghai has a noble position, he doesn't care about these, but in terms of appearance, there are a few beautiful sons who are even more proud of himself, in terms of erudition, he has fallen down several times, and where are those Haizhou celebrities?

After a long time, he stood up violently and said in a trembling voice: "Xiao Ke, Xiao Ke is not talented, how fortunate is it?!" ”

Lu Ning smiled: "I don't know, brother-in-law, when will you be hired?" ”

Xu Wendi was embarrassed again, but the lord of the country has always acted unreasonably, so he said that he chose a son-in-law for his sister, if it weren't for the fact that the lord of the country did a few things that made the people happy to punish the evil hoe and rape, I am afraid that it will definitely become the laughing stock of the market.

"Xiao Ke, Xiao Ke ......" Xu Wendi's heart sank, a very real problem was in front of him, the Donghai Mansion is the most noble mansion in the entire East China Sea, no, the most noble mansion in the entire Haizhou, himself, door-to-door hiring, dowry, what is used?

"That's it, I'll set it for you, five days later, it's the auspicious day of the zodiac, you can come, the dowry, you can write an article and read it to my sister."

Xu Wen was stunned for the first time, and hesitated: "This, a lifelong event, shabby, shabby, a little shabby......"

Lu Ning smiled, "That brother-in-law, do you have 300,000?" ”

Xu Wendi was dumbfounded, puzzled.

Li Yu smiled slightly, "Donghai Gong teased you, he has been gambling with people many times recently, and the lottery is 300,000 yuan each time, but he has won a lot!" ”

Xu Wendi was a little cold sweating, this, this person, if you want to be more serious, you really can't climb it.

"Brother-in-law, you just go back and prepare, my brother-in-law has called in advance, if you want to regret it, the ends of the earth, I will also arrest you back!" Otherwise, I don't have face, do I? ”

"Don't dare, don't dare to ......" Xu Wendi's sweat on his forehead was clearly visible, chatting with this Donghai Gong, the pressure was so great.

After Xu Wendi retreated, a graceful figure walked in from behind the curtain in the side hall, naturally after the Great Zhou who had been listening.

In fact, the cultivation of the ordinary Da Zhou Hou and Xiao Zhou Hou are simply out of the same mold, but since Xiao Zhouhou inexplicably became the daughter of this Donghai Gong, it is always difficult to remain calm in the face of Lu Ning after the Great Zhou.

At this time, she sat down elegantly, although she didn't say anything, but there was a hint of mockery at the corner of her mouth, naturally it was Lu Ning's style of acting that opened her eyes, too, ridiculous......

"Your Highness, I think you simply, talk to the saint, move to Haizhou, what is there to do in Jinling?" Lu Ning took a sip of tea and said with a smile.

"Donghai Gong thinks that the affairs of the military state are playing family? Or is Your Highness in your eyes, like you, who only knows nonsense all day long? Da Zhou Hou frowned, his star eyes were a little angry, this Donghai Gong, from the moment he met his wife and sister, he was extremely casual, without the slightest sense of awe, and now, he was even talking about the matter between the Holy Lord and King Zheng.

"I can't say that, if you can come to Haizhou, it's not a good place to go." Li Yu sighed softly.

Lu Ning naturally understands that Li Yu is now a sandwich biscuit, and the battle for the throne is intensifying, according to historical development, it was originally because of the defeat of Jiangbei and the loss of the country, and even later lost to Wu Yueguo, Li Jingsui, the generalissimo of soldiers and horses, Li Jingsui, the elder brother of the emperor, Li Hongyi, the king of Yan, showed extraordinary military talent in the war against Wu Yue.

As a result, Yan King Li Hongyi and his henchmen took the opportunity to make trouble, forcing Li Jingsui to resign from the title of the first heir to the throne of the emperor's younger brother, and the Tang lord agreed, and set up Yan King Li Hongyi as the crown prince, despite this, Li Hongyi still poisoned his own uncle before Li Jingsui returned to the fief.

Nowadays, history has changed, so the competition between uncles and nephews for storage places has intensified.

Li Yu's life was even more difficult, and he gave himself a bunch of titles such as "Zhong Hermit" Mingzhi, saying that he did not participate in the struggle for imperial power, and he was afraid that he would have wanted to leave Jinling, the land of right and wrong.

Li Yu sighed and said, "It's a pity, even if I want to come to Haizhou, my father won't allow it." ”

Da Zhou Hou also sneered, "Your Highness is generous, you have never been in charge of the army, you are wrong to use the word Xizhen!" His Royal Highness is not in charge of the military town in the first place, so why talk about moving the town? ”

Lu Ning smiled: "Isn't that right?" There was a military town in Haizhou, commanded by King Zheng, which was not very good. ”

After the Great Zhou, her pretty face was even colder: "Does Donghai Gong really think that military affairs are such a child's play?" ”

The more she listened to the words of the Duke of Donghai, the more angry she became, she didn't know how much she hoped that her husband would raise her eyebrows, if she could command a military town, the husband's status in the royal family would be greatly increased, and she would finally have her own subordinate effect, but how difficult was this? Especially King Yan, who is extremely wary of her husband, will not allow this situation to occur at all.

This was originally her most regretful thing, but now this Donghai Gong said lightly, which makes people sound really annoying, this Donghai Gong, is his brain not good? Specialized in revealing people's short?

Your own sister, by the side of such a person? Recognize Him as Father?

After the big week, I hit a spirit, it's terrible.

Lu Ning smiled, looked at Li Yu, and said, "I think that in Haizhou, it is not a child's play to build a navy that can cross the ocean. ”

Navy? Li Yu was slightly stunned, there is a naval army in this dynasty, and it is very strong, it is the strongest naval army among all countries, but the role of the naval army is nothing more than to hold the Yangtze River, at most, it is to go north along the Huaishui, aid and defend the cities along the water, and block the Zhou army from crossing the river.

But the Navy? A sailor with a sea vessel as a vehicle? But it is rarely heard, after all, the Central Plains, the threat has never been the sea, the previous dynasty was for the vassal country of Baekje, once fought with the Wa State, annihilated the Wa State of countless naval armies, and made the Wa State submit to the banner of the Tang Dynasty, but that was three hundred years ago.

Lu Ning continued: "Now, Baekje and Silla have been destroyed by Goryeo, and Goryeo has submitted to the northern kingdom. ”

The Korean Peninsula was unified by Goryeo more than ten years ago, but the people still used to call Koreans Silla people, because of the Silla women, they are very famous.

Li Yu shook his head: "Fanbang affairs, what good is it for us to participate in it?" ”

Lu Ning said with a smile: "In fact, if we really have the power to interfere in its political affairs, it will naturally be beneficial, let's just say Goryeo, rich in copper, but the Goryeo people will not mint money, what about us, lack of copper, if we get the permission of the king of Goryeo to open a mine in Goryeo to mine copper, does Your Highness think it is beneficial?" ”

Since the Tang Dynasty, there has been a shortage of copper in coinage, and silk and the like are used as coins, but many times, bartering is very common, and in the past two or three hundred years, this is an extremely tricky thing for the Central Plains Dynasty.

Lu Ning took a sip of tea, "Currency, if it is manufactured in unlimited quantities and in large quantities, will have a devastating blow to the entire economic system of this dynasty, but if there is a shortage of currency, there will also be a big problem. Lu Ning pondered, how to explain deflation to Li Yu, "There is less money, things are expensive, purchasing power is declining, and things that should be valuable have to be sold at cheap prices, so the people's money is getting less and less, and the products have no profits, and there are fewer things, so a vicious circle will be formed." ”

Li Yu opened his eyes wide and said: "Donghai Gong said, we are mining copper in Goryeo? ”

Lu Ning smiled dumbly, yes, I don't need to explain anything by myself at all, gold, silver, copper and iron are originally equal to wealth in this world, such as Li Yu, I am afraid that if I think that copper is unlimited and money is infinite, then the world will be extremely rich.

Nodding, "Yes, I hope we can do it in the future, according to the previous tributary system, the other party can exchange copper for a large amount of our goods, or even ten times as much, which is not fair." ”

"Not only the copper of Goryeo, but if we can have a strong navy, protect our merchants, encourage them to trade with Goryeo, Wa and even further countries, and exchange our handicrafts for their wealth and what we need, it will also make our handicraft industry more developed, and the benefits brought by this, King Jeong will soon know."

At present, there is no population pressure in the Central Plains at all, if the world is peaceful, the tax system is reasonable, the cultivated land and undeveloped land are enough to feed several times the population, and the cultivated land yield, breeding, etc., start planning now, it can also cope with the possible population explosion in the future.

And because of the habit of self-sufficiency, the Central Plains Dynasty has never attached importance to maritime trade, although handicrafts are world-renowned, but they are used by nobles, the export volume is far from the state of dumping, and the domestic handicraft industry has not been a blowout growth, only the Southern Song Dynasty has this sign, but it was interrupted by the barbarian invasion.

Even in the previous dynasty, someone invented the use of waterwheels to spin cloth, but the merchants thought that this would make the cloth cheap, and destroyed this invention.

In the final analysis, it's still because of the market problem, if the market is big enough, what about the cheap?

A large enough market, in turn, can promote some inventions.

Therefore, every person in later generations, thinking of the present era, will have the heart of Haimao beating.

Lu Ning sighed in his heart, and said: "Moreover, the preparation of the army on the sea is to fight with the Later Zhou, and it also has a miraculous effect, we can attack its coastal areas, such as Dengzhou, so that the trade between it and Goryeo is interrupted, and it can also attack its salt-producing areas, if the salt production of the Northern Zhou Dynasty is sharply reduced, Your Highness can think about it, what will happen to the realm of Zhoudi?" Sometimes, war, not just the destruction of the opposing army, the economic war, is even more terrible! ”

Li Yu was stunned and fell into deep thought.

Da Zhou Hou looked at Lu Ning a little stupidly, she couldn't understand a lot of words, but, there was no doubt that from the part she faintly understood, she could know that this Donghai Gong was really thinking differently from ordinary people, what was he pondering? However, it seems to make sense.

"Father still won't agree......" Li Huang sighed deeply.

Yes, no matter how fanciful the reason is, above the temple, no one can support the construction of the navy with this allocation of money, not to mention, it also involves the subtle distribution of power between the princes and princes.

Lu Ning said with a smile: "Your Highness is nothing more than worried about money, what if I am willing to take out a part of the fief tax every year to relieve His Highness's worries?" ”

Li Huang was stunned, looked at Lu Ning, and stopped talking.

Lu Ning knew that he was probably pondering, how much money do you have when you allocate a part of your taxes a year? For military spending, it is just a drop in the bucket.

Smiling, Lu Ning said: "I think next year's tax should be very different, but even if it is not much, His Royal Highness only said that the navy's military expenses are self-raised, so naturally there is no resistance. ”

Li Yu picked up the teacup, "I want to think, I want to think." ”

After the big week, my beautiful eyes flickered, and I didn't know what I was thinking.

Lu Ning also smiled and picked up the teacup, in fact, the so-called preparation for the navy, he just put forward a concept first, even if Li Yu really got the support of the Tang Lord to come to the East China Sea, his focus is not to build any sea ships and warships at all, at least, not at present, that is a matter to consider later.

Talk about it yourself, and see what the reaction of people today is, of course, if this happens, it will be even better.