Chapter 215: The Last Stop
Yongwang Zhao Xin's 100-day banquet was going to be held grandly, and the Manchu Dynasty Wenwu didn't care what he thought in his heart, but the expressions on his faces were formulaic smiles, indicating that they were very happy.
On the day of the celebration of the whole country, the Cao Mansion was quiet and terrible, Cao Tong and Cao Ran sat on the top in the hall, the chairs on both sides were full of clansmen, Cao Tong saw that the people were all together and said: "The son is not the fault of the father, Cao Lu, as my son, the sister-in-law of the family, does things that endanger the family, and I have an unshirkable responsibility as a father." β
Cao Ran said: "Big brother, he is still young, and he will have a chance to reform in the future, you can't deny his entire life because of a mistake, give him a chance!" β
"Second brother, you don't need to say it, the Cao family has not had such a thing that destroys human nature since the ancestors, I have been addicted to Taoism all these years, and I have neglected to discipline them, resulting in almost making a big mistake today, and the long house is to blame, I decided to step down as the patriarch."
Cao Lu cried bitterly: "Father, all the mistakes are my fault, please don't take the fault on yourself, I am willing to bear all the responsibility, I will enter the palace tomorrow to ask the emperor for my guilt." β
Cao Tong glanced at his son with a complicated expression and said, "Let's talk about it, who can pick up the burden of the Cao family in the future?" It doesn't matter whether he is a concubine, a concubine, or a long house, the important thing is that he has the ability and responsibility. β
Cao Ran objected: "I don't approve of the words of the eldest brother, the rule of the patriarch is that only the son-in-law can be served, and the other houses and concubines are not qualified, eldest brother, you are doing this in a bad way." β
Cao Tong said calmly: "This incident made me understand that talent and mind are important factors in determining how far a family can go, and how the son-in-law and concubine came here are all clear, discuss first, and listen to everyone's opinions." β
An elder said: "There are few people who can be selected according to the meaning of the patriarch, the second master is one, the three sons, and a few teenagers in the side lineage, the most outstanding is the third son, and the third son is not here now, the patriarch should think about it carefully!" β
Cao Ran said: "Big brother doesn't know, your nephew doesn't want to live with me for a long time, if he hadn't gone to Quanzhou, I guess he would have separated from his family, so I would have excluded him!" β
"Why do you want to split the family, what can he do if he leaves the family, the young man feels that he is omnipotent, and when he hits the wall, he will come back, you will do ideological work for him, the Cao family is a whole, and twisting into a rope is the most powerful."
It would be nice if he listened to my words, the eldest brother saved Cao Lu's life by retreating, but what about his own son? To say that the Cao family is a whole and wants to pick peaches, the mother of the son is worried, the son is desperate with others outside, can he not worry, the first thing that the eldest brother thinks of is the interests of the family and the position of his own patriarch, divide, the son will split the family when he comes back, even if he makes others laugh.
Zhao Zhen in the vertical arch hall listened attentively to Bao Zheng's disaster relief report, and would interrupt Bao Zheng from time to time to ask a word or two.
"Your Majesty, this is how the whole thing happened, this is a detailed report from the minister."
Zhao Zhen took the fold and put it aside and said: "Bao Aiqing's disaster relief work this time is very beautiful, I am very satisfied, is the situation on Huaixi Road stable now?" Bao Zheng stood up and replied, Zhao Zhen said: "Just sit and talk"
"Emperor Xie, now that the people's hearts have stabilized, the people have peace of mind when they see a large amount of food, but Cao Zhifei's matter is not convinced by many people on Huaixi Road, they say that the ministers kill innocents indiscriminately."
Zhao Zhen threw him a stack of folds and said: "It's all about you, don't pay attention to those who moaning without illness, what's wrong with killing someone, the deacons didn't say that you were wrong, they just wanted to find a little sense of existence, was the overseas grain still being shipped when you left?" β
Bao Zheng said: "It's still being transported, now there is still a surplus of grain relief in Huaixi, I want to leave some in case of accidents, I also sent a letter to Lord Song, and the rest will be suspended first, and the rest will be transported to the capital by the Grand Canal, what does the emperor think?" β
Zhao Zhen took a few steps back and forth and said: "The capital is not proper, the population is already large, and there is no place to stack it back, if it is forced, Kaifeng City will be more crowded, and build a granary in a big city with convenient transportation!" The nature is equivalent to the usual warehouse! β
Bao Zheng said: "There are a lot of people going south recently! The minister saw many familiar faces running to Yangzhou, Suzhou and Hangzhou, did the imperial court have any specific measures and plans to control the people who went to sea? β
"I'm also worried about this, the barbarian country in our eyes actually has so much energy, it's blind! The second batch of goods is about to arrive in Haizhou, but I have already seen the accounts, and my first thought is ridiculous, more than 10 million yuan of treasure and 3 million stone of grain, although I can only take 60%. β
"Are they going to rob? It is not easy to gather these materials in the Great Song Dynasty, and it will not work in a few months. β
"I'm really right for you, two boys went to rob the treasury of other people's Bagan, I don't know how to describe it."
Bao Zheng thought for a while and said: "Last year, the imperial court approved the formation of a patrol army in Quanzhou with 1,000 people!" Bagan is a country no matter how you say it, just with a thousand people against hundreds of thousands of people, and 100,000 pigs will have to be killed for several days! β
Zhao Zhen said: "The two of them killed other people's emperors, supported one themselves, and then used various means to empty other people's treasury, and now others are laughing at it." β
Bao Zheng sighed: "Maybe the Bagan country is not as strong as the minister thinks, they caught the dead mouse with a blind cat." β
"I also went to the Hanlin Academy to find information about Bagan, which is far more powerful than you said, with a population of tens of millions, hundreds of thousands of troops, and basically no interruption of exchanges with our southwest border, it is unimaginable."
"I can only describe them as lucky, this time they have made great achievements, the emperor still thinks about how to reward them when they come back! The minister went to the book to sell the decree. β
Zhao Zhen is famous for his simplicity and frugality, and he will hold a 100-day banquet for his son because he has food in his hand and is not panicked, he is only nineteen years old! At the beginning of this year, he just made a county man, and then he will be a marquis.
The autumn tiger in September was still unbearable, Lu Zifei came out of the cabin and saw Cao Feng there and Aishiwarya talking to me and me, and complained that love really knows no borders! The language barrier doesn't affect anything else.
"Zihua, how many things are left on our ship, the next place will be our last stop."
Han Jiang sat under the parasol and said lazily: "It's not much!" You go and ask your concubine, I don't know the specific data. β
"She ignored me for more than half a month, I told her that it was a beautiful misunderstanding, she didn't believe me, the good things were almost finished, the revolution had not yet succeeded, the comrades still needed to work hard, what did you say Kuanfu and Zhiru were doing."
"Kuanfu is not easy to say, the straight man is either learning the way of being an official with Master Zeng or reading a book, although the food you cook on this boat tastes very good, but it is not as delicious as the food that a few of us rushed to eat together, why do you say this."
Lu Zifei sat on another recliner next to him and said, "Zihua went out for the first time, so I'm homesick!" I don't regret coming with me. β
Han Jiang closed his eyes and made a bunch of assumptions, and finally said discouragedly: "I will still come with you, I don't regret it, you are also for my good, it may be that it is difficult to accept it psychologically at some times, and if you replace the person who comes with a straight child, you will be in big trouble." β
"Then you are wrong, Zhiru is stronger than you, he is rigorous but not rigid, rigid, he understands the meaning of me bringing these things back to the Great Song Dynasty, he will not stop me, it is the same as you make the choice to help me by my side."
Han Jiang said: "I think so, you told me that day in Tianzhu that you got the most desired thing, why did you go to the Lion Country, there is not much space on our ship, and there is not much material for the large volume." β
"That's right, the size of the things I want in the Lion Country is very small, one or two boxes are enough, why do you want to go, this is a good question, I told you that it is for pickling girls, do you believe it or not."
"You are not short of money, a lot of tickets are smashed, and few women can refuse such a temptation!"
Lu Zifei said disdainfully: "Look at how vulgar you are, I am a girl who is romantic, warm, kneeling on one knee, being her prince charming, and then she is the kind she is willing, but what you said is also very cool to smash with a ticket, we will go to Luoyang to try it when we have time that time." β
Han Jiang said lewdly: "If you want to go, go to Kaifeng, Luoyang's cards are too small, you think you take a silver ticket of 10 million yuan to smash the Oiran of Mingyue Tower on the sea, does that feel like you will fly to the sky." β
"It's as if you've been there, to get back to business, have you calculated how much profit we made this time?"
Han Jiang said: "It's probably no less than 25 million, and I haven't had time to do it." β
"Twenty-five million guan, not as I expected, or too short of time."
"What else do you want, ten catties of tea for a superb carpet, I haven't given you an estimate of something like this, and the jade in Bagan has not been counted, if you are not enough, there is only one way left, kill all the people here, everything is yours, and you have as much profit as you want."
Lu Zifei apologized: "Am I not joking? It's still not a good brother, I'll give you a treasure in the Lion Country, and I'll give it to your fiancΓ©e when I get to Luoyang, and I promise that he will give you a hug. β
"If I believe you, the sow will be able to climb the tree"
Cao Feng came over and said, "There's a sow up the tree there, let me see." β
Lu Zifei and Han Jiang sandwiched him in the middle and asked, "The octagonal crossbow that is missing from the stern of the Great Song is gone, as the military commander, don't tell me that you don't know." β
"Aishwarya isn't pestering either? I thought that one was useless, so I sent it. β
Lu Zifei snorted and said, "You feel that you are sleeping, and you are embarrassed to refuse!" You are really generous, Tianzhu people will deal with you when the time comes, you can cry! β