Mrs. Xue saw that the two seemed to be in an awkward situation, so she sandwiched a piece of sweet and sour fish for Ye Qinyu, and said, "Chunyue, how can you patronize yourself to eat, the new daughter-in-law is still very embarrassed when she first returns home, you look at Qinyu, from sitting down to now, she hasn't moved a few chopsticks." ”

"No, ma'am...... Uh, mother...... In the past few days, I just feel a little unwell and have a bad appetite. ”

"Hahaha......" everyone laughed.

Ye Qinyu didn't know why, she didn't know what everyone was laughing at, Xue Chunyue didn't say anything, so she glared at him fiercely.

Xue Chunyue couldn't hide the smile on his face, he looked ill-willed, and said after a while, "Qinyu's body is unwell, it's all the child's fault, it's the child's negligence", and then he sandwiched a piece of tea-flavored chicken for Ye Qinyu, "Eat more, make up for it, and get used to it after a while." ”

"Yes, yes, after a while I got used to it. Look at me confused, ask this kind of question, don't mind Qinyu. The new daughter-in-law, it's all like this, I should have thought of it. Mrs. Xue was very happy, and the atmosphere in the banquet was inexplicably harmonious again.

Su Yuming lowered her head and took a bite of rice, feeling a little like chewing wax......

"Xue Chunyue! What does it mean to be just at the dinner table? What are you laughing at?! Hui Xi and Ye Qinyu felt that they must have missed something, or they didn't understand their Haizhou slang, and it was too embarrassing for a person to be stupid and not be able to melt in, so she didn't want to have a next time.

"Do you really not understand or do you not understand? Didn't Princess Jing tell you what to do on your wedding night before she got married? Xue Chunyue took a good time, leisurely picked up the teacup, and took a sip.

Ye Qinyu frowned and thought for a while, and finally understood seven or eight points, and suddenly blushed with shame, and turned around to ignore him.

"What? Got it? Do you need me to explain it to you in detail? ”

"No need!"

"Why are you so angry today...... It's understandable that you were tired and lost your temper when you went to the port a few days earlier, but today you are at home all day and night, and no one comes to mess with you, what's going on? It's like a different person when I was in Changxing."

It's okay that he didn't mention Changxing, but when he mentioned it, it made Ye Qinyu think of his infatuated and wrong appearance, and it was even more uncomfortable, "You know it yourself......"

"I don't know it in my heart, and I don't know it in my stomach."

Ye Qinyu didn't bother to pay attention to her, and asked Xinyan to come in and serve her to wash, "Young Master Xue, I'm going to wash, can you please avoid it?" ”

Xue Chunyue's tea hasn't been drunk yet, and he can't sit or walk with the teacup, and then look at Ye Qinyu's look of chasing customers, and angrily pick up the teacup and move to the courtyard to continue drinking.

For more than a month after being married, Xue Chunyue was busy with the boat and took her to understand Haizhou, and gradually Ye Qinyu also adapted. In the twilight of spring, the south of the Yangtze River is already full of catkins and flowers, and these scenery are more energetic and charming than Changxing, which is still gray and yellow, and Ye Qinyu likes it very much. She didn't want to miss such a good scenery, she went out with Xinyan when Xue Chunyue was not free, and her life was very leisurely.

Xue Chunyue is getting busier and busier, and the imperial court freezes the equalization reform, so the specific reform details are completely blocked, and no one can know. The Xue family can't completely give up inland waterway shipping because of a little trouble, but if they don't give up, they must deploy in advance, but they don't know the detailed rules of the reform, and it is difficult to deal with it.

Xue Chunyue believes that all routes from the central capital to other states and counties should be abandoned, and only the main routes from Haizhou to the metropolises of Luo'an, Changxing, Jingyang, Shuzhou and Yunzhou should be retained. The main route is characterized by mature waterways, large cargo volumes, and prosperity along the route, and there is business to do no matter what. However, the routes from the central capital to other states and counties have a small amount of freight, immature waterways, and large transportation costs, so they can all be cut if they are not necessary.

Xue Chunyue slept in the study for several days, and today he went back to the room to change his clothes and took a look at Ye Qinyu.

"What has Young Master Xue been busy with lately? Xihe Jucai is a little bigger, and he can't see it once in a few days. ”

Xue Chunyue was busy packing up her clothes, and she didn't look at her properly, "Thanks to Lord Ye, the Xue family is about to change." ”

Ye Qinyu saw that he was in a hurry, and his clothes were tied crookedly, so he couldn't see it, so he came forward to help him retie it.

The two of them suddenly got so close, the atmosphere was a little awkward, Ye Qinyu didn't expect this, but since he had already helped him, he couldn't leave it halfway, so he stubbornly helped him continue to tie it, and then casually found a topic to say a few words, so as not to be too embarrassed, "Are you busy with the countermeasure of the imperial court's equalization reform?" ”

"Hmm......" Ye Qinyu's fragrant fragrance had already penetrated the tip of his nose, and Xue Chunyue felt that his head was a little swollen, so he could only respond casually.

"Uncle Xiao Zhun once said that the court's even-loss business does not need the power of the people at all, it can rely on the power of the court, and my father's plan was flawed at the beginning."

Xue Chunyue grabbed her hand, stared at her and said, "What did you say?" Ye Cizhun said that all the business can be lost only by the power of the imperial court? ”

He grabbed her left hand...... Ye Qinyu frowned, shook it off, put his left hand up again, and said, "What are you doing, you hurt me!" ”

Xue Chunyue hurriedly took two steps back, but his expression was very serious, "I'm sorry...... However, did Ye Cizhun say how to achieve it? ”

Ye Qinyu looked at him seriously, "What I told you, how do you thank me for this chess piece." ”

"Chess pieces?"

"Didn't you marry me just to be happy and to please Uncle Jung?"

"It is indeed expedient...... Rest assured, once the situation is stabilized, I will definitely fulfill my promise and give you freedom! "Besides...... He also promised Xue Peiqi that when the time was ripe, he would give up Ye Qinyu.

Actually admit so frankly that her self-esteem doesn't need to be respected? It's just too much!

Ye Qinyu was ashamed and angry in his heart, "You go out, go back to your study!" ”

"How can the imperial court have such manpower and material resources, even if the shipping department of the imperial court can solve the problem of cargo ships, but just the boatmen, helmsmen and escorts will need hundreds of thousands, where can the imperial court find so many mature shipwrights and helmsmen?" Xue Chunyue didn't give up, held her arms, and continued to ask.

"There are thousands of people in the country, and there are only more than 100,000 husbands, how can it not be solved. The law stipulates that all adult men in the Great Cause are required to serve three months of conscription every year, and only this provision needs to be slightly changed, and the addition can be accumulated for several years to complete the service at one time, and there will be a group of conscripts who can be fixed for two or three years to do shipping?! ”

Ye Qinyu broke free from his shackles again and continued, "For example, if a man completes his five-year conscription service once, he has fifteen months, which is enough time for him to become a mature shipwright and work on the route for a period of time, so that the shipwright team will be stable." As for the guards, there are more than 300 Zhichong prefectures in the states and counties of Daye Kingdom, and the government soldiers in the jurisdiction can perform the duty of guarding. Besides, who is not afraid of death dares to rob the imperial court's tribute tax?! ”

Ye Qinyu paused for a moment and continued, "I said Young Master Xue, you must know that the reason why the imperial court wants to implement reforms is because the treasury is insufficient, in the face of interests, how can there be obstacles that cannot be solved, people are all seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages, and the same is true of the imperial court, do you think that only the Xue family knows how to do business?" ”

Xue Chunyue stared at her, "What do you mean?" ”

"First of all, the loss is of course the centralized purchase of tribute taxes in kind, but these tributes are not necessarily shipped to Luo'an or Changxing. If the imperial court would do business, it should be transported to a place with a high price as needed, handed over to the local equalization division for sale, and then discounted and returned to the national treasury. Therefore, in the future, the busyness of the route depends entirely on the market demand, and each route may have business opportunities, and the routes to Luo'an and Changxing will be eased. But you want to hold on to this so-called main route and not let go, isn't it against the general trend? ”

Xue Chunyue looked at Ye Qinyu, who was gushing endlessly, and his heart was extremely shocked, he couldn't imagine that she, a woman who grew up in the deep boudoir of the palace, could see the situation so thoroughly, even better than him, a veteran of business, he was so shocked that he couldn't say a word.

"What? Nothing more? ”

Xue Chunyue really had nothing to say, "Then in your opinion, how should the Xue family's shipping business be adjusted." ”

"My idea is, four words, go with the flow. The reason why the Xue family is in a predicament now is that you have been revolving around the imperial court and putting heavy troops in the direction of serving the imperial court, so as soon as the imperial court is a little troubled, you will be greatly affected. Since the business of the imperial court is not good now, it is better to no longer focus on the imperial court, but on the market. For example, Yuezhou's celadon sells well, then focus on the fleet of Yuezhou, Xuanzhou's tea and paper are famous all over the world, and also focus on the fleet of Xuanzhou, Shuzhou has a demand for spices and furs, so adjust the fleet that sails through Shuzhou...... In short, where there is a large amount of goods in and out, you will go, and put the mind of serving the imperial court on the body of serving the big merchants, and naturally there will be a large number of merchants who will hand over the goods to you for transportation. Then arrange some spare fleets, and if the imperial court or individual merchants have needs, they will also have transportation forces to meet them at any time. This is the direction that the Xue family should take. ”

After listening to Ye Qinyu's statement, Xue Chunyue has turned from shock to admiration for her!

"These ...... Did you come up with it yourself? ”

"I thought of it when I was chatting with Uncle Jung. Actually, you shouldn't shut yourself in your study and think about it, but you should communicate more with the imperial court finance and taxation officials and other merchants, there are some things that everyone can't think of, but they will naturally pop out when chatting with each other. Moreover, if you can't be an imperial businessman in the future, you should cater to the needs of large merchants. ”

Xue Chunyue looked at her seriously and said, "I can't imagine that Miss Ye is so business-minded, I really admire and admire ......."

"Don't dare to be, no matter how you have brains, you can't be as smart as your Miss Su."

"She's my eldest sister-in-law!"

"What is not your own words......" Ye Qinyu turned around, sat down at the dresser and combed the end of his hair, no longer looking at him.

I said...... Miss Ye, you shouldn't be jealous, right? Xue Chunyue walked behind her, leaned over to support the edge of the dressing table with one hand, just wrapped her in his arms, and looked at Ye Qinyu in the mirror for a long time.