"Clear?"

When the little sister entered the study again, Zhang Jingxiu asked softly.

"Well, big brother, let's go."

Looking at the little sister's bloodshot eyes, Zhang Jingxiu nodded silently. He sighed at the outside of the study.

"Young Master, Zhang, Miss Zhang is gone."

Walking behind the young master, Kou Yun said softly.

Let's go!

Shi Yiwen, who was standing by the pond, nodded silently.

"Young Master?"

"Huh?"

As he responded, he felt Kou Yun's arms hugging him, and the alluring body fragrance broke into his nose.

"The maid knows that her identity is humble, and she is naturally not as noble as Miss Zhang, but the maid is willing to guard the young master for the rest of her life and wait for the young master......"

Hanging his head and hugging the young master's waist, Kou Yun said in a low voice.

"The servant doesn't know those great truths, and she doesn't want to know. I only know that the young master is me...... It's the person I value the most in my heart, for you...... Go up to the knife mountain and go down to the sea of fire, even if I go to the eighteenth layer of hell after death, I am willing, as long as the young master does not dislike the servant, the servant guards the young master like this. ”

Feeling the affection revealed in Kou Yun's words, Shi Yiwen gently held her hand, her body trembled, and a pair of watery eyes raised up, looking at him affectionately.

Looking at these bright eyes and feeling the affection in them, Shi Yiwen said softly.

"I know, you and Xiao Lian, Xiao Mei, and Huan'er are all my closest people, how can I dislike you?"

After looking at her for a long time, Shi Yiwen suddenly hugged her into his arms and hugged her slender and round waist, although he didn't know how many times he had such a hug, but today Kou Yun felt a completely different feeling from when he hugged her in the past.

Hugging the person in his arms and feeling her love for him, Shi Yiwen's eyes couldn't help but look at the outside of the village, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

In the next few days, what really caused an uproar in the capital was probably the news about the "opening of the port for trade", just like the initial news that the imperial court did want to trade with the West in Tianjin, but it did not open the port.

“…… 1. All trade matters should be handled by Western companies! ”

Okay!

At the moment when the news came out, everyone in the capital was shocked, not to mention what this Western company was, even if it was completely handled by them, they were not afraid of dying!

However, there is still a thought in everyone's hearts - what is the origin of this Western company?

"What's the way, it's a guy who came back from overseas!"

In the Chengguo Mansion, when Zhu Yingzhen mentioned the Western company, his tone was full of hostility.

"Shoufu is a promise to his father, but, can ......"

Although he complained, Zhu Yingzhen did not dare to show his dissatisfaction with Shoufu, after all, the Guogong family was also not enough in front of Shoufu.

"Grandpa, the most important thing now is not Shousuke's previous words, but why Shousuke would promise such a good thing to such a person."

Xu Guofu is the general of Chengguo Gong, according to the rules set by Emperor Gao that year, the lords have been in charge of the army for generations, so the quasi-lords have family generals to teach their children to learn martial arts, and over time, this family will also be passed down from generation to generation, and those generals who have been passed down for several generations are often the most trusted people by the lords. Of course, when it comes to ordinary generals, the generals have become family members and slaves.

Actually, it's about ...... The family will also be equal to a half-slave.

"What else can it be for, isn't it because he understands overseas?"

Zhu Yingzhen snorted.

"It's true that he understands overseas, but how can he understand the Ming Dynasty, this trade with the West has ten times the huge profits, he swallows it by himself, he is not afraid of dying, he wants to eat alone, and he has to see what we mean!"

Guogong's cold snort, listening to Xu Guofu's ears, made his brows frown slightly, he knew that Guogong must have a grudge against this matter. So he said euphemistically.

"Grandpa, I heard that he has a very deep relationship with the British government, and there are British officials in the Jingxi Road Mining Company, as well as ......."

Without waiting for Xu Guofu to finish speaking, Zhu Yingzhen sneered.

"Why, he is a prince of England, and if I become a prince of the country, I am not a prince of the country? Besides, the British Duke is just a waste that thinks behind closed doors! ”

The lords are also divided between the top and bottom, although they are also the princes of the country, but the status of the Duke of Cheng is far above the Duke of England, after all, the Duke of Cheng is deeply trusted by the first assistant, and even his grandfather was crowned king after his death, of course, this is also the relationship between the silver, but Rao is so, it can also show the status of the Duke of Cheng in the court.

It is precisely because of this that he looks down on the British duke, and when Xu Guofu mentions the British duke, his tone is inevitably full of contempt.

"But ......"

"Okay, Third Uncle Xu, I know what you want to say, what grievances should be resolved or not, but this matter is not as simple as you think."

Waving his hand, Zhu Yingzhen sneered.

"Do you think I'm the only one who annoys him, such a solitary eat, it's easy for him to eat, but it's hard to spit it out, and I'm not the only one who annoys him in such a big capital? Even if everyone doesn't speak now, it doesn't mean that everyone has nothing to say, now everyone is waiting, waiting for him to make a mistake, but all people will make mistakes after all, once he has a business trip, the time will ......"

With his eyes slightly constricted, Zhu Yingzhen said coldly.

"Don't say it's a Western company, whether his life can be saved or not depends on how far the person who starts it wants to go!"

Even if he has just taken charge of the Guogong Mansion, he has a certain understanding of many secret methods in the DPRK and China, so he naturally knows what everyone is waiting for. Although the current military power is all vested in the Ministry of War, under the suppression of civilian officials, the lords seem to have only false decency left, but in fact, they have been able to survive under the suppression of civilian officials until now, and they are not just relying on the civil officials, they will also retaliate and fight back. They will wait patiently, for a year, two years, or even ten or twenty years, after all, the lords are on the same period as the country, but civil officials are different, they always have times when they lose power, and naturally there are times when they make mistakes.

"However, no one cares about his life, after all, the big guy is staring at the Western company......"

It happened that at this time, there was another report of domestic slaves.

"Grandpa, the British government sent someone to deliver an invitation."

An invitation from the British Mansion?

Not to mention that Zhu Yingzhen was stunned, and Xu Guofu was also full of surprise.

"What does that mean?"

took the invitation and looked at the content of the invitation, Zhu Yingzhen said confusedly.

"Zhang Rong invited me to Yishanzhuang, what do you mean by him?"

Just when Zhu Yingzhen was puzzled, another family general over there came in and whispered.

"Guogong, I heard that the British prince invited all the ministers of the capital to gather in Yishanzhuang tomorrow."