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In the afternoon of the same day, on the second floor of the department store, several women were chattering, Tang Tao was wearing gold and silver, holding a handful of pearls in her hand and couldn't put it down:

"It's so big, it's really beautiful, Sister Xiao, let's divide it!"

"Fatten your guts, and you dare to share the tribute to the palace." Jiang Rong said, gently twisting Tang Tao's little ears and said: "Look at you, you are wearing gold and silver jewelry, you are not afraid of walking on the street and being taken away!" ”

"Yo yo, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts." Tang Tao was busy begging for mercy.

"It hurts, Mrs. Ben's strength is useless, you still know that it hurts, liar!"

Jiang Rong roared, and Xiao Er hurriedly said:

"Eldest sister, Sister Tang Tao also likes it, forget it."

"You really know how to speak for her, what benefits does this Nizi give you on weekdays, why don't I know."

"Where did my sister get the benefits, they are all women, and it's not wrong to like some gold, silver and jewelry."

"Hmph, just you can talk."

Jiang Rong spread her left hand, and Tang Tao suddenly rushed to the pitiful appearance behind Xiao Er:

"Sister Xiao still knows her sister best......"

Before Tang Tao's words fell, Qiao Fu'er interjected and said:

"Hmph, you're just a poor fool, and you've picked up a good life in this life. If it was another Houmen, he would not be crushed to death by other ladies. ”

Qiao Fu'er's words are not serious, but they are vicious enough, Tang Tao knows that she is powerful, but she is not busy compensating:

"Fourth lady, Tang Tao knows it's wrong."

"Okay, eldest sister doesn't blame you, can I still blame you."

"Hey...... The fourth lady is so nice. ”

Tang Tao followed Xiao Chunyu for many years, ushered in Xiao Chunyu in front of him, and accepted gold and silver for Xiao Chunyu later, and developed a "bad habit" of treating wealth as life since he was a child.

Xiao Chunyu is pure-hearted, the gold and silver are extremely weak, and since marrying into the Yongxing Marquis Mansion, the monthly income has changed from Xiao Chunyu's name to Tang Tao's care. After leaving the cabinet, Tang Tao had a monthly income, and his greedy nature was out of control, and his hand was stretched out to the department store.

The department store is now a three-legged stand, Jiang Rong is inside, Qiao Fu'er is outside, Xiao Er is in charge of technology, without Jiang Rong's acquiescence, Tang Tao doesn't even have a chance to get involved, it is precisely Jiang Rong's tolerance, and it becomes connivance in Tang Tao's eyes, Qiao Fu'er suppresses it in a timely manner, and the balance of the four corners is also harmonious.

"Sister Xiao'er, can the production of this big pearl be increased?" Qiao Fu'er asked suddenly.

"No, the bigger the pearl grows, the easier it is for the mussels to shrink and die, and with the heat of the North Sea, each pond can't raise too much, and too many will die. And there are too many big beads, and the price has to go down, or Hou Ye is right, control some quantities, in order to sell at a higher price. ”

"In this way, the river mussels will die if they are raised for a long time, and the batch of mussels in ten years will be even less."

"It should be, according to the current situation, it is good to be able to collect a thousand, and there are two hundred pearls of good quality among the thousand, that is God blessed."

At this time, Jiang Rong answered:

"The longer it is, the less it is, the more expensive it is, and if you raise a pearl in fifty or sixty years, it will be worth a fortune."

Jiang Rong said whimsically, Xiao Er was still sensible, she said:

"It's not all, Hou Ye said, the river mussels that grow pearls rarely grow for more than ten years, and I am afraid that fifty or sixty years is impossible. But I heard Hou Ye say that in the future, you can raise sea pearls, sea mussels can live longer, grow bigger, and the texture of pearls is also better, and there are pearls the size of goose eggs that have been born for dozens or hundreds of years. ”

"Strange, how much silver is a pearl the size of a goose egg worth?"

Tang Tao's eyes were full of light and he looked at each other, imagining that it was good to swagger through the market with goose eggs and pearls on his chest, but in a blink of an eye, Jiang Rong roared:

"Fifty or sixty years later, I don't know if I have a life, but you want to be beautiful!"

"Tang Tao just thinks about it, it's fun to think about it."

"You said you could do anything other than dream."

Jiang Rong counted down again and again, feeling both angry and ridiculous. At this time, a voice sounded outside the door, and the big shopkeeper downstairs said:

"Big lady, Lord Lu has something urgent to find the big lady."

"Looking for me? Do you know what's going on? ”

"I don't know, but I look like I'm in a hurry."

"Got it, I'll go right away."

After the big shopkeeper retreated, Jiang Rong and the three women said:

"You guys get busy first, I'll go and I'll be back."

instructed the three of them, Jiang Rong pushed the door downstairs, Lu Gao and the others were restless downstairs, and when they saw Jiang Rong appearing, they hurriedly stepped forward to salute:

"I've seen Mrs. Hou."

"Lord Lu doesn't need to be polite, I have something important to do."

"Exactly, the stakes are very high, and I would like to ask Madame to take a step to speak."

"Alright then, come with me."

Jiang Rong led Lu Gao and his entourage to the backyard of the warehouse, where no one was, and hurriedly asked:

"Lord Lu, please say, what matters so much."

Lu Gao stepped forward and lowered his voice and whispered:

"Madam, the Jin army is gathering heavy troops to my Jiangdong, and the troops against me are about to be used."

"What!" Jiang Rong was taken aback. Although she has not asked about the military for many years, she is extremely sensitive to politics, and she clearly knows that the domestic army is empty, and it is a dead end for the Jin army to send troops at this time:

"Is this message exact?"

"The news of Yuke is not 100% sure, but there is still a success."

"With such important news, why did General Lu look for Mrs. Ben?"

"To tell you the truth, Mrs. Hou, at the moment, Xianguo's troops are empty, and it is impossible to draw troops from the front line, so the king wants Guangxin to send troops to temporarily relieve the urgent need."

Jiang Rong was wary and questioned:

"Guangxin has a lot of soldiers, and it is useless, how can it resist the hundreds of thousands of horses and horses of the Jin army."

"The king has recalled the expeditionary army from the Liang State, and for the time being, he can only piece together fifty or sixty thousand people to be transferred to Jiangdong for emergency, and I only hope that the Marquis of Yongxing can free up his hands on the front line to move troops to rescue."

"That's not enough, the terrain in Jiangdong is flat, fifty or sixty thousand gathered troops will definitely die in battle, and dividing the troops is tantamount to sitting and waiting to be broken by each one, what use can it be."

Lu Gao was secretly taken aback at this time, he knew that Jiang Rong was deeply hidden, but he never thought that Jiang Rong could make achievements in the military. Seeing that the deception could not be deceived, Lu Gao gritted his teeth and said:

"Mrs. Hou, Xianguo is in danger, and I hope that Mrs. will put state affairs first and persuade Guangxin to send troops."

"I'm a woman who has left the house, how can I say that my father and brother are going to send troops."

"Mrs. Hou, the situation is sinister now, the King of Jin regards the Marquis of Yongxing as a thorn in his side, if the Jin army comes to attack, the Marquis of Yongxing may not be able to stand alone on the front line, and Mrs. also has to consider the hundreds of people in the Hou Mansion."

"Okay, Lord Lu will convey the king for Mrs. Ben, and I want to return to Guangxin in person."

"Thank you, madam, this official will immediately face the king."

The family is a big business, and the surface is glamorous, but the difficulties behind it are only known to the owner.

The Yongxing Marquis Mansion is now one of the largest households in the Xian country, from the lady to the servant, hundreds of people in the whole house, nine daughters, the slightest difference is a disaster full of blood, Jiang Rong, the lady of the main room, is really not easy.

After Lu Gao left, Jiang Rong called Qiao Fu'er and Xiao Er to the backyard of the warehouse to explain the matter in detail. Qiao Fu'er is used to seeing the world, and she is helpless when disaster comes:

"The Hou family has a big business, and the Jin people are here, what a big loss! No, I have to go back to my parents' house and ask my parents. ”

Jiang Rong stopped with one hand and hurriedly said:

"Don't panic, it's still early. I will return to Guangxin tomorrow, and the affairs of the house will be taken care of by the two of you, and the money and debts that can be collected will be recovered quickly, and the gold and silver in the house will be counted clearly, and the large boxes will be prepared and put into the boxes to be ready to move away at any time. Remember, don't make a noise about it, so as not to mess with people's hearts. ”

"What about the servants in the house?" Xiao Er asked.

"Most of the servants are from the deserted village, Guangxin and Yongxing City, if the Jin people really call, they will arrange to go to Yongxing City, where it is the forces of the Ligong faction, as well as the soldiers of the royal guest, no matter how fierce his Jin army is, he will not dare to go against the royal guest. Let's do it for the time being, if Sister Fu'er wants to go back to her parents' house, go back, remember to ask your mother what she means. ”

"Okay, I'll go first."

The arrangements were made, and the three women went their separate ways.

That night, Jiang Rong sent people to Guangxin to send them quickly, and the next day he led more than 200 guards to Yongxing City by car, and went into the city in the afternoon to ask Zong Botai for advice. Su Fangyi had already informed Yu Zong Botai of the Jin army's deployment of troops and sneak attack, and Jiang Rong came to ask about the plan, which was all in his expectation.

Seeing Jiang Rong, Zong Botai asked first:

"Madame is here to send troops for Guangxin."

"Yes, Mr. is really clever, hurry up and give the concubine an idea, how can this difficulty be solved."

"Madam, please sit down first, stay and talk slowly."

Ask Jiang Rong to sit down, Zong Botai took the topographic map of Xianguo and spread it on the table, pointed to Jiangdong and said:

"It is expected that the Jin army will send troops this time, and it is not difficult to break this situation, in fact, the key is still in King Xian."

"The army of Xianguo is now in Sun State, although I don't know much about military affairs, but I also know that it will take two or three months to withdraw the army from Sun State, where is the time."

"Madame misunderstood, what I said was not the use of soldiers, and if King Xian wants to resolve this situation, he must give up."

"The concubine is stupid, please speak clearly."

"The crux of the problem at the moment is not that the main force of the Xian State is outside, but that the King of Xian is too greedy for land and has great ambitions, which arouses the dissatisfaction of the princes. Therefore, the only way to stop the deterioration of the situation is to give up the land that has already been acquired in exchange for the tolerance of other countries, so as to gather military strength and return to the country. ”

"But is this going to work? The land that is hard to get is not gold and silver, you can earn it tomorrow if you lose it today, and the land is an inch of blood and a life, how can you change it. ”

A strong sense of territory highlights Jiang Rong's political talent, she is very aware of the value and political significance of land, not that business can be profitable and loss-oriented, and every inch of land is a permanent loss, and it is a country that has been beaten down with human life, and it cannot be easily lost.

However, the appetite has to match the strength, and the strength must have the opportunity, both of which are indispensable.

"Madam, although the Xianguo country is currently swallowing the land, it is unable to deal with the neighbors, and the land of several counties will only be attacked by the princes.

"But how can the king of Xian promise to give up the land he can get."

"The crux of the matter lies in this, don't hide it from Madame, the Hou Ye has asked King Xian a month ago to negotiate peace with the eldest grandson in the land of the three counties, but the king did not approve it, which caused today's sinister situation."

"So, the swallow already knew!"

"Exactly. Hou Ye knew that the king would not promise, so he was prepared to retreat from the Jin army. ”

When Jiang Rong heard the news, her tense nerves breathed a sigh of relief:

"It turns out that the swallow has been prepared for a long time, and I have a false alarm."

"Madame's words are still premature, although the Jin army retreated, it was an expedient measure. If the king of Xian could not give up the land in exchange for the compromise of the defense of the country, once the defense of the country advanced eastward, the Jin army would be disgusted again, so the king had to give up the land in exchange for the peace of the front. ”

"But the concubine heard that Weiguo was going to swallow more than a dozen counties, why should she let three or two counties be given to Weiguo, how fair is this!"

"Having said that, but the current situation is pressing, if we can't use the land to defend the country and use the power of defending the country to stabilize the situation in the Central Plains, there will soon be another war, and the Xianguo will lose a good opportunity to recuperate for several years, and the gains outweigh the losses."

"The matter of giving up the land, but how can the king of Xian agree."

"It's hard to say it, it's easy to say it, it's up to Madame."

"Me!" Jiang Rong pointed at herself in surprise: "How can the concubine convince King Xian." ”

"If Guangxin Gong plays and lets the land protect the country, King Xian will definitely agree. Only in this way can King Xian have the face to explain to the world and to his ancestors and ancestors. ”

"He Xian Wang has confessed, so where did he put my father?" Jiang Rong was furious, she heard it, someone had to stand up and carry this black cauldron, only in this way could King Xian step down, and everything in the future would be borne by Guangxin Gong.

"Madam, if this matter is successful, King Xian will definitely open up to Guangxin.com."

"That's not good, the matter of the land is related to the ancestors of the Jiang family, how can my father bear this great crime of rebellion."

"Madam, compared with the past hundreds of years, Xianguo has been a place to expand its territory and several counties, and it is only an expedient measure to give up the three counties at present. But if you are enemies with your neighbors for the sake of the land of the three counties, even if the Hou Ye has three heads and six arms, he will not be able to turn the tide.

This is the way to retreat, today's loss is for the strength of the next day, if you can't endure the pain for a while, there will be a fatal disease in the next day. The way of governing the country is like curing diseases, and the wife has a man's mind, and this truth should be understood. ”

"Alas......" Jiang Rong sighed and shook her head, clenching her empty fists left and right: "This matter is very important, and it is difficult for the concubine to guarantee that her father can agree to this matter." ”

"Xianguo is Jiang's Xianguo, and I believe that Guangxin Gong understands righteousness and can focus on state affairs."

"Well, I will immediately return to Guangxin's mother's house and discuss with my father, if it can't be done, Mr. will have to teach me separately."

"Madame, don't worry, if it doesn't work, there will be another plan to teach you."

After seeing Zong Botai, Jiang Rong went non-stop to see Su Fangyi, and exchanged views with Duan Songzhi, the head of the Ligong faction, and the left and right doors.

Duan Songzhi in May, led the main gate from the Yuke Hall through the south of Xuguo, bypassing Zhiguo to Yongxing, happy less than three months, suddenly encountered this kind of thing, anger can be imagined.

Su Fangyi's position represents the attitude of the royal guest, who still does not want to get involved in the conflict between the princes, but has no intention of sitting idly by, and the horse lent to Bailiyan is on the way to Changyin, and it will arrive at the end of October at the latest.

At the same time, intelligence activities throughout the Central Plains never stopped, and intelligence information from various countries continued to be sent to the Baili Yan army. Of course, due to the delay in the speed of message transmission, the news of the Jin army's deployment of troops has not yet been delivered to Bailiyan. I want to chat about "Empire Travel" with more like-minded people, pay attention to "excellent reading literature" on WeChat, talk about life, and find confidants~