Chapter 60: A Woman's Wish

"Wei'er, you wait here for a while... Well... You go back first, I'll go in by myself..."Ziling stood at the door and hesitated for a moment, but turned around and entered the door by herself. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Madame... You... Your body is not very convenient now..."Hongwei pointed to Ziling's slightly bulging lower abdomen, "The master has instructed me to take good care of Madame..."

"Isn't Brother Yun in there?" Ziling stretched out her finger and pointed to the house, "I'll stay in there for a while, and Brother Yun will naturally send me back to the room after a while, so you can go back by yourself first..."

"That's... Madame..."Hongwei glanced at the wobbly lights in the room, still a little hesitant, "Then I'll bring these foods in for Madame..."

"Oh... I'll take a look..."Ziling stroked her hanging hair upwards, lowered her head and rubbed the lid of the small basket with her hand and sniffed, "You take it back, I won't eat it, the doctor has explained, I can't eat these sweet and greasy things..."

"Yes, ma'am, Vile has made a note of it." Hongwei pinched the small basket and responded a little reluctantly, and then looked at Ziling, who had already turned around and pushed the door to enter, so she frowned and disappeared into the night.

"Why did you come to the study, didn't I tell you to stay in the room? Why don't you know how to pay attention now? Although Peng Yue was disgusted on the surface, his heart was full of joy, he didn't expect Ziling to be pregnant so soon, thinking about the little life that would soon appear and was inextricably linked with himself, Peng Yue's every look at Ziling was full of tenderness and love.

"I just wanted to come and see you, I'm alone in the house... Stuffy and panicked..."Ziling couldn't help but lower her head when she heard Peng Yue's series of "scolding", and even her voice weakened, like a child who had made a mistake.

Seeing Ziling so docile, Peng Yue couldn't bear to say anything more, so he took her hand lightly, smiled at her and sighed, "Come, I'll take you back to the room, don't move around like this..."

"Oh, I'm not going back..."Ziling pouted, broke free of Peng Yue's big hand holding her, and twisted her body slightly with some uneasiness, "The doctor said, like me... On this day, there is no need for this, it's better to exercise more, and you always let me lie down in the house, and now I feel so stuffy in that room, and I have no strength in my body, I just came here to breathe, hehe..."

"Oh well... It may not be good to lie in the house all the time, and you still have to exercise, but you must be careful, don't bump into it..."Peng Yue did not forget to nag again, like an old mother.

"I know, I know..."Ziling's little hand was plugged in her ear, and she said with a coquettish smile, "Are you busy with the affairs of the market again, look at it, if I don't clean it up for you, what will your table look like..."

"I'll come by myself, you go there and rest..."Peng Yue saw that Ziling was busy again, and hurriedly walked in front of her to "drive" up.

"You just asked me to exercise more, why are you letting me rest now?" Ziling turned her head and smiled mischievously at Peng Yue, "I can help you out of the table here, it's better to go over and wander around the yard, my lord, you can sit here and deal with your own affairs in peace..."

"Actually, I've been idle for the past two days, and I've been to the study several times..."Ziling raised her head and smiled at Peng Yue as she spoke, but the work in her hand hadn't stopped, and in a trance, Peng Yue suddenly felt that Ziling's gestures revealed a kind of mature beauty that she had never seen before.

"Your study is always messy, don't you notice that every night when you deal with things, it feels like a whole new thing?" Ziling winked at Peng Yue, and returned to her previous playful appearance.

"I thought someone was cleaning it up." Peng Yue scratched his head embarrassedly, "In the future, you won't do this kind of work..."

"I'm idle and bored, I'm used to cleaning up, do you remember when we lived in a small house before, there was no one under us, didn't I clean up at that time, wasn't it clean one day?" Ziling's eyes narrowed with a smile, as if she had fallen into sweet memories again, "Actually, let others clean up, I don't feel at ease in my heart, your study is full of important things, it's a shame to lose one..."

Peng Yue sat aside, his eyes a little wandering, as if he had also fallen into that slightly difficult but extremely sweet time. I remember that at that time, Ziling dragged her sick body, but she was still busy cleaning up the room, saying that she didn't worry about doing it herself, and she thought she was careless. But Peng Yue didn't understand at the time that this was Ziling's love and reward for him in the bottom of his heart, and he still had the right to be a girl's love for cleanliness, so he simply ignored it, in fact, he was quite stupid at the time.

However, I remember that I saw Ziling's busy little shadow under the faint light, and I still had a sour feeling in my heart. She raised her hand to wipe the sweat on her forehead with a slight movement, she didn't know whether it was because of sleepiness or dizziness and her body was a little unstable back scene, always affecting her heart, at that time she wanted to get up from the bed, but she was in a daze, so she fell asleep unconsciously, in fact, Sister Ling'er also wanted to sleep at that time, didn't she?

"Actually, I know you're very busy, so I don't blame you for being stuck in the study all the time..."Ziling chattered while cleaning up, "Just talking about your affairs of the city, it's even more messy than this table, I have seen stacks of documents about the city's department you brought back in the past two days, and I feel upset when I look at it..."

"Ahh It's really a bit chaotic..."Peng Yue sniffed and "woke up" from his memories, "Actually, these are nothing, what is really complicated is not these things, but the complicated relationship between the DPRK and China..."

"Really? What could be more complicated than that? Ziling rubbed the stack of letters in her hand upside down on the table, and after they were neat, she carefully placed them on the table, "Then you can tell me about it, okay?" Ziling smiled as she spoke, pulled a stool and sat down, staring at Peng Yue with big eyes flickering, like a little girl who wanted to hear a story.

"It's... It's troublesome to talk about..."Peng Yue smiled awkwardly, not knowing if he could explain the benefits and disadvantages to the "stupid" Ziling in an hour, but looking at Ziling's sincere and expectant eyes, Peng Yue really couldn't bear to refuse. Let's talk about it, it's good to make a long story short, omit complicated things, talk about it a little bit, and don't believe that you can't finish it in a quarter of an hour.

So Peng Yue took the grandmother to tell the little granddaughter the story of the big bad wolf, omitted the specific plot of the matter, and focused on the complexity and difficulty of this matter, thus highlighting his heroic image of not being afraid of difficulties and moving forward bravely.

"Is that complicated?" Ziling raised her face, looked at Peng Yue with a puzzled expression, and her little hand couldn't help scratching her hair bun, "I don't seem to understand..."

"Uh..." Peng Yue showed an embarrassed expression, it seemed that his ability to tell stories was indeed a little worse, but licking his somewhat dry lips, Peng Yue really didn't want to tell it a second time.

"Then since things are so complicated, is it particularly difficult for you to do it?" Ziling bit her lip, her long eyelashes drooped, as if those difficulties were pressing on her now, "Actually, you don't need to ask, just think about it, you can know how difficult it is, it must be much more difficult than me cleaning up these things all day..."

Peng Yue didn't know how to answer, but when he heard Ziling say that, he compared it with cleaning up the house by himself, and couldn't help but laugh out loud, "How difficult things do you need others to do, as long as you work hard, you won't feel how difficult it is..."

"Then why don't you just do this kind of thing, you see that you have offended so many people by doing this kind of thing, what if they want to harm you one day, I feel terrified when I hear it..."

"How can it be so terrifying as you say, don't worry, I'll be fine..."Peng Yue squeezed out a smile, but sighed lightly in his heart. It seems that his story is a bit overdone, he originally wanted to highlight his hero image and satisfy his little vanity, but it made Ziling worried, which is not good, and he knew that he would just make a perfunctory sentence lightly.

"You're comforting me, you told me just now, saying that there are many obstacles to your affairs in this city, although what you said is not specific, but I can imagine how troublesome it is to do, in fact, this sea ban has been banned for so long, why do you want to think about opening the sea ban, isn't it nothing to ban for so long before?" Ziling's red lips were pursed at this time, and his face was full of reluctance, and even his bright eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of fog at this time.

"But... But it's not like you think, the many benefits after the sea ban are inexhaustible, and the road is endless, since I understand this, I must do it firmly, otherwise... Otherwise, I'm always unwilling..."Peng Yue replied to Ziling, his brows furrowed, and he was also thinking about what force pushed him to do these things.

In fact, I have always been making a little change with a desire to make social progress, but why do I want to change? Maybe it was the kind of education he received in his previous life that he really couldn't bear the kind of humiliation suffered by China in modern times and the kind of suffering suffered by his compatriots in modern times, so Peng Yue wanted to change and avoid all this, especially when he had the opportunity, hope, and possibility to change now, he naturally didn't want to miss this opportunity, Peng Yue believed that this was an inevitable choice that any hot-blooded man would make. Especially in the face of the sea ban, a huge factor hindering China's modern progress, Peng Yue had no reason not to change it.

"So can you think of a way not to... Don't offend those ministers, in fact, it's not impossible to let them profit, isn't the smuggling trade in the past also able to trade with foreign countries? Isn't it not much different from the current one? Ziling's tentative tone was a little more resolute than usual, and Peng Yue's innocent eyes made Peng Yue not know how to answer, maybe all the complicated questions would become simpler when Ziling arrived.

"Don't worry, I won't offend them... I'm going to be fine..."Peng Yue raised his arm as he spoke, pretending to be a strong posture and shaking it in front of Ziling, "Don't you still believe in your brother Yun?" When did Brother Yun have something happen, huh? Peng Yue pretended to smile at Ziling easily, but he had another thought in his heart.

In fact, in the eyes of those who do not understand this, allowing the smuggling trade and the state to open up trade have the same effect, but in fact, there is a world of difference between the two.

Peng Yue wanted to abolish the sea ban, and the ultimate goal was to trade with foreign countries and establish a modern trade system. He also opposed state monopoly and competition with the people, but the previous smuggling trade was more deformed and unbearable.

In fact, under the policy of maritime ban, only a small number of eunuchs dared to engage in smuggling trade, which was a more perverted trade monopoly. And since the state ostensibly did not allow overseas trade, they did not have to pay taxes at all, and all the benefits went into their own pockets, and the government did not benefit from it.

But if the state opens its door to trade, these profits will come to the state, and the state will use the money to build bridges, pave roads, and levy military salaries, but in fact the money can still be used by the people. At the same time, large-scale development will also stimulate the development of domestic handicrafts, as well as shipbuilding, iron casting and other heavy industries.

And those huge riches in the south of the Yangtze River, with these profits, will not use them for the people. Thinking that at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the treasury was empty, and the imperial court wanted them to donate some money to help the victims in the northwest, but they refused. Later, they were asked to pay for the extermination, but they still refused, and in the end they ended up with a jade burning.

And they get these profits, which have little effect on social progress. When they have money, they want to squander it, they want to buy more land. As a result, the peasants lost their land more severely, the gap between the rich and the poor widened, and the benefits of lower prices from tributary trade disappeared because they could not afford to import as much to affect prices. From this point of view, this kind of maladministration must be eliminated.

Of course, there is an even more formidable force in the smuggling trade, and that is the smuggling trade in collusion with the Japanese pirates. Those people colluded with each other to use the Japanese to loot by force, and then sold the looted materials overseas, which was almost a lucrative thing, but for the coastal people, it can be described as a huge disaster. As a result, many people died tragically, their families were ruined, and the unrest became more and more serious. If the country is able to trade at this time, then the rebellion and the bandit smuggling trade will naturally gradually weaken, which is another great benefit.

"Brother Yun...", Ziling seemed to see that Peng Yue was a little distracted, so she stretched out her slender fingers and shook them in front of Peng Yue, "Are you thinking about the sea ban again?" Alas, I know it's hard for you to do it, but... But Ling'er still supports you..."

"Who said I was thinking about the sea ban, I was thinking... Miss him..."Peng Yue smiled and pointed to Ziling's lower abdomen, "I'm thinking about whether he will look more like you in the future, or more like me, and then I think about how to do it in the future..."

"Oops... This also... It's still early..."Ziling heard Peng Yue say this, but her originally fair little face became red, and her eyes under her long eyelashes quickly glanced at Peng Yue, and then she drooped down again, it turned out that she was embarrassed.

"What do you mean early, isn't that right away? I feel like the baby will appear in front of me soon, it's a matter of closing my eyes and opening my eyes..."Peng Yue said and closed his eyes childishly, "Look, as soon as I open my eyes, he will be in front of me... Isn't that right, is he right in front of me? Peng Yue smiled and pointed to Ziling's lower abdomen, but when he raised his eyes, he saw that although Ziling was also laughing with himself, a trace of loneliness flashed in his eyes that was not easy to hide.

"What's the matter, Ling'er, is there anything unhappy?" Peng Yue tilted his head and looked at Ziling's fluttering nose, as if he couldn't bear it, so he even became cautious in his inquiring tone.

"I... I just hope that in the future... After the child is born in the future, you can have more time to accompany the child and accompany me, in Ling'er's heart, it doesn't matter if you are a hero or not... In fact, Ling'er also hopes that you can be a big man that everyone admires, but Ling'er hopes more... I hope to be able to enjoy more family fun, I don't want you to always run around..."Ziling spoke, even the head curtain hung down, and it flickered in front of Peng Yue's eyes, accompanied by some faint crying, "In fact, Ling'er hopes that these difficult and difficult things will be handed over to others to do, Ling'er only thinks that you can be safe, Ling'er only thinks that she can have a good husband, child... To be able to have a good father..."

Peng Yue quietly listened to Ziling say all this, his nose was sour, and an indescribable feeling flowed through his heart. He had never considered what Ziling really thought in his heart, but he only knew today what Ziling really wanted in his heart as a woman and as a mother of a child who was about to be born. This is not just Ziling, but the real thoughts in the hearts of every ordinary woman and ordinary mother. He remembered that every time he returned to the room at night, the light would always be on for himself, and every time he pushed the door open, Ziling would always get up from the bed with a smile and look at him sweetly. Every time I go out of the gate, the reluctant gaze at the door always has to be sent far, far away..."Suddenly I saw the willow color of the strange head, and the penitent husband was looking for the marquis", maybe this is the kind of truth and state of mind.

"Ling'er, don't worry..."Peng Yue's eyes showed a look of determination, as if he was giving himself confidence, and he was also giving Ziling confidence, he tightly grasped Ziling's soft hands, and looked at the little self in Ziling's eyes, "I promise you, I will try my best to be a good husband, and try to be a good father..."

In fact, what Ziling said also made Peng Yue fall into deep thought, because Peng Yue knew in his heart that he had also hesitated and struggled. It is said that "Gentle Township is a hero's mound", and Peng Yue does feel this way now. Now that Peng Yue is famous, and has a warm family, with a woman who loves him so much, what is Peng Yue not satisfied with? Peng Yue even has a deep attachment to all this, deep reluctance, he really wants to go on like this, brocade clothes and jade food, red sleeves and fragrance, happiness... But he felt a duty that was deeply oppressive to him, and that this responsibility was imposed on him.

Now Peng Yue is afraid of losing these things in front of him, he knows that as his reform deepens step by step, he will suffer more and more attacks and dangers, and even if he is not careful, he will get a result that will never recover, Peng Yue has a deep sense of fear when he thinks of this. He was reluctant to lose his current good life, and he was reluctant to have this lovely man in front of him, but Peng Yue himself didn't have a clear idea of where he should go.

Do your best, be worthy of your heart, Peng Yue's heart smiled a little sourly...