Chapter 667: Half a Letter

No one can see that Gu Yilan and Xie Shurou's two girls' houses actually had a fight when they closed the door, and they did it like a shrew in the market.

Anyway, everything depends on acting, as soon as the door opened, Xie Shurou and Gu Yilan both had the ability to endure the nausea and hold each other's arms, check out the bill affectionately, and go to Buzhuang.

The two of them went directly to the cloth village where Gu Yilan was married, and the two of them couldn't wait to move out half of the cotton cloth from the cloth village, and carefully selected while discussing, and spent it in the cloth village until dinner.

Gu Yilan chose more than a dozen batches of cloth here, half of which she gave to Xie Shurou to take away, and on the other hand, she asked people to move them into her own carriage.

"You use these first, and Jingzhong can't find more ideal materials at the moment," Gu Yilan sighed slightly when she sent Xie Shurou to the car: "Make do with it first." ”

"Okay." Xie Shurou nodded: "Anyway, a cloak in a red dress is not enough to wear, and when the ordered southern cotton cloth arrives, you will send it home directly to me." ”

"Okay, don't worry." Gu Yilan responded: "Tomorrow, I will let the embroidery girls in our house go to your house to learn what to pick duck down." ”

In this era, there is no machinery, everything has to rely on manual labor, making down jackets is a big project, Gu Yilan and Xie Shurou are busy when they go home. But even if she was very busy, Xie Shurou didn't forget it, and took out half of Mu Hongsheng's letter and sent it to King Xin's mansion.

It's quite strange that the porter of King Xin's Mansion received a letter from Xie Shurou, after the two of them were engaged, not to mention intimacy and affection, they didn't even have normal contacts. His Royal Highness King Xin is busy with business in and out all day long, except for a trip to Xie Mansion to participate in the engagement banquet, as if there is no such thing.

And that Miss Xie is also strange, after the marriage, she was silent, as if there was no such person, she had never appeared around the Xinwang Mansion, and it had been a month since she was engaged, why did she suddenly remember to believe it?

However, no one dared to suppress the letter from the princess in the future, of course, it was immediately sent to Zheng Ying. When Zheng Ying received the letter, she was discussing with Han Denian, Tao Ping and Zhang Liqiu, and when she heard that Xie Shurou had sent the letter, Zheng Ying was slightly stunned at first, and then in front of everyone, she couldn't wait to open the letter.

Zhang Liqiu They felt strange and a little happy, it seems that King Xin has figured it out, and he is starting to plan to live with Miss Xie in a down-to-earth manner, right? Otherwise, how could I be so happy to read Miss Xie's letter, and the expression on my face softened a little.

It's a pity that Zhang Liqiu and they weren't happy for long, Zheng Ying finished reading the letter, carefully folded it and stuffed it into her chest, and then the first sentence broke their illusions.

"Zhiling," Zheng Ying looked up at Zhiling on the side of the door: "It's been a long time since Yueniang set off, and it's time to go to the north, right?" ”

"Back to the master's words," Zhiling immediately replied: "It has indeed arrived, yesterday my subordinates received the pigeon whistle from Yueniang, she has already passed Heng'an, and I heard that Miss Mu is in Shuozhou, and she is planning to transfer to Danzhou to Shuozhou." ”

"Pass the news and let her go directly to Yanmen Pass." Zheng Ying replied: "The red dress letter said that she will leave for Yanzhou in the next few days. ”

Yes! Zhang Liqiu's disappointment was beyond words, and this was not Miss Xie's letter, but Miss Xie's letter! No wonder the prince is so happy to see it!

Is Miss Xie so virtuous? Before he passed the door, he was so generous, and he helped other women deliver letters to their future husbands. I don't know what's in my head.

"Hasn't Jiang Shangshu arrived yet?" Of course, Zheng Ying saw Zhang Liqiu's disappointed expression, but he didn't see it, and opened his mouth to discuss business again.

"I'm afraid it's past the time of Shen." Han Denian replied: "Master, the emperor said, let's not interfere more in the matter of tax reform, according to the minister, it is better to summon Jiang Shangshu less in the future." ”

"Hmm." Zheng Ying nodded: "This king knows." It was already the end of July, and the king called him today to ask about the Mid-Autumn Festival Labor Army. There is a war going on in the north right now, so naturally there is no need to think about the festival. At this time, it is not appropriate to send Qin to send it over. But there are no additional rewards on the court's side, and there must be no shortage of food, right? ”

"Master Gu mentioned this matter a few days ago." Han Denian replied: "But on the side of the household department, you have to ask Master Jiang." This made the courtiers donate silver, and they didn't have much opinion, but the household department checked the family property, which caused a lot of backlash and discussion, so up to now, only thirty percent of the officials' property has been checked, and most of the officials who are willing to cooperate are not from big families, so the silver collected is also limited. ”

"It's nature." Zheng Ying nodded: "No one is stupid, the household department has to collect donations based on the amount of taxes, of course, many people can sense that something is wrong." We don't need to worry about this, the courtiers will talk about it, let them talk about it. Let's wait and see, my father will start with the emperor in the next few days, and according to the king's estimate, by the middle of August, the household should be better off. ”

"It's really easier to start from the clan," Han Denian nodded: "The princes and princesses born to the emperor have already donated, so what reason do those princes and princes have not cooperate?" ”

"Fortunately, this Shuozhou victory blocked the mouth of the Ministry of Rites. The emperor has ordered the recruitment of troops again," Tao Ping interjected: "This first batch of recruited sergeants have all gathered in western Beijing to participate in camp training, and will set off for the north at the beginning of next month." ”

"That old thing with no bones." Zhang Liqiu shook his head: "You wait and see, he will re-propose peace years ago." His family has not handed over the account books until now, who knows why he proposed and why! ”

"Let's talk about the end of the year at the end of the year." Zheng Ying replied without raising her head: "Let's take care of the things in front of us first." At present, not only Gyeonggi, but also grain merchants in various places are faintly restless, and if they want to hoard goods and raise prices, they have to send people to the state capitals to take a walk around and make an example of chickens and monkeys. Food prices must stabilize in the second half of the year. ”

"In addition, there is another matter," Tao Ping said, "The Ministry of Industry Shangshu proposed to organize reclamation in the southwest Takijiang River Valley, and the emperor sent it to us." ”

"I'll ask the Ministry of Industry to come over later." Zheng Ying replied: "It's the end of July, and this is not the season of reclamation, so this matter can be discussed later." ”

"And then ......" Han Denian took out a note from his pocket: "The letter came from the four princes, and the people we sent to Lizhou got the evidence of corruption in Lizhou Mansion Yin, should we do it now?" ”

"It's a good time, the imperial court is short of money right now," Zhang Liqiu said: "However, Lizhou Mansion Yin used to be Lin Xiang's person, but later he did not follow the Lin family to Li Xiang." If we take him down now, we may not be able to get the vacated position. ”

"Do it now." Zheng Ying said decisively: "Corrupt officials and corrupt officials, is it possible that the king still has to cover it for him?" ”