Xie Pu set off to Beiping to take office in less than May, and it always took a month on the way, and then counting the handover of affairs, staying in the official residence, the new official taking office, visiting his boss and colleagues everywhere, and arranging for the accompanying shopkeepers, it is estimated that it will not be until late June before he can really settle down.

Xie Mulin originally thought that he would receive Xie Pu's letter from Beiping last month, but he didn't expect that the book would be delivered to Huyin after the Mid-Autumn Festival. During this period, even the shopkeepers who went north with Xie Pu did not hear from him. Xie Yinghui, who stayed in the capital, corresponded with his hometown two or three times, and the letter from Beiping was delivered. Xie Mulin can now really feel how slow the traffic was in ancient times.

Wen happily took a pair of children and went to the flower hall in the front yard with Xie Xianzhi. Several children, along with Wanqin, also rushed to hear the news one after another, sat around and listened to Wen's opening and reading the letter.

Xie Pu said in the letter that his road to office was quite smooth, but when he was passing through Shandong on the way, he met with his subordinates in Kaizhou in Liaocheng, and by the way, he went to visit several old bosses in the past, and there were local fathers and gentry in Kaizhou, because they were grateful for his merits in office, and heard that he was promoted and was going to pass through Shandong, so they specially made an appointment to visit him and congratulate him.

Because of the delay on the road for a few days, when I arrived in Cangzhou, I happened to encounter heavy rain for several days and was blocked in the post station for several days.

Fortunately, there was a flood in the Yellow River last year, and several prefectures in Shandong were hard-hit areas, and afterwards there was a big case of Wang Angui, the prefect of Dongchang, who had swallowed up the river construction money, and many officials from the Shandong political envoy and the river yamen were brought to justice. Now the officials in office did not dare to be careless, and without waiting for the imperial court to find out the river construction case, they tried every means to squeeze out a sum of money and repair several dangerous dikes in Shandong, so as not to have any problems in the next few years, and even they would lose their official positions and lose their lives. Therefore, the heavy rain in Cangzhou for a few days only brought great inconvenience to the people and lost this year's summer grain income, but there was no serious disaster.

After the rain became lighter, Xie Pu left Cangzhou, and then had a smooth journey to Beiping.

The scenery of Beiping is very different from that of Jiangnan. Although Xie Pu has heard his mother Song talk about the situation in Beiping since he was a child, he still came back for the first time and felt quite fresh.

After he arrived in Beiping, he first went to report to the Yamen of the Political Envoy Division, because the predecessor of the Left Counselor had left, he could only take over the official affairs with the assistance of the Right Counselor and other subordinate officials, and there were still a lot of cumbersome and messy things during the period, even if he had the assistance of two Cheng Anshan and Mo Yanke, two capable staff, he was still in a hurry. Fortunately, his boss, the political envoy of Beiping, is quite kind and fair, and there is Yan Wangfu behind his back to support him, and the subordinate officials and officials under him are also shrewd and capable, so after he spent some time, he still smoothly straightened out his official duties.

As for the residence, he lived in the official residence where all the subordinate officials of the political envoy and the yamen were concentrated.

The area of Beiping City is very large. When Emperor Taizong (Yongle) expanded Beiping City, it was expanded according to the specifications of the capital, but the matter of moving the capital was shelved after his death, and Beiping City could only continue to be the capital of Yandi, although it was the largest city in the north and had a large population, but it still could not be compared with Jinling City, which also caused the phenomenon that the officials and people in the city occupied quite a spacious and spacious area.

Beiping political envoy Si Yamen used to be in Baoding Mansion, Taizong was moved to Beiping City, just south of the main gate of the royal city that was originally scheduled to be the imperial city, and other government offices Yamen next to each other, but the official residence of the subordinate officials was also arranged in the west of Dashi Yongfang, located in the south of Taiye Pond, next to West Chang'an Street, the scenery is very good.

Xie Pu, the leftist political envoy, was only under the political envoy in Beiping, so his official residence was also quite magnificent, it was a three-entry house, very spacious, with many houses, and the back house also had a garden of half an acre.

This is a pleasant surprise. When Xie Pu was in the prefect of Kaizhou in the past, he lived in the back of the palace, which was just a two-entry courtyard, covering a small area, and there was no back garden.

Now Xie Pu has taken his subordinates to live in the mansion, and he didn't even occupy the first two courtyards, and the rough male servants were treated like two people per room, and they lived very comfortably. Of course, the scenery of the back garden is not as good as the Guiyuan Garden in Jinling City, and there are several good flowers and trees, which can basically meet Xie Pu's needs. He had already held a small banquet in the back garden to entertain the political envoys, right politicians, and other subordinate officials who lived in the official residence.

Xie Pu said very earnestly in his letter to his family that the official residence was too big, but he brought too few people, and it seemed that the place was cold, and it was quite troublesome to take care of, and there was even one less virtuous helper to handle the affairs of human relations for him. It would be great if a female dependent could come to Peking to share his worries.

Wen's face flushed slightly when he read the letter here. She knew that her husband was implicitly inviting her. Thinking of what the second old lady Song said to her earlier, Wen pursed her lips and smiled, and decided to surprise her husband when she replied.

After listening to Song and her daughter Xie Mulin talk about so many customs and customs in Beiping, she couldn't wait to go there and share her worries for Xie Pu.

Wanqin, who was standing next to her, had a different opinion. She remembered that in the past, she had been on the orders of her mother, Cao, to accompany her husband Xie Pu, take care of his internal affairs in foreign office, and communicate with the families of other officials, all of which she was familiar with. She is very confident that when she arrives at the back house of the political envoy in Beiping, she will be able to cope with the relevant affairs.

Xie Pu obviously arrived at the post, only to find out how inconvenient it was to not have a female dependent, so he hinted in the letter to the family that the Wen family sent her to the post. Wen is now the wife of the main house, not only to serve the mother-in-law Song, but also to take care of several children, next year Xie Xianzhi and Xie Jinzhi's brothers will take the exam, Wen can't go away no matter what. In addition to Wanqin herself, which other female dependents of the Xie family can go to Beiping? Aunt Jin is still messing around with her daughter in Beijing, and she is from a low background, so she is not that material at all.

Wanqin was already worried, when to pack her luggage and go north. Although she is the best candidate, her children are still in Huyin, so she can't leave her children behind, right? I wonder if I can convince Wen to agree to travel with her two children?

Just when Wanqin was absent-minded, Wen had already packed up her mood and continued to read her family letter.

After Xie Pu introduced his residence, he mentioned that the shopkeepers he brought were very capable, and he didn't have to worry about it, so when he was busy with official business, he found a place to settle down in Beiping City on his own.

The shopkeepers went to find a suitable store, visited the local chamber of commerce, guilds and several famous business tycoons, gave gifts to the Yanwang Mansion, and then went to various official offices to dot the dots, after entering July, the shop was successfully opened, it was opened in the east of Zhengxifang, near the mouth of the Pearl Market, although because of the rent, it was not opened on the most prosperous Zhengyangmen Street, but it was also very close, and the surrounding stores were almost all kinds of groceries in the north and south.

Xie Pu's letter was written in early July, so the only thing he could provide was the data of the first few days of the store's opening. If it goes on like this, I'm afraid that within this year, we will be able to earn back the capital.

Xie Pu's letter so far has been good news, and Wen and several children are very happy to hear it. However, Xie Mulin has not forgotten Mrs. Xie: "Mother, did Daddy mention the matter of the old lady?" ”

Xie Huizhi also asked: "Madam, can my father mention the third sister?" ”