The emperor was in a very good mood: "This Youning County Lord Su has made a lot of contributions, and this time it has solved my urgent need, you say, how should I reward her?" ”

The crown prince thought about it carefully and said, "Father, the son thinks that now is not a good time to reward the county lord of Youning again. Just after the smallpox incident, her father had just rewarded her, and she was rewarded again, just afraid that it would attract the attention of people with a heart and bring some unnecessary trouble to the county lord of Youning. She is also responsible for the promotion of smallpox and sweet potato, both of which are important matters related to the peace and contentment of the people of our Great Zhou, and they must not be delayed. In addition, there is this gold mine, and Erchen thinks that it is not appropriate to publicize it, so as not to disturb people's hearts. ”

The prince's words were extremely subtle, but the emperor also heard the meaning.

Lin Ruan's identity has risen too quickly, and it is easy for people to hit her with ideas. She was born in the countryside, and her roots are too shallow, and if she is really targeted by some people with other plans, it will indeed be a trouble.

If the gold mine was taken from the hands of the King of Chu, if it was spread out, the King of Chu would definitely jump over the wall in a hurry. The dark pavilion was suppressed, and the king of Chu did not move, thinking that it was because the hole cards were not found. But after the matter of this gold mine comes out, the king of Chu may rise up.

In recent years, the Great Zhou Dynasty has been fighting for many years, and the form of border passes is already urgent. If the king of Chu breaks out again at this time, it will really be an enemy on his back.

Therefore, Da Zhou is in chaos now. The king of Chu couldn't move for a while.

After thinking about it for a while, the emperor nodded and said, "I have a plan in my heart. It's just that Youning has made such a big contribution this time, but she can't be rewarded, and she is a little wronged. ”

The prince arched his hand and said: "Father can wait for the sweet potato promotion to be completed, and then reward it together." Erchen saw that the county lord of Youning was a transparent person, and he didn't care about it when he thought about it. ”

The emperor thought of the impression he had when he saw Lin Ruan before, and nodded, that girl was indeed a transparent person.

So, the matter was decided.

The emperor wrote a letter to Xiao Jingchen, asking him to secretly arrange for people to mine gold mines, and he must not leak the news.

When Xiao Jingchen received the letter, he was not too surprised.

He is well aware of the situation in the DPRK and China, so he has long made preparations in this regard. As soon as the emperor's letter arrived, he immediately arranged for men to go into the mountains and start digging for gold.

Lin Ruan was not interested in these things at all, and she was worried about her business.

It was cold, and the smallpox matter was fully resolved, and Xunweiji's business suddenly improved.

After the smallpox incident, the people of Qingzhou were grateful to her, so all her shops and business far exceeded last year.

As soon as business picked up, there was a shortage of manpower.

Lin Ruan had a little headache, she didn't expect her business to develop so quickly, so she couldn't keep up with the manpower she had to use.

Yang San'er and Lin Tiezhu helped her before, but she didn't feel anything bad, but now that Yang San'er has gone to the capital, Lin Tiezhu was beaten into the cold palace by her, and there was no one who could use it for a while.

Lin Yi and the others each guarded a shop, and it was not easy to transfer, so worried that Lin Ruan's hair was about to go bald.

Xiao Jingchen saw that she was so worried that he couldn't help but reach out and knock on her forehead: "If you want someone to tell me?" ”

Lin Ruan touched his forehead: "Don't you have all the right things to do?" ”

Xiao Jingchen didn't say much, only asked her how many she needed.

Lin Ruan was not polite to him, and counted with his fingers: "At least five are needed." ”

Originally, two or three were enough, but Lin Ruan felt that it was better to have as many people as possible, so as to save the blindness in the future.

Xiao Jingchen went back to the house and wrote a letter, summoned a carrier pigeon, and passed the letter away.

Within two days, two carriages arrived at Linjia Village.

Five men of different ages saluted Lin Ruan in unison: "I've seen the owner." ”

Then they each handed the deed of sale to Lin Ruan.

Lin Ruan gathered the deed of sale and looked at it, these five people were called Qian Dong, Qian Nan, Qian Xi, Qian Bei, and Qian Zhong.

"Your name?"

Qian Dong Shili replied: "Originally, we were all deputies under the prince who were in charge of various businesses, and the surname was given by the Wang family. ”

The corners of Lin Ruan's mouth twitched, thinking of Jia Yi's name, and finally found that someone had a more famous name than her.

After asking what these people were good at, Lin Ruan arranged a few people.

Qian Dong went to Huaiyang Mansion to arrange the opening of a branch.

Qian Nan and Qian Xi took over the original Yang San'er and Lin Tiezhu's affairs.

Qian Bei and Qian Zhong went to the Fucheng around Huaiyang Mansion to check the market. Make preliminary preparations for Lin Ruan's expansion of the industrial territory.

With the addition of these people, Lin Ruan has returned to his previous state of being the shopkeeper.

However, she didn't have a few days to spare, so she was busy again, because Lin Han was going to study in Huaiyang Mansion.

A few days ago, Lin Han's children's test results had already come out, and he was at the top of the list.

Due to the smallpox incident, the date of the children's test list has also been postponed for a while, and Lin Ruan is a little surprised by this result, but also feels that it should be so.

Lin Han is very smart, in the words of his previous life, this kid has a superior IQ, and others need to learn the knowledge for a few days, and he can basically understand it thoroughly. Coupled with mental maturity and tenacity, and hard enough, it is not much surprising to be at the top of the exam.

On the day the results came out, Lin Ruan asked Lin Han whether he wanted to stay in Qingzhou to go to school or go to Huaiyang Mansion.

Lin Han decided to go to Huaiyang Mansion without hesitation.

This can make Lin Zhong sad, Xiuxiu is now studying medicine next to Mr. Qi, Lin Ruan will stay in Qingzhou most of the time, but Lin Han wants to go to Huaiyang Mansion, he really can't wait to split himself in half, half of them follow Lin Han to Fucheng, and half stay in Qingzhou to guard their two daughters.

On the contrary, Lin Han himself was very calm, and in turn persuaded Lin Zhong: "Dad, I went to Huaiyang Mansion to study, and I lived directly in the academy, and you can't see me when you go to Huaiyang Mansion, so stay in Qingzhou to guard Ah Ruan and Xiuxiu." ”

Lin Ruan also advised him not to be anxious, there was her property and manpower over there in Fucheng, and Mrs. He was there, so Lin Han didn't need to worry about it at all when he went there.

After Lin Zhong was persuaded several times, he also calmed down.

Lin Ruan needed to take Lin Han to Fucheng in person.

After arranging the affairs at home, Lin Ruan took Lin Han and his own men and set off for Fucheng.

Xiao Jingchen didn't follow, he still had something to deal with.

At the beginning, the sudden outbreak of smallpox had already found out some eyebrows, and with the matter of the gold mine, he couldn't leave for half a while.

Lin Ruan took Lin Han for four days and arrived at Fucheng.

Before leaving, she asked people to carry a letter to Fucheng, so as soon as they arrived in Fucheng, someone was waiting in front of the mansion.

This was the first time Lin Han had come to the mansion, and after entering the mansion, he looked around.

Lin Ruan immediately asked people to hand over the post to He Fu.