There was a knock on the door, and Youcao asked Lin Ruo softly what he commanded.

Lin Ruo thought about it, and then said to the door: "You go and see if Brother Junyang is resting, if not, ask him to come over." ”

Youcao left in response, Lin Ruo looked at Lin Qi, the little boy who had been pestering her in her memory, had slowly grown up. It's just that Lin Qi is going to take over the Lin family after all, she can't always protect him under her wing, today is an opportunity to inform him of what Lao Qi and Xiang Xuehai left him.

"Wait for Uncle Wang Shi's people to come over, I'll pick a few gentlemen for you, I can't get used to you being lazy and not reading anymore."

Lin Qi pouted and wanted to protest, but when he saw Su Boyu's ridicule, he was unwilling and accepted it angrily.

Ji Junyang knocked on the door and came in.

Lin Ruo saw that everyone had arrived, so he straightened up and said slowly: "I was talking about giving Xiao Qi a chance to practice." Brother Junyang, I plan to hand over Xiang Xuehai's business to Xiao Qi to take care of. ”

"So suddenly?"

"Second sister...... You ......"

"Ah Ruo, are you ......?"

Lin Ruo waved her hand and motioned for everyone to listen to her: "I have discussed this matter with my uncle before, I will marry into the Rongwang Mansion, but Xiang Xuehai must stay in the Lin family, I will leave the seventh brother behind, Brother Junyang, before you return to Daiguo, also help me teach Xiao Qi to be familiar with business matters." ”

"Second sister, Xiangxue Haike, but it's all your hard work! I ......"

"It is precisely because I run Xiangxuehai single-handedly, so I will rest assured that it will be handed over to you."

Lin Qi was confused: "Why?" ”

Lin Ruo's gaze turned to Ji Junyang, who had been pondering: "Brother Junyang, you should know the reason, right?" ”

Ji Junyang groaned slightly, and said bluntly: "The rise of Xiangxuehai is because of its difference. The disadvantage of the other shops of the Lin family is that they are the same as the others. ”

Lin Ruo nodded: "Exactly." So Xiao Qi, only if you are familiar with Xiang Xuehai's way of doing business, can you really learn how to run the entire Lin family. ”

Lin Qi looked at Lin Ruo's rare solemn expression, although he was still a little dazed, but finally nodded like a man, and solemnly made his promise: "I know, second sister." ”

Ji Junyang asked, "Do you have any other plans?" ”

"Yes," Lin Ruo smiled helplessly when he heard this, "I just made a loss-making business with Lord Rong, and I lost a lot of money!" You have to think about how you can turn a profit! ”

The three of them exchanged glances with each other, it seems that that King Rong has given Lin Ruo a big problem!

After Murong Chong returned to the palace, he entered the palace non-stop and went to the East Palace to wait for the prince, intending to discuss with him the situation of the Shangyu flood. Sure enough, Emperor Mingzong, who received the urgent report, was furious, the prince was disgraced, and King Ye had the upper hand. However, fortunately, this report was submitted by the prince, but it cleared up his relationship with He Ru, the prefect of Shangyu.

It's just that after discussing for a long time, the candidates for the officials who went to Shangyu for inspection are still undecided.

Emperor Mingzong is also hesitating, who should he let go?

The crown prince is the prince, and this time the matter is related to him, so he should be excluded; As for King Ye, he is reckless by nature, rejoicing in his achievements, and he is bent on catching the prince's mistakes, so he must not be able to properly deal with the post-disaster resettlement problem; King Ning has always only loved piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, and hops, and he ignores the government and politics, and he is afraid that the deterrence is not enough; As for Murong Chong, the king of Rong, the marriage is approaching, and he may not be able to rush back in less than three months; As for the princes in the back, the seven princes are competitive and do not know the hardships of the people; The six princes and the eighth princes were weak and difficult to convince the public; The fifth prince is suitable, but he went to southern Xinjiang a few days ago and has not yet returned. Therefore, Emperor Mingzong set his target on other important ministers and hesitated.

Murong Chong was in the East Palace at this time, analyzing the pros and cons for the prince, and strongly persuaded him to deal with the matter of Shangyu in person. Marquis Jingping was also in the East Palace, and after listening to Murong Chong's analysis, this upright and upright old minister of the two dynasties pondered for a long time, and finally spoke: "Your Highness, what Prince Rong said makes sense. This patrol envoy position, His Highness must win it. ”

But the prince did not waver: "Fourth brother, Master Hou, I know, what you say makes sense!" However, how can I know how to deal with floods and quell the displaced people? My father is already angry, if there are some mistakes in Shangyu's trip, won't I, the crown prince, have to give up my position to King Ye! ”

When Murong Chong heard the prince's words, he suddenly felt a little chilled.

In his memory, his second brother was a person full of ambitions, ideals and ambitions, he remembered that when he was young, the prince took his hand, stood on the wall of the imperial city, overlooking the panoramic view of Bian'an City, and said in an impassioned tone: Fourth brother, in the future, you will be responsible for opening up territory for Donglu, and I will be responsible for letting the people of Donglu live a peaceful and prosperous life!

But what did he just say?

It's not even meritorious, but innocent!

Murong Chong couldn't help but lament in his heart, what made a hot-blooded teenager slowly turn into a greedy and timid rat? Is it time, or power?

He had no answer in his heart.

But he still persuaded the prince a lot with Marquis Jingping, and finally made the prince's mind slightly shaken, and then left the East Palace. Riding silently on the horse, a pair of confident eyes appeared in his mind, and a tacit understanding that he had never had before.

Murong Conflict was a little expectant, what was the clever plan that Lin Ruo promised to dredge the waterway.

However, then, there was no movement for a few days, and Murong inquired about it and learned that from the twenty-third day of April to the tenth day of the fifth month, the masters of the Lin family went to the Ci'en Temple outside the city to do things for the lord of Shude and the lord of Minrou. As the daughter of the county lord of Shude and the sister of the county lord of Minrou, Lin Ruo naturally cannot be absent.

Murong Cheng suddenly remembered that Lin Ruo had asked him not to take the initiative to raise grain for the Lin family, and understood her intentions: if he mentioned this matter to the crown prince or Emperor Mingzong that day, as an imperial merchant, the Lin family must hand over all the grain and grass raised to the imperial court, of course, the imperial court will not take it in vain, but at most it will be collected at the official price.

Lin Ruo took the initiative to bring this up, not because he was unwilling to open a position for relief, but because he wanted to wait for the most appropriate time. In just a few days, both the crown prince and the imperial court missed this opportunity, and if Emperor Mingzong or the crown prince wanted to mention this matter again, they must wait for them to return from the Temple of Mercy and Grace, and by that time, the household department must have been anxious.

Profiteers, what profiteers!

Wouldn't such a delay be a disregard for the ragged, hungry refugees?

While doubting Lin Ruo's intentions, he was also doubting whether she remembered to send the method of dredging the waterway to the palace. However, it didn't take long for him to be ashamed of his subjective assumptions again.

On the twenty-fifth day of April, Lin Ruo had the letter delivered to the house. In addition to the letter, there was a roll of drawings placed in a box.

But to Murong Chong's surprise, the person sent by Lin Ruo to deliver the letter and drawings was Murong Chong's original secret guard Wumo, but at this moment, his new master had changed his name to Qingshuang.