Chapter 122: The North
Shen Xianhe returned to the Guogong Mansion in the middle of the night, and she slept directly until noon.
After sleeping tired all night, Shen Xianhe got up and asked the maid to prepare hot water and let her take a bath to refresh.
After taking a bath and eating lunch, it was already afternoon, and the eldest princess and the grandfather of the country had come back, and they both asked Shen Xianhe to talk.
After arriving at the study, Grandpa Shen Junfeng spoke to Shen Xianhe.
"The emperor has already said about the arrest of the thief in the court today, it seems that the booklet provided by Green Sleeves yesterday has a lot of secrets, the emperor even seems to be in a good mood, and the emperor secretly came to the Guogong Mansion yesterday, and other people don't know, so the emperor wants to treat this matter as if it didn't happen, and we won't mention this matter again in the future."
"The emperor is willing to act as if this didn't happen, that's naturally good."
After all, this matter is a little embarrassing, Green Sleeves is indeed her maid, and it is not clear when she breaks it, and the emperor does not want to use no conclusive evidence to hurt the court and the minister's heart again.
After Shen Xianhe finished speaking, the eldest princess also spoke.
"This matter ends here, since the emperor is willing to let go, we don't have to care anymore, the previous dynasty anti-thief incident provides us with a lesson, after decades of development in the Guogong Mansion, there are already many maids and slaves, this time the New Year must be cleaned up, all those who have problems must be sent home, whether it is pulling out nails from other places, or those who have bad intentions, this time we have to drive out."
"According to the emperor's current thoughts. He can't let go of our Shen family. ”
"Leave this matter to Xianhe."
After the eldest princess finished speaking, Shen Junfeng spoke to Shen Xianhe.
"I and the princess have a lot of things to be busy in the court, if this kind of thing is handed over to my wife to do, I am afraid that she will be constrained by all kinds of intricate relationships in the family, talk about human feelings, and can't clean up those who have problems, after all, she is the lady in charge of this country's mansion, if she does it too ruthlessly, it will inevitably shake the minds of those below, but it is up to Xianhe to do it, after all, Xianhe is the county lord, and after the eldest princess's mansion is repaired, Xianhe will also go back to the princess's mansion with the princess to live, don't care about these people, The identity of Xianhe is here, and no one will dare to make trouble when the time comes. ”
After Shen Junfeng finished saying this, Shen Xianhe nodded.
"Second uncle, don't worry, I will solve this matter, but you have to tell the second aunt about this matter, don't let her think about it too much, after all, Ersen is the duchess of this Guogong Mansion, and hand over the housekeeping to me, if you don't explain it clearly, the second aunt will be sad."
Shen Xianhe said it so tactfully, in fact, she was afraid that the Qin clan would stumble on her again like the last time.
She really didn't want to do this kind of thing again, besides, the Shen family had to unite now so as not to be taken advantage of by others.
"I'll talk to the Qin clan about it."
Shen Junfeng agreed, and Shen Xianhe asked another question.
"I got a piece of news, didn't the emperor postpone the originally scheduled wedding at the beginning of this year? Although I don't want to marry my cousin anymore, but the emperor has changed his mind now, he seems to be planning to prepare for a big wedding next year, let me marry in the palace, I don't know why my cousin has this kind of mind now, and so far, he has not revealed this matter to the ministers in the court, I always feel that he is preparing something behind his back. ”
In fact, Shen Xianhe really wanted to divorce Chu Xi directly, but Chu Xi was the emperor, even if their Shen family had already put a lot of thought into it, they didn't have the courage to withdraw directly in front of the world.
"I'll help you inquire about this matter."
The eldest princess spoke, and then Shen Xianhe left the study.
She did not go back to her yard, but went to the yard where her eldest sister Shen Wenliu lived.
When Shen Xianhe entered, Shen Wenliu was practicing calligraphy with a brush next to her desk, her eyes looked calm, and her face looked much more ruddy than a while ago.
Seeing Shen Xianhe come in, Shen Wenliu put down her brush, and she walked over with a cup of hot tea.
Then he sat down on the soft couch next to him and asked.
"Why did you come to me all of a sudden? I vaguely heard some rumors of what happened in the mansion last night, but this morning I gave a death order that no one was allowed to pass it out, so that I didn't understand what had happened after last night. ”
Shen Xianhe smiled and briefly explained the events of last night.
"I've already rescued that green sleeve, and I plan to arrange for her to leave the capital to do things in the future, but I haven't thought about what to do yet."
"Your courage is getting bigger and bigger, Situ Runya has also been accepted by you to do things, and now this maid is also going to be sent out by you, what are you thinking? I feel like you are making a lot of preparations, do you think that the emperor will do it soon, so you have to find a way out for our Shen family. ”
It seems that the eldest sister guessed her thoughts, and Shen Xianhe said it very frankly.
She and her eldest sister are now in a cooperative relationship, and they will do business together in the future, not to mention that her eldest sister still has business acumen in business, Shen Xianhe naturally did not hide too much.
"I will send Situ Runya to the sea, I have read some books before, there is a large land on the other side of the sea, the land in those places is fertile, richer than the fertile fields in the south, but there are barbarians over there, the land is not developed, and the local natives do not know how to cultivate, so I want to occupy a piece of land and send people to run it in advance, so I have to prepare a lot of croppers who can do farm work, and some people who can make tools, these people I have to prepare to follow Situ Runya to study at sea, if it really comes to the case of the situation, The world is not the king's land, and the surrounding small countries are unreliable, so they can only go to a new land, and find a new place to live in a place where the emperor cannot exercise power. ”
After Shen Xianhe said this, Shen Wenliu was stunned.
She thought about many possibilities, but she didn't expect Shen Xianhe to have this kind of idea.
But the more she thought about it, the more reliable she felt.
"I'll prepare for this matter, the kind of handicraftsmen who make tools, I know more about the craftsmen who run the shop before, and I know some people, I will raise some handicraftsmen in this area, and then let them write out the technical drawings and these places, as for those who do farm work, it should not be a big problem for the two of us to have a Zhuangzi, and there are all walks of life that make cloth and silk, and we have to prepare some people, this is a huge project, and the two of us have to plan carefully."
Shen Xianhe didn't think as much as Shen Wenliu thought, she felt that living in a different place was mainly about preparing doctors to plant crops, and food sickness needed to be paid special attention.
But when her eldest sister said this, she thought of the tools for hoeing the ground, the tools for building a house, and the craftsmen like carpenters, aren't these all talents?
Every industry needs to have enough people, but she didn't realize it before, and it seemed more troublesome than she thought.
"Eldest sister, let's prepare this matter slowly a year ago, but we must be secretive, such a large area of conveners is easy to be discovered, it is best to disperse, not all of them can be convened in the capital, some things have to be anxious from other places such as various provinces and cities in the north and south, so as not to let people find abnormalities."
Shen Wenliu nodded, and Shen Xianhe spoke again.
"Situ Runya's arrangement will not change, but after thinking about the arrangement of green sleeves for a day, I thought of another way."
"Our Daqing Dynasty lives in the east, to the east is the sea, to the west is those small countries, to the south is the land of the South Barbarians, and finally to the sea, and the north has never been developed, there are large forests, and there are too many frozen soils, the weather is cold, almost no one goes to live, there are few people there, I want to send someone to that place to check what the situation is."
After Shen Xianhe said this, Shen Wenliu asked strangely.
"Countless people have been to this kind of place in the north, and in the end they all gave up, even the first ancestors once wanted to conquer the north, but in the end they all gave up because of the weather, do you think there is value there?"
"Eldest sister, if it really comes to the day when the Shen family has an accident and we flee to the south, maybe the emperor will be able to guess our route, because the south will take those few roads, waterways and land, he will never guess that we will go to the north, if it is too urgent, an unexpected choice, the emperor will never guess."
"And we still have Zhao Zhanpeng, if the tools he said are made, the northern side may be developed at that time."