Even though Gu Sifan had many ideas in his mind to discuss with the emperor, he still accompanied Ji Ranjia for a day leisurely and patiently, and if she hadn't picked him up the next morning, this person would still want to stay in bed with her for another day.

Together with Gu Sifan, those who participated in the discussion of national security were some bureaucrats who were in the eyes of the emperor and the same and previous ones who had strong receptivity, and they broke things up in pieces, finalized the specific implementation plan, and after the emperor's consent, they decided on the manpower. Everyone began to run around again and get busy, sorting out the things in the palace, organizing caravans, designing routes along the way, where to barter, and so on.

There are many things, and this is the first time, and the choice of the leader of this caravan is especially important.

The emperor naturally hoped that Gu Sifan would personally make a trip and take the caravan to get acquainted, but he remembered in his heart that his wife, who was pot-bellied at home, was willing to leave.

The emperor gritted his teeth and said: "Gu Aiqing, if you run this trip for me, no matter what the result is, I will give your wife the title of Huafu Township Master, which means the blessing of my Huaguo." If you stay in Kyoto for a long time, I will not give you a fief, but will directly divide the two low hills to you, which will also have 3,000 acres of land. Whether it is planting fruit trees or raising livestock, it is a large income.

Aiqing, you didn't ask for your wife's life before, only in exchange for the autonomy of marriage. But there are a lot of nobles in Kyoto, and your wife is happy to see someone else's lady bowing and doing blessings?

How good is the township owner, that is a folk princess, who dares to dictate to your family affairs? ”

Gu Sifan hesitated, without him to open up trade routes and maximize profits by exchanging goods for goods, he would waste a good idea and get twice the result with half the effort. But if he goes, he won't be able to come back in three or five months, and if his daughter-in-law is a few days early, he won't be able to stay with her.

The emperor is right, he earned his daughter-in-law the title of the lord of the township, and those who ordered her to kowtow when they saw her, although there was no fief and no real power, but the identity was almost equivalent to that of a princess, and no one could raise his chin all day long to him and let him stop his wife and remarry.

However, he quickly gritted his teeth and prepared to bring more nimble men with him, and they would be able to lead the team alone and open up new trade routes in a way that followed him.

Of course, he personally inspected and operated on the spot, which was more conducive to the leadership and adjustment of follow-up matters.

Back at home, Gu Sifan silently accompanied Ji Ranjia to dinner, and told the matter in a low mood.

"Xianggong, I believe that your choice is for the sake of our small family and Huaguo, you can rest assured to run the business road, I will insist until you come back and regenerate." Her face was full of unwavering support for him.

He smiled dumbly, "Can you still hold on to having a baby?" Rest assured, I'll be back in time for the end of September. ”

"Mm-hmm, it's a pity I can't go with you," she said with a pitiful wink.

"What's the matter, when the baby is older, I'll take you two together, Tiannan Haibei, can you still treat my daughter-in-law badly?"

Ji Ranjia nodded, and wrapped her arms around his waist with a pout, "Xianggong, I will miss you so much." ”

"Me too," he replied in a deep voice, quietly hugging her.

As soon as Gu Sifan told her about this, Ji Ranjia began to collect travel items for him, clothes, food, and daily necessities, which were as simple and comfortable as possible, and he also bought a lot of herbs for treating various diseases and boiled them into pills.

Every day, when he entered the palace or went out to do errands, she hid in the study to write notes, each note was only four fingers wide, and three or five sentences on the book were folded into boxy "bags" that were not easy to spread out (it can be imagined as falling "treasures"), and then put them in a huge bag, no more than a hundred.

However, in the past ten days, everything was ready, Gu Sifan did not let Ji Ranjia go out to see her off, pestered her fiercely all night, and quietly left in her sleep.

As soon as he left, Ji Ranjia arrived after the holy decree of being named the township lord, and with it, there were not only more than 3,000 acres of mountainous land, but also one hundred taels of gold, eight sets of head noodles, some jewelry and cloth, and the preferential treatment of palace fruits to eat.

It was the big eunuch next to the emperor who came to announce the decree, and he didn't let Ji Ranjia kneel to receive the decree, and said that the emperor specially instructed him to listen to the decree.

Although the big eunuch is a eunuch, he represents the face of the emperor, and the prince does not dare to slack off, let alone her.

After the holy decree was recited, Ji Ranjia solemnly took it and put it on the hall to worship, and warmly asked the subordinates to serve tea, snacks and fruits to the guests.

"Mrs. Gu, no, the miscellaneous family should call you the lord of Huafu Township. The miscellaneous family is here to congratulate the villager first. ”

Where did Ji Ranjia dare to accept his salute, she immediately dodged sideways, helped him up with both hands, and said with a smile: "Chitose serves the emperor hard, where can Huafu stand it." ”

"I can stand it, I can stand it," he didn't leave immediately, but sat down to chat with Ji Ranjia, "Lord Gu has the ability, the problem of how many years he has bothered the emperor can be easily solved when he comes here." Lord Gu said that you are his lucky star, so you are the lucky star of our country, and it is very appropriate for the emperor to give the lord of Huafu Township, so you can naturally stand it.

Speaking of which, Lord Gu is really good to the village lord, I don't know how many noble ladies envy you.

At the beginning, our lord was appointed by the emperor as the champion, and the emperor asked him, Aiqing, I am happy to get such a smart and spiritual courtier as you, and I will reward your relatives, you see, whether to let your mother be the wife of the decree, or your wife.

Miscellaneous guess Lord must not have publicized this matter in front of you, right?

The lord said directly at the beginning that he did not ask for the name of Mrs. Xuan, but only hoped that the emperor would allow him to have the right to marry on his own, and he only hoped that he would grow old with you, rather than being forced to stop his wife and remarry.

Hey, as soon as the emperor heard that this child was good, he directly agreed.

This time, the adults will go to Fanbang to open up trade routes......"

This big eunuch is a good person, but he praised Gu Sifan for a while in front of Ji Ranjia, telling her that this man never ignored her when he contributed to the country, and thought about her in everything.

In the final analysis, he and the emperor both understand that Gu Sifan's weakness is Ji Ranjia, as long as she is coaxed, everything is easy to say.

When Ji Ranjia heard this, her heart was soft, and the corners of her lips were always rising.

What to do, as soon as he left, she missed him very much.

Although Gu Sifan doesn't spend much time at home every day, Ji Ranjia has a hope, and the days pass quickly. Coldly, she felt that this summer was not so hot anymore, and the days were very long.

Ji Xiaoye simply took the baby to live in the ancient mansion to accompany her, talking and laughing and barely killing time.

Ji Weihai and Yu Yuan harvested the wheat and planted beans, they did not rest, but took over the 3,000 acres of mountainous land that Ji Ranjia had just obtained.

There are two wild mountains, with a lot of gravel and a variety of trees. They have been in Kyoto for a while, and they are more open-minded, and occasionally chat with their sister-in-law, which is somewhat far-sighted. They gritted their teeth and asked Ji Ranjia to borrow silver, bought two houses, and invited a lot of long-term workers to clean up the two not small mountains together.

It took more than a month to fence the two hills with a high wall of rubble mixed with mud, and many thorns were transplanted inside and outside the wall.

It just so happened that they also searched around and ordered a lot of fruit tree seedlings, planted both hills, and bought a lot of chicks. Because there was a river in the middle of the two mountains, which was not too wide, and the terrain was flat and the grass was vigorous, they also bought some ducklings and geese, and raised cattle and sheep and pigs on the other.

My sister-in-law said that Kyoto people also like to drink goat's milk and milk, and many snacks have to rely on milk.

Ji Weihai is already tickling, but he believes that according to the methods of planting fruit trees and raising livestock according to books, coupled with the careful care of the couple and the help of the people under the two rooms, he will definitely be able to repay the money owed within five years.

Well, next year they will be able to grow watermelons and vegetables among the fruit trees, as well as honeysuckle.

Ji Ranjia has made clothes, shoes, socks, hats, and small bags for the baby, and there are still several sets. She couldn't be idle, so she began to occupy Gu Sifan's study and formally taught Ji Xiaoye and the two boys to read and write.

When the Ji family came to Kyoto, Ji Weihu's daughter-in-law Xu Xiuzhi happened to be pregnant, so she didn't follow, but went to her mother's house to sit down and the fetus was three months old before being picked up.

Although she is a bride, she has always been good to this sister-in-law.

However, the old family is very busy, although the debt owed is a frightening number for them before and even now, but as long as they are willing to work hard, the return will definitely be full, and the debt will be repaid soon, and then the small life will be in full swing.

Their small family relies on men to strike iron, and Ji Weihu also asked his sister-in-law about this aspect by himself, originally with the attitude of trying, but he didn't expect to really get the experience.

Ji Weihu sighed that reading people are different, and when he went back at night, he gritted his teeth and endured the tiredness to join the ranks of reading and reading, and pulled her along. He said with a firm saying that they were not even twenty years old, and they didn't go to the Xiucai exam, but they just read and read, and it didn't take long. But they can benefit for a lifetime.

Gu Sifan left him a lot of books on iron-making, which were more detailed and comprehensive than what his master had taught, and there were more areas that could be improved. He believed that when he recognized all the words, read the book over and over again ten times, and practiced repeatedly every day according to what he learned, he would definitely be able to become more powerful than other blacksmiths, at least he should be a talent among blacksmiths.

When he leaves the school, he will be able to take his apprentices with him, and the amount of money he will take home will increase a lot.

Xu Xiuzhi watched her husband work stupidly every day and study at night, and at the same time, she felt distressed and felt that she couldn't help, so she could only be secretly anxious.

Ji Ranjia knew in her heart that the eldest brother's family couldn't make money in the first few years, but the future life was already predictable. Once the gap between brothers widens, there will be some gap between the concubines.