Chapter 030: Forced to Donate
Chapter 030 Forced to Donate
Wang Qifang understands that the last sentence is the point. Her eyes widened and she asked in amazement, "What?" Li Jingtian rebelled? ”
That look, not to mention how surprised, how surprised. Let people who don't know the inside story see it, and they will think that Wang Qifang doesn't know about Li Jingtian's rebellion at all.
Liu Yingniang also quietly breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Wang Qifang's reaction, and secretly said in her heart, I'll just say, how could Mrs. Wang know about Li Jingtian's rebellion. Besides, if Mrs. Wang had a ghost in her heart, it would be impossible for her to come to the capital alone.
"How so? He, he is the leader of the Chivalry League, the descendant of Lord Li, he wants money and money, he has the right and power, why rebel? ”
Wang Qifang was still immersed in this shocking news, she suddenly stood up and muttered to herself, her eyes were even more flustered and swept around, and she was constantly thinking about something.
"No, no, don't worry, Mrs. Wang, there is no evidence that Li Jingtian's alliance leader has the intention of rebellion," Liu Yingniang had determined that Wang Qifang had nothing to do with Li Jingtian's affairs, so she slowly explained, "That's right, the territory north of the Yellow River is occupied by some chivalrous people who were removed from the Chivalry League, they were once chased and killed by Li Jingtian for being traitors, and after escaping, they took advantage of the chaos to organize many victims, occupied many state capitals, and proclaimed themselves kings. ”
"Huh? Those traitors are traitors to the Chivalrous League? Wang Qifang paused, a flash of surprise flashed in her eyes, and asked eagerly: "What do you mean, do you mean that these people have nothing to do with Li Jingtian?" In other words, Li Jingtian did not rebel? ”
"It can be said that because no evidence has been found that these people were instructed by Li Jingtian," Liu Yingniang nodded, but she added in her heart: However, Li Jingtian has the biggest suspicion, and Li Jingtian's person cannot be found now, so the princess deceived Wang Qifang into coming to the capital.
Thinking of this, Liu Yingniang really wanted to tell Wang Qifang this sentence, after all, Mrs. Wang was really good to them, the retired women's army, not only did she not treat them as subordinates, but also instructed other people in Zhuangzi to respect them as well.
"That's good, that's good!"
Wang Qifang patted her chest and sat down in a chair with a relieved expression on her face.
"Madame, I ......"
To tell the truth, Liu Yingniang felt that Wang Qifang was very innocent, she was just Li Jingtian's fiancée, not an official lady, but she had to be affected by Li Jingtian and treated like this by the imperial court. As for the imperial court, it is really unfair that many relatives of the Li family in Pingzhou were not arrested, but they deceived Mrs. Wang.
It's clear that you're bullying the soft and afraid of the hard.
"Huh? Does Captain Liu have anything else to say? But it doesn't hurt to say it! ”
Wang Qifang has returned to normal, she smiled lightly and said softly.
"No, no," Liu Yingniang wanted to say and stopped.
No, she can't say. She is a soldier, although she has taken off her military uniform, she is also a soldier in her bones, and she should take obedience to orders as her duty. Also, she can't forget the sisters who died in the counterinsurgency war, how innocent they were.
The princess is right, if rebellion is not eliminated, the world will be unstable, and the people will not be able to live a good life.
As for Mrs. Wang...... Well, she and her sisters protect her well, so that she will suffer less, the princess said that as long as Li Jingtian is caught, Mrs. Wang will have nothing to worry about, and the court will not embarrass a woman.
"The subordinates want to tell you that although the villa was taken over by the imperial court, the third princess said that it was only for the time being. As long as it is confirmed that Mrs. Wang did not know about it and did not report it, and Wang Mingchuan and his son did not do anything disobedient, Zhuangzi will return it to you. ”
Liu Yingniang organized the language and said slowly.
"Hmm," Wang Qifang pondered for a moment and said, "Then in addition to this Zhuangzi, have my other properties also been seized?" ”
"Not yet, the reason why the imperial court urgently seized the hot spring villa is also because of the Baicao Garden in Zhuangzi, the concubine Niangniang said that the medicinal materials of the Baicao Garden are directly provided to today, if, if Mrs. You have something, what is not subservient, it is possible that you will do something in the medicine, so the hot spring villa was sealed first. The rest of the industry is still the same. ”
After Liu Yingniang said this, she remembered something again, and added, "Steward Zhao's family is also very safe, and they are now temporarily living in an industrial park on the outskirts of Beijing. ”
"Oh, that's good, that's good!"
Wang Qifang nodded with satisfaction, and the expression on her face relaxed a lot.
However, she sneered in her heart: I'm afraid things are far from that simple. The imperial court didn't care about her identity and face so much, and almost tore her face to confiscate the Hot Spring Villa, and Concubine Zheng Guifei also said such straightforward words, all kinds of signs show that Emperor Longqing has connected her with Li Jingtian and no longer trusts her.
What's more, the third princess urgently summoned her to Beijing this time, and it is very likely that she has other plans.
The next morning, Wang Qifang got up, tossed and turned last night and thought about it all night, she didn't rest well at all, she went out of the room with two big dark circles under her eyes, and after a simple grooming, she said hello to Liu Yingniang and rushed directly to the capital.
Coming to the outskirts of Beijing, Wang Qifang went to the industrial park.
Fortunately, there was no substitution here, and as soon as she got out of the carriage, Chen Dongsheng greeted her excitedly.
"The little one has seen Madame, Madame, you are all right."
I haven't seen him for two years, and he has experienced a lot of major events during this period, Chen Dongsheng seems to have matured a lot, he almost bowed to the end, and greeted Wang Qifang in a choked voice.
"I'm fine, Dongsheng, are you all right? Are those children in the industrial park still there? ”
Wang Qifang was also very happy to see Chen Dongsheng, who was safe and sound, and asked everyone about the situation while walking inside, "I heard that Zhao Dalang's family has also moved to the industrial park, how are they?" ”
"Mrs. Lao is worried, we are all fine, the women's army is also very good, those children are now able to work, and Steward Zhao's family is also very good," Chen Dongsheng wiped the corners of his eyes, and his tone was a little excited, chattering with Wang Qifang about the industrial park, "...... In the past two years, the industrial park has received more than 200 retired or disabled women's soldiers, and now there are more than 400 workers in the whole garden, in addition to the original carpentry workshop, cloth workshop, and now the textile workshop and pastry workshop have been added. Oh, by the way, speaking of the pastry shop, thanks to the corn seeds you sent, when there was a famine in Beijing two years ago, our industrial park relied on these corns. ”
Chen Dongsheng mentioned his life in the past two years, and he was quite emotional, thinking back to that time, if it wasn't for his wife's advance arrangement, their hundreds of people would have starved.
"Huh? No, isn't there still a lot of arable land in the industrial park? I remember that Zhao Dalang's two sons grew food here. ”
Wang Qifang nodded with satisfaction, then noticed that something was wrong, and hurriedly asked.
"This ......," Chen Dongsheng choked, and then said with a little bitterness, "Alas, a lot of crops have been planted on the ground outside our industrial park, but they have all been supported by the soldiers defending the city." If it weren't for the women's army guarding the garden, I'm afraid the things inside wouldn't be able to be saved. ”
Seeing that Wang Qifang's face was not good-looking, he hurriedly explained, "Madam, not only our family, but all the crops planted near the suburbs of Beijing have been expropriated, including Uncle Zheng Guo's farm." ”
"Oh, that's good," Wang Qifang was stimulated by yesterday, and just heard Chen Dongsheng's words, thinking that it was aimed at her again.
"However, I heard that the little one-" Chen Dongsheng thought of something, and stopped talking.
"Huh? What did you hear? But it doesn't hurt to say it! ”
Wang Qifang stood in the garden, watching the busy workers shuttling back and forth, and her depressed mood was much better.
"I heard that Madame entered Beijing to save Master Wang and Third Young Master Wang." Chen Dongsheng bit his lower lip and guessed carefully.
"That's right, my father and brother were robbed by the King of Qi, and according to what I know about them, it is impossible for them to do anything disobedient."
Although it is against his will, Wang Qifang must say this to the outside world, the son does not say anything about his father's fault.
"If that's the case, then it's easy to do," Chen Dongsheng reluctantly glanced at the industrial park, leaned into Wang Qifang's ear, and muttered in a low voice: "The little one listened to the rich businessmen in Beijing say that anyone who rebels against the king of Qi can 'donate' to ransom people if they find that there is no big mistake." ”
"Donate?" Oh, it's just donating money. Wang Qifang squinted her eyes and calculated, and asked, "How much silver does it cost to redeem a person?" ”
If it's too expensive, forget it about Wang Jinjue, she doesn't owe him anyway.
"Not in silver, but in grain or shops?"
Chen Dongsheng shook his head and said, "Because there has been a war in the past two years, there is some depression in Beijing, and there is a shortage of food, and sometimes, even if you have silver, you can't buy food, so the imperial court hopes that rich merchants or families will be happy to donate food!" ”
The family here basically refers to the family of the king of Qi. There is no way, although the King of Qi failed in the end, he coerced many families to get on his thief ship, and the descendants of these families, even if they didn't do anything, just one charge of supporting rebellion was enough for them to drink a pot.
Actually, these families are really wronged, who funded it, it was obviously robbed by King Qi, right?! But the court doesn't care, when the king is arrested, who will let you be there.
"Grain? How much food is there to get my father and brother out? ”
Hearing that the court didn't want silver and only grain, Wang Qifang breathed a sigh of relief, in the past two years, her Peach Blossom Island and Xiaoyao Island have not had a bumper harvest, but there is food.
"It is estimated that it will cost three or four hundred stones for a person to say less, but," Chen Dongsheng paused and said, "I am worried that the imperial court will not necessarily ask for your food, but will ask for other things." ”
"Huh? What is it? ”
"Industrial park! Last time, when the small one received the women's army, the female general once said that the development of our industrial park is very good, and it can not only accept a large number of disabled soldiers, but also earn a lot of silver, and many military attaches in the DPRK and China are very blushing. If it weren't for the pressure of the three princesses, they would have taken the industrial park for themselves a long time ago. The little one also heard that after the accident between Master Wang and Third Young Master Wang this time, many people said that your family was rebellious, and you yourself were afraid that ~, and said that the industrial park was very important, how could a person who had something to do with the traitor be in charge, so, the little one felt-"
Wang Qifang waved her hand and said coldly: "I understand, since I want my industrial park, okay, I'll donate!" ”
P: Roar, today is Christmas Eve, I wish all my relatives a Merry Christmas and a happy day