Chapter 214: Confession

Prince Ren refused to come over to propose, Xiao Yi felt that he was deeply insulted, with his ability and title, it was not that he couldn't afford to climb this imperial uncle, Prince Ren actually behaved like this, Xiao Yi had nowhere to vent his anger.

Now, should I write to Prince Ren and tell him that I have found my son? Xiao Yat didn't want to write about the person who made him sad, why did he stammer flattery and report to him?

But if the news leaks, he can't eat and walks around, what should he do?

Qian Jun has also thought carefully about this time, since he doesn't want to go back to the capital, the best way is not to admit who he is, that is, to insist that he is a golden sword, so that as long as he bites his mouth and does not admit it, he will not drag Xiao Yi's family down, and he can live a peaceful and comfortable life with Wen Jin in this picturesque and wild place.

Qian Jun saw that Xiao Yi did not mention Wen Jin, and he did not ask for marriage for the time being, so he could not justify himself, he either had to go back and continue to fight with his father and stepmother, or he had to wronged Wen Jin and follow him unjustly.

On this day, he rode eastward in a distraught manner, and after running for an unknown number of miles, he came to a place where the victims were settled. At the head of the village was a half-split piece of wood with the words "Wangjin Town" written on it, which was probably the name of their original residence.

There was a lot of water, the ground was damp, the victims had cut wood and bamboo, and built attics, Qian Jun looked blankly at several men in tattered clothes, who were adding thatch to the roof, and a woman who was almost fifty years old bowed her head to choose vegetables, as if she was cooking for these men.

There was a woman who came from the village, and her demeanor did not look like a village woman, and Qian Jun couldn't tell why, probably because she thought she was very clean, and her walking posture had the charm of a woman.

The woman turned a corner, looked up and saw Qian Jun, her eyes widened in shock, and she opened her mouth to make a strange sound.

Qian Jun wanted to leave, but when she saw the woman suddenly crying and running towards her, she stood there in confusion.

"Healthy? Are you my health? Woo, you're looking for your mother? I didn't expect you to move in with you-" Her cry attracted the attention of several men over there, they looked at Qian Jun and looked at it, and finally a man ran over and pulled the woman: "He is not our Kangkang, you admit that you are wrong, we Kangkang will not ride a horse." ”

"You can't learn it, he's Kangkang, do you see the scar on his forehead? It's Kangkang's, otherwise how can there be the same scar-" The woman pounced on Qian Jun while defending herself: "Kangkang, health, why don't you recognize your mother?" ”

Qian Jun's mind suddenly had a flash of inspiration, since God made him lose his memory, did he give himself a chance to choose a family? He turned over and dismounted, and walked hesitantly towards the woman: "Am I similar to your son?" ”

"Woo, you're my son, aren't you?"

The man looked at Qian Jun hesitantly: "Are you Kangkang?" You were twelve years old when you were taken captive, and you would not have known us. ”

Qian Jun lowered his head: "I was hit on the head two years ago, I don't remember anything, do you really think I'm your son?" ”

As soon as the man heard this, he carefully observed Qian Jun's face and body more seriously, his son had been lost for seven years, and only a scar on his forehead was used as a mark, all he could say was that his son was very white, and he was a very beautiful little boy back then.

The two men were still hesitating, but the woman had already run up, hugging Qian Jun and crying: "Health, you don't know your father and mother, we won't know you anymore, this scar on your head is still from stealing peaches and falling from the tree, there was a lot of blood at that time, which frightened my mother, and it took two handfuls of incense ash to block it, otherwise there would not be such a big scar, you have grown up now, it is more obvious, blame the mother, you shouldn't use incense ash, otherwise the color won't be so darkβ€”β€”"

This is a mother who misses her son and has some hysteria, she reads the chattering words, which makes Qian Jun very moved, he thinks of his mother, although she is weak, but she is still the eldest lady of the Shen family, her eyes full of tenderness and love, Qian Jun will never forget it for the rest of his life.

He involuntarily knelt down: "Mother-"

"Kangkang, health, you are really my son-"

The man is still a little stunned, the woman is emotional, emotional, unreasonable, most of the time, the man is rational, he is looking for his son, almost crazy, intuition, this child is more handsome than his son, and better, so he still can't believe the facts in front of him.

"Fatherβ€”" Qian Jun called out to the man.

Several men who were repairing the house ran over: "Third Uncle Jin, is this your son?" Have you found your son? ”

There was also an old man who pulled Qian Jun to look at it again and again: "The scar on the forehead is right, that is, the appearance is bigger and more handsome than before." ”

The man pulled Qian Jun's hand and asked the old man, "Does it look like it?" Fifth uncle, Kang Kang loved to be naughty with you when he was a child, do you think it looks like it? ”

"Like, very similar, but not that naughty."

"Of course you won't be miserable when you grow up, Uncle Jin, you're also happy and confused, right? The child came to the door by himself, and you didn't hurry up to recognize him. ”

Under the discussion and instigation of everyone, Jin Guanshan and his uncle Jin Wuwei recognized Qian Jun.

Their Jin family, once a big family in Huaizhou, the family's house was built tall and sturdy, and they were safe and sound after five or six floods, but this year's flood was particularly large, and the time was particularly long, and the Jin family's strong compound was also washed down, and they had to follow the victims and come here.

Jin Guanshan didn't expect to find his "son", he felt that this was God's reward for him, and after the initial suspicion and shock, he quickly accepted the facts, and pulled Qian Jun to sit at the stone table in front of the grass house.

The so-called stone table is just a relatively large and flat stone, and it is thought to be equipped with a few small flat stones.

Because Qian Jun lost his memory, he only talked about the experience of the past two years, but Jin Guanshan and his wife Yang talked a lot about the Jin family, and they also took Qian Jun to visit the Jin family who fled from the famine one by one.

Qian Jun was afraid that he would not return all night, and Xiao Yi would be worried, so he had to tell Jin Guanshan that he needed to go back and ask for a leave, and Jin Guanshan and the Yang family reluctantly asked him to go back quickly, and their clan would open an ancestral hall to worship their ancestors on the auspicious day of the zodiac the day after tomorrow, thank the ancestors for their blessings, and find their son again.

When Qian Jun Pegasus went back, the first thing was to see Wen Jin.

This is not the capital, and the access control of the Xiao family is not so strict, Wen Jin saw Qian Jun in Xiao Yi's study in the outer courtyard, her father is not there, and she often helps to deal with some affairs here.

Qian Jun told the afternoon story: "Wen Jin, if you don't mind, I will be a commoner's son in my life, so that I can come over and ask you for a kiss, I think, they can't stop me." ”

Wen Jin was frightened by his boldness: "In case ......"

"They also did not insult me, Huaizhou Jin family, in Taizong, also had a prime minister, at that time the Jin River has not been forced into Huaizhou, where the wind and rain are rich in products, is a good place for gold not to change, the Jin family is a local rich man, willing to give, Taizong also gave the construction of the archway, in order to show praise, otherwise, the Jin family's descendants, will not guard the disaster of the place, refuse to move. By the way, this time the flood was too big and washed down the archway, and they thought it was the intention of the ancestors, so they agreed to move here. ”

"I don't mind if you don't care about anything, but, you have to ask your father for permission-" Wen Jin hesitated.

In order to give himself an identity, Qian Jun was stuck by Prince Ren for several years, and now, he has to abandon his noble life experience and be willing to be a commoner, his biological father will not be dissatisfied, and he will not agree, right?

"Jin'er, don't worry, Xiao Guogong is an understanding person, I will definitely persuade him to agree."

That night, the lights in the study outside Xiao's mansion were lit until midnight, and Xiao Yi was not only persuaded by Qian Jun, but also promised to marry Wen Jin to him.

Qian Jun stayed in the outer courtyard of Xiao Mansion for half a night, and before the sun rose in the morning, he rode to Jinwang Town.

As soon as Jin Guanshan and his wife got up in the morning, their eyes did not stop to look at the entrance of the village, lest it would be a dream for their son to be lost and recovered, until Qian Jun's toned figure on a horse came from the side of the rising sun.

Qian Jun told Jin Guanshan about Wen Jin.

"Father, I saved Miss Xiao's family, but I'm very ashamed that I don't even have a home, so I don't dare to show this intention, although my father and mother are in trouble, our family is no longer in its former glory, but my son thinks that he has the ability to revive the family business, Daddy might as well invite a matchmaker to go to Xiao's Mansion to ask for relatives, right?"

Jin Guanshan and Jin Wuwei were dumbfounded: "This is inappropriate, right?" Even if our family didn't suffer a disaster, we wouldn't be worthy of being close to Xiao Guogong's family. ”

"But son, my son really loves Miss Xiao, in this life, I won't marry anyone except her."

"How's that going to work? You are the only son-in-law of our Jin family, how can you not be married? ”

"Then, Daddy, you invite someone to the Xiao family to propose, okay?" Qian Jun pretended to be ignorant of the world, and took out a bag of broken silver that Lao Jin gave him, "This is what my son has saved in the past two years." ”

Jin Guanshan frowned: "You let Daddy think about it." ”

This Jin family also has a background, although Huaizhou let the water wash, of course there is no real estate house, but in Huaiqing Mansion in the neighboring province, their family also has a pawnshop, worth five or six thousand taels of silver, which is managed by a distant branch of the Jin family.

Jin Guanshan didn't go to recover it, just because he didn't have a son, and he didn't keep his ancestor's property, he was ashamed of himself, and now that Qian Jun has made such a request, it is necessary for him to go back.

Qian Jun heard this: "Daddy, my son will go with you, I want to exchange all the silver for grain and transport it over, we can hire the disaster victims to cultivate the land, first, to reduce the burden of the imperial court, and second, we can also revive the glory of the Jin family here." ”

Jin Guanshan and Jin Wuwei, although capable, but they have been guarding the real estate left by their families all their lives, planting mulberry and silkworms, reeling silk and weaving, and rarely going to other places to do business.

On the next day, Qian Jun entered the Jin family ancestral hall and "recognized his ancestors and returned to his ancestors". Immediately afterwards, Jin Guanshan went to Xiao Mansion in person and asked Xiao Yi for marriage.

"Xiao Guogong, I know that my Jin family is not worthy, but the child is lost, I really can't bear to go against his wishes, my Jin family will be a little sluggish in the past few years, and it will definitely be able to regain its strength in a few years."

He is a real person, but it is related to the ancestral inheritance, and some words can only give Xiao Yi a hint, that is, he is not as down-and-out as he is now, and there is still a family property in Huaizhou.

Xiao Yi didn't think much about it, just said that he thought about it.

Jin Guanshan was a little disappointed, but Xiao Yi did not refuse immediately, and let him see a glimmer of hope, in the next few days, he came to Xiao Mansion every now and then to find someone, and personally proposed marriage for his son.

For example, on this day, what Jin Guanshan and Xiao Yi said was about how Nanlin Mansion should develop.

"Since the emperor has given us the name of Nanlin Mansion here, why don't we conform to the holy will, plant trees and mulberries, raise silkworms and weave silk, in order to develop?"

Xiao Yi listened quietly and rarely spoke.

Jin Guanshan is also out of the way, he reads a lot, and only understands this about management, when it comes to strengths, he can naturally gush endlessly: "I have seen our mountains here, they are very gentle, the amount of water is enough, the mountain grows rice, the mountain raises silkworms, the time used for sericulture, just the agricultural slack season, can also make up for the dilemma of our lack of manpower here, I and Xiao'er, willing to take people to the east to explore, to see if we do not go through the general military office, find a way to the sea, if successful, we can directly trade with Jiangnan, do not worry about not being able to exchange for food and farm tools." ”

Xiao Yi saw that he didn't mention a word about the start-up capital, so he didn't ask, either the Jin family did have an industry outside, or this Jin Guanshan was an exaggerated cowhide king, a big fool.

Qian Jun sent back news to Xiao Yi, saying that Jin Guanshan had a pawnshop in Huaiqing Mansion, Xiao Yi felt that it was an opportunity, and he took the opportunity to let Qian Jun and Jin Guanshan take people out to buy grain from Jiangnan and store it to prevent famine next spring.

Emperor Yongchang's means of dealing with Liu Guangzhong, Xiao Yi was a little frightened, he had food in his hands, and he didn't panic in his heart, the emperor gave this land to himself, and there were ministers like Yao Guangyuan, he didn't dare to guarantee that the emperor would continue to support the military rations of the cantonment.

Besides, this land is very rich, and he is confident that he will be able to grow grain next year, and he will not let Emperor Yongchang get stuck in his neck and let him be slaughtered.

Jin Guanshan was very happy when he saw that Xiao Yi agreed to send someone to follow him to Huaizhou to help him, and also agreed to his proposal to go to Jiangnan to raise grain.

Originally, these were all secretly inspired by Qian Jun speaking in front of him, of course, he agreed very much, and the two quickly put them into action.

Qian Jun will find a way to inform Wen Jin of all his recent behaviors: "Although I borrow the strength of the Jin family, I will also repay them, you wait for me for half a year, I will buy back the grain and silkworm seeds, and I will also bring the kind of big-leaf mulberry seeds in the south of the Yangtze River, our Nanlin Mansion will soon change, and when the time comes, I will make you the most respected woman in this land." ”

Wen Jin corrected very seriously: "My stepmother is the most noble!" ”

Qian Jun was amused by Wen Jin's cold humor: "Yes, yes, I was negligent. ”

Xiao Yi wanted to quietly ask Qian Jun to bring 10,000 taels of silver tickets, but when he saw Jin Guanshan's confident look, he dispelled his thoughts, eggs can't all be put in one basket, or rather, three holes of cunning rabbits, Xiao Yi finally sent someone else out to buy food quietly.

In the blink of an eye, the spring flowers are blooming, and the victims who have survived the winter are breathing a sigh of relief, and the government will regularly distribute food, which can ensure that each family has two meals of gruel every day, plus wild vegetables and radish and cabbage, they can finally survive.

On the newly cultivated land, there are still pumpkins and radishes, but most of them are ready to grow rice, and there is water everywhere, and the officials under Xiao Yat have led people to build irrigation canals and drainage ditches in winter, and everyone seems to see a bumper harvest in sight, and the work is particularly energetic.

Qian Jun said that he went out for half a year, in fact, when he came back, it had been nine months, the Jin family did have a foundation, although the former fertile land had been destroyed by the flood and became Zeguo, but the Jin family's mulberry garden could still be used, Jin Guanshan sold this and got 20,000 taels of silver. According to his memory, he hired someone to drive a boat for six days to find the location of the old house, dug up 2,000 taels of gold and more than 30,000 taels of silver buried in the ruins, and then he went to Huaiqing Mansion to sell a pawnshop, and used the money to buy a boatload of grain, mulberry seeds and silkworm seeds, which were transported into Nanlin Mansion with great hardship.

Jin Guanshan explained to Qian Jun that before immigrating, he could dig up the gold and silver, but the situation was very unstable at that time, he was afraid of being robbed, and besides, he didn't have a son at that time, even if he dug it out, it would be divided by the family people, and because he couldn't divide it evenly, he would favor one over the other, causing family infighting.

"Father, now that I am here, our Jin family will definitely be able to regain its glory."

Jin Guanshan was greatly comforted, and planned with Qian Jun what to do next.

At this time, although the rice has been harvested for one season, it still cannot fully meet the needs of the people, after all, there is a lack of agricultural materials, slash-and-burn cultivation, and the production capacity is too low.

Through the Marquis of Weiyuan, the emperor sent some agricultural tools here: iron plows, shovels, hoes, etc., these are the most primitive farming tools in later generations, and in this era, they are still in demand under the strict control of the imperial court - all steel tools can be made into big knives and spears as weapons, and what the imperial court is most afraid of is that Xiao Yi will rebel.

Nanlin Mansion has basically settled down, the people who have migrated over have more or less land, grain storage, and farm tools sent down, veterans who follow Xiao Yi, and some people have brought their families, most of them are singles, and they have become relatives at this time, they have been in the army for so many years, and many people have a little savings, especially Xiao Yi According to the ancient military household system, these families organized these families to open up wasteland and farm land together, and at the same time provided more food than the disaster victims. When a disaster occurs, human life becomes cheaper, and in order to survive, there are many people who sell their sons and daughters, let alone marry their daughters to a veteran who is older?

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