Chapter 247: Using the Public for Personal Gain [For the Gentle Tomie]
No matter how the nurse persuaded her, how she counted the inconvenience of feeding herself, and worked hard, Liang Yan was unmoved.
At her insistence, she finally gave birth on the third day.
Looking at the girl's small body, nesting in her arms, looking at the girl's little face is full of milk satisfaction. Liang Yan felt that what she was doing was really the greatest and most beautiful thing in the world.
The baptism of the little lady of Liang's family, Shangguan Xi failed to catch up.
However, at the full moon banquet, she finally rushed back non-stop and didn't miss it again.
Shangguan Xi lay on the edge of the shaker, holding his face, looking at the little guy sleeping soundly on the shaker, he couldn't help grinning.
"It's so pretty! These eyebrows and eyes are more like King Jing, and this little mouth is like a sister! ”
Shangguan Xi lay on the edge of the small bed and said seriously.
As she was talking, she didn't know if the sleeping little lady had some sweet dream, and suddenly grinned.
She smiled! She laughed! Sister! Did you see that? Shangguan Xi was excited, and her lowered voice couldn't hide her excitement.
Liang Yan smiled and nodded.
"Now it seems that Sister Ah really looks like a mother!" Shangguan Xi couldn't help but sigh.
As he was talking, Li Xuanyi walked in from outside.
Standing a few steps away from Shangguan Xi, he looked at Liang Yan and said, "I have come up with the name of the little lady!" ”
He flipped through the "Etymology" for several days, and after thinking about it repeatedly, he felt that this name was not good, and that name was not good, and the always resolute King Jing was stumped by a boudoir name.
Now there was some excitement on his face, and he thought that this name was the most satisfying to him.
"What?" Liang Yan was also looking forward to seeing him.
"Ning Xin, he is Ning Xin'er of Ayah, so let's call Ning Xin!" Li Xuanyi's loving gaze fell on the shaking bed he had made with his own hands.
Ning Xin'er is a father's nickname for his daughter, highlighting the father's doting meaning, and the meaning is not much different from the modern "good baby daughter".
He thought about it for so many days, and he only came up with such a straightforward name.
Seeing the satisfied and smug expression on Li Xuanyi's face, Liang Yan really couldn't bear to hit him, so she nodded and said, "You are her Aya, what you say is what you say!" ”
Li Xuanyi nodded with satisfaction, "Ning Xin'er, Ning Xin'er" kept shouting.
However, Li Ningxin in the shaker did not give face, and the one who slept with her eyes closed was called a fragrance.
Shangguan Xi looked at Li Xuanyi with a loving fatherly look, and couldn't help but smile.
Lin Sanniang came in from outside, urging Liang Yan to take a bath and change clothes, and there were already many guests outside.
Ah Chou also came back with Shangguan Xi, and after washing away the dust, he solemnly came to kowtow to Liang Yan.
The joy of the reunion of the master and servant was drowned in the joy of Li Ningxin's full moon banquet.
It wasn't until Liang Yan withdrew from the congratulations of the guests and asked Bai Wei and the housekeeper to send the female guests away that she had the time to sit down and listen to Shangguan Xi and Ah Chou talk about their experiences along the way.
Shangguan Xi is obviously much more mature and stable than when he left.
I saw her squatting next to the shaker with her face in her hands, and she looked like the little girl who didn't know anything about the world before leaving.
But now that he sits behind him, the temperament of the whole person is very different.
After this experience, Ah Chou is also more calm than before.
Li Ningxin slept, and Liang Yan sat outside with Shangguan Xi and Ah Chou, chatting in a low voice.
"After going through this experience, I finally understand what it means to be a master with low eyes, and it is easy to look at and difficult to do!" Shangguan Xi said with emotion, "When I first arrived in Luoyang, although there were people from the local Shangguan family to greet me, but they didn't believe us at all. They didn't even look at the medicine I was taking! Later, we finally secretly selected a medical center with a good reputation, and we were planning to cooperate, but as soon as the medical center next to us learned about the situation, we began to exclude it in various ways...... Alas, it's hard to put into words! ”
Ugly also nodded in agreement.
Liang Yan took a sip of tea and said, "What happened later?" ”
Shangguan Xi raised her eyebrows, "Later, when I was thinking about leaving, Sister Ah asked me, if I encountered difficulties that I didn't expect, would I back down?" I kept asking myself, would I hold back now? Am I going to go back to Shangguan's house, continue to be my idle lady, eat and drink and wait to get married and have children, and look up at the square sky...... When I think about it, I know it's not time to give up and back down! I always have to fight, I have tried, and I will not regret it when I think about it in the future! ”
Ah Chou nodded and said with a smile: "At the beginning, we all thought that Miss Shangguan would cry and shout to come back. But I didn't expect that from beginning to end, Miss Shangguan never said that she would give up. No matter how unoptimistic the situation was, Miss Shangguan gritted her teeth and thought of a way. Now in Luoyang, we have five cooperative medical centers, and we have also opened two large pharmacies. By the time we came back, business was booming. Shopkeeper Xu has already booked a cargo ship with the Shangguan family's fleet to deliver medicine to Luoyang. It is very convenient to supply at a regular time. ”
Liang Yan nodded again and again.
Shangguan Xi just smiled, and there was no smug look on his face.
If it had been before, she would have been unable to help but count her great achievements.
"By the way, Sister, this time I traveled in person, and I have been out for so long, but I have discovered something." Shangguan Xi said in a low voice.
Liang Yan looked at her and knew that it was not suitable to publicize, so she nodded to Ah Chou.
Ah Chou got up and went to the inner room, and sent out the nurse and maid who were guarding next to the shaking bed in the inner room, she stayed next to the small bed, looking at Li Ningxin who was sleeping soundly.
"The last time Sister Ah was kidnapped, didn't the Gu family take away half of the right to water transportation?" Shangguan Xi said in a low voice, "This time I traveled, but I met the Gu family's fleet. Speaking of which, Aya is really an old fox, although the Gu family took over the right of water transportation from the Shangguan family, they entered the industry too late after all. Their fleet of their men has no experience in water transport. Therefore, the main person in charge of the Gu family's fleet is still the old department of the Shangguan family. I guess that the half of the power of water transportation falling into the hands of the Gu family is only a superficial phenomenon, in fact, those people are loyal to the Shangguan family! ”
Liang Yan was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but hook the corners of her mouth, "This is a good thing!" ”
Shangguan Xi nodded, "This is only the convenience of taking advantage of the Shangguan family's long time to manipulate water transportation." If the Gu family can always occupy the other half of the power of water transportation, he can always cultivate his henchmen and gradually squeeze out the power of the Shangguan family from his half. At that time, half of the power of water transportation will really fall into the hands of the Gu family. ”
Liang Yan nodded, I wonder if the prince and the Gu family have been patient for so long? Or, did the saint have the patience for so long to watch the dispute between the crown prince and King Ning go on like this?
Shangguan Xi got a little closer to Liang Yan, lowered his voice and said, "Here, I have found something." ”
Liang Yan looked at her sideways, "What did you find?" ”
"The Gu family took a risk, and the grain transported into Beijing by water from the south is not refined grain at all!"
Liang Yan was stunned when she heard this, "You mean ......?"
Shangguan Xi nodded.
"Because of the crown prince, after the Gu family took over the water transportation, all the grain used by the imperial court was handed over to the Gu family for transportation. The tax grain collected by the Gu family from the south was exchanged in the middle of the way, and the refined grain was exchanged, and the second-class grain was passed off as refined grain, and sent to the palace, and then sent to the treasury. The refined grain was privately traded to the Gu family's own grain shop at the price of inferior grain, and then sold at a high price. ”
"In this way, the Gu family uses the public for personal gain and collects money privately! Take the tribute for yourself! The Gu family is so bold! Aren't you afraid of being discovered?! Liang Yan snorted.
Shangguan Xi's round eyes purred, "I think that the Gu family is relying on the prince to sit on top, and no one dares to touch them below." ”
"This matter was instructed by the crown prince?" Liang Yan was suspicious.
Shangguan Xi shook his head slightly, "Whether it was the prince's order or not, we can't say this, but the prince must know!" The Gu family is now fully loyal to the prince, and has contributed money and efforts to buy people's hearts for the prince, and the Gu family has only risen to the rank of other families for a few decades, where does he have such strong financial resources? ”
Liang Yan looked at Shangguan Xi, who was now able to talk eloquently and analyze in an orderly manner, and felt in a trance that it was not the innocent little girl who was sitting in front of her.
Sure enough, adversity makes people grow even more.
Liang Yan was very pleased to look at Shangguan Xi, who is now mature and stable and quick-thinking.
Shangguan Xi grinned, "The two things I said to Sister A just now, together, are the good news I want to tell Sister A!" ”
Liang Yan lowered her eyes and thought about it, and looked at Shangguan Xi in shock, "You...... Collected evidence? ”
Shangguan Xi was slightly stunned, "Why did Sister guess it so quickly?" It's so good that I can sell it! ”
Liang Yan said in a low voice: "You said that the main person at the helm of the Gu family's water transportation is actually the old department of the Shangguan family, so if you can know about the Gu family's private affairs, you must know it from their mouths." Even if the Gu family knows that there is a prince in charge, they must avoid people's eyes. If you can know about this private matter, it is not impossible to take any more risks and get evidence. ”
Shangguan Xi nodded heavily, "It's not easy to get the evidence, and Thirteen almost folded it in their hands." Fortunately, Ugly was clever and rescued Thirteen. I'll just say, Thirteen Kung Fu is still not as good as Ugly! I should let Ugly be my master! ”