Chapter 82: Rounding to Zero
From going to the wrong yard to jumping from the restaurant during the Lantern Festival, from parting from life and death at the beginning of the year to meeting half a year later, between Ji Rongjin and Yan Tao, before the unknown identity, was the relationship between the powerful and the common lady, and after knowing that the little lady was the daughter of a criminal minister, it was the vigilance and temptation between the powerful and the scheming noblewoman in distress.
Of course, this is just Yan Tao's unilateral 'vigilance and temptation', Ji Rongjin is not a real noble girl in distress, she doesn't have any messy revenge seduction at all, she just wants to achieve financial freedom and live a comfortable life.
After drinking the tea poured by the king of Liaodong, Ji Rongjin told the thoughts in her heart, and finally, she said: "Of course, this is just my personal idea, whether to adopt it or not, that's His Highness's business, right?" ”
Yan Tao listened to the little lady's tirade, while gently tapping the fingertips on the edge of the small coffee table, the other hand lightly pressed her forehead, her head was slightly raised, her eyes were slightly constricted, and her eyes fell on the little lady's pretty little face.
Seeing her small mouth, her cold face was unconsciously dyed with a smile, and after listening to her last sentence of the summary, her fingertips stopped, put down the hand on her chin, and poured a cup of tea for the little lady.
"What Ji Dongjia said is true."
Not expressing an opinion is the biggest opinion, Ji Rongjin secretly rolled her eyes, and said in her heart, she didn't listen to it, at this moment, she thought of Yao Tingchang, Dongsheng Town, and said secretly, even an old man has more foresight than you, and he knows that Lalang is worthy of a living population.
If you don't listen, you won't listen, she deliberately yawned, "Your Highness, it's so late, the folk girl won't disturb your rest." "Get up and give a salute, and drive people away.
"Didn't you say why the room was so warm?"
"Didn't the folk girl just talk about it?" Ji Rongjin pretended to be stupid again.
One stands, one sits.
A look full of 'sincerity'.
One raised his eyes, with a few eyes that seemed to be smiling, peaceful and peaceful, and seemed to contain endless deep meaning.
The streamer flows infinitely in the deep night.
Ji Rongjin was defeated, and suddenly lowered his head, "Go back to Your Highness, I'll give you the drawings of the warm road tomorrow morning, okay!" ”
Liaodong Wang Yantao seemed to be finally satisfied with someone's attitude, got up, straightened his robe, went to the door to put on his boots, and pulled the door out of the room.
"Your Highness, go slowly!" Ji Rongjin slowly sent Yan Tao to Yan Tao, but in fact, he walked to the door in a few steps, and closed the door as soon as he stepped out.
Although the sound of the door is not to the level of 'bang', it is almost the same.
Afraid that the master would be angry, Kang Tai cautiously approached the master and reminded softly, "Your Highness, it's late at night." ”
Yan Tao turned his head to look at the closed room in the night, and did not move for a long time.
Ji Rongjin was not interested at all in whether Yan Tao listened to the advice, or how much she adopted after listening, the northeast in October was really cold with a lot of degrees below zero, and she almost stayed in the room and didn't go out.
The two walls are full of top-to-ceiling cabinets, the side adjacent to the east room is where clothes and bedding are placed, and the side adjacent to the hall is filled with food and various ingredients that do not need to be frozen, so you can take them out and eat them anytime and anywhere.
Not only that, Cui Fen came to help her get the ingredients in the cellar almost every day, and helped her do a lot of things, she lived a fairy-like life like a landlord who was served.
Cuifen comes from outside every day and brings in news from the outside to serve as her ear for her.
Seven days after that night, Cui Fen talked to Ji Rongjin about the marriage between the soldier and the local woman with a surprised face.
"Dongjia, do you know what the king of Liaodong said to us ordinary people?"
"What?" Obviously, she made the suggestion, but Ji Rongjin didn't dismiss Cuifen's interest, and asked her with deliberate interest.
He said that as long as he married a soldier, he could get a bride price of five taels of silver, and if the woman could provide a house, then even if there was only one room, add another five taels or ten taels...... The owner, even if it is Yao Tingchang's family, does not necessarily have a family background of ten taels. ”
It has been a few months since he settled here, and this Ji Rongjin has a deep experience.
"Are there many local women who are willing to marry soldiers?"
Cuifen's excited expression was a little indescribable.
Ji Rongjin raised his eyebrows, "No one is married?" "No, she's a little worried.
Tryffin shook her head, "No. ”
"And what do you look like?"
"That's it...... It's just ......," Cui Fen said with some embarrassment.
"What? That's it! Ji Rongjin's heart was hung by her, and she thought to herself, could something go wrong?
"It's just that the widows have gone up the mountain to rob madness."
Ji Rongjin was stunned for a moment, and then couldn't stop laughing, and he almost held back his laughter.
Cuifen looked bitter, "Dongjia, don't you know, when Li Da and the others first came, if you didn't have knives and guns in your hands, the widows who didn't have labor in the town would have come to rob people a long time ago." ”
"You mean if it weren't for the swords and guns in the hands of the soldiers, these women would ......"
Trephien nodded.
What kind of bullshit 'one daughter doesn't marry two husbands...... The chaste archway does not exist in the simple black soil of Yidong, this is survival!
Ji Rongjin breathed a sigh of relief, "It seems that you have to wait for the women to finish grabbing before waiting for the little ladies who haven't gone out, Your Highness is busy!" ”
As Ji Rongjin foresaw, the king of Liaodong was very busy, but no matter how busy he was, it was not the turn of the king of a place to go into battle in person for such a thing as the marriage of the soldiers, he was busy with something else.
Ping'an came back from Jiangnan again, and brought back a lot of grain, but this time, he wanted to remind his master: "Your Highness, if you continue to buy like this, our silver reserves will last until the end of next year at most." ”
Not a single tael of silver can be entered on the books of the Shanglin County Palace, and the poverty of Liaodong is daunting.
Lord Hao sighed, "It won't last until the end of next year." ”
Ping An was surprised: "Have you had a big expense recently? ”
"You just came back and don't know." Lord Hao said, "For the sake of a long-term plan, His Royal Highness gave the silver to the soldiers to start a family." ”
"......" how much can you want to start a family, peace is still incomprehensible.
Lord Hao seemed to know that he couldn't understand, "Almost all the soldiers who can follow him have no family business. ”
Ping An seemed to understand something: "Even so, so many women came at one time? ”
"In this area of Shanglin County, the population was not sparse five years ago, but Xuanwu Hou came to arrest Zhuangding, and almost all the men between the ages of sixteen and forty were robbed by him, and at least 50,000 or 60,000 people were lost."
"Your Excellency means that the women who were left behind became widows, and His Highness allowed people in the army to marry them?"
"Hmm." Lord Hao felt heavy, "In order not to cut down the mountains and forests, His Highness listened to the suggestion of 'breaking the whole into zero'. ”
"Rounded to zero?" Although this should not be a topic that Ping An should touch, he couldn't help but ask.
"It is to disperse the army in their spare time, let them go home, and wait for the weather to get warmer, or when something important happens, and then 'turn the pieces into wholes'" I have to say that this advice is very practical for the troubled king of Liaodong.