In front of the government office.

Xia Jing got out of the carriage.

After leaving for a few days, the dilapidated yamen in front of her made her feel a kind of joy and peace of mind when she returned home, which was really strange!

"Mother, let's go in."

Xia Jing glanced at her son with complicated eyes, and took the maid's hand and stepped on the steps in front of the yamen.

Li Chengmu was inexplicably looked at by this glance, he touched his innocent face, and he didn't know what his mother meant? I didn't seem to have said the wrong thing just now!

Mr. Yan took two steps forward and bowed, "Wechen has seen the princess and the fifth master." ”

"Mr. Yan, is this standing at the door to greet us? This concubine didn't seem to notify the house when she came back. ”

Mr. Yan laughed, hiding his weakness, can he say that it was just a coincidence?

When the people in front of the yamen left, he originally wanted to enter the yamen, but he happened to catch a glimpse of the slowly approaching convoy on the street and stood here to greet the princess.

"Princess, you are tired all the way, hurry back to wash and rest, Weichen informed the housekeeper to let him prepare lunch."

Facing him and talking about other things, Xia Jing smiled indifferently: "There is a lot of seafood in the carriage, you let people carry it to the kitchen, let's have a seafood dinner at noon." ”

After that, he took Li Chengmu and the maid to the gate of the mansion.

Mr. Yan looked back at the convoy parked in front of the yamen, and beckoned the servants in the house and the 100 guards who accompanied them into the city to move the materials in the carriage to the mansion.

There are more than a dozen barrels of seafood, which are raised in wooden barrels with seawater, but when the freshness is not in the morning, it can only be consumed for two meals today, lunch and dinner.

When he saw the half-dry and half-wet kelp brought down from the two carriages, Mr. Yan was well-informed, "This is kombu!" ”

Ding Dazhuang grinned with big white teeth, and said with a smile: "Mr. Yan seems to know the goods, this thing is Khumbu, which is our harvest by the sea, but it still needs to be dried." ”

Mr. Yan nodded, he looked at the carriages behind him curiously, "Team D, what are these carriages loaded in the back?" ”

When Ding Dazhuang heard this, the corners of his mouth almost reached the root of his ears, and he waved his hand to the guards guarding the carriage, "Sir, look at it yourself, it's all our harvest from this trip." ”

This time, the guards carried the wooden box and did not open it at the entrance of the yamen, but went directly into the gate of the yamen.

When they arrived in the courtyard, the guards put down the wooden box.

Mr. Yan had a guess in his heart, but he didn't believe in evil and stepped forward to open one of the wooden boxes, "It's a silver ingot!" ”

He looked up at Ding Dazhuang in surprise, "The carriages behind are all there."

Ding Dazhuang was stunned: "Sir, what do you want to do, the carriage behind is loaded with grain!" ”

If the carriage behind was full of silver ingots, they would have issued it a long time ago!

Mr. Yan sighed a little disappointed, but this box of silver ingots was not bad, and he opened another smaller wooden box.

This time he exclaimed, "Gold ingots! ”

Ding Dazhuang approached and said with a smile: "It's just a little less, only this small box." ”

Mr. Yan was overjoyed, he patted Ding Da Zhuang's sturdy shoulder, "It's already very rare to go out and have these gains, I'll call someone to come over and enter the warehouse!" ”

Ding Dazhuang looked confused, "."

Mr. Yan called four guards from King Qian's Mansion and asked them to carry the silver and gold ingots to Zeng Yan for storage.

The four guards nodded in response, but as soon as their hands touched the wooden box, they were stopped by Ding Dazhuang.

He turned his head and looked at Mr. Yan viciously, "What does Mr. Yan mean by this?" ”

Mr. Yan's second monk was confused, "What do you mean?" ”

"These silver ingots and gold ingots were only brought by the princess who led the guard camp to be born and died, are you planning to rob them?"

"No, you're not going to put it in storage?" Mr. Yan finally reacted.

"If you want to enter the treasury, it will also enter the princess's private treasury, and it is impossible to enter the treasury of the palace."

Ding Dazhuang was annoyed by the gentleman in front of him, he used to look serious, but he also liked to do this robbery, what is the difference between this and the bandits in the mountains?

It's more than a bandit!

Mr. Yan was still unwilling, and asked again, "Is it your master's intention not to enter the treasury?" ”

"Of course!" Ding Dazhuang didn't give an inch, protecting the wooden box, "The princess has to raise a lot of people, at least a thousand guards, she didn't let the palace raise her!" ”

Saying that, in order to prevent Mr. Yan from staring at his silver and gold ingots, he had to show him the way, "If the prince is short of money, he can let his guard battalion go to suppress the bandits, this poor and remote country, but the bandits are so fat." ”

"If you want to get something for nothing, I advise you to die as soon as possible!"

In the face of Ding Dazhuang's warning, Mr. Yan didn't take it seriously, but after listening to the other party's words, his eyes lit up!

That's a good idea!

They are worried about money these days, and if they really want to doze off, someone will bring pillows.

The last thing to move in was food.

Ding Dazhuang ignored Mr. Yan, who looked excited, he pointed to the sack and said, "We have brought back some of these grains, and they are sent to the house, and you can dispose of them at will." ”

After saying that, he waved his hand and asked his subordinates to quickly lift the silver and gold ingots and follow him, or send them to the princess as soon as possible.

The news of Xia Jing's return reached the backyard, and the reactions of the staff in each room were mixed.

When the eldest lady heard the maid's report, she hurriedly stood up, "Go out for a few days, why don't you report in advance when you come back today, and let us have a time to prepare, you can go out with Mrs. Ben to greet you." ”

It's just that she still walked out of the courtyard gate, and she heard that Xia Jing had returned to her own courtyard.

"This lady and this concubine are too resolute!"

The maid asked, "Madam, shall we go then?" ”

The eldest lady waved her hand after a moment's thought, "I want to come to the concubine who is tired all the way and wants to rest, and I don't want everyone to disturb her." ”

turned around and told his mother-in-law to go to the kitchen, so that the kitchen could be properly set up with a table, which could be regarded as picking up the wind and washing the dust for her.

The other rooms heard that Xia Jing had returned to the backyard, so they didn't move.

The noon banquet is placed in the water pavilion in the garden, which is cool by the water, and it is a good summer retreat for Lingnan where the temperature is hot.

When Xia Jing arrived, the staff had basically arrived, the children were playing in the garden, and the adults were sitting in the water pavilion chatting.

Except for King Qian in the Water Pavilion, the others who saw Xia Jing all stood up to salute.

"Get up, your family doesn't need to be so polite."

Xia Jing crossed the crowd and sat on the main seat, and King Qian next to her snorted coldly in her nose, although her voice was very soft, she still heard it.

The two have always been a little incompatible, but in the end, in the end, the relationship between husband and wife, sometimes the face that should be given still has to be given.

Xia Jing doesn't care about him in general.

When the juniors saw Xia Jing sit down, they sat down again.

After the eldest lady sat down, she carefully looked at Xia Jing's dress, and said with a smile: "The clothes of the mother concubine look bright and refreshing. ”

Xia Jing on the main seat is wearing a soft smoke that has rained over the sky, light and breathable, and cool, now with light makeup, if you don't know her real age, I think it is a newly married bride.

King Qian glanced at the person beside him, and saw that he looked good and was dressed refreshingly, but he didn't know what to think of, and his eyebrows sank.

Xia Jing looked over with a voice, the eldest lady, as the lady in charge, may have abandoned the light color system that is commonly used in summer in order to appear stable, and chose brown brown instead.

The brown and brown colors in autumn and winter look too old, not to mention the summer of red and willow green, plus she always holds the style of the lady in charge, the whole person looks old-fashioned.

Xia Jing sighed in her heart, the eldest couple is old-fashioned, the other is inflexible, but they are a natural pair.

Now that the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are standing together, people who are not clear about the relationship between the two will really turn the relationship between the two upside down.

The mother-in-law thought it was her daughter-in-law, and the daughter-in-law thought she was her mother-in-law

"The eldest daughter-in-law, life is short, don't push yourself so hard, women should know how to treat themselves, and they should wear more bright clothes while they are young, and dress themselves up beautifully. If you please yourself and make your men pleasing to the eye, why not? ”

When Li Chengshang heard this, he tried to tighten his face so that people could not see his thoughts.

King Qian is used to it, and he has never liked to be bound by rules, and after listening to Xia Jing's words, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up slightly.

The eldest lady thinks that the lady of the main room should be steady and dignified, and the same is true for dressing.

Although she disagreed in her heart, she didn't dare to refute on the surface, "What the mother said is that the daughter-in-law will pay attention to her clothes in the future." ”

King Qian didn't want to listen to them any longer, so he asked, "Have you all arrived?" ”

At this time, the eldest lady in charge of the middle feed stood up and replied, "Father, only the third brother who left the house this morning has not arrived, do you think we should start the banquet first or wait for him later?" ”

Xia Jing asked the eldest lady: "The third child has been managing the affairs outside the house, so it is needless to say that it is hard, can you send someone to inform him?" ”

Eldest lady: "My daughter-in-law sent a maid to inform me." ”

Xia Jing bowed her head directly: "The third child has worked hard enough for the palace under the scorching sun, it doesn't hurt for us to sit in the water pavilion and wait." ”

King Qian's words that he was about to say just now swallowed back, and when his words came out again, he would become an inconsiderate father of his son.

The third lady sitting in the corner heard this, her eyes were a little warm, and then she looked at the scorching sun outside, and she really felt sorry for her man.

Fortunately, Li Chengli didn't let everyone wait long, and hurried back from outside in a hot summer.

"It's the son's to keep the father, the queen and the mother waiting for a long time."

King Qian glanced at Xia Jing, who was smiling, and after enduring the reproach, he cleared his throat, "Since you're back, sit down." ”

Xia Jing instructed: "The third family, go and get a wet handkerchief to wipe the sweat of the third child." ”

The third lady seemed to be prepared, and as soon as the words fell, she asked the maid to come over with a wet handkerchief.

There were only seven people seated at the main table, King Qian, Xia Jing and five sons, one table for grandchildren, and two tables for daughters-in-law and daughters-in-law.

This time, the concubines in each room of the house did not participate again, and the number of people was a little less.

After Li Chengli wiped the sweat on his face, there was a maid to serve the food and wait for the masters to eat.

Most of the seafood is steamed and boiled, Xia Jing tasted the taste of boiled water, the original taste of steaming, and the taste was good.

Li Chengli lowered his head and asked Li Chengmu beside him softly: "Little Wu, this time the mother concubine took you to the beach?" ”

"Well, third brother, the sea is magnificent, I will definitely bring you and the fourth brother next time."

Why didn't Li Chengmu think of taking the boss Li Chengshang, because Li Chengshang is usually serious, follow him to play, and never have fun.

As for the second Li Chengzhan, there is a big age difference between him and his younger brothers, and in modern terms, there is a generation gap.

The corners of Li Chengli's mouth slightly curled, "Okay." ”

After the meal, the maids removed the table and replaced it with brewed black tea.

Xia Jing took a sip of stomach-nourishing black tea, squinted slightly and asked Li Chengli, "Third child, have you straightened out the chores in the house?" What's in your mind now? ”

Li Chengli sat down and said: "I went out for a run in the suburbs two days ago, Lingnan is vast and sparsely populated, and many good lands outside the city are uncultivated and all deserted. I thought that while the summer harvest had not yet arrived, I would organize a group of people to open up the barren fields, soak them in water for a while, and wait for the summer planting to be in time. ”

Xia Jing bowed: "Your plan is very good, you can rush to let them open up the wasteland for the prisoners we brought all the way, if you are afraid that the bullets will not be able to suppress them, find your father and let his guard camp go to detain." ”

"Thank you, mother, my son knows."

"Hmm." Xia Jing was not stunned by everyone's gaze, and her expression was still calm.

She asked again: "In the past, there were many shops in the house in Gyeonggi, but now there must be indispensable shops in Lingnan, how did you inspect in the city?" ”

As soon as he mentioned this, Li Chengli had a headache, and he really stroked his forehead.

Xia Jing smiled: "If you have anything to say, just say it directly, if you have difficulties, you can find a way together." ”

Li Chengli cautiously glanced at King Qian, and stopped talking.

King Qian despised him the most, and he was not a good-tempered person himself.

When he was impatient, he said directly: "What are you doing kid?" If you have something to say, if you have a fart, let it go! ”

Li Chengli scratched his head, and finally spoke out his difficulties: "Lingnan Fucheng is the poorest state capital I have ever seen, the main street runs through four streets from north to south, and the degree of commercial prosperity must not be as good as a county or county in Jingzhou next door, and the shops are also in tatters, my son doubts that there will be business when opening a store in such a situation?" ”

How can you feed so many people in the whole province without a business?

When it comes to business, King Qian can only stare dryly, and he turns his head to look at Xia Jing.

The other people sitting next to him were also worried when they heard this, if Lingnan didn't even have to do business, how could they get money?

Without money, how long can they live in fine clothes and food?

Xia Jing asked him: "Third child, what are your plans?" ”

"My son wants to set up a few shops first, try to open them first, and then take a look first, but it really can't be done, so I can only send people to other state capitals to do business."

Li Chengli looked a little depressed.

Xia Jing pursed her lips and pondered for a while, then she spoke: "Other state capitals should have business in King Qian's Mansion, right?" ”

"Yes." Li Chengli did not hide it.

"Then continue to open, Lingnan's shop will also be opened, if the shop is too dilapidated, then it will be demolished and rebuilt, in short, the store can't fall into Lingnan's prestige."

Li Chengli wanted to say that if that was the case, the mansion would not lose more, but he glanced at King Qian next to him and didn't dare to say more.

My father is now the princes and kings of Lingnan, and if I fall into the prestige of Lingnan, I will lose my father's face.

Of course, Xia Jing knew Li Chengli's concerns, and she talked about her plan.

"I have a similar plan as you, I am going to send people to recruit people around the suburbs of the city to open up the wasteland, and when the summer planting is over, I will choose a vacant lot in the city to build a commercial street."

How to operate, Xia Jing has not perfected it yet, and will talk about it in detail later.

"Will the construction of commercial streets prosper?"

"In the future, Lingnan will slowly get better, and the economy will slowly recover."

After that, Xia Jing turned her head and said to several daughters-in-law: "There is a lot of wasteland in the suburbs, you can also send people to arrange for the wasteland, most of your dowry shops Zhuangzi are in Gyeonggi, and now that you have come to Lingnan, you should also plan for yourself." ”

It's not a matter of sitting on the mountain after all!

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