Lin Zhaoxia had just sent away the three of Sun's mother-in-law and grandson, and guests came again. The person who came was Zhou, the wife of Du Zhishu, Shaoqing of Si Nong.

Zhou looks like a small jasper, with some bookish atmosphere, her mother's father runs a private school in his hometown, and he has been contaminated with some book fragrance since he was a child.

"I've seen the princess. Bothering the princess. ”

"It's bothering anywhere, I don't have any relatives and friends in this capital, I'm very happy that you can come to see me."

Zhou smiled shallowly and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

She is just the daughter of a private school gentleman in another province, but because her husband married herself for the kindness of her father's cultivation, she was able to become an official wife. But his family and his husband's family are just ordinary people, although his husband is an official in Beijing, but in the capital of the nobles everywhere, it doesn't matter if he has no connections, he is nothing.

Usually, where can they have the opportunity to come to such a rich and noble family, or the palace.

If it weren't for King Yue being on an errand in Si Nongsi, how would the husband and himself have the opportunity to know any prince and princess.

"Last time, the splendid girl asked the courtiers to make a few clothes, and the concubine's body was ready, and the princess was asked to inspect it, if there was anything inappropriate, the courtiers could take it back and revise it."

When Lin Zhaoxia heard her say this, she asked Jinxiu and Yingyue on the side to come forward to check.

It stands to reason that the Zhou family is the wife of an official of the imperial court, and he is not guilty of making clothes for the palace. But when she and Zhao Guangyuan got married, the house was short of manpower, so they called all the servants on the Zhuangzi to come in, and the embroidery girls also went to help, and the work on the embroidery room couldn't catch up.

At that time, the officials of the Si Nong Division sent their family members and female relatives to help, and Zhou saw that the embroidery room was busy, so he offered to help. Seeing that she did a good job in needlework, Lin Zhaoxia later asked the embroidery room to bring her back some work to do.

Lin Zhaoxia learned from Zhao Guangyuan that the life of the officials of the Si Nong Division was not very good.

Du Zhishu has been a Beijing official for several years, but the couple still can't afford to buy a house in Beijing, so they live in a rented house. A family of four, plus a small servant, an old servant who guards the door, and an old woman who does rough work, seven people are crowded into the courtyard, and the usual work at home Zhou also has to do it.

A few ready-to-wear brocades and Yingyue were quickly inspected, "Mrs. Zhou's work is extremely fine, and this embroidery is the same as living." It's not worse than the embroidery girl in our embroidery room. Princess, look at this embroidery, it looks good! ”

Lin Zhaoxia took it and looked through it in his hand......

Zhou was a little embarrassed, "I don't go out much on weekdays, and I do it at home." ”

Lin Zhaoxia looked at her needlework, embroidery patterns, and color matching, and it was really no worse than the embroidery girl who had been doing this job in their palace embroidery room for many years.

I glanced at her, and saw that although the fabric she was wearing was not very good, the clothes were plain, the style was novel, and the embroidery on the clothes was also outstanding, which added a lot of color to the clothes.

After thinking about it, there was a bit of a bad look, "My prince was in the imperial tomb before, and his life was quite difficult, he tossed an embroidery room by himself, and let people take some work outside to maintain daily use, during this time, because he returned to the capital, everything was complicated, and the steward was also sent to do other work, and the work in the embroidery room was a little unbearable......"

Zhou listened quietly, wondering why the princess suddenly talked about the family's property. But after years of self-cultivation, she listened to what others said, and didn't ask much.

Lin Zhaoxia saw her like this, watched her act again, and nodded secretly.

Now Zhao Guangyuan has a lot to do, she is determined to stay in Daqi to help him, she has to take care of the middle feed of the Yue Wangfu, and the social entertainment outside cannot fall, she receives a lot of posts every day, and it takes her a lot of time to read and reply to the posts, and she can't take care of the ancient shops and embroidery rooms here in the modern era.

She needs a middleman to help take over the list from the modern side, and then select and distribute the materials on the Daqi side.

Now she and Zhao Guangyuan are not as short of money as they were at the beginning, but if she and Zhao Guangyuan want to win over people, they must not miss such an opportunity to break into your circle.

Men are not good at forming gangs outside, and in serious cases, they will be called forming cliques for personal gain, but women's social interactions will not be too conspicuous.

It is not impossible to hand over this work to the steward of the splendid or the moon or the embroidery room. But she wants a person who can go in and out of various banquets in the capital and can always grasp the fashion trend in the capital.

People who are too high in status disdain to do such things. An identity like Zhou's is just right. Her husband's official position is not high, and her family is barely living, and she needs a channel for her to integrate into the noble circle in Beijing.

Lin Zhaoxia told Zhou about her plan, and Zhou looked stunned, and was a little embarrassed.

"It stands to reason that this matter should not be entrusted to Mrs. Zhou, but you also know that I am also from other provinces, and I don't know many people in Beijing, if there is someone else available, I will not dare to bother you, and I will not mention it......

Lin Zhaoxia said that he came from a small place in other provinces, and immediately shortened the distance between him and Zhou, which made Zhou feel very comforted when he heard it.

She came from a small place in another province, her mother's family has no power and power, and she can't be more ordinary, and when she arrives in the capital, she can only make friends with the families of some small officials and officials, which is not enough to reach the rich circle of the nobles of the capital family.

Now that Princess Yue is willing to pull her, she is grateful, and she is willing to refuse.

"I know the princess is trying to help us. The husband often said that since the king of Yue came to Si Nongsi, their life has been much better. In the past, when they were trembling and trembling, they were afraid of waking up, and they were informed that the agricultural division was gone, and they were resigned and went home. ”

After more than ten years of hard study, I finally returned to my hometown in the middle of the list, but if I stopped at a young age, I was afraid that I would regret it for the rest of my life.

Lin Zhaoxia smiled, "I also heard what the prince said, he often said that when Taizu set up the Si Nong Division, it was so that the people of the world could have enough to eat, and the Si Nong Division and the six departments were equally important, and now seeing the Si Nong Division become what it is now, he is often worried." ”

Hearing these words, Zhou was moved, "King Yue has great kindness in his heart. ”

If all the people of the world no longer suffer from famine, then the world will be truly peaceful. King Yue, worried about the country and thinking about the people, is a royal man who is truly willing to do things for the people of the world.

It's just a pity.

Seeing that Zhou was willing to respond to this matter, Lin Zhaoxia talked to her about the charter in detail......

Now that Zhou has taken over, Zhou can contact more low-level officials and female relatives like her, and send them some work to do, first, so that they can have work to do and get some wages to supplement their families, and second, to show favor to these low-level officials, which may one day come in handy.

In a situation like his now, the nobles of the family are full of branches, there are many old in-laws, the relationship is complicated, and after weighing the pros and cons, even if he is optimistic about Zhao Guangyuan, he will not necessarily take refuge in him, and most of them will look on coldly.

If you can win over the middle and lower-level officials among the hundreds of officials first, there may or may not be an unexpected joy.

Listening to Princess Yue's analysis one by one, how to get the latest clothing styles, how to send jobs, how to maintain these relationships, and so on, Zhou only felt that Chao's mind immediately cleared up a lot.

Just now, she took over this errand with only a lot of enthusiasm, but after listening to what Princess Yue said, she immediately felt that if this matter was done well, not only would she be able to get great benefits, but she would also be able to mix up with her husband in the capital.

I couldn't help but feel a burst of joy in my heart. I heard the princess say again: "In a few days, Princess Lu's mother's family will marry a daughter, and she will ask me to go with you, if you have time, you can go together." ”

Zhou was surprised and delighted, and immediately responded, "Yes, thank you for the invitation!" ”

Princess Lu's mother's family is also a big family, and no one will invite her to be a daughter of a seven-grade petty official family.

Before Zhou's left, Lin Zhaoxia asked someone to give her a ruby head, but she refused to accept it, "Let's take it, you can't take care of your family this time, you have helped me so much, I can't help it." In the future, when we cooperate, we will have to settle accounts with our brothers, and we can't say that we don't collect cash. ”

Zhou Shiyuan just wanted to help, but Lin Zhaoxia gave her Yicheng's shares. Zhou had no choice but to accept it.

When he got home, Zhou took out the ruby head and looked at it carefully, and his eyes lit up a little. She just did some work for the princess, and she got such a reward, and she felt a little hot.

By the time Du Zhishu returned home, Zhou had already prepared the meal.

Personally brought it and served him and the two children to eat, and when they were finished, they carefully collected the dishes and washed them. Du Zhishu was helping on the side, very guilty, "I begged my teacher to marry you, I wanted you to follow me to enjoy happiness, and I didn't want you to do such rough work." ”

Du Zhishu originally thought that he had been sent to the Jinshi in the examination, and the family would be able to change the court, and he would have a good life from now on, but he didn't want the family to live tightly now, and he hadn't returned to his hometown for several years. It's not a long way, it's not a lot of money.

Alas.

Zhou saw that he was suffering again, and after washing the dishes, he took him to the room and sat down, and asked him quietly, "Where do you guess I went today?" ”

The house was rented, and on the left and right were small officials like them from other provinces, and their voices were so loud that the neighbors next door could hear them. Thinking of their hometown, their yard is still the oldest, and I can't help but sigh.

"Where have you been?"

Zhou didn't speak, but handed him the ruby head he got today.

Du Zhishu opened it and looked at it, his eyes widened, "Where did you come from?" ”

He knew how much silver there was in the family, and his money was only enough for the family to live, and this kind of face could not be bought without a thousand taels of silver, and his wife had no money to buy such a precious thing.

If it is someone else, he will wonder if someone from the family has bribed him. But he is a petty official of the Department of Agriculture, who will come to slap him.

"You picked it up?" Stealing should be impossible, his wife is not that kind of person.

Zhou glared at him, "Such a precious thing, you pick one up and I'll take a look." ”

"And where did you come from?"

"Princess Yue gave it."

"Princess Yue?"

Zhou nodded, and then told him about going to Yue Wangfu today. Du Zhishu listened for a long time and didn't speak.

"What's wrong with you?" Zhou pushed him, "You think I shouldn't take this job?" ”

Du Zhishu glanced at the box with the headdress again, and shook his head, "What kind of person does the princess want, there is a shortage of people to find you." "The prince and princess want to carry them.

Since King Yue went to the Si Nong Division, he could see that King Yue was calculating, unlike other princes, who only handed over the errands to the people below to do, and only hung a post. King Yue really took Si Nongsi's errand as a serious errand and did it himself.

King Yue is a pragmatic man. Since the arrival of King Yue, Si Nongsi has been different from top to bottom, and he has changed his appearance.

Zhou also said that the princess would take her to various banquets, "The princess said that I have been studying since I was a child and am good at painting, so let me follow to participate in more banquets, and also take a look at the new clothes and headdress patterns, and see what styles the nobles like." I also asked to go out and walk around more, and if I met someone like my family, and the female relatives of the family wanted to take over the work, I would send them more work, so that I could help. Tell me a share. ”

Du Zhishu sighed for a while when he heard it, this was Princess Yue who had sent them money.

"Then you can do it well and do this errand for the princess."

This is only good for your own family, and there is no harm, so why not do it? At that time, he made more nobles in his family, which would also help him in his career. And with the silver in hand, why worry about not being able to do anything.

The couple became more and more grateful to Princess Yue.

And after Zhao Guangyuan returned home, Lin Zhaoxia also told Zhao Guangyuan about it.

Of course, Zhao Guangyuan would not be like Du Zhishu, he just felt that Lin Zhaoxia did this simply to help the families of these low-level officials on the surface, and there was a deeper thing here, Du Zhishu and his wife didn't know, maybe they knew, but they didn't know the deep meaning.

"Thank you for your hard work, you have to plan so much for me."

"The countryside surrounds the city, we can't win over the nobles of the family now, and we can win over some poor scholars and middle- and low-level officials, if you can let them help you speak out in the future, you will be easier."

Zhao Guangyuan took her into his arms, she knew that he understood him, she felt sorry for him, how fortunate he was, "Okay, I just have to work hard for you." ”

The husband and wife said something, then went to modern times and took Changzhi over. He lived in the courtyard at the back of their main courtyard, and during the day, he said that he was reading and doing homework in his room, but he couldn't keep his face and show his face.

After picking up Changzhi in the evening, Changzhi walked around the house, and went to the front yard to find Jiang Wentao, listen to him handle government affairs, and then study and do homework with him.

"This is the princess's nephew." The subordinate officials of the palace looked at this young but humble and courteous boy.

"This kid is said to be going to study with Jiang Changshi, is this being accepted as a disciple by Jiang Changshi? It seems that the prince and princess are going to focus on cultivating him. ”

But with this foreign surname, it is impossible for him to inherit the palace in the future.

Everyone is a subordinate official of King Yue, following King Yue to do things, watching him behave and do things, the more sorry for him, the concubine of the Yuan Queen, should have been able to get better, but now......

"Don't think about it so much, the prince has his own arrangements." Some of Zhao Guangyuan's henchmen knew about King Yue's intentions, and interrupted their conjectures in time.

"The day after tomorrow, the prince invited the officials of the Si Nong Division and their families, and also invited a number of officials and staff members of the palace and their families, so you can go back and talk to your family."

"What? The prince also invited us? And family? ”