When I got back to the house, it was getting late.

Lin Er and Wang Laosan had been waiting in the study for a long time, and when they saw Wang Shu coming back, they immediately stood up.

In the past two years, there have been many things, and the Wang family's business has been greatly affected. The Wang family's business is mainly divided into two large modules. One is the running business based on the dart bureau, and the security business of receiving escorts or escorts within the scope of Daqing. From there, two businesses were extended from front to back.

Extending further, a trade route to the five countries of the Western Regions and a maritime trade route to the East China Sea were opened. It is mainly to the west, and the shipbuilding technology in these years is not strong enough, and there are two large ships that can go to sea in the Wang family. It runs at sea every two years. Extending to the future, it sells novelty goods piggyback on darts from all over the world. However, because the escort process is difficult and time-consuming, the sales of shops do not account for the majority.

Another big module of the Wang family is the grain shop business all over Daqing.

The grain sold by the Wangjia grain shop enjoys a lot of fame in the sixteen continents of Daqing. It can be said that the business of running a business has brought the Wang family to life, and the stability of the Wang family depends on the grain shop business.

The business of the grain store has gradually recovered under Wang Shu's efforts to turn the tide last year. At the same time, Wang Shu has a good reputation for sponsoring the victims of the Jiangnan disaster, and his reputation has reached a higher level. But the business is uncertain, the grain store has been better, and the business of the grocery store has been affected by the war.

As soon as the trade route in the Western Regions was cut off, the grocery stores were out of stock.

Lin Er and Wang Laosan rushed over at this time, and it must be the big shopkeeper of the shop below.

The months when Wang Shu was pregnant were the most difficult and tense time for the war in the northwest. Although the big shopkeepers are suffering from the fact that they can't open their business, they also know that natural and man-made disasters can't be avoided. As soon as the war ended, he urged the lord's side to quickly send people to the Western Regions to pledge the goods. Especially during this period of time, thinking about what happened to the master's family, it should be arranged, and the letters flew into Wang Shu's study like snowflakes.

"Master Wang is back, and Master Lin will be there in two days." Wang Shu sat down behind the desk and motioned for the two to have something to talk about.

Lin Er touched his nose, and the people below knew that they were urging and urging, and it was better to go to the Western Regions by themselves if they had that temper.

"Master, my subordinates will arrange this matter." Wang Laosan glanced at Lin Er, and Lin Er took the lead in speaking, "It is the Liu Accounting Office in the capital that has calculated all the shops and assets under Chen Liangsheng, should the shops and dart bureaus over there be reorganized?" How to rectify, the master has to get a charter. In addition, the darts in the capital and the northern region want to meet the master. ”

"See me?" Wang Shu was a little surprised.

Lin Er nodded, "There are some things that you have to see the master to explain." ”

Wang Shu is now in the northwest, and he can't go to the capital when he is free. If you want to meet, you can only ask the darts in the capital to come over. But according to what was found in the Liu Ledger room, once handed over, all these people would have to go to prison.

To put it bluntly, this person is just stalling for time, wanting Wang Shu to let them live.

“…… Then it depends on whether what he wants to explain is worth the price. Wang Shu pondered for a moment, but did not refuse.

"The head of the capital is willing to exchange a trade route from Mongolia."

Wang Shu sat up straight in an instant.

Although the Wang family said that the business could go north to Mongolia, in fact, the Mongolian line was not in the hands of the main family. If the head of the capital is willing to hand over the Mongolian line to the master's hand completely, Wang Shu doesn't mind sparing his life. Provided, of course, that he didn't get involved in her father's death. To be honest, if the transportation is convenient, Wang Shu even wants to go south to Lingnan.

Lingnan is too far away from Deliangzhou, and the area near the sea in the south is relatively less developed, which can be regarded as a wild land in Daqing. If it weren't for the safety issue, Wang Shu would actually be even more reluctant to use this piece of trade on the sea.

"Yes," Wang Shu thought for a moment and agreed to the matter, "Let Wei San come here tomorrow." ”

Lin Er knew that Wang Shu would agree to this, nodded and went out to do something.

Wang Laosan and the others left before they spoke about something else: "Master, the matter of the Weaving Bureau over there in Jiangnan has been decided." ”

"Reselling royal silk fabrics, embezzling more than 300,000 taels of ink, the crime is true. The government has now sealed off the treasury of the Weaving Bureau, and many merchants in Jiangnan have suffered from the disaster. The main family handed over the Chen family, Lu Chengzhi, and Liu Wangshan's family, as well as the physical evidence in the warehouse, which was completely related to this matter. Wang Laosan said with a glance.

Wang Shu heard that a big stone in his heart could be regarded as letting go: "How much did the Wang family lose after this incident?" ”

"I estimate that there are 10,000 taels of silver."

Ten thousand taels are within Wang Shu's estimation range. Although there is a lot of silver, it is not a big loss for the Wang family.

"Master, how should those secret prostitution halls under Lu Chengzhi's name be arranged?" Lu Chengzhi was sent in, and his greedy Wang family's property naturally returned to its original owner. But the Wang family is doing serious business, like this kind of secret prostitution restaurant and Fengyue place, which generally does not touch it.

Wang Shu originally didn't want to make money in the women's skin and meat business, but after this experience, she gradually gained some awareness of society. Even if these women are all released, they will not be accepted by society. On the contrary, because of Wang Shu's temporary kindness, he will lose his livelihood to support himself. Again, the Wang family also needs some places to collect information, and Jiangnan is a good place.

After thinking about it, Wang Shu had other ideas.

For example, these places will be used as entertainment venues for future generations. Girls don't have to sell themselves to make money, and it's good to rely on their talents to make a clean slur. It just so happens that Lu Chengzhi has someone on hand to train Yangzhou thin horses, and he can teach the girl her talents.

However, this is an idea at the moment, and what to do has to be carefully planned: "I am not in a hurry to deal with it for the time being." ”

Wang Shu was waiting for Master Lin to come back, and here in the palace, Lu Li threw off the shackles of the former queen and faced the emperor with a new look. Not to mention, she changed her posture, and the emperor not only didn't feel bored, but got some fun.

After being snubbed for two months, Concubine Ling gradually had a posture of regaining favor.

Although Wang Ruyi was anxious, he also knew that physical recovery was the most important thing now. If you don't take care of your body after giving birth, it will not be so easy to get pregnant again in the future. When the time comes, it's still your own harm. kept telling herself not to panic, Wang Ruyi watched Concubine Ling jump up and down day by day, and she was still so anxious that her mouth was foaming.

Her favor has only lasted less than a year, and the little princess will only be a little more beautiful, and she can't be taken back so quickly.

The anxious heart and reason pulled, Wang Ruyi watched Lu Li return to favor, and seemed to have a posture that surpassed the previous favor. Patience to condition the body well. After this period of self-cultivation, Wang Ruyi's temperament was grinded out.

Lu Li's posture of regaining favor was a little scary, and the emperor entered the harem five times a month, and gave it all to her. This is not a pet, it is a pet.

The wind direction of the harem became faster, and one by one, Lu Li was the leader. This Lu Li didn't know what was going on, and suddenly didn't allow the people below to call her title. Whoever dares to call her by a title, she will inevitably be furious. The palace people suffered several big losses, and no one dared to call her Concubine Lingniang anymore. Now they all call her by her surname, and they all call her Concubine Lu.

If Wang Shu were here, he would probably feel that Lu Li would eventually become the concubine Lu Guifei who favored the harem in the book, rather than the nondescript concubine.

These changes in the direction of the wind in the palace seem to be jealousy between women, but in fact, they will also extend to the outside of the palace, and even to the court. Lu Li's favor is bound to accompany the weakening of the Ye family. Without Ye Huiqiong's support, the Chengen Mansion and the East Palace would naturally not be beautiful. At the same time, the unique status of the little princess was broken by the second princess of Xingqing Palace, which hurt them even more.

The so-called Cheng'en Gong is actually a title given by the queen's father, who has not made outstanding achievements.

Originally, according to Daqing's regulations, only Han Lingsu's father, Han Xiu, was qualified to be called 'Cheng'en Gong'. But the emperor is disgusted here, the Han family has many generations of merits, and he doesn't need this flashy title to put gold on his face. Nature is not uncommon. However, there is no merit for the benefit of the country and the people, and the Ye family, who relies on Ye Huiqiong to ascend to heaven by herself, needs this glory very much. But no matter how favored Ye Huiqiong is, she is just a concubine and has no qualifications. In order to respond to the Han family, the emperor was stunned to give the Ye family the title of Duke Chengen.

Not to mention at this time, since Xiao Chenghuan knew that Lu Li had ruined his good deeds, he did not intend to let this person go.

To deal with a harem woman, the means don't need to be too superb. This Lu Li can confuse the emperor, relying on a face. Xiao Chenghuan's method of dealing with her was simple and rude, which made people ruin her face.

Qin Liansheng has been running the Internal Affairs Office for more than ten years, and when he died, the connections in his hands are still there. Xiao Chenghuan wants to do something to the harem woman, but it is not very difficult. If it weren't for poisoning Lu Li, it might attract the emperor, and Xiao Chenghuan actually wanted this slut surnamed Lu to pay for his life. It's also simple to quietly ruin a person's appearance, as long as the drug moisturizes things silently, there will always be a day when the face is rotten.

Lu Li didn't know that Xiao Chenghuan was using such unseemly means to deal with her, and after trying a few prescriptions from the imperial doctor, she was even more convinced that there could be no heirs in this life.

If you want to say hate, it must be hate. hated my brother for being so ruthless, and he didn't care about her life or death. But Lu Li is a little paranoid in his human nature. The more things she can't get, the more she wants. The longer she is concerned, the more willing she is to pay more to get it. It's like getting Ayatoha, which has long become her lingering obsession.

In the past, she would still care about her brother's feelings, and she couldn't bear to expose too much of her despicability in front of him. Now she is completely let go. It doesn't matter if she doesn't get her heart, she just needs to get her brother's person.

Lu Li climbed on the emperor's shoulder, without the reserved and cold of the past, and loved the emperor recklessly......

In order to make the emperor infatuated with her and unable to let go of her, she even used the incense of the Western Regions for herself.

This kind of incense was obtained by Lu Li from Lu Chengzhi's daughter by chance when he lived in the Jiangnan Dart Bureau with Ayato. I heard that it is a rare commodity in the Western Regions, but only those who have been in the Western Regions know about it, and the people in the Central Plains do not know its characteristics at all. This spice is not much different from ordinary spices at first smell, and it will become addictive after a period of continuous use.

If you become addicted, it will go deep into the bone marrow, and it will be difficult to quit. When addiction reaches a certain level, the human mind has to give way to it.

Lu Li didn't dare to use it more, but lit incense every time the emperor came to stay overnight. And the incense burner is placed at the head of the bed of the shelf, and the fragrance diffuses the entire inside of the bed tent. Sniff it when you are happy, and the people who are in it will be fluttering.

These spices from the Western Regions have not been abused in the Central Plains, and most doctors in the Central Plains may not know about it.

If Wang Shu is here, I'm afraid she will be able to chew the difference immediately. These symptoms are described one by one, in fact, with poison. The addiction is not bad. This Western Regions spice must contain a large number of ingredients that act on the nerves.

But Wang Shu is not there, and no one in this era recognizes these things.

The fact that Lu Li was using special incense for the emperor was known only to Lu Li and her personal palace people. But the palace people didn't know the addictive nature of incense, and only knew that the master liked to use it when the emperor stayed overnight. Things will be prepared in advance. The emperor used incense intermittently for two months, and slowly entered the harem more often. And every time he entered Changle Palace, Lu Li's identity was also raised.

She was stunned that she had no heirs, and there was no power behind her to help, so she relied on a face like a cloud arrow to advance to the third level. On the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival in August, the emperor rushed to a cool day and helped Lu Li to become a concubine.

I don't know how she persuaded the emperor, the emperor directly stripped her of the title of 'spirit', and completely became Concubine Lu.

Lu Li's ascension made the palace concubines dumbfounded. Wang Ruyi originally wanted to compete with her secretly, but the child completely fell out of favor in his life. Then he stopped with interest. In fact, it can't be said that he has fallen out of favor, the emperor loves the second princess from the bottom of his heart. But he did lose interest in Wang Ruyi. He can come to Xingqing Palace twice a month to see the little princess, but he no longer stays overnight.

Wang Ruyi once suspected that she had given birth to a child and became ugly, but after looking in the mirror countless times, she was still her. Then it can only be Lu Li's means are more superb. This woman has a knack for making men crazy about her.

These things in the palace naturally also affected the power team of the court. Seeing that the Ye family is getting weaker day by day, the East Palace has completely become an ornament. Xiao Chenghuan's people jumped up and down, wanting the emperor to loosen his mouth and give Xiao Chenghuan the qualification to go to the court to listen to the government. The emperor just didn't let go. Not only is there no love for the past, but now he has the same cold attitude as he did to the emperor's eldest son.

What does Your Majesty mean by this? Is this to raise the crown prince to the waste?

The people in the East Palace are like ants on a hot pot. The emperor didn't let the crown prince touch the government, and they just couldn't do anything they wanted. This person is easy to make faint moves when he is in a hurry, and when someone sees Lu Li in the middle of the day, he secretly suggests that Xiao Chenghuan secretly search for a woman more beautiful than Lu Li and send them to the palace.

It is obvious that the abolished concubine Ye has lost its value, and he should support a new favorite concubine as soon as possible and grasp the emperor's heart for him.

This trick is not only inferior, but also really unsophisticated. Normally speaking, which prince doesn't do anything and patronizes to collect beauties for his father? But Xiao Chenghuan didn't care so much, and there were nails under his buttocks. forced him to use some means to stabilize.

Xiao Chenghuan searched for beauties in Daqing, and Wang Shu finally waited for Master Lin to come back.

Master Lin has been running in the Western Regions for more than half a year, and he is as black as a briquette. He is not afraid of tanning, and his voice is as loud as Hong Zhong. When I came back, I immediately came over to say hello to Wang Shu. When Wang Shu became pregnant and gave birth, the entire Wang family was happy. Especially these big shopkeepers who know Xiao Yanxing's identity, they are now eager to offer Wang Shu as their ancestor.

"Master, I heard Lao Wang say that you are looking for me?" Master Lin went to the Western Regions this time and brought back a lot of good things. Everything can't be left in the northwest, so naturally it is necessary to arrange a convoy to transport it to the capital and the rich places in the south of the Yangtze River.

Wang Shu nodded and let the magpie serve tea: "Sit down and talk." ”

Wang Shu wants to leave a way back for herself, not for fun. But I want to rely on myself in this world where there is a clear distinction between dignity and humility without the protection of Xiao Yanxing

To survive steadily, you must have some power. There is no one in the Wang family, which is the most fundamental shortcoming. But just because there is no one now does not mean that there will be no one in the future. Her father was very prescient and set up a academy in Qinghe Town in advance to train scholars.

This is also one of the most stable ways to cultivate family power in ancient times, in addition to blood relations, and Wang Shu intends to continue.

As long as the Wang family has enough power in the officialdom, she will have more choices and voices in the future. Even if she doesn't want to leave in the future, with today's trend, it is a good thing to have enough capital. However, there are obvious drawbacks in the old Qinghe Academy, the teachers are not enough, and the quality of the students is uneven. Today's Qinghe Academy is just a private school in the countryside.

It's not that her father didn't think about inviting a gentleman, but a generation of famous teachers, who wants to stay in the countryside in the northwest? What's more, it is a college organized by a businessman.

The address of the college should be changed, the teacher should be invited, and the outstanding students should be recruited.

The floods in Jiangnan caused great disasters and displaced many people. Among them, there are also some scholars from poor families.

You must know that since ancient times, talented people have been born in the south of the Yangtze River, and it is the most educated area in Daqing. The quality of students in this place is far stronger than that in the remote areas of the northwest. Again, the Wang family saved so many Li people in this flood, provided medicine and medicine, sheltered the old and weak, women and children, and created a reputation for great kindness and righteousness. Nowadays, even the scholars who despise the merchants the most will also look down on the Wang family.

The Wang family has become a high-spirited existence in the hearts of readers. In other words, the Wang family at this time did not dare to say that they would respond to every call. But it's much easier than ever to deal with readers and ask teachers to accept students.

"You arrange for someone to go to Jiangnan to establish a academy in the name of the Wang family and invite famous teachers."

Wang Shu didn't need to explain her arrangements one by one, and Master Lin could probably understand what she meant. They are the most aware of the current situation of the Wang family, and they can't help but feel that the eldest girl really has a good heart, and immediately went down to handle it.

Supporting readers has not yet been, in the end, it is a bit slow. Wang Shu has two cards in hand.

One is Ayarenyu, who has always had a special affection for her, even if she doesn't know where she is, she often writes back to Wang Shu. Wang Shu was forced to learn many things about him, such as the fact that he had regained his concentration to study and prepare for the next year's imperial examination. The other card is Gu Fei, who has a strong sense of guilt towards her.

Wang Shu once wondered where Gu Fei's guilt came from, but after receiving the three special dwarf wild rice seeds he sent, he immediately realized one thing - Gu Fei had memories of his previous life.

Because this thing is the rice seed that Gu Fei specially found for her before she died in her previous life. It's just that Wang Shu died too suddenly, and he didn't have time to put this rice seed into the experiment. In this life, Gu Fei collected this kind of seed as soon as he became an official, saying that he didn't remember the previous life, Wang Shu could take off his head. Gu Fei owes her a life, and she can get it back when necessary.

In addition, Xiao Yanxing is also cultivating Wang Xuanzhi's imperial examination. If Xuanzhi takes a career in the future, this is the best.

Wang Shu pointed her fingers on the table, and there was some indescribable complexity in her heart.

If Xiao Yanxing met a woman who was as tender as water, maybe there wouldn't be so many things.

Wang Shu felt that she might be more free and easy, and she didn't have to leave too much entanglement in some trivial matters. The days of knowing each other will not be too long, at least in the past five years, they should be happy and have no regrets.

Thinking about it like this, Wang Shu sighed softly, let Xiao Yanxing go to bed tonight. Also, take some time to plant peppers and what appears to be tomato seeds.

Chapter 117

The peppers are out of season, but they should survive if they are planted in a small potted house in a trial way.

She really wants to eat chili! I haven't touched a chili pepper in my life!

Wang Shu thought about planting more than a dozen peppers in pots first, and ordered someone to twist a small handful of seeds and soak them in water. When the time comes, make an indoor movable planting environment and see if it can bear fruit. Her knowledge of gardening was limited to growing vegetables in the countryside garden with her grandparents as a child. I don't know if this thing can be fed.