After Li Zhi arranged Wu Zetian's mother and daughter, he put this matter aside and continued to concentrate on writing books.

Liu An arranged for someone to go to Taiyuan with Li Zhi's reply to meet the mother and daughter.

The communication between the two places is not slow, and it only takes one or two days to arrive.

But this trip is to pick up people, of course, there is no need to rush the road.

Therefore, Wu Zetian's mother and daughter, who stayed in Li Ji's mansion and waited for the news, have been a little apprehensive during this time.

At this time, Wu Zetian's mother and daughter were sitting opposite each other in the room where they lived, chatting with each sentence in their mouths.

This is one of the best rooms in Li Ji's Mansion, and the furniture and utensils in it are all the best things at the moment.

The topic of discussion between mother and daughter is related to this.

"Li Changshi is only one level older than his father's official, how can the conditions in his family be so much better than my family?" Wu Zetian asked, looking at the layout in the room.

Yang opened his mouth and said: "You and my mother and daughter are just staying here, so it's better not to inquire about these things casually." ”

Wu Zetian said suspiciously: "Since Li Changshi arranged our mother and daughter at home, he has no intention of avoiding it.

Why didn't the mother allow her daughter to solve her doubts? ”

Yang said: "After all, this is someone else's family matter, isn't it annoying for you and me to inquire casually?" ”

Wu Zetian was still young, so he naturally couldn't understand the deep meaning of his mother's words.

At this time, she just sighed in her heart that her father had been an official for half his life and had been running a business, but in the end, the conditions of the family were still much worse than Li Ji.

Just as she was about to open her mouth to ask a question, she heard a call outside the door: "Sister-in-law, has you ever been up?"

The slave family asked the subordinates to prepare breakfast, and the sister-in-law ate it while it was hot. ”

Yang heard the words and quickly got up and opened the door.

saw Gao personally holding a big food box and walking quickly towards the door.

Seeing this, Yang hurriedly greeted him.

She wanted to reach out and take the food box as she spoke: "My sister only needs to arrange for someone to summon me, and my mother and daughter will come to the dining hall to eat."

Why do you have to go on it yourself? ”

Gao dodged and let Yang's hands go.

As she continued to walk towards the house, she spoke, "My sister has just come to the house, and everything is not yet familiar.

My sister, as the master, took care of my sister. ”

Yang quickly followed, stretched out his hand to hold the food box and said, "My mother and daughter should not come to disturb me.

My sister is like this, which makes my sister even more embarrassed. ”

After Gao entered the room, he put the food box on the table, turned around and took Yang's hand and said, "What my sister said is a little out of sight.

Mao Gong and Ying Guogong were also inseparable during their lifetimes, but now that your mother and daughter are in trouble, how can my family ignore them? ”

Yang said with red eyes: "My relatives still dislike our mother and daughter, my sister treats me like this, how can I feel at ease?" ”

Gao took Yang's hand and helped her to a chair and sat down.

At the same time, he said: "Sister, don't take these little things to heart, the future will be long, and I can't say that my sister can still live a comfortable life." ”

Yang sighed and said, "My sister has nothing else to ask for now, I just hope that the little girl can find a good family to live in peace for the rest of her life."

As for how long you can live, you can count how long you can live. ”

Gao said: "Where can I see the future clearly? I can't say that His Royal Highness King Jin can easily resolve the difficulty of his sister. ”

After saying this, she beckoned to Wu Zetian again: "Don't be restrained, niece, come over for dinner quickly." ”

Wu Zetian agreed softly and sat down at the table.

Gao opened the food box and took out the food one by one.

Among them are two bowls of millet porridge, two plates of green vegetables and a stack of meat buns.

Gao Shi said while serving the food: "It's all some homely food, your mother and daughter hurry up and eat it while it's hot." ”

Yang said, "Has my sister ever eaten it?" ”

Gao said: "Mao Gong went out early, and the slave family had already eaten with him." ”

After hearing this, Yang said, "That sister will sit for a while, and my sister will finish eating soon." ”

Gao said: "Sister, don't worry, my sister has nothing to do, she has time." ”

Yang didn't say anything more and hurriedly lowered his head to eat, but drank all the bowls of porridge in a moment.

At this time, she had been thinking about wanting to inquire about Li Zhi's situation, worried that she wouldn't know how to deal with it if she really saw Li Zhi.

After eating, Yang couldn't wait to sit next to Gao.

She hesitated for a moment and said, "Does my sister know anything about His Royal Highness King Jin?"

Can you reveal one or two so that my sister will not be ugly in the future. ”

Gao said with a smile: "My sister and His Highness have never met, and I don't know much.

However, my family Mao Gong has not mentioned His Royal Highness in front of his sister, and today my sister will come to talk to you. ”

Yang said: "Sister, please speak." ”

Gao said: "Sister should know that this state is the fief of His Royal Highness the King of Jin.

Although Mao Gong is said to be in charge of it, many things can only be done by the orders of the King of Jin. ”

Yang nodded when he heard this.

Gao continued: "My sister should know just by looking at the surroundings of Taiyuan Mansion now, and now this road and water conservancy are costing a lot. ”

Yang said: "Indeed, the project of the state has never stopped in the past few years. ”

Gao said: "This state is an upper state, and there are a lot of taxes to be paid every year.

Sister, do you know where the annual project money comes from? ”

Yang was stunned for a moment after hearing this question.

Although Wu Shitong was a military general, he was also completely familiar with the affairs of the DPRK and China.

This Yang family, as the matriarch of Wu Shitong's family, is naturally no stranger to these.

Although the population of the prefecture is large, as a metropolitan governor, the taxes that need to be handed over to the imperial court and the local army are much higher than that of ordinary state capitals.

As a result, the amount of tax that can be retained is not much more than that of other state capitals.

In recent years, the state has been digging rivers and building bridges and paving roads, and this annual expenditure is definitely not something that can be done by relying solely on taxes.

Yang couldn't figure out where the money would come from after thinking about it for a long time, so he shook his head and said, "Please tell my sister about it." ”

Gao said with a smile: "My sister may not believe it, but this money is all paid by His Royal Highness the King of Jin himself." ”

When Yang heard this, he let out an exclamation of "ah".

Then she asked, "How can His Royal Highness King Jin be so rich?" And why did he have such a rush to build and merge the state? ”

Gao said: "Why His Royal Highness the King of Jin is so rich My sister doesn't know much, but I only know that the businesses he runs are extremely profitable.

As for why he made so much effort to build the state, it was to make the people of the state better. ”

Yang said: "Bingzhou is the land of the Tang Dynasty, which is already much more prosperous than other state capitals, isn't His Royal Highness the King of Jin still not satisfied?" ”

Gao said: "My family Mao Gong once said that His Royal Highness the King of Jin has always felt that the people of Bingzhou are not doing very well. ”

After hearing this, Yang asked with some doubts: "His Royal Highness the King of Jin doesn't know the suffering of the world?" Otherwise, how could such an idea be born? ”

Gao said: "His Royal Highness the King of Jin once said that if there are no beggars in the world, the people will be doing well." ”